Please help me optimize this 2h Cadence Warlord

Hello!

Recently been trying my hand in building, and for starters tried to tinker with my “main” char - a physical 2h cadence warlord that had this amazing build from sk_choi. I experimented a lot with gear, MIs, constellations, skill distribution, and with the help of people from this reddit thread and constellations stolen from this Warder build from mad_lee (sorry, just couldn’t find my way to Vire while keeping Azrakaa by myself) I arrived here:

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So far the build is pretty tanky, probably lost a bit of damage compared to original, but gained in survivability.

Tests so far (timings might be a skill issue):

Crucible 150-170, no buffs I ran in 7:20-8 minutes, pretty much everything is facetankable.

SR 30-31 I ran in 6:50-7:40, everything very facetankable

However, in SR 34-35 I could only facetank 2-pull reliably, and in SR 36 it’s sometimes only 1 boss, sometimes 2. The run usually takes 8:50-10 minutes.

On Celestials… Welp, Lokarr dies in 17-19 seconds. Mogdrogen I killed on original sk_choi’s build, Ravager unfightable since I never side with Barrowholm, and rest I didn’t reach yet.

So, I want to know if this build can be pushed further, closer to what we can see in top-20 builds. I’m at my wit’s end here, really want to make it work with Oleron’s Rage and Voldrak crusher, but survivability drops too hard from it. If you have any ideas on improvement, maybe optimizing skillpoints, maybe regearing - I’ll be very grateful. As long as it’s a 2h Cadence or Blitz Warlord any ideas are welcome!

Thank you for your time!

It won’t be on that level but @banana_peel pushed it pretty far:

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Hello, thanks a ton! Didn’t expect to get a whole custom build ready!

Currently testing, the damage is on the whole another level. Seen over a million damage Cadence crits! Have to be more careful, all the facetanking made me lazy, but it’s more fun this way.

Thank you and @banana_peel again, that build is awesome!

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