Build Advice for Shieldbreaker

[Dusk Crow]

I need some help with my build, the last time I play was v1.1 I think.
Should I change my devotion, I feel my char is kinda squishy when facing the champion in the arena located in old arkovia. should I increase my lifesteal or change the devotion?

Link to my build https://www.grimtools.com/calc/8NKX37x2

What equipment should I aim for end build?
Your help will be much appreciated.

[madrigal]

Everyone feels squishy facing the champion of the arena. Level 87 is in-between strong and weak so it's pretty common to feel squishy against very strong opponents. You might just have to wait for a few more levels. If you can beat it at all you are doing fine.

Everything actually looks pretty good except you are missing components for armor absorption on your pants, shoulders and chest pieces. Definitely get armor absorption to 100% (now 70%) and you will feel less squishy. These have to be crafted at a blacksmith.
Use some faction augments to get all your resistances to 80 minimum.

A few points in Thermite mine skill will help your damage. You can max it out by the time you are full level. They can be a pain until you're used to them, but they make a huge difference.

For some better armor, Malmouth faction is probably the simplest when you hit level 90, assuming you have the required faction reputation. Otherwise, you are at the mercy of whatever you find. There's a lot of fire damage stuff in the Korvaak lands.

If you want an end game Legendary set, either Virtue or Pyran's is good for fire Oathkeeper.
You can farm a gargoyle girdle (+1 oathkeeper belt) on the way to the final Korvaak fight when you are ready to give up your Blazeseer set.

Happy hunting.

[Dusk Crow]

Thx for the advice. I thought my char was kinda squishy, so that means the champion is just that tough.

Originally posted by madrigal:

A few points in Thermite mine skill will help your damage. You can max it out by the time you are full level. They can be a pain until you're used to them, but they make a huge difference.

For some better armor, Malmouth faction is probably the simplest when you hit level 90, assuming you have the required faction reputation. Otherwise, you are at the mercy of whatever you find. There's a lot of fire damage stuff in the Korvaak lands.

If you want an end game Legendary set, either Virtue or Pyran's is good for fire Oathkeeper.
You can farm a gargoyle girdle (+1 oathkeeper belt) on the way to the final Korvaak fight when you are ready to give up your Blazeseer set.

Happy hunting.

I will adjust accordingly.

[Neit]

To reinforce 2 of Madrigal's points:

Resist reduction is very important. Investing into skills like Thermite Mine, Celestial Presence for Guardians and Blackwater Cocktail's Agonizing Flames is crucial for maximizing damage output.

At level 90, it's easy to get gear upgrades for basically any build from faction vendors, in this case Malmouth might be the best one as already mentioned, but definitely pay a visit to other ones as well.

[Dusk Crow]

Originally posted by Neit:

To reinforce 2 of Madrigal's points:

Resist reduction is very important. Investing into skills like Thermite Mine, Celestial Presence for Guardians and Blackwater Cocktail's Agonizing Flames is crucial for maximizing damage output.

At level 90, it's easy to get gear upgrades for basically any build from faction vendors, in this case Malmouth might be the best one as already mentioned, but definitely pay a visit to other ones as well.

Will do.

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

Originally posted by madrigal:

If you want an end game Legendary set, either Virtue or Pyran's is good for fire Oathkeeper.

should probably note, these sets each lean into a very specialized approach, neither of which is Righteous Fervor/auto attacker
So if what you want to do is bonk stuff with RF you should look in a different direction than those sets specifically.
(likewise Agonizing Flames isn't the end all be all for RR, it's only if doing BWC, since otherwise it becomes an expensive investment "just" for RR easily obtained elsewhere - the key takeway is RR being important not that skill specifically)
general build note which doesn't seem mentioned yet is healing/sustain, once the other mentions have been addressed/fixes applied, you might want to consider adding additional healing/sustain amount, so you're note solely relying on giant's blood proc and health potion. As long as you're auto attacking/weapon attacker lifesteal(global ADCTH) is fine/great, you probably just want bit more amount of it than just 5%
*other note for Auto attacking/Righteous Fervor attacking is, as long as you're using a shield, you'll actually be benefitting from couple points into Shattering Smash wps
(and+2 more skill points into RF will get you max charge level too)

otherwise i think most/the rest has been addressed by magdrigal and Neit

edit.
oh yea, you can assign devo procs to guardians btw, something like Flame Torrent with low cooldown becomes mighty handy if attached to multiple summons/2+ guardians etc

[Dusk Crow]

Originally posted by gNuff!~©~gNom3™:

Originally posted by madrigal:

If you want an end game Legendary set, either Virtue or Pyran's is good for fire Oathkeeper.

should probably note, these sets each lean into a very specialized approach, neither of which is Righteous Fervor/auto attacker
So if what you want to do is bonk stuff with RF you should look in a different direction than those sets specifically.
(likewise Agonizing Flames isn't the end all be all for RR, it's only if doing BWC, since otherwise it becomes an expensive investment "just" for RR easily obtained elsewhere - the key takeway is RR being important not that skill specifically)
general build note which doesn't seem mentioned yet is healing/sustain, once the other mentions have been addressed/fixes applied, you might want to consider adding additional healing/sustain amount, so you're note solely relying on giant's blood proc and health potion. As long as you're auto attacking/weapon attacker lifesteal(global ADCTH) is fine/great, you probably just want bit more amount of it than just 5%
*other note for Auto attacking/Righteous Fervor attacking is, as long as you're using a shield, you'll actually be benefitting from couple points into Shattering Smash wps
(and+2 more skill points into RF will get you max charge level too)

otherwise i think most/the rest has been addressed by magdrigal and Neit

edit.
oh yea, you can assign devo procs to guardians btw, something like Flame Torrent with low cooldown becomes mighty handy if attached to multiple summons/2+ guardians etc

I see, I was thinking of maybe increasing my lifesteal. my idea when making this char is tanking as much as it can while sustaining on lifesteal or maybe changing one or two devotion that can help me tank better. I was thinking of making a auto bonking char in the first place, yeah maybe I'll try experimenting with other gears.

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

easy way for you to get more lifesteal is pants, Solael pants come with native 4-6% lifesteal https://www.grimtools.com/db/items/8154 (exists in lvl 94 version too, gets affixes/prefix+suffix randomly just like your current legs)
you can use glove component (although as auto attacker not at 200% speed yet you might benefit from attack speed component more)
shifting some devos, ex fox grants you 6%, and/or Revenant grants you 6%, while then also being a potential source for your flat RR/"instead of blackwater"
ex, from 5->22% lifesteal https://www.grimtools.com/calc/a2dOEk0N *keep in mind affixes on pants will vary

[Dusk Crow]

alright, so I gotta farm the pants with the prefix and suffix that I want. That gonna take a while. alright gonna try the cal first to see what Devotion that I can shift to get the lifesteal. maybe after I determine final armor and the resistance that I should boost, I can take into account components that increases attack speed.

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

what i usually do is set a threshold for how many times i'm willing to kill a boss, which usually during levelling is not very high 😅 - you don't need perfect, just workable, then rest can usually be adjusted elsewhere as long as it was fine.
5-10 trips is usually all i bother with when the need isn't "bis"/so just getting on to moving on to other stuff

[Dusk Crow]

Got it, no sense wearing myself out