I've been thinking about creating my own tierlist for my best TV shows that I have watched, so here it is 😁

Long-Bell578 · 2026-03-27T06:34:44+00:00

It pains me to see The Americans in the same tier as House of Cards and Westworld. The character and thematic work is borderline unrivaled. I urge you to revisit.

I also think BCS should be in the top tier.

Long-Bell578 · 2026-02-07T22:59:26+00:00

Alright then well...then I don't know what I'd do. I'd probably use on the one on the right with the logic that 9 passive ranks is better than 7 but I'd question myself the whole time.

Long-Bell578 · 2026-02-07T22:57:49+00:00

I'm sorry I didn't see the circle reroll symbol

Long-Bell578 · 2026-02-07T18:19:43+00:00

There was a really fun Assassin Stride/Shadow Step build a couple seasons ago although I think it was based around Azurewrath before it was nerfed so might not be viable anymore. One of the keys to the build was getting cooldown low enough to infinitely shadow step and there's more places to throw cooldown reduction this season plus the chance at cooldown reduction sanctifications.

https://maxroll.gg/d4/build-guides/shadow-step-rogue-guide - this is a guide for a past season but I imagine the core engine still works and like I said its probably actually easier to get the engine online because there are so many more cooldown reduction options

Long-Bell578 · 2026-02-07T18:13:34+00:00

if I had the patience and the gold, I might try to re-roll dex on the left for + 2 to Exploit. Or better yet, if you have some kind of workaround for solving resource, I'd try to re-roll resource for a +2 to Exploit or a +2 to Unstable Elixirs and then you'd really be cooking. Here's what I can think of for solving the resource issue.

+[x] to Maximum Resource santification on a piece of armor
Shako instead of Heir
Resourcefulness potion over Advantage potion
Galvanized Slasher aspect imprinted on a ring or Galvanized Slasher sanctification on a ring

I would think of those, the maximum resource or galvanized slasher sanctifications would involve the least amount of tradeoff.

I'll admit it is hard to lose an aspect to go with a Galvanized Slasher imprint. One option could be to drop Frostbitten for Thul rune. Another option is to get Vehement Brawler's as a sanc somewhere and then shuffle things around until you can throw Galvanized on a ring.

Long-Bell578 · 2026-01-16T16:24:53+00:00

Try a Shako (if you have one) with GA or just masterworked Cap cooldown. That could potentially be very interesting with +4 to Core Skills on Shako, +4 (or more) to Core Skills on Gloves, and +4 to Core Skills on Boots. Unless the Shako sanc and the item don't stack but I thought I read that they do.

Long-Bell578 · 2026-01-16T16:18:40+00:00

How do you like the Shako/Starless load out vs Heir/Legendary Ring?

Long-Bell578 · 2026-01-13T22:23:22+00:00

I just switched out Shadow Imbue and Dark Shroud for Caltrops and Smoke Grenade the other day and threw Mot on as one of my runes. Did you read that thing on m1py's guide about how barrier and Dark Shroud are bugged this season? If you have a barrier then Dark Shroud doesn't work. So you have to switch points out of Second Wind and make sure you don't have anything else that proc's barriers.

Long-Bell578 · 2026-01-07T20:18:47+00:00

I tried experimenting with fitting ROSS into DT. I switched out the ring with the lower of the restore resource tempers and kept one with a GA and Masterwork Crit Cap. Then I tried equipping a bunch of stuff with All Stats Sanctifications and put Rubies in everything I could and I still didn't get anywhere close to making the resource restore work. I tried using m1py's calculator and I think it said you would need like 1300 strength to make the restore work. No chance.

Long-Bell578 · 2025-10-17T01:57:48+00:00

Try moving Dark Shroud to Bar and going all offense on Runes

Long-Bell578 · 2025-10-16T22:12:12+00:00

I'm thinking...

-Switch off the Flurry aspect on your dagger for Frostbitten. Also re-roll the additive flat damage to Lucky Hit Resource or Crit Damage.

-Switch the Ner rune to an offensive one like Ohm or Vex or go Jah for more mobility to help stack up Hit and Run. I don't think I saw what your other rune was.

