Hey all, I wanted to try two demo builds; a sorcerer and a commando.
The Commando I wanted to try is melee, probably sword and board, tanky and with retaliation damage, with DPS focused on physical/fire/lighting/burn damage(in this order probably).
This, http://grimcalc.com/build/WZGCrf , is a build I theoryzed. At the moment I’m just leveling with canister bomb and grenado, but asap I’ll switch to the actual build.
I still don’t know which devotions to take, but probably reflection/hp/armor/proc in hit devotions.
Any kind of suggestion or opinion is welcome
I find retaliation builds to have a very poor clear speed. But if that’s what you’re after your build will do fine.
I would take at least 1 point into ZT/MA and not go so deep into “decorated soldier”. You’re better off going for armor reduction/physical resist reduction rather than trying to get +50% physical damage. Your easiest option is to just invest into “break morale”.
Reitaliation build is so fast ad effective if u pass out ranged/caster mob, for examble fabius and boc are not so bad in term of clear speed, just dont do some bosses like jhon in edge of reality o the boss before logorrhean .
Brimstone over Fire strike, definitely if you use a 1-hander. Make sure you have enough skill point bonuses to get Static and Brimstone to at least 20/12.
Don’t focus on retaliation/reflect imo. Build around Static strike, and leave retaliation as a useful dmg boost vs mobs.
That’s what I wanted to do; firstly normal dps, and then retaliation as a bonus; I already have my full retaliation/reflect character, I don’t need an other!
It gives also elemental resistance, thats why I took it; do you think it’s not useful?
It’s not! elemental resist is really easy to come by for most builds and the scaling is really bad. 2/8 points gives 8% ele/slow resist going up to 8/8 only bumps it up to 20%. It’s an ok 1 pointer if you’re lacking ele res and have any +all or +soldier gear. You shouldn’t struggle getting ele res though and even if you do I find it unnecessary to cap everything at 80+, you can get away with less it’s far from the end of the world unless you have a really poor healthpool. Besides that the +50% physical damage is very negligible. Slow resist is nice because being slowed fuckin sucks, but in the end it’s not that helpful even more so if you’re playing a class with dash
I would modify it to something like this if you’re not really too fussed about retaliation or heavily set into doing mostly physical damage. With enough +skills the Fire Strike line will gain a decent bonus.
The +15% Total Speed on Vindictive Flame is a nice boost to your dps and gives you decent mobility.
The reality though is to just build what you like and modify it later. I change a lot of my theory-crafted characters around Ultimate.
Currently my Sword+Board Commando is going for the 100% block chance with every “on block” proc skill I can find. Currently half way through Elite with 98% chance to block. Looks like this - http://grimcalc.com/build/48iyrs