Active Skills: Forcewave, Aegis of Menhir, Doomforce, Violent delights, Overguard
Sup, gd community!
Well, there’s nothing new on the concept of this build. just a simple “octavius warlord all content destroyer”.
Unfortunately, i had an fatal crash on my PC while doing SR80+ and lost everything (luckily enough, i shared the GT link with a friend and had already sent some videos of the build for YT.)
This char can deal a good amount of damage, big DoT’s while running around and have good survivability.
***Yeah, i know… you can totally use a ugdenbog girdle with good resistances and phys bonus on belt, but one of the goals while i was planning this char were NO-MI
Hello! I’m giving this build a go (I’m a bit late to the party, but I recently lost my first HC char so I wanted to try something new). The one question I had was did you try Menhir’s Bulwark vs Oleron’s Rage as the soldier exclusive or is the OA from Oleron’s vital for proc-ing crits? I’m attached to Menhir’s for the survivability but I might be too cautious. Thanks!
hi there! hope you enjoy the build! well i didn’t gave it a try on Menhir’s bulwark with this one but i’ll be glad if you go ahead testing and give us your feedback using MB
Hi there! I’m happy you had this build, as forcewave warlord is a build i wanted to do since a while. No MIs it’s a plus.
Except for i’ll use a ugdenbog girdle if i find a good une, i’ll go for your build. I’m thinking in use Menhir’s bulwark if the girdle has good OA? yes. Time will tell, perhaps when i get there it’s not needed.
Yeah they nerfed heavily the power-shopping stuff
But i found a very good double rare fleshwarped casque on my second run in port valbury, while farming endgame gear in my phys warder guide.
You know… RNG works on mysterious ways, even more in GD
Need to know: No Warcry? I thought it was good for physical builds. Do you have other sources of RR + enemy dmg mitigation? or just doesn’t worth the investment?
Hello again to @S.E.P_Ralf! Today I am evaluating yet another of your builds in the Ultimate Hardcore setting. Context: I had already found the Visor blueprint, and a lucky drop today netted the Pummeler. So it was time to graduate The Matron’s Wrath entry-level HC build to a grownup version. Having also lost a level 100 character today, I naturally lean towards survivability, so that meant Menhir’s Bulwark rather than Oleron’s Rage. While I understand your proof-of-concept desire to avoid MIs, for me, I just cannot turn down the quality-of-life that the ridiculously farmable Shambler’s Heart adds to the primary damage skill of non-spam Forcewave, and you can balance out affixes with those of the Ugdenbog girdle. My modifications to your original are as shown.
SR 32/33 performance observations: With Menhir’s Bulwark’s 17% damage absorption plus 4105 armor AND the occasional shield block; I felt the prudent need to use Overguard only once. Slower killing than your original, of course; fighting the Iron Maiden was like watching two gladiators go at it with butter knives, but mine was sharper. I believe that the devotion path you used for The Matron’s Wrath (Ulzaad) is actually superior to the older Rhowan’s Scepter, as the extra retaliation damage helps a bit during the Forcewave cooldown, as well as the offensive damage of Aegis of Menhir. I found having the longer-range Aegis useful to pull enemies off bad terrain where Forcewave could take over, along with the devotion trigger proc. I didn’t run into Grava’Thul this time, but against the other faction Nemesii, very low risk, even when they had double attack speed mutators. Definitely one of the stronger advanced HC builds out there; well done!
