[PvE] Draft: Hybrid build
Interesting build. I note you took elemantlist rune set for the combination of power and condition damage , surrendering number 6 having no access to chill or burning.
Did you consider adventurer runes? They have a power/condi damage bonus as well although in favor of Condi rather then Power but also have a very useful #6 trait getting you back half endurance.
Did you consider adventurer runes? They have a power/condi damage bonus as well although in favor of Condi rather then Power but also have a very useful #6 trait getting you back half endurance.
Perhaps like this?
Have you tried it for PvP?
Did you consider adventurer runes? They have a power/condi damage bonus as well although in favor of Condi rather then Power but also have a very useful #6 trait getting you back half endurance.
Perhaps like this?
Yep. The extra dodges can be useful. Give it a shot. I used a hybrid pre patch using sinister quite similar to that build although it was p/d. The pressure strike makes the d/p set usable for the same.
You can stack some decent torment using head shot. I am not sure how that will impact your ini for your other attacks which would be a concern. A major issue with hyrbids is that competition for ini.
P/d can work because it the AA that stacks the bleeds and that AA does not use INI. In theory you can stack poison off the free AA of the dagger but then that close in fighting in a low vitality set. For that reason to get a bit more torment on you could also consider basi venom which has low cooldown and gets you two more potential interrupts.
There is something to be said for having a high hitting heartseeker or backstab to finish off a bleeding tormented enemy whose health drops due to conditions before he can get his next cleanse/heal in.
(edited by babazhook.6805)
I used a hybrid pre patch using sinister quite similar to that build although it was p/d. The pressure strike makes the d/p set usable for the same.
I play d/p since I made my thief, I don’t think that I can accustomed to p/d.
What about this, I think these are the best stats I can get with a hybrid build and also carrion stats are easier to get than dire stats.
Undead runes are always a decent (and cheap) choice for condi builds, especially thief. Gear looks alright enough, haven’t messed around with sinister builds yet so can’t really say much.
Looks like you really want to use d/p which is fine but you’re probably going to at least use D/D or P/D as second set. D/D will give you Poison and 10 sec Bleeds, and P/D has a very quick stacking (but short duration) bleed app. Those are the 2 most accessible condi’s we have and the build doesn’t really utilize them well.
As far as traits go, they all look fine but I would probably try out Shadows Rejuv instead of Cloaked. The only 2 abilities you have to enter stealth that don’t already blind are steal and HiS. Without an off-hand dagger to constantly stealth on C&D and trigger Cloaked in Shadow, seems kind of a waste.
Also you might have fun trading in bewildering ambush for slight of hand if you’re good at timing interrupts to trigger Pressure Striking plus you can do it every 20 seconds instead of confusion every 26 seconds. Not sure which would be more dps and worth it but i love seeing those little evil faces ticking way >=D