1.1.9.0 Note - Do not worry, retal was not killed. Stoneguard is very strong still. For setups using Beronath sword - change weapon for it: https://www.grimtools.com/db/items/12555 and take Octavius armor for conversion and no Beronath penalty.
Hello, I’ve decided to update my old retaliation warlord for more all-round setup - previous one was only for SR pushing. Often I read a lot of myths about retaliation warlord how slow he is which is absolutely not true. It’s very fast, easy to play farmer who is either immortal and can handle every possible content in the game.
Edit1: Stoneguard setup added, it’s fastest retaliation I have ever posted, only superbosses a little bit under Witchblade because of lack of Fevered Rage. Sorry for this trash post formatting, I’m going to learn how to make it better.
Current setups are: High elemental->physical conversion and Stoneguard. I’ve got a plan to add more builds there in time. Builds that probably will be added:
- No-set with Avenger amulet.
- Sentinel of the three physical.
Builds that maaaybe I will add:
- EoR physical.
- Uber-tank for SR120+.
- Some acid variations?
1.Conversion setup -> 4:50 CR/ 110 SR/ Ravager 57 sec + Callagadra 1:03min + Crate facetank
Summary
Build:
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/aZqxEq4V
Do not be afraid of greens, it’s BIS setup and a lot of slots can be cheaper. Other possibilities in expensive slots:
Helmet - Callagadra is best, finish everything else if you don’t have her helmet and kill her on elite. Anything can be used before - like Okaloth and many more.
Rings - instead of Ring of Sethris Creeping Ring with multiresistances + OA is very good choice. You can use even two of them.
Shield - Overlord’s of thorns/of Wildfire is absolutely best but you can use Mythical Final Stop, Mythical Zolhan’s Revenge, Defender of the Three in particular order.
Boots - Stormbearers, Stormtitan Treads, Stonetreaders, Golemborn Greaves, Footpads of the Grey Magi.
Belt - Ugdenbog Girdle with any multiresistanes + OA can be changed for Mythical Hammerfall Girdle or Reforged chains of Oleron - I do not suggest it, rare belt is enough easy to farm.
Medal - Again, I do suggest to farm some rare multiresistances + OA mods but another good variation is: Mythical Serenir’s Commendation, Mythical Markovian’s Stratagem, Mark of Stone Will.
Relic - Honor is not only BiS but it’s just unbalanced, this burst is insane and you can see it in every video (including celestials). Absolution can be used but it’s huge damage lose.
Performance
Crucible 4:50 with 2+4 setup. From my experiences only banners matter. I had same result with 1+4 or 0+4 - build is so immortal it can handle everything without troubles without buffs. Lightning pylons are important to kill white monsters. I had many 4:5x runs, usually it’s around 5 min.
SR 110
Ravager 57 seconds
Callagadra 1:03
Crate boss facetanked
SR 80 all bosses pulled
2 Stoneguard setup -> 4:30 CR/ 110 SR/ Ravager 48 sec + Callagadra 54 sec + Crate 38 sec
Summary
Build:
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/YZem8opZ
As in first build: do not be afraid of greens, it’s BIS setup and a lot of slots can be cheaper. Other possibilities in expensive slots:
Helmet - Callagadra is best, finish everything else if you don’t have her helmet and kill her on elite. Another choice with basically same DPS potential is Octavius or Targo helmet because of conversion. Problem is +1 soldier skills lose, that’s why Cally is better (a little bit only).
Armor - Octavius is gamebreaker in this case due to conversion. I’ve tested Armor of Azragor or Gildor’s Guard but it’s DPS lose. Viable choices ofcourse if you have no Octavius.
Rings - instead of Ring of Sethris Creeping Ring with multiresistances + OA is very good choice. You can use even two of them.
Shield - Overlord’s of thorns/of Wildfire is absolutely best but you can use Mythical Final Stop, Mythical Zolhan’s Revenge, Defender of the Three in particular order.
Boots - Stormbearers, Stormtitan Treads, Stonetreaders, Golemborn Greaves, Footpads of the Grey Magi.
Shoulders - these rare shoulders even without retaliation mods (just resistances + OA as usually) are better than anything else due to conversion. Another choices are: Targo’s Shoulderguard and Spellscoruge Vanguard.
Medal - Again, I do suggest to farm some rare multiresistances + OA mods but another good variation is: Mythical Serenir’s Commendation, Mythical Markovian’s Stratagem, Mark of Stone Will. Problem is OA, for superbosses high value is really needed and Stoneguard got troubles with it.
