I posted a 30/10/0/0/30 build some time ago, but in the end it didn’t quite hold up to the various challenges in a roaming environment, so I’ve opted to change my build, and share it with you all.
I’ve tried many builds and couldn’t settle for one, because if one build was good at taking down X opponent, I would have a hard time dealing with Y. I did however, find that there are some traits that help a lot against all classes, and those are the ones I couldn’t find myself letting go off.
My current build is 10/30/0/0/30 - not with 50% crit chance, as many roll, but with foot in the grave! Why, you ask perhaps? I met a really good hammer warrior and got completely Rick rolled, I changed my build to have foot in the grave and every duel we had from that point, I won. So, that’s a trait I found to be more valuable than I had expected.
Firstly – This is a hybrid build, I run both condi dmg and power/crit %/dmg
Secondly, weapons – Scepter/warhorn – Staff
Why not axe? Scepter AA is a lot more powerful than Axe, critting upwards of 1k on each auto attack, and putting out bleeds/poison. A low CD long lasting cripple and 3 bleeds 240 aoe and a powerful fast cast DD that does upwards of 3k dmg and giving a lot of LF. Axe2 compared to Scepter3 does more dmg, but is channeled, in which time Scepter can keep autoing instead.
Why warhorn? I love the traited weapon! A 3 second daze, but more importantly, warhorn5 is extremly powerful, 210 range damaging, gaining lifeforce and crippling. I put out 5 seconds of cripple every time it procs, and it procs every 1 (right?) second! This makes up for a good ambush, run in do some dmg and if the battle is about to be lost, run out and they’ll still have 25 seconds of cripple on em
Additionally, with just one person hit, I gain 2% LF and since I have Vital persistence I loose only 2% LF per second, which means, effectively I don’t loose LF when WH5 is up (as long as I hit someone).
This weapon is also extremely good against thieves as the constant cripple really hurts them.
Staff The builder is out of date and I use torment rune on my staff, I want to give out as many damaging conditions as possible as fast as possible.
Alright, that covered the weapons, and to assist the tools my weapons bring, I use Consume conditions, SoS, BiP and Well of Power. I gain 3 might stacks from using SoS, 10 from BiP and vigor from using well of power (if it converts the bleed from BiP). I also gain 2% dmg from each condition on the foe, meaning I get upwards of 3k life blasts.
I use the golem as it is just cool, knockdown is a good tool to have to do a CC combo.
If, however, I see lots of people coming I will quickly switch to Snow Leopard and quickly dash away :P
Armor is rabid gear with traveler’s runes, cavalier amulet, zerker rings and rabid accessories, ruby jewels. Scepter/WH – zerker, staff – rabid. So I’ve got an offensive set and a condi set.
Spite IV – Reduced CD of SoS and might stacks
Curses IV, VIII, and IX – Weakening shroud, WH trait and terror
Soul Reaping II, VIII, XI – Reduced LF drain, DS CD reduce making it only 6 secs, and 3+ seconds of stability every 6 seconds.
All in all, this is an awesome build, it puts out tremendous DD as well as condition dmg, and with the might stacks everything just hits harder. Letting go of 20 in spite made it easier to switch from axe to scepter, and scepter does hit quite hard. Anyways just thought I’d share what I’m running and to join the crowd not using Dhuumfire