I love that you convert 400% Physical to Fire on Judgement lol
Honestly you could probably swap out the rings to get your OA up, the Light’s Oath ring gives you points to Judgement, Heart of Wrath has good OA AND gives you a fun proc.
This is what I would do if I was doing this build, similar to above suggestions, drop Thermite Mines and Eye of Reckoning, pick up Ascension and the Guardian’s of Empyrion for the fire debuff aura to replace the RR you got from Thermite mines.
I have never played Thermite Mines. What makes it so bad? The RR on it looks really good to me. I am fine with dumping EoR. Have never done Flashbang either.
They’re super inconsistent and have a lot of issues at the moment, essentially not work using until they receive a buff and it’s just wasted points you could be putting elsewhere.
In this case it lets us pick up Ascension , Guardian’s of Empyrion and Flashbangs which all provide different benefits and some health stat boosts and enemy debuffs.
Flashbangs are amazing for debuffing and critting enemies which will come in handy here!
There is a lot of discussion around the mines on this forum if you are interested in the details but in the end they are just too clunky to utilize well.
I know Belzzzz has posted a couple of acid retal Archon builds, focusing on Perdition and Bramblevine. I tried my hand at building around the Stoneguard set (quite original, i know). Not sure if the rest of the items are BiS or not, a couple of them serve filling the gap in resists and especially OA. Using Shaman and retal gear makes you grasping for OA like crazy.:rolleyes:
Initially i though about using Bramblevine too (just for the retal bonuses and the RF mod). But Final stop seems to be a real beast. Besides, the total ret to attack from RF added with the one from the WPS skills is gonna melt things. We’re talking over 40% of… just check page 3 of the char sheet. Shaman is the new Occultist of retal builds, just take Mog pact and vines (just as a reliable proccing tool, in this case, but they’re probably strong in their own right, with Perdition and Bramblevine) and you’re good to go.
I just wanted a class that require low amount of skill points for the “goodies” (in this case OA, resistance reduction, a nice WPS and a panic skill). Soldier is pretty high taxing on the skill points…
Plus, I have theory crafted so many warlords already
Perhaps I will do some other builds with that set some other day.
Such a badass looking set indeed. Liking the setup too. This is very good as an intermediate set for phys toons to farm legendary items and it can probably take you pretty far.
It would, but it’s pretty starved for points. Guess it could work, by ditching Aegis. Still, i’d prefer Aegis for trash clearing. Other than that, this seems tanky enough not to need Totem. It’s the first time seeing an 8k armor in grimtools :rolleyes:
As for leeching, i’ll gowith what Fluff said bout how %retal really helps. I mean, looking at those numbers, i can get why.
