What change for leveling (Blademaster)

Hello, I followed one of the builds for blademaster poster on these forums and I didn’t have any problems until expansion and Ugdenbog/Malmouth Outskirts. I’m dying pretty often, and wonder what should I change in my build/items to start playing smoothly again.

This is link to my build: grimtools(dot)com/calc/4ZDDmg8Z

hey mate

first of all, blademaster is very gear dependet if u dont want to play with things like cadence (or forcewave… but nightblade doesnt really support FW)

in act 5 you need much more Poison/acid resists.
in act 6 u’ll need hardly more cold / aether / chaos resists.

the easiest way is to play cadence and a shield.

if u focus on WPS (weapon pool system) like markovian advantage you need a default weapon attack. something like cadence / firestrike / savagery / …
u dont want to play with cadence? no problem. take this relic :slight_smile:
mistborn talisman
here u can read where to find it: blueprint

long text, short meaning
here is a GT Link with dual wield
grimtool

now you should focus on the soldier mastery bar and get olerons rage (max it)
use warcry to negate incoming damage
use trollrage (mistborn talisman) for Left CLick
get a belt / medal / … with more resists and pierce / phys dmg.
dont focus on crit that early, u lack on offensive ability (OA)

have fun dude :slight_smile:

if u want to faceroll veteran and elite, use something like this:

grimtool

get break moral (physical RR)
u can max blitz / blindside for heavy burst dmg
or scars of battle / shadow dance for more tankiness
focus on pure physical gear and forget about pierce at this moment

the shield is just an example

Thank you very much for the advice! My character is much better now, and it should suffice for level him and use my previous build.