Sniper

I have been running this build during Nightmares and Very Hard difficulty runs. It is an amazing horde clearer whether solo or in a group. It is great with sustaining health as well as cutting down cooldowns for spells to help you get through hordes or objectives by yourself. This build packs a punch and can easily help you and your team survive nightmare difficulty. Main Priority is getting the shotgun a fast fire rate even before the boss so you need to eliminate enemies with it mostly hence the ammo crate. The bow w/ fire can help make fire tornadoes that can help you clear areas no problem. Life Pack and Battlemage gets the most value during hordes if you utilize the spells and weapons properly. There is just a lot of synergy with this build that I love and hopefully you too.

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Long Ranger + Bow + Ammo Pack · Mino, Decoyo, Bubble · Woody

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Shotgun + Bow + Bottle Crate · Decoyo, Bubble, Rain · Jeralt

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Shotgun + Bow + Ammo Pack · Decoyo, Rain, Bubble · Jeralt

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Solo Nightmare Shotgun build with massive sustain and damage. Credit to OhDough on Youtube.

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With this build you have an answer to every scenario, and even decent scaling in a run. I truly believe this build will get new players in and through nightmare asap. I am showing the maxed out build but if you lack prestige you can scale down a bit and it won't affect too much. This build evens out survivability, aoe, boss damage, mobility, and scaling. Your main gameplay is going around clearing ghost houses and opening chests, getting jokers until you feel comfortable doing the main quest. Use full charge bow on ghost houses for easy 1 shots. Shotgun ads offers no recoil and with maxed accuracy you can snipe out deadeyes easily. Rain makes it so you won't have to worry about snakes for the most part when it's active. Decoyo is the best panic button in the game.

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