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CaptainOfCrush posted...

but the early game for an Arcane build is tough times.

in my opinion this is a very common misconception. early game arcane is not only doable, it's actually pretty easy. saw cleaver with minimum strength and skill is still a beastly weapon. the molotov cocktails and the flamesprayer also completely destroy the early game bosses... especially if you are investing in the arcane stat.

one of the challenge runs I've done is an arcane item/tool only challenge. I've killed gascoigne using only oil urns and molotov cocktails. and believe me, I was not ready for just how fast you can melt the blood starved beast and vicar amelia if you are using the flame sprayer, legitimately, as your main method of attack.

it's not too long after this where you start to get elemental gems that allow you to convert your saw cleaver (or weapon of choice) into a fire weapon, and this also makes them scale fully on the arcane stat regardless of how low your str/skill is. on top of this you have the absolutely broken augur of ebrietas to rely on, and your other hunter tools will be good in specific situations -- to the point where you don't even need to use your melee weapon very much.


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all the rest weren't so unfortunate
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