Need Help in End of Epic (spoilers)

[Claudius]

Hi I am playing Titan quest for awhile now with lots of different guys and I am wondering what is wrong. I read on the boards how people can beat the game through legendary without dying.

I am having a lot of problems with Epic. It seems that each stage I get to I die at bosses and have to farm for ages to get good enough equipment/levels/ideas for skills to beat them.

I guess you cannot answer every question but here is my build

Defense
Concussive Blow: (Rank: 6 of 6)
Battle Awareness: (Rank: 1 of 10)
Batter: (Rank: 1 of 12)
Armor Handling: (Rank: 1 of 6)
Rally: (Rank: 1 of 12)
Quick Recovery: (Rank: 8 of 8)
Shield Smash: (Rank: 1 of 6)
Focus: (Rank: 6 of 6)
Shield Charge: (Rank: 1 of 12)
Rend Armor: (Rank: 1 of 8)
Disable: (Rank: 1 of 6)
Iron Will: (Rank: 6 of 6)
Disruption: (Rank: 6 of 6)
Defiance: (Rank: 12 of 12)
Colossus Form: (Rank: 1 of 8)
Pulverize: (Rank: 6 of 6)

Rogue
Calculated Strike: (Rank: 1 of 8)
Envenom Weapon: (Rank: 1 of 12)
Nightshade: (Rank: 8 of 8)
Lucky Hit: (Rank: 1 of 6)
Mandrake: (Rank: 8 of 8)

The worst part is that I don't know what to do with the rest of my points as I level. I am hoping to find a good spear/sword and do some blade honing plus calc strike damage with weapon switch at different situations. Plus I guess I could take top of adrenaline tree/max calc strike + %chance shield hit. Batter plus nightshade already slows them alot but I could boost more.

Health 3700 (with equip)
Strength 533 (with equip)
Dex 533 (with equip)

Club: Spinebreaker (legendary)
Shield: Titan Trigonos shield with Epic Carapace
Torso: Etruscan Curaiss (legendary)
Helm: green Mongolian helm with Epic fire dragon relic
gloves: Hunters set gloves (epic)
Boots: green Hardy Banded leggings with Epic Amman Ra
Amulet: shifting beads
Ring: green with cold resist fire damage %str increase plus Epic Dionysus Relic
Ring2: Lightning Resist plus strength or Offensive ability
Resists roughly 30-40 in elements (after epic penalty) 35 piercing 50 stun -25 in other secondary resists -10 poison (shield switch to 20 if poison enemy)

The reason for many of my skills is that I found a legendary club (Spinebreaker) and they are pretty good for a defender skills. I know my dex is high for a club but I didn't know I would find club and thought I was going to do mainly piercing damage.

against the regular enemies I get by. Archers are a problem but I have many ways (Shield Charge, batter, pulverize) to distribute slowing/confusing/fumbling poison plus a good shield ability (focus/quick recovery). Casters are a problem solved by rally. Tough spots or dangerous health solved by Colossus form.

I still die. Not enough so I don't level but enough to be annoying. Also each boss I die the first time I fight them. The colossus form takes forever to recharge and I can't killl them fast enough. I could thearetically run for 10 minutes and do it in multiple colossus transormations but I don't like that.

A more specific question: What form of damage does Ormenos (Mount Wusai Telkine killing me with). I think the fire is hurting me but the stalagtites he telekinesis at me are oneshotting me. Is that piercing damage? I have 100 armor at each location with 200 torso (total 500ish).

Did I not put enough in life? (wish mystic could give some dex to life ) Even with 1000 more life I'd still be doing a lot of run away regroup charge batter hit run pray etc

PLEASE!! help. death count for me is at 54 now

Claudius

PS I don't want to play a caster because chopping stuff is more exciting to me than blasting for some reason. Also I don't want farmed multiplayer handmedown super duper legendary items all over me. I consider titan quest a challenge of survival not a quest for fastest time to beat the game. I guess I am looking for somewhere in between. If I find a nice item along the way I don't mind using it of course and I don't have any problem with other peoples styles of game enjoyment (not for me).

PPS I started playing wanting to make a rogue with a few defender skills to kill skeletons... Now look whats happened! Oh my gosh!

PPS I am thinking of respeccing skills to a %shield proc green saber guy (i have one) with max blade honing etc My best guess is my problem is wasted dex (piercing) damage bc I use club.

[tha_reaper]

if you die at bosses it seems wise to put some more points in colossus form and use that for difficult encounters.

thats the only advise i can give you im affraid because ive never played rogue

[Ùltima]

as in diablo 2, try to choose yer skills wisely.

spreading yer skills too much will do you no good. In the defense mastery, max shield charge,it's a very good skill and will disrupt yer enemies pretty good, also max pulverize and disruption.

Disruption is an add-on to shield charge and will effect surrounding enemies when you slam into 1 enemy.

Pulverize is is actually the same as shield smash, only it's passive skill, as in the more ya put in it, the more chance ya have of using it.

so, to sum it all up, put more points in yer skills, don't spread it so wide and look at the synergies of certain skills. and when skills you like have synergies, max those along with the skill ya like.