I was trawling the forums, looking into EoR after a lengthy, lengthy absence from the game, and all I found were two handed builds featuring “Gutsmasher.” It’s obviously tailor-fit for EoR. It has plus weapon damage % to EoR, great attack speed, and a neat proc. It does it all, including one thing I absolutely hate: it changes the damage type to physical. It seems odd that the main cookie cutter option (and the very neat Vitality Oppressor) completely bypasses EoR’s fire damage type. Like, WTF, why isn’t there a two handed fire option? I get that you can dual wield single handed options, but from how I understand it, the off hand is just a stat stick in EoR. It’s cool to look at, but it doesn’t do much for the damage.
Which is why Ember’thil caught my eye. This seems like a confused weapon. It’s made for a class combination that doesn’t have any weapon pool skills, and it changes the effects of the skills tied to those trees. On the face of it, that makes it incredibly niche, but it has something I hadn’t seen anywhere else: huge fire damage on a two-handed weapon, and Kraken synergy in the devotion tree.
I made a super rough mock-up:
Perfect Build Without Any Flauws
Devotions are… almost nonexistent. I can’t decide if “Solael’s Witchblade” is the best choice, or what. The skills are roughly where I think they need to be, but I’m not 100% sold on Thermite Mines. I know it’s great for damage, but to use it, the character would have to stop channeling EoR, and that seems anathema to the build’s whole purpose.
I was curious if other people saw the potential in this and had some thoughts on the devotion tree. Or maybe, would you skip Thermite Mines too?