no idea, just is 
hence why i opted for the Cadence approach despite minimal mods
edit. - yep, markovian derp definitely seem like the way to go https://www.grimtools.com/calc/RVvYKpz2
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i wanted to do a stupid thing before finishing up the day, so i did two
Pseudo pass-through Solael Arbalest Warlord https://www.grimtools.com/calc/RZRdlz02
VoS Phys Death Knight https://www.grimtools.com/calc/nZoa1x92 because why not suffer as much as possible 
^135k Cadence sheet dps on that bad boi right there 
- yep pretty sure sucks about as much as it can. Someone should have said something 
The Arbalest Warlord was actually fairly decent, surprisingly, and weaving RF for speed/res, didn’t feel awkward or interrupting, and the dmg and sustain was fairly fine
-i honestly did not expect it to do half as well or be a quarter as enjoyable as it was
I had no idea that menhirs will worked with ranged weapons.
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oh you should have seen it before when it really broke the rules and still included 1pt blitz+blindside for mobility 
cheers for the late evening pointer Ulvar 
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Decided to update my Harra Sabo, and give it a new and little extra spin 
- courtesy of a few greens 
one order of Frosty Cocktail and Cold Jacks coming up 
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/qNYrKjB2
looking at it i thought it would be really squishy… - i wasn’t totally wrong, but; i wasn’t totally right either 
, and it feels nice despite the tiny piano
might just be i like this more than chaos jacks
Tomo mentioned it might do without GG, haven’t run it in cruci at all yet and haven’t tried without in SR so far, but might be worth a go to knock off those 5pts 
edit.
Cleared SR80, GG doing about nothing there given HP is in 1shot reach, so most things was taken cared of at range combat or brief close range+rapid disengage cheese
-did run into Mad Queen boss room, which pretty much hard counters this squishy snow tosser 
.
Didn’t run into Korvaak, or Fabby, i imagine it’s basically gonna be 1shot “hello; Goodbye”
against those 
Breezed through Cruci 150-170, poor Kuba 
, unsure if i’m brave enough to do that without GG, or banners
another EoR Dervish,
this time we’re doing a real wonky hybrid bastard with Earthsplitters, dual RR, and a couple of pets; Physical EoR with complementary bleed shenanigans:
the yes i drink mana pots EoR Dervish https://www.grimtools.com/calc/L2JRzeE2
^scales setup version for better mana/less chugging but little less “oomph” https://www.grimtools.com/calc/mN4OyWrZ
sports about 200k sheet dps per usual EoR style,
literally no clue how effective/worthwhile the dual RR devo setup is, was purely for max Blade Spirit lulz, since we have 100% conversion on its cold and pierce already, figured why not just go for the trifecta 
suggests 1pt into Shadow Strike for better movement
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slightly green’ified regular bleed Trickster, could be greener, could be less 
RROD https://www.grimtools.com/calc/O2Gg4Bn2
stuff could be shuffled around, diff weap augs, not totally sucky elemental resist rolls would allow a diff chest component 
now, why rune of ishtak you might ask, why not wendigo? - simple, no other rune than Ishtak exists anymore
ok, then why waste a point on Ring of Frost transmuter? because that thing is cheesy af in both SR chunks and Cruci, and combined with Ishtak CC (+ shadow strike back), you can chain some pretty hilarious interrupts
Beronath’s Earthsplitting Reaper https://www.grimtools.com/calc/a2EEwGb2
it’s weird, for some reason it feels clunky, despite my other reapers not
haven’t run it in Cruci yet, doubt it will do well, it’s squishy and dmg obviously isn’t the best,
have only done 1 pass in SR65, not even 75 or 80 yet (later), not sure it will survive with these overcaps
devos keep nagging me too
I think you should forget about cold damage and use 2x Earthsplitter. Use MI shoulder that have aether>physical conversion. You can also use krieg’s gloves, and definitely Harbinger of Souls and Beronath obviously. Forget about raw physical damage, focus on converted ones. Or you can also use 3 piece Targo and use Lethal Assault aswell but it will require a lot of skill points. And you should stick with Scales and invest extra points into Oleron or even Empyrion.
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that’s what i’m doing
krieg’s gloves wont work, there is no attack speed to be had, the build is starved for, and it doesn’t give any +skills worthwhile. Might aswell grab Obsidian grasps then.
Likewise Harbinger means losing OA and DA that’s already in short supply, for a dmg boost that ends up sorta equal, and all it does is allow attack speed shuffling
and there is no points for lethal assault aside from a 1-1 and having +skills handling the rest, otherwise again losing wps/OA/DA/speed, and the flat gain was minimal, while the item swap caused a bigger loss, and couldn’t be arsed with weaving ABB on top of everything too for like a mere 2000 dmg gain
didn’t use green shoulders because trying to keep it less green, but also because the stats on the shoulders were kinda perfect fitting as is, 0 conversion aside
all in all the way i counted it getting 100% cold conversion gave better returns than 100% pierce. We’ve got cold on execution, and necrotic edge, flat cold on soul harvest, bit of cold in blade spirit, ill omen, night’s chill etc etc etc. Meanwhile sources of pierce are only Dual Blades and Whirling Death with a smidgen on Blade spirit and Azrakaa proc - which makes the earthsplitter sorta more for meme sake than efficiency at that point i guess
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/RZRdkGr2
Check this, a bit piano but stats are playable. OA is a bit low for Assassin’s Mark though.
