peilis wrote:To straighten things up, all 4 bosses you mentioned are possible and does not need any gg end game gear, better gear will fasten the kill.
Baal headache cuz of summons, but it is not a hard fight. Frost totems to eliminate how many totems you summon and no JInn's to eliminate the chance of how many summons Baal will summon.
Astrogha is a long tedious fight, but again doable and is not a hard fight. Frost totems, you summon them at astrogha feet, once she tp's or summons tons of stuff run away / tp away to avoid killing astrogha totems. Repeat.
Viz Jun is a piece of cake. Tri totems. You will struggle really hard with frost totems, same as in any farm zone.
Xazax slightly a headache, because totems die easily, however this is doable. Might be an issue if you have low damage, because of how many summons there will be. I have used tri totems for this fight.
I've done all of those fights once i hit 125 and my gear did not include a single enchanted runeword or any sacred uniques except robe of steel, basically you could call it garbage gear. The better gear you have the faster, easier the fights will become and eventually you dont even need to play it safe, you go and bang the boss.
Remember most fights have specific mechanics and not always are "10 second" kill and if you do not know them you will struggle quite often and might not be able to do with a build even if it is perfect for that fight.
Totem necro is super strong and farm speed with some gear is off the charts. Also it is a pretty safe lab farmer. Dont expect totems to live and tank. There are multiple show cases of totem necro and what it can become with end game gear, and frankly you dont need such gear to actually farm such zones in the showcase.
A little update here, i am now level 130 and after many hours of farming i got some crazy gear and it was possible to do Xazax and Ball, as i said in my previous post that maybe it was possible with insane gear, yes, these two are possible, Viz Jun its not possible even with insane damage and tons of pierce, however, i found a way, you can get to the boss if you use reanimates, i lost tons of damage to equip reanimate gear but was able to get to the boss while they covered me, but still you will die tons of time before getting to the boss, Astroga i dont tried yet coz i know that theres no way to kill him with totems, maybe at level 140 or 150 when i get more skill poins and stat points or even maybe when i get an item that have an Oskill with single target.
If Astroga takes 30 min to one hour to do i dont consider this to be a viable build to do that boss.
And yes, i know all the mechanics, i play this mod since the beginning of its creation.