[1.2.0.2] Physical Dual Wield Melee Witchblade - A God Killer - 75% physical resist/140k dps [Callagadra]

[grimdawnTK]

Hi all,

Here is my build for physical DW Witchblade. For gears, I use SR set for physical resist, hp, +2 all skills and more than 200% total dmg. Then try to get the Aetherwarped Cleaver dropped from Jarren the Plaguewarped in Port Valbury: Old Town. We need the prefix Earthbound for up to 5% physical resist. With gears, skills and devotions, in total, we can get 75% physical resist. For damage reduction, I use War Cry. The build has 140k dps with all buffs on.

With permanent buffs

Physical resist with permanent buffs

For Callagadra, we just need to dodge sunder (when she spread her wings) by Evade. If you can’t, just run and heal, don’t fight. As a melee char, there are not many active skills to use, so make sure you bind Evade to an easy button to press. For me, I bind Evade to Mouse 5 and my thumb is always there, when she spread her wings, I just click.

OK, so here is the pic vs Callagdra (it takes around 3:30 ~ 4 mins) and the build. Hope you like it. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Thanks for reading!

[savage1991]

menhir will not work with dw builds

[grimdawnTK]

why? I am using it, 6% DA is good.

[RxJunkie]

Menhir’s Will does not work with DW

[grimdawnTK]

Oh thanks, I didn’t know that. Updated.

[grimdawnTK]

Updated, change devotion and boots, damage is now much higher with more physical resist.

[Gnomish_Inquisition]

not sure i understand why overcapping Solael’s Witchfire buff? last 2pts give you absolutely nothing - meanwhile you have Second Rite 100% converted via belt so you actually gain flat dmg there, but not a single point?

[grimdawnTK]

Good points, thanks.

[grimdawnTK]

Updated, thanks guys, I have learned a lot since I joined the forum. But a noob question: why don’t my builds show up on grim tools builds?

[Gnomish_Inquisition]

either because post formatting or the crawler is on break or just haven’t had time to go through stuff yet

[grimdawnTK]

Thanks, btw, with your suggestion, time to kill Callagadra is significantly reduced, from 6 mins to 4 mins now I guess.

[sk_choi]

A -10% physical resistance from the same ring does not stack. Replacing it with another ring that gives a -10% physical resistance reduction should improve performance.

[The_Mess]

Except there’s none that also give useful skill points, which is why they used two to get Cadence to the hardcap.

[grimdawnTK]

Thanks, it should optimize the build by replacing one ring by Bladetwister Signet. I used the two rings to have + skills for Cadence and Curse of Frailty, but Cadence is already +13. Will try and test.

[RxJunkie]

Other options for Physical Damage with +2 Cadence are the Mythical Goliath Signet and the Mythical Blackwatch Seal. Blackwatch Seal has some flat Piercing Damage that will be converted by your gloves as well.

[grimdawnTK]

Updated link, I changed a ring to Bladetwister Signet, it doesn’t reduce time killing Callagadra because it depends a lot on positioning and dodging Sunder, but the first half is faster.