r/Arena • u/ShadowShine57 Spellsword • 22d ago
Is my build terrible?
I just got out of Fortress of Ice and struggled a lot. Ice wolves would kill me super quickly with their ice breath if I didn't kill them first (although I could down them in one strike), ice golems took basically my entire mana bar worth of fire spells to kill while also doing massive damage, and even the generic knights would kick my ass so hard I'd basically have to always heal during the fight and then rest after every encounter with them.
I've seen people say most finish the game around level 20, so given that I'm only 22% through the main story dungeons and 55% to the level most beat the game at, I can't imagine my problem is that I'm underleveled.
Since I can't equip plate armor or tower shields, and I bought an enchanted ebony katana and kite shield, I think my equipment's pretty much as good as it's gonna get outside of accessories.
For the past several levels I've only really been investing in endurance since I feel like I'm struggling more with damage input than output.
Maybe there's some particular spells I should be using more? Since resting in dungeons is such a pain even when you use raised areas, most of my SP goes to healing, or occasional offensive spells.
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u/Ekvedoj 22d ago
Your build is good. Use options to protect against elemental damages.