So my Assassin is level 63, a trapsin, and currently cannot make it out of act 1 Hell. All the Sister enemies are Lighning immune, or are 1 shotting me. I have basic nightmare level gear, lore helm, spirit sword, and spirit shield. I’m running with an act 2 HF merc, who’s got nitemare level MF gear. Is there a way for assassins to break through Light Immunes without Ber level rune words? I can’t survive long enough to do XP, so I’m effectively stuck, unless I run cows, which the Cow King was killed in my last run, and I can’t.
Aside from the GitGuds coming, I thank you for any advice you can offer.
you could try a lower res charges wand. on some it might work. also, the cow king killing is not a thing anymore in d2r. they got rid of that. your merc could maybe needs some tankier stuff like damage reduce stuff? rockstopper and shaftstop should be able to drop in nightmare. you could also try to pre buff yourself with a fade armor (stand in fire, goes fastest) and switch the armor then (think the fade buff lasts for 6 minuttes and reduces damage by 33 % or so)
Dunno how you build your trap asn but technically you have fire blast to deal with lightning immune.
I would join some NM baal run til lv 70 before entering he’ll, and I would definitely hire a holy freeze act 2 merc and give him some decent gear before asventuring.
also you need to level more, doing hell too early. light res should be maxed. quote from another site:
When you run into a group of non-lightning immunes, lay down 5 Lightning Sentries and use Mind Blast/Cloak of Shadows until some of them die and lay down a Death Sentry to blow up the rest with the corpses. If you have a mix of lightning immunes and non-lightning immunes, do the same but target the lightning immunes with you Fire Blasts to soften them up before Death Sentry starts blowing stuff up. For a group of pure lightning immunes, cast Cloak of Shadows and Fire Blast one of them to death, then another and lay down a Death Sentry or two while you cast another Cloak of Shadows if needed.
63 is low level for hell, I would go back to Baal runs to level up to 70ish.
As mentioned above you should have maxed fire blast. If you haven’t, you want to. For those LIs the easiest way to deal with them is run them over some other bodies and DS them. For Hell you want to use DS sparingly in areas with LI monsters so you can use DS to kill them.
The second way to deal with them is cloak of shadows and fire blast them. Cloak with keep them still and not attacking you while fire blast kills them. This way of dealing with them is the most important one for you to learn. A3 is almost entirely lit immune, to get through A3 you need to do this.
Mind blast is another way to quiet them down while you fire blast them.
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No need Lower Resists…combination of Merc, Fire Blast, Shadow Master, Mind Blast and Death Sentry should easily take care of Lightning Immunes… Mind Blast in itself is very useful with being able to convert enemies.
So the LlamaaSC guide I was following told me NOT to waste points in shadow master. And I tired MC the mob of six spear sisters that ran up on me and my merc and I got two before the others killed me. The shadow master might work, but I’d have to give up a lot of points for that. maybe my following the llamaasc build was wrong?
I don’t use shadows on my trapper, I don’t fell she needs the distraction. If you are facing a group like that mind blast them until a few convert. Fire blast the rest and drop DS to finish them off.
Start each engagements with LIs by casting cloak of shadows.
i thought killing cow king didnt lock you out anymore?
Are you online? I don’t mind helping. You just need to a boost through Hell.
It does not, you just need to beat the game at that difficulty and can run it over and over. Sounds to me like he needs to either go a bit hybrid on traps as there is more to assassins that lighting, or just trade or farm for a cheap OP merc weapon so they can back you up with physical damage. Tomb Reaver, Reaper Toll, EBOTD(zods are pretty cheap). Also get about 10 more levels at NM Baal first and it will be a bit easier.
So right now I have all my lightning traps maxxed, except charged bolt sentry, about 8-10 in fire blast, and the rest in 1 point wonders like fade and the speed boosting skill. I’ll work on leveling, and try and get a better merc weapon. All the guides show the BIS for the merc, but not the budget for the merc.
there is a levelling guide on maxroll. also budget gear for each class and merc
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thank you! I thought Icyveins was the goto. thanks for the help!
quick build adjustment. Max Lit sentry, Death Sentry, Fire Blast, Shock Web, CBS for what is left, in that order. Naturally 1 pt in mind blast and fade (yes fade as sometimes you need to stay alive) Charge bolt is last as shock web can still be used with 5 traps out, while CBS can not. Fire blast is very important of a skill to kill off the LI’s, you need it maxed.
Merc weapon is as always Insight in the best base you can get. Armor, treachery unless you have better, look for Crushing blow options like Duress. Hat leech hat like tals hat.