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@lemmy.worldGREATSHIELD IS MY ARMOR With a few more attempts, I can confirm that the Greatshield is a good replacement for armor. Just make sure to have a +10 Greatshield before entering the Demon Halls. There are ways to find one and with a little luck it can be wielded before Tengu!
Thanks for the tips so far. I messed up with the Monk and gave it a try with "Champion" just to confirm that the Greatshield is perfect replacement for armor.
Besides a Greatshield +13 (defense 0-30) I got a mail armor of entanglement that was cheap to upgrade to +5 (Troll + 1 SoU). Augmented for Evasion since defense is not great anyway, and Entanglement kicks soon enough at +5.
I spared the last SoU to enchant two weapons randomly: Lucky Glaive and Chilling Crossbow, cause the shield was doing great enough at +13. I was hoping for a shocking Glaive or Runic blade but well.
With the Champion's ability to have the +13 on any secondary weapon it was a relatively easy ride as expected.
This was the kit near the end:
Thanks for the tip. After burning through a few more times, I used the last SoU to fix it. All was great again but I lost the game due to a stupid error due to lack of attention while targeted by Scorpios and Eyes... Could have used the armor's Challenge, or a full waterskin, but I did not realize I was on low health!
Damn, I did not think about the SoE! I made 2 stones instead. Blazing without Brimstone is a PITA
Found a Stone Scale Armor at level 9, just what I wanted to try...
A Mail armor of Entanglement has worked quite well around FIMO, dropping it after fighting Tengu to put Evasion + Stone to the test...
Forgot to say that I am playing Duelist. I tried going for evasion but did not manage getting beyond +6 armor. I was getting hit often enough to run out of health. But it was not a very lucky game in terms of support.
Not bad but now I have it coupled with a Corrupting Glaive, and obtained the warrior's "Lethal Momentum" so I can insta-corrupt a lesser mobs in literally no time 🙂
Yeah. Learned it the hard way! Looks like there is usually a hidden room somewhere not too far from normal walls.