This build centers around leveraging Ogre's explosive potential to clear swathes of enemies while maximizing melee damage. The strategy revolves around stacking weapons that deal explosive damage and enhancing survivability with high max HP and regeneration, tailored specifically for handling waves 11-18 and the dual bosses at wave 20.
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Score
85
Difficulty
hard
Why This Build Exists
Explosive Strength
Weapons
The DEX-troyer delivers exceptional explosive damage with a 50% chance to explode on hit, synergizing perfectly with Ogre's effect of damaging enemies based on their max health. It serves as a primary attack weapon to clear hordes efficiently.
It increases damage significantly based on free weapon slots, plus its melee damage is perfect for Ogre's kit, allowing for strong single-target damage against bosses and elites.
Main Items
Provides essential max HP to sustain through damaging situations while making it easier to tank hits due to Ogre's naturally lower speed and attack speed maluses.
Boosts max HP and provides health regeneration, allowing Ogre to sustain its health while remaining aggressive in combat.
Another explosive melee weapon that can be a solid pickup if encountered that deals substantial burst damage.
Enhances life steal and regeneration, synergizing extremely well with Ogre's explosive damage strategy to sustain through damage.
Enhances all explosive damage, which fits this build's core mechanic of explosions but is less crucial than the prior items for early game survivability.
Upgrade Focus
Increasing max HP directly enhances Ogre's ability to survive waves with higher enemy counts and damage.
Enhancing melee damage ensures that each hit, especially with weapons like the DEX-troyer and Captain's Sword, maximizes damage output.
HP regeneration allows for continuous recovery throughout waves, which is critical given Ogre's slower evasion capabilities.
Early Game
Focus on max HP items and Affordable melee explosives to dominate early waves easily. Look for DEX-troyer early as a primary weapon due to its strong AoE potential.
Mid Game
From wave 8 onwards, ensure to stack on more HP and regeneration items while getting any available Captain's Sword. Prioritize item pickups that enhance melee and explosive damage.
Late Game
By wave 20, you should have enough max HP and damage to face twin bosses. Position yourself effectively to mitigate damage while maximizing explosive damage with your weapon choice.
Build Reasoning
With Ogre's strengths in max health and explosive potential, this build optimizes both survivability and melee dominance, allowing for effective clearing of enemies while setting up for strong boss encounters.
Why This Build Wins
Danger 5 Notes
Expect more frequent elite appearances and a tougher challenge, requiring efficient crowd control and diversified damage outputs.
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