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and has less dmg through RR, same flat dmg, sheet might appear higher but it’s just converted dmg types there is no RR, like ele, and actual phys dmg remains the same aside from a little trauma
subpar proccer (imo) on azrakaa makes it sorta questionable to take to begin with
400 oa lower
and such
that was sorta how i looked before i swapped to Revenant and azragor etc,
main thought immediately being LoE would be better, but without Ill omen you just waste procs on subpar triggers - so might aswell use it for DR too, don’t get enough OA attack speed so on and forth
just lower stats overall except for res overcaps because LoE route really makes them easier
keeping in mind i said it felt clunky to play already before ABB weaving
Then use Marcell Scepter and focus on Aether>Physical conversion. You need an AA, if not beronath then troll rage. I tried with Cold Reaper with Scourge Strike. 2,4 sec CD. Massive damage, fully cold, put on lmb and start spamming, build had %100 wps chance so even default attacks was strong enough. But guess what, then test it with Beronath, replaced relic into Serenity which provided +1 LA/SH; compared the numbers, beronath was better, leech was better, stats were better. Using default attack is not worth it believe me, stats might look the same but you gain a lot from it.
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troll rage isn’t worth it here, i tried, it’s a huge loss even
as far as beronath, with the current setup the res just can’t handle the loss, and it doesn’t feel much smoother/faster, tho i have no cruci comparison for this setup or beronath yet, if it’s anything like aether reaper using beronath it might be a thing if the resists weren’t so tight
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I don’t know the exact WD on AA x WD on WPS math though beronath provide you %24 + %2,4(didn’t count the flat values) more damage on every basic attack plus it will multiply with WPS which I think worth better than %10 RR or %25 aether>physical conversion.
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did another silly green thing
The 'murican Acid Vroom Dream of Gildam Arcanum https://www.grimtools.com/calc/D2pr76eZ
probably not fully done yet, low DA, could use bit more health maybe, a sustain devo probably wouldn’t be bad , but that’s neither here nor there, because:
i have no idea how to control this thing
it is the most chaotic thing i’ve ever tried, which is weird since it uses like 3-4½ buttons
died like a million times to Fabby in SR65 because i kept skating through him so he’d SS blade whirl me - i blame not being able to have VM on LMB 
died a glorious chaotic death in cruci because is was skating when i should aegis’ing and aegising when i should skate through packs
it’s hilariously entertaining and messy omg my piloting sucks , i think there might be something there, if the aforementioned points could be tweaked a little higher
a Trozan Sigil Rune of Hagarrad Deceiver https://www.grimtools.com/calc/nZoaB7v2
this time gildam arcanum wasn’t for the lulz , actually desired the cast speed suffix it provided, potential RoH reset i just call a bonus
green gloves because apparently cold/ele gloves are crap alround ? 
, just need cast speed affix and bleed or pierce res, should be plenty to choose from
did sr80 with the annoying ele res mutator, against fabby zantarin and mossi, just needed Kuba for the cold quartet 
- mana is kinda a bummer, juust killed fabby as i went dry, which seems to be theme in 1v1 fights against tougher targets
does splendidly in Cruci tho 
Edit. improved mana handling https://www.grimtools.com/calc/a2EE6MJ2 - “solving” the rest using Duncan energy regen craft bonus, yes you read that right, we are using Duncan for crafting, possibly world’s first Duncan bonus build?
^big thanks to @Evil_Baka and Jens for helping fix mana to make it playable 
slapped some greens and conversion items on to a Trickster and gave it a lot of friends:
Tricky Chilly Pets https://www.grimtools.com/calc/lV7OY0dV (greedy devos)
tiny bit more sensible devo setup https://www.grimtools.com/calc/a2dXMBJ2
(depending on cast speed rolls might not even need the specific double affix on bloodsworn ring)
originally i wanted to use CDR Tempest on a non-lightning build, turned out it was way too greedy a devo route for remotely half okay stats with cold items, so it ended up this way instead
found it highly entertaining 
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fairly squishy in SR, low DA/low Phys res, but can get through with a bit of care, and letting pseudo pets do their thing
Crucible was like like 90% standing in the middle and just spamming chain lightning + pets off CD - with a timed Blade Barrier and Ishtak during the big boss waves to overcome the squish
Cold Cocktails & Mortar sauce https://www.grimtools.com/calc/O2Gg1rG2
conversion is the easy part, stacking enough +skills resulted in this thing suddenly turning very green (as usual)
did SR80 against Fabby and Mossi with ease despite resistant and shattered mutators
now it just needs some shiny blue flame FX transmutation
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Infernal Knight chaos BWC Purifier chugger galore https://www.grimtools.com/calc/q2mAmYr2
mana is big deal on this thing, even in Cruci with buffs and banners it chugs mana pots, and outside it regen is so low you go dry even while spamming pots on CD
that said, it managed SR65 within timer despite waiting for pot CD/full mana after each larger fight. Survived Lokarr and Morgoneth with neutral mutators and a cluster, and Cruci 170 with buffs+banners
Dmg is fine, health sustain is bare minimal if not a little below, and as mentioned mana sustain is non-existent outside Cruci boosters, but feels fun despite it
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