is this like the cheat TQdefiler used to offer? where whites and yellows don't drop making greens and above quality items drop in abundance? if so, i don't like it
party pooper me

@Hector late answer regarding ADCTH.. I'm just remembering some of my experiences with some of my melee characters back when i was still playing them.. may or may not be informative...

ADCTH has always been a must for my melee chars but only starting late epic.. 4 AE characters of mine that all uses ADCTH:

bonecharmer (melee/non-ragnarok) - with just 1 incarnation of Anubis wrath, i steal truck loads of health.. with ultimate max necrosis, combined with permanent call of the hunt and unearthly power, i can fully replenish my health with 1 to 2 hits.. that's counting volley procs.. DPS i think was about 9k

assassin (this was a long time ago before it got weird/better ) - dual wielder.. both weapons have anubis wrath.. life steal was not as huge as bonecharmer's but almost as good because of rapid attacks and 99% of attacks critting.. would never have survived legendary without it

sorcerer (mage) - not melee but life steal from elemental rage works with throwing knife.. being a glass cannon, it's obvious i also can't survive legendary without it.. life steal from one projectile is puny but because it's a multi fast attack, i can facetank most mobs with not much kiting

illusionist - the least life steal of the 4.. i tried high DA first (at about 1k give or take/argonauts set) and it helped.. i tried throwing knife next with phobos and deimos (10% ADCTH set bonus).. DA got down to 600 but i like it better.. more right clicks but less running

tldr: 20% life steal may not be necessary provided you deal high enough damage whether single target attacks or rapid multi attacks.. and also if you have necrosis

I'm glad i wrote this guide.. i decided to reread it and only then did i remember about mbuti's advocate.. maybe i changed weapons when i was trying to optimize this for ragnarok and just forgot about it.. anyway it's my secondary again and i like it more than winds of asphodel because the study prey procs with knives.. and I'm playing x3 so a debuff is better if it's AoE.. i killed 3 Typhon and 3 Surtr faster this time.

btw, if anyone is following this and can't beat Toxeus, there is a trick to that.. if you hug the wall you can summon wolf inside the cage without opening the gate.. immediately cast refresh so you can summon 2 wolves quickly inside.. then cast plague.. you can eventually summon 3 wolves inside.. nymph is no go.. do not hug the gate because you might accidentally open it, just the wall to the side (press shift just to be safe).

actually the trick is not mine.. it's a trick thought of by someone from another forum borne from his desperation of trying to kill Toxeus with his petmaster (not illusionist).. i just ripped the idea.. credit to that guy (sorry i can't remember your name :/  )

it takes time but i can guarantee it works because it's the only way i can beat Toxeus with this character.. you can use scrolls like ice nova or stalwart alliance or something if it takes too long to your liking

the other bosses in SP pose no threat to pets + traps even if you open the gates.. it doesn't work against the newest cage (the one with no door) so you just intentionally let yourself get teleported by that mage guy with a staff.. or if you can attack melee, melee weapons can reach through those walls (sometimes the mage does not want to cast teleport)

ps: this build is still so much fun i decided to play it again starting Typhon.. I'll go through the whole act 4 and act 5 again

i only want the Typhon Zeus shut up mod.. nothing more

edit: or only talks after last Typhon is dead

looking at my video, it makes sense to cast seal of fate in the middle of that mob.. and so i tried it and yes it helps.. this will only work well against heavy mobs that last long though... and of course stationary mobs and bosses that don't move much

so credit to @Hector for indirectly making me realize seal of fate is a good skill to use for this build

keep enemies stationary... hmm how about making yourself stationary.. have you read my skinchanger guide?   i only have it at 1pt each though and i only use it against bosses and select stationary mobs like night mistress? was it called? those draining mana in act 4

mobs magically phasing through the wall.. wow Laionidas said the same thing

https://titanquestfans.net/index.php?topic=469.msg5093#msg5093

when i spec to ice shard with my thunderer, i use menhir wall.. but i prefer the lightning/EBD build.. haven't played it in a while but no never had that bug.. maybe you haven't invested enough points? it's no good at lvl 1

yggdrasil area, they have thorns.. you probably know that already.. those birds yeah you have to wait for them to come down before you can hit them.. spells like lightning bolt can hit them

thunder strike is good with dual throwing weapons.. i always go for CDR items so thunder strike cooldown has never been a problem for me

sadly, tq-db hasn't been updated.. shield of skuld has a str req of 400+.. i don't have wandsworth shield yet but it probably has a str req as well.. you might need to put a few points on str but i doubt more than 5 is needed

dang touch of nyx i don't have 1 of those yet

The voice acting is indeed quite terrible

soup?