[Feedback] Voidspire and Chaos Sabo feedback and its comparison to Chaos WH

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So, the title. With the release of Voidspire weapon, I tried to make chaos sabo with it and got surprised twice in a row - firstly, by its impressive damage; secondly - with how awful it sustains.

The build I use for now: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/aZqkm0v2
And this is my WH I use too: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/O2GOln62

So, let us compare these two guys.

  1. What does Sabo have in advantage of WH?
  • Higher RR - up to -149% which is huge for chaos and which fully compensates small amount of flat chaos Sabo has;
  • Better stats like OA/DA and slow res - for WH I had to use green medal to boost my DA to 2700 at least.
  1. What does WH have in advantage of Sabo?
  • Exclusive skill with %absorb and 100% disrupt resistance
  • Twice as much of flat chaos but poor chaos RR;
  • BoD - which gives you additional phys res and an opportunity to cap other resists instead of acid;
  • Better survivability due to 2 healing abilities and probably due to better flat.
  1. What actual problems does Sabo have?
  • Hard to gather all resists - chaos, aether, acid, pierce. Also no disrupt res which is super-annoying.
  • Awful survivability - out of approx. 10 runs in Crucible I never managed to complete 150-170 at least once. The situation is even worse in SR while WH can faceroll SR75-76.
  • Lack of skill points so we can’t afford taking BWC for extra aoe and support, e.g

VIDEOS: 2 runs in Crucible, deaths at 160. The best result was achieving 169 and dying in a lag. Nice.

What I actually suggest?

  • Voidspire - add +1 to NB, remove mod to Deadly Aim. Change the conversion to FS to 100% ele->chaos. If possible, add sth like 15-18% damage absorb to Flame Touched. Maybe this will help a bit, or, if this is not possible, boost survivability in another way.
  • Demonbone Legplates - replace vit res with aether res as gathering vit res is not a problem for chaos builds.
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Nice tests.

I am not that surprised Chaos Sabo is weak, although damage on paper looks strong. With Deadly Aim modes, it’s interesting to try Purifier. No exclusive skill but should have good RR, deadly Aim with DG will boost chaos % damage and WPS from component. Fire and Chaos because of the component are the two damage types that are possible to do as DW with skipping Nightblade mastery.

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I can’t say Sabo is weak (as for me, it means mainly that it has poor damage output) but it’s too glassy even for a glasscannon. So, you can get oneshotted with Lokarr’s fire waves and can activate Ghoul after only a slight glance at you in SR.
Actually, you’ve played WH so you know how sturdy it is, especially in comparison with his junior brother.

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I too want 30-36% damage absorption for free.

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Me too!!!

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Why does the Saboteur have 4/16 Dual Blades? Even when discounting BoD, it has 11 less phys res

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