Best survival build

[dr.doom]

hey everyone, I was browesing through builds on forum to find a good survival build. I was experimenting on my own for some time and I cannot find a good fool-proof survival build for hardcore. Last time I was doing pretty good with pyro/occult (blackwater aoe/pet tank) with life stealing and blast shield @max, but went to steps of torrent and died on Lord Executioner. I was 34 lvl to his 40 something. At this point my char felt squishy as hell(he 2hit kill me).
I am wondering what is your best survival build for hardcore?

[OMFG|^6Knackfuss]

http://grimcalc.com/build/wnCVjq

reached lvl70 on hardcore easy with this build, but the low dmg was boring.but u will survive.

[Knightmare]

Playing on softcore lvl 85 (battlemage)running through ultimate. Died very few times cause pulled trains of mobs around me to kill them faster. 200 arcanist points ,20 soldier.
Mirror of ereoctes helps a lot on hardcore i think (never played hardcore ) 3 sec immune to all kinds of damage with 18 sec cooldown, Mainens sphere of protection 15 % dmg absorb. Try it maybe you like it. Forgot to mention that Battlemage is currently my tankiest class and can deal decent DPS with 11k hp. i have warder with 18k hp 1400 armor rating who is less tanky

[Ender]

I like soldier/shaman warder. I max Veterancy, Menhir's Bulwark, and Mogdrogen's Pact with a sword/shield. Add some Devotion health regen like lizard or Harvesters and you will heal through most anything. I go pretty heavy on the defense too. I like dire bear and bull rush for clearing and Oleron's blood for single target.

[Boink]

引用自 OMFG|^6Knackfuss：

http://grimcalc.com/build/wnCVjq

reached lvl70 on hardcore easy with this build, but the low dmg was boring.but u will survive.

I've done a Soldier / Occultist build with much the same focus - dual pistols.

http://grimcalc.com/build/GRMVvg


Sadly the devotions don't calc into the build, but I've included them - you can shave off points to boost Oleron's rage - usually have about 3 in that.


It is a very boring build. Literally 3 buttons. Debuff x2, hold down left-button to use cadence, rinse, repeat. Use x2 legendary pistols that boost cadence to 100% piercing (I might have duped the one I found *innocent whistle*) and boost attack speed as much as possible.

[Ficelle]

A battlemage heavy on solldier mastery with a maxed Maiven sphere, maxed Menhir's will and bulwark, mirror and a shield is damn hard to kill. Olexra's flash freeze is a great CC too.

Killing speed is somewhat meh but you never stop and never have to run away.

3 4 points on Behemoth and 6 or 7 in chariot of the dead is a must for any hardcore player. Add Dryad for even more safety.
Always favor defensive devotions,the ones debuffing mobs and those giving OA. Pure offensive devotions are garbage and dont scale well (they are ok in normal/veteran but that is it)

Max your resists and pump Phy.

Run away or step back if you dont feel it.

Pure summonners are quite safe too (but boring to me).

Personnaly, i like the most my sorceress in hardcore. quite on the squishy side but high dps and great crowd control means very few mobs make it to melee.

[dr.doom]

Thank you for replys :)
I shall try battlemage for now

[Halcyon]

Personally I'd say sword and board battlemage or a lifesteal spellbreaker have the best survivability. Battlemage has the best defensive passives, gearing, and a shield while spellbreaker heals quickly and has two invincibility skills plus crazy mobility as well as one strong defensive passive.