[v1.0.3.0] Blades of Vitality revisited - Badass knife spamming Witch Hunter

The tree is finished for stats.
I’d recommend using blade spirit to proc devotions
but you can miss it and put more points in sth else if u find sth that you need

It looks cool tho!

On a more serious note tho:the damage of them stacked up together is kinda underrated imho, also stats outweigh the skillpoints for abilities because the most important ones are already maxed out / capped at a reasonable level

[i]More buffs coming with patch 1.0.4.0!

Frenetic Throw: reduced % Damage Modifier penalty to -50%

Mythical Demonslayer’s Hat: added 50 Vitality damage modifier for Blade Spirit

Demonslayer’s Armament Set: added 100% of Pierce converted to Vitality and 90 Vitality damage modifiers for Blade Spirit

Rattosh, the Veilwarden: added 18 Vitality Decay / 3s and 20 Offensive Ability, replaced % Vitality Resist with 15% Pierce and Bleed Resist. Removed pet bonuses.

All in all it seems like a decent buff, we will see how it stands up against the new crucible soon!
I will continue working on my builds after the 8th of January, when I am not as busy anymore![/i]

Great build! This is exactly what I’m building at the moment, but good to see it stays as powerful as it is until end game.

I think I’m building mine slightly more defensively if I’m honest, and still deciding between Orb of the Black Flame of Skull of Gul’Amash.

http://www.grimtools.com/calc/qNYzngX2

In your opinion, as someone who has used this now at level 100, what would you suggest re my build?

Also where did you find the patch notes and upcoming buffs for Demonslayer’s set? Looks amazing!

Honestly not a fan of blade spirit for this build but but because of the changes and Crate’s direction to the set… i will give it a go anyway and see if it improves my current setup for this build.

Rattosh now doesn’t have vitality RR :frowning:

Patch notes are here: http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?p=592601#post592601

Rebuilding this honestly comes down to a choice of playstyle. Do you hate to kite and want an extra safety skill?-> go with skull and so on. Also gear arround your greens. With the right affixes (looking at you “of kings”) you can max out resistances and have higher stun resistances. This alone makes the build feel so much tankier. Remember that casting the blades heals you, so never stop spamming! Also try experimenting with gloves :slight_smile:

Buffs to something that I used only for the lulz so far? I couldn’t be happier!

Where did you read that? I think this:

“Rattosh, the Veilwarden: added 18 Vitality Decay / 3s and 20 Offensive Ability, replaced % Vitality Resist with 15% Pierce and Bleed Resist. Removed pet bonuses.”

means that the fifth constellation actually gives us more useful resistances rather than boosting our vit res. even more. Also more decay and OA.
The wording doesn’t mention the rr at all or am I missing something?

A straight buff I would say! (included that one in the main post, thanks!

I guess we got it wrong. It does not mention the skill Will of Rattosh but rather only changes to the bonuses to the constellation:rolleyes:

Yes, it does. The only thing removed from Rattosh were the pet bonuses in the nodes. The debuff was left intact.

I guess we got it wrong. It does not mention the skill Will of Rattosh but rather only changes to the bonuses to the constellation

Indeed, thought the same but checked in-game and vitality RR is still there :smiley:

-Frenetic Throw: reduced % Damage Modifier penalty to -50%

Those buffs looks very nice indeed ! I was about to reroll, but I guess I’ll just keep playing a bit, specially with Blade Spirit now that they have been buffed to a good auxialiary skill.

A few questions about the build itself if you don’t mind:
- Don’t you think it would be better to bind Rattosh to Blade Spirit ? Maybe I get it wrong, but CoF as a poor chance to proc Rattosh devotion (15% ?)

  • Wouldn’t it be better to get a Necrosis (http://www.grimtools.com/db/items/1503) for the sweet raw vitality damage and 5% CS ? Or is the Eldritch pact proc so good ? Just wondering before sunking my mats :slight_smile:

if only necrosis has vit rr then it would have been a contender. plus +1 to all occult skills from pact relic is quite good. :smiley: eldritch pact proc is technically not a game changer in terms of damage but it leave your enemies stunned due to its coolness factor:rolleyes:

My bad, misreading, sorry, guys.

This is actually along the lines of a question I was going to ask. What is the best relic for this build? Was trying to decide between necrosis and eldritch pact and maybe solael’s decimation. My issue with necrosis is the relatively irrelevant RR. Why reduce aether or elemental resistance for a class incapable of either (except via pets)? I suppose if it reduced both vitality and chaos it would be an obvious choice for any occultist and not worth considering others. I will be using eldritch because it’s well rounded offensive and defensive which is something I value, but wasn’t sure if other relics worked better in practice.

Actually, it’s a very good buff, that adds to my PB WH 3000 of “raw” damage.

Solael’s decimation if you lack of OA, otherwise Pact. I prefer pact.

damage has significantly improved with the recent patch, one can reach over 50k juicy dps. actually im enjoying the blade spirit setup right now… even at lvl 6 they can pretty much clear trash and with 3 of them they can do significant damage :stuck_out_tongue:

Yeah reading through the notes, all my builds (Cold/Pierce Trickster, Vitality/Chaos Witch Hunter and Pure Chaos Pyromaccer using Obsidian Juggernaut) have seen significant buffs :smiley: Love the damage reduction… reduction? for PB though, so good. Also excited for the RoS buffs.

Thanks for your awesome build. Now im Level 74 and wanna respec into your build. Which skills would you prefer for my level and for a good leveling process?

At level 74 I would suggest you spec right into this build’s skills, prioritazing phantsmal blades ofc. Also Pneumatic burst and blood of dreeg.

looks cool, but isn’t there anything better than arcane harmony leggings when you already have 100% disruption protection from possession?