This is the canon Werewolf, the bloodlusted and ferocious beast! Not like that cringe meatbag human form.
This was the first expansion character I started but I only found the whole Bloodlust set today which took forever. The idea is to stack a ton of max attack speed since it’s a new mechanic and I thought it would be fun, and it is! Grim calc must calculate it differently because in-game it gets to 4.00 but the calc has it significantly higher. I had theorycrafted it to 6.00 (!) but obviously that’s a bit ridiculous, given the discrepancy with the calc it probably doesn’t go that high, and it’s probably not good lol.
Grim Calc: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/2MAmbQ02
Damage is kinda obscene because you’re hitting so fast but it feels glass cannon like if something goes wrong you’ll probably explode (Calla tornadoes nearly ended me). Lifesteal is absurd because Werewolf so just keep hitting, never stop hitting, you’re here to rip and tear until it is done.
Your max atk spd comes from Form of the Beast (hard cap gives 33%), Bloodlust (25%), Sincarver (12%), and Chains of Anguish (6%). I thought about Amatok’s relic (12%) but I think the damage reduction from Consumption will be much more impactful (and your one source).
Fenris amulet and Grasp of Unchained Might have gotta be BIS because of 4 onslaught stacks and 52% wpn dmg to Feral Claws. Slotting Rip and Tear on left click lets you just autopilot spending the stacks and go back to Claws (though you gotta watch out for the bug that prevents those charge type moves from activating). They also give Form of the Beast and Werewolf stats which is huge.
I was going to put Blood Sigil of Ch’Thon in medal spot for the Form of the Beast hard cap but idk the medal I found is kinda sweet. Sigil would bring 2% TDM and 5% max attack speed.
Occultist is a great support class because Blood of Dreeg gives a ton of resists (especially physical!) and Solael’s Witchfire becomes a great buff giving lots of converted damage, atk spd, crit dmg on Zerkers already bonkers crit dmg, vit res.
Currently no ascendancies, I’m not even sure what is available. Interested to see how strong he gets. I am currently using Amplicorum boosted up to 20% TDM which combined with Form provides 33% TDM. I might experiment with Sanginis as well since lifesteal is so high but idk if I want to be playing that sweaty haha. It’ll be like you’re in Bonebleach Basin the whole time.
