Alright, Resolve is not as bad...Update 2

Lost all resolve just before second boss where I would recover 75% of it. Great League. Can recommend.

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SunL4D2 wrote:

To be fair Alkaizer shown that you can do Sanctum as melee. You can dodge most things, just need sufficient level of skill and some patience. Problem is not everyone is Alkaizer, who is no matter what you think of him - one of the best players. League mechanic shouldn't be only for top SSFHC people. ._.

You need a lot of mobility and high damage to do what he does.

Just finished my first Sanctum (low level one). It was long, stressful, tedious and unrewarding experience. Getting major boon early helped a lot (reveal whole Sanctum).

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Fruz wrote:

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SunL4D2 wrote:

To be fair Alkaizer shown that you can do Sanctum as melee. You can dodge most things, just need sufficient level of skill and some patience. Problem is not everyone is Alkaizer, who is no matter what you think of him - one of the best players. League mechanic shouldn't be only for top SSFHC people. ._.

You need a lot of mobility and high damage to do what he does.

As well sufficient level of skill and some patience.

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SunL4D2 wrote:

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Fruz wrote:

You need a lot of mobility and high damage to do what he does.

As well sufficient level of skill and some patience.

Unless you play a totem / minion build, or a few other archetypes that have it quite easy in there.

Ok guys. After getting the hang of it, assembling good set of Relics and upgrading the build a bit I actually like Sanctum. LOL

The only major issue with the League I have now is that just like so many other players I want to be able to do more rooms than 1 per map and save entire Sanctum. I just enjoy it. It's not the most rewarding, but it is rewarding. I am not sure if it will have longevity once I figure it out completely, but for now I want to live in Sanctum.

It coule be partly because I play the game for so long, I farmed basically every content in the game at this point and just not really excited about doing newly buffed Harbingers or same old Expedition (which is super rewarding, but just feels bad to interact with) or Harvest or anything really.

As for Resolve itself I still have some minor issues with it. I think there should be short immunity window after you lose it (like existing Boon, but weaker) so you don't take further Resolve damage for 0.5-1 second. Maybe it would make it too easy though. Also sometimes I lose like 50-100 Resolve and don't understand what happened. Oh, and of course it still heavily punished melee/low DPS builds, but this doesn't affect me at the moment.

Let's not forget the flicker strike mob

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manofthelaw3 wrote:

Let's not forget the flicker strike mob

The guy who creates clones?

Resolve is a non-issue after you accumulate relics. I did a few runs without healing resolve or gaining inspiration to practice for the unique relic, they went fine. Relics with +max resolve and %max resolve are OP, you end up with 600-700 resolve which is plenty.

It all comes down to build. Some builds will have a huge advantage over others. Basically standing still to attack/cast is death (as with 99% of the rest of PoE)

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Krashkraken wrote:

Armor and resists mean nothing? Better to stock a complete set of Evasion gear and Quicksilver flasks. When the weakest mob hits you for 10% resolve with just a minor shot -- well you aint living long.

As far as I know/heard evasion doesn't work in sanctums. So not sure it's a good idea to stack evasion where it has no effect...

Ok, base Lycia somehow oneshot me despite she never dealt any damage during my previous rungs. I had 25% more damage affliction. Is this affliction bugged or what happened here? Are some of her attacks supposed to one shot you?