Short Questions Thread

Any quick advice for a newish player on creating a character to simplify 120+ uber encounters?

I love the mod, and have done for years but have never really advanced past dunc. I always get there and hit a cap on damage and survivability, or at least it feels that way.I've gone further than I have before this time by playing on TSW and trading for gear to get some of the 120 uber charms, but found that the ones I got were typically achieved by corpse running (any uber with a lockout wasn't an option).

What I suspect is that my inexperience leads to less ability to dodge important boss mechanics, as well as a decreased knowledge on where I'm going wrong with minmaxing for best effect. This is coupled, I think, with the fact that I don't have many of the higher charms meaning that my stats aren't as high as they might be in some of the guide videos.

What I'm hoping for is any advice on particular builds (+points if a trustworthy guide exists) that would help reduce low skill as a factor in fighting higher tier uber bosses. From my own research there are a few standout builds for uber killing: ones that have captured my attention include Wizardspike tribeam pally, holy caster paladin, poison sorc, poison barb and trapsin? The 1.6 starter tier list was an amazing resource, but didn't lead me to the outcome I had hoped with tribeam.

Because of what I read, I decided to make a neutraldin to convert into tribeam once I farmed enough TG, which I did to pretty awful effect - I found the build much worse to play than my neutraldin in terms of survivability. Guides said to try to add vitality once EF is sufficient for >425% energy factor, but I never reach those EF numbers without full investment in energy. UMOs were out of my budget and so I wasn't sure where I could realistically improve to make those seemingly impossible ubers possible.

https://tsw.vn.cz/acc/char.php?name=Spellslapper --> tribeam pally for reference
I would be delighted to be told that tribeam is a good option, but I'm doing it wrong with constructive advice (hopefully within budget)

What I'm hoping to achieve is to have a character that I can experiment with 120+ uber bosses, learn their mechanics and farm their charms for other, more personally appealing builds. Any advice? Sorry to ask what probably has been asked with every patch thus far.

*If anyone is willing to discuss more in depth what I'm doing wrong in discord, my profile is Tempers#3772

Hey all, if anyone needs a sacred reflex bow for crafting shoot me a tell in game if online same time. I have a couple spare - and I just know how frustrated I got waiting until clvl 117 for first one to drop, then it pours. RNG FTW.

Where can I see the details of various umos? ;-|

huangyunshy wrote:Where can I see the details of various umos?

Take a look at this thread: Mystic Orb & Occult Effigy Documentation

What is the gimmick of the new Pride fight in the void ? Sometimes he takes lots of damage, sometimes it doesn’t. Seems like killing his adds slowly takes him down. I can bring him to about 33%, then I start to lose my focus after like 25 minutes of fighting.

Are the bolts shot by Pride and arena lightning damage?

Edit: Swallow your pride and get slapped. Not lightning damage afaik.

Question about Sorcs Force Blast. It slows enemy cast speed. However if I understand correctly, you can only slow bosses by 25% from one source? So force blast can only slow the cast speed of bosses by 25%? Is that true?

RequiemLux wrote:
huangyunshy wrote:Where can I see the details of various umos?

Take a look at this thread: Mystic Orb & Occult Effigy Documentation

Thank you~

when you uptier, do you lose your mystic orb bonuses?

chuk15 wrote:when you uptier, do you lose your mystic orb bonuses?

Yes

Is there a a repository of different loot filters for D2Stats? If not, where can I find the default loot filter without having to reinstall D2stats? (Referring to the Notitfier box in D2stats) Edit: I just looked and seen it has a button to set it to default so I guess all I'm looking for is different loot filters.