Tough enemies have huge HP and shrug off weak hits. You counter them with focused single-target damage and sustain.
Why this matters
Spraying AoE at a tank wastes time; it will out-live your crowd clear and kill you.
Step-by-step
- Identify the tank early and separate it from the swarm.
- Switch your strongest single-target weapon onto it.
- Stack crit or raw damage so each hit matters.
- Keep Life Steal up so its hits do not out-pace your heal.
- Kite it while your AoE handles the surrounding small enemies.
What to prioritize
- Single-target damage
- Crit or raw damage
- Life Steal
- Crowd clear for the adds
- Move Speed to kite
Common mistakes
- Wasting AoE on the tank
- Letting it reach melee
- No sustain against its hits
Tanks punish builds that only clear swarms. Switch your highest single-target damage onto the tank while area damage handles the pack around it. Crit and weapon upgrades matter more here than raw stat points, because the fight is long.
Kite the tank so it never corners you against a wall. Keep lifesteal online so you outlast its hits instead of trading them evenly.
Single-target damage on the tank while area damage holds the pack. Kite so it never corners you, and let lifesteal outlast its hits. The fight is long, so sustain decides it more than burst.