The most unpopular class has finally caught the Winds of Asterkarn.
- GrimTools -
No Ascendant Affixes.
Introduction
I put together a physical Bone Harvest spam Defiler build centered around the Grul’Thunn’s Cleaver, which was added in FoA.
There are no other physical-damage-focused items that grant skill points to Bone Harvest, but the armor and accessories have the Suffix Of Soulwarding, which is exactly what this build needs, so I rerolled them aiming for that suffix.
“What, how many Ashes of Awakening did you use?”
I stopped counting after 1,000…
Pros
- Very low input required
Just throw BWC and use BH. Use MT in emergencies. - Large attack range
Cons
- Low mobility
The only movement skill is the medal augment. - Unstable
Most of the sustain comes from life steal, so you die if you stop attacking.
Required Gear
| Slot | Item | Important Stats |
|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Grul’Thunn’s Cleaver | Bone Harvest │ -3 Second Skill Recharge │ Total Damage Modified by -30% │ 100% Cold Damage converted to Physical Damage │ 100% Vitality Damage converted to Physical Damage │ -50% Skill Energy Cost Flame Touched │ 80 Physical Damage │ +100% Physical Damage │ +100% Internal Trauma Damage │ 100% Fire Damage converted to Physical Damage |
| Helm | Death’s Whisper Hood | +3 to Soul Harvest Bone Harvest │ 2 Meter Range │ 80% Weapon Damage |
| Gloves | Ghol’s Reach | +3 to Soul Harvest Bone Harvest │ -0.8 Second Skill Recharge │ 2 Meter Range │ 10% of Attack Damage converted to Health |
| Pants | Reaper’s Legguards | +3 to Soul Harvest |
| Amulet | Shambler’s Heart | Flame Touched │ 16 Physical Damage │ +8% Offensive Ability |
| Ring 1 | Mythical Sigil of the Stone Thane | -10% Physical Resistance |
| Ring 2 | Mythical Combustion Band | -8% Physical Resistance |
| Medal | Balthazar’s Crest | Flame Touched │ 30 Physical Damage |
| Relic | Deathstalker | -8% Physical Resistance |
Videos
- SR36-37
It can clear within the time limit depending on the mutators and enemy combinations, but unfavorable ones can make it impossible. Considering farming efficiency, SR34-35 is more comfortable. - N’erfatal
“Can it do Uber?”
Well, it’s missing about 300 OA and DA, and it probably needs another 2x damage to make it work.
Thoughts
- I think it’s stronger than Physical Forcewave builds.
- It can handle the endgame content, including Full Alter Ascendant Mode, but compared to the top builds on the forum, its damage is less than half, so it looks pretty underwhelming. I don’t know whether this is because I’m not skilled enough at playing the build or whether it needs a buff. Is there actually any demand for a build at this level?
- That said, removing the Cold Conversion from Harvester of Death would increase its damage by about 20%. Is there any build that actually benefits from this Conversion?
