Simple guide here, how to beat certain conquests and achievements which require you to beat Greater Rifts without set items. Commonly known as “The Thrill“.
- Seasonal Conquests: “The Thrill” (SC), “Super Human” (HC). GR 45
- Normal Achievements: “Legendary“, and all others below it. GR 40
I want to give at least 3 options for each class, I’ll be posting up 1 each. first for now! As you can imagine, any popular LoN build can be “downgraded” into one of these.
DEFENSE will be a problem for many. Adjust build accordingly. As long as you have a synergistic enough kit, offense is not a problem, and there’s always Stricken for RG’s.
The Thrill’ Conquest Greater Rift w/ no Set items builds:
Barbarian | Crusader| Demon Hunter | Monk | Necromancer | Witch Doctor | Wizard
Barbarian NO SET ITEM GR Build
| Barbarian The Thrill GR NO SET I “LELQ” | ||||
| Slot | Item | Skill | Rune | |
| Head | Leoric’s Crown | Seismic Slam | Shattered Ground | |
| Shldr | (Any) | Whirlwind | Volcanic Eruption | |
| Chest | Cindercoat | War Cry | Veteran’s Warning | |
| Hand | Magefist | T. Shout | Any (Demoralize is ok) | |
| Legs | (Any) | Ground Stomp | Wrenching Smash | |
| Boot | Illusory Boots | Earthquake | Molten Fury | |
| Belt | Girdle of Giants | Passives | ||
| Wrist | APD / BoD | Rampage | Weapons Master | |
| Neck | (Any) Hellfire | Earthen Might | Bloodthirst | |
| Ring | Band of Might | Kanai’s Cube | ||
| Ring | Unity | Fury of the Vanished Peak | ||
| Weap | Blade of Tribes | Aquila? | ||
| Off | – | Zodiac (If using WW) | ||
| L Gem | Powerful | Trapped | Stricken | |
This is the only build I haven’t PERSONALLY tested but it seems sound. Please chime in on this. I suspect defense to be a problem here. Hmm… Life per Fury Spent… Actually WW+Zodiac can carry this build… you should be OK.
COVER YOUR WEAK SPOTS with build adjustments / L.Gems. Your rolls won’t be perfect! I’ll be adding discussions to these and more options in the very near future.
Crusader NO SET ITEM GR Build
This can be done with Thorns yellows, a few select legendaries and Boyarsky’s Chip. But seriously man… thorns again? NON-THORNS VARIANT!
| Crusader The Thrill GR NO SET I “Captain America” | ||||
| Slot | Item | Skill | Rune | |
| Head | Leoric’s Crown | Punish | Fury | |
| Shldr | (Any) | Blessed Shield | Shattering Throw | |
| Chest | Aquila Cuirass | Laws of Justice | Immovable | |
| Hand | (Any) St. Archew’s | Steed Charge | Endurance | |
| Legs | (Any) | Provoke | Too Scared to Run | |
| Boot | (Any) Illusory | Akarat’s Champ | Prophet | |
| Belt | (Any) String of Ears | Passives | ||
| Wrist | Akkhan’s Manacles | Finery | Hold your Ground | |
| Neck | (Any) Hellfire | Towering Shield | Heavenly Strength | |
| Ring | Justice Lantern | Kanai’s Cube | ||
| Ring | Unity | Gyrfalcon’s Foote | ||
| Weap | Akkhan’s Leniency | Aquila > Manacles > Any | ||
| Off | Jekangbord | CoE | ||
| L Gem | Powerful | Trapped | Stricken | |
I tried the LoN variant of this back in the day for fun. Judging from the “performance”, a 45 can easily be done without LoN. FREE, STRONG and STACKING ‘spenders’ carry, I hear.
COVER YOUR WEAKSPOTS with build adjustments / L.Gems. Your rolls won’t be perfect! I’ll be adding discussions to these and more options in the very near future.
Demon Hunter NO SET ITEM GR Build
| Demon Hunter The Thrill GR NO SET I “Not Essence” | ||||
| Slot | Item | Skill | Rune | |
| Head | Visage of Gunes | Evasive Fire | Focus | |
| Shldr | (Any) | Multishot | Arsenal | |
| Chest | Cindercoat | Vault | Tumble | |
| Hand | Magefist | Preparation | Punishment | |
| Legs | (Any) Diggers | Companion | Bat / Wolf | |
| Boot | (Any) Illusory | Vengeance | Seethe | |
| Belt | Hunter’s Wrath | Passives | ||
| Wrist | Clarity | Blood Vengeance | Ballistics | |
| Neck | (Any) Hellfire | Thrill of the Hunt | Cull the Weak | |
| Ring | Zodiac | Kanai’s Cube | ||
| Ring | Unity | Dawn | ||
| Weap | Yang’s Recurve | Leoric’s Crown > Any | ||
| Off | Dead Man’s Legacy | Zodiac > CoE > Any | ||
| L Gem | Trapped | Zei’s | Powerful | |
Actually this build isn’t as strong as I imagined it would be. You’ll definitely make it but I somehow thought it would feel closer to UE than it actually was, haha.
