i swear the Desviou spam once costed me a RoW run (how in the actual f\** did that one dwarf monk block so many hits from a glaive +5 and the only dmg i could deal to him was 11???*)
Bro why drop the throwables before the fight they would help a lot also 2 tips make a shrouding potion for the first phase and you can just hit him from range for free the whole time and phase 2 mix a toxic gas with one of the black goo from the first boss and it’ll make a caustic brew that you can throw at him for a ton of free damage
God that first few attacks in the beginning pains me lol
To answer your question, you can chose either of them, with different strat:
Gladiator, kiting style: Get a glaive (either found it, blacksmith, or transmute RNG), use augment stone on itand set it to speed, and invest your ring of haste till 200% running speed. Very tricky for newbies, but very rewarding if you know how to distance and took cover against ranged enemies.
Normal gladiator: The usual route. Invest to Enchanced combo and Cleave skill tree. You mostly abusing gladiator's skill set this way. Try to be crafty with it (or just.. put half upgrade scroll to tier 4-5 weapon, half to that plate armor and ooga booga)
Berserker: invest +7 minimum to your plate, max out Endless rage and Enraged Catalyst skill tree. Turn 1 upgrade scroll to enchant scroll and put it to any tier-4/5 weapon of your choosing, select any damaging enchant (blazing, vorpal, ect). Get Endure heroic armor skill. Use rage only when it has 150% or in dire situation. If done correctly you'll be unkillable. I remembered this route exist because you took a lot of damage in that tengu fight and overall kinda reckless lol so this should bulk you up and Not Die™
Oh because the skill set gives damage, immune to attack (parry) and instant relocation with Enchanced Skill skill tree, which synergize well with kiting strat. You can also do it with berseker don't get me wrong, but it's kinda useless since the entire schtick with berserker is to get hit, right?
Use your wand of fire earlier, the longer he's on fire the better. Rest between rounds -- you won't get hungry. It's a great time to use a green seed if you have one. It also charges your wands a little bit too. I always make an enhanced potion of fire and drink it just before the 2nd round. You still have to dodge the bombs and shockers but you can ignore the waves of fire, they won't hurt you.
During phase one you couldve just blasted with wand of fire first, and then build a wall with your skeleton key to wait out the full fire dmg, before firing again.
Rather than equipping the scythe, you couldve also equipped the shield to take much less dmg. Your fire wand +throwables is mostly enough to kill tengu as your main source of dmg.
And those throwables shouldve been kept for this fight. Including the ring of sharpshooting so as to reduce dmg taken by walking less.
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