[1.1.9.0] Blade Arc + Word of Pain pierce Tactician (cr 5:00) (SR75+)

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LMAO <3

This is great

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Updated for 1.1.5.1

The timer went down from 9+ mins to 5:46 :slightly_smiling_face:

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Impressive results!

You should put one more point in Word of Renewal and Military conditioning. Are those really the best shoulders? Something like belgothianā€™s would be really nice for more flat damage. Word of Agony points canā€™t be that crucial. If itā€™s the resists you need you can change the medal prefix to incorruptible.

How big is the bleed damage? Assassin over Huntress might be a decent idea. Also where is your flat RR? Iā€™ve heard Scales of Ulcama is decent now.

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Thanks!

Word of Agony is really hard to come by on the gear. The shoulders are awkward but they add a lot of AoE to the spell, the dmg bonus is rather small. But such high AoE makes it possible to click one time each corner and apply the spell to the whole wave spawn. If Word of Agony wasnā€™t important the build would have looked a lot differently :slight_smile: The BiS here is Chosen Epaulets because its a beefy MI which allows to use one more proper ring. At least the proc on our shoulders is really nice.

The itemization, cunning and devo path make bleed high enough to consider Rend. The thing is Rend is AoE proc with no cooldown. Itā€™s probably the single most damaging proc you can apply to WoP. In the video you can see that all the trash and most of heroes die from WoP+Rend alone, you donā€™t even have to touch them.

The build is hardly optimal but itā€™s a funny concept. And when the agro stars align the shitā€™s melting very fast. I had my personal best at 150-160 timer with this build.

Flat RR comes from beacons in Crucible, for SR you spec 3 points of WoR into Terrify. Not a lot of RR but the devotion RR with the Revenant nerf has become very steep for how unreliable all the procs are.

Iā€™d consider Scales on a different build, where i need adcth badly. For this build the cost is too high.

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Updated the Crucible performance with a 4:41 run (new tribute spending, one beacon is lvl2):

The build is more aggressive but still more or less unkillable with capped Blade Arc, different leech sources, War Cry and 18/12 Seal:
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/xZy5g6bZ

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From 9 minutes to ā€¦ half :astonished:

Btw I want to try this beacon configuration myself, which is recommended side to use level 2?

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Not sure which side. As always, buttom left tends to be more important, with someone like Grava or Kaisan needed to be attacked first (and debuffed with the highest RR).

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1.1.6.2 bump. The build was hit pretty hard by 1.1.6 and the Crucible timer went up. No changes in gameplay for SR though.

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Good day

Initially you used the SR set, I see in the new Grimtools you make use of other equipment.
Can the SR set still be used, working towards the recommended setup items ?

I have always loved playing, and levelling up with WOP.

Regards
Gogga

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Yes, of course, SR set is a good option here. It will have less dmg but will be sturdy as hell.
Make sure to get the pants and the medal for Death Sentence hardcap and you are good to go.

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So now my Pierce Blade Arc is officially the fastest Blade Arc build? I got lucky it dodged most of the nerfs, I guess, lol!

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Literally. Mobility and dots allow it to avoid the increased Crucible difficulty. The majority of melee builds have to adjust.

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Updated for 1.1.9.0

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