Following a great deception with regards to it’s own melee battle prowess and having fits of identity once a less known warrior named simply “Warborn” appeared into Cairn, the once noble general Markovian fell into madness, threw away his trusty mace and grabbed a Butcher’s axe. He was last seen running around Cairn and The Crucible, slaughtering both friend and foe and calling them “Friend” for some ungodly reason.
The most frightening thing is how well it works. This is one of the fastest and truly tankiest builds I’ve ever played, a rare combination. able to clear Crucible 140-150 in just 5:30 min and with buying buffs only once for 100-150.
Video: Gladiator 140-150(5:30 min):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5hJNV6bQKM
Could have been a bit faster but got low crits at last wave. Also at 149 Sentinel jumps me very quickly. Regardless, it’s a good strategy to cheese Sharz right from the start.
Grimtool:http://www.grimtools.com/calc/bVAYXlVD
Devotion Binding:
Blade Arc: Falcon Swoop
Rend: Curse Of Fraily
Howl of Modgdrogen: War Cry
Pic with judicator rings buff on
Make no mistake, if you want to see the highest crit numbers then Bloodrager is the way to go. But if that is the case then how can Markovian with crits up to 380k be as fast if not faster then Bloodrager with crits up to 520K?
The answers are simple:
1. Superb AOE bleed damage from 23/16 Counter strike and the Helm proc " MArkovian’s wall".
Counter Strike (with crucible buffs):
Markovian"s Wall (with crucible buffs):
2. Flexibility in using all your skills - defense, offense and mobility, due to the set proc. Same for devotions. You will be able to have Howl of Mogdrogen up 90% of the time.
3. Excellent taking, allowing you to just aggro and melt the toughest mobs there are in crucible with the skills from point nr 1.
The advantages of playing Witch Blade for Bleed build:
1.More compact healing. Meaning better regen and Portable heal from BoD. Exctly what a Tanky DoT build needs.
2. CoF is not mana intensive, you cast it a single time in a large area and kills lesser mobs via rend too. It also has very consistent Resist Reduction, a solid -50% to bleed.
3. Easier with resists due to Bod line, even easier with MArkovian set that is very resist friendly.
In closing:
A special thank you to Drizzto as this build was inspired from a conversation attempting to redeem Markovian with a physical/bleed hybrid. In the end it seems that pure bleed does better damage. It’s probably the last straw that drove Markovian to insanity.
Thank you to the nice person who provided me with a +5 BA Badge when I had only +2, allowing me to show this build at it’s best.
reserved. Might fully finish tomorrow.
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