[1.0.0.4] Cadence Witchblade - 100% unkillable, 100% faceroll build

They_Live · November 11, 2016, 1:47pm

I almost levelled my warborn guy and was wondering why noone suggest this gloves https://gracefuldusk.appspot.com/items/7921-Voidsteel-Gauntlets for this build. +2 cadence +3 solael witchfire, chaos resist , Oa and atk speed.

I’m not say they are nr.1 pick but i’ve seen just handguards of justice or Grasp of unchained might on builds suggestions. Voidsteel gauntlets looks like a solid option to me.

prodigydancer · November 11, 2016, 1:52pm

Leveling guide is good. Stack +bleeding damage/duration and everything will literally melt around you until act 3 Ultimate.

Gear dependency isn’t very high for the main campaign but much higher for farming the Crucible reliably.

umbral · November 11, 2016, 1:55pm

jajaja:

Update patch 1.0.0.5: with new buffs, mainly to blitz, blitz is very strong now. this build got huge buffs and due to being able to easily cap all res even freeze/stun. this should be a very strong build for crucible i will be testing this one first and update if i have any

This is a proc based build focusing on physical dmg 1hand cadence/blitz. It is a ridiculously tanky build enabled by overguard being refreshed by markovian 5pc. The AOE dps is quite strong with single target dps being reasonable but not op - sharzul kills about 20sec. Most people think cadence suck, which is kind of true, so we won’t be competing for bosskill speed with blademasters but due to ridiculously tankiness, but we can run BoC half asleep on HC without giving a shit. no attention paying required, only faceroll.

Dps is obtained through stacking very high amount of flat physical dmg through lvl 22/12 menhir bulwark, shield training, and markovian items. combined with a fast 1hander and a massive amount of -resist through CoF, black matriach, mark of the assassin, and blackstar of deceit.

Markovian’s 5pc gives -2sec CD on a 3sec cooldown, much like a prenerf Belgothian carnage. This refresh blitz/oleron’s might which we can spam quite often , it also refreshs dryad which has 100% chance to proc on olerons might due to skill being on CD, so you get a dryad heal everytime u use oleron’s might on a 2-4sec CD. but mostly: overguard.

Overguard is a supremely powerful skill that not only supercharges your shield but also gives a massive %hp regen bonus that multiplies with ur blood of dreeg+menhir bulwark flat hp regen to hit ~1000 hp per sec constant regen without even overlvling it; and if u ever proc menhir’s will, u will have even more ridiculous hp/s. it also gives flat dmg absorb like blastshield which the reason you can stand in poison/chaos ground stuff and not give a shit. this is on a 18sec CD that lasts 10sec, however since it is an active skill, it is refreshed by markovian 5pc so the uptime is almost 100%. This is the reason we are utterly unkillable.

[v1.0.0.4]Video: Full BoC run, sharzul takes about 20s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic0ezDIJqWQ&feature=youtu.be

[v1.0.0.4]Video: mad queen, takes about 30s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZPB6Loep6I&feature=youtu.be

GrimCalc, With +skills. +5 soldier and a few singles. The last point can go to chariot instead of unknown soldier if u want to be more defensive. the last few skill points can be move around from blindside to menhir’s will or overguard if you want to be more defensive.

stats: i rebooted an old char, so its mostly physique, you can put more in cunning if u want more dmg, as long as u have enough physique to use all the armor. which is like 850 or so

http://grimcalc.com/build/taM7Uzk

Gameplay:
LMB: cadence (devotion ability blindfury)
RMB: Blitz
keyboard 1: oleron’s might (Devotion ability dryad)
keyboard 2: blitz
keyboard 3: Overguard
mousewheel up: blood of dreeg
mousewheel down: curse of frailty (devotion ability falcon swoop)
middle mouse: potion
zolhans technique devotion ability mark of the assassin.

pop CoF, charge into the middle of stuff and face roll across 123 on keyboard. keep up blood of dreeg / use it as back up heal.

Boss tips All farmable bosses, sharzul/madqueen etc are a joke. just facetank and spank. hard hitting onces like the above two can occasionally proc my menhir but i’ve never died on the completed build before.

BoC trash / heros are a joke, u can sit on piles of chaos ground shit and dive into deathrooms with head up the ass, it really doesn’t matter, u can’t die as long as u press a couple buttons.

Gearing:
Head:Markovian’s visor sancified bone or leathery hide
Shoulders: Markovian’s vanguard scaled hide
Chest: Markovian’s Platemail Chains of oleron
hand: Justice Handguards unholy inscription,
Leg: Chausses of Barbarosancient armor plate
Relic: Oleron’s Wrath
Weapon #1Reaver’s Claw Blood of oleron + outcast %phys/pierce augment
Weapon #2Markovian’s Bulwark Battered shell or imbued silver+ outcast %phys/pierce augment
Ring #1: Ring of the black matriarch corpse dust +survivors ingenuity
Ring #2: Ring of the black matriach corpse dust +survivors ingenuity
Neck: Markovian’s distinction Dread skull, survivors ingenuity [/b]
Belt: Reforged chains of oleron dense fur
Boots: Golemborn Greaves Mark of mogdrogen
Medal: black star of deceit Arcane Spark

Resist enchants vary a bit depending on the rolls on ur gear.

FAQ:
Q: You have 116% runspeed, are you fat irl?
A: No, but i probably run slower than 116% and throw like a girl.

Q: physical build with Unknown soldier wtf?
A: Unfortunately reaver’s claw converts 25% of phys dmg to pierce including flat dmg from skills this sucks but there’s no good alternative as far as i’m aware. maces are the only 1handers that don’t have %pierce but there aren’t any good ones and they are slow. Since we have the prereqs for oleron anyway. It also gives good stuff like OA, %hp, crit dmg etc.

