As I mentioned before, it might be qorth a try, but in the end, I don’t find it worth the loss of the other stats. You just gain 5% RR by taking Viper, which still is considerable, but the loss of OA & Crit Damage is harsh for this build. You lack both in the end, even with Hawk.
I quote Zantai in this matter:
Nearly all my Relic Blueprints dropped from Treasure Troves and Fabius runs with my first char. After you have headed into Ultimate and the Relic didn’t drop after you’ve killed Kilrian, just do Treasure Trove runs in the Arkovian Undercity. Down there is a guaranteed Treasure Trove to spawn. Plus a chance to fight Moosilauke.
To weigh in on the Viper constellation, since a few pages back I was considering dropping Lantern for Viper myself. Lantern would give 40 combined OA from the various nodes. When I completed Viper around level 50 or so, its % based Offensive Ability gave me 36 total OA.
So at least in that regard, using Viper will not result in much loss (if any at all) in OA. The main thing is the difference in Attack Speed.
I’m level 75 at the moment. I have most of the primary gear equipped (elemental balance rings, elite firestarter, warpfire, mark of divinity, empowered essence of beronath, full justicar set) and I’ve spent 77 physique, 1 cunning, and 1 spirit to date.
Having a rough time with my character in ultimate (level 80) because I only found so far the belt and one of the rings.
1- Is the BiaS equipment the same as it was when the thread began?
2- The same with components, are you still using the same components used since the beguinning of the thread?
3- Same with augs. For example the antivenom salve doesn’t bond anymore with the belt as it was in the original post…
4- Any advices regarding gear, since I’m already level 80 and so far ny gear is just avareage? I can’t beat the Warden yet and the same with Cronley… They one-shot me sometimes…
There have been some change, the helm is no longer BiS and can be replaced by Faceguard of Justice (+1 to all Demo skills)
You can also change the boots with some green ones (Stonehide of Kings)
2- The same with components, are you still using the same components used since the beguinning of the thread?
Components can vary depending on the rolls you have on items, especially the ones with resists
Overall they are the same, you can just replace the prismatic diamond with Leathery Hide for more Stun resist and hp
3- Same with augs. For example the antivenom salve doesn’t bond anymore with the belt as it was in the original post…
Antivenom Salve (a component) can still be bound to a belt
as for the augment, each of the armor ones, such as Venomguard Powder from the Rovers, can be bind to every armor slots including the belt
4- Any advices regarding gear, since I’m already level 80 and so far ny gear is just avareage? I can’t beat the Warden yet and the same with Cronley… They one-shot me sometimes…
In Ultimate, your first concern is to have decent resists (60-80%) / hp (Around 9-10k) in order to survive. You can maybe look for faction gear (Outcast Elite Fire gear maybe, Elite Legion Firestarters ofc or Chosen Elite Gear) and other green/yellow items with resist/hp
That said, some of the gear is craftable so you can try to find somebody to craft them for you (if you have the mats and iron bits, you should find someone in the Trade Section of the forum)
Divinity is defensive and blood sigil is offensive. It will be personal preference, but I think many use divinity as a backup plan. I personally switched from BSoC to MoD and didn’t suffer too much of a dps loss.
Wow, i’m happy to see that this build is finally working for me. Killed sentinel and mad queen both in under 20 seconds I think fabius is actually harder for me atm than those 2, probably because i’m at 56% bleeding resist and can’t find a way to get more.
^ This. I had never used the rings and was thinking, “How good can they possibly be?” but still crafted them and equipped them at 75. They are pure ridiculousness to be honest.
At times you’ll have 3 separate swirls trailing around you demolishing enemies. Between those, flame torrent, solael’s witchfire, elemental storm, and - for me - meteor shower, there is so much going on enemies don’t last at all.
Once I equipped the rings, clear speed was noticeably increased.
I think fabius is actually harder for me atm than those 2, probably because i’m at 56% bleeding resist and can’t find a way to get more.