Unlocking new ways to die over here. The number would probably be even crazier without trained reactions. It's my third genuine 100 to 0 in one action death in almost 700 hours of playing this game. Funnily enough second one was also on this run and also from retaliation damage by sun paladin, I guess as enticing as it is - flexible combat is not a good idea on marauder. Lessons learned.

Edit: I misread the log and it wasn't retaliation. But just to put it into perspective, that fear wasn't unfounded and this is the log from my previous death. It can get pretty nutty.

There was another line like that for my greater weapon focus proc for over 700 retal damage from one attack in tempest peak at level 26.

And it only took me 160 hours.

Here's my first winner: Mordekaiser, the Ogre Doombringer:

https://te4.org/characters/400294/tome/fbb506d7-b527-493c-9604-905a005e35ba

I know it's only Normal, but I'm really proud of it. This is probably my favorite game now, and after all this time I finally feel like I'm starting to master its mechanics. I'm really looking forward to starting my Nightmare runs.

The final fight was insane. I killed Elandar first and then went after Argoniel, but after taking off a good chunk of his health, I failed to remove a Burning Hex and ended up dying. Thankfully, I still had an Elixir of Life. The last few turns were just me versus Argoniel: no cooldowns, no sustains, just me basic attacking the son of a bitch in to oblivion until my Reckless Strike went back up and I finally finished him.

I mean... how can you not love this game?

PS: One tip for beginners: play slowly. Use Track/Premonition constantly, and always pay close attention to enemy stats, buffs and debuffs. If you're in a rush, it's probably better to play something else, because you may loose your character. Be a methodical motherfucker.