The True Irony of Melee League

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CondescendingEmu wrote:

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ChanBalam wrote:

I'm playing a cyclone slayer using a staff. Plays great.

What dps, what defensive stats, and what budget? The entire point is that it is possible but not on a reasonable budget relative to other classes. My build plays great if I do low difficulty content as well so what do you run where it plays great? Budget is especially a concern for me because I've been playing since 2019 and have never gotten a mirror, a mageblood, or a head hunter on my own. My best drop ever was this league with a hinekora's lock in a t8 magic map for an atlas completion... (31 div sale), at least because of that I was able to get my league starter to an ok point.

ATM high, high and high, but this iteration is the latest and I got through red maps with a lesser, cheaper, cyclone build. Yes, to get a really good build you need currency and a way to farm enough of it to feed your build. One reason I play standard a lot is that I have both good gear and riches so I can build out guys who got moved there before they were great. Guilds can be helpful too.

I've been playing for 10 years and never dropped a mirror or HH or Mageblood. I have bought HH and MB though.

I just looked at your character again and you have switched from 2 swords to one and a shield. the shield seems to be used to trigger molten shell but comes with down sides. why not just use CWDT for molten shell and either go back to 2 swords or a better shield? there are shields dropping in this league with 45% block.


IIRC that came back in shipping trade. With some crafting it might be better.

Well they've gone in the right direction. Think it's good if people are playing different types of builds and they didn't just shift the problem to melee becoming the only way to play. Just shows that it did need to be buffed. If the dust settles and they need to do further buffs in the future they can.

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The problem is, even without totem, Melee now have

-Tincture
-Retaliate
-Banner
-Warcry

It's still a f PIANO.

How are tinctures going? Does seem a bit awkward to me but it's not really part of my build. Assuming it is good on some builds though.

Yeah no totem is a good idea, but when you put it like that it has basically been replaced by banner. I guess people were using banner and totem, maybe multiple totems, but does feel like maybe they added something where they we're tyring to remove all these necessary layers.

I think it works slightly better than totem was.