Astronarch Complete Guide

Introduction

 
Hello, This is a guide for Astronarch, I just beat the game will all the achievements and Max leveled all characters, I kept a doc going for my notes (When I come back in future patches), thought I would post it here as some might find it useful. This is all my opinion only. 
 
Wrote for version: 1.5.3 
 
 

General

 
Role/Orbs/Build/Items/Blessings/Nodes are listed in order of how good they are (Best first) 
 
Party Composition: Any works, game is beatable on Corruption 20 (Including Omen of Loss) with random heros, recommend a Healer and Tank by act 2. 
 
Blessings: The Magician (MP Costs) Blessing unless healer is Bloodmage then Temperance (HP), If I need ancient items then Wheel of Fortune, The Chariot (monsters cannot be found in events), King of Wands (Merchant price reduction), Anything else 
 
Events: Act 1 get upgraded items and take debuff if not before elite/boss fight, Act 2 fight for Prized Scimitar and/or Regalia, Act 3 interstellar seller sacrifice vitality. 
 
Lanes: Act 1 I take bottom lane, Act 2 + 3 I take mid lane 
 
Elites: I take all elites, if I don’t kill at least 2 elites in Act 1, I restart 
 
Node Priority: Elites, Normal Fights in First Half of Act 1, Shops when over 120 gold, Question Marks, Normal Fights 
 
 

Characters

 
Top Characters (Details Below) 
Top Healer: Cleric, Druid 
Top Tank: Druid, Juggernaut/Bloodmage 
Top DPS: Ronin/Outlaw 
Top Buffer: Alchemist 
Top 5th Character: Assassin 
 
Format (Sorry pasted from spreadsheet) 
Role: 
Tier: 
Orbs: 
Notes: 
Items: 
 
Notes: 
Check items section to see which items are in each set. 
Tiers: S = Will win the run with right build, A = Great, B = Good, C = OK, D = Bad 
Orbs: Not listed in Orbs below if I think the money from selling is more worth than the upgrade 
 
Alchemist 
Buffer/DPS 
A 
Blue 
Easy to Gear, best buffer, amazing for long fights 
Bandit Hood, Spriggan Sickle, Any Attack Speed Items or DPS Set 
 
Assassin 
DPS/5th Character 
A 
None 
Good dps, great 5th character, does not need orbs to be good 
DPS Set 
 
Bard 
Healer/DPS 
A 
Red 
Blue Orbs if Prized Scimitar, good healer, heals all 
Caster Set or Prized Scimitar/Party Member with Flying Fury 
 
Berserker 
DPS/Off Tank 
B 
Blue 
Low HP, Needs items to be good 
Onion’s Guard or Prized Regalia, Warlord’s Burden, Any Attack Speed Items 
 
Bloodmage 
Tank/Off Tank/Healer 
A 
Blue 
Red Orbs if Ancient Codex, Great Tank with Ancient Codex, Ok Healer 
Ancient Codex, Saint’s Vow, Plate of the Fallen (Main Tank), Charging Pylon (Off Tank) 
 
Brawler 
Off Tank 
C 
Blue 
Cannot Tank Act 3 very well (compared to other options) 
Tank Set 
 
Cleric 
Healer 
S 
Red 
Best Healer + debuff removal 
Caster Set, Charging Pylon 
 
Druid 
Tank/Healer 
S 
Blue + Red 
Great Tank + Healer + DPS and Buffer 
Tank Set, Tower Shield 
 
Fallen 
Buffer/Off Tank 
C 
Red 
Good buffer if you have a comp with red orbs free 
Caster Set or Tank Set 
 
Fiend 
5th Character/Off Tank 
B 
Blue 
Great 5th Character if you have blue orbs free 
Prized Regalia, Tank Set, Party Member with Flying Fury 
 
Frostmancer 
Off Tank 
A 
1 Blue 
Amazing debuffer with Ancient Codex 
Ancient Codex, Saint’s Vow, Mana Spring Amulet 
 
