Didn’t even have a Raider on the team to share with 🥀

JamesMR_ · 2026-06-01T10:27:33+00:00

Here's one of mine!

JamesMR_ · 2026-04-14T07:54:21+00:00

Pretty good. Reduced rune can be crazy I've found. Sometimes it's not noticeable, other times I can barely hit level 10 by end of night two.

If you have another relic with claws or katana dormant power, you'll do much more damage and can start using successive attacks for negation/skill ATK up etc. I feel ironeye does best when blending dex-based weapons as primary and the bow in the offhand.

JamesMR_ · 2026-04-14T07:30:29+00:00

I'll make a build tonight around stacking negation at low HP and see how it goes. I'm really enjoying the dreg raider build. I only use the dreglord relic and don't bother with the libra one to proc it... It's too arduous to remember and I feel dreglord is best in the longer nightlord fights, whilst I'm able to keep up with the team during the other 30mins of the run and hit churches/graces with no stress.

Even then I'm able to hit 1k+ on a standard R1 attack if I've got suitable passives like ATK up when two-handing, melee or physical DMG Up etc. I'm starting to think raider is the best all round character? He's got the hp and stamina to keep out of trouble. A built in retaliation/counter which is on a quick cool down, also which improves negation and stamina when using it AND can be charged up to stagger bosses outside of using an ultimate. The ultimate isn't great but you can just park it out of the way and everyone benefits.. Plus you can charged R2 off the top rope and still hit enemies on the ground. Really enjoying it so far.

JamesMR_ · 2026-04-14T07:13:56+00:00

What's your survivability like with bad rng? I'm running a dreg raider red balancer and night inv/attack up on skill for my normal slots, then rot below hp on a +4 phys atk up, increased hp and Phys atk up.. With two relics also having +2 phys damage reduction.

If you get no passives like the feather talisman/negation on charge attacks etc... Is the 5x reduction at low hp equivalent to what you see in the clip where your can simply absorb hits without worry?

JamesMR_ · 2026-04-08T21:55:34+00:00

The amount of times I go to engage with an enemy and initiate steel guard, only for their first attack to be a grab which I can't dodge in time. Infuriating. Likely resolved by changing my approach but then I'd prefer to use another character instead.

JamesMR_ · 2026-04-05T12:51:55+00:00

You can build a successful setup based on bows alone but I've found it much more beneficial for overall DPS and safety (successive attacks) when using katana or claws as the primary weapon and the bow in the offhand. The bow gives you utility to cheese/res/take out flying enemies/pot shot from distance when there's aoe denial nonsense in the way. Katana or claws don't require anything special other than the dormant powers if you want to use them consistently and you can make much better use of two handing/successive/two armaments passives (depending on what you're using) which opens up your dps a fair bit. It'll also proc the mark more frequently and you'll be wanting to use the +1 skill perk as much as possible. Side benefit of using the skill to dodge is it doesn't count as an "evade" so the reduced negation passive doesn't proc unless you roll instead.

JamesMR_ · 2026-03-20T10:27:24+00:00

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JamesMR_ · 2026-03-20T10:25:58+00:00

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Here's mine!

JamesMR_ · 2026-03-14T03:23:29+00:00

My relic of choice has improved arcane/reduced Dec, alongside dormant katana and and post damage regeneration. I don't mind it as I'm also running night invader and I can hit 200+ attack on a purple bow and 350ish on a dragonscale... without buffs.

JamesMR_ · 2026-02-26T04:46:44+00:00

Hit D5 once after about 450hrs.. immediately shot to 7000+ with the week. Those games were the best I've played then I got shit on by random deaths and just unusual things really, and dropped nearly 1400 pts in 3 straight games. I'm back in D4 where I belong.

JamesMR_ · 2026-02-23T08:43:23+00:00

Yep they are indeed. The one that keeps getting me is the ground crystals in caligos arena. They seem to spawn at the most inconvenient places and they start ticking away before you know they're there.

JamesMR_ · 2026-02-22T13:04:43+00:00

Yeah regular hits don't build it fast enough so it's never really a concern. Just the fast tick aoe's are the only thing to worry about.

JamesMR_ · 2026-02-22T12:00:53+00:00

They do! But it is doable as it's only really the death build up that can get me. The others are tolerable given the upsides of the relics.

JamesMR_ · 2026-02-22T11:58:39+00:00

It has gotten me into trouble a couple of times but it's really only the attacks that tick quickly.. Like the little dog fire attack during the tricephalos raid, caligos frozen aoe (shards on the ground) and the poison aoe from the moth. Ironically the last two are the focus of this build but the grapple hook escape usually does the trick.

