Uber Lilith. Now there's a scary combination of syllables. It's enough to send shivers down your spine. It's the colloquial name for Echo of Lilith, the amped-up version of Diablo 4's final boss that foolhardy players can take on if they feel up to the challenge. She can deal—and take—massive damage, making her a challenge that only the hardiest players can take on. It's a landmark. It's a milestone. It's a final, brutal test of your build. It's… comically easy? What?
As spotted by GamesRadar, overcoming Uber Lilith hasn't been quite as tough as it's cracked up to be for a player going by the name Struth Gaming. Using a Necromancer specced for Blood Orb use and the Blood Artisan's Cuirass, Struth managed to pretty much one-shot Uber Lilith in both of her phases, obliterating her first life bar with a lazy flick of the wrist and reducing her to a razor-thin sliver of HP when she popped back up for round two.
I haven't beaten Uber Lilith myself—I confess I'm not quite this adept at the game—but it looks to me that Uber Lilith physically can't drop below that sliver on her second phase until she's hung around a little while, meaning Struth effectively one-shotted her twice in a row. I mean, he does get caught out right at the end and die, but only because Uber Lilith did the Diablo equivalent of pulling the pin on a frag grenade as she went down.
Struth hasn't posted the full details of their Necro build anywhere, but I've reached out and asked for more info on how they managed it. I'll update this piece if they get back to me.
It's an embarrassing showing for the Mother of Sanctuary, especially in her mega ultra souped-up form, and it's not just Struth that's doing it. Although the streamer's video claims to be a world
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