Struggling mid-game with my bombsin

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Hey fellas - i have a lvl 100 full Vizjun set bombsin with pretty darn god caster rings/ammy, as well as a slew of +flat stat/%stat charms, and crafted gloves that took me a while to make. all together I have ~2,2k HP, doing 8k with fireball sentry, 7k with phase bomb, and ofc 0 defense with tiefling form, but am getting 1-shot in the jungle of Act 3 by white mobs in Terror. I'm doing my best not to get hit, but my kill speed is super slow. Considering that I'm psueo-twinked with my gear and charms, I feel like I'm missing something. Am I supposed to be in tiefling form? The cast speed is insanely fun, but is that the reason I'm getting 1-shot? Any tips on play-style?

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Life is very very very low for twinked gear and charms..
Is perfect being maxed?

Tiefling form is best, max it
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You can also use shadow refuge for %DR and sweet velocity even with the shit attack speed using blink (it's not dunc). You should have the points to max it.

PS. how can your killing speed be low with 8k fireball sentry (in terror)? That should be decent for dest A3. Do you have enough -fire res?
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If I get close enough to enemies they 1-shot me, making it hard to hit with SR. *err, about 2.8k HP. Perfect Being is maxed, along with QoB, Blink, Fireball, Tiefling, Ennead skill, and Phase Bomb

I'm around -100% to enemy fire resist. Sometimes I die from random stuff that's not even on my screen. Maybe I was having server issues. Regardless, I'm pretty much running all damage gear (Full ral runes in sockets) rings with +1 skills and spell damage/pierce, ammy with 3 skills and spell damage/pierce, TU Belt, Vizjun Set

Charms: Horazon's focus, optical charm, zakarum ear, scroll of kings, butcher tooth, visions of akarat - however, no sigs

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Bulooka wrote:If I get close enough to enemies they 1-shot me, making it hard to hit with SR. *err, about 2.8k HP. Perfect Being is maxed, along with QoB, Blink, Fireball, Tiefling, Ennead skill, and Phase Bomb

I'm around -100% to enemy fire resist. Sometimes I die from random stuff that's not even on my screen. Maybe I was having server issues. Regardless, I'm pretty much running all damage gear (Full ral runes in sockets) rings with +1 skills and spell damage/pierce, ammy with 3 skills and spell damage/pierce, TU Belt, Vizjun Set

Charms: Horazon's focus, optical charm, zakarum ear, scroll of kings, butcher tooth, visions of akarat - however, no sigs

Thanks for the responses


If QoB hits a phased enemy it will instantly 1HK you. Leave at one point and don't use it :)
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cowking wrote:
Bulooka wrote:If I get close enough to enemies they 1-shot me, making it hard to hit with SR. *err, about 2.8k HP. Perfect Being is maxed, along with QoB, Blink, Fireball, Tiefling, Ennead skill, and Phase Bomb

I'm around -100% to enemy fire resist. Sometimes I die from random stuff that's not even on my screen. Maybe I was having server issues. Regardless, I'm pretty much running all damage gear (Full ral runes in sockets) rings with +1 skills and spell damage/pierce, ammy with 3 skills and spell damage/pierce, TU Belt, Vizjun Set

Charms: Horazon's focus, optical charm, zakarum ear, scroll of kings, butcher tooth, visions of akarat - however, no sigs

Thanks for the responses


If QoB hits a phased enemy it will instantly 1HK you. Leave at one point and don't use it :)


I knew I was missing something! Wouldn't hitting a phased enemy with SR also 1 shot me? thanks cow
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Bulooka wrote:I knew I was missing something! Wouldn't hitting a phased enemy with SR also 1 shot me? thanks cow


Yes but it has ~20 sec duration so you can easily keep it up between bombs/small groups/stragglers. It's worth it for the velocity alone.
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Sentrries in skill tree have nd in explotion, so better switch to craft claw/sin shield with immolation/nova bombs. You need to get max block or close to it. Better to make some dex crafts with flat dex and % dex and + 1% more block on shield. To be effective with sentries you need high spell dmg + high energy + energy factor or dmg will be low or not enough to actually be effective on destr. 8k is a very low since most mobs have 100 + k hp on destr. There is no point actually to focus on high vit and full vit + vit from items.

In old time without nd she was a classic glass cannon and was able to kill before she even see something near. So playstyle haven't changed so you need much more dmg or you useless or with very slow progress.

Max Brc skill and use it so you will fear almost all mobs in the game but they will run away from you but that is better when they try to eat you.
Build is weak with sentries and effective with bombs, req max block as min and much hp as you can get ( craft jewels can give 30-50 hp per each).
To actually make her powerfull you need very very hard work with craft items/jewels/most of time not friendly farming charms/items.
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the morph will disable flat damage from 3 ways ( all danage from ways = 0 ) . i just use it for the void quest .
you should have ~ 30k def , 3k6 dex to max block ( shine craft and bless ) , craft jewel % FHR , % FBR , %dex or % all atribute , resist
Finally , you should find sone itens + flat life and get core charn with a broadsidesin and/or ATMGsin
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sacks wrote:the morph will disable flat damage from 3 ways ( all danage from ways = 0 ) . i just use it for the void quest .
you should have ~ 30k def , 3k6 dex to max block ( shine craft and bless ) , craft jewel % FHR , % FBR , %dex or % all atribute , resist
Finally , you should find sone itens + flat life and get core charn with a broadsidesin and/or ATMGsin


I have been hearing a lot of people say things like this - essentially, don't play bombsin and go broadsin/ATMG right? That's a completely different build. I know when I play an "assassin," there's a best way to play, given the current meta. However, I'd like to try something new and stay away from ATMG/Broadside, as I feel that's a completely different play style :D