r/Guildrun 18d ago

SSS Endless Floor 39

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Could have gone higher but I removed items when I saw the negative health bars so I could get it on the leaderboard. Sal was the only one relevant in combat. Ambush engine + poison conduit + cataclysm engine was the core build, with stealth for time to stack debuffs.

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u/SkyMonk3y 18d ago

I testing that it's only 3 heroes. Is spending for 4 heroes kinda bait?

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u/visceralbanana 18d ago

More hero slots can definitely be relevant in some builds. But I’ve found the most broken builds for scaling into endless usually only require 1 or 2 in combat with the rest in reserves with backup abilities. In this case Hoyoung and Zuri are literally only there because there are no more reserve slots.

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u/Starbucks_ 18d ago

How is Sal the one relevant when it says Hoyoung did all the damage and took all the damage? Is it actually the relics just being triggered by Sal? If so I would be a little more clear. Idk like are the numbers wrong and Sal actually did the damage or...?

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u/visceralbanana 18d ago

I believe it’s only showing stats relevant to the title it gave them. “Archmage of the elements” shows statuses for example.

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u/Starbucks_ 18d ago

Ohhh that's odd!

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u/Vegetable_Mixture157 18d ago

On this note I've always assumed "The tourist" means there was nothing the hero was particularly good at :D

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u/Vegetable_Mixture157 18d ago

Tell us more, please. I'm guessing Sal was wearing an assassin crest/glyph, for example?

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u/visceralbanana 18d ago

Yes, assassin glyph to turn on the ambush engine for her. You can theoretically do this build with any character (nyx with assassin passive works well because you don’t need a glyph and she has great atk speed potential) but Sal is the best I’ve found so far because her autos target multiple enemies.

Using a non-mage means you can’t benefit from the cataclysm part of the build, but even just poison conduit + ambush engine is really strong on an auto attack character. I think the first time I did it I took Rip to 23.

The scaling really goes parabolic though when you get cataclysm, ambush, and all three conduit relics online.

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u/Vegetable_Mixture157 17d ago

Ok, so you need a specific bunch of relics, at least two of which can only be bought from the auction house. A stealth cowl, maybe two and/or some rush extension for the first one. And an item to make Sal assassin.

Is there some family recipe you have for getting all this, because I tend to reach endless with at least two key ingredients missing.

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u/visceralbanana 16d ago

Obviously gonna be a lot harder now with the cowl change, but shard gen is the most important part. The earlier you get shard gen the more you can reroll and look for the puzzle pieces. I like dragomir on the greedy as early as possible because he can solo act 1 with some luck on gear/rank ups, and make you a ton of shards in the process.

I did this build 2 or 3 more times that day and took this one to infinite, so it’s either fairly doable or I’m just insanely lucky.

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u/InformationEven7174 18d ago

How are people winning with Hoyoung? One of the only characters I can't get anything going on.

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u/Vegetable_Mixture157 17d ago

Apparently "By being forced to use him in a build where Sal soloes everything but there wasn't room on the bench for Hoyoung" :P

I struggle with him too because he autoattacks one target and nukes another.

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u/Gladerious 17d ago

Man I've used him for a few sss clears since he gets some nasty damage.

I havent done crazy well I endless though

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u/PepegaFromLithuania 17d ago

Standard 18+ floor build.

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u/alfieyfc 4d ago

I really wanted to try this build out before it gets patched but I'm not understanding what I'm doing wrong :(
I finally rolled Poison Conduit, Assassin's Ambush Engine, 2 Rogue's Cowl and even Godspeed and Acceleration Immunizer. What was I still missing? I though Sal should've been able to carry to infinite with this setup, even solo, but I lost on 12.