*can a tribute surpass the original?
Foreword
This build is a take on (and a tribute to) the one of the most famous @banana_peel 's builds. He was the first one who saw an opportunity to combine the power of the ranged pass through auto-attacking with huge weapon damage modifiers that netted pretty crazy results that in its turn lead to some pretty heavy nerfs (Banana made the first version of the build when pistols were given pass thru to RF itself, after that a negative tdm modifier was added and after that wasn’t enough pass through was removed completely). Banana did bounce back with a very solid version that still was good enough to get into our top20 ranking. It was one of my favourite builds (that wasn’t mine) to play and of course I thought of making my version of it (actually quite some time ago, but came back to it recently to update it a little bit and decided that it’s criminal that such build doesn’t have a guide).
The Build
1.2.0.3 Update!
Decided to update this gunslinger with more realistic green items (apparently “Vampiric” doesn’t drop anymore) and more tanky devotions because game got harder.
<<<< GRIMTOOLS >>>>*
<<<< old 1.1.9.8 grimtools >>>>
*Craft for freeze resistance
Some imaginary questions again
No meta relic Deathstalker? No Deathdealer pistol with its strong wps? What’s the idea here?
Idea is to simplify build even further by dropping extra button from Doombringer amulet (together with the amulet) in favour of the dps and pass through consistency. 9 out of 10 shots this gunner will lob out many hundreds of the %weapon damage 100% pass through attacks of roughly the equal strength and all you have to focus on is on lining as many of them up as possible. Also Rebuke hard cap is a really solid piece of physical flat to rely on.
The weapon is a double-rare tho…
Tyrant’s of [most suffixes] will do. And it can be vendor-farmed.
Gear/skills/devotions/levelling
It’s important to get those exact pieces of gear (minus the rolls on the green items, but more about it below), but good news is that most of them are really easy blue drops (or even faction ring) or target farmable (and gloves crafts are cheap). It’s paramaount to get Tyrant’s prefix on the green pistol and then adtch prefix on one of the green jewelery pieces (can be even the belt). Either gloves or shoulders should have the prefix “formidable” (can be both even).
Skill distribution is pretty simple and straight forward, devotions are on the defensive side since build already has plenty of firepower but few extra safety cushions make extra reliable.
This is the endgame build. It works as advertised once you equip required gear at character level 100 and repeat my grimtools as close as possible.
Look up Warlord levelling guides on this forum.
Gameplay
Build facetanks everything in the farmable content. Be mindful of the Impaired Aim debuffs and use vire or amatok to adjust your position. Obviously lining monsters up increases your farming speed.
Ravager fight is easy but pharma is needed.
Overall it’s one the most simple builds to play.
Stats
General with Ascension, Ulzaad’s Decree and Righteous Fervor charges up
Defenses with Ascension and Righteous Fervor charges up
Videos
1.2.0.3 Physical gunner Warlord vs. SR 75-76 5:55 run
1.9.9.8 Physical gunner Warlord vs. Shard 90 5:05 run (dangerous mutators/bosses)
1.1.9.8 Physical gunner Warlord vs. Crucible 150-170 4:04 run
1.1.9.8 Physical gunner Warlord vs. SR 75-76 6:51 run (no short rooms)
1.1.9.8 Physical gunner Warlord vs. Ravager 1:25 kill
In Conclusion
Don’t sleep (slip) on (the) banana peel or something, idk, I am not gonna write a dad joke for you every time. Enjoy the damn build!
