V1.1.9.2 Discussion

[afanasenkov26]

Inquisitor Seal Discussion

In my brief foray into how a melee Elemental tactician would work, I could say off the top of my head:

Better Elemental Jewelry as there’s barely any that gives good skill bonuses + attack speed
Better Gloves as there’s one right now that even gives flat + attack speed and it’s the Dawnshard ones that buff Runes + Guardians of Empiryon
Better WPS, as you have Markovians + Zolhan’s + Seal of the Void as your only real options. Oh, and based off skill point bonuses and stats, which one of the dual-wield enabling medals looks the most appealing?
You can’t really benefit from Deadly Momentum or Steel Resolve because there’s no equipment that gives Elemental Damage + points to these abilities. Steel Resolve confuses me because the very skill gives Elemental Damage + flat Physical to convert.
You still have to deal with crap like Grava who boasts a high resistance to both Fire and Lightning, and Grava eats up Melee builds anyway.

I could go on, but even my brief look into it reveals a lot of flaws that can’t be tapered over by something like a Tactician.

in reply to @thepowerofmediocrity and with some of my thoughts and tests.

so, I really went for testing Malakor tactician and made this build:
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/d2jRdRj2

my results were 5:11 (the best one), 5:23, 6+ and … that’s all. Out of more than 20+ runs, I completed only 3.
as you can see, the build has a few serious problems.

• very hard to gather all stats, mostly OA. Despite having 2 green items with HUGE bonuses to it, I barely reach 2700 with perma buffs.
• low phys resist, and if we take some legendary shoulders with it, we lose stats again.
• most gear is kinda meh in terms of bonuses/resists, and it’s impossible to get high ranks in, say, DM and in Soldier in general.

what could be done?

• rework the gloves (as they’re the only gloves with ele flat that support mele builds). Mods to PB and Guardians are redundant (never seeen them being used, actually). They can be replaced with extra targets to Cadence and/or sth that useful. Pierce resist can be replaced with vitality/poison, or at least one of them should be added, as well as some % or flat OA. Adding bonuses to Cadence/DM also would help.
• maybe rework Malakor into scepter, or at least change its base from phys to elemental. Replace +1 to Demo with +1 to Soldier/Inq as Demo makes to sense here.
• Speaking about Boots of Primordial Rage, stun resist could be replaced with slow, and some phys res (like 3%) could be added. Proc on boots can be buffed too as it’s almost inconsiderable now.
• Speaking about Seal of Resonance, I think it’s time to replace 15% sleep resist with slow. Sleep is sth that almost non-exists in the game now, and slow is incredibly valuable.