Hi all, just started playing the game and I’m having tons of fun!
Currently I’m rolling with a Witch Hunter Build and I really want to get everyone’s input on it since many of the mechanics of the game is kinda fuzzy to me, could you guys check the build and give me your feedback.
Here is the build:
http://grimcalc.com/build/7pejwv
Thnx in advance.
At the very least drop hellhound.
Well to be honest; i just wanted that for aggro and to take the heat of my character since it worked well on my Conjurer build
Why are you maxing Occultist for no reason? You arent taking a skill that requires the mastery investment…
And you shouldn’t max the Nightblades WPS skills. They cap at 20% chance so only 5 points is a good idea. Also, Belgothian SHears is terrible, the animation is too slow. I wouldn’t even use it.
And ya, if you’re melee you don’t need the Hellhound to “take heat of you”. Total waste of points.
It would help giving advice if we knew what kind of build you were thinking…
I am doing a melee poison witch hunter and mine is something like this…
http://grimcalc.com/build/dsYGPD
I am not 100% sold on the points but its pretty close to it and I am going off of memory…
Easy, Sarge. They are new and trying to learn.
Grimcalc won’t load anything for me today for some reason, so I can’t see it, but he is right. There’s no need to rush to max out a mastery bar if you aren’t yet sure what you want to do. You can’t get those points back.
thnx for being supportive
But i thought we can respec all points, i actually did it a couple of times
it does make since when you put it this way however; from what i gathered from many of the builds I’ve checked is that in general
More Mastery = Better Gear to equip
I know that we raise attributes via attributes points but Mastery points are far better since 1 point in Mastery raise more than 1 attribute!
You will get enough attribute points to equip gear.
Attribute points dont kill mobs. Skills do.
Not mastery points, only skills.
A maxed out mastery just cuz, is not the way to do it.
I would drop Pnuematic Burst in favor of Blood of Dreeg/Aspect of Guardian.
Drop out points in Dual Blades and pick two of the four dual blade techniques (I suggest Execution and Quick Cut), drop points from hidden hand.
Balance out the points expenditure in Blood of Dreeg and Aspect of Guardian (the upgrade gives physical resistance which is very helpful)
Put points into Possession (damage absorption is vital at higher levels).
I’d also remove a large number of points from witchfire and second rite and consider buying some AOE and CC abilities (ring of frost, blade trap, nightfall and blade spirit).
The hellhound is a character preference, but isn’t a good expenditure of points if you’re looking to melee as you’ll be forced to split bonuses between those that affect player and those that affect pets. I’d focus on stronger melee and survivability. You don’t need to take the heat of you. The witch hunter can handle it.
Dejnov.
I have a question - just one question. Anyone actually plays in B31 a self-found (in the respect that you don’t dress your character in full set of legendaries that were farmed on a different character, 1-2 build-defining ones are fine) witch hunter and had completed ultimate/farmed BoC with it?
Because there is a periodic resurgence of witch hunter / witchblade threads that usually grow to 2-3 pages and wane, mostly consisting of new players asking questions and other new players answering them, like, “I’m lvl 48 with my build and I’m having a blast!” :undecided:
I doubt it. Ultimate level hasn’t been out for long, and most people will use their strongest character to explore new content… that and until B31 the witchhunter truly sucked balls… it needed a massive balance patch to become competitive with the spellbreakers out there.
Give it a couple of months and you’ll see people that are getting there. I myself plan on getting there soon (but I probably won’t be one of the first since it’s slow for me with work and family, etc.)
Dejnov.
this would be for a vitality/chaos build http://grimcalc.com/build/B6Ez1e mine is lvl 60 so still a WIP and very heavy gear specific… i will post a build/guide when i get to ultimate a see how it will do
I did. Handmaiden of dreeg. You get incredible Weapons as quest rewards and I started with two transfered legendaries (Viperfang Grips and Golemborn Greaves). It was not easy as I added up to about 40 deaths till I finished my first BoC on ultimate. But part of that reason was that I did not care a lot. Did not play it safe whenever I could or just made dumb mistakes.
Edit: I also transfered Shard of Beronath and before I was able to carry that Mistborn Talisman.
Well, after playing a lot with this build (reached level 22) I found that this build is too squishy for me, I mean i’m using Health Drinks like crazy and I was never able to stock more than 35 drinks which is kinda sucks since I’m past 120 (99+21) on my other build which is a Conjurer. It would have been more fun to have a bit more tougher character.
Unless I’m playing this the wrong way…
It was not easy as I added up to about 40 deaths till I finished my first BoC on ultimate.
40 deaths kind of speaks for itself. 
Well, actually I had seen your build. It’s a witch hunter variant of this one. Dunno why you don’t use CoF+VoS for extra poison resist debuff, it’s just crazy how it could pile up, especially with Nidalla’s Legwraps and Agony. :undecided:
this would be for a vitality/chaos build http://grimcalc.com/build/B6Ez1e mine is lvl 60 so still a WIP and very heavy gear specific… i will post a build/guide when i get to ultimate a see how it will do
Either you’re running a lot of +nightblade skills or dual wield is a dead weight, and therefore is the whole Nightblade mastery, imo.
Let me guess. You haven’t picked neither Blood of Dreeg nor Pneumatic Burst?
after playing a lot with this build (reached level 22)
22 lvl is not a lot.
You must playing it wrong. Yes it’s “squishy” as it has no + health in it’s masterys but all points in physique…it’s not THAT bad and it has health sustain…Blood of Dreeg, Pneumatic Burst…Lifegiver Signet…Elite is a walk in the park. Cant wait for ultimate.
http://grimcalc.com/build/nzj0XV
is my planned build give or take.
Huge burst damage, good healing…my only question is it going to be ultimate viable with the lack of HP. I’m used to melee with 15k hp and this will have about 10k.
I think it will be fine.
There are fundamental things wrong with the OPS build namely 1 point in skills like anatomy of muder and merciless repertoire, those should be maxed. And I’m not convinced there’s any point in putting 1 point in sigil of consuption. Max it or leave it alone. Also maxing out all the DW line is a mistake. The ones that cap at 20% chance offer very little value past 5 points.
Aspect of the Guardian offers resists and should have more than 1 point… Bottom line I wouldn’t follow the OP build.
Keep in mind Nightblade is a “squishy” tree! jump in, drop a bunch of damage and move if you have to. You can’t stand in one spot like a Soldier with a shield can.
So far so good. DW tree is mostly used to proc devotion skills exept for assassination witch does a nice amount of dmg.
Elite Fort Icon lvl 63… 2 deaths so far (my son pulled my hand TWICE during Elite Lord Executioner fight)… We’ll se after i hit 75 and put some real gear on 
Thank you all for your input, I was indeed playing it wrong, after I put more points into PB I stared putting up a fight, but still I couldn’t kill Salazar when I’m Lvl 22. I’ll keep leveling up but ultimately I think I might go with B31 and I’ll experiment with it more on higher levels.
Thank you all once again.