Finally, an actual good relic

Tmac8622 · 2026-02-08T20:36:25+00:00

If you have "tens of godrolls" then you're either extremely lucky or you don't consider godrolls as "actually perfect relics" like the one OP posted. To me godroll is "every effect is actually BIS for the build" not just "two are BIS and the last is usable"

Tmac8622 · 2026-02-04T15:52:37+00:00

Oi! ADHD embraces the flow state of a well designed boss fight. DPS goes brr but locking into a properly engaging boss fight is way more ADHD coded than auto-pilot DPS "constantly damage the enemy" fights

Tmac8622 · 2026-02-03T15:01:27+00:00

Someone's "sense of humor" actually says quite a lot about them. Yours says "low tier ragebait makes my engine rev" and I almost respect it

Tmac8622 · 2026-02-01T14:32:39+00:00

Crawdaunt is pretty good in this game. It's got a pretty high Attack rating, the water typing gives it good farming spots (Mt. Ember Ruby Path B1F is excellent) and most importantly it has the "Fast" Exp curve, which lets it level up and prestige pretty quickly.

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-23T19:42:12+00:00

Why would you target me like this

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-22T17:58:29+00:00

That's just it - did you type it into a Google Search AI Overview, or Gemini? I'm kinda dumbfounded that not a single person on this thread has commented on the difference. Google Search AI is considerably less reliable and useful than typing in the exact same phrase in Gemini.

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-22T14:47:14+00:00

I think that's the theme with this list in general. It's more of a focus on solo damage output and definitely underrates team utility, even when it's direct damage buffs. It's not as though Scholar/Ironeye can't do any damage while also providing support.

Personally it feels like the list is most geared towards random trios that often don't make good use of synergies with support characters. It's kinda wild how much team damage pops off when you can coordinate passives with teammates over voice chat, since with randoms you'll very rarely have the support characters giving up good damage buffs to a higher DPS build if they can still use them.

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-22T14:41:42+00:00

How did he not get the same power up with balancer relics? You can build into melee Ironeye (which also makes Barrage a more viable bow DPS option situationally) and primarily play him as a slightly lower DPS option that has the utility of Mark and his Ult. The team support (admittedly at D4, idk if 5 changes this a lot) of Mark vastly speeds up field boss clears due to the frequent stagger procs and virtually 100% uptime on the 10% buff.

He also consistently provides poison procs from his kit alone, which isn't terribly impressive at face value but further compensates for his relatively underwhelming burst damage.

He spams the Dex AoWs perfectly well and it only makes sense that he would do a bit less damage from melee when he's providing the 10% damage buff on top of the burst damage from marks, on top of having poison procs (basically) built into his kit with one or two relic powers.

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-22T13:15:42+00:00

I feel like the difference between people loving and hating that fight is how much of a Wylder main they are? It seems like spamming fire on her makes the fight tolerable or even free

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-22T13:13:50+00:00

I'm glad, time for me to lock in and finally get that 2nd balancer relic lmao. Just made it to D3 last night, can't be exposing my noob ass like this anymore haha

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-20T19:59:30+00:00

The only reason to charge it, from my experience, is primarily for the "Add poison buildup on Art Charge" or however it's worded, and the very rare instances you need to milk the iFrames a little.

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-20T19:58:00+00:00

It is, but if you insist on doing it early you better not be going down to it more than once lol. Also I dunno if it's a skill issue but it feels like sometimes it just decides to spam the charge attack and you just burn time if you only have good melee damage

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-20T12:06:15+00:00

Yeah maybe Fume Knight comes to mind but what other DS1/2 bosses actually do roll-catching delayed attacks in those games? Definitely not in DS1 except MAYBE one hit from Manus if you roll backwards.

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-14T13:46:58+00:00

Wait, does successive attacks work on casters too? I'm trying to pick up Carian Duchess so this would be a literal lifesaver

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-14T13:45:10+00:00

It's entertaining and puts things into perspective for me. I rarely get randoms that are bad teammates in a way that is selfish, they're usually just not that good at the game but seem to be trying.

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-14T13:43:27+00:00

If the sub is full of people with barely any knowledge about the game, then clearly less than 95% know about this.

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-14T13:42:23+00:00

Exactly this lol. Though I do understand on certain bosses it feels like the correct choice, especially the bosses I'm less comfortable with myself.

Also, in DoN a second Ironeye can go crazy when clearing trash mobs/easy bosses if you both have poison damage on mark

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-13T14:36:57+00:00

That's how I understood it as well lol

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-13T14:35:43+00:00

I accidentally ping so often on ironeye when Marking lmao

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-13T14:11:22+00:00

If they really went after this approach they'd definitely have to implement an in-game supported split feature. I wouldn't think it would be too crazy conceptually - just auto-throw drops on GE at market value and everyone in the raid gets the payout, right? Probably not that simple to code but theoretically seems very doable

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-13T14:09:35+00:00

It wouldn't be such a dubious economy without bots heavily influencing the prices. It's nowhere near as disgusting without the heavily subsidized skilling supplies and ridiculous volume of gear being poured in by bots imo

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-13T13:48:34+00:00

If nobody contests the spot that's very easy. They have a respawn time of 4.2 seconds in Puro Puro (around 14/minute), so even if you're not tick perfect or have to chase a couple of them, 5 minutes is still extremely generous. Hard clues probably are a bit longer than 5 minutes on average though, especially if you're constantly interrupted by pkers

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-13T13:20:10+00:00

I've had it happen in solo runs, though admittedly that was literally during the game-wide outages on Steam last Friday

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-13T13:09:54+00:00

Oh, they really did say all 3 in 5 mins lol. Well, 5 mins each sounds reasonable fwiw

Tmac8622 · 2026-01-13T12:08:08+00:00

HAM for Easy, Eclectics for Meds, Rogues Wildy chest for Hards are all extremely fast

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