What’s your strategy for lightning immune now?
I can’t really do much now that I’m in Act 3 and that EVERY enemy is immune.
So I tried jabbing, which does next to nothing (my weapon is crap and has under a 100 base damage) and I watch my merc do most of the damage. Still, I need like 2 minutes to clear the first 5 enemies, which is a total waste of time. So I’m truly stuck.
As new player you need to max valkyrie
(20 valk / 20 CS / 20 lf / +rest in synergies )
Charged strike is the best physical spell you can have ( it is a spell that can be block, so no need to have Attack ratting )
For the stats, you need 156 str (without gear) to handle spirit in monarch (few pgm and larzuk quest )
In dex you need enough to use titan, the rest in vita
If you don’t have atleast a pul from your forge to trade titan you can take any white ceremonial javelin with +3 jav ( yellow and blue are good too )
Use all your gold to gamble a circlet +2 ama with stats if you are lucky. When it is ok do the same for an amulet and / or gamble for +2-3 jav gloves ( can be bought on marchant)
If you are 85+ craft your amulet with +block and knockback gloves
With just this you can P8 baal run in nightmare in solo. You do all the levels before, you will drop a lot of low runes / pgmes / charm ( with luck a skiller )
You don’t need mf, razortail is the must have belt to do cow run in hell (otherwise focus on + life + fhr belt (str is useless because you don’t count it to wear your gear )
Merc : Insight / tal helm / trichery on eth elit armor : you can have all for few pgems
Hell after the council is not intented to be done without farming ( or by speedrunner ), 1.10 took in account the dupe and people already geared.
go to youtube and search “MrLlama Hell Amazon” and skip to act 3 (at about 1:40:00) in the video
that is if you want a video guide for beating hell without trading for good gear.
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So Jab is a reaaallly slow way to deal with lightning immunes. You’d ideally let your mercenary or valkyrie do it if its only a few. But in act 3 they can come in swarms so the best thing is to have an aoe skill or use a “Lower Resist” necro wand. You can shop in town for an item that has “Lower Resist charges” and use the charges to cast lower resist on mobs.
Or alternatively invest some points into bow skills in another element or Plague Javelins in the javazon tree. I have maxed that out and its synergy. With a few + All Skills or + Javelin or Spear skills it can do 500-1k damage per second. Its still waaay slower than Lightning Fury/Charge Strike but its faster than mercenary and valkyrie alone, and its got a pretty big area of effect (which gets even larger if it pierces).
The reason I prefer using the poison skills is because the +Javelin or Spear skills you get on gloves and javelins will also boost them. If you branch out into Bows and Crossbow skills you’ll be losing out on those bonuses.
Also if you’re looking for cheap upgrades to your own gear take a look at the Peace Runeword (Shael, Thul, Amn) to see if that’s something you can use. Also the other advice about gambling for gloves and helms and amulets in the above replies is good. Ideally you’ll get +2 javelin and Spear skills at least on both gloves and weapon, +1-2 Amazon Skills on helm and amulet (or +3 Javelin skills on amulet). If you make the Peace runeword you’ll get +2 to Amazon skills on chest. You’ll be roughly +6 to 10 skill levels up overall.
Make sure you pick up and look at all Javelin type weapons that drop, you’re playing solo so you can’t be picky about what you look at.
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yeah i dont know about fend. you started off talking about javazons so i assumed you included yourself in that catagory. i never use a 2 handed weapon for any character if i can help it because shields are just too important. 75% blocking means 75% chance of a COMPLETE MISS!!! blocking is the best defense modifier in the friggen game. i tried fend and the spear for a very brief time but it was too much death and pain for me so i picked up the javalin and the shield. rhyme shield you can get easy early on, only needs shael rune and 2 socket shield basically. it will take you all the way into hell.
etherial armor is of no use to you but oddly enough it does not degrade on your merc so etherial anything for merc is supreme. also any etherial drops with the indestructible suffix will work for you. ethereals have higher stats so they are actually better provided they do not degrade.
yes it will stack up the lighting immunes on you for sure. short term strategy is to put some points into poison javalin. then look for anything that gives you lower resistance to lightning such as tstroke or lightning facets which are prized among the elite zons. i am a level 83 zon with crap gear and i have plague jav almost maxed out. gives me about 2500 poison damage over time …slow but gets the job done.
Sounds like you need some help!
- Getting a Maiden/Ceremonial/Matriarch javelin is a good idea until you find Titans, because they have an inherent +1-3 Jav skills, even when white. You can farm NM Meph for Titans, should be easy at lvl 71
- For Hell, you should invest in Valk, enough to get to a soft 17 and she’ll tank for you, which you need against many Lightning immune. Being able to recast her anytime she goes down is a huge benefit in a boss fight, unlike your merc
- You should use Decoy liberally, it will keep the damage off of your merc, you and your Valk. When running through tough areas, keep Decoy on your left mouse button and cast that first to keep from getting swarmed by Lightning immunes
- A few points in Plague Jav is helpful, contributes to damage of Merc and Valk and prevents healing, again, useful against Lightning immunes. A soft 16-20 is noticeable in most fights
- Off-hand; get a Lower Resist wand (should say it has 67 charges, not the Necro only ones) and use it to try and break Lightning immune
- Might aura merc from NM Act II is best to Amp physical damage of you, merc and Valk.
