8 min. HC Avatar kill with Cadence BM (1.0.0.5 Cornucopia)

One of the things I hadn’t done yet in Grim Dawn was beat the Avatar of Mogdrogen.
Since I recently finished my BM’s build, I had no more real use for the character so I decided to throw him to the wolves and attempt it with him.
I didn’t really care whether he died or not, but nevertheless my heart was pounding during the fight once the Avatar got serious.

As for preparation, I put lightning resist on most of my augments and moved my points from Anatomy of Murder to Scars of Battle for the Stun resist and that was it.
Later I saw that his summons use the Vines attack and possibly a poison attack too, so in retrospect I should’ve kept those resists up.

I almost died 2 times because I messed up my rotation and used all of my defensive abilities at the same time. Was tempted Alt + F4 but decided not to.
Ended up persevering and he went down in a little over 8 minutes.
So now this guy has really earned his keep and proven his mettle. :slight_smile:

Link to video:

Link to build showcase:
http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46039

This build is done on the Cornucopia mod, which rebalances some elements of the game. It doesn’t have any drastic changes, what it mainly does is make some of the less viable stuff, more so.
I can heartily recommend it to anyone who’s looking to make the game a bit more interesting, without completely overhauling it.

Well Done CONGRATS !!! :stuck_out_tongue: :slight_smile:

Thanks.

Something I’d been wondering is whether Fumble and Dodge chances would trivialize this fight.
In my case I had around 20% Dodge and 10% Fumble but the fight was still luck-dependent, I could’ve died a few times had I been less lucky or used my abilities a little different.

As far as I know, there are no item affixes that prevent or mitigate miss chance, unless they are monster-only.
So I bet that by stacking Fumble and Dodge and their ranged versions, you could make it so that even tough enemies could barely hit you.
Coupled with some sustainability, it would make this fight and other hard ones a sure deal.

Thoughts?