Spirit synergy.
First of all i’ve been enjoying the spirit buffs, they could still use a little more love but I feel like it is getting there. I’ve been messing around with a build that has some fairly funny results but there are a few things that it would be really helpful if some people interested could test or figure it out.
So the hyena pet summons another hyena which also benefits from the auras of spirits (so each one can proc the burning which keeps it up pretty consistently with the malicious training trait) as does the rock dog from ogre runes, they can also proc storm spirit’s swiftness and stone spirit’s protection, which means that with my summons it’s possible to keep a target pretty much perma burned and high uptime on protection and swiftness which helps them stay in the fray a bit longer or stick to my target with axe chill and canine cripple.
On top of this companion’s might and fortifying bond with sigil of strength allow me to keep a fair amount of might stacked on my pet which helps beef up the burning procs without investing in the beastmaster traitline, what I want to know is what the summoned minions (rock dog and hyena ally) scale with and how viable it would be to have a triple dog spirit set up constantly proc’ing burn, swiftness and protection.
Also i’m going to refer to this set up as the furious five. If more people are interested maybe I will share my build.
I’ve used this build a lot pre patch, i’d imagine it has only gotten buffs after the patch launched.
That being said, Hyenas Scale the worst off of BM because their summoned Hyena does not gain any benefit from it, nor does the rock dog, so with a build like this i’d suggest instead of going into BM go into another trait line for some more damage from yourself and use the dogs more as meat shields + added damage, but don’t RELY on them for your damage.
They sing dark, delicious notes about power and family.
As their mother, I have to grant them their wish. – Forever Fyonna
As their mother, I have to grant them their wish. – Forever Fyonna
Indeed my build is power and crit based and focused on myself, but the synergy with hyena and sun spirit allows them to deal out extra damage while still being about control without any investment in bm.