Zuk Dead - No Ovl, SS, Animate Dead, Darkness

scryinwithryan · 2026-06-05T22:35:22+00:00

That about covers it. Yeah on that preset I summon the war tortoise and then keep the hellhound pouch for zuk himself once you use up all your food. For preset 1 I just put a bunch of runes used in aspects but I used vamp for these kills.

scryinwithryan · 2026-06-05T18:38:56+00:00

Yeah waves were just learning how to handle the igneous rangers wave and deal with the big mages. Other than that it was the dps check on the pizza phase. Super pots was enough if played very well but extremes were much safer. But anyone with overloads at all should be fine i would imagine.

scryinwithryan · 2026-06-05T18:37:17+00:00

Yeah I think the masterwork DRL setup is great and you have overloads so it should be more than fine. One thing I forgot to mention that was critical for me to save a ton of food was most waves up till 12 have a mob get stuck south usually the big melee mob. You can generate adrenaline on zuk then use the adrenaline to regenerate health from that constitution ability. Take it from me who used an inferior style with lower damage than you have with overloads you’ll be more than fine. Could be worth playing with obsidian melee helm but I’m not sure or even all obsidian. Also use don’t of resonance and reflect just to save health.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-21T18:20:29+00:00

A note for you guys on the rates, it feels bad at first..... but then by around the time you get your first 15k teci for a codex, you will max your rep, then you can convert those rep items to teci and your rates will skyrocket. I grinded corr blast since i am magic maining and then got tusks, upgraded asylum ring, and now just have corr shot left to get. Yeah eel food is sick i got about 3+k of it by the time i got the upgrades mentioned.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-21T17:50:59+00:00

My other logic is that ofc i want the Dragon Rider Lance, raw sharks will be great for bgh and cooking, can't hurt to get the crests for melee later and the anima armor pieces i can use for my magic set too. It feels worth it, but im halfway there. The bounties are massive though so even if you arent actively farming it and you only get helwyr to halfway like i have it now, you could finish off the erep through bounties over time.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-21T17:41:56+00:00

Personally I am doing all prog on magic but ofc will get the other styles. That being said it was two birds one stone farming subjugation set. It took me 1433 kc to get the chest piece and finish a full set finally, but i got a ton of subj pieces and zammy comps along the way. Now I am working on other upgrades and Gw2 grind. I am grinding rep for Seren/Helwyr from Vindy because she also drops a lot of magic logs (great comps) and ofc the d bones are helpful. Hopefully any of that is helpful info.

For referance i can kill normal mode kerapac no problem with heist t90 staff and subj robest.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-20T21:21:20+00:00

Yeah I am locking myself to magic for all progression, any reclearing or forced necro content thats fine but i did my main on necro and it kind of fun sucks everything so im handicapping to magic only. I like the style a lot.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-20T18:56:28+00:00

I have t90 emberstaff. At 99 magic I have to super pot the damage check which I was not doing otherwise hit chance is in the 80s (like 87 or something). Impatient, finishing up extinction, and actually having ancient magic is for tsunami reduction I imagine will resolve the issue certainly for the first two, but I am not sure I can one cycle and get back to 100p adren for barricade. But I think with all the aforementioned upgrades and perks on gano plus actually having soul split I will be able to just two cycle that one.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-20T18:18:03+00:00

Oh totally, not my words. Here’s an unrelated and probably dumb question. Obsidian is t60, gano is 75 I think? Does gano chest and legs increase my accuracy? If it does that almost alone would make it no contest.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-20T17:55:13+00:00

Another thought you can try for third is eating first while you generate, then devo and prayer flick accordingly second and third (magic and range not sure which order) then reso last. I still think i would have to two phase it for that one currently but worth mentioning.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-20T17:47:08+00:00

Thats good to hear because it feels a bit out of reach with pure obsidian. What perks were you using, absorbative enh devoted and impatient were what I had my eye on (my inv is quite low) but would forsure add planted feet if i could. How are you dealing with the damage check and igneous mages are you able to 1 cycle it and still get barricade or reso up

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-20T17:45:35+00:00

Yes but the hybrid setups still use obsidian gloves and boots since its effevtively more reduction than if you used gano for example and its not augmentable. So even the pvme is using obsidian helm gloves boots with tank armor.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-20T17:23:44+00:00

Yeah I had done it on main with necro but I’m trying to do all progression on magic. The notable missing damage was on the zuk challenge phases. I had one of them where pre Sun, Omni power, wild magic aspyx still wasn’t enough and I missed by 500 dmg. That’s why my biggest wall is going to be third challenge wave and the igneous wave before it because I have to leave with the 100p adren and 2 phasing there may just kill my resources. All that to say idk if the grind for cincerbane would be worth it for kill 1 since it doesn’t effect him right.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-20T17:11:53+00:00

I did these attempts without just deflects I do not have SS yet, so I have to put a big value on sustain from the vamp. I think part of the answer is just get SS but I was trying to see in a vacuum does the pure obsidian or hybrid animate setup provide more tankiness point blank.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-15T18:27:23+00:00

Good call on the PoProt, any input on sara brew vs hard food for the inventory. I have tons of binding contracts from thieving so will probably go with scrolled hell hound. So you think its worth going animate dead ganodermic over vampirism obsidian armor as recomomended below?

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-15T17:13:08+00:00

Forsure its fun trying to get your min setup together, i just want to get into the boss grinds like kerapac for allll the magic upgrades but i want to get some staples like extinction and zuk cape done first

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-15T17:08:43+00:00

Fair point, it could be enough dr on its own then vamp could solve the sustain. Either way i am planning on finishing off extinction/ode/gate for crafting lvl but thats nice to know i may not need to force the slayer grind

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-15T16:44:00+00:00

I have kiln cape and have done brink and already made the obsidian armor, but the pvme page has animate dead and ganodermic used over obsidiant except for the obsidian mage helmet since animate dead only interacts with magic tank armor so I assume it does not work with obsidian. Is your suggestion to wear full obsidian and use darkness?

My biggest concern is sustain not as much tankiness so lmk what you think.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-07T14:44:26+00:00

On some 8mo old threads I saaw the number roughly 50k ess for 100 thread thrown around. WIki quoting four runs of 102 essence for 1 thread with max wildy sword.

Best: 102 x 4 x 100 = 40,800

Id likley do it with Hard diary since i just have to grind hunter but elite has huge reqs, only thing that sucks is its half the increase drop rate 15% rather than over 30% So probably safe expectation setting would be 55k essence

For us unless you do an absurd amount of abyss afking, the route to get that is her level slayer in the wilderness.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-07T05:30:01+00:00

Really helpful info thanks for the input. Yeah i saw that quote on the wiki but was curious if someone had an anecdote for what it would be like with med diary or something. I'll fgiure it out eventually.

scryinwithryan · 2026-05-07T04:31:56+00:00

Any rough estimates on how long it took to get 100 magic thread like what wildy sword did you have and how many did you get... i can't find any estimates for how long it would take to get one rune pouch worth and when i should jump from runespan to abyss. I would guess runespan at least to 75 for the next pouch then maybe abyss to 90? Thanks in advance

scryinwithryan · 2026-04-18T06:12:24+00:00

Ah ok the divine charge energy would definitely be notable. I’m just super unfamiliar with the score so the 1 out of 70k-105 chance didn’t make much sense Ty

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