COVER YOUR WEAKSPOTS with build adjustments / L.Gems. Your rolls won’t be perfect! I’ll be adding discussions to these and more options in the very near future.
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Monk NO SET ITEM GR Build
| Monk The Thrill GR NO SET I “Notwuko” | ||||
| Slot | Item | Skill | Rune | |
| Head | Tzo Kirin’s Gaze | Any | Any | |
| Shldr | Lefebvre’s Soliloquy | Wave of Light | Explosive Light | |
| Chest | Cindercoat | Sweeping Wind | Inner Storm | |
| Hand | Magefist | Mystic Ally | Air Ally | |
| Legs | (Any) | Epiphany | Insight | |
| Boot | Crudest Boots | Mantra of Healing | Circular Breathing | |
| Belt | Kyoshiro’s Soul | Passives | ||
| Wrist | Pinto’s Pride | Exalted Soul | Beacon of Ytar | |
| Neck | (Any) Hellfire | Chant of Resonance | Seize the Initiative | |
| Ring | Unity | Kanai’s Cube | ||
| Ring | Zodiac | Kyoshiro’s Blade | ||
| Weap | Incense Torch | Cindercoat > Leoric’s | ||
| Off | – | Unity > CoE | ||
| L Gem | Trapped | Zei’s | Powerful | |
Good ‘ol “Sunwuko“.
COVER YOUR WEAKSPOTS with build adjustments / L.Gems. Your rolls won’t be perfect! I’ll be adding discussions to these and more options in the very near future.
Necromancer NO SET ITEM GR Build
| Necro The Thrill GR NO SET I “Anything goes” | ||||
| Slot | Item | Skill | Rune | |
| Head | Leoric’s Crown (Open) | Bone Spike | Blood Spikes | |
| Shldr | Corpsewhisper Pauldrons | Bone Spear | Teeth (Open) | |
| Chest | Aquila Cuirass (Open) | Corpse Lance | Blood Lance | |
| Hand | St. Archew’s Gage (Open) | Blood Rush | Potency | |
| Legs | (Open) | Devour | Devouring Aura | |
| Boot | Illusory, Steuart’s (Open) | Frailty | Aura of Frailty | |
| Belt | Dayntee’s Binding | Passives | ||
| Wrist | Reaper’s Wraps | Stand Alone | Life from Death | |
| Neck | Hellfire (Open) | Dark Reaping | ||
| Ring | Lornelle’s Sunstone (Brigg’s) | Kanai’s Cube | ||
| Ring | Krysbin’s Sentence | Trag’Oul’s Corroded Fang | ||
| Weap | Reilena’s Shadowhook | Nemesis Bracers (Open) | ||
| Off | – | Unity | ||
| L Gem | Trapped | Powerful | Stricken | |
COVER YOUR WEAK SPOTS with build adjustments / L.Gems. Your rolls won’t be perfect! I’ll be adding discussions to these and more options in the very near future.
Witch Doctor NO SET ITEM GR Build
| Witch Doctor The Thrill GR NO SET I “Gargs variant 42” | ||||
| Slot | Item | Skill | Rune | |
| Head | Mask of Jeram | Haunt | Consume / Poisoned | |
| Shldr | (Any) Garg% | (Any) Piranhas | Piranhado | |
| Chest | Aquila Cuirass | Spirit Walk | Jaunt / Sever | |
| Hand | Tasker / Frostburn | Soul Harvest | Languish | |
| Legs | (Any) Swamp Land Waders | Zombie Dogs | Leeching Beasts | |
| Boot | (Any) Illusory | Gargantuan | Humongoid | |
| Belt | Transcendence | Passives | ||
| Wrist | Lakumba’s | Midnight Feast | Pierce the Veil | |
| Neck | (Any) Hellfire | G. Injustice | Swampland A. | |
| Ring | Short Man’s Finger | Kanai’s Cube | ||
| Ring | Unity | Furnace | ||
| Weap | Sacred Harvester | Jeram > Theo > Any | ||
| Off | TotD, Uhkapian | SMF!!! > Tall Man’s? > CoE | ||
| L Gem | Powerful | Trapped | Enforcer | |
You know the drill by now.
COVER YOUR WEAKSPOTS with build adjustments / L.Gems. Your rolls won’t be perfect! I’ll be adding discussions to these and more options in the very near future.
