If you are not a great player, like me, a 5/65 who can heal and carry you to the bosses, is so important.. so I 5/65'd Omega as I run suicides and willpower and the healing made the biggest difference to helping me get cavalier (and elders bane)...There is a reason why, back in the day everyone saved for blade and IF yours is duped (which it is?), definitely got for him. You have starky to go with him, Medusa at 4/55 is enough for the robot bosses and minis in act 6.1 and he will also make 100% each UC EQ easier.But if you are amazing at this game and never use items, starky or Hyperion, with Hyperion duped, almost peerless if you don't run suicides.Hyperion is that good... But blade may make it easier to get more materials at a faster, cheaper rate initially.
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Venom has been buffed, so is slightly different now, I think? Hyperion just gets better with age, but has a depth to his learning curve; parry, heavy, parry, heavy, sp2 takes down most stuff, but in complex fights, he brings a lot more if you are awesome.. I'm not and I run suicides and he is focused on specials, so mine is still 4/55..It's so easy to get t5b now with glory, 1 a month in even a map 3 alliance is straightforward. T2a is possibly more of a bottleneck. So do whoever is going to make life easier while you get to grips with the game again and is the least forgiving. You'll be able to 5/65 another in 6-8 weeks anyway :-)(There is an Ultron mini boss on 6.1.2 and sentinel on 6.1.6, that you WILL use that 4/55 Medusa for - you can do them with hype, but she just makes them easy)Good luck!
First of all you don't need r5 to get to Cavalier... r4 will do just fine... Moreover you did Elder's Bane already so this should just be a cakewalk for you...I relied mostly on Iceman for Cavalier run especially with Crossbones