Introduction
I finally did it and I’d like to share this moment and build with you! After the death of both my Blademaster and my Bomberman Shieldbreaker, I revamped my meme spam cold CT Sorceress into an Ulzuin char. The idea behind this was rather straightforward and the build is not super creative, but it got the job done The Shieldbreaker could’ve probably made it already, if I didn’t misposition me in the fight and since there are no second chances in HC I decided to basically remake that Shieldbreaker. I had the above mentioned Sorceress ready at lvl 100 at the time, just had to lvl fire devotions. Why did I not go for adversary this time then? Well Adversary gives you +1 Oathkeeper, but not Arcanist. Also Arcanist has even more juicy passive nodes that you’d like to take (especially since last buff) and it simply wasn’t point sustainable to go for both Canister Bomb and Grenado. It probably would be on the lightning version with dual Barrelsmith’s though (you even benefit from Star Pact’s %lightning then). Anyway, enjoy the build!
^pic with low, pre Ravager’s eye augment, DA
GRIMTOOLS
1.1.9.0: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/gZwG0dqZ
1.1.8.0: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/JVlw7q52
1.1.4.2: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/O2G46OnV
PERFORMANCE
crucible 4 total runs, 2 without, 2 with extra spawns (average 7:05min, fastest 6:43min), 4 buffs 3 (tier 1) banners:
- 100-170 first run (150-170 7:28min)
- 150-170 second run 7:19min
- 150-170 extra spawn #1 6:43min
- 150-170 extra spawn #2 6:58min
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Highlight video, made before crate kill:
Devotions
Tier 1:
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Viper: OA, affinities
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Hawk: OA, affinity
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Ghoul: lifesteal, circuitbreaker with phys res and more lifesteal
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Quill: DA, affinities, energy, aether res
Tier 2:
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Chariot: OA, stun res, DA, armor and heal on proc
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Magi: best fire dps proc, %fire, %burn, casting speed
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Phoenix: nice flat absorb on the proc (stacks with blast shield), crit damage, %elemental dmg
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Harp: %elemental dmg, pierce&bleed res, energy, insane energy and OA/DA on proc
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Witchblade: %fire, fire RR on proc, must have for any fire build
Tier 3:
- Ulzuin’s Torch: lots of OA, crit dmg, chaos res, %fire dmg, fire damage proc
Getting to final devotions step by step:
- get all 5 crossroads
- viper, ghoul, quill, hawk
- solael’s witchblade
- panther, toad
- magi, harp, phoenix
- remove panther, toad, red & green crossroads
- chariot of the dead
- ulzuin’s torch
Gear
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weapon, helm, chest, shoulders, amulet: 4 piece Ulzuin’s Infernal Avatar set (skill bonuses, blast shield mod, 15% phys res, +2 demo)
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belt: Mythical Ulzuin’s Torment (skill bonuses)
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gloves: Mythical Wyrmbone Handguards (fire proc with %WD, which lifesteals)
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ring: Mythical Time-Fux Band (+2 Canister Bomb, to max out the skill)
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ring: Living Ring (use whatever fixes your res or just use Combustion Band for RR)
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pants: Solael Sect’s Legguards (filler for DA and res)
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relic: Serenity (+1 all skills, another defensive circuit breaker for extra safety, feel free to use any +1 demo relic or inskandra’s/eternity instead)
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boots: Mythical Stormtitan Treads (my default boots up to patch 1.1.3, there are definitely other choices available now, also green boots to fix res can be used, in this case they give me HP, stun res and posion res)
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medal: Mythical Mark of Divinity (BiS for defense imo, really good on any Ulzuin’s chosen caster, Mythical Mark of Calamitous Desires is insane aswell for +Star pact and OA)
Leveling
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level using e.g. Blackwater Cocktail and Grenado/Canister Bomb like this, which can also be supported with Arcanist’s Olexra’s Flash Freeze.
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rush Solael’s Witchblade and Magi devotions
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use a non mythical adversary or non mythical infernal brimstone if you have them or the green MIs mentioned in the video above.
Abbreviations
RR = resist reduction, OA/DA = offensive/defensive ability, CS = casting speed, CDR = cooldown reduction, HC = hardcore, HP = health points, %WD = % weapon damage
Feedback
Despite the history of nerf to the Ulzuin set and Canister Bomb, the build is still pretty solid all around.
References
For references I’d like to mention full Ulzuin Shieldbreaker of @John_Smith and my own Adversary Shieldbreaker, which almost did the job aswell.