Is this possible? I’m still torn on what character I actually want to play and since I had made a post about a tank earlier, it occurred to me that I don’t think I’ve seen any builds for the latest patch that are pure physique shield setups. Is that because they aren’t particularly viable anymore? I know Warders can get to some really great tank setups but they aren’t generally pure physique. I was looking through soldier and thought it might be interesting to try and see if there were any ultimate viable 1-2 skill wonder setups for it, they have so many buffs and passives after all. Could it work? Not sure what I would include with soldier though, but would definitely need something to get more stat points and maybe even more buffs/passives? I have no idea where to begin though, especially with the gigantic devotion charts.
I wouldn’t even be opposed to doing it without a shield but that seems like it would be kind of needed for a build like this. I know Mad Sorc can get pretty tanky and can actually go pure physique but I have to imagine we can go even tankier than a dual pistol setup.
Maybe Battlemage? You would get Inner Focus and Arcane Will as passives, and in melee AW would likely be on fairly consistently. Of course you also get Mirror and SoP, assuming this build would even need Mirror? Maybe Iskandra also since spirit will be fairly low.
I’m not the best planner in the world, not sure how to go about this one =/
Maybe Battlemage? You would get Inner Focus and Arcane Will as passives, and in melee AW would likely be on fairly consistently. Of course you also get Mirror and SoP, assuming this build would even need Mirror? Maybe Iskandra also since spirit will be fairly low.
I’m not the best planner in the world, not sure how to go about this one =/
Maybe try to get tree of life, dryad, and other things like that on top of +phys damage and OA/DA? I mostly have only vague ideas of what I’m doing ^^;
Honestly I just want to make sure I’m not wasting my time trying this.
Maybe Battlemage? You would get Inner Focus and Arcane Will as passives, and in melee AW would likely be on fairly consistently. Of course you also get Mirror and SoP, assuming this build would even need Mirror? Maybe Iskandra also since spirit will be fairly low.
I’m not the best planner in the world, not sure how to go about this one =/
Maybe try to get tree of life, dryad, and other things like that on top of +phys damage and OA/DA? I mostly have only vague ideas of what I’m doing ^^;
Honestly I just want to make sure I’m not wasting my time trying this.
I recently started a 1h + shield witchblade using physique + bleed dmg with blade arc.
The final build if I don’t die before it happens (I play HC only) should be something like that : http://grimcalc.com/build/SCnRiX
For devotions choose offensive ones since you get all the defense you’ll ever need from the skills.
Is a Witchblade going to be as tanky as a Battlemage? I’m still looking for a setup that can more or less facetank the game. I know Warder can mostly do it but they aren’t generally a pure physique setup
A witchblade will take more dmg per hit but will heal and regen a lot more than a battlemage. Curse of Frailty will also debuff the enemies defenses for your main dmg type so your attacks will pack more punch.
You also have the option of using the hellhound to take some hits for you.
I tried to make a pure physique soldier but found in the later areas and Elite I struggled to hit anything so had to put some into cunning and Nightblade.