I’m partial to any of the boots with a shield - Wyrmscale, Stonetreader, Voidwalker, Runeguard, etc.
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I just don’t like Windshear tbh. Think they’re overrated/overused. But I also have a bias toward over-defensiveness in my builds, so the above recommendations probably aren’t optimal either.
True, but you’re walking around with a pretty reasonable uptime (read: 100% uptime) on ~3k% Bleeding (Cunning bonus included) on non-boss SR shards, or boss SR shards with spawns/adds. I dunno if an 84% Bleed stat really makes them shine more than anything else would.
This Blood Knight build gets dot ticks of up to 378k per second that I’ve seen, because it summons a lot of different sources of bleed damage. It is of course possible to get more using other weapons, but as a bleed caster, I’d say it’s quite competitive for endgame damage. :o
Unless you’re telling me that you can get up around ~700k dot per second with a bleed build? In which case I would love to check it out
**Edit - actually you’re probably right, I just found an old build of mine that does just that (or at least up to 620k per second, without guilotine… so with, probably higher). I stand corrected!
Don´t get me wrong:
I think, with some tweaks, Blood Knight would be an awesome set which would/could support different masteries than Bloodrager and would me make to try some things. Modified Blood Knight…my Bleeding Reaper could be made.
First: You are very brave woman/man to try this in HC. I hope it will meet your expectations.
You don´t have to change the boots; you could change it to Grey Magi Boots if you want to (like I did in the Grimtools-Link here) but it isn´t necessary and you have to shift components/augments. I am a little bit worried about Poison Resistance then, with Windshear it´s better.
Though I am by no means a HC player, I have made a few changes in the link (besides Grey Magi Boots):
a) Shifting points from Cunning into Physique for more DA/Health.
b) Shifting some Skill points from Counter Strike and Field Command to Squad Tactics for a little more AS for ADctH. Necessary? Don´t think so.
If you haven´t really decided, yet and want to have a look at some other “weird” builds I made, which are a lot of fun, too, take these (in no particular order): Bleeding Deathknight Bleeding Druid Bleeding Vindicator
Whatever you choose…have fun and don´t be shy asking if the need occurs.