Q: Markovian 5pc mechanics?
A: 15% chance when hit to reduce all active cooldowns by 2sec, proc on 3sec cd. This works on devotion abilities, component abilities like slam, character abilities like blitz, but NOT passives like blastshield/fighting spirit.

Q: does %pierce on sword apply to shield abilities?
A: no, thats why we choose blitz over transmuted blade arc as blitz uses the shield’s dmg which is not only higher than the sword but also doesn’t suffer from the 25% pierce conversion.

Leveling guide:
level with 2hand blade arc:
Start soldier, rush mastery to blade arc, max it, then rush to laceration, max it. 1 point in blitz for gap closer, then rush to oleron’s rage, max. then pop a point in occultist and max CoF. Afterwards get soldier passives then more points in occultist for the passives as you see fit.

basically pop CoF and bladearc away.
start with falconswoop/hawk, then lizard to get kraken. afterwards slowly work ur way up to oleron, getting dryad/assassins blade on the way to level those skill.

Get a high dmg 2hand mace from vendor on a high lvl char , or do the best you can if its ur first char, attackspeed isn’t that important, just high base dmg, a white one is fine. when choosing gear, make sure to get decent armor values and get armor absorption up with scaled hide/field of command. use ectoplasms if you need mana, if its your first char you can farm those from ghosts in A2 spined cave or something like that.

Go all physique early to use high lvl armor/weapon.

At lvl 75 spec to real build. devotions are straight forward and no backward speccing required.

In closing:
I think its very stupid that we have to put up with 25% pierce conversion in a physical build simply because theres literally no other good alternative. If anyone have a solution or have a suggestion for a better weapon choice please enlighten.

Broken game mechanics.
Sad.

Soulscourge · November 11, 2016, 1:56pm

Because Grasp has %Phys damage which we use, and Voidsteel has %chaos, which we do not.

They_Live · November 11, 2016, 2:07pm

i’m not sure +40%ish phys dmg beats +2 cadence +3 solael wf

Mauricius · November 11, 2016, 2:29pm

I actually use voidsteel gauntlets and lets nog forget it also gives some resists. I have not tried the Graps of unchained might. Still need to experiment with it.

Recently done the crucible and now in gladiator, but it seems i really need to take aspect of the guardian to cap my resists. I just hate to invest 29 skill points just for that.

They_Live · November 11, 2016, 2:34pm

yeah actually what you lose using voidsteel gauntlet is some +% phys dmg, what you gain is your main skill buffed (let’s not forget % dmg raises with skill) and another very useful skill (solael is for atk speed) buffed, plus 1 resist (chaos) , atk speed and offensive ability.

prodigydancer · November 11, 2016, 3:26pm

You definitely don’t gain more OA on average by switching to Voidsteel because Unchained Might proc is +125 OA (and +10% attack speed).

They_Live · November 11, 2016, 5:11pm

yeah it’s a nice proc but it happens 33% on crit , lasts 5 sec and has a 12 sec cd. I would call it situational.

Norzan · November 11, 2016, 5:25pm

I don’t like that the Unchained Might proc decreases DA. -30 might not seem like much, but i don’t really like it. Plus it’s 33% Chance to proc on crit with 5 secs duration and 12 secs of cooldown.

I use Handguards of Justice on all my melee characters. Flat ~500 health, flat ~50 OA, around 16% Attack and Cast Speed and around 30% Pierce Resist (even though Markovian builds don’t really need it).

I honestly say it’s between Handguards of Justice and Voidsteel Gauntlets.

Soulscourge · November 11, 2016, 5:29pm

I switched to Justice as well myself. It just seems a better piece, we aren’t hurting for damage.

system · November 12, 2016, 2:46am

Just finished the new warborn set, what do you guys think of it compared to markovians ? It doesn’t seem as good to me so far…

They_Live · November 12, 2016, 5:47am

don’t know what to say i had the last pieces of both sets (1 drop and 1 trade) the same day and decided to go warborn just for the “hey i’m using new stuff” syndrome.

didn’t try markovian…

system · November 12, 2016, 5:49am

I have about 20% life steal ( attach damage converted to healt ).
I have about 14k hit point and a 0.05 axe with 140% attack speed.

I do about 40k medium damage, and in teory my life every time i hit an enemy should grow up about 8k so i suppose my life is everytime full.

This not happens , i think i miss somenthing in this mechanism, can someone explain me better or link me a cearly tread.

thanx in advance

They_Live · November 12, 2016, 11:33am

mmm i was thinking (yeah my brain got stucked on best possible gloves for warborn set) : what about https://gracefuldusk.appspot.com/items/7927-Colossal-Grasp ?

No atk speed nor OA but lot of DA and a HUGE phys dmg boost (more phys res as well!)
Maybe those multiple atk boost on warborn set can mitigate that speed loss on gauntlets?

Poinas · November 12, 2016, 12:29pm

Only weapon damage component is converted to health I believe. And only upto 100%. Bonus damage is not.

So for example if your attack mentions 143% weapon damage and 200 damage, only 100% weapon damage is converted to health.

Evange · November 14, 2016, 5:45am

I’m still flabbergasted at how effective and crazy this build is; my highest damage dealt is 140+k while being tanky as hell. I sense an incoming nerf…

Superfluff · November 14, 2016, 8:59am

It’s not just this build (class combo that can acheive these numbers and remauin tanky. Commando does this really well,

In this particular build, and others that might use Occultist it’s COF that needs to be toned down. It’s just too good for almost anything.

Superfluff · November 14, 2016, 9:01am

They are both great. Check out Drizzto’s setups for both markovian and warborn in post #700. They both have pros and cons.

JoV · November 14, 2016, 9:09am

Dont forget Blademaster
And I agree COF is a bit OP together with nights chill.