for my first time i would play a melee so i decided to made a death knight.
I’ve seen some builds for aether/vitality damage but all of them are with 2h weapon and use cadence while i would use 1h + shield ( i love tanks) and blade arc.
But blade arc, as cadence too, are phisical/bleeding damage so how can i increase his damage with vitality/aether?
This is my build idea, is just an idea, so please help me to understand better how made it.
Build I’m currently working on that you may like. I saw the sword Edge of Death and decided I wanted to make a build around it. Level 54, still working my way through Veteran in Malmouth. I tried to go on to Elite at 41, but hit a wall. I hadn’t done the expansion yet so I figured I would check it out and level up more. Note, I don’t have any of the gear on there, and that may not even be final, still playing around with stuff. The points left I’m still not sure whether to put into maxing Siphon Souls or just dump that skill and upgrade the bottom Soldier passives some more.
The idea of the build though is to just use the weapon attack procs Zolhan Tech, Markovian Adv, Reaping Strike, Necrotic Edge to have a 100% replacement for your attack. It’s working pretty well so far, and is really really fun. I’m using a Mistborn Talisman at the moment, but plan on replacing it once I have another thing for my attack. I’ve got plenty of ways to regain health, including in my devotions (bonus Tip the Scales proc themes with all of the other Necro stuff) and am already pretty tanky just because of that. With both Military Cond and Spectral Binding, I’ll have a ton of hp. Will see how this all translates into upper Elite and Ultimate though.
If you want I’ll keep you updated as I progress through the higher difficulties.
I’d go two-handed to begin with, as Spectral Binding makes you incredibly tanky (not to mention it blows up mobs too). I’ve got that icy scythe, the name of which escapes me, and even though my build is aether-based I’m just destroying everything on Veteran.
When I hit the wall, I’ll switch to S&B but for now my 2-H guy is a load of fun (I’m at level 44 btw).
As far as a build goes, I went for the aether bomb proc on cadence and some minor buffing stuff. I’m minded to go Kraken (obvs) then re-spec later when I dump the 2-H approach.
Dude this is really impressive! I don t had experience in build without attack skill and i tought was useless but no! Is really powerful. I m only 19lv but with base attack is a costant proc of secondary skill. Is really fantastic. I ve to kill Krieg on Burrwitch and i have no fear!!!
Thanks for answer dude. I m trying to avoid cadence i don t like it. For devotions i would try take bat and wendigo to increase vitality damage and health conversion but is just an idea for nkw.
There is just, one, big problem that i didn’t consider: arcblade isn’t a default attack so all secondary skills like markovian advantage or reaping strike didn’t work! :mad:
So, now, play with bladearc without others secondary skills or play with cadence (boring) with secondary skills?