Can anyone suggest on how to best improve level cap? I am at 75/75, have 5 mil. xp and only 128 shards. What do I do?
I have First punch and Sword T4, but the Punch is not working, and at stage 28 I die faster than defeat a single mob. What the heck?..
You're likely getting to the point where you will have to start grinding out ascension points. It's a little tedious but worth it to max out the tree as you can.
In the ascension Tier 1 tree the blacksmith talent is super worth it. I'd also suggest just grinding out to finish the whole thing. I think that I used to run to wave like 20 and ascend for the points I could get. Your level cap will increase as you get more souls and you'll need to max the T1 levels and some of the T2 levels to get to 100 for the first time.
First strike is great but once you get to level 20 it can be messed up by the enemies dodge curse. For now I'd say to do run to around 20-25 depending on when you stop 1 shotting people and then ascend for the points till you can get level 100 (Rebirth is weird but worth it in the long run)