Curse

vampireX · Sep 06, 2008, 12:57 AM // 00:57

Sorry if this question is ignorant but thats exactly what i am after not playing for about a year. Anyway i was just wonderin if IDS still dropped at the imp cave (the one you run to from Granite Citadel). if not then where and if so, if the W/Me build has changed any from a year ago ( my skills are: endure pain, [elite] defy pain, sprint, distracting blow, doylak sig, desperation blow, heal sig, elemental resistance). it worked well enough a year ago and i was gonna try it out but got to the cave right before the imps and got that damn ele boss spawned in there and he casts the slow spell on me and i only can get away from that about 10% of the time. Anyway i didnt feel like retryin and was just wonderin if that run still worked. Thanks.

Lyynyyrd · Sep 06, 2008, 01:01 AM // 01:01

Armor stacking got changed, so Dolyak Signet + Elemental Resistance wouldn't work properly. That build should work fine if you switch Elemental Resistance for Mantra of Frost.

Also, Defy Pain got buffed, so now it'll probably be easier.

Age · Sep 06, 2008, 10:04 AM // 10:04

The W/Rt build is better look in the farming forum for it and IDS would be as elemental damage is good conjure frost.

kvndoom · Sep 18, 2008, 07:38 PM // 19:38

Really easy now, Defy Pain brings back the days of old, when absorption actually meant something.

http://www.coldblackeyes.com/forums/...php?f=5&t=2008

I cried tears of nostalgia when I did those runs.

I forget the attributes on the IDS build, though. Dolyak is there only to stop the KD from Giant Stomp and Sig of Judgment (I Am Unstoppable could work, but the downtime is too long). The sword build kills the Ice Beast faster because the bleeding counters "boss regen." Be sure to use a Vamp sword on him too, quickens things up. Of course, it slows other things down, since Nightmares and Summit icicles don't bleed.

So, there's a tradeoff. The IDS build is also great for killing the Ranger + Warrior chickens en masse. But oh man, being able to use IAS for farming is like night and day! I'll love Flail forever!