CONCEPT
It all began with a meme build I made for my Apostate : Double Blazeheart (Vitality to Fire conversion), Double Inquisitor Runes + Ravenous Earth, with some nasty Devotions linked to them. It was fun, had good damage but was so squishy. <<<<< Gimmick APostate: Grimtool 1.0.6.1 >>>>>
Here’s a greenless updated version for 1.0.7.1 - Edit: 02/15/2019
The Runebinder Set + Double Runes concept seemed viable though. I exported it to my Tactician (spamming forcewave is kinda boring after a while) and settled for a tanky build with the Stronghold set in addition.
This a :
Double Rune (Hagarrad and Kalastor)
Double Damage (Fire and Cold)
Double Archetype (Ranged and Shield)
NB : I swore myself to never build a G&B toon. And here I am …
EQUIPMENT[ul]
[li]Double Set : Runebinder + Stronghold[/li]
[li]Double « Mythical Reign of Ice and Fire » is key to the RP part of the build.[/li]
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DEVOTIONPATH
That’s an original path I wanted to use for a long time, not finding a build that it could suit. Job Done.
Notable constellations : Magi, Blind Sage, Attak Seru and Leviathan.
GAMEPLAY
Double Runes and WPS everyone to Death.
Cadence (Elemental Storm)
RoH (Fissure) Cold with Fire.
RoK (Whirlpool) Fire with Cold.
PROS AND CONS
+
Visually interesting to play
Solid (Soldier, Shield, WoR, IS)
Decent kiting: Rune and Run!
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Lacks OA despite RoH DA shred.
Mobility (not for long – : next expansion hype !)
Moving targets (KupaCabana for instance)
LOKARR FIGHT
Easy Fight, though the low OA make it a 1 min 20 sec encounter on average. If you have a strat’ to block him under the Runes, I’m all ears.
It’s very fun to play both visually and tactically (rune placement). Defence is very good indeed.
I don’t play crucible that much (I don’t know the buff/debuff mechanics/meta that well) but compared to my other builds that I know perform OK in crucible, it lacks OA to be timer-competitive I think.
My Devotion path is, I think, kind of a “meme / RP” one with all the big elemental constellation procs. The DPS is not constant nor burst but “crescendo”, increasing with every rune exploding.
The Devotion path could easily been tweaked toward a more focused path for Crucible viability. But, as I said, I lack the knowledge to change a Campaign/Lokarr build into a good Crucible one.
Boots: we have Overguard but we need some reduced stun duration anyway. And there’s not a lot of choice in this slot. Stormtitans is an option, but lightning damage is useless here. That’s why I chose Greaves.
Pants: frankly, any good pair of pants with some elemental damage/OA/DA would do:
Link 1 has good stats and more points for Inq’ Seal. But Link 5 has +2 points in Artifact handling; Link 6 better armor … Make your choice! There’s a lot of room because the build is not resistance/augment dependent.
NB: I realised I had a hidden point lost in Artifact Handling. Grimtool changed accordingly.
