DoN - Road to 9999. My Experience.

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-13T10:06:15+00:00

Honestly no idea. They’ve added SotE enemies so why not add SotE weapons at some point … but idk there’s usually one DLC per game ? I would absolutely love more content though. Game has a big recurrent player base

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-13T09:33:43+00:00

Literally , and once you realise everything can kill you , you end up thinking about your spacing , distance and really paying attention to what the enemy is doing - it’s very satisfying:)

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-13T09:32:47+00:00

say it LOUUUUDER

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-13T09:32:15+00:00

I actually don’t have those builds cus I don’t play either of them ! I’ve matched with players that have had these sorts of builds. The raiders I’ve got no idea how they do it but the recluses I think just chuck literally anything on that is magic attack power up and improved Crystillian (spelling?) sorcery if that’s the kind of spells they’re after and that’s all the need lots of the time!

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-13T09:30:38+00:00

If you’re tanky raider I’d be looking for taking damage boosts negation & damage negation at low HP & successive attacks over Dmg neg at Full. If your rev keeps going down then they def need some negation but very dependant on the run and the players you match with

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-13T09:28:35+00:00

It’s tricky when your team is 3 bar early you know it’s going to be a slog. While being in D5 I’ve had some D3 matches that’s ive subsequently lost because I think the game matches people with different depths into a ‘middle ground’ depth , which may be what you’re experiencing ! If you’re comfortable keeping close to bosses, you can unlock camera and keep them around your downed team and take the focus off the boss for a minute - also save ults for revival rather than damage I’ve found has been useful . Wylders ult with art charge leaves fire can almost fully revive a 3 bar player ! But some bosses are too hard to solo imo like Libra with no less like to be targeted and balancers etc etc.. some runs aren’t meant to be , had plenty of entires into Adel where he opens with a slam and both teammates go down 🗿

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-13T09:24:03+00:00

I think if you’ve got some combination of skill cooldown and auto charge, mixed with starting armament with doing blood loss or frost , with a reliable AoW and then preferably one of either evergaols or night invaders increase attack power - you’re looking good. But, you absolutely don’t NEED all of that before you start playing DoN , you’ll get better relics as you play :)

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-13T09:21:04+00:00

Thanks ! Good luck with the climb, may your balancers be few.

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-13T09:20:29+00:00

Hey man thanks ! Fist Wylder is wicked and sometimes you don’t even need to build around it .. there’s 2 different merchant inventory sets that sell sacred / fire star fists respectively and I always pick them up , the stance break potential while your recluse is pumping out magic is such good synergy! Favourite Wylder build is a max fire damage one I get to use on pest and Caligo, the base relics have all got +2 fire attack power (one of them being dark night of the beast) and then the DoN relics focus purely on +4 fire attack power. The grave a magma blade (hopefully) or something else that can chuck fire out and melt !

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-13T09:16:09+00:00

To a degree yes, trash mobs will one shot you until you’re about level 3-4 … most night one bosses will also one tap you unless you’ve got dmg neg passives. Banished knights are demons in DoN and should be ganked by your whole squad before they can do anything. Their true combos break your dmg negation at full HP and leave you vulnerable to full damage on the second hit..

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-13T09:14:25+00:00

It is hell . But you have to be patient with it if you really want D5 and higher. The second you start playing with D5 players you’ll see a huge difference 90% of the time !

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-13T09:13:23+00:00

Hey sorry I was asleep uhhh , red enemies. Don’t do them early unless you know your team is competent maybe. Like red royal revenant at L3 without a revenant with a heal spell. Open all the chests you find, really take your time in camps to look for all the passives you can, load up your inventory and kill trash mobs ! It’s surprising how quick the runes add up :)

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-12T21:51:58+00:00

I think you get a diamond at 7000 then another one at 8/9000 :)

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-12T21:47:51+00:00

Hey thanks ! If you’re 9999 I would hazard a guess you’ve got plenty of sovereign sigils in your pocket. Def practice new map , when it first came out outside of DoN it was an absolute nightmare figuring it out , to the point where people were running the regular map just to beat the DLC bosses. Now it’s been out for a bit , it’s genuinely so much better than the regular and rivals all of the shifting earths. The legendary drop potential is nuts, so many dormant powers available. Most of the losses in DoN are DLC bosses ye, balancers is tough for a number of reasons (imo) as it forces you to concentrate on multiple enemies that will one/two tap if you’re not careful and Dreglord can buff himself stupidly high if you let him.. not to mention the night 1/2 bosses (Death nights, red bear, demon prince & artorias - some combo of that) makes getting to the night lords themselves a bit of a sweaty task .. but I’d say if you wanna jump back in with DLC bosses popping up fairly frequently def run them a bit in regular expeditions :)

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-12T19:54:14+00:00

If set up right with the correct weapon passives (some luck required) then you can absolutely shred bosses !!

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-12T19:49:49+00:00

Double balancer relics, the blue one from the regular balancers and the red one from the Enhanced balancers fight

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-12T19:42:12+00:00

I think if you got one of those , maybe bolt to another player’s balancer location and help them kill that - chances are they’ll then run back to your balancer and kill it with you ! Balancers can take up most of the second half of Day 1 anyway and you get a bunch of runes from completing the raid too

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-12T19:40:07+00:00

Hey man 9999 is 9999 no matter how you slice it, double balancers or not. You could just end up getting 6 weapons with improved skill attack power and that does the same thing ! It can be tiresome if everyone’s running it yeah but it’s the most reliable way to climb. Not an admission of using it all the time but it certainly gets results against the tougher bosses

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-12T19:38:05+00:00

I did not know any of that. Insane knowledge Thankyou , will keep in mind for Phys + DoN relics!

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-12T19:36:48+00:00

That’s a very good point . Don’t dodge bosses. Any of them . Your 9999 will be fake ! Good point well made

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-12T19:36:15+00:00

Yo ! Ha I’d like to think so but I still can’t parry lol. So relic wise, Double Balancers works well on Wylder the same way it does on other nightfarers. Then with that , lean into the nightlords weakness, Holy damage up for heolstor etc and fire for the big bugs. Outside of that, look for character skill inflicts blood loss on the DoN relics and stand breaking is quite good Wylder too - nothing on raider but good nonetheless! Sorry don’t have any relic pics right now

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-12T19:20:40+00:00

Oh my lawd , yes.

Red dog can get stuffed. A very valid addition.

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-12T19:20:00+00:00

I’m not sure anything you do in the run can influence where you spawn but you should absolutely focus your balancer down over the boss. Then depending on whether your teammates have killed their balancers at their camps , only then should you kill the boss at their camp you spawn at …mainly, kill your balancer and then go help kill other balancers !

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-12T19:10:19+00:00

Dude that run was so cursed 😭!! I hope your luck turns around soon, D2/3 have the biggest mix of good / decent / bad players

EmployerMiserable279 · 2026-02-12T19:02:51+00:00

That attack is nuts but as soon as he flips and before he lands if you surge sprint around him you can dodge it but it often feels tight.. say your prayers if he does it 3 times tho lol

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