This build has been updated to patch 1.0.09. Skills, stats, gear and devotions changed for both versions. My attention will be mostly towards the Warborn since Markovian is boring to play now. Skills are more defensive. Blast shield maxed to pivot reliably with Overguard NEW Crucible video at the bottom in Warborn Section
For anyone who wondered if there is anything that can come at least close to what the Witchblade can do then here is your answer. The commando though lacking the much used Curse of Frailty does the highest paper physical damage due to an extra source of stacking it from Temper. May not sound like much but in real gameplay it shows that the Commando is a solid contender.
Principle is simple. Markovian is mainly a Blitz build with cadence and WB is Cadence with Blitz on the side. This is my main Crucible farmer and it’s very solid. The massive physical damage we deal especially in crucible. But sadly Markovian now is the retarded cousin of Warborn who once in a while gets lucky and casts Blitz slightly sooner than normal…that’s all you’ll get for a 5 PC set. Working on ways to make it more efficient, more on this bellow
Max crit in crucible is - will update here, this has obviously changed after the heavy nerfs
Markovian version Again UPDATED 1.0.0.9. There is not much joy in playing markovian now. OA and DA gain like Warborn and a lot more health poionts. Health Regen is also better with gear changes and peaks at 811 hp/s with overguard. All in all, much less damage but more tanky This is a temporary version as i’m always trying stuff for this set:
Gear:
First. Thank you to the nice individuals who provided me with an awesome pair of pants and amazing ring, thus enabling me to finalize and polish this build properly.
Head: Markovian’s Visor Sanctified Bone/Mankind’s Vigil
Shoulder: Markovian’s Vanguard Scaled Hide/Spellward powder
Chest: Markovian’s Platemail Chains of Oleron/ Venomguard Powder
Shield: Markovian’s Bulwark Reinforced Shell/ Oleron’s Fervor
Weapon: Vampiric Bonecleaver of Voracity Oleron’s Blood/Oleron’s Fervor <<<Affixes are VERY important if you want to touch Markovian. The nerfed damage of Markovian cannot handle the Haunted steel conversion to vitality, only warborn can. If you can find a Schythe version of the axe or a Fleswraped Cleaver then even it’s better
Belt: Reforged chains of Oleron Rigid Shell/Mankind’s Vigil
Rings: Ring of the Black Matriarch and Incorruptible Gollus’ of readiness Survivor’s Ingenuity. Cronley rings with good resists are also ok. The Gollus’ ring also increase our regen very well
Amulet: Markovian’s Distinction Dread skull/Survivors Ingenuity
Hands:Collossal Grasp Outcast’s Warding Powder. Very good now. More tanky, decent attack speed and more regen
Pants:Stonehide Dreeg-Sect of Nature’s bounty Antivenom Salve Venomguard Powder -
Medal: Badge of Mastery +3 Blitz +2 Warcry. Any + Blitz will do. I just used what I had. Dread Skull
Boots: Golemborn Greaves Mark of Mogrogen/ Mankind’s Vigil
My character is aligned with Death’s vigil which is not a popular choice. Play with the augments according to your liking. There is no use for me to post them since there are very few people who choose this
Relic has + Squad tactics and +Deadly momentum
Stats: Cunning-35\Phys-49\Spirit-6
After patch 0.9 you should not go farther than 35 cunning. Tankiness after Overguard nerf is compensated by pumpinng points into Blast shileld giving us 4 seconds of God mode
Video. ALL outdated. Check Warborn NEW Crucible video:
Crucible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjaFOhFiQIU
Mad Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCejwiN47gw
Grimcalc:
With updated +skills. Devotions a bit more dps oriented:
http://grimcalc.com/build/1009-0Ehjzi
Without + Skills: http://grimcalc.com/build/1009-fYujJS
Gameplay:
Blindfury - on Blitz works great with this build especially with the set proc it makes the build very reliable even more so in Crucible with high oa and lots of targets, it procs all the time allowing you to eliminate lage packs of mobs in no time
Assassins mark - on cadence
Debuffs come from: Assasin’s Mark, Break morale (both versions of the build) and Ring of the Black Matriarch proc
Warborn Version New 1.0.0.9 update. ~20k dps loss but OA and DA heavily increased. Pants ar much better now allowing us to wear 3x Survivor’s Ingenuity and make other more offense oriented changes
This version is now FAR superior to Markovian that does far less damage, less dps less blitz than before etc. Although much less dps than before (easily 25% if we take assassin mark nerfed debuff into account), with changed devotions and gear we have managed to gain 241 OA and 270 DA. The fact that poison and acid resists are not overcapped does not bother me for either vanilla or crucible, it’s very doable.
Gear changes:
Warborn set, Peerless Eye of Beronath, Siegbreaker >>>Colossal Grasp<<< are BiS now in my opinion.
Grim Calc with +skills (Blast shiled is MAXED with warborn. This makes for a very strong combo when timed with Overguard):
http://grimcalc.com/build/1009-ei39fc
Without + Skills: http://grimcalc.com/build/1009-1Cdk4x
Augments depending on what Dreeg sect pants you have. Warborn resists are harder to balanace so here they are :
Armor: 4x Mankind’s Vigil, 2x Venomguard Powder, 1xWraithtouch Powder Powder
Jewlery: 3x Survivor’s Ingenuity
Weapons: 1x Outcast’s Bastion, 1xEssence of Ch’ton)
Videos (my pc is very old so it’s very very laggy, recording cuts my low FPS in half. good news is, anything I can do you can do better:) )
Crucible NEW video Sharz+Sentinel at wave 149. Valdaran+enraged Benn last wave:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyoQEwLvm2Y&feature=youtu.be
The bellow videos are old and I don’t think i’ll be remaking every video everytime some huge change takes place. I did however update the crucible video above. Won’t be doing it for Markovian it’s just not worth it:
Mad Queen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrxbgvcScZw (new offensive setup has improved kill time by almost 10 seconds somehow
Fabius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Fkj9TIP-I
Have fun!
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