[Feedback] About Goredrinker Tactician

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so, after recent somewhat-buffs to pierce I decided to give a spin to my old DW Goredrinker Tactician that actually never saw the light. I made multiple SR runs, here are a couple of them:

most runs are in 5:30-5:40 range. didn’t try Crucible since who even cares about it now.

so, about the build:

  • solo- and AoE-damage are kinda ok, having multi-target cadence with DoT help is nice. WoP, on the other hand, only tickles monsters instead of doing anything meaningful.
  • build has very poor resists - bleed is non-existent (even if not needed), chaos and aether are w/e, CC-resists are kinda sad, only trap is overcapped.
  • build is VERY short on OA. having barely 3k on a pierce build is a nonsense. and Goredrinker is also a heavy armor set which means you need to invest a shitton of attributes into physique just to wear it.
  • build is also very short on skill points. I had to drop seal altogether because 1) it’s a 3rd cast on a melee build with 145% cs and 2) I was in dire need of points.

What I suggest?

  • add flat and/or % OA to the set. sth like 50 OA on the shoulders and 5% on helm will go a long way. also, maybe, Unknown Soldier could get an OA bump.
  • change fire>pierce to ele>pierce conversion, or simply add 100% ele>pierce for WoP modifier. this will allow it to probably deal SOME damage.
  • replace some of the vit res on the set with freeze/stun res, since they’re kinda lacking and vit res is aplenty.
  • change the flat phys on ammy’s proc to pierce since phys cannot be converted and makes little sense all in all (and maybe lower it’s cd a bit).
  • Reaver’s Claw can get some love. +1 target and some flat to Cadence, compared even to Nightclaw, is a pretty poor bonus.

so, did you have any experience with pierce in total and maybe Goredrinker as well? if yes, please share your opinion here.

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Seconding the OA especially. Also, by the grace of god, please make pierce cadence gear that gives points to the base skill instead of fighting form. The 4 piece set bonus can easily be a +3 cadence instead.

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Thirding (don’t care if it’s not a word) the OA suggestion, i always give up on a build with the Goredrinker set because i always get an abysmal OA value (and i do full cunning investment).

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Absent OA, very squishy and that fire to pierce conversion doesnt really help (should really be changed to ele to pierce).

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Totally agree on these suggestion, and fourthing(?) the OA increase. Any Goredrinker build I tried seems to must include Inqui AoConviction to have acceptable OA. I don’t mind if the set 3p bonus reduced from 24% health to 20% if we can get 5% to OA somewhere in the set or in shoulder piece.