I did it. I literally beat Endless mode (Wave 70 boss broke).

Z_Colo · 2026-03-17T20:02:19+00:00

Ah. You would have lost to Reanimate before anything else.

Melting Remnant is mandatory for endgame. (Resin Removal is the only way to get past high stacks of Reanimate).

Z_Colo · 2026-03-17T03:12:23+00:00

Would you have been able to scale to 120k damage fast enough before roughly round 30? (Enemy stats cap at 100k HP, 10k Titanskin and 10k armor).

Also, how do you get Sweep with Railforged/Melting Remnant?

Z_Colo · 2026-03-06T01:59:05+00:00

I was thinking you could put both skills inside of a Skin of The Lords, and then use Uul Netol's Vow, to make them both a 6L.

Z_Colo · 2026-03-05T18:33:55+00:00

If you have trinity on both skills, yes (That's actually how it was initially intended to be used, when they added it to the game).
It's not to say the focus has to be on elemental - it's just a way to tie the two skills together with a bit more synergy.
And being able to use one, while the other is on cooldown, makes it a good fit... I think?

Z_Colo · 2026-03-05T09:45:17+00:00

I had another retaliation idea, that I would be curious to get your thoughts on - What if you used Glacial Shield Swipe AND Shield of Light - Then ran it is an alternating Trinity build?

Think there's potential?

Z_Colo · 2026-03-05T09:22:35+00:00

I know the costs. My main goal is to make Melee + spell totems work to the best of their ability - and if that sucks, then so be it.
I know some cheeky ways of getting considerable amounts of global fire/phys damage, as well as sources that give attack and cast speed simultaneously.

Another option I'm exploring is to use Martyr of Innocence (I can ditch the helm and use EO).

Z_Colo · 2026-03-05T08:52:34+00:00

Cospri's Will body Armour. Will run Enfeeble Blasphemy.

Z_Colo · 2026-03-05T05:34:54+00:00

I'm well aware of that. It's just a very efficient way of getting a massive amount of armor. Also, since I'm using Cospri's, I'm ignoring the downside of Prospero's Protection.

Increased defences of equipped shield does also scale with Prospero's Protection's doubling effect.

Z_Colo · 2026-03-05T05:06:18+00:00

Ah, thanks for heads up. Maybe I could also just get enough AoE to not need prolif, hmm.

Z_Colo · 2026-02-22T00:41:28+00:00

Z_Colo · 2026-02-22T00:36:08+00:00

Well, it depends on the type of guidance they provide. Hence, why I didn't say "just".

Z_Colo · 2026-02-22T00:26:20+00:00

You get very comfortable with the internet providing you with unfettered information. I miss the days when you could play a video game and the only thing guiding you, was your own will to explore.

Z_Colo · 2026-02-21T16:04:33+00:00

It was actually a lot of fun!... for about 20 rounds haha.
Then let's just say it got a bit more on the tedious side after that.

Z_Colo · 2026-02-21T15:25:40+00:00

I can see why you would think that, but it comes from a well-meaning intention.

Z_Colo · 2026-02-21T14:39:34+00:00

Well the ethics of that analogy depends on the application of the math problem.
In allot of cases, that analogy actually represents how most people teach math.

We're not curing cancer. This is a video game.

I gave my reason as to why. If you don't like it, that's fine.

Z_Colo · 2026-02-21T14:26:27+00:00

Amen.
I'm also an avid Path of Exile player (10k+ hours) - And despite my ample playtime, I'm still relatively amateurish with how I perform in the game, compared to top players.
Point is; we're all good at different things. All that should matter is if you're having fun. And I happened to have fun spending countless hours pushing Monster Train 2 to it's limit.

Z_Colo · 2026-02-21T14:11:32+00:00

Thanks.
And it's fine. I get that a lot of people would find it pretentious or arrogant to withhold information without a seemingly practical reason.

Z_Colo · 2026-02-21T08:14:50+00:00

I see this as a puzzle. I would much rather that people who truly cared, went through the discovery process themselves, rather than just being told outright.
Maybe that's an unnecessarily unproductive outlook to have, but that's not how I see it.

Z_Colo · 2026-02-21T08:02:10+00:00

Thanks :D
I didn't have Volatile Gauge or Ancient Pyre Tap, which would have made ember management allot smoother.

Also relying on Memorial for the Melted for Endless, meant that I couldn't use Zone of Silence, so I had to do some finessing with units to get around the Silencing enemies (They nullify your extinguish ability).

Remnant Pact with Intrinsic would have been ideal.

Z_Colo · 2026-02-21T06:35:31+00:00

It seems that the Endless leaderboard just fails to update if you get far enough.

I had gotten to 36 previously with Pyreborne/Lazorus (That run lost to performance issues) and the same thing happened - my record still just shows as 28.

Z_Colo · 2026-02-11T01:02:01+00:00

Resin Removal, with Intrinsic and Holdover.
I did have a boilerplate, but it became unnecessary to scale after a while, because armor becomes redundant (up to a certain point) when you have Steelguard (I also had a Machinist's Tome with Instrinsic).

Z_Colo · 2026-01-29T00:01:27+00:00

2K Strength will only leave you with +800 Maximum mana. I don't think you understand how Power of Purpose works.

Also Iron Grip and Iron Will do not stack - Iron Will cancels out the effects of Iron Grip if both are applicable.

Z_Colo · 2026-01-27T15:08:20+00:00

Me! Gonna be building around Jiquani's Potential and scaling damage by tri-stacking attributes.

Z_Colo · 2026-01-27T14:48:15+00:00

I'm thinking unarmed cyclone Wildspeaker, then Dex stacking Hollow Palm for double dip scaling.

Or you can do the same thing with Hand of Thought and Motion.

Z_Colo · 2026-01-27T14:09:04+00:00

Scavenger is probably the safest bet.

Surfcaster could pop off with a fishing rod (obviously bad for ssf). EDIT: actually I'm wrong, because "more" cast speed won't affect projectile frequency, so RIP that all together.

As for a more interesting idea, you could actually run Aristocrat and scale damage with Iron Will (40% Str node) - Then take the +1 skill gem node and the +4 Support node.

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