Gladiator 
Off Tank 
D 
Blue 
Needs a lot of setup to work 
Tank Set, Realm Tooth 
 
Illusionist 
DPS/Off Tank 
D 
None 
Needs a lot of setup to work, low DPS, poor tank 
Onion’s Guard, DPS Set 
 
Juggernaut 
Tank 
S 
Blue 
Best Tank, good DPS 
Tank Set 
 
Outlaw 
DPS/Off Tank/5th Character 
A 
Red 
High poison (if he gets a few actives off you can win even if he dies), can off tank then go hidden Caster Set, Party member with Spriggan Sickle 
 
Paladin 
Tank 
D 
None 
Bad Passive, Active very high MP 
Tank Set 
 
Pyromancer 
DPS 
B 
Red 
Needs 1 red orb and some burn items to get going, big burst 
Searing Edge, Bound Elements 
 
Ranger 
Tank, 5th Character 
B 
Blue 
Good when you get multiple tower shields and have blue orbs and room 
Tower Shield, Any Defense Items 
 
Ronin 
DPS 
A 
Red 
Low cost good damage active. 
Caster Set 
 
Warlock 
Healer/DPS 
C 
Red 
Takes a lot of gear to get going as heals are based on attack 
Caster Set 
 
Wildmage 
DPS 
D 
None 
Passive does not provide much protection, Active does not do much damage 
Caster Set 
 
 

Items

 
Items: All not listed in sections below I think are not worth and just filler until you get better items 
 
Caster Set: 
Main Set: Symbiote/Headdress of Fury/Mana spring Amulet/Tundra Talisman/Lich Wraps or Any Starting MP Item 
Alternative 1 Ancient Codex/Warlords Burden/Mana spring Amulet 
Alternative 2 Symbiote/Lich Stick/Starry Songbird 
Starter Items Lich Wraps, Maiden’s Mirror, Brain Sage, Crystalline Protector 
 
DPS Set: (Don’t Stack below 0.5 Attack Speed, You want at least one of the Other items below) 
Priority Attack Speed Items Zephyrs Pendant, Shard of the Deep, Warlords Burden, Bandit Hood (for 5th character), Any Attack Speed Items 
Other Items Scourge of the Wastes, Mask of Torment, Ragnarock, Realm Tooth 
Starter Items: Fenrir’s Bane, Flying Fury, Stiggian Sickle, Necrophage, Cobra’s Reach, Bound Elements, Searing Edge, Soothing Star (With no Poison + Bleed in team), Serrated Ripper, Impaler, High Elf Claymore 
 
Tank Set: 
Ultimate Tank DPS Set Helm of the Mad King, War Mage’s Greatstaff, Onion’s Guard/Plate of the Fallen 
HP Tank Set Saint’s Vow, Oaken Knot, Plate of the Fallen, Any HP Items 
Starter Items: Defense Gauntlet, Mystical Fruit, Reverberating Bulwark, Noble Ward, Reckless Dueling Shield, Hero’s Sigil, Restoration Wrap, Odd Bean, Holy Charm, Frozen Shell, Safety Slime, Bone Spike Armor 
 
Reverie Totem Set: (Good when you have lots of casters in party) 
Main Item Reverie Totem 
Supporting Items Prized Scimitar (on another character), Seed Relic, Colossal Smasher, Zilla’s Tempest 
 
Items/Combos that could work but take too much build up or not enough payoff compared to taking other items: (Still work great on lower corruptions) 
Hero’s Sigil + Bouncing Buckler + Gladiator 
Phantom Band + Crown of the Banshee 
Reckless Dueling Blade + Crown of the Banshee 
Giants Club + Saint’s Vow/Gladiator 
Regenerating Core + Fiend 
Vampiric Guard + Enchanter Chain mail 
Life Giving Chamber + Gladiator 
 
 

Conclusion

 
Again items + orbs I left out I didn’t find were good enough to pick if I had a choice (my opinion) 
 
Let me know if you find any other items/builds that work great on corruption 20 and I will test them out 🙂 
 

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