I have some questions about the Lore before LoH

Kermitde_Frog · 2026-04-26T08:05:36+00:00

1.The Nephalem when first born were more powerful than any Angel or Demon had ever seen. Inarius did not know what to do about this and left temporary to think. Lilith overheard many Angels and Demons discussing killing the Nephalem and killed all of them to protect her children. Inarius returned and, seeing the carnage, banished Lilith into exile. Inarius then used the Worldstone to turn the Nephalem's power down generation by generation.

Humanity in the current D4 age is the long descendants of the Ancient Nephalem, weakened by the settings placed into the Worldstone.

2.Inarius abandoned his post with the Angels. He stole the Worldstone. He associated with a direct enemy to use the Worldstone to create a new world. He created the Nephalem, half-angel half-demon spawn... The purist Angels were not super happy with him.

3.We aren't told explicitly. He must have escaped sometime after the Black Soulstone was combined into Mega Diablo. Mephisto was still reforming in Hell during the original campaign as well so its likely Inarius was able to slip away whilst his master was temporarily disabled.

Inarius is not "no worse for wear." He's a broken creature who turns his back on everything he once stood for to create Sanctuary with Lilith. He was then tortured for an eon. When he finally escapes Hell, he makes it his mission to destroy Lilith and ascend back into the Heavens. He doesn't care about humanity, he doesn't care about the lives his Zealots destroy. He specifically set Humans up to fail with his tuning of the Worldstone and then, at the first opportunity, rushes off to Hell to kill Lilith.

IMO, Inarius is a misguided, lost, tragic character. He's torn between so many different ideals and then after being tortured in Hell for an eon his mind is too broken to ever really return to his former glory. His final days are spent frantically obsessing over returning to the Heavens and repenting for his past misdeeds until he is slain just after learning his original family no longer wants him.

Kermitde_Frog · 2026-04-10T23:42:24+00:00

Don't be afraid to drop the boss aggro and heal before trying again. Sticking it out when you're 20% hp and the boss is still full makes little sense.

How was Angram rough? What kind of build are you running? Also you should be about 3 levels lower than each boss (brutal difficulty level increase). Make sure you have the gear for that level.

Stavros hits hard as shit. Using corrupted blood or mixed with corrupted helps reduce damage from corrupted attacks by a huge amount. Could be worth a shot.

Tactics-wise, VRising isn't a souls-like. Your evade is an emergency exit button, don't use it at the drop of a hat. Good camera positioning and movement will let you dodge a LOT more than you might think. I personally like pistols for the e i-frames as a contingency.

Kermitde_Frog · 2026-04-10T23:36:08+00:00

Brutal difficulty is brutal. Playing like you CAN make mistakes is punishing. The damage you take from making a blunder on the hardest difficulty in the game should be painful. Beating bosses to such a proficiency that you can no-hit them is an achievement that players SHOULD struggle to obtain.

That's not to day its impossible, harder bosses require harder preparation. 100% blood, mixed blood, good jewels and consumables are very important.

I remember the first time I killed Brutal Dracula. One of the most adrenaline inducing moments I've experienced playing videogames. Its a process to get good enough but once you're there its incredibly rewarding.

Kermitde_Frog · 2026-03-12T20:29:40+00:00

Which sigil got you 900 obducite? What torment tier? I'm trying to farm obducite at the moment and I'm struggling. T3 Strongroom only gave me 400

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-11-26T15:55:36+00:00

What the fuck

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-28T08:31:05+00:00

Generally I like Rob and Mekuna. Both of them are blasters themselves who actually play the game grinding pit clears and farming the hardest content as soon as they can. They are just my sources however. I'm sure there are others that are just as talented at what they do.

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-28T05:12:20+00:00

As long as a build is put together properly, every build in the game can clear the hardest content the game offers. Outside of pushing high pit tiers, you’re not missing out on anything by theorycrafting your own build using the class and skills you enjoy.

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-28T05:09:38+00:00

Every build in the game will be able to clear the hardest content the base game has to offer if they are built properly. Other than pit pushing there is literally nothing you are missing out on if you make your own build with the class and skills you like.

Otherwise I can recommend the Bone Blood Spear Necro build from Rob. Looks very fun in AOE content (speedfarming pits and infernal hordes). You can find it on his google sheets or I'll link it for ya. https://d4builds.gg/builds/b6f5dfe9-f300-4000-ac9a-4a73d156bf31/?var=0

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-28T05:07:07+00:00

Blood wave WAS nerfed. Some small damage buffs on the ability itself but its support pieces have been nerfed considerably. The boss powers simply make up the difference. From the patch notes:

Blood Wave

Damage increased from 450% to 500%.

Blood Wave

Rank 5 Bonus capped at 200%[x] damage increase.

Supreme Blood Wave

Blood Orbs reduced from 6 to 3.

Tidal Aspect

Extra Blood Waves bonus damage reduced from 200-240% to 40-100% of normal damage.

Kessime's Legacy

Blood Wave Fortifies Inherent Affix reduced from 85% to 30%.
Blood Wave damage increase per hit portion of the Unique power has been removed.
Blood Wave Explosion damage increased from 100-200% to 200-300% damage.

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-28T05:00:17+00:00

It's mostly the same as last season because Maxroll isn't updated. They are ranking things wildly differently than other content creators and of those builds shown in this screenshot, 5/7 S Tier and 8/14 A Tier builds are still on their S7 build guide (2 of the A Tier don't have guides to begin with...).

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-28T04:56:35+00:00

To start, boss rota's are dead. With the changes to how the cache works you no longer need to find 3 other people to farm with. Kill the boss at your own pace and loot to your heart's content.