- You should make or shoo some +skill gear you need; Lore and Peace are very easy/cheap and shop NM Act I & II vendors for +2-3 javelin gloves,
- Farm NM Andy and Meph for better gear (belt, rings, amulets), specifically you want +skill items, especially Titan’s
- You can use Ancient’s Pledge (runes given to you in Act V) or even a three Socket shield with 3 perfect diamonds will help with your resists greatly
- Get your merc a high damage pole arm Insight or Obedience, and a helm and/or armor with life steal.
Hope that gets you going in the right direction!
Forgot to mention skills to use…5 of them mostly;
- max Charged Strike & Lightning Fury, single target and mass mobs respectively
- You should be able to kill Hell bosses in a minute or so, CS is the boss killer champ skill
- 1 hard point in Decoy
- Use to avoid damage/aggro
- 17 soft points in Valkyrie
- Best tank in the game at this level
- 16 to 20 soft points in Plague Jav
- DOT to supplement your merc and Valk dmg, also prevents healing
- There are a few Lightning & Poison immunes in Hell…Gloams in Hell Act V are especially troublesome, you’ll either have to avoid them, tough it out with merc, Decoy, Valk and Jab (1 hard point only!), or reroll the map
Good luck
- I farmed NM Meph a lot and never got anything interesting. I keep getting Sigon’s and stuff. 220 mf.
- I don’t have Valk and used all my resets already.
- Ditto.
- Where do I find that?
- I use holy freeze. Adds cold damage.
- I do have both Lore and Peace but I found better gear. Can I shop Hell vendors instead of NM? I’m up to A3.
- I farmed those a lot. Never got anything.
- I have Insight I think, and Tal Rasha helmet.
Additionnally, I did a lot of Hell “The Pit” runs for a Monarch Shield for a Spirit runeword but I never get anything. My MF is low and I tried with /players X.
- Plague Jav is on the path to Lightning Fury
- The value of the Holy Freeze merc is the slow, not the cold dmg, which is negligible, but the Might aura merc will double the physical dmg of the merc (increasing his life steal), the Valk and you and that’s what is going to help you most
- For the gloves, you can try Hell Act III, but the gloves will probably have higher requirements if they spawn
- NM Andy and Meph are going to give you best shot at gear you want; Razortail, Titan’s, SoJ…
- Those are really good, Insight should be in a high damage pole arm, something doing 100-200 dmg or more, so that the life steal can keep your merc alive
BTW, if you want the wand, I think Ormus sells them first, but really any of the wand/staff vendors after lvl 30 should be capable.
I found my first Monarch in D2R in Hell Act V Frigid Hills
For some reason, the numbers order changed. I actually wrote 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,10 in answer. That got confused.
LOL, OK, I’ll try to answer by deduction;
- NM Meph is where I find Titan’s Revenge, your BIS javelin for the whole game
- In Hell, you run across so many Lightning Immunes, that if you don’t have a way to break their immunity, then you are going to have a hard time doing anything because every farming location has at least some lightning immunes, it is the most prevalent immunity
- I can’t afford an Infinity to give to my merc, so I shop up a Lower Resist wand once I get to NM. You need the one that has charges and does NOT say, “Necromancer Only”. Use this in your off-hand, switch to it when facing lightning immunes and you might be able to break their immunity.
- When I get to Hell, I liberally use Valk and Decoy. Being able to recast Valk whenever she dies is a big help for all situations, I especially like to use her in boss fights and whenever I see those farking exploding dolls, the bane of my existence! But, putting down a Decoy in front of you and running past it, the Dolls will stop and hit the Decoy, getting them off my tail long enough to throw a few LF and kill them from a distance. Act III NM/Hell Durance is a must to have these two (for me, at least)
- NM Act I & II blacksmiths and gambling vendors are the best place to get the +Jav skill gloves, in my experience. You can shop them quickly at no risk, and ideally you’d want to find a +2/3 Jav Skills and +20 IAS, in my opinion
- Act II NM mercs that have the Might or Holy Freeze auras are typically the best, use whichever you prefer
- I’m too poor for Enigma; so I use the Skin of the Viper Magi, Peace or other gear that gives me res and/or +skills, whatever works for you
- Once you get high enough level, you won’t need your merc to have Insight, give him something with high damage, life steal and perhaps crushing blow (although, you really shouldn’t have too much problems with boss killing)
- Keep your eyes peeled for any white Maiden or Ceremonial Javelins, they have an inherent +1-3 Jav Skills on them, even when white. Until you get something better (e.g. Titan’s Revenge), these are what you want. Their default stack size is 80 and they are Very Fast attack weapons, which is ideal for your Amazon
- I just watched a YouTube video and found that Hell Mausoleum drops Monarchs pretty frequently…problem is, that place is full of lightning immunes, but I have found two more Monarchs since I last wrote using my other chars in there and it’s true, Monarchs drop about once every 10 runs for me…your mileage may vary, of course
Good luck!