Blademaster - Stuck at Lvl 60 (Expert)

Hey. Recently started playing GD. I just got so addicted to the game…

I’ve been playing whole time with Cadence and Deadly Momentum, but later on switched to Execution in Nightblade tree… :rolleyes:

and i feel like i do way, way, way less dmg… kinda like shit…:furious:

Its so hard right now to do anything on EXPERT. I’m getting oneshooted by 3x Elites (with star) where i have to clear them to obtain devotion point… i can’t pass them.

What to do? What should i aim for at Expert? Physical dmg or pierce? What addons should i add into armors/weapons??? :confused::confused: :confused:

I’ve uploaded all the screens on imgur to show you my build, items, stats.

Oh dear, :slight_smile:

Max Deadly momentum and Cadence now.

It will make all the difference.

You can take points out of some WPS and even NB mastery. CAdence % weapon dmg and deadly momentum falt dmg will mage enormous difference. 1 pt fighting form

Get a couple of Derp slicers from hive at 3 for full conversion and you are good to go. Bind Assassin’s mark to cadence.

My respects to you for getting so far without Cadence line :slight_smile:

What to reset to get Cadence and Deadly Momentum? I dont get it.

BTW i dont have Ashes of Malmouth Expansion so i cannot reset my Mastery Points… how lucky… thats stupid.

You can reset some WPS procs like Execution or markovian advantage and some nightblade mastery points.

All you need for leveling right now in terms of WPS is lvl 5 Belgothian shears and lvl 5 Whirling death. These two go well with cadence. After you mak Cadence and deadly momentum work on nightblade mastery again and get execution to lvl 5

EdiT: I see. Ok then…Drop Markovian advantage and Execution(for now). Max Deadly momentum first then work on cadence. After this get execution again. Forget MArkovian advantage until you get Belgothian set

You are getting one shot because you’ve neglected your resistances. By now everything should be - at a bare minimum - 50% or higher imo.

Also you are basically committing seppuku ever 60 seconds by using Chains of Anguish.

On a related note pics are annoying and not terribly useful when asking for help. Grimtools direct upload of current character or all info is very much guesswork.

Also this^

I was just looking at skills.

Get some more yellow items or green with resists.

Get rid of ancient armor and use scales for %armor absorb. High armor is no use if %armor absorb is low.

Jeez christ i’m so fucked up right now…

BTW. What’s the point of using Cadence and Execution at the same time? They doesn’t work both right???

No, however DW WPS work well with cadence.

They make it proc every 2 hits instead of three. Also you will do like 300% main hand damage+ offhand * %Wps dmg.

You need an auto attack until you get Belgo Set and Cadence does that very well.

The flat damage drom deadly momentum is turned to pierce too and that is a huge bonus. Try it and you will feel like playing a new char, in a good way.

Could you tell me what WPS stands for? Im quite a newbie still to the game… Can’t find anything similiar with WPS…

BTW.

I changed my build to full Cadence/Full DM… its okey but still hard af to survive through…

Get resists and %armor abosrb and 2x slicers

WPS=weapon pool skills

iE: Belgothian shears, Execution, MArk advantage etc.

Ok i bought Expansion Ashes of Malmouth.

How should i change my mystery points now?

Should i reduce my Nightblade Mystery Points to 25? Because i dont need it that much to be honest… i mean the Execution… i could use it for smth else?

Can you post a grimtools link to your char pls?
We can edit your build directly in grimtools. Makes it much easier.

You can upload your save file there (arrow icon on the top left, “Load character from save file”).

Here you go

Took me a while to find save on steam cloud, lol O_O

https://www.grimtools.com/calc/w26PBm0Z

it’s EXPERT not Ultimate.

Your main problem is that your resists and HP are much too low for Elite, that’s why you die instantly.
You should find some items with 500+ flat HP, common drops are Praetorian Faceguard, Glory of the Silver Knight, Empowered Hermit’s Legguards, or just yellow/greens that give HP and resists.

Your belt kills you and should be replaced ASAP.
Relic is useless for your build and should be either a Ruination, Rampage or a +1 mastery one.
Many of your items are not useful either, things like the yellow ring and shoulders should be changed for one with resists, HP, OA/DA. If you have some iron bits, you can probably shop some items with at least +40% to a single resist for some key slots.
Shoulder and pants components should definitely be Silk Swatch instead.

For weapons if you’re going pierce BM, you should farm the Dermapteran hive in the Rotting Croplands a few times, get 2 weapons with an Alacrity suffix or something else that gives attack speed. A decent prefix is luxury.

Also don’t pump the WPS so hard: you are super starved for points since you have a lot in both mastery bars for a relatively low level.
In your case you should have 1-2 pts in the WPS max, and max Dual Blades instead, get some in the Pneumatic Burst line for heal and dodge.

This should give you a start to work with.

Thanks a lot mate for your time and explaining everything so wisely and clearly.

That helped me a lot… i understood at least everything… :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: (as a newbie)

https://www.grimtools.com/calc/q2mKnQ0Z

This is what my build looks now. Its Playable. hit 4 lvls since last “stuck moment” and it’s now fairly easy!

Btw. Should i ADD 1 point into Amarantha’s Cut ? Because 2 Derp Slicers grant me 4 points, so if i add 1 into this, i would have 5/8 of Amarantha’s Cut. Is it worth it?

Look at my build please and tell me what next skills should i go for ???

Next skills to go for would be Pneumatic Burst (up to 10/12) and Shadow Dance (12/12).

Keep looking for resistances, yours are fine except pierce and chaos. Pierce doesn’t matter much but chaos… well let’s just say any time you enter the void, you probably won’t be exiting through a void rift.

Also one thing to note, I know it’s hard to find dermapteran slicers of alacrity, but if you want to increase your damage more, one good way would be to find a dermapteran slicer of alacrity that doesn’t have (__% physical damage converted to ______ damage).
That might be more trouble than it’s worth, that’s up to you to decide.

Im working currently on chaos resistance. The problem is i can’t find anny Add-On into any socket (helmet, legs, boots, rings etc.) to increase chaos resistance… also i need to find some kind of gear with chaos resistance but i haven’t dropped any yet.

Switching to derp slicers conversation;

I found one slicer. But it’s at lvl 70. It has 34% pierce dmg, 17% a.speed and 9% of attack dmg is converted to Health (so that doesnt count right?)

And also would love to ask, how do i know which one weapon is best? I found something like this, and it looks glorious but it doens’t have attack speed…

I think that the a.speed is crucial in this build due to Cadence dmg every three auto attacks ? and also lifesteal.

Piercing of voracity/alacrity.

Ot flat phys dmg bonus cause it gets converted

I have to ask… why do you think this “looks glorious?”

I would personally describe it as utterly worthless. Its one slightly (very slight) redeeming quality is the word ‘Slicer’