So while leveling my Death Knight I kept getting Chaos themed drops both caster and melee as well as a few vitality so thought I’d try my hand again at Chaos since I was getting that over Aether heh. Now I’m not sold yet towards Melee or Caster even ranged though I HAVE been mostly running as an Occultist maxed out sigil,maxed destruction,possession,1 point in Doom Bolt (Plan on making Doom Bolt part of the build) and chaos strike and am unsure as to where to go from where…I have as I said plenty of Chaos Gear (Obsidian Juggernaught,Scythe of tenebris,Voidsteel Gauntlets,Demon Plate leggings,a few medals,etc.) As well as lots of vitality gear (Wendigo Legs legendary,Flesheater rare,Fiendscale legendary,riftwarped gauntlets,tomes,etc.) I’m currently using an Omen and one of those Bone shield MI’s that add’s 10% to Sigil’s damage to healing as well as 2 seconds more duration to sigil. I also have a Blood Orb of Chthon so can go Anyway Melee,Caster,Ranged leaning more towards Melee or Caster but any of the three is viable.
I’d love to help but what is your question exactly?
Sorry running on 3 hours of sleep over close to 36 hours basically I know nothing of building Chaos themed classes so was wondering what might be best given I started with Occultist. Just something that uses some Chaos damage.
look in the build compendium for inspiration
Demolitionists and inquisitors are best options since they both have - chaos resistance.
But no flat passive chaos damage. Chaos rr can be added with item procs.
Occultist get heaps of flat Chaos as is from Solael’s Witchfire, Possession (only exclusive for Pyromancer, best option for Chaos Deceiver without considering conversion) and Blood of Dreeg if you use the Darkblaze amulet.
No class has good chaos support other then occultist, unless you use blood rite.
Your choices are
Soldier through weapon damage
Demlitionist through termite mines, bwc and firestrike
Inquisitors through word of pain, FoI transmuter, ranged weapon damage
Arcanist through flat damage (can’t remember the skill off top of head) AAR transmuter
Shaman has none but you could use weapon damage but not as good as soldier
Necromancer same as shaman
Nightblade through phantasmal blades and weapon damage
Again in my opinion using demolitionists and inquisitor is best option. Hell I usually take both classes for my chaos caster, unless I specifically want sigil in the build.
There are also a few items that can convert damage types into chaos
There are a few Chaos builds, but Darkblaze Pyro (or here) might be the one with best results all around.
You can also take a look at my Chaos Witch Hunter, if you like dw melee chars.
One could argue that there are not that many foes that have high chaos resistances and those that have high chaos resists are usually chtonics. Extra damage to chtonics can be obtained with Sanctified bones that will compensate lack of chaos RR
Anyways this is one of my favorite Chaos Casters
Pinkwater Cocktail Purifier
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/0V0y5AoZ
Are those mines any better/easier to aim? Back when I first tried a Pyromancer they weren’t looked on fondly or all that easy to aim.
I’ve never really had an issue with them, but I believe people still complain aboot them.
I never had the easiest time aiming them the time I had a Pyromancer. So if they aren’t changed hoo boy if I make one I’ll have some time getting use to the aiming.
This was a ranged/caster Pyro I made not too long ago. You could probably tinker with some of the MIs to get more pure chaos from it, but it does quite a bit of damage.
Went with Witch Hunter dw chaos hits hard though health bounces up and down quite a bit more than I’d like I DID manage to survive bastion of chaos but had several close calls grumbles found aether gear ha ha. Though any Witch Hunter advice/tips would be appreciated.