It would certainly for the beetles, but the problem is that I was arrogantly blasting through hell at P5 and kinda thought that I was the ****. Seriously though, this was the first issue of any kinda that he had, and even after the warning with the previous pack of beetles, I fell into the old 'It'll be fine' mentality. Part of the problem was that I was having to balance mana/fcr (using Reaper's for safety, which was ideal in every other situation) and so my options for MDR and absorb were limited. I didn't know about the triggering of the bolts either. On the plus side though, I am absolutely painfully aware of it nowNooo! Poor Kitteh characters (=kittens?).
About the scarabs: Since war cry is so powerful at preventing enemies striking at you and you can taunt ranged attackers toward you, doesn't it make sense to absolutely overdo MDR and lightning absorbing gear? I had a somewhat similar experience with my leap barbarian where lightning enchanted enemies were the most dangerous for the northlander duo (each leap triggering new bolts). They would not have made it safely without Blackhorns Face I believe.
Thanks for the warning by the way, I didn't know war cry triggered multiple bolts like that.

Edit: Also, you totally just renamed my 'Guardians' section

I know, much saddage of the faces
