So I have been following a lightning trickster build, am lvl 71 in ultimate, around the warden area and I find myself extremely squishy. All my top resists are 80% and others(lower tier) are lower, however, even when being attacked by non aether, chaos or bleeding mobs I take so much damage and my health just DIPS like crazy. I have life steal and 8k hp currently which I think would be suffice (not sure). Has anybody successfully made a durable trickster around here? or are they just very ‘bottom tier’?
The best defensive stuff trickster has is hp boost from Shaman, 8k seems low. Maybe you lack gear
Post your char page and grim calc with devotions to see if tune up is possible
Probably because tricksters lack any of the strong defensive abilities - block, maiven’s, massive regen (BoD), and combinations of these. You probably rely on Heart of the wild and pneumatic burst, but they can’t function properly with lowish HP pools. So a high pool is what you need, a HP damage sponge.
8K in ultimate is nothing, aim for at least 12-14K, heart of the wild is there to multiply flat HP from gear and stats, take defensive devotions. Improve DA if low, I guess it’s a part of your problem.
You just lack gear with flat HP. Also, you probable dont use Mogdrgen’s Pact (15% damage absorb). Trickster has 2 insane regenerative abilities - Wendigo Totem and Pneumatic Burst. Both scale off you max HP. So, you should consider getting more gear with flat HP (i.e. “of vitality” mod for +800 HP), and then, you will be unkillable.
Keeping with the theme, does “trickster” inspire “resilience” to anyone? 
As others have stated, 8k health is too low for ultimate melee. Also, why not utilize Wendigo Totem? It’s the best source of sustain/healing in the game – especially if you increase your health pool.
Hi guys and thanks. I was very brief last day and did not mention that I already use website item. I also managed to boost the up to round 12k without losing g much resistances. However, I believe I need to completely redo my devotions to and all defense setup. What would guys recommend to boost DA and overall survivability through the devotions?
Thnx
Honestly, go for the double down route of Spear+Tree. It will probably give you the best overall durability+dps combo you can get.
http://grimcalc.com/build/diczCX
An example build. I don’t take +levels into account here, which does hurt what it looks like on the skills themselves, but overall shows an ok guideline. You can adjust several things to optimize it (1 easy optimization is ensuring HotW never goes gets overleveled, which can get you up to 9 points or so, the NB dual wield passive procs should all get to 5 levels except execution which you just max overlevel.
What it does show is that if you have been Physique pumping though you should already be over 10k HP even before modifiers though. After your mods you should be sitting at nearly 15K-17k+.
As previously stated, you need to go for flat hp. My trickster sits at 16k buffed, this is what makes your totem so powerful. I stopped playing mine in favor of others builds because honestly with the right gear, he just doesn’t die, ultimate got to easy. Totem plus burst and if needed, potion, and you can face tank anything.
Problem is, even with the best gear, trickster still can’t compare to the really op builds such as a decked out piercing/cold BM. Don’t get me wrong, you can still tear through ultimate, just not at the same speed as some other classes
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