Relic - Honor is not only BiS but it’s just unbalanced, this burst is insane and you can see it in every video (including celestials). Absolution can be used but it’s huge damage lose.
Performance
Crucible 4:30 with new founded banner setup: 3x pylon + 3lvl vanguard. 0-2 buffs recommended, depends of how much currency want to be spended. If you take 1 buff go for Ulo due to CC resistances, good for Moosilauke. It has potential to go 4:20 or lower in my hands with good RNG, I’m not used much to this new setup.
SR 110 with Zantarin cheese (Overguard, works like Mirror), could be easier with DA stacking but I wanted to do that with Crucible setup.
Ravager 48 seconds - block potions not for survivality but for proccing on block skills.
Callagadra 54 seconds - as above, block potions for proccing. Stoneguard is best one for celestial bosses because of massive armor boost.
Crate boss facetanked in around 38 seconds and no offensive pharma. World record was 35 seconds with Dark One Ritualist (as far as I know at least) which is nerfed hard now. Looks like Retals are best Crate killers in contrast to popular opinion.
SR 80 all bosses pulled
170ex naked 5:56
Mogdrogen 1:40
3 Spin2Win setup - 4:55 CR/ 105 SR/ Ravager 1:12 + Callagadra 1:33 + Crate
Summary
Build:
BiS setup -> https://www.grimtools.com/calc/M2gmMWYZ
Less greens setup -> https://www.grimtools.com/calc/nZoQ5Wk2
Performance:
Crucible 4:55 with 1+4 setup (average some low 5s)
SR 105 - on 110 few enemies are too hard, leech is worse than on RF builds so it’s harder
Ravager 1:12
Callagadra 1:33 - hard fight without tweaking setup for her
Crate under 1 minute
SR 80 all bosses pulled
SR 135 Tank (do not follow really until you want to do the same)
1.1.5.1 old tank for sr pushing
Summary
Hello, I want to make little presentation how powerful warlord in SR is (especially if you farm for some rares to cover resistances). I don’t consider this guide because we have enough of it but some small group of people who likes tanks like me may like it - devotion route and not using stoneguard set made good job here.
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/YNnb0DyN
Iron maiden’s shoulderguard became good choice after new patch because buffs to rares (especially +phys resistances on every nemesis shoulders) but it can be changed for Dawnguard epaulets with basically same effect.
I went without stoneguard set because we need +max resistances after 105 shard, stacking armor into the air is not so good because main threat is from everyone but no hard meele hitters. In 115 video I had even -20% armor mutator and it wasn’t a problem. With this scaling armor will matter maybe after 125? - but it’s not realistic to go so high so better to focus on maximum resistances. Next advantage is that you can use some gear swapping for belt - altough I didn’t do it because this setup is made allround already. Tested only White Lotus vs Kaisan but he is alt + f4 after 110 so no point to do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M4JA0Rh_As
Example video with 3 decent bosses + 1 hard (Moosilauke) I am noob at recording (that’s my first video) so no sound, put some music you like or something if you want to watch it, I suggest 2x speed too, 115 shard is not really dynamic.
RNG starts to matter a little after 105, after 110 I needed really good run, had to restart few times because of Kaisan or Kubacabra going as first boss.
If you want to follow build I suggest to farm good rares, rings drop during ugdenblooms runs in act 5 and shield can be farmed from MI vendor in Steelcap district, only Overlord prefix should be enough. Some greenless build for 75-76 farm as bonus:
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/xZyn8AeN
Regards
Some bonus for our immortality presentation:
https://youtu.be/lXNzYUOW0Vg
Crate can be killed even in 2-3 min but RNG is needed because his suicide boxes which SOMETIMES can kill us, sadly I didn’t record this attempt and couldn’t do it again so a little bit tryharding here.
Pure facetank kill with Vire devotion instead of Empyrion:
https://youtu.be/Q_HFlZhdsbs
“one-shotters” maggots from same quest:
https://youtu.be/KM9avEFCHgA
Callagadra killed with fists only (no shield ofcourse) because why not? Some special setup altough.
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/pZrMQpOV
https://youtu.be/TLuNFary-80
Range characters struggle with some other bosses than melee but still Kaisan is hell. I forgot about Gargaban too, for this retal I would put him in “moosilauke tier”, tactic is the same - bait his volcano, kite him away, charge him with cooldowns off, kill his plants during midfight if possible, they hit harder than him. Either Gazer “superboss” (similar to Zantarin) and Seeker (longer than whole boss room and 2 other chunks ffs). I didn’t fight 3x Loggy here so I don’t know about him, he seems has some low spawn chance for me.