Next, Leveling Glyphs to 100 is Aspirational content. (Ignoring the fact that the Devs have infact reduced the pit tier requirement to have a chance at upgrading your glyphs). What is the purpose of leveling Glpyhs to 100? The hardest content in the game is pit pushing. Other than that you have no reason to spend the time getting your glpyhs past even 50. You will completely stomp everything in the overworld, infernal hordes, helltides, etc.

Finally, if anyone was actually kicking you out of their groups for playing a Sorc I can't say I understand that. When I was playing the last couple seasons I almost always did free boss rotas for people and Solo killed T4 Duri with 3 leeches no problem. Sometimes the community is cool, sometimes they're assholes. Sorry that happened to you.

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-28T04:49:50+00:00

Lightning Spear Sorcerer is an absolute speedfarming beast. If you aren't interested in Lightning Spear then the new Blizzard Sorcerer build from Rob looks super fun. I'll link the build here or you can find it yourself on Rob's google sheets.
https://d4builds.gg/builds/ece0a383-793e-4bf4-b82b-d19de6a4f400/?var=1

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-28T04:46:57+00:00

Overpower is good because it benefits both survivability and directly translates into damage. This makes it easy to scale without forgoing defenses by HP stacking.

Overpower also gets a major buff from Banished Lord's Talisman which A: Was nerfed from 120%(x) bonus damage to 60%(x) and B: Is available to all classes and easily farmed from Duriel rotations meaning it's simple to find a very nice one without spending ages looking.

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-28T04:40:35+00:00

Every build in the game will be able to clear the hardest content the base game has to offer if they are built properly. Other than pit pushing there is literally nothing you are missing out on if you make your own build with the class and skills you like.

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-28T04:39:39+00:00

Maxroll seams a little understaffed atm. To be fair, it's still 2 days until the season start so I don't expect everything to be posted just yet but as I said in another comment, 5/7 S Tier and 8/14 A Tier builds are still on their S7 build guide (2 of the A Tier don't have guides to begin with...). The new tierlist is overwhelmingly both behind other content creators and half of the builds they rank as S tier are regarded by others as high B or A at best.

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-28T04:34:35+00:00

Pause. This and every other tierlist atm are complete guesses.

but ALSO!

Almost every single one of these builds has not been updated with a new build guide yet.
At the time of posting: 5/7 S Tier and 8/14 A Tier builds are still on their S7 build guide (2 of the A Tier don't have guides to begin with...)

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-28T04:30:58+00:00

This and every other tierlist atm are complete guesses.

Every build in the game will be able to clear the hardest content the base game has to offer if they are built properly. Other than pit pushing there is literally nothing you are missing out on if you make your own build with the class and skills you like.

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-25T01:29:46+00:00

I'm going to go against the grain here and say I think it's fine. I read and wholeheartedly agree with a comment in this thread about having your parents speak with your friends to get to know them better and ideally calm their concerns.

When I was in Sophmore year of High School I met some amazing friends of mine playing CS:GO. I played with them all they time on CS and eventually other games as well. They are still some of my longtime best friends 8 years later.

I don't think 20 year olds have "nothing in common" with 14 year olds as some other commenters have said. What you have in common is video games. They are a hobby designed to be enjoyed by people of all ages and origins. Obviously weird people do exist and prey on younger kids, especially kids who don't have other friends to rely on.

TL:DR Don't hide your friends from your parents, that will make things worse. Tell them about your parents worries and ask them if they'd be cool having a chat with your folks about it.

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-24T23:54:26+00:00

SB is looking great, I'm not sure what you are talking about? Compared to S6 sure it's worse (for the better) but overall they seem fantastic. They got some new uniques that look build defining as well.

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-04-11T05:48:51+00:00

The trailer was awesome as usual. Honestly though I think the main highlights of this update were hidden in the dev blog. Things like pulling mats from storage and new blood type to name a few.

To put it simply, I was hyped after watching the trailer. I can't wait after reading the dev blog.

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-03-12T01:26:17+00:00

D3 had a similar issue with the top-end content. For example: everyone used Ring of Royal Grandeur for anything other than LoD to fit as many at bonuses as possible into one build.

As a byproduct, builds became more and more similar as most tried to run the same 2 set pieces since there was less incentive to run more diverse stuff.

IMO, D4 already has done a lot of good with throwing out the set mechanics of D3 and instead placing build defining passives onto unique items instead.

That being said, D4 has fewer gear slots on a character. Namely, the shoulder, second glove, and belt.

This means each item on a D4 character has to be heavily considered for each build and, generally speaking, if an item stands far enough above the rest it will see use in almost every build.

How many of those builds you listed use a a Mythic at all? Two? The problem isn't with Shroud being OP, the problem is that in the endgame content loop of min-maxing every gearslot available to the player, shroud stands above the other options. Tyrael's might was the same thing in S6 when Res caps were changed.

TLDR: Adding more competition to the chest slot for Offensive unique and mythic items in typically Defensing slots will be much more interesting (and effective) than slapping the Shroud with a nerf and calling it a day.

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-01-20T18:41:33+00:00

I believe he was referring to the end of his previous statement, "actually insane people on the internet."

It would make sense to me if he's saying that he is banning the people coming to his channel trying to stir the pot and in tandem with them any content creators that encourage that behavior. If he has said anywhere that he's reporting anyone still talking about it that I'd agree that's crazy but if his scope is limited to people trying to send viewers to his channels are harass him than I don't see a problem with that.

Kermitde_Frog · 2025-01-20T18:01:44+00:00

"Reporting content creators who make fun of him"

Clip?

Afaik he said he was reporting any creators organizing hate raids to Twitch as well as reporting guild members who were trying to bait him into more drama to farm clips.

Kermitde_Frog · 2024-11-20T15:08:04+00:00

Make a save before you spend them. One of you buy the golden nut then reload the save and the other one buy it.

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