[Feedback] Korba's set could use some defensive buffs

Grim Dawn Ideas and Feedback
#1

Finally got my hands on testing Korba Trickster with freshly buffed Korba set. Here are grimtools. Went for a bit of defensive setup in devotions (@Dmt’s idea), it certainly is needed here.

Out of four (4) Crucible 150-170 runs died twice. Here is a video of a successful run: 6:49 run. Could probably be 30 seconds faster with better and more sober piloting. Damage is not a problem. But survivability is. Even with those defenses and very high OA to frequently proc Alkamos ring proc build feels very unstable.

Suggestions:

  • Add ~10% armor to set bonus or to items.
  • Add ADCTH as a set bonus (it can be removed from procs)
  • Add Beasts damage. Fights with Kuba feel super dangerous.
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#2

I posted Korba build last week! :stuck_out_tongue: [1.1.4.1] Full Korba Trickster, no tricks and no greens, just pure melee!

So, I will not refuse buff, but the question is, do you want better defensive build or typical glass cannon? To me with Serenity +Ghoul build should be strong enough to sustain itself. The only problem really is Kuba and ridiculous blood pools and resistance. So maybe that’s a idea, racial against beasts.

Otherwise Korba set is in excellent spot right now!

#3

@mad_lee @Nery have you tested Korba with Mythical Slithscale Legwraps ? If yes, what result did you get ?

#4

+1 that Korba deserves buffs. Imo, some oa/da should be added too cuz there is no word about them in the whole set and trickster actually doesn’t swim in these stats.

#5

Korba seems very glassy and not having good DPS output

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#6

What do you mean with glassy?

I took a look at Nery´s Trickster and 36 % Physical Resistance, 3k DA, 76 % Slow Resistance and chance to apply Fumble every 1,5 sec. doesn´t seem very glassy to me.

#7

It does feel glassy in-game tho. I have similiar version, less phys res and no Serenity, but Prismatic Diamon and Aeon and it feels sketchy quite often.

Damage is there, but a bit of a buff to its defensive side won’t hurt. Build struggles with resists quite a lot.

#8

Cut some Health for Physique/DA perhaps? And some Chaos Resistance…

#9

DA can be managed, but stuff like Chaos resist or Poison resist are hard to find. If you look at my build even Bleeding resist had to be found on boots.

#10

I don’t see any problems here. The set has open shoulder slot (and optionally pants/boots) which will be able to cover any kind of resistance needed. Unless you would totally refuse to use MIs for some reasons, then well.

#11

It doesn’t work like that with Tricksters. You can’t just slap on fat defensive piece and be done with it. If you drop Silver Sentinel you are going to lose a boat load of damage. That means much less adtch and longer killing times.

#12

You can always hope for a Stonehide Kuba of Attack…but is it realistic?

#13

I have Stonehide of readiness legit in Crucible, but that’s a RNG one can’t hope for. But speaking for cold sets Deathmarked currently isn’t tougher than Korba. So I would propose to revert the nerfs to DM. Korba haven’t been good defensively in the past at least :smile:

#14

I don’t think overcapping poison res will solve its problem.

BTW, I have just tried my old DM Infiltrator spec and got 6:17 on a first try no sweat almost. Still in a different league than most autoattackers.

#15

Nah, you don`t even need stonehide, even a yellow prefix should cover all you needs. Let allone of attack suffix in crucible is borderline useless anyway. And there is plenty of options to build a Kobra outside of pantsu rolling

//About topic.
It sound like a bad joke, rly. My softcore friend could finish 150+ during ~1.0.4 era w/o DA stacking on Kobra. It was before %phyz resist on dual wield thingy madness.The set is fine as it is.

#16

I have tested it today, died 2 out of 3 times. What your friend could finish some years ago is an anecdotal evidence and is not relevant now. Try it for yourself and find out. Times of “DA is just a number” or “Armor Absorption is just a number” are a thing of a past.

#17

Git good? You know, you don`t need to stay in chuppa piss, catch meteors and facetank 4 nemesis at once?

#18

I did not die to meteors or Kuba. Mostly 169-170 and sometimes non-nemesis waves with a lot of debuffers. Build feels very shaky and incosistent. I am not sure why you are arguing here. Did you try playing as a melee in the current patch?

#19

Dude, guardian gaze proc with 12% ADCTH will keep you at full health most of the times on any high %WD build. I tried IK pyromancer with 2 grim fate`s and it steamrolled the game w/o any troubles.
How can you even die to trash on Kobra, as RoS oneshot half screen every 1.5 seconds ?

#20

We are playing different games, I guess. I have tested a lot of melee builds lately, all of them solid, you need a good doze of min-maxing for each one to make it consistent in current Crucible 150-170.

RoS doesn’t oneshot shit, look at the video. Also, melee IK Pyro “steamrolled”? X - doubt. When you make claims like that you gotta support them with videos and grimtools.