Do note I do not intend to make a direct comparison to Fluff’s Cold RoS Korba version (Which is awesome anyway).
The build currently performs, as previously stated, OK.
200k+ crits from RoS are common, with SS hitting for up to 80K with just 1 point invested (5 with +skills). Highest RoS hit so far (campaign) is 302k! As this is an old respec’d toon, I’ve had little to time to thoroughly test & so am still making my way through Ultimate (yet to hit Malmouth) & still acquainting myself with the builds play style (which is not my norm). I’ve not tested in crucible yet.
There are a few issues with the build:
Energy use - is sucked dry pretty quickly! Without reasonable energy regeneration (or leech) the builds sustain quickly suffers. Placing an arcane spark in the medal slot made some difference. However, more is needed in sustained fights.
Cooldown - Unlike the 4-piece Korba set (grants -1.5 seconds to RoS), the build uses 4-pieces of ‘The Unseeing Gaze’ set (Epic) to gain 16% cooldown (not much!). Running the full 5-piece would net 30% (+ the granted skill). However, the Reavers Claw is too good to pass up, especially the 50% weapon damage to RoS. Belgo Carnage relic for the granted skill obviously which appears to proc consistently. Running 2x Reaver would be nice but losing +skills to both Mastery’s & cooldown prevents this. I would like to test this though for the extra 50% weapon damage to RoS.
Note the greens with the ‘of Balance Steel’ suffix are a test to see how consistently they proc as a form of retaliation. They are ok (5% chance on hit) but damage not great.
Overall though, the build feels defensively solid so far, good life leech, high phys res, adequate dodge/deflect chance, reasonable over caps to res (Stun a little low for my liking), good OA/DA & armor.
Anyhow, I’m open to some feedback so comments / suggestions to improve the character are welcome.
Nice one, pretty fresh look at RoS and this epic set.
Take a look at this pierce Cadence+RoS Blademaster. Pierce RoS works really good here, maybe some of my tricks will be useful for you
Looks solid veretragna!
The pants, medal & boots would be ideal for my toon, although I’ll need to check resistances. Great use of RoS as a nuke so cool down is not an issue for you.
How do you find energy sustain? The buffs in crucible help but with campaign? Is arcane spark enough?
Nice GIF of Doomforce. Such a great skill, especially with Avenger set.
Arcane Spark and energy potions are enough. For MC it’s possible to put 3 points into Terrify (War Cry) to reduce its energy cost, helps greatly. And on bosses it’s possible to not use RoS that often, just cast in time after time to cut resistances off, Cadence does the rest.
My blademaster uses harvestman’s scythe constellation (5 points) to get around the “energy problem” in campaign: unless i’m up against a nemesis, i don’t usually need to use energy potions.
Good point on Harvestmans Scythe. Will see if I can incorporate this into the devotion setup.
Your build is interesting, although not RoS focused & therefore not as energy hungry as mine. My build is very much focused around RoS as the main source of damage. I’m considering relocating a few points into SS to pick up some damage in between the RoS nukes.
I’m also trying a 4-piece belgo set variant. It looks promising but the points are spread thin. Still needs some work.