Reserbirbs
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Final Creamy Birb and done.
Build updated with Tree of Life for some extra bit of tankiness :3
Build updated to be a bit more tankier. Damage remains more or less the same.
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Build changed to be even safer to play with a maxed out Menhir’s Will.
You can still die to things, but with the playstyle allowing you to kite easily + the tons of healing built in, you get to survive a ton before you need to even start worrying.
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My sleep deprived brain and thus crap SR skills approve this build :3 Especially since there’s no “oh gods, I have to faaaaarm” MI’s the require the right suffix/preffix 
And if, like me, you want to level as solider - 2hand transmuted Forcewave is your friend, hits like a tank, works easily and once you get Curse of Frailty’s physical debuff it’ll murderise everything. Can also play standard FW, but that requires more support for energy regen, because it’s an energy hog.
As for Sword n Board FW - that’s far more gear dependant, particularly for the MI mace the aetherial mutants drop, but it is doable and gives you Overguard as a form of protection. Which if you want to you, can take points out of War Cry’s first node to get it to 6/12 for the endgame version.
Speaking of which, why noes Overguards Maya? It giveths 150% to damages! And makes you more tankys!
Which is how I’ll do it, as I have a build waiting to be played that’s got the Octavius set, but hasn’t been developed that much from memory. So Octo-mess, now’s your time to shine!
(I’m totes allowed to say the above above, was awake until 2am and couldn’t sleep in, stupid brain’s been doing this since Saturday’s autistic meltdown /grrrr)
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I couldn’t find anything in the game that needed me to make use of Overguard’s extra tankiness 
But yeah, it can certainly be taken for an even more tanky setup :3
Tested setup with Overguard (transmuted because CD is too long otherwise for my liking) -
was around 3:30 min kill, but tankiness didn’t feel like it increased by much. I assume it was because I am not focusing on shield blocking and the flat damage absorption from the overguard is less effective with Sunder in play on 1.2 
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Also tested it on Crate, but you can’t tank that one anyway + we don’t really need to rely on overguard’s extra defenses if we are going to kite instead.
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Will run a few more tests with overguard just in case :3
Added my Soldier leveling part from this to the OP as well - IceCream - Budget Forcewave Soldier
Build updated to now include Overguard…
Reason being that Menhir’s Will can’t protect the player from 1 shots, which apparently is possible with the build…
Mogdrogen has become the hardest superboss in 1.2 (atleast, for this particular build).
Ravager of Souls also cannot be facetanked 
Budget Setup added to OP
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Did a bit more testing, this is how the build fares against different content atm -
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Crucible - not really worth it given the nature of the build. you can survive everything thrown at you, but you are not going to be killing anything fast. If you wish to farm for gear then >
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Shattered Realms - you are more or less immortal in 75-76 even if it is not the fastest build by any means. Pretty comfortable for farming.
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Callagadra - Can facetank through sunder thanks to our high armor + phys resistance.
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Ravager - Minds is easy to the point you can fall asleep, Flesh you can’t facetank since he will drain all your mana, Souls… will straight up murder you if you try to facetank.
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Crate - Obviously cannot facetank or even “tank”. But, you don’t need to. Get close to him, unload your skills, run away > repeat. He will die without giving much trouble. Just avoid the Crates.
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Mogdrogen - Will one shot you if you stand close to him or stay under his lightning clouds. You can use the lightning resist potion to help out in the fight if you wish, but even then, take extreme care if you are playing Hardcore.
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SR 90+, is not really recommended since this is not a deep SR crawler.
Budget Build status -
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Crucible - not even close to being worth it.
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Shattered Realms - Farming 65-66 in Ultimate is comfortable, lower/higher shards are not really worth it in my opinion. You can switch to Elite if you want an easier time.
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Skeleton Key dungeons - Take care against Morgoneth and Gargabol, but the rest should not cause any issues.
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Totem farming - easy as heck. no issues with these.
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Sometimes, the call to Facetank is too strong, even if you are facing off against a God…
Took 9 minutes, and you still need to time your heals a bit instead of afk’ing.
But, it is done.
Build used has been added to the 2nd post of the thread 
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Full test done with the Hardcore version of the build. While one may fault its lack of damage, its Survivability is second to none :3
Note - 1.2 is still in testing and things are bound to change. So, do keep that in mind if you decide to go for this build.
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The non Hardcore version was restored to its more offensive setup in light of tests done on the latest test build for 1.2.
The hardcore version remains same as before, for those who prefer a more sturdier char.
Hi Maya, were you to compare it with your IT Warlord, I guess Witchblade is better in terms of damage but less in terms of damage? How do you see things? Thanks!
Witchblade is just better all around.
You get more Physical Resistance, free Acid Resistance so that you no longer need to worry about that, an extra Heal on top of it and Curse of Frailty being so much better at applying Resistance Reduction compared to Guardians of Empyrion.
Downside I suppose is that you have 2 more buttons to press.
Thank you so much 
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Hey =)
Did this build change with 1.2? seems like a fun build just want to make sure it still works =)
Im going to try to clear the full game.
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zero changes. build is same for 1.2 and works fine
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Thank you very much =) have a wonderfull day!
Tagging you since after replying, I got curious and tried out some alterations to the build
While the old build is still usable, decided to change the relic and get rid of Warcry and went with a slightly different devotion setup. 2 less buttons and build has more dps now than before + more tankiness.