Arya wrote:
Thanks for this excellent guide!
I've been playing Archmages on Nightmare/Roguelike. So far the furthest I have gotten was dying to the Master in dreadfell.
I switched from Dwarf to Shalore to try out this guide, but I find my character to be very squishy / prone to sometimes getting 1 shotted while autoexploring.
Is it just not possible to play this build and autoexplore (on Nightmare difficulty)? Or do I just need to buy all the HP items I can find early on?
Thanks!
Archmage has a low HP pool so not having any shields or being at full mana means that you will likely die even on the lower difficulties.
It is possible to autoexplore, but it disadvantages you because Archmages benefit from taking enemies on at a long distance, meaning that close combat in the early/mid game is very risky and if you can avoid it in general by LoS sniping you should as it's a zero risk tactic.
In order to be effective at doing this you need to use Vision and Arcane Eye to scout things out before moving onto the next room. Using this diligently means you can never really be caught out by anything.
Sticking Arcane Eye on yourself is a possible lazy autoexplore solution but there's no guarantee.