once you have a Bloodsworn Scepter and Abbadoth’s Sermons add Sigil of Consuption, Rune of Kalstor and Doom Bolt and drop Word of Pain to 1/1/12 keeping it just for chaos RR.
Abbreviations
RR = resist reduction, OA/DA = offensive/defensive ability, CS = casting speed, CDR = cooldown reduction, HC = hardcore, HP = health points, %WD = % weapon damage
Feedback & Final Words
Build is solid, don’t die to Ravager. Fang of Ch’thon might be a little OP tbh, feels like the chaos version of pre nerf Wrath of the Ascendant.
Was not expecting chaos RoK to be that resilient, though. Great stuff as always!
I’m actually a big fan of how Fang is designed-- the ability to contribute to chaos and vit, melee and caster, but each use feels unique because you seem to use a different cross-section of its utility every time. Using it for chaos can be a bummer sometimes, though, since you scroll through grimtools and often find zero compelling alternatives. Is chaos Fang a bit OP? Maybe (though it’s also worth asking if the builds taking it are actually overperforming with it). Is the remainder of chaos itemization a little sad sometimes? Sure. Just my 2 cents, though.
On a different note, I’ve noticed you seem to take Chariot of the Dead quite a bit more frequently (read: at all) that just about anyone else. Do you have a good sense of under what conditions it becomes a worthwhile option? As constellations go, it’s a little hard for me to figure out.
In the context of your build, gimtools seems to suggest that swapping Chariot and Red crossroads for Hawk, Jackal, and first two (5% DA) nodes of Obelisk is already an interesting tradeoff. You lose some OA, 15% slow res, a little health, and the healing from the Chariot proc (stun res is capped without Chariot), but you get crit damage, comparable DA and armor (vs Chariot proc up), and 100% uptime for that extra DA and armor. IDK if this particular trade is necessarily worthwhile (nor have I done enough searching to know if there are better alternatives out there), but more broadly, Chariot has enough nodes and generally seems to take me far enough adrift of my tier 3 affinity goals (via it’s own affinity requirement) that every time I use it, I can’t help but wonder if there’s something better to grab for the same price. Thoughts (particularly from the HC perspective)?
I was waiting to see a build with the new off-hand, good job!
Build is interesting, since you count on multiple offensive spells for offense and Sigils bring the balance with healing, along with the tools of the Deceiver - Possession and Seal.
Throne + Chariot is the best devotion route for stun res right now, which as you noticed is maybe not as needed as in some other cases here due to my affixes. If I had one less stun res affix these devos would be even better. Also slow res is nice. Feel free to use some other devotions instead. Throne + Chariot is kinda what I default back to whenever I have some spare devos and need stun res + OA and I don’t wanna use another tier 3 that badly. In this case Abom is decent, but not as amazing as on build with lots of %weapon damage, so I chose to skip it this time.
Yea as I said above, feel free to use other devos, went for chariot + throne for OA + cc res for a little extra safety on HC (wasn’t safe enough). Should’ve maybe tried to get more phys res instead (at least vs Ravager). You are definitely right about Chariot being kinda pricy at 7 points.
I’m really starting to wonder how badly my willingness to GDStash for affixes (and consequently, my ability to Thunderstruck … of Kings my problems away, so to speak) has affected my perception of the value of these constellations. In any case, this
Since I’m all out of Fangs, until I get it, what would be decent alternative weapon?
I see that Bloodborn repeater/scepter give nice conversions to doombolt/sigil.
Hey there, didn’t had much time to follow your stream lately. But this build looks sick! Awesome to see nice caster builds for HC. Keep up the good work
) that just about anyone else. Do you have a good sense of under what conditions it becomes a worthwhile option? As constellations go, it’s a little hard for me to figure out.
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