Grey Knight Daemonhunter - 2H Melee Aether/Elemental Cadence Tactician
- 3/4 Bonemonger Set for
Aether /Elemental bonuses, Seal buffs & -RR% - Scion of Arcane Force with Mark of the Dreadblade and the Discord Transmuter change Cadence to a true Aether /Elemental powerhouse!
- 21/12 Inquisitor Seal & 15/12 Aura of Censure for added tankiness
- ~1800% Aether /~2300% Elemental Damage before Spirit Bonus
- -88% Aether /-66% Elemental (plus additional -35% Lightning RR)
(vs Dummy with all buffs active via DPYes)
Build Comment: In celebration of @ceno (the resident Cadence Master of the GD forum community) posting a DDD Build, I just dreamed up and slapped together this absolute unit of a character. Continuing in the footsteps of my previous Warhammer 40k DDD Build (Sanguinius the Great Angel), this one just fits a Grey Knight Daemonhunter perfectly! The grey and gold armor from the Justicar Guard Set and the perfectly matching look from a Steward’s Halberd combined with the Inquisitor’s Seal, Aura of Censure and the Inquisitor class itself rounds out the Grey Knight theme.
Overall the build plays smoothly and has only a few buttons to use in active combat. The 2 second CD Inquisitor Seal proves helpful for absorbing incoming damage while it BURNS THE HERETIC! Aether /Elemental Cadence with all the buffs slaps pretty hard, especially with the high OA/Crit Damage. Discord and the Item Modifiers work in opposite directions while applying juicy flat damage for both damage types. The TDM, added 3 targets, attack arc and ADCtH bonuses to spread the Cadence love to the Heretics and Abominations. Here are all those sweet modifiers applied to Cadence:
Note: Cadence with these modifiers does not hit as hard as it could since Tactician is a single -RR% class combo.
To aid in balancing the damage, the use of the Magelord Set counteracts the global conversion from the Scion of Arcane Force nice and evenly to make the procs either split their damage into both forms or to swap and maintain what damage they already have. Arcane Currents and Elemental Seekers help to fatten the DPS of the character perfectly.
I hope you enjoy this character as much as I did making it!
LET US CLEANSE CAIRN OF THE AETHERIAL, CH’THONIC AND ELDRITCH ABOMINATIONS!
Stay tuned for more WH40k DDD Builds to come in the future per order of the God Emporer (my son)!