I play a Commando character since I bought the game (at the release), but here I am, now in Ultimate, level 81, having severe issues to deal with bosses (I’m stuck at Darius), and Nemesis (I can’t beat Fabius in Elite difficulty).
The rifle doesn’t have an augment : I know. I just don’t know which one to choose. :eek:
The relic is bad : Yup’, I just need to drop the recipe for Desolation, in order to craft the mythical relic “Ulzuin’s Pyroclasm”. Thanks 1.0.0.4, recipes drop rate has been improved.
Green boots : they are way betten than my previous boots (legendary Venomspine Greaves)
I’m also looking for good devotion build. What I actually have is :
Crossroad (“middle star”) : +5% health, +5% health
Lizard
Fiend
Jackal
Ghoul
Chariot of the Dead
Kraken
Owl
Rhowan’s Crown
Solael’s Witchblade
Revenant (the first two in the constellation)
Any idea is good. I also keep a copy of each legendary/epic item I drop, so I maybe have a good item without even knowing ( :o ).
Your DPS could be higher, do you have any other rifles? Empowered hellmaw shotgun is common and will be alot better for you at this point. Fighting Fabius requires pierce and bleed resistance and also armor. You do have armor but not using it properly, swap one of those components on your shoulders or pants for scaled hide.
Then take away all points from decorated soldier except one, and put 3-4 points in scars of battle. Together with scaled hide that would bring you close to 100% armor absorption. Remove 1-3 points from auras and buffs, First of all Oleron’s rage, then squad tactics if needed, and put them in flashbang to have at least 7 points in main skill (with + skills) and 1 in searing light. Learn to use flashbang as crowd control when you engage mobs.
You could also improve your defensive ability. You can replace your goliath signet or medal with a yellow or green item with DA and some resistances, just check vendors.
It could also help if you get rid of all that chaos bullcrap devotion like ghoul and jackal and fiend, and get behemoth, at least 3 points for the skill.
Darius does some good aether damage and you should improve that aether resistance before trying to fight him, which can be done by swapping gear for one fight and with spiritbane potions. They are crafted at the smith from some trash components or, if you don’t have the recipe, can be bought from Isaiah, at any difficulty.
Fabius is Piercing/Bleeding/Cold. Your resists are somewhat low in those fields. If you have Golemborn Greaves, they also help with defenses.
You also may want to tailor your devotions to be a bit more defense minded for sustainability. Behemoth, Lion, Tree of Life, Solemn Water all can help in that regard. As well, you also want to tailor your armor to synergize more with the Fire Strike line of attacks. I am running out currently with the wife, but send me a PM, and later we can go over some stuff if you so desire.
My main is a commando and he has never died yet while killing every nemesis easy.
Your damage and resistances should be more but of course your not in full end game gear so don’t worry as much, farm more and you will get stronger.
On skills though you aren’t using flashbang,searling light or thermite mines ?? Thermite mines with just 1 skill point would increase your dps by a LOT and 1 skill point on both flashbang and searing light would make enemies much weaker and make you have more surviavability.
Blackwater cocktail is also amazing, you don’t need it but I couldn’t imagine my build without it. Reducing the enemies reistsances and making there offensive ability reduced by that much plus there physical damage and then hitting them 40-50k ticks ? Amazing skill.
1point on thermite, flashbang and searing light should be done no matter what though, go back to devils crossing and sort that out and you will be much stronger but you will need to farm for gear and sort your components and augments out once you start getting some end game gear then you should be fine.
hey. I agree with above posters. to clarify on some points, it would be good to consider adifferent devo setup. most of the time you will want more OA and close to full resistances as your goal through devos. you have a lot of health, but it’s not efficient to have those low resistances. the damage you get from solael’s witch blade is negligible, and hydra would be a much better option as you’re playing ranged.
as for skills, your core skill being firestrike, i would reccomend not putting any points into zolhans, and maybe consider maxing fighting spirit. also, flashbang is a very good 1 point addition for procing devos, as well as providing some form of cc.
i have a commando myself as my main. with fs being my main form of damage. surviving is the hardest to do in ultimate, so even your dps now is not all that bad. you just need more resists which you can easily achieve through augments, and components. i would recommend swapping out the health components for silk swatches and using runestones for amy/medal.
my char without optimal gear is probably around around 2.5k OA and around 40k dps with max resist. with my full gear, i am at 60k+ with auras, and through status changes (unchained fury gloves, fighting spirit) i go over 80k dps. with a minimum OA of 3.3.
I have seen people with green gear easily above 4k OA but your priority should be resists first, OA second, and then HP. IMO.
