this build is really fun to play but it feels a bit squishy. What can I do to avoid damage / damage spikes? Or will I get more survivability when I have all the recommended items / components?
This is by far the best and fastest build,that ever play.Congratulations,John Smith.Ps when you collect all items,you will not be squishy,but super safe and its easy build.You have to use elemental balance rings.Medal is also not doing much,amulet can also be better.If you dont have mageslayer-use blue essence of beronath.For legs you have a lot better options,same goes for boots,at least stoneplates can be crafted.
Okay, thanks. Crafted and equipped
Edit: I crafted Runefather’s Gem instead of Essence of Beronath, however, I lost some attack speed. Besides that, I changed the augments of my rings and the amulet.
Boots are nice.If you can cap resistances craft elemental rings,they are probably best in the game.64 flat damage is monster,and the proc will help you survive.Don’t you have better components,like ugdenbog leather,runebound topaz,seal of anhi to use instead?You can use scaled hide on legs,maybe.I see no Dying god,so try to remove upper left point from Ultos and rat to take Bat instead-bind it to beronath fury.With one or two more items from the setup and rings your build will became top tier!
It’s me again I farmed some items for this build but I still have the problem that I often die too fast. I’m not able to finish gladiator crucible wave 160 or kill Lokarr.
Maybe you could give me some help. I know that my pants are crap but I didn’t find any better so far.
The changes in 1.1.0 have some nerfs for this build:
The Sacred Harmony Set: added 25 Cold damage and 14% Weapon damage modifiers for Fire Strike, moved the Acid Conversion to a Modifier for Flame Touched. Reduced % Weapon damage on the skill proc to 25% and Resist Reduction to 26.
Mythical Nex: reduced Cold damage modifier for Fire Strike to 25
Mythical Ortus: reduced Fire damage modifier for Shadow Strike to 90
Epic - Elemental Harmony Set: reduced % Weapon damage on the skill proc to 8%, reduced Fire and Cold damage bonuses to 14
It’s probably still powerful, but i’m asking myself if one wants to change the weapons now.
And it’s all your fault! Mostly you’ve made it one hell of a build clearing 150-170 4 times in 20 minutes!
/jokes aside, what exactly does kill this? The lower flat on ruby+sapphire sets and decrease of the WD+flat rr on sacred balance? Does this really make such big difference?
Yep, big difference. Fast enemies killing is the main option to survive here, for example it has only 8% physical resistance, but It doesn’t matter, if you kill all enemies in 3 sec. A lot of dmg was lost, really not minor changes.
DM builds with Alkamos’ rings save their flat, saved their conversion, saved their phys res - I see no reasons to play that build anymore.
If we’re talking about sabo - it requires something additional, what sham/soldier/inq has: crowd conrol res(slow/stun/freeze), more DA, damage reduction(coctail doesn’t help), and more RR. Something of this needed to compete.
I see, now i noticed that even the 50% Acid to Cold from Lethal Assault requires Flame Touched… welp, RIP
EDIT
So, i just tried 150-170 with the new 1.1.0.0 changes and the average time of one clear is around 7 min. Good pilot could do 3 clears in one buff duration (3 buffs + banner) so i think this build is far from being dead though. Also, the 5k bonus hp in crucible is very welcomed.
Is it practically squishier than before? Havent had the time to play since 1.1 hit and this was one of my fav builds.
Any changes needed to adapt like replacing the topaz with bloody crystal?
It’s got to be tested but I don’t think N&O can carry pure melee anymore.
Option 1 is respec to Deathmarked
Option 2 is keep N&O, add the rune and repec to Silver Sentinel (tested, with some tweaks still does 6 minutes but is way more testy compared to 5 minutes and no sweat before)
Option 3 is switch the rings to Alkamos and do your best at tweaking for survival (more adcth - Restless on the gloves - maybe) but as J_S said why bother
Sry guys, didn’t test it. Tried only last spec with green boots, inq’s seal and seal of might instead of coldstone(made it before to do cruci w/o buffs/banners/pharma). Now it shows ~6.30+ runs.