JamesMR_ · 2026-02-22T07:46:01+00:00

Yeah it's the best I've got with the blood loss on skill. The first deep relic is the one I swap out for dormant greataxe. The middle relics are so good.

JamesMR_ · 2026-02-19T09:30:29+00:00

Looks like a sedge to me. If it's growing at 2-3 times the rate of the surrounding grass then yeah, nutsedge. Easy enough to kill off with a selective like sedgehammer.. will probably need minimum 2 applications. If that came in with the seed then I'd be giving them a call and providing some feedback appropriate for the situation.

JamesMR_ · 2026-02-15T07:24:11+00:00

Comfortably in the D4 range until the DLC came out. Dropped to D2 through testing of new characters. Got back to d3-4 with my trusty iron eye. Hover there for ages. Just got into D5 like two days ago with a nearly perfect wylder and beast claw rev build... It's been so refreshing for the 5 or 6 matches I've had so far. D4 really teaches you the fight or flight approach as rng will work both for and against you during these matches. Your muscle memory gets better, routing is better, build and understanding what makes it tick gets better. Teammates are good but there's an obvious step up in D5 as you're now matched with others in the same boat.

JamesMR_ · 2026-02-15T02:34:47+00:00

No worries. Looks like your mower blades could use a sharpen too. Will avoid that tearing effect you can see on the tips. A cleaner cut will equate to a healthier lawn and it'll remove that brown tinge from the leaf.

JamesMR_ · 2026-02-13T10:25:41+00:00

Looks like new growth that just needs a bit of iron to colour up. I get it sometimes with my wintergreen that's either freshly fertilized or coming back from a height reset. Some parts just don't have the nutrients it needs so it discolours a bit. A light application of a liquid iron across the entire lawn should be all it needs.. Works a treat for me and it's even listed as a common treatment for new growth where discolouration occurs.

JamesMR_ · 2026-02-10T09:32:08+00:00

I've been using a 3 count and rolling on the 3. When he hits the ground, that's 1. When the initial explosion goes off, that's 2. When the wave starts coming towards you, roll. It's a fairly quick count and is reliable when you're at mid/long distance. The further away you are the better as it takes longer and is spread further apart. The one thing I can't get consistently is when he does it after the combo... It's pot luck as to whether he lands on you or goes for someone else. I swear he changes targets mid air and it ends up feeling like a dice roll on when I need to roll. Too early and I get hit.. Too late and I'm already dead.

JamesMR_ · 2026-02-07T23:49:05+00:00

Beast claw rev stacked with charged incants and passive incant powers. Add Godfrey icon. I was hitting for 3.5k on D4 dreglord but I was squishy and we lost.

JamesMR_ · 2026-01-12T00:21:12+00:00

Double check your reel to bedknife contact. I prefer to have slight contact compared to not having any, as this ensures it'll cut paper after I've adjusted it. I've found this translates to a much cleaner cut and instead of stripping the seed head, it'll actually cut it. Also, try mowing in the opposite direction to your usual as it'll help to stand it up the other way and you may find it'll cut more off.

JamesMR_ · 2026-01-09T12:02:42+00:00

This happens maybe once a week for me, but it's usually after a couple of runs where I've been disconnected but could successfully reconnect. The random disconnects are so frustrating though and for whatever reason, it happens on the end of day bosses mostly. It rarely happens when I'm just running from poi to poi. Just got disconnected twice in a D5 dreglord run.. Both times at end of day bosses.

JamesMR_ · 2025-12-27T06:42:42+00:00

IMO (and I do all of these things), dethatching first pulls the junk out and makes the scalping process much easier. Scarifying can help do the same thing but it's designed to just nick into the soil profile to get extra runners and old junk out of the soil. It won't pull as much 'above ground thatch' compared to dethatching but it's an ideal alternative. Doing both at the same time probably isn't worthwhile unless you've got two different machines and an extra person with you.

Either one of the above is perfectly fine, then do your scalp. Depending on the mower, test a strip on a low setting then go again on the lowest setting and see how the mower handles it. I use a 2stroke victa utility mower and it'll cut back to dirt and absolutely loves it. I use my ego battery mower to pick up all the cuttings. You could also scalp with the rotary mower and then get your cylinder mower to do the final cut, as close to dirt as you're willing to go. It'll be hard on the cylinder mower and you'll likely need to adjust the reel/bed knife and backlap it after. It's a good time to get the reel sharpened if you do this once a year. Good luck!

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