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Use this REVENANT freeze build to destroy INSANE difficulty in Jötunnslayer: Hordes of Hel

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Video Summary: Use this REVENANT Freeze Build to Destroy INSANE Difficulty in Jötunnslayer: Hordes of Hel

Game & Context

This video features a detailed build guide for the game Jötunnslayer: Hordes of Hel, focusing on conquering the newly introduced and extremely difficult Hellheim map on INSANE difficulty after the 1.0 launch.

Storyline / Game Context

  • Hellheim is the final and hardest map introduced in the game’s 1.0 update.
  • The difficulty level is described as one of the toughest challenges in roguelikes and video games in general.
  • The player aims to showcase how to beat this map using a Revenant class build.

Gameplay Highlights & Build Overview

  • Class Choice: Revenant is the top-performing class for this challenge, consistently outperforming others.
  • The build revolves around freeze mechanics combined with healing triggered by frozen enemy kills.
  • Many classes and skill combinations were tested, but the Revenant freeze/heal setup was chosen as optimal.

Key Skills and Talents (Revenant Focus)

Preferred Base Skills (choose 4)

  • Necrotic Rain (up to level 4)
  • Grappling Web
  • (Optional) Skull Shot for single target damage
  • (Optional) Rapid Fire for fast firing Note: The player generally does not prefer Heartseeker.

Talent Tree

  • Fill out the entire tree with emphasis on:
    • Aimed passive skill
    • Ethereal Arrows (activated on Ghost Walk)
  • Focus on passives that increase damage and survivability.

Gods and Passives

Key Gods

  • Loki: Emphasizes evasion and movement speed, with Shape Shifter and Loki’s Ragnarok ability.

  • Scotty: Take almost all passives; critical for the build.

  • Nidog (World Snake): Take all passives down to Power Overwhelming.

    • Preferred skill: Ray of Sickness (high damage at level 4)
    • Alternative: Wing Attack (better control but less damage)

Important God Skills

  • Local Ragnarok (Loki)
  • Frost Ring (Scotty) – major damage and freeze effect
  • Ray of Sickness (Nidog) – damage over time and utility

Other Gods

  • Minor progression bonuses from gods like Neorb; optional.

Passive Focus

  • Max health (Revenant has low base health)
  • Chance to freeze on attack
  • Damage reduction
  • Extra revives
  • Heal on kill of frozen enemies
  • Heal when summoned dogs return (Revenant passive)
  • Corpse Eater (Nidog passive) – chance to heal on enemy kills
  • Movement speed boosts

Subclass Choice

Undying Subclass

  • Provides healing and chance to survive death.
  • Ghost Walk grants extra healing and cooldown reduction.
  • Synergizes well with freeze and heal mechanics.

Strategy & Tips

  • Freeze enemies frequently to trigger healing and control crowds.
  • Use Frost Ring and Ray of Sickness to maximize damage and crowd control.
  • Maintain high movement speed to navigate small, crowded spaces.
  • Practice and some luck are required due to the difficulty.
  • The build is adaptable; some skills can be swapped based on preference.
  • Watch the final boss kill in the video to see the build in action.

Additional Notes

  • The video promises future build guides for other classes and modes.
  • Encourages viewer interaction and subscription.

Featured Gamer / Source

  • Moraba18 – Creator and guide presenter.

This summary covers the storyline context, detailed gameplay build, skill choices, strategies, and tips to succeed with the Revenant freeze build on INSANE difficulty in Jötunnslayer: Hordes of Hel.

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