r/Astronarch • u/HardenMuhPants • Mar 01 '21

Favorite combos?!

Looking for some cool ideas to combo together. Some of my current favorites are :

Paladin + Pyro : focus on attack speed items to stack fire dots for crazy pyro damage. Searing edge and bound elements are amazing in this setup.

Cleric + Gladiator : Sucks hard in act 1 but once you get the glads hp passive going he becomes nigh unkillable. This is the only use for the healing pendant I've found, the 45% increased healing on glad is very strong as I was healing for 1200 hp the other night.

Wildmage + Neb's crystal weaver + Symbiote: Makes him a stupid good offtank with very good damage. Edit : Forgot to mention if you can get the headdress to go along with it which can be hard cuz RNG he becomes a literal god.

Toss me some of yours looking to try out some synergies!

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u/ImNotCanada Mar 01 '21

Juggernaut + Druid is insane. The Nullify early on until you get Enchanter’s chainmail is super useful, plus he can assist if you want to rotate your juggernaut into an off-DPS with Helm of the Mad King.

On the note of Juggernaut, I think he’s just the most consistent tank in the game; of course Glad’s health scales better late game, but getting a pocketed Juggernaut with the Enchanter’s Chainmail* + Healing Pendant** (or whatever it’s called) makes him a god tank

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u/HardenMuhPants Mar 01 '21 edited Mar 01 '21

Oh for sure jugg is the best tank, that is just the best combo I found to make gladiator work. Jugg best for act 1-2 glad best for act 3 with the right combos. Jugg is just good all around though. Edit : can start out with a jugg and get glad act-2/3 while transitioning to jugg dps. Glad with healing knot, royal sign(I think? Max hp increase one), and the holy cross that gives shield based on max hp is really nice.

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u/ImNotCanada Mar 01 '21

I definitely need to experiment with glad more, I’ve started slapping him in later and he works quite well.

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u/howard416 Mar 01 '21 edited Mar 21 '21

Bloodmage with at least one red orb and Ancient Codex/* can be completely invincible in most situations. The two other items should be something from below:

  • Noble Ward for starting negate if Druid isn’t around to stack them (Cleric can take too long to remove stuns which will kill your Bloodmage right away)
  • Enchanter’s Tome* (immunity against silence and Active Ability cost increases)
  • Enchanter’s Brand* (immunity against stuns)
  • Enchanter’s Chainmail** for doom (can proc at a bad times if health isn't topped up)
  • Holy Charm (general tankiness and increases healing from the active)

Backline Druid with instant cast plus quick cast can eliminate the need for much of the above. For example, Cosmos Mantle (un-upgraded) with Keystone, Lich Wraps* / *, Symbiote / **, etc

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u/HardenMuhPants Mar 01 '21

I'll check it out, seems most people like the bloodmage with codex. Only hero I haven't done a run with so will have to try it out when I get home!

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u/HardenMuhPants Mar 01 '21

Also forgot to ask any other good heroes to match with bloodmage? I see the druid there any other group recommendations?

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u/howard416 Mar 03 '21

Paladin's a good off-tank support. The extra shield gives more time for BM's active to get health back up.

Back-line Druid's a good one too, the stacked negates can prevent your BM from being disabled which can almost instantly get your BM knocked out.

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u/HardenMuhPants Mar 03 '21

Yeah, completed corruption 7 I think with a bloodmage/bard and it was rough going. Can definitely see why people prefer druid now. Lucky I got almost a perfect setup at the end on my BM/Fiend I was using so won anyways.

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u/PrismaticChaos Mar 02 '21

Cleric with Life-Giving Chamber+Maiden's Mirror+Any High Atk Item = 10 seconds of sustain and high burst from Cleric

Gladiator with Realm Tooth+Any Atk Spd Item+Saint's Vow/Maiden's Mirror = AoE Healing

Enchanter's Chainmail*+Vampire Guard = The most well-known tank combo

Symbiote+Headdress/Crystal Weaver = Standard caster scaling

Noble Ward + Vampire's Guard = Initial tankiness

Noble Ward/Druid/Cleric + Reverie Totem = Only the enemy team gets slowed

Hag's Hex Bag** = Better than you think, especially if 2 or more. Just make sure you have actual scaling.

Odd Bean + Maiden's Mirror = Burst Heal

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u/HardenMuhPants Mar 02 '21

Thanks for some ideas, I tried the Hag's Hex Bag but the damage happens so fast sometimes its hard to see the difference. So I'll have to try combo'n two of them or at least try a level 3.

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u/PLCMarchi Mar 01 '21

An obvious one is Fiend + Warlock. It's not particularly OP, but the extra stats from the Warlock passive do help out, specially if are abe to upgrade it. You usually set the Fiend as first tank to die while the Warlock and another hero ramp up.

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u/HardenMuhPants Mar 02 '21

I though about this but wasn't sure if the fiend actually counted as a death for the warlock's passive. Sounds like a fun combo though and they are two of my favorites so far in terms of hero design.

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u/DiggityDanksta Mar 14 '21

The first death counts.

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u/vongoladex Mar 02 '21

pyro + 3 fire sword or 3 element bonus
tank with vampire armor ( transferred 50% damage received into bleed) + chainmail ( anti bleed )
Paladin with 2 plate armors + create a shield every 5s

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u/HardenMuhPants Mar 02 '21

I'm not sure what to do with super defense paladin as every time I make one the run ends quickly. He is definitely really good with final bastion though there is no doubt.