3 Build ideas help

[Kyoshi]

Before anything still levelling and unlocking characters so this question is more for later (so runes are still new to me) but wanted some advice on what to look out for with 3 builds:

Summoner build: self explanatory using necromancer, but would you use skills like swords or hounds or stick to his own?

Debuff build: basically want to try and get as many of Doom/Bleed/Burn/Poison on along with things like Fragility and Weakness (and others if i forgot them)

"Braindead": basically dont have to aim and just WASD as needed (this would be more for grinding so can just switch off brain)

Any advice would be helpful :)

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latest patch is still fresh for me but

summoner: i think you're interested in the debuffs of the other summon skills which could be a good idea but you won't know until you've tried both builds. small tweaks like a couple rune or skill changes can improve builds that didn't work so good before so i would experiment. but you'll probably do fine if you want to stick with necro skills on necro. if you use summons with small summon counts you could try mixing divine legacy (arcane weaver tree) with endless refill (elementalist tree) then reroll for max summon count every 25 levels but i haven't tried it with that kind of build yet.

debuff: prior to patch mixing multicast rune with skills that had many hits or projectiles worked best and prolly is still decent. misfortunes embrace adds dots from the chaoswalker tree and elemental flow buffs dots from the elementalist tree.

braindead: tends to involve healing skills (purity stacking), block rune (legion tree), and or summon skills unless you pick the latest meta 1 shot everything build. healing flow (paladin tree) can help heal damage too. i have autoaim on all the time and manually aim when needed.

[Vexillarius]

Here is a brain dead barbarian build that can face tank OL 11 at max curse. Whirlwind(or heartstrike if you have done the seasonal event),double slash, heavy strike, earthquake, earth shield and scent of blood.

For summoner builds mixing and matching works great. Hounds scale off poison stack and can easily out dps the shadow pets necromancer gets in the right situation

There are a lot of option for debuff builds but elementalist is kinda made for it as his unique mechanic spams status effects. You will also want to level up elementelist anyway to get endless refill rune. As the person said above go get divine legacy from arcane weaver tree as its BIS rune for every class.

The seasonal event is available to do at any time even though it called a seasonal event. Just thought i would put that out there because it is a bit confusing at first.

[Kyoshi]

Originally posted by Live Die Repeat:

latest patch is still fresh for me but

summoner: i think you're interested in the debuffs of the other summon skills which could be a good idea but you won't know until you've tried both builds. small tweaks like a couple rune or skill changes can improve builds that didn't work so good before so i would experiment. but you'll probably do fine if you want to stick with necro skills on necro. if you use summons with small summon counts you could try mixing divine legacy (arcane weaver tree) with endless refill (elementalist tree) then reroll for max summon count every 25 levels but i haven't tried it with that kind of build yet.

debuff: prior to patch mixing multicast rune with skills that had many hits or projectiles worked best and prolly is still decent. misfortunes embrace adds dots from the chaoswalker tree and elemental flow buffs dots from the elementalist tree.

braindead: tends to involve healing skills (purity stacking), block rune (legion tree), and or summon skills unless you pick the latest meta 1 shot everything build. healing flow (paladin tree) can help heal damage too. i have autoaim on all the time and manually aim when needed.

Originally posted by Vexillarius:

Here is a brain dead barbarian build that can face tank OL 11 at max curse. Whirlwind(or heartstrike if you have done the seasonal event),double slash, heavy strike, earthquake, earth shield and scent of blood.

For summoner builds mixing and matching works great. Hounds scale off poison stack and can easily out dps the shadow pets necromancer gets in the right situation

There are a lot of option for debuff builds but elementalist is kinda made for it as his unique mechanic spams status effects. You will also want to level up elementelist anyway to get endless refill rune. As the person said above go get divine legacy from arcane weaver tree as its BIS rune for every class.

The seasonal event is available to do at any time even though it called a seasonal event. Just thought i would put that out there because it is a bit confusing at first.

Appreciate both the comments and definitely filled in some blanks and corrected some thoughts i had already.

Two question's from whats been said (not sure on acronyms yet) but what is BIS rune? And I know ive done the egg event and the heart one but unsure what the others are.

[Vexillarius]

Originally posted by Takana:

Originally posted by Live Die Repeat:

latest patch is still fresh for me but

summoner: i think you're interested in the debuffs of the other summon skills which could be a good idea but you won't know until you've tried both builds. small tweaks like a couple rune or skill changes can improve builds that didn't work so good before so i would experiment. but you'll probably do fine if you want to stick with necro skills on necro. if you use summons with small summon counts you could try mixing divine legacy (arcane weaver tree) with endless refill (elementalist tree) then reroll for max summon count every 25 levels but i haven't tried it with that kind of build yet.

debuff: prior to patch mixing multicast rune with skills that had many hits or projectiles worked best and prolly is still decent. misfortunes embrace adds dots from the chaoswalker tree and elemental flow buffs dots from the elementalist tree.

braindead: tends to involve healing skills (purity stacking), block rune (legion tree), and or summon skills unless you pick the latest meta 1 shot everything build. healing flow (paladin tree) can help heal damage too. i have autoaim on all the time and manually aim when needed.

