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>i assume this one was the heal for 60 but drain mana one

Yeah, that's the one.

Anyway, I saw you'd done a hotfix so I thought I might as well try out a quick 2-handed run.

Lower Dungeons

Found a virile axe of shock, so two-handed playthrough is definitely go.

I slept a bit on the weapon art - +20 attack rating is pretty great.

Forgotten Passageway

Ran into a special enemy ghoul that I could barely hit even with the weapon art, so I'm down to 3 health potions. Great.

Found a ring of life steal so this run might just go well though, especially if I pair it with this fast-attack club I found.

And the red knight dopped an axe with more life steal. I wonder if that means I'll regen 2 health per hit?

Lower Dungeons 2

It's still really tough going, but with 2 hp recovered per hit, it's doable.

The gates in the prison bars here are a good size for choke points, for reference.

Found a spear that I'm contractually obligated to try out. It's very short for a two-handed spear, looks kinda goofy.

It's got really good base damage for the attack rate though. I probably should level agility enough for the multi-strike to get more use out of life steal, but dammit, I like axes.

Vedomot was too shy to come out, so I guess I'm moving on up.

Brief Respite

It's nice to ahve the sun cultists be a threat for once.

A problem I'm having with melee combat that I didn't have with ranged is the difficulty in clicking the same dude in a mob of enemies consistently to focus your damage. With ranged you can just shift-click in the general direction, but with melee you actually have to hit the right guy. What's worse, clicking in the general direction like you would with a bow makes your dude do an attack animation, but it's a trap: as far as I can tell you can't actually hit anything by doing so.

Finally died to a boss goat lady.

Conclusion; Once I understood that the W weapon art was more useful as a hit bonus than a damage bonus, I had a much easier time of things.

I'd still say it's a lot weaker than playing with a wand or bow though - even with two really lucky item drops giving me life steal, I didnt' get past the sun cultist area because I simply can't avoid damage like I can with ranged weapons.