Time to Sunder!.. wait a minute… time for Obsidian Tremor!!!
After checking out several Obsidian Juggernaut builds such as Valinov’s Deceiver, Malagant’s Deceiver on twitch some months ago and mad_lee’s warlock and with people asking me to try the weapon, I finally decided to make one aswell. So here is my HC viable result, a Pyromancer - an Obsidian Dream come true!
^ingame with Blood of Dreeg up
UPDATES
1.1.7 buffed Obsidian Tremor, so the build is stronger than ever!
GRIMTOOLS
1.1.9.0: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/lV7R1ld2
1.1.7.1:
beginner: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/4ZD4EwBZ
advanced: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/62ayMdb2
Shattered Guardian: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/4VxpGgbV
Highlight video featuring all three versions:
PERFORMANCE
All of the following will refer to the „Shattered Guardian“ set up:
-
vs dummy ~19s
-
vs Lokarr (first try)
-
vs Mogdrogen
-
SR 50-51 1.1.4.2
-
SR 65-66 1.1.9.0
-
crucible: gladiator 1-170 first try (with timestamps for 131 and 151)
Devotions
Tier 1:
-
Fiend: %chaos dmg, %WD proc, affinities (Fiend over Bat, are you sure? Actually I am not, feel free to replace this with Bat)
-
Spider: %CS, OA/DA, affinity (actually good now since the latest buff)
-
Candle: affinity. ele res, DA
-
Hawk: %OA, crit dmg
-
Hound: %armor, physique, affinity
-
Eel: pierce res, DA, affinity
-
Ghoul: best circuit breaker for WD based chars, lifesteal
Tier 2:
-
Kraken: good stuff for 2h
-
Solael’s Witchblade: must have for all chaos builds, RR proc
-
Watcher: the classic, best defensive tier 2 devotion in the game
Tier 3:
-
Dying God: OA, DA, %chaos dmg, chaos res, flat chaos dmg, insane proc with total speed, crit, %dmg
-
Abomination: actually useable since last buff, %chaos dmg, OA, poison res, proc with lots of flat chaos, %chaos and phys to chaos conversion
Gear
-
weapon: Mythical Obsidian Juggernaut (obviously mandatory)
-
amulet, chest, shoulders, helm: The Shattered Guardian (insane HP and res, especially cc, phys)
-
pants: Mythical Chausses of Barbaros (OA, proc)
-
rings: Mythical Combustion Band (RR proc, CS) and Voidheart (RR proc, CS)
-
gloves: Mythical Voidrend Talons (aether, ele res, CS, flat chaos)
-
relic: Korvaak’s Deception (+1 Demolitionist, % OA/DA, slow res)
-
belt: Rah’Zin’s Waistguard (+1 Occultist, racial dmg vs Chthonics, OA, flat chaos, res)
-
boots: Mythical Timewarped Walkers (slow res, poison, aether, bleed, phys res)
-
medal: Mythical Black Mark of Deceit (this can be changed to lots of other ones, like (mythical) Blood Sigil of Ch’Thon, Mark of Unlife, Mark of Devinity, etc)
Leveling
-
level using Blackwater Cocktail and Fire Strike or Grenado fire spec (Demo) which has great overlap with fire devotions or Bloody Pox vitality spec (Occultist) until you find a (mythical) Obsidian Juggernaut.
-
rush Fiend and Solael’s Witchblade devotions
Speedleveling
Abbreviations
RR = resist reduction, OA/DA = offensive/defensive ability, CS = casting speed, CDR = cooldown reduction, HC = hardcore, HP = health points, %WD = % weapon damage
Feedback & Final Words
Latest buffs to all 2handers (giving them flat damage of their respective element) made also Obsidian Juggernaut a little more consistent, but it would be nice if the weapon had ~45% fire to chaos conversion on top.
As most of my builds, it’s a little more survival based and tries to farm not the very hardest (SR 65+), but still reasonably high stuff as it is made for HC after all. You won’t find the craziest Crucible record times here, but the build is definitely good enough to be called an overall solid endgame char. That said Crucible 170 is definitely doable even though 11,5 mins is not very fast. That said, it was my very first run on this char ever and both Kuba healing and Aleksander getting healed cost me a LOT of time. SC Crucible Speedrunners feel free to push this build to its limits and post your times 
Special thanks to:
@Valinov, @mad_lee and especially to nanditodesilva from twitch, whose username I don’t know on the forums. You made me push this char into crucible all the way up to 170.
and I should be then 
