So my first build was the Storm Zerker trickster. After playing around with Callidor’s Tempest, I’ve decided I really liked that Storm Zerker build, but I’d rather go Elementalist instead of Trickster. That gives me fire strike instead of savagery and all of the neat demo buffs to get my OA and damage up. Dual wield will require a specific medal or relic, I’ll lose the cleave, multistrike, whirlwind, and nuke procs from the nightblade DW line, and I’ll lose blade barrier and pneumatic burst.
Looking through the builds forum, though I realized that the tri-elemental saboteur build is essentially the same thing. However, this time it’s pairing nightblade and demo, leaving out shaman.
So what’s the better compliment for demo: shaman or nightblade? Shaman gives wendigo totem, 40% increased max hp, and +50% crit damage. Nightblade gives pneumatic burst, blade barrier, and the four 20% chance attack procs. My guess would have been Elementalist, because those max hp and crit damage numbers are so nice, but I don’t see that mentioned much here while the tri-elemental saboteur build is always front page… Anybody got an opinion on the subject?