I don't understand corruption builds

[Falcon]

So like for Sothis, you have Shamanic Domination ++, which has two corruption 1 faces and four faces that change an opponent's move into Affliction X All, which...just seems bad?

Like every character seems to have these corruption focused dice that just look totally unusable. It feels like there should be a build here, but I'm missing it, any ideas/etc on how to do this sort of thing?

[EndlessNameless]

Sothis actually has one of the more accessible corruption-focused builds, or, more specifically, an Affliction-focused one. He has several effects that deal purify to enemies either when affliction is dealt or based on how much of it they have. The fallout of Affliction is also easier to deal with, since you can just stack an equivalent amount of Relief to prevent the enemy from healing, making overcorruption your only problem.

Every character has some way to utilize corruption, actually, except arguably Cellarius, who mainly does self-corruption as an operational cost instead. You really want certain blessings to really make these builds work, though. All the stuff that does something when you deal corruption to an enemy, like making them take purify as well, or gaining shield, et cetera. Austra becomes an absolute monster if given Sun Eye and focused for Meteor, for example.

[Falcon]

Perhaps as I level up the characters it'll get clearer as well, but that's a decent explanation.

[ZirzoR]

For Moonie Doom/Convert builds are actually quite alright (It was one of my first ever runs and I got the the third boss on my first run like that)

Risky die are some of the most fun in this game, honestly, if you can somehow fix the downsides its a real treat.

[meemaas]

Originally posted by EndlessNameless:

Sothis actually has one of the more accessible corruption-focused builds, or, more specifically, an Affliction-focused one. He has several effects that deal purify to enemies either when affliction is dealt or based on how much of it they have. The fallout of Affliction is also easier to deal with, since you can just stack an equivalent amount of Relief to prevent the enemy from healing, making overcorruption your only problem.

Every character has some way to utilize corruption, actually, except arguably Cellarius, who mainly does self-corruption as an operational cost instead. You really want certain blessings to really make these builds work, though. All the stuff that does something when you deal corruption to an enemy, like making them take purify as well, or gaining shield, et cetera. Austra becomes an absolute monster if given Sun Eye and focused for Meteor, for example.

Even Cellarius has some ways to utilize corruption. He's got a blessing that applies wave when you inflict corruption and dice that deal 1 corruption x times without being affected by doom.