A bit more offensive build a lot of vigor and evades.
I’m using a similar build (less survivability) and downed 3 BS thiefs because the stupids were tight on me so I caught all three of them with entangle and then splitbladed their face. My health was low though so couldn’t do anything more about them. Just a fun thing I wanted to mention!
Back to the build above…
CC – Comes from pet with weakness and immob. I chose ranged pets because of their homing attacks that more or less guarantees the weakness from winter’s bite.
Damage – Comes from long lasting bleeds. The tricky part is avoiding the enemy’s condition cleanse by first applying cover-up conditions like burn, poison, chill or weakness before applying bleeding.
Damage mitigation – The sword has a good “resting” purpose in this build which means that changing to it allows for applying burn and evading. The dagger aso has an evade which can be used to close the gap before switching to sword. Other indirect effects are Winter’s bite, crippling talon and Bonfire that helps with kiting. Ranged pets were also chosen because they may be used as meatbags. Protect Me is a good skill that should only be used as a panic button when no evades or heals are available.
Recovery – Heal as One has the shortest CD and benefit Vigorous Renewal most and is much easier to predict than TU because HaO only needs a quick glimpse on the HP bar to know when to use it. TU can be predicted, obviously, but is more unsecure and has a longer CD. The Sigil of Blood on both sets provide a nice amount of healing. One is placed on the axe because it has a higher hit count than the dagger and same goes for the sigil on the torch.
Escape – Sword #2 and #3, Dagger #4. It’s good if there is a nearby bunny or white animal because using Sword #3 or Dagger #4 on them will cause the skills to arc less and increases the distance from the enemy further.
Notes:
-Bonfire can be used for kiting in some cases because the enemy is afraid of walking into it.
-Evades on sword should not be used directly after eachother. Wait a second or two after using Hornet’s Sting and then use Monarch’s Leap. Doing so will give you some recovery time while the enemy uses either a leap or other control ability for minimal reward. Wait with Serpent’s Strike until the enemy starts attacking again and then use it to take max advantage out of it.
-Use a control skill before using Entangle to make the enemy use their stun break and increase the chance for them to be eaten by Entangle.
-Don’t evade randomly. It is good to know when the enemy is auto-attacking and how their auto-attack works. It is better to take a few auto-attack hits rather than evading them and then give the enemy a free hit from their higher damaging skill.
Well, that’s it…
On a side-note I would like to say that I have no possibility to buy an apothecary set because I am not that wealthy in-game and have no wish to spend real cash on the game.
What do you think?
(edited by solrik.6028)