Something I think you could add is that the jump in difficulty from Nightmare to Apocalypse isn't as drastic as Veteran to Nightmare. Therefore, if a build works in Nightmare it should also work in Apocalypse. It might need some refinement, but it's already been proven elsewhere.
I think the jump is still significant, but having some gear and the second archetype fleshed out makes a huge difference in terms of your own "power-level".
@@wholesomegamer Unless where I got the info wrong, the difference in mob health from veteran to nightmare is a 100% increase and for bosses about 150% increase. From Nightmare to Apocalypse is just 25% more mob hp and another 100% boss hp. It's probably why Apocalypse is something you have to unlock after beating the game at least once. I can't imagine someone trying to do that on their first run. You'd be perpetually out of ammo for the entire run. Hell some builds are like that naturally.
Awesome! I'm playing Veteran right now, & it's at the point of feeling too easy. Nightmare should be my goal for the next adventure run. Max difficulty campaign sounds cool, but you're right... it might be unnecessarily intense, LoL. Could still try it, but be open to moving on to the next game on my 'to play' list. Remnant's certainly 1 I see myself coming back to in the future Cheers
I often found myself hanging on to my favorite builds to long, when the encounter or situation calls for another setup. It speaks for the game to force you into analyzing the situation and play around with the tools you have. But yeah, a "fixed" mindset can easily become a roadblock. And boy do the bosses have audio-cues to their attacks, once you turned down/off the music :-)
Huge tip that is especially important on Hardcore runs in regards to self revives. Plant the Elder Then Seed from Yaesha - Red Throne and bring all 3 seeds into your boss battles.
Really great tips.. Apocalypse difficulty i found my self tweaking my builds alot to fit the boss.. i died alot but it taught me how to fix my builds and just to git gud against some of the one shots that can happen.. absolutely loved beating it but it cost me my sanity for a minute there haha 😅
There is interesting difference between apocalypse and nightmare. Regular mobs on Nightmare have more HP then on Apocalypse. Apocalypse mobs deal more damage in comparison, however boss hp is higher on Apocalypse. So Apocalypse might be more fun to play since enemies that are just bullet sponges are not fun.
I can definitely say have your archetypes leveled up and be ready to change builds a lot. I have found sticking to one build is a bad idea. I had about 10 different builds I swapped through to when I did apocalypse
Venom was one of my biggest obstacles too. What helped me in the end: Always circle around the two machinery blocks, this negates his sword throw and explosive arrows. Have a build that deals damage while you are doing something else - for me that was two corrosion debuffs + Nebulas Nano-Swarm (essentially my Challenger/Archon setup, video is on the channel). But Fire and including the Engineer Flame Turret would also work well. Black Cat Ring + Challenger gives you two revives minimum. And really, always hug one of the machinery blocks. I had tranquil heart + passive heal, so I never used a relic to heal in the fight and I think Empathy only gives Venom very little health-regen from your passive heal...but I don´t know the exact numbers. And turn off the music, it really, really helps.
A fresh character would not be suited for apocalypse difficulty. But I have a "Comprehensive Solo Player Guide" on my channel, which covers the basics and might be more interesting for you as a new player :-) - Enjoy the journey, it is a great game!
The point of apoc is to provide a challenge for previous builds. Its possible on new characters but thats just a personal challenge and not the intended purpose.
Great tips!! A question on boss suffixes. If you run into a boss in your campaign with particularly tough suffixes is the only option to change up your build OR is it also possible to leave the area, and exit the game and when you reload the the boss will change with random suffixes? I had issues with a boss with regenerator although I did change up for more damage and defeated it eventually. Still I'm curious if the suffixes would reset if I left and reloaded the area. Obviously I wouldn't reroll my campaign but returning to the main menu to change a particularly bad combo of suffixes would be fine. Again thanks for the tips!
There seem to be some bosses that can change their modifiers. But idk if that is intended. The one I definitely remember was the Defiler. My guess is that because he gets "summoned" during the whole thing his modifiers get rerolled everytime. But as I said I'm not sure that this is intended and might be fixed already.
