So i came up with some ideas and goals for the build:
The goal is a huge single target damage output, while basically neglecting any aoe to reach that goal.
Nightblade should be a pretty obvious choice due to
The stats on the Weapon itself (pierce dmg) and
double the fun with 2 of those
As i understood it the proc on the Notched Bone is a WPS and thus to guarantee the Biggest chance, we should not try to get over 100% proc chance with our WPS or pick Cadence.
Also stacking high amounts of OA should be key, as the crits are highly amplified by the crit damage on the Weapon.
So i came up with these 3 Builds each with its own pros and cons
(-Skillpoints should be balanced out with gear):
Now I am hoping to get some opinions on the builds i created or new ideas for maybe even more effective ways to build a character around that weapon.
All suggestions and critique is welcome
I am doing a Saboteur with the build, it’s not hit level 70 even (let alone 75) so i can’t say how well it works. I am not playing the game at the moment (been a while now) so a lot of my builds have come to a halt.
You have the right idea of not using Cadence, while DW-Cadence is good but it makes Notched bone almost useless as there are better weapons to go along with it. OA is pretty much the key, i still haven’t figured out what gear i’d be using as before taking a break i completed my Deathmarked so might go with it’s gear pieces (minus the weapons ofc)
Not sure about Trickster but i can say something about using Witch-Hunter, it’s squishier than Saboteur. I did some respecing in my Ordrak (my WH) and had him wield these puppies, it’s good but not nearly as good as it could be. Saboteur gives me good defensive options (Blast Shield)
P.S my inspiration for the build is something similar. Fabius never spawned with these for me, but i heard some stories here on the forums so i made this build.
After looking at both Saboteur and Trickster for this build and really liking aspects of both options, I’m tempted to split the difference with an Elementalist and get dual wield from an item.
My record is 39172 damage recieved, that was with 20% absorption so effectively was somewhere north of 47000 damage (I’m not quite sure how much damage was prevented by armour). Keep in mind that somewhere in there was 80% pierce resist. Not sure what Fabius physical/pierce ratio is but I’m assuming a decent chuck is pierce. The damage before all these reductions must have been 60000? Maybe more.
That nerf to him was welcome but it’s certainly made the game a bit more boring
So here’s one problem with a Double Notch build: NBoaTD (AKA “Boatmurdered” to its friends) only has 20% piercing. And you can’t get the Nadaan piercing bonus without wielding a sword, so that means that even with whetstones you’re not even going to get half of your physical converted.
Pairing the notch with a sword plus Nadaan means only getting half as many notch procs but probably a huge DPS boost on everything else.
), i figured, that i could try and test it out myself.