Originally posted by Vexillarius:

Here is a brain dead barbarian build that can face tank OL 11 at max curse. Whirlwind(or heartstrike if you have done the seasonal event),double slash, heavy strike, earthquake, earth shield and scent of blood.

For summoner builds mixing and matching works great. Hounds scale off poison stack and can easily out dps the shadow pets necromancer gets in the right situation

There are a lot of option for debuff builds but elementalist is kinda made for it as his unique mechanic spams status effects. You will also want to level up elementelist anyway to get endless refill rune. As the person said above go get divine legacy from arcane weaver tree as its BIS rune for every class.

The seasonal event is available to do at any time even though it called a seasonal event. Just thought i would put that out there because it is a bit confusing at first.

Appreciate both the comments and definitely filled in some blanks and corrected some thoughts i had already.

Two question's from whats been said (not sure on acronyms yet) but what is BIS rune? And I know ive done the egg event and the heart one but unsure what the others are.

BIS is best in slot rune and the other boss is Bumble on the snow level. Not sure if he has anything good. The only seasonal thing i use is heart strike which is pretty good in a lot of builds.

[Kyoshi]

Ah much obliged, and never saw anything but tbh wasn't looking either so i'll find it :)

[Kyoshi]

Originally posted by Vexillarius:

Originally posted by Takana:

Appreciate both the comments and definitely filled in some blanks and corrected some thoughts i had already.

Two question's from whats been said (not sure on acronyms yet) but what is BIS rune? And I know ive done the egg event and the heart one but unsure what the others are.

BIS is best in slot rune and the other boss is Bumble on the snow level. Not sure if he has anything good. The only seasonal thing i use is heart strike which is pretty good in a lot of builds.

One last question, with summons do the ones that say "your attack does" apply to them like with burn and such?

[Vexillarius]

Originally posted by Takana:

Originally posted by Vexillarius:

BIS is best in slot rune and the other boss is Bumble on the snow level. Not sure if he has anything good. The only seasonal thing i use is heart strike which is pretty good in a lot of builds.

One last question, with summons do the ones that say "your attack does" apply to them like with burn and such?

Yeah they do

[Ulyaoth]

Hi,

Necromancer Rotting Summoner (Nature)
Noxious Reaper

Reroll Mastery - Skill Inclination: Nature - Skill Mastery: Nature ->
(Cobra Totem, Battle Moose, Cave Bear, Swamp Boar, War Tiger
Extra Help - Commanding Presence - Harmony - Improved Repertory

Putrid Hounds, Plague Rats, Swamp Boar, Cobra Totem ,Battle Moose, Cave Bear, War Tiger

Pick 1x Bloodshed + 1x Brutal Strikes, then Banish
You can Banish everything related to Doom, Bleed and Poison except
Poison on Hit / Poison on Crit / Poison on Bleed

Summon Quantity > Putrid Hound Damage > Poison


DoTs Elementalist
any Weapon

Reroll Mastery - 2 Runes of your Choice
Dash Mastery - Elemental Flow - Misfortunes Embrace - 1 Rune of your Choice
(Generalist, Multicast Mastery, ...)

Chromatic Bolt, Earth Bolt, Fire Bolt, Frost Bolt, Lightning Bolt, Poison Bolt

Attack Speed = Multicast > everything else


For Grinding: (not Braindead)
You might want to look here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3058656102

For Materials best Char is Engineer
I use following Setup:

Engineer
Ammo Devourer

Reroll Mastery - Material Harvest - Efficient Extraction
Dash Mastery - Focused Mind - Critcal Mastery - Multicast Mastery

Burst of lead, Bladed Chakram, Camor's Arrow

Banish all individual Skill Upgrades + and only pick Synergy Upgrades:
Physical (Legandary) > Projectile (Rare) > Area (Epic)


Braindead barbarian
any Weapon

Reroll Mastery - Skill Inclination: Swing - Skill Mastery: Swing
(Slash, Ravaging Strike, Blades of Light)
Synergetic - War Tank - Improved Repertory - 1 Rune of your Choice
(Multicast Mastery, Critcal Mastery, ...)

Scent of Blood, Double Slash, Heartrending Strike, Titan's Cleaver, Slash, Ravaging Strike, Blades of Light

1st priority is getting Scent of Blood to perma upkeep, then Banishing Cooldown and Duration
Physical (Legandary) > Frontal (Epic) > Buff Synergys > Swing (Rare) > Area (Epic)


If you need specifics where to get the Runes or Skills, feel free to ask.

Happy Shredding,
Cheers!