Low DA problem

Hi!

While playing i’ve came up to a survivability problem. Usually im full, or near full health with my char, but when i face some Nemesis/Bosses I tend to get One-shotted on pretty regular basis. Iron Maiden and Fabius are the worst from my experience.

I have pretty low-ish HP pool, but i think the main reason is that my DA is simply too low.
What are your options for higher DA? I can easily sacrifice gear, as currently getting instagibbed is really annoying.

My current setup: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/d2jweo4V

Get this instead: https://www.grimtools.com/db/items/409

Percentage is sometimes way better, also, it grants OA and DA, as well as damage. Other than that, you can get Bloody Pox -> Wasting (BP 1 -> Wasting max).

Survivors ingenuity augments in rings amulet.

You have OA shred skills, both in bloody pox and BWC

You are going melee, you need more armor and absorption for that.

How well do your pets survive btw?

OK, i think i can give up the stun resistance for this.
So i’m around 2700 right now. Any idea how to get to around 3000? Even with sick double rare MI’s?

Ingenuity -> checked.
I will use Bloody pox, but this build is already intensive to use :stuck_out_tongue:
BWC is such a pain in the ass, but I know that this 18% physical dmg reduction may be a lifesaver… Need to think where to put it in skill tab xD

We share aggro with pets so they die only on nemesis and superbosses, but with time dilatation i can resummon them pretty regularly.
But that’s why i need them on primary skilltab, and its already pretty full :smiley:

You do not need health potion on skill tab, there is a special hotkey for that.

Yeah that’s where bloody pox will go :slight_smile: I used it the slot to check cooldowns but i think i need to simply git gud. :smiley:

Befriend Barrowhelm faction, get to Revered with them, and get Ravager’s Eye for your weapons - that will go a long way towards getting your DA fixed.

Otherwise, I switched your devotions around to get yourself more DA, replacing Bysmiel (the hound doesn’t add much to this build) and Hound devotions with Hawk and Solemn Watcher. Between this and the Ravager’s Eye augments your DA should suffice, though I’m not sure that would be enough to beat Fabius + Iron Maiden as even with proper DA they hit builds hard.

https://www.grimtools.com/calc/qNYYe6AN

Omg I love this. 300+ more DA should be more than enough. With double rare MI and physique completetion bonus on fang and helmet it should get to 3100+

I’ve already killed Fabius and Iron Maiden. Glad crucible 100+ will probably wont be farmable, but with 4 banners 4 buffs and pots it should be completeable.
I farm Challenger pretty steadily, but Fabius +IM random crits are the problem.

Ok so here what I have today:
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/pZraEX3V
I sacrificed lot of pet power and some of my own dps, but got ~550 DA and 1300 hp more.
Facetanking a lot better now. Scrapped few points to make hellhound live longer.

Nice. I always go with"defense is offense" since you do not deal damage when dead :wink: