I’ve had this on the files for a bit, and since I can’t play it currently (hence why so much TC and boredom), …maybe it can generate some interest in this fun meme which imho looks fairly solid on paper:
Spirits and Shells : Reap Spirits double-dip … hybrid pet build
- Can have 2 MT, 5 decently powerful Wraiths, Damaging TM. Wraiths are Vit/Aether
- Sustain is Wendigo, Fangs, and Siphon.
- Circuit breakers: Blast Shield, Frez Devotion, Unlife, MoT
- RR is vit:90% + aether:121%, not counting RR from Reap or Bysmiel.
- The biggest drawback is that Reap reduced RR is single target…which is ok for bosses but not so much for AoE. But…Bysmiel Authority skill does give huge AoE 20 reduced RR for a short duration - albeit only every 25 sec.
- A filler component skill could be added like fully-converted Stormfire(AoE) or purge (Adcth) but I’m not sure that it is needed and cast speed is not that high. If more AoE is needed, then probably could juggle more points into “The Big One”.
- I think that Reap Spirits pets have enough Resists and damage such that they are not going to wilt very rapidly, which could mean that 5 are on the map regularly with 1s refresh… Also resists could be further increased by augment changes. And Searing Light helps with Fumble.
Skill cycle would be Omen, Siphon, MT, Mines, Reap. With with Hungering Void and Call of the Grave active when available. Searing Light and Bysmiel Authority when needed.
(I was going to call it “hybrid build that doesn’t rely 90% on pets” but hah, TM, MT, Arcane bomb are all player-scaled pets… so it is technically all pets!)
Edit: Tweaked it a bit: Spirits and Shells v2
- BWC as something to do in between Reap Spirits. Also better AoE RR. Topped “The Big One”
- slow resist was needed for both char and reap spirits, other resists were overkill
- tweaked the dev path slightly. Added Aetherfire (Staff of R was overkill).
- swapped some items for better fit. Removed Flashbang and Siphon, but it could be added back in. (Also possible alt dev path: Wendigo, Aetherfire, Sailor swapped for Scales - then no investment needed in Agonizing to free up some skill points…)
And finally, I missed these rings - which can juggle resists a bit better and add some more (~250%) pet damage for likely the best mix (Pet max 1100% + ~400% vit + 75% aether ; character max ~1600% aether + 2100% vit ) :
Spirits and Shells v3
I won’t get around to testing this - so feel free to modify and test.