[b]Hey guys,
since I am still in love with melee dw chaos builds and everybody is sitting aroung crying about melee Chaos is shit (I’d include myself here), I tried to bring up a solution, at least for me. It’s not the fastest Nemesis killer and I have no clue how this toon is doing in Crucible, but it’s a lot of fun to play. Plus, Fevered Rage.[/b]
This is a dual wielding Witch Hunter build, making use of the Belgothian’s Slaughter Set together with 50% Pierce to Chaos dmg conversion and 35% Physical to Chaos conversion. It is relying heavily on ADCTH and therefor on the damage it inflicts and Attack Speed. This grants high survivability and high damage at the same time, resulting in a very fluid and satisfying gameplay. The only greens I use are a Cronley’s Signet (since I farmed this guy like 5000 times) and crafted boots. This results in this build being okayish to gear up for and approachable for new players.
Some of the items can be replaced by other, optional Gear (see below).
Without Abominable Might active you inflict about 110k paper DPS. With Abom proc, you will sit around 160k DPS, which is plenty. Additionaly, your procs will hit hard and your WPS result in high damage output.
The OA can be pushed to >3200 with alternative gear, no problem. DA sits around 2400, so it’s pretty low. Nevertheless, it’s enought to clear all vanilla content. I wanted to present you a build without too many godly rolled MIs.
Resist Reduction is served by Devotion Procs and Skills. Since we deal mainly Chaos dmg, you will have the maximum benefit out of those.
As Auto Attack Replacer we’re using Belgothian Strikes from the Belgothian’s Slaughter Set 5 pieces set bonus. Both Nightblade and Occultist don’t offer an Auto Attack Replacer out of the box, so we need this (must have). Aspect of the Guardian offers much needed flat Chaos dmg (thanks, Darkblaze Source), 100% Poison and Acid Resistance and 12% Physical Resistance; overcapped Possession grants additional Reduced Overall Damage. You also want Dual Blades maxed out for the flat Chaos dmg. With gear, you will sit at >20% Physical Resistance and overcapped Elemental Resistances, which can easily be pushed even higher with optional gear. As usual, your Weapon & Devotion procs make many of the trash mobs die just by running around them.
Bloody Pox with Fevered Rage will boost your OA/DPS a lot and it’s just hilarious to use vs Nemesis. As a beginner, you might want to use it with caution.
Videos:
Fabius Kill
Without Abominable Might:
Gameplay:
LMB - Belhothian Strikes (Flame Torrent)
RMB - Shadow Strike (Acid Spray)
Keyboard 1 - Pneumatic Burst
Keyboard 2 - Blood of Dreeg
Keyboard 3 - Curse of Frailty (Eldritch Fire)
Keyboard 4 - Bloody Pox (Twin Fangs)
Cast Curse of Frailty on the mobs you want to approach, Shadow Strike in, cast Pox and LMB everything until corpses pile up on the floor.
Don’t forget to cast PB and BoD to keep 100% uptime on both.
Against Nemesis and other hard Boss Mobs, cast Fevered Rage with caution. Wield them down after.
Keep in mind, stun and freeze effects are your main enemies. As soon as you can’t hit an enemy you will die rather quickly.
Due to your low HP pool and DA, you might have a little thrill playing. Deal with it.
This is not recommended as a boring safe bet playstyle or HC character.
Crucible: Dunno.
Gameplay Videos:
Might follow.
Alternative Gear:
Might follow.
You can shift this DW WH just by gearing into more of a Acid/Poison or Vitality Damage dealing build. Always try to keep your Attack Speed at at least 190% and try to cap your Resistances. With some nice MIs, you can easily cap them out and have even more OA/DA than my current recommended setup. I just didn’t want to put those really rare MIs into my recommended gear, because they can be very hard to grind and find (even though I have plenty). Cronley’s Signets and Viloth’s Rings are rather easy to farm, imo, compared to nice MI Pants. Try to craft yourself some better rare boots for even more DA and HP!
Pros:
- very fluid and fun gameplay, leaving you satisfied and entertained
- can easily clear and farm Ultimate
- Nemesis are your bitch
- very fast Challenger Crucible clearing speed
- dishes out a lot of DPS
- Fevered Rage
Cons:
- not a Gladiator Crucible farmer, as far as I can tell
- a bit squishy
To sum it up, this is not a build that can clear Gladiator without any stress, but it is well rounded, with high DPS and so much fun to play with. You will be pleased with the playstyle. Give it a try!
Shoutouts to Chthon, JoV, Thrasheur, TomoDaK, Superfluff, Drizzto and jajaja.
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