You sure can ! <| sep |> Not really , but it is pretty simple . On one hand you have access to a larger potential numerical value , and chaos immunity . But you sacrifice regen , leech , pot , base hp , per level scaling . Many of these advantages can be regained through gear or keystones , but it is almost univerally at a cost . A cost of passives , or gear slot . Its like special olympic runners . Technology and technique have made it possible to run faster with artificial legs than the fastest nonhandicapped runners . But you have to have no fucking legs . You can ' t swim faster , climb faster , jump higher , or etc . etc . To tie the analogy back , current meta is straight line track sprinting in which the artificial legs are favored . Any change to the meta and having real legs will win .