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This was very helpful! I have no idea what is good or bad in this game lol
I wish sireth was here, I understand why it's not. Not a draconic raid. But I don't own the content to get it and it feels like nobody ever runs the raid, I never see flagging LFMS or LFMS for the raid itself
thanks for the info strim ..
Echo of Blackrazor and Whirlwind are way better than sword of shadows imo
Granted it's relatively easy to get but the thing you overlooked about the Dethek Runestone is stone paws – if you're playing an animal form druid & want the extra defensive capability, it'll give you an extra +2W to make up some of the difference in damage vs. a 2hander.
Esoterica augment can be made from cloak of the mountain.
i was hoping for quiver but instead we got a bunch of lame and superlame items probably picked by Cordo 😭😭
Finally I can have a sword of shadows
5:07 why is this armour so bad t me stats look good might not be good for raids but for everyday use farming etc ts great
Thanks man.. sword of shadow it is.. 🙂
As a new player that is only level 10 I have no idea what to get from this box… lol
They should had asked Strim for loot help. Glad to see you back. I've learned so much from this one video.
That arbitrary choice to not include Dumathoin Bracers is so ass, even though another deathwyrm item is there.
Yay ST video!
We gotta get you over 10k, so close. 100k next.
Hmm I was thinking of taking the claws of the balor as I don't have any decent endgame wraps. Could anyone explain why they are so bad? The video doesn't really go into detail, I'm assuming it's just because cursed maelstrom is bad?
Hammer of Life is good in Ravenloft for Mad Tea Party and Amber Temple when you need to cast restoration and your build can't do it natively.
Welcome back. Glad to see one of your videos.
Wow back to the living I see.
The video was amazing. Concise and informative. Thank you.
So it looks like there's pretty much nothing good in the box for someone who mostly plays casters?
Cloak of the Mountain can be traded for Esoterica augment
11:50
you missed that cloak of the mountain can be an aug set
No quiver of alacrity?!!!
IDK man, those Hand Wraps look pretty cool to me. I mean, I didn't take them, but I'd be happy to get them in a raid chest
am i not correct in thinking the wraps would make good pet collar.
Welcome back! Such great content… we all missed yah.
love that half the Killing Time loot list is in there, but specifically engineered to exclude the most interesting and useful stuff.
If you pick up the pet (cube let), does that unlock it for your entire account or just one character?
Was thinking of getting a second SoS since I turned mine into epic, but I almost have enough runes for another one. Thanks for the vanguard shield recommendation, was thinking of doing a vanguard but I never raid so thats an easy pick!
What's in the box?
PAIN.
So the box never showed up in my character's inventory. Anyone else have this problem?
Hey strimtom just saw something really cool in magus of the eclipse ED the mantle can effect your summons so would it make a summoner build doable using it at endgame? Considering you use chill aura from the same tree would let you do 1d6+6 cold and negative damage per caster lvl every 6 seconds
I feel like these gear videos would be better if you were to assume the viewer DOES NOT RAID. It's ridiculous to assume everyone finds the best gear as easy as you do dude… For example I run with one other person… how often do you think we run raids? And when we open chests how likely is it that we get actually useful gear? Let me say, it's NOT F'ing often to either one. So this trash comment that "this is bad because you can easily get a better thing by doing x Raid" is SO elitist and non-inclusive… you should be canceled for being noobie-phobic 🤣 just playin' about that, but seriously it IS elitist and kinda ignorant to expect of viewers.
So….SoS wins again, uggh…..
Why is symphony bad? I was going to take that, but even he don't know why it's bad apparently
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#1. The cosmetic IS the legendary sword of shadows. No new cosmetics.
#2. You do not have to choose the item right now. As long as you claim the box you can bank it for whenever you decide. Don't rush if you aren't sure!
#3. I forgot to mention that the cloak of the mountain is also good for a 3-piece augment set for spell DCs, so that's also an acceptable take.
I don't raid at all.
I got my own SoS way back when it was in another box.
I even got two. Epic-ified the other one 🙂
Thanks for the shield suggestion. Now, not that I'd normally consider playing any kind of build that uses a shield, but *if I did*…
Small note for Disciplinator. Electrical Lash is rather unique as a shot type.
Electrical Storm items USED to have the AoE functionality, but the runearm patch considered this a bug and remove it (RIP my long range Arc Welder).
As an arm cannon aficionado, I'll at least point out the uniqueness. Shame it's so low level.
Now, I don't have one, and I won't take it, but I would want a higher level Rune Arm with that shot type though!
Thanks for the info Strimtom.
I'm so excited, always wanted to have Lightning Coil for my caster arti❤
Welcome back. I'm probably going to be grabbing another SoS.
wish they would stop with the btc shit, my reincarnation cashe can't get any bigger or my bank starts bugging out because of the sheer number of btc items… it's annoying af and driving me away from the game not too it.
Thanks for the informative video man ☕
That shield is nice to use anyway because 20 Alchemical is not easy to get.
took the shield; took the treason, wish i took the 50 black pearls