Unbreathing Queen I, as melee, in Hardcore

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johnKeys wrote:

yes as you may have guessed, no longer in Hardcore.
yep, I had plenty of chances to log out. didn't. got destroyed.

screen full of ice. nowhere to go.
frozen with every step I take.
too many spectre bastards to chase down.

is this balanced?

Melee is not viable/competitive for "casual" players. Especially not in HC. You probably would have died to some other random ****. Its not actually completely random though. Not trying to defend GGG here. This is just how the game is and has been for a long time. And with "melee" I dont mean the "melee" tagged skills which have respectable _range_. Melee requires more game knowledge and more playing skills than ranged.

If you want to do melee again in Prophecy:



The spectres should be very easy with knockback (like heavy strike or from flask) while being chill/freeze immune from flask. This allows you to focus on one without being hit by the slow missiles from the others.