Probably not going to happen since FG is already in a stage of active testing but Witch Hunters are a bit left behind in terms of gear since Acid gear sucks and Deathmarked set is just okay (althought still awkward and works better on Infiltrator).
And class combo has absolutely insane potential with double resist reduction for both cold and acid. There is a problem however: there are no spells either of the classes has that can unlock that potential and utilize two elements. So my idea is to make a set (or remake Venomblade) that offers an auto-attack that can be used with Nightblade’s WPS. It can be just two weapons or five items, it doesn’t matter, all set has to do is offer an autoattack that has both Acid and Cold in it and convert some of wps physical/pierce to cold/acid.
Set should also have one weapon with pure acid weapon damage and one with pure cold.
I can see useless forgotten Venomblade set remade into this. And before you say, hey, it’s too op, can’t have so much fun, I will kindly point you towards Infiltrators/Spellbinders/Tacticians/Purifiers that not only reap the rewards of double resist reduction but also have TONNS of dedicated gear tailored for all kinds of gameplay.
I don’t see why Witch Hunters can’t have 1 set that is dedicated exclusively to them.
They did show a Witch Hunter set, but it was for chaos. If they did make another set, I foresee it involving some type of damage conversion, reducing it to just cold or acid. I agree that acid/poison sets are pretty bad (aside from Deathguard). It would be nice to see some new acid sets or for some old ones to get reworked.
Witch Hunter needs some love, that is true.
Especially Melee Witch Hunters get outclassed, which is a shame in my opinion since Witch Hunters are basically the Assassins in the game and they should be the most viable Dual Wielders. DW Witch Hunters get outclassed easily by DW Infiltrators though.
I have played a ton of WH as you can see:
The problems IMO are:
If you want to ramp up the damage to compete with other class combinations, you have to focus on one damage type. In my case Poison/Acid. The Infiltrator in comparison can diversify the damage types without losing anything because the gear will carry him (Nex/Ortus Set, Elemental Balance Ring Sets for example) and the Infiltrator has his Inquisitor Seal, which is not just an amazing damage buff but also a great defensive skill with the damage absorption and resistance buffs. CoF and VoS/Nights Chill are almost a joke compared to what the Infiltrator can do.
I don’t know if a Cold/Acid Set could fix that lack/is enough but please look into the WH, especially the Melee ones.
IRC, JoV had 11sec dummy kill poison WH with 2 Deathguard blades.
After SS nerf WH were mostly a dead class. Squishy, low dmg, permanent mana Pita, mediocre AoE etc.
After Dual blade buff they are no longer so squishy, but due to awful gear support they still underperforming. I hope to see some changes in 107 that bring them back to assassin level of DMG output. #NoMoreSexToysPlzCrete, thanks.
True, specially the Energy- and the mediocre AoE part. Again, there is no insentive to play a WH when you have Infiltrator. Infiltrator: No Engergy issues, no gear problems, potentially strong AoE (gear options + AoE skills), multiple damage types without losing anything, strong defense without losing mobility.
Unrelated to WH I do want a cold/acid legendary set for Nightblade
NB have 4 pure Sets! Deathmaker, Acid sextoy, Demonslayer and pierce sextoy. And on top of it 2 multi-class sets - Deathguard and memetongue.
Mageslayer, Belgothian as well. Nightblade has plenty of sets really, just not cold/acid. Feels like an argument against another set, actually :undecided:
Kobra too. Fluff` say that Spellbinder is GD richboy, but judging from the amount of sets NB is clearly ahead in this area.
BTW there is no AA replacer for WH and no acid cord. How about turning venomblade from memebuild intro a new Belgothian? Add +1 NB/Occultist belt to set and Belgo worth AA replacer with chaos to acid conversion? Sounds good? Also Crete could improve WPS on Venomblade set, they suck >_>
Venomblade can easily be good if they also add 100%phys to acid conversion to RoS and also CDR. Why on earth do those weapons have to deal physical damage? I get that it’s a sword and a dildo so please add full phys-acid conversions.
Also: NB is like that kid who owns hundreds of cheap toys. Binder owns a few but those are easily worth twice the first kid’s fortune.
While I agree with the Conversion and the CDR side of things you still have to deal with the energy issue, especially with the CDR. How would you solve that? With another medal? So far Basilisk Marks seem to be the Meta to get Pierce to Acid conversion to RoS.
Ectoplasm and Arcane Spark :p. Will it be sad to give up Runebound Topaz? Yeah sure, but not having Topaz on rings doesn’t make a build unplayable, especially looking at those PB WH builds who can’t run campaign without chugging those green things on their rings.
Occultist need something to deal with mana pita. Nearly every build with occultist in spec end as pot-junkie.
One of the reason why I prefer PB Reaper over PB WH >_>
Binder is a class though rather than mastery. :rolleyes:
The compromises/sacrifices to get a WH on par with other Classes are just too high. We need something here.
#MakeMeleeWitchHuntersGreatAgain
Finally this took off 
Also, I feel like rich boy of GD is definitely Soldier. Crate adores this class and just spoils it with insane gear every patch and expansion. Also Inquisitor, but that’s obvious.
And Nightblade does have a lot of toys but as x1x2 pointed out those are mostly cheap toys and meme level sets.
#MakeMeleeWitchHuntersGreatAgain
#MakeCasterWitchHuntersGreatAgain (because DEE is below mediocre and Dreeg’s set is a disaster)
Cold/Acid DEE WHEN :rolleyes:
also, I feel like rich boy of GD is definitely Soldier.
Soldier was the Inquisitor of the base GD. It definitely is favored in many ways.
because DEE is below mediocre and Dreeg’s set is a disaster
This is not isolated to WH. DEE is bad for every combo. In fact, WH is good enough that it can make arguably the best mess out of this bad skill, more so than any other combo! - in terms of relying on DEE acid alone. Shaman and Necro have their own inherent strengths/skills to compensate for the lacking transmuted vit DEE.
That’s a sick idea! Add Cold/Frostburn damage to DEE set and some +skills to Nightblade. Rework set bonuses into something like “50% of vitality damage converted to cold and 50% of acid converted to cold”. And you got yourself a really cool set that supports two different elements and it makes sense.
This and a melee set with pure cold and pure acid weapon and an auto-attack replacer or some respectable amount of cdr for SS or Ring of Steel.
But something tells me that Crate is going to do three more items for Forcewave and few more for Rune of Haggarad and the set that has a chaos auto-attack will be abused by Deceivers with Harbinger set and will make chaos WH look silly.