And just like that the challenge comes to an end  and in the stupidest way too.

In the Tower of Judgment, I kill Cerberus and make it to Elysium. Easy. Start talking to my partner and put the phone down before tapping the rebirth fountain, and the game logs out. Fine, I’ll just kill Cerberus again, no big deal.

Nope. An inch of my toe was touching the floor poison cracks and I got melted. RIP Vaylon. First death in several days worth of TQ but hell it stings. Gonna need to take a break as I really can’t face Helos again right now haha

Vaylon crushes Act II! I did a tonne of farming here, firstly on the Dark Spirit Conduit for XP, then Sandqueen Masika for a formula I need down the line for the Talisman of the Jade Emperor artefact (Song of the Serpent).

The formula took a long time to drop, so I’m pretty overlevelled right now. Need to do some gear shopping when I reach Chang’an for better gear, as I’m still running a Totemic staff. But thankfully all the farming I needed to do on Normal is done now, so I can take my time and enjoy the rest of the difficulty farming-free.

Anyway, photo proof here: https://imgur.com/a/xmzposs

Kalimon / Vaylon / Soothsayer / Level 35 / Parthian Highlands / AER/A / Self-found, Green items only

Edit:

Never mind did a resistant check and going to change, please ignore!

Spent last night planning out the build - resistances, unique items etc. Most of it shouldn’t be too difficult to find, other than the boots (0.14% from Snuuk, the Neanderthal Shaman) and the Sacred Amulet (from Atlantis shops). Looking forward to the challenge! Allow me to introduce:

Kalimon / Vaylon / Theurgist / Level 7 / Spartan War Camp / AER/A / SELF-FOUND, GREEN ITEMS ONLY

Gear here: https://imgur.com/a/qwvzsKS

So I’ve been thinking. I feel that after completing 3 twinked builds, including one quite challenging and off-meta one (the LDash Oracle), I need a bit of a challenge for the next one, rather than just running through the motions.

So I’m tripling-down. Soothsayer (yuck), self-found (cry), green-only (cry harder). Will take more frequent screenshots as I’m working through the game, showcasing equipment as well as stats and boss kills to show I’m not cheating. Should be a challenge!!

And that’s a wrap! A third hero emerges, as Vekh-Sedjet defeats Surtr and crosses the line.

Not gonna lie, Legendary Act V gave the Conjurer some trouble. Had a lot of close calls, and Necrosis/Unearthly Power-buffed Life Drain no longer one-hit all the giants. But got there in the end.

Proof: https://imgur.com/a/zTgWAWl

Final update: Kalimon / Vekh-Sedjet / Conjurer / Level 75 / AER/A (TWINKED)

Dual-wielding you throw both weapons, and the weapon thrown will be at random, with the occasional time where both of them are thrown at once;

You gain global effects (eg Resistances) from both of them at all times, but on-hit effects (eg Attack Damage Converted to Health from the weapon) are only triggered when the weapon itself is used;

Throwing weapons work to proc both the Rune tree and the Warrior tree. Throwing weapon warrior mixes are an incredibly potent build set basis for physical throwing weapon builds (for Int conversion builds, just use Rune).

I also had a quick look at your Steam post. Maxing primary resists is always a good start, but beyond that, the best defence becomes a strong offence, particularly on mid-Epic and Legendary. At higher levels, enemies will simply overpower you, and if you can’t put them down rapidly they’ll swarm and overwhelm you. Don’t worry about maxing physical and secondary resists, it’s very difficult to do and you won’t face enemies with each secondary resist enough to be worth it.

Dodge/Avoid attacks are cool, but very difficult to stack, and if you can get to the max of 80%, the cost of capping it will be that the attacks that do get through could one-hit you. Have a bit if you want, but don’t max it.

Defensive and Offensive Ability, however, are super important. With low DA, enemies will always Crit you, and with low OA, you’ll never hit enemies. In general, physical attackers should go 1:1 Str/Dex, while Int users should go 2:1 Int/Dex, with the occasional health points sprinkled in.

In conclusion, good DA and near-maxed primary resists is enough defensive-wise. These are all my own opinions, and others please do feel free to correct me, but I think the only viable defensive build is damage reflect Evoker. With Icescale armour and Athena’s Shield and the Dream perks, you can create a viable reflected that can melt mobs without attacking. Super OP (apparently), but massively gear dependent. There are a lot of videos on YouTube you could check out.

Hope that helps!