Got bored and checked what can be done to contribute the list. Just a theorycraft but with GDstashed weapons it should work. Here DW Aether Trickster https://www.grimtools.com/calc/M2gzOayN leaving here so someone can try.
Better test it quickly
Blaze Herald: increased Aether damage modifier for Word of Pain to 66 and removed its % Aether Resist Reduction modifier
I think it’s about WoP mods, not VoS mods.
Maybe more points in phantasmal armor for added energy leach ?
DW Melee Cold Defiler https://www.grimtools.com/calc/DV9BREWZ
Pretty squishy for SR 65-66 farm; consistent in 45-46 and farming in campaign. Kuba is not even easy in campaign but managable by kiting. I was going to delete the defiler but saw cold* variant is empty so gaved it a shot. Defiler is definitely not a melee class. The best I made is dw physical one nad I guess it’s gonna be death after x>physical armor check change.
Cold defiler:
Thanks Ford
Only 5 cold build missing … All of them Oathkeepers
Found S&B Cold Oppressor among my files https://www.grimtools.com/calc/YZebdyYN just a theorycraft, I really don’t want to test it so just sharing for anyone intrested.
Bleed Battlemage:
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/JVlz5AlN
Surprisingly tanky!
It takes a bit more time to clean up mobs since the only real AoE is War cry, but I facetanked Theodin Marcel and my health didn’t dip much (Had to use mirror once)
Damage mostly came from big crits.
Since DoT that crit keep their damage for the duration, and Battlemage has both Arcane will and fighting spirit, the damage output varies wildly from one moment to the next. But when everything lines up it’s pretty effective.
I reused an old character, so my devotions were not even leveled up (living shadow was level 3 at the end of my run)… still did well enough
Wouldn’t cooldown Blade Arc with Cadence in between make more sense? Something like this: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/qNYbk0g2
Maybe, I’ll give it a try
Cool build !
Infiltrator is now complete!
Still waiting for a non-Inquisitor class to be completed
Finished: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/p25xkXlN
Just a theorycraft for now
Maybe I’ll try it tomorrow
I did a theorycraft for an Elemental Warlord if anyone would like to test it (Or use it for inspiration for a better build to hit the Cold/Lightning Warlord marks)
Lightning Dervish:
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/qNYbp4X2
That one was really simple to play: Spin to win, SS every 2 seconds, keep Ascension and Pneumatic burst up, use Blade barrier when in trouble and let the 4 pseudo pets help out.
Got Valdaran in the boss room and my lack of Lightning RR showed… it was slow and tedious, and I’m not sure I could go much farther than SR 55 if I met him again, but everything else was an absolute breeze. (On the flip side, my devotions were super low level, including arcane bomb and Ultos, so it might be better than I think)
Dervish is now complete
And it’s the first class that isn’t part Inquisitor to do so!
Cold Wind Devil Archon - Theorycraft only
Shaman felt like the easiest way to whittle down the Cold Oathkeepers. Oathkeeper does what it does best to support: provide tons of OA and Energy Regeneration while using its good proccing skills to make the best use of the devotion map.
Tinker’s Belt, Serenity, and Wayward Soul should be plenty for passive proc healing, all helped by Oathkeeper’s Resilience and it’s increased healing effects.
For offense, Wind Devil provides -60 RR just by itself (83 if you include proccing Rumor off of it in addition) and it’s only a half-second cooldown, so you can stack Wind Devils without it being a chore.
Looks good.
I was also wondering why cold Archon wasn’t done… not that the synergy is THAT obvious, but it’s still an easy match
I’ll try and test it this weekend
Quick Cold EoR sentinel concept : https://www.grimtools.com/calc/a2EPEEvN No good cold belt, so use Pack of Deadly Means to enable DW and for +1 oathkeeper skills. No affixes on greens, but still doesn’t look that bad on paper. But I have no time to make that
Lighting EoR Sentinel should be pretty similar to that and your Dervish I guess.
This physical (!!!) warlock looks promising in theory:
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/M2gzPKBN
Both classes are absolutely reasonable here. I am just not sure whether significant investments in sigil of consumption make any sense or enemies armor will eliminate its damage. However, this is not a core skill and its points can be reinvested in something else.
Pretty nice indeed
Sigil sounds like a reasonable choice
Maybe AAR is another place to spend those points too
Or, since you’re already converting chaos, elemental and vitality, grabbing something like Reaping arc and pumping IEE and Solael’s witchfire for a lot of flat damage could work too
In any case, I think it’s wiser to wait until the next patch for anything Physical, given the changes that are coming