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Nope, not solo. You can def. play a solo Helwalker, but you'll have to have higher defenses and AR, different attributes and also be good enough in melee. You'd also profit a lot from Dichotomous Soul and stuff like Rooting Pain and Crucible (if you don't want to kite all the time). This is a powerful CC/DD build for a party. It relies on some front liners to take the heat and some healing and buffing occasionally. If you let it loose it will be very effective. In boss fights you might only use Long Pain.

His defenses are not that high, especially not deflection. With interrupts you can keep the separate oozes from merging. Some abilites interrupt on graze. It should not be hard to graze 106 deflection.

This fight should also teach you that interrupts are important.

You know that the shell of fresh eggs clings the most and the older the egg the better it peels?

Mortar Monk: Single Class Helwalker MIG: ++ CON:- DEX: + PER: ++ INT: ++ RES: --- Abilities: Swift Strikes --> Lightning Strikes (more attack/reload speed and shocking lash) Dance of Death --> Enduring Dance (more ACC and auto-wounds) Two Weapon Style --> more attack/reload speed Graceful Retreat (don't need if wearing an armor with immunity to disengagement attacks) Long Stride Tumbling (don't need if wearing an armor with immunity to disengagement attacks) Stunning Blow --> Stunning Surge (every AoE hit roll has the potential to crit, giving you a refund) Duality of Mortal Presence (choose INT always for max AoE size) Thunderous Blows (you need the PEN) The Long Pain (for single targets) Flagellanth's Path (works with mortars, explodes at the target position, also skips reloading phase entirely) The Razor's Edge (more ACC) Resonant Touch (every mortar hit gives a stack) Whispers of the Wind (against packed crowds: every attack of WotW will do an AoE mortar blast. It's AoE*AoE hit rolls - combine with Resonant Touch) Prestige (more Power Levels = more jumps of Whispers of the Wind) Weapon Proficiency: Blunderbuss (I would turn on the modal as long as you are not firing at friends). Items: Head: Heaven's Cacophony (Whispers of the Wind + Avenging Storm... mayhem, also +2 INT) Neck: Stone of Power (if you get two you can stack them in the stash after each fight which resets their charge, making it +1 Power Level for every fight) Back: Ajamuut's Stalking Cloak (Whispers of the Wind makes you invisible - this cloak stuns everybody who gets hit from invisibility) Armor: Aloth's Armor (bigger AoE) or Miscreant's Leathers (higher attack/reload speed with a fitting pet like Cutthroat Cosmo) or Gipon Prudensco (immunity to disengagement attacks) or Nomad's Brigandine (immunity to disengagement attacks) or Devil of Caroc's Breastplate (+2 Mortification, nearly no slowdown with a fitting pet like Cutthroat Cosmo) Arms: Mortification Bindings Weapons: Hand Mortar (Blinding Smoke), Fire in the Hole (Chain Shot) Rings: Ring of Overseeing, Ring of the Marksman, Ring of Clenched Muscle Waist: Upright Captain's Belt Boots: Boots of Speed, Rakhan Field Boots It's powerful, rel. simple and a lot of fun. You can get Serafen's two mortars quite early. The first one you get right afte Port Maje. Until you get the first/second one just use regular blunderbusses. Early game also your fists are still great. Before you get Whispers of the Wind you'll mostly use Stunning Blows/Surge and Flagellanth's Path. I suggest taking the noble voiceset because it has a contagious laugh when you crit (which this build does often do). Best to use in tandem with Konstanten because he's got a laugh like Barry White which fits your noble voice set very well. Once they both go to town it's all deep laughs and giggles. Here's a teaser:

I don't consider builds for the ultimate challenge or Berath's challenge to be particularly fun to play, but to each their own. I just reckon that the same modus operandi would be more fun with a Beguiler than with a Psion. Except in fights with single tough foes (e.g. certain Dragons or Megabosses).

No. Never. At least not for first time players I guess. I already went totally out of my way and suggested Herald, so cut me some slack.

Let me introduce you to mortar monk...

Sixth(?) day of self-quarantine: I build a soap dish from some old takeaway-chopsticks, toothpicks and some o-rings. Turned out rather nice (imho).

Howdy and welcome. That's a rather wide field to pick from. What do you particulary like? "Powerhouse that can carry a party" sounds a lot like a Herald (Troubadour/Kind Wayfarer for example). It's a strong support combo that requires little micromanagement to be good.

Since you're casting Secret Horrors and other Deceptions on a regular basis anyway: why not use a Beguiler?

Huh? Either you are doing something wrong or its position and/or detection levels were changed.

Then quote it! If you can't that either means that you are unable to use the quotation tags (which is unlikely since you just quoted me) - or are *gasp* lying. And while you are at that also highlight the part where Merkel is comparing the current situation with WWII (little hint: saying that Y is going to be the biggest challenge since X doesn't say anything about the magnitute or quality of neither X nor Y. It just says that there was nothing of that quality or magnitude betwen the two).

Everybody should. One can never read too well. Still waiting for the quote though. Where is it?

I also thought that but "I get caught every time" did puzzle me a bit.

Point me to the passage where I took a jab at Poland or where I said that Poland is not a country - or live with the shame that you can't read properly.

Last time I checked Polish conservatives were not a country.

Try Forbidden Fist/Beguiler and deal astonishing amounts of dmg with Disintegrate (because of Psychovampiric Shield + Enfeebled +10 INT). Ascendant also works but it's kind of a bummer that Forbidden Fist (ability) doesn't generate focus. Beguiler can get full focus just from casting debuffs.

Buys them time though. And that's what it's all about I think. Time to build more ventilators, provide more hospital beds, educate personell, develop a vaccines/medicine etc.

Afaik it also works when they are attacking with ranged weapons. It's the act of clicking on an enemy (with any type of direct attack) that triggers "threatening". The ACC malus isn't that bad. The PEN doesn't matter that much if you a) take the two Cipher PEN passives and b) mostly cast debuffs. Tactician/Cipher, especially Tactician/Beguiler is a nice combo because of the huge AoE of Phantom Foes (which has the potential to flank all enemies, triggering Brilliant Tactician). Beguiler gets a lot of focus from casting Phantom Foes if he can hit enough enemies. That means you can chain-cast it until really all enemies are flanked --> Brilliant. Also using Whispers of the Endless Paths with Mule Kick is cool as a Tactician (disorients in a cone - and Disoriented contains Flanked).

Well I have several friends, three kids and a wife (who is my best friend) - I also have 5 nieces/nephews and a big family. Still I wouldn't run out and buy all the face masks and hand sanitizer I can get so that people who really need it can't get it anymore. Caring for friends and family doesn't mean you have to act like "après moi, le déluge". Hey that should be my family motto from now on. Bit unwieldy though...

Because David Hasselhoff has been looking for it.

Thing is you will lose 3 PLs when multiclassing in the first place (taking Prestige into account) Acute or Brilliant will only give you back one out of three temporarily then. If you only compare with other Cipher/x multiclasses: right.

I will repeat myself: there is none.

Aaaand you're evil.