Does 75-76 speedrun mean 4 shards, so for example 2 x (75+76)?
it means 4 times 75-76.
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Alright, first the build: The Fluffy Squishy - Pet Conjurer
Now, the Challenge: SR 120, Nemesis combos were: Shattered Outcast, Bennjahr, Iron Maiden & Fabius.
Consumables used: All the HP and HP regen buff potions, Pet potions, Tonic of Mending, Aether clusters.
Deaths: In double digits and after a while keeping count became a chore.
Timer: Naturally, not possible to do it within the allocated time.
Now for the glorious pics :3
Thoughts on the fight(s):
Superbosses felt like hero mobs comparatively…
To begin with, there were a handful of deaths in non boss rooms. Pets also suffered a few deaths and required respawning.
The major issue however was the traps. They easily ended up causing most of the deaths for both the player and the pets.
Nemesis tier bosses were skipped in non boss rooms and would have likely been outright impossible. Same for Healer mobs.
Camera abuse was used extensively for the boss room. Also with max zoomed in to allow for easier means of losing aggro. Also helped with pulling them one by one.
Originally I was going to go for a “no consumables except for Tonic & Clusters” run, but kiting Iron Maiden was a problem because you need to do enough damage to counter her self heal and as you can see from the screenshots, I started using them extensively at this point.
Anasteria, the shattered outcast version, surprisingly was the easiest Boss to face and was pulled first.
Benny’s traps were 1 hit KO without Aether Clusters, but his general lack of aggro and slow movement meant he was not much of a threat.
Iron Maiden was the 3rd pull and by now I had bit of a kiting space. Naturally I couldn’t stay too far away since I didn’t want to be blitzed to the face in a 1-2 shot combo. The Statues were a huge help and I basically treated the fight like a much more dangerous version of Ravager.
Fabius was left for last since he could easily 1 shot the player and was also capable of making mincemeat out of the Pets. Gameplay went like this:
- Is Aether Cluster ready to be used? Fight him.
- Is it on CD? Run/Reset aggro.
- Is he on your screen while max zoomed in? Run.
- Is he not on your screen and also not on the mini-map? Run.
- Standing still? Don’t forget to collect your corpse.
Now, this was my first try and I didn’t fish for mutators or boss combos, mostly because it was also my first ever SR run on a shard higher than SR100, so didn’t know what to expect. I can safely say that 9 out of 10 runs will most likely end in failure at these levels with my build. So this should be treated as more of a “throwing yourself into the fire until it is extinguished” kind of thing and was done only for the challenge and is not a realistic expectation of the build’s capability or strength.
I can kill Ravager and Moggy later and post SS to add to all this.
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As promised;
Mogdrogen kill: https://i.imgur.com/Z8ypPEy.jpg
Ravager of Flesh: https://imgur.com/Zmrq8sK.jpg
Build should be safe to update score wise since I cannot speedrun Cruci within any of the required time limits, naked or with buffs.
As closing thoughts, I must add that I don’t think either of my other 2 builds that make up my top 3, Will O Wisp - Pet Cabalist & Ishtar - Pet Ritualist will be able to take on the SR challenge at such deep levels.
Mostly because both of them use Diviner’s vision set based Reap Spirits with my Ritualist relying exclusively on Reap Spirit alone. And without having Briarthorn and Hellhound to tank for you + needing to “attack” the enemy to spawn Reap Spirits means a bad time with kiting. And neither have the sustain to survive without extensive piloting.
Someone else can test Ghol in the current patch if they wish, but Beastcaller Briarthorns should display similar if not better results to my Bysmiel’s Trinkets based Fluffy Squishy.
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just highlighting so it doesn’t get lost.
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DPS Valguur Ritualist
Link: Grim Tools
Video: CR 4:38 | 4+3
A fusion of my 2 previous builds in terms of masteries, skills and gear - Storm Totem Conjurer and RE Chaos Apostate. If you look at these two builds and their times, you can see why this combination is faster. The whole run had neutral mutators yet I couldn’t beat it despite playing well 
Maybe I’ll attack 4:30 some other day with a fresh mind. Only buffed Cruci as other activities were not that glorious 
Royal Valguur Illusion
Here’s @romanN1’s interesting take on it [1.1.5.2] Valguur Ritualist vs Crucible (3+1) that I find worth testing.
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Remember all those screaming that noone is interested in SR / Crucible / Speedrunning ect?
Oh, how the turn tables!
@tqFan sick result!
PM me your save file, I would like to give a try in some SR / naked runs if I had a time
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I’ve found it too squishy / even Energy was sketchy. One would probably need to modify it for different activities but I’d rather proceed to meme builds. Anyway here’s a save file
_Vidomina.zip.txt (411.1 KB) < remove .txt.
I have tankier partial Valguur Storm Totem alternatives in Grim Tools form:
- Hybrid Wildblood / Valguur Conjurer
- Nightbringer Valguur Ritualist
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Primal Strike Valguur / Wildblood Ritualist
- I even tested this one but melee / caster hybrid doesn’t work for me
done with changelog for today. If you have found any naked ex CR runs / sr75-76 speedruns in threads that are in table, but not mentioned in needed columns - let me know.
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5:50 for witchblade
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Retaliations are to immortal to be hurt by nerf-hammer hit 
I think current Stoneguard can achieve better result.
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Dark One by virotmaglan is under Ritualist in the table but it’s a Cabalist
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Memes aside, the Chinese GD playerbase is huge into running EX Crucible and high SR shards. I don’t have many of them saved as they were very similar to other builds already posted, but I’ll check and see if there are any where I can demonstrate a higher SR level or a completed EX Crucible run that wasn’t there before.
I’m not sure who the player in this video is, but here’s a Pierce Cadence Blademaster completing SR 100.
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https://www.grimtools.com/calc/eZPq3yJN - extracted the calc.
another indirect proof, that AQC is the worst WPS and lowers your DPS.
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Btw, the chinese love researching their stuff and I’m pretty sure someone in there ran extensive tests on aqc.
i think at this point everyone already has done tests on aqc and came to the same conclusion that it sucks.
Unless you invest it(and if you got high base weapon damage). But since it’s a Cadence build so I’m not sure.
Though I had good results on my Belgo BM with Derma Slicer and with DM Dervish.
But if you happen to have good WPS like MA and ZT(recently) and if you need to select one of them to keep pool under or even %100; AQC isn’t the best choice. It’s only works well after you invest 11/8 w/o modifier. maybe before 1.1.7.0 patch, it was worthless, now it has some value if you can spare skill points to invest it.
This is such a great effort, props to you grey!
Having retired since the pandemic, I surprised that you can still find my builds, especially knowing that I never post my build in the compendium.
Hopefully 1.1.9.0 is interesting enough to make me play again…
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