Every class is playable unless you start thinking, “I can’t achieve the same op results I used to so it’s unplayable.” It will surely be toned down as it no doubt deserves.
Some people like Mad_Lee think that warlords are unplayable NOW, and I kinda agree. This build right now is god mode. And that’s so no matter how you make it and what mistakes you make in the process. I admit that the setup I recorded the op videos with wasn’t optimal. I completed all these things, and nothing stood in a way of me thinking it was ready, so I posted it. It took other builders who showed that the norm for top-tier builds is sr90 not 80 to make me improve it further.
But even if you use one or two wrong devotions or items, mess up skill points, components and augments, for all content before Shard 70 and some places in naked crucible, Octavius is god mode. You can’t die and you pay no price for it in dmg. If you can’t fail in the video game, if it doesn’t require any skill or attention, you can as well go and play Solitaire.
Nerfs are really needed here. But unlike the toxic, abusive love Crate has for some of its other children (binders), soldiers were always their favorites and never suffered any serious nerfing. I started writing it up here but I’ll start a feedback thread instead
ya octavius is much stronger than cyclone even if some guy did SR93 with cyclone, cyclone was essentially a squishy casters kite build that uses EoR minimally when shit really went down. with good enough piloting, kite builds can do alot but its not necessarily what u want to farm with or ever, attempt in HC.
octavius on the other hand has the best package overall in terms of tankiness and dmg, and 100% HC friendly. its also worth mentioning that that the IT side of devotion just blends perfectly with shield side sharing alot of the prereqs. when u can get both menhirs obelisk on a shield user with the best offense options simultaenously, thats op. not even mentioning that IT is the best dmg type
soldier has always been strong, though i’d argue oath is much worse atm.
and p.s. soldier HAS been nerfed, i remember once upon a time, warcry/blitz reduced enemy dmg by 56%, and that its mastery gave like 2x the hp as caster trees
HI,
until yesterday evening I did also have a lot of fun. But strangely enough in the evening I had some crucible gladiator run at 150/160 with a friend being fully buffed and I died easily and horribly - did they already nerf the build??
Also noticed there is the damage over time with internal traum (never noticed it on my side - just doing a lot to enemies) - how to defend against this??
I have except for Aether everything 80+ resistances (Aether only 60%) on ultimate.
Thanks for the build, and especially the intro. Can’t wait to spend 60+ hours leveling to wear Octavius just before they change the plus skills from Aegis and Oathkeeper to Thermite Mines, and plus 2 to Shaman.
I take it your easy and horrible death was to Aleksander or Anasteria? If you play with 20% below the cap on aether res (or any res) then the fact that you die has nothing to do with buffs or nerfs. You need 50% more. Ideally 70% more.
But seriously, I think octavius warlord is still good. Damage is gimped but isn’t that what we want to see? Super high defense should not also have super high offense.
What’s wasting your time? Octavius is going to be real good after the patch. It was good when it only supported forcewave. This is still way better than that.
It won’t be too popular with the builders tho, especially those who love speedclearing. But don’t get me wrong, Octavius will still be one of the sturdiest motherfuckers around that still deals damage.
The build will no longer perform as described in the OP. It could still be decent but we will not know if it’s “worth playing” until the patch hits. I’m sure it can still easily clear anything in the campaign and the rogue dungeons. I think the days of safely farming SR 75-76 are done though.
You made my day.