Hello folks! I just completed my Markovian set piece and i was wondering what the fuck you can do with it. The shield masteries from soldier are a no-brainer thats what the set is about. But i was wondering what mastery combination is worth it ? The set provides %physical , %bleed and %trauma damage and you use a shield. I already have 2 bleed builds so i will pass that possibility.
It is a commando which utilizes many things from the soldier. Since you go full shield build there is no need to get things like war-cry and squad tactics. The demolitionist part is just the grenado skill which scales well with phys damage and 1 point in vindicative flame just for the utility.
So for AoE we got 2 skills with CD the grenado and Blade Arc transmute, and then cadence for single target.
I broke my back trying to make this build work because of how good the proc given completing the set is, as well as how good physical damage is. My conclusion after a lot of time wasted farming the build and levelling different characters is that it simply doesn’t work. The main problem is the severe lack of OA combined with the fact that your best procs are crit-based. The char in the thread aeus linked you has 2200 OA with godly gear. This is horrible. You are better off going for a 2-hander Warder or something and wait until Crate buffs the Markovian set so it’s on-par with Ultos, Ulzuin and other lvl 75 sets.
Edit: you ALWAYS get Field command, it’s one of the best passives in the game!!!
It’s not that bad. Base crit chance against bosses is 10-14%. Weapon proc gives you another 75 OA, Fighting Spirit 162 OA and Markovian’s Advantage lowers target’s DA by 236. You actually crit quite a lot. But if it’s still not enough for you, you can switch Menhir’s Bulwark for Oleron’s Rage to get 2600+ OA but i would rather fight Fabius 55 seconds being tanky than fighting him 40 seconds being squishier. That’s only my preference.
I am not saying that the set and some abilities (looking at you cadence and forcewave) wouln’t use some buff though.
