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When I look at that screenshot, it's not the "KO after 57 seconds with 100% Health" that catches my eye. What does catch my eye is that he won with 100% Health after being struck 26 times."

He also hit Serpent 45 times of his own, while having a max combo of 45. That means he either got struck 26 times and only then started hitting Serpent (and somehow ended up with 100% Health) or he struck Serpent 45 times and then got struck 26 times after that (and somehow ended up with 100% Health).

So regardless of whether or not he could have taken a Serpent in 57 seconds with 100% Health, the stats still seems hella sus.

Blocked hits count as hit taken, so it also means he blocked 26 times.

That is wild. I don't really ever go back and check BG stats like that so I didn't know that blocked hits counted as hits received there. I've never seen it anywhere else, but lo and behold, when I went and checked some of my own BG stats, blocked hits did indeed count as hits received. What a bizarre...bug? I assume?

Hopefully it gets either fixed or clarified because that discrepancy makes even a perfectly legit fight seem super suspicious.

It's not a bug. It's very intentional

When I look at that screenshot, it's not the "KO after 57 seconds with 100% Health" that catches my eye. What does catch my eye is that he won with 100% Health after being struck 26 times."

He also hit Serpent 45 times of his own, while having a max combo of 45. That means he either got struck 26 times and only then started hitting Serpent (and somehow ended up with 100% Health) or he struck Serpent 45 times and then got struck 26 times after that (and somehow ended up with 100% Health).

So regardless of whether or not he could have taken a Serpent in 57 seconds with 100% Health, the stats still seems hella sus.

Blocked hits count as hit taken, so it also means he blocked 26 times.

And sp1 has so many hits.. it could almost be possible...

If possible can someone help in creating a spreadsheet for this?

@simula67 is already cooking one.

I explored Act 8 earlier this year. It was pretty easy.
I can't even imagine doing it with my current roster.
Just dive in and pick the worst counter you have for each fight and move on to the next, it will work itself out.
No need to plan for this if you've 100% Necro, EoP, WoF, etc.

Same. I came back from a 2 year hiatus (2023-February 2025).

I only explored 8.1 back then, so going back to the game earlier this year, I was presented with a ton lot of Act content to explore (8.2-8.4 exploration).
I only had 1 6*R5 champion, less than 10 6*R4, and 6 7*R1 champs (I quit a few weeks after 7*s were introduced) and I still managed to explore the whole thing up to 9.1 in a few weeks.

It's easy, yes, but having a planner really helps alleviate some menial thinking... and most of us playing this game are Planner Junkies.