Builds and Build discussion

[JewJitsuRabbi]

Just a page to discuss the build you've been using and the builds you have found most effective or like the most.

My build:

i named it Oberyn

Gear:

Head Gear- Response, flawless luck rune
Chest Gear- Demon Assassin, flawless power rune
Wrist Gear- Effect, flawless magic rune
Leg Gear- Demon Assassin, flawless magic rune

Weapon-Burden, flawless poison rune
Magic Gauntlet-Blast, flawless magic rune

Trinket-Back Breaker

Spells(so far):
Prayer (3/3)
Rage(3/3)
Ram (3/3)
Quake(2/3)

Shelter(2/3)

So far i've found the build most effective in single target fights like the boss fights. It struggles a little when against 3 enemies or more at once. In one on one fights a rolling heavy then one to two light attacks will kill most enemies. For more durable enemies finding the time to hit them with a good heavy then letting the poison do its work before you finish them off with some light attacks really works well. The poison is very effective against bosses like the Guardian where you can really only get in one hit at a time before you have to move for a while. It burns them down well. Ram is extremely helpful against enemies who you cant get a lot of hits in on at once or against enemies with large shields who you have trouble breaking their defenses. Rage is also very good in general since it boots your damage and pretty much gives you unlimited stamina. Quake and prayer i honestly barley use. I thought quake would be better but for this build it keeps you in place for such a long time that you will take so much damage it isn't worth it.

Overall you want to put a lot of points in strength (currently have 31) And a decent amount into Agility and faith to increase your energy and magic. Then every once and a while put one into vitality. endurance and luck really aren't that needed unless you want to swap back breaker for another trinket and put some points into endurance instead.

Rune choices are for carry weight, physical resistance and a little more heavy magic resistance. I find its harder to dodge some of the magic abilities so having that extra resistance helps when you slip up.

[HoneyDrake]

Tower/heavy shields can "ram into the ground" only,
Medium/Kite Shields can "shield bash" only,
Small/Bucklers can "Parry" only....

There arent exeptions at all, so dont throw in random stuff, just because you did some mistakes on your end, because there isnt any kite shield able to parry at all!!!!

Why Heavy Weapons which hit hard once with a longer cooldown/windup is better then a small paced, low damage weapon: DPS wise they can be the same, but heavy hitters are able to abuse timings a lot better then fast weapons, because they "just" need to hit once when the enemy is in a bad position, compared to daggers which need to be on target a longer time to deal the same ammount of damage -> you will get punished harder for not knowing when to retreat

[Foster]

You're right, it was just a shield bash on both characters. I just tried it.

What got me confused was the Champion. The "shield bash" was staggering him back and knocking him out for a bit, so I thought my character was doing a parry. When this wasn't working on regular enemies, I assumed that I was doing a different kind of attack. It also happened to be a different character.

I'm not throwing in "random stuff". Those remarks aren't really needed.

Whether or not heavy weapons or smaller weapons are better is a subjective matter, and determined by someone's play style. I was just showing that you can do a lot of damage with agility weapons, my primary example being a staff. I'm not sure what you mean by "just hitting once" with heavy weapons, because you also just explained that they have longer cooldown/windup... whereas lighter weapons hit multiple times, but take some time to finish a full combo. Either way, you're going to be spending some amount of time to finish your attack. You're going to need to get good at timing in both respects, if you don't want to take damage.