Anyone tested Korba, to your knowledge ?
Afaik only Lee and Banana are frequently test builds since the patch release and I saw no Korba in their youtube channel and I don’t like Korba that much to prioritise 
Cold Rimetongue is also doing good times as I see.
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Cold Spirits w/o Chillwhisper (or in general non-bleed Spirits w/o mods) were too weak imo (not sure about now). If you find Chillwhisper too strong, then nerf it not the skill itself. One of the reasons why my recent Cold Caster Infi maxes Shadow Strike and 1p Blade Spirits despite having full Pierce conversion.
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I have played quite some Korba since the patch and it is really good. Damage wise might be one of my best dw builds atm, and PB buffs give the build comfortable OA:DA which was an issue before
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Well I didn’t test it by myself but saw this one so you might be right about spirits alone.
Found Korbas;
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I take it that Korba is now at least meta now. Thanks for finding that
Yeah, Chillwhisper looks strong but fragile.
The Korba Trickster is pretty dope but the “little thin” Chillwhisper with 14% Phys res is probably not a not a good all-rounder. Well maybe it is but I think a variant tested in a Top 20 thread fashion would be better to look at.
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Chillwhisper is insanely squishy. Reaper, Level 100 (GD 1.1.9.7) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator While playing this build yesterday -after quite some time- at SR75, some Reaper of Souls literally one shot me, as in 100% to 0% with one basic attack. I had -15% Hp modifier but i was shocked. And my build has some defensive layers + health, unlike the ultra squishy glass cannon that is on one of the above videos.
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well it’s going to be like that if you have 8% Phys res - actually less than the one in the video
I have this build with 46% Phys to test: Reaper, Level 100 (GD 1.1.9.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
(before someone asks about Vit → Acit - you low roll it, high roll Vit → Cold on 2 other items which are then also multiplicative with skill mod’s Vit → Cold → that in the end makes it not so bad)
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The one on the video has zero hp and armor (without those buffs) or circuit breakers though. So the 4-5% ish phy res mean nothing.
My point is, the set is very squishy itself and if it is to be nerfed for whatever reason, it should probably be it’s AoE, but then it needs a big compensation on defense.
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I wonder if you can fit Fleshwarped Casque on this one.
It’s possible, but I tested that helmet with Bleeding Warcry conduit and %50 WD doesn’t provide much damage so I doubt it worth losing perma DR.
- Fleshwarped Casque: increased Cooldown Reduction modifier for War Cry to -3s and added 100% Physical damage modifier for Iskandra’s Elemental Exchange
Now it is equal to Warborn one.
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warborn has +1 soldier tho, can’t beat that… skill points are scarce… especially in soldier mastery.
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Oh, I missed that change! So yes, it can be replaced with Warborn Helmet, though skill points are a bit tight.
Instead of buffing the skill devs just made an item that makes it usable. What a ingenious move 
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Yes, should have written “in DR department”. Losing +1 to Soldier requires some gear swap.
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Replacing Nidalla with Serenity solves the problem. Blademaster, Level 100 (GD 1.1.9.7) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator losing small %damage, relic proc and some DA that’s all; not sure how War Cry damage will be though but having extra circuit breaker would be worth the %damage loss, proc wasn’t so crucial.
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Not to mention that Serenity relic can have %DA as a completion bonus 
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how much horns of korvaak worse than warborn? sorry big NUB here
Warborn helmet is used to make War Cry use more frequent to have permanent damage reduction on enemies. You can also use Fleshwarped Casque for that but change relic to serenity to keep skill points.
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