While switching builds to overcome a boss your stuck on is great and all, It’s a complete pain to have to do, having to go through all of those rings, weapons, weapon mods etc. Makes me really hope we get a load out system soon, so doing that could be as easy as just hitting let’s say two buttons. As far as a tip for the engineers turret goes, I just mostly focus on keeping it in my hands, and constantly keeping it overclocked as much as possible, if it runs out of ammo, I simply put it down, and wait for either overclock to come back, or for it to regen enough ammo where I feel comfortable picking it up and actively using it again, if it is almost about to run out of ammo (the turret) and your holding it, stop shooting it and really try to take advantage of its dodge, (it’s really good) kinda take a break from trying to dmg the boss and play defense until your overclock is ready, basically just try to prolong the amount of time your turret is in your hands, and reduce the downtime (aka the time your turret is out of your hands.) is basically how I tackle playing the engineer. (This strategy works really well, as I’ve been able to consistently solo the final boss multiple times when helping people with him, and gives me allot of confidence when facing him.)
Yeah Loadouts are hopefully on their way, everybody wants them. Engineer is really great and once you get into a rhythm with the turret/heavy weapon the micromanagement becomes less and less an issue. I like how they designed that archetype.
@@wholesomegamer same man, it’s easily one of my favorites, I want to like summoner more but the summons more often than not just get in the way, and they also just don’t do enough damage.
Thank you for your great Remnant 2 Videos! I really like your analytic and entertaining videos for remnant 2. I am also a solo player in Remnant 2 and learnd so much from your vids - and I like your approach to builds. I played trough the whole Game in apocalyplse and I got anihilation down to 50% in second phase but keep dying. Could you pls share a Build for anihilation in apocalyplse? Or give some tipps/ideas? Keep up the great work - I relay enjoy to watch your videos!
Thank you! Well, for the final boss on apocalypse I tried many different builds. In the end I did it with a build that did not involve any "side-attention" like managing a turret or similar. I build a Hunter/Gunslinger but with a high armor setting. so I could tank 1-2 minor hits and at least one medium hitter. Without the micromanaging and turning off the music I divided my attention on two things: doing damage (which in this setup did not involve stuff that draw my attention) or avoiding damage. And I was hellbound on not mixing these two things together. Either I focused on the attacks to avoid, not trying to squeeze in some shots, or I focused on dealing as much damage as possible to the prominent weakspots.The pattern of the first phase you can get down pretty quick. The second phase deals surprising low damage...it is much more hectic and you eat hits, but here I could take 2-3 hits in a row. The orbs are important to kill quick and very hard to dodge. That worked for me...took me I think 3-4 hours of constant tries. But I really tested at least 4 different setups before settling on the final one.
Thank you! I beat anihilation on Apocalypse in Solo!!! I had to reasign my traits and switch out some rings and summons and I did it in the 4th attempt today - such a great feeling woow. And since its halloween special this weekend I will keep playing to get the extra stuff
Yep, but it is a one time consumable. And you can only get it one time per playthrough if I am not mistaken. I have the bloody tree in the patch, so it blocks planting another seed.
@@wholesomegamerI think you can only hold one at a time, not one time use only per play through. I check on it once in a while and it has fruit ready for pickup but it turns to scrap once I do, because I already have that version of the fruit. Once you use it, you should be able to pick it up again, if I’m understanding correctly.
@@wholesomegamer nee, alles gut. bin solo player aus überzeugung. das geplapper mit anderen reißt mich einfach aus der immersion. kann das nicht ab :) hab mir jetzt für starfield extra ne xbox geholt. hoffe davon gibts bei dir hier auch content. bis bald
4:18 Not fully true I think .The "Share damage" perk is barely used on apoc. Your summons die to fast . Medic summoner tank exist because of the Resonating Heart relic. It checks your total health (if you full ) , then doubles and gives it back for 15 sec (If I remember right ) . Thing is , it does that for every player/summon in range . With Medic summoner , you dont get YOUR health doubled. You get ENTIRE TEAM health doubled . Basically , resonating heart+ summons combo gives insane healing . With medics , one use can return 3 relics back (if your summon gets hit while its active) .
I do have seen tank builds combining relic spam (which heals your summons) and so diverting damage becomes a non-issue for the 10% reduction in incoming damage.
@@wholesomegamer Eh , there are different builds . Also , depends on the boss . I did Apoc final boss with that combo (and no damage share) and keeping summons alive was barely possible even with constant heal . I was using the tank summon(root elite) and it kept geting one shot on stage 2. No living summon means you dont get Resonating Heart healing buff . Had to swich to flyers just to have 2nd spare to keep it active PS: Im speaking specifically about stage 2 . No idea what it is but my summon kept going from full health to 0 every once in a while
@@shadowkhan422Try using the flyers. When one of them dies you will still have one active while the 2nd will start recovering its (shorter) cooldown. Meanwhile when your big boy dies he's gone and the massive cooldown will only start to tick down once he's dead. I used Blood Bond in my last run and it worked great. Definitely usable after they buffed the health of summons twice now.