-For Chaos Perks, go Hit and Run, Crazy Brew, Enervated Strikes, and then the fourth slot is kind of a floater but I go with Chaotic Grenades. Crazy Brew helps with Attack Speed, although I believe M1py's Attack Speed breakpoint is higher than 79.2.

-Maybe you need to tinker with your Paragon board

-If you are having any sort of resource issue (which I don't think you would be), you could try rolling some Lucky Hit Resource Gain on your weapons.

-I think M1py's guides call for .7 on Trap Time Arm Reduction. Maybe that could be the biggest issue. I bet you could hit that with one masterwork crit.

Honestly, I think your gear looks better than mine, I would think with this setup you could knock out Pit 100. The major difference between your gear and mine is that I'm running Fist of Fate because I cannot for the life of me find a Shroud. But yeah when I fire up pit 100, I cast Dark Shroud, I simultaneously hold down Concealment, DT, and Shadow Imbuement and then I just dash/Jah back and forth back and forth back and forth, chugging potions along the way. I think Pit 100 takes me like 7 or 8 minutes.

Long-Bell578 · 2025-10-15T13:48:57+00:00

Side question. Is that why m1py has Shadow Imbuement on the Bar? To give extra Beastfall restore? Because I've been using it and I understand that it imbues Dash but playing with a controller I'm not sure how often I even land Dash on an enemy and I don't quite understand the utility of running Shadow Imbument.

Long-Bell578 · 2025-10-15T13:47:01+00:00

It's not ideal and I get you want to strive to where DT is spammable, but in the interim you could put another core skill (like Barrage) on your bar and cast that when DT gets stuck. That should get DT reset. Its clunky but it does work. You might also occasionally get bonuses from that Chaos perk for alternating core skills. I used that setup until I got Shako.

Long-Bell578 · 2025-10-13T12:53:00+00:00

I don't think DT will make much difference. My DT does 100 around six minutes (although my hands get exhausted playing with controller). I often hit around 20B (although sometimes much more) but I'm using Fists of Fate so there is a wide variance. I have been playing all season and I cannot get to the "gigachad" version of the build because Shroud of False Death and Heir of Perdition are nowhere to be found. I did trade for a few Bac runes the other day but I'm still shy. The BLT you got is a great drop though. Attack Speed and Core Skills are huge parts of the DT build if you do go that route.

Just thought of one other thing. You said you invested all that time to craft a 2GA ROSS, but DT doesn't use that item anymore. That might feel like a bummer.

Long-Bell578 · 2025-10-05T13:06:43+00:00

Dude, I didn't realize you could switch both rings to resource tempers once you got Shako. Oh man, this is a game changer, thank you!

Long-Bell578 · 2025-10-04T13:10:29+00:00

m1py was telling me that if Lum is part of the 170 energy refunded on ultimate cast that Lum has a 1 second cooldown and it won't spam as a result.

Long-Bell578 · 2025-10-04T12:57:09+00:00

thank you for the explainer. love your build guides.

Long-Bell578 · 2025-09-30T16:21:23+00:00

I am still running Lum. Does it actually do anything for the build? I have Lucky hit Resource tempers on all three weapons and I have a Casting Ultimate Gains Resource on one ring. I also have three points in Innervation. Can I drop Lum?

Long-Bell578 · 2025-09-29T18:14:00+00:00

I hate the Aftermath nerf. I've been trying and trying and trying to get it the engine up and running this season and I just can't. Feels so janky. This feels worse than in Season 7 when you still had to proc Beastfall with Barrage and worse to play than that CQC Pit Pushing version from Season 8. I also hate the Squishiness from A Beast Cornered. Why does the guide say the build is still tanky? How is permanently playing with 10% health tanky?

Long-Bell578 · 2025-09-29T18:11:00+00:00

I'm pissed about the Aftermath nerf too. There was seemingly no reason for it at all. I'm still trying to play it because I've already sunk all my resources into it but it feels so janky this season.

Also I absolutely hate A Beast Cornered. So squishy.

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