i’m absolutely unsure about the second class. The first idea was to take the Occultist, get 32 Mastery Points and pick up Solaels Witchblade, Curse of Frailty and Blood of Dreeg+Aspect of the Guardian.
The second idea was the Schaman. Max the mastery, take Primal Bond because of the Physical and Bleeding Bonus and leave the Soldier mastery at 32 points. So i will also lose 12% Offensive ability from Olerons Rage. Schaman would be a more defensive option, i guess, because of the Wendigo Totem and Heart of the Wild. And of course the Damage absorb from Primal Bond.
By the way, this will be a softcore Character.
I also build a Devotion Tree. Maybe someone hast the time to look at it and tell me how it looks like:
Just be wary that if you take Primal Bond you can’t take neither Oleron’s Rage nor Menhir’s Bulwark, so you won’t need 50 points in soldier.
As for your devotion setup - looks more or less okay, but personally I won’t go Revenant, Viper, Jackal and Harpy. I think I would swap Harpy for Shepherd’s Crook and invest other points somewhere else, like Targo’s hp nodes and Behemoth.
Enemies only bleed if you apply bleeding damage. Weapon doesn’t matter.
I think shaman is a great combo. Get a 2h weapon, savagery as main att, arc blade with transmuter for more dmg, devouring swarm for -%bleed res, primal bond for dmg mittigation and more dmg. And try getting some more OA from devotion tree and gear, to compensate not using oleron.
I have a 2H physical warder and I tried to like Blade Arc better than Cadence or Savagery but I just can’t. With all the AOE I have from devotion procs, procs and activated abilities on items, and activated abilities on components, the “single target” skills clear packs just as fast as Blade Arc, with better single-target damage and no energy consumption issues.
And then factor in the fact that BA is melee range only. Most packs don’t surround you all at once, they stagger up one or two at a time, so having more than one or two mobs actually in melee range at the same time is not the most common scenario. Sure, you could hold your attack and wait to get surrounded before firing off your arc, but that’s hardly efficient play; if you’re killing them as fast as they arrive it’s probably not going to be 5 at a time most of the time.
tl;dr use case for Blade Arc doesn’t justify the energy management issues or the relative weakness vs bosses. You’re better off with Cadence or Savagery plus AOE procs and equipped abilities.
Well, it is a single target, but paired with Oleron constelation or Falcon swoop, it turns into an amazing single-target-aoe skill. And, as stated above, u wont get crowded that much… And blade at with transmuter does insane amounts of dmg, will help u a lot vs. bosses. Just my thoughts though…