Heya I decided to make a HC char so thought I should go warlord. It’s definately tanky enough and with all my adcth I rarely go below 50% but I seem to be clearing really slow.
I wasn’t sure what damage type to go for in my devotions so I just went for physical and headed towards shifting sands (+kraken since I thought a shield would be overkill). I don’t have any pre found gear or recipes so I’ve made due with faction gear and random blues. I gunned for max res as soon as I can, am only mid elite but have them set at 80% even for ult right now.
Could people who know more about devotions and skills maybe suggest a better path? Don’t think I am very happy with EoR so far
You need to max Celestial presence and in devotions go for fire RR, you can get a shield and still deal damage with this https://www.grimtools.com/db/items/12466
Also get tip the scales since some vitality will be converted to fire, you will have more endurance in your fights
So I need conversion? Is there a way to get it other than random drops?
It looks like I can get a pair of these shoulders https://www.grimtools.com/db/items/12365
other than that I gotta gamble at grabbing a “cesarin’s conviction” sword somewhere?
I guess I should read skills more carefully didn’t realise EoR did so much fire/lit damage was focussing more on the %waepon damage and it seems that doesn’t scale well
And going DW or maybe with shield. There’s the opportunity to go Tottally normal shield as weapon+blue shield with elemental to physical conversion THIS ONE
Yes you can go with it, since it’s relatively good weapon and it’s available in every game. For EoR physical build you need: skill ranks in it and Soulfire, conversion from elemental, attack speed and % physical damage.
Armor piercing is type of conversion, you can check the mechanics guide written by few players(including me)
Thanks think I will just rob the devotions off that warborn build you linked and switch to 1H+shield. I can get some attack speed from squad tactics and components but doesn’t attack speed with EoR make it drain energy faster? Not sure I can manage the cost rn
For shielded version, I suggest using this devotion map from my Markovian Warlord. The Arcane Spark+Scales combo will suffice every energy need. Also you can opt going for more defense with both Scales and Ghoul, depends. For energy also an idea is the usage of Harp devotion. So GT for a shielded build:
I’d say Severed Claw on both for extra physical damage or Purified Salt and Imbued Silver for extra damage vs aetherial and chthonian. Both are pretty good for extra damage at this time, you can upgrade to 2 seal of might later if you have the blueprints
This is my first HC char so gonna have to save up mats before I can craft a better relic and that. I’ll keep those in mind for when I hit lvl90.
Will equip the shoulders asap (need level 70). Where is the maticore deathstalker? Don’t recognise the name feral thicket is that somewhere in the AoM swamps?