I’ve been playing this build for about 8 months now. It’s been one of the very few HC specs in our group to farm high SR reasonably fast while showing good consistency and reliability.
Credits to @sir_spanksalot for all his help polishing the spec!
To achieve good performance we make use of the Sentinel set and mythical Agony but convert most acid damage to physical with the help of Targo helmet and Ugdenbog’s belt (~95% conversion with good rolls). We lose a bit of that conversion thanks to the mace, so try to get one with the lowest phys to acid (13% is the one I’m using). Now that our retal damage is mostly physical, we can mix and match acidic items with good bonuses (set + mace) to maximize the damage output.
Secondly, we get EoR thanks to the mace’s 6% RTA added to attack to EoR. This essentially lets us spin for additional 130K DPS and the cherry on top - 18% damage reduction from Soulfire!
Another very strong aspect of this build is that we are using the Honor relic instead of Absolution! Why? Because of its shotgun ability - Vire’s Cascade. It can pretty much oneshot bosses and heroes and has a low 3 sec cooldown.
That’s about it. The rest of the items and devotions are pretty standard.
Now that I’m looking at it, not quite sure the damage is from this setup though. Over the past several months I changed it three times. There are two more unique retal builds waiting to be posted, once the HC group lifts the embargo
true i was looking for the levling guide too becouse the build seems really nice, but on dreegs build he use nightblade at lvl 35 that makes the levling for warlord kind of uslees, i dont know when to start to get points on soldier or.
Doesn’t matter. Finish the Oathkeeper first, then move to soldier. As long as you have EoR and Celestial presence maxed out, the levelling process is very fast and easy. Just get Blitz for mobility after you maxed EoR.
Before the patch I was using well rolled Creeping rings. For amulet and medal use anything that gives + % to all retaliation + flat retal physical or acid. Ikrix Scale or even winter crest would work here.
I’m trying this build but can’t for the life of me to get the devotions to work…granted I’m crap at figuring out devotions.
I can get Vires, but can’t get obelisk to work
can anyone lay down a path for me
thanks
Just noticed this build now. Turns out the best way to make use of retal EoR is still by going phys lmao. Still, nice job making use of it!
I’m pretty sure it’s by normal retal on a low phys res enemy with full RR. Zucc had 800k max damage dealt before I equipped honor and there’s no way drain essence deals that much in a single tick.
