Alright, first the build: The Fluffy Squishy - Pet Conjurer
Now, the Challenge: SR 120 on Ultimate (Softcore), Nemesis combos were: Shattered Outcast, Bennjahr, Iron Maiden & Fabius.
Consumables used: Pet potions, All the HP and HP regen buff 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
https://imgur.com/0HGTTrz.png
https://imgur.com/B7keigi.png
https://imgur.com/8TmPc2B.png
https://imgur.com/1VkEyuc.png
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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.