As promised, @Gnomish_Inquisition and @Maya
I’ve really been enjoying this new meta where health regen is a potent and reliable form of sustain that works independently of your own damage output. Most of all, the fact that it allows a type of build that was previously very hard to pull off: Pure bleed caster. Which is something that I’ve always wanted to do. I also like the general idea, usually championed by pet builds of doing basically nothing while your foes just melt around you. It makes for a very meditative gameplay.
This is not my most powerful of such builds, but it’s one that I really like playing, and as the various tags used suggest, requires minimal input and is VERY forgiving of mistakes.
BTW, not a build guide, just a showcase.
GRIMTOOLS
Gameplay:
There is no “main skill” to spam, no piano, nothing to cast “in between”, no panic button, no proc to wait for…
When you see enemies, cast Bloody Pox and CoF.
Add Devouring swarm if they don’t go down immediately. That’s pretty much it…
(I bind the first 2 to “scroll up” and “scroll down” on my mouse wheel, so I can just wiggle it to cast both, and Devouring swarm to the right mouse button. Casting those 3 together is basically just muscle memory after a while)
Ah, yes, keep BoD up, and try to remember to lay down a totem when facing something big… if you want.
Damage:
While it may look like BP on its own might not be enough, the fact that bleed is the least resisted damage type in the game, combined with our -158% RR output from just casting those 3 curses means that basically everything is taking 2-3X the damage it normally would.
Sustain:
The 4k+ health regen, nearly 30k health, 10% health/sec totem, 35% physical resist and 17% damage absorption will keep you alive while BP does its thing even if you’re not really paying attention.
I’ve facetanked nemesis while sundered in SR80 without touching a health potion… so in campaign, anything short of a celestial requires only basic cognitive functions.
Hope you enjoy it!
If you have any question or suggestion, let me know!
