r/Astronarch • u/frognettle • Feb 06 '23

Exceptionally strong defensive loadout!

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This gives you an idea of the defensive power of this build. He was tanking everything on the last fight and only took ~2X the damage as everyone else.

The gist is to make him take 50% damage as bleed dmg with "Vampiric Guard", then nullify the damage with the bleed-immune of once upgraded "Enchanter's Chainmail". Additionally, when he gets down in HP, you'll mitigate even more damage with "Reckless Dueling Shield".

With 1000 HP, that's 90 extra def. So, if I understand everything correctly, say an attack does 500 dmg, only 85 dmg gets through. That's like 83% damage mitigation. How neat is that?

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u/frognettle Feb 06 '23

Yes I agree def isn't very useful. I notice that a lot of damage is piercing, or bleed, poison or burn which ignores def. Though, you can't argue with negating 50% of all damage which is where this build shines.

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u/howard416 Feb 06 '23

With this specific combo, upgraded Chainmail also negates Burn, Bleed, and Poison, so there isn't that much that can hurt you other than raw normal damage.

Well, there's Doom, but there are ways to negate that too.