[1.1.4.2] Ulzuin's Barrelsmith - Skyfire grenadier reborn (6min buffed/bannered clear; 9min naked)

So this is an original concept then?

And yes, canister bomb is awesome because of fat DoT ticks. Bring a nem low before focusing on another one. Let them DoTs finish the job for you.

@adoomgod - BWC looks like an awesome pick here, even with just 1 point + transmuter. I might try a run with that.

Another excellent showcase!

So Korvaak devotion, that’s interesting. I get why you didn’t invest many points in Inquisitor mastery, since this is very point hungry build. And it’s normal thing, since you want to max 2 offensive skills, Ulzuin chosen, Censure for RR. For energy regen you can try a cheap solution - Royal jelly extract, in quick builds you need to apply it just once before starting wave 150.

About the concept, there was posted excellent build with Ulzuin set, but with off hand. Also I tried with SR set. The set is good btw, but you can’t hardcap Ulzuin chosen. But if you play SR you have more points in Inquisitor mastery. Playing Elementalist it’s interesting idea here, but Idk. Inquisitor automatic RR and damage reduction from Censure is QoL.

Problem with elementalist is the lack of heals. Even with giant’s blood, I find myself struggling to maintain a safe amount of HP.

You also lose out on damage reduction. :confused:

It might work, but it isn’t for me.

Any chance for the link to the ulzuin set w. offhand?

You certainly came back with a BANG here @sir_spanksalot! :smiley: Great build with lots of bombs to throw around.

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Yet another purifier build… but, wait, it uses grenado! Nice!

The comment about purifiers is just an observation, not a complaint. Much better than the days of non-stop builds with soldier mastery.

And also nice use of eldritch sun.

Here you are! HERO OF SCIENCE AND MAGIC - bi elemental grenadier (c+)(SR+)(g4)

Yes, Elementalist is weak defensively, you need like 1k flat regen before DG in order to shine. Plus both of your RR sources required pushing keys.

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Im confused as to why people keep going for wyrmscale gloves. Grey magi does seem like a great pick up though, I must admit.

I wonder if I tanked up a little more (i.e. more physique, defensive shoes, etc.) it’ll be able to take on crucible naked?

But I kinda like the build as it is. It’s quite common to see 800k crits pop up on nems. I’ve killed aleksander in 1.5s before.

EDIT: I get it. Dude uses courageous tinctures/aether clusters.

Just don’t tell her a dude and you’ll be fine asking about consumables. :rofl: I used aether clusters too in SR, expect when I am playing something really tanky or am having easy Nemesis. Just play SR to high levels and meet Shattered version of Sentinel or Anasteria :grin:

As gloves, Wyrmscale are good, that OA and proc with WD-juicy.

So SR+ means 75-76 but with consumables?

As for the gloves, if you really wanted a lightning pair, I wonder if cindertouch would be BiS?

EDIT: also 22/12 shattering blast is a must IMO.

I made a skyfire purifier a long time ago using light’s defender, and veretragna, avyctes, and hammyhamster and I got to discussing the mechanics of shattering blast.

The conclusion we arrived at was…

^This was confirmed by avyctes as well.
In ultimate levels, investing in shattering blast increases the %chance of dealing bonus phys damage by 1% as well as adds flat fire damage. However…

21/12 = 84% chance of +340% phys/IT damage.
22/12 = 90% chance of +350% phys/IT damage.

Then there’s also an increase of 62 fire damage to grenado.
I really wonder if giving that up is worth the proc and %lightning damage.

Spanks with another one! Good job!

I would argue, however, that finding 8 points for Deadly Aim would help the build quite a bit. I would also ditch Giant for Bat in devotion since it doesn’t seem that you have a lot of regen stacked.

Where would you take the 8 points from?

Bat is an interesting choice for sure. There’s something I’ve been wondering about, and you probably know the answer to it - how does the CD on prismatic rage actually work?

For example, I’ve noticed that for grey magi’s proc, the 8s CD starts to tick down while the proc is active, meaning it has an effective downtime of 4s.

Is this the same for prismatic rage? Or does it work the same way as blastshield (minus the possible benefit of %CDR)?

I am not sure tbh, it feels like cd starts after the proc stops. Bat with Stormbox is pretty nutty. You can trim points of something like Blast Shield and Flame Touched I guess? 10th point of Vigor seems like a waste for sure.

If I make those changes, I’ll probably need to get storm titans or runeguard greaves just for the HP. It’s definitely worth testing though

Didn’t think this set worked so well. Really like the build. Nicely done!

And here I am doing spam bwc while you are having fun

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How is BWC spam? I only realized recently that the burn doesn’t stack. So is the damage gimped?

I did around 5:35 runs. It’s good actually, but squishy and demanding. Could use Censure and WoR on it heh.

What about just putting Bat on Aether Corruption?

Only nice vs mobs, but bosses. not so much. SB is better

^Is this your BWC pyro?

Good call. Methinks it may not work as well on boss waves, but it would be a nice QoL benefit.

Nah, it’s shieldbreaker. My old bwc spam was purifier in AoM with horrid lag.

But I want to post it in honor of Jov’s original bwc build