8 essence monster: way too RNG dependent

I went for essences at league start. It was literally the first atlas notable I picked. I have since completed hundreds of T16 maps, fully specced into essences + essence map craft + sextant mod. I completed 3/4 of the essence challenge ages ago, with the exception of killing an 8 essence monster.

I have encountered a few 7 essence monsters. They are fairly rare. Corrupting has not added an eight essence for me. The combination of both makes this challenge an RNG lottery, and the other three parts of the challenge redundant.

I must admit to a degree of sunk cost fallacy, as at this point I refuse to spend 1,2d on an Einhar Memory.

Naturally, I'm also quite frustrated, as I have been wanting to spec out of Essence (in favor of other challenges for example) for weeks now.

In my opinion, this should be avoided as it tends to potentially burn players. I know this fruitless grind is casting a shadow over what is otherwise a fun league.

GGG, please keep this in mind when picking future challenges. No RNG lottery please.

Why not just buy the memory? Chances are good you'll get more value out of it than you spent on purchasing. If currency is an issue, you could either farm TotA or Sanctum to get some quick divines.

I got 40/40 and I only had to spend a handful of divines to get all the challenges done.

memory is the way to goat the 4th and 5th map all monsters have 7 essences

its anoying yes,but not really hard if you are playing in trade

Did a Einhar memory. The last map in the series has 8 essences per monster.
But depending on the Rogue exile it might be very tough, especially if they are ranged and spam the whole screen with degens and AOE.

In case your damage is not great i would check the individual Rogue Exiles before releasing them and have an easier time this way.

Xandro Blooddrinker (melee ground slam dude) can be a biatch with his constant healing and 10aps like he's on 30+ soul eater stacks.