Yay, more Krieg vs. Peak progress!
You remember how I just told you that Krieg has been stuck at OP4 for a while now? I only needed two more runs after that (1x Saturday, 1x Sunday) - now heās at OP5.
Most runs have ended at the double Scorches (those + 2 surveyors are nasty with melee Krieg) or at some random chump (my fault). The remainder were a few deaths at the Black Queens or (even rarer) at the Boneheads. Before I reported here, I hadnāt even seen Doc Mercy at the Peak yet - one or two deaths to the clutter in his place, on most runs I didnāt even get there.
After that report though ā¦ I made it to the assassins, but died there quickly. Going through my equipment I thought, āI could use a Legendary Sickle hereā, so I farmed one (a few Dust runs without tubbies, then a run with one tubby - score! Legendary Sickle dropped).
On the final run I used that class mod all the way, instead of swapping between the Legendary Psycho (main benefits for me: a little bit of health and some gun boosts for when Iām not rampaging) and a blue Scream Sickle. The Scream Sickle isnāt bad, but my version doesnāt have the FtB boost for awesome melee-triggered bloodsplosions, which makes up for the loss of 1 point in StV. The damage reduction from the ToB boost is useful, too.
Anyway, struggled a bit against the Scorches as usual, rampaged with my health just above the RtB threshold, but that was with just a single Scorch left, so I was able to stay alive by bunny-hopping around the rock. Got BXR cooled down and resumed lobbing axes at Scorch.
The Black Queens got shot until they produced babies, then I threw two slag betties and a bunch of Bone Shredder bullets into the group until most were painted purple. I pushed the limits of healthgate there which could have ended badly, but I hit RtB in time and axed one of the babies. The entire group exploded shortly after.
Boneheads were easy. On the previous run Iād practiced how to get the Boneheads into the garden one at a time, so I shot them as they came. Didnāt even bother with melee.
Doc Mercyās place was a bit rough due to the selection of chumps I got, but in the end I axed him too.
What now? Right, the assassins. The EXP loader ambush is trivial, as is the first set of turrets. Oney is slow, so I took care of Rouf first. On the previous attempt I tried to fight him with just my axe, but his damage output was too high. This time I started with the Bone Shredder as always, then followed up with a few Fastballs until he started jumping too much to aim them properly. RtB, down he went. Took care of the next set of turrets. The part after that was the trickiest as Reeth was trying to burn me down while Oney and Wot were still there. I tried to keep enough distance from Reeth to be able to dodge his fiery axes, lobbing my own axes back at him.
At one point, I was running past Wot with the others out of sight, so I grabbed a quick health refill by beheading him. (Seriously, he is a pushover.) Reeth was injured, so I tracked him down and continued to give him the axe treatment. Finally, Oney got slapped as well because I wasnāt patient enough to whittle him down with the Conference Call, my only effective gun against him.
Missed another RtB in the next area, but a small wall where the path drops down kept me safe enough to recover. My purple adaptive shield tanked a few stray shots every now and then, but even with the delay-prolonging skills at 5/5 it was able to keep my health bar protected. These shots accelerated the cooldown, though.
The rest was mostly smooth sailing. The guaranteed slag skags were a bit unpleasant, but thanks to the guide by @Handsome_Dad I was prepared and used his hint to pull them back to the gate.
Three OP levels remaining. But Handsome_Dadās comment about the OP4 assassin spawn I survived on the second try is quite reassuring.[quote=āHandsome_Dad, post:22, topic:1559696ā]If you beat this, you can beat anything in the Peak. Do not give up.[/quote]Maybe Iāll need a new Harold along the way. Iām still running around with that OP1 version. Or an updated Fastball. The rest of my gear should be fine, including those guns at levels 48 and 30 (donāt laugh - slagging and Rapier-stabbing works just as well with horribly outdated guns).