Wizard NO SET ITEM GR Build
| Wizard The Thrill GR NO SET I “Sphaxtral Blade” | ||||
| Slot | Item | Skill | Rune | |
| Head | (Any) Leoric’s Crown | Spectral Blade | Thrown | |
| Shoulder | (Any) | Explosive Blast | Chain Reaction | |
| Chest | Aquila Cuirass | Teleport | Worm / Safe | |
| Hand | (Any) St. Archew’s | Familiar | Sparkflint | |
| Legs | Depth Diggers | Energy Armor | Prismatic Armor | |
| Boot | (Any) Illusory | Magic Weapon | Deflection | |
| Belt | Shame of Delsere | Passives | ||
| Wrist | Ashnagarr’s | G. Ward | Audacity | |
| Neck | Any (Hellfire) | Unwavering Will | Paralysis | |
| Ring | Unity | Kanai’s Cube | ||
| Ring | CoE | Furnace | ||
| Weapon | Fragment of Destiny | Diggers > Aquila > Nemesis | ||
| Off | Infinite Depth | Manald Heal | ||
| L Gem | Powerful | Trapped | Simplicity | |
Feel free to use the Arlyse combo if you want to / have it. Replace Energy Armor with Ice Armor-Crystallize and remove Familiar for your Frost Nova of choice.
This build is actually really strong. Remember that Depth Diggers will only trigger if you have Shame of Delsere, even the generator rune won’t on it.
COVER YOUR WEAKSPOTS with build adjustments / L.Gems. Your rolls won’t be perfect! I’ll be adding discussions to these and more options in the very near future.
The Thrill’ Conquest Greater Rift w/ no Set items builds:
Barbarian |Crusader | Demon Hunter | Monk | Necromancer | Witch Doctor | Wizard
Don’t underestimate The Thrill, the enemies can be shockingly sturdy without set items! You’ll realize the importance of CoE especially on some builds, haha.
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With this guide, GR45 was extremely easy with my Crusader at about 600. Thanks
With this guide GR45 was extremly easy with my monk at about 425. Thanks
Any ideas for a Necromancer No Set Cofig?
have a general idea for necro but we’re still have to test it. will post it soon! 🙂
I did “The Thrill” in Season 9 with the non-tested Barbarian build. So here is my experience with it:
My Setup was exactly as described above (BoD on the wrist). I didn’t use Oculus on the templar but Wyrdward. Three of my items (chest, wrist, belt) were ancient. My weapon wasn’t, but it was a very good roll. I was paragon 600, the legendary gems were around level 60 and I did not have a Caldesans-upgrade. My stat priorities were strengt, vitality, fire-damage, seismic-slam-damage and CDR, not so much CHC and CHD.
My rotation was basically: walk into a group of mobs, pull them in with ground stomp, cause two earthquakes, reposition with WW and hammer them to death with seismic slam.
I did the achievement on the frist try. But with only 30 seconds left, it was a pretty close call.
There was no issue with surviveability. I hardly ever saw my health drop below 90%. Damage and crowdcontrol was ok. Movement speed was horrible. I felt like I spent half of the time walking.
As I did it on the first try, i didn’t test other options. But I think Bloodthirst can be changed for a damage dealing passive, Wyrdward can be changed for Oculus and Illusory Boots can be changed, because you can simply WW through Mobs, if need be.
Thanks for the great guide.
Ok so for the Wizard I had some holes. The damage wasnt working. I didnt have a furnace but instead opted for the aether walker for elite camp jumping. I also cubed the manald ring and my hellfire amulet had paralysis. managed to get gr 45 in 5:23. Thanks for the help!!!
this doesn’t work. at all. tried it at 600. you are completely unassailabe, but damage output is utterly insufficient. You will certainly clear any GR45 – but never ever in time. Not even close.
Hi Clavis… Shame + Diggers + Fragment + Simplicity does a ton of damage… this all falls apart if SHAME OF DELSERE isn’t on – are you sure you had it? Stricken helps with this build massively. What levels are your legendary gems when you tried to clear this? Did you have skill%? Elemental%? It would be better if you could send us the build you use for this run.
Hello. I am also having some trouble with this build. I am at paragon 553, and I can clear about 70% of the GR before the time ends. I am using: Leoric’s Crown with Diamond, Ancient Death Watch Mantle, Ancient Hellfire with Blur, Aquila C. with 3 Topaz, St.Archew’s, Ashnagarr’s 99%, Ancient Shame, Ancient Arcstone(on me and Templar, I don’t have 2 Unity), Halo of Arlyse, Depth Diggers with 3 Topaz, Ancient Fragment of Destiny 182% with Emerald , Illusory Boots and Ancient Orb of Infinite Depth with Topaz. In Kunai’s I have Furnace, Nemesis, Convention. Legendary gems: Trapped lvl.65, Stricken lvl.28, Simplicity lvl.40.
I have not enchanted the items for some exact rolls. Should I look for CHC, CHD. Now they are: CHC 25%, CHD 257%.
Help, I am desperate, I need another conquest for the Conqueror Journey and this is my only chance until the season ends. I really want that stash tab.
Thank you!
You can try squeezing in Occulus Ring (You or your follower – no reason not to ever have this active!) if your rolls are lacking in damage. Orb of Infinite Depth may help you out as well, if you’re just using any random off-hand. Arcstone is pretty meh, so even rolling a yellow with INT CHD CHC would be better! Magic Weapon – Force Weapon & Familiar – Sparkflint would help!
Made this as DH at 680. work well. only two ancient items. Thanks