Good starting build ~EDITED~

[Regal Bane]

HI I just purchased the game. Wondering if anyone has a good starting build to get me started. Never played this style of game before
~EDIT~
I just reached I think the second last map where there are Living Armours about. I have a stress team but I have a bad feeling that I am going to need more physical. I am only on the lowest difficulty as this is my first time playing.

Does anyone have a decent physical team I could put together? I have a lot of the minions unlocked. [ I do not have the minions that require you finish the game on "more pain" / I do not have Vampire unlocked / I do not have Gouls / I do not have Blood Phantasm

Thanks

[windezz]

Lost Soul, Vampire, Banshee, and Skeleton was one of the most stable builds during beta. You might not have unlocked Lost Soul and Vampire yet though. IIRC the game starts you off on the easiest difficulty, so use that to explore a bit and unlock more minions. You can mix and match easily on Cakewalk to find a style you like first.

[mykidsnamedme]

Dark Knight, Skeleton, Mummy, Lich/Bride in those spots.

[Newman]

Im doing Lost soul/Lich/Lich/Knight for stress dmg. Second difficulty and its pretty tough but Im having fun :D

[vivas]

I have Mummy/Banshee/Unfrozen/Bride. Good allround physical/stress damage and decent defense. Debuff / de-stance and some healing.

[rastajoint15]

Good luck with those stress builds in the last 2 floors in hard :D

[Regal Bane]

Hey thanks for the startups. I just unlocked Lich. I'll give these setups a go. I found that it was beneficial to have a physical team and a stress team it appears. Perhaps a "all-around" for the third party, just to give my minions a chance to heal up

[Something completely different]

I started with Bride/ Banshee/ Wraith -> Shadow/ Skeleton (tanky with their stance)

[Regal Bane]

I need help building a physical team. I edited the original post to this thread. Any easy physical teams I can put together relatively easily? I'm only on the easy difficulty as this is my first playthrough

[Toshio]

Bride-ghost-plaguemarine-skeleton for moderate dmg/psycho - just good all around never perfect party and full physical party - bride -lost soul-ghoul/vampire/dampire/skeleton-skeleton. Lost soul gives buffs for enemy (everyone can be buffed), and bone man get 1 extra strike for every buff on enemy.

[karghul]

hey hey I started the game today and beat it with wraith/wraith/dark knight/skeleton - this is a stress build, but it had no issues with constructs, all the units also have normal attacks

[windezz]

Lost Soul, Unfrozen, Black Widow, Head Hunter.

Free block/ward for your team, heals, and great potential at single target dps.

Has harder time to hit things at 4th rank unless the Head Hunter can pull it upfront, but once you do, Unfrozen and Black Widow together can pretty much nullify all defensive skills/stats/buffs while doing damage.

It's a mix of physical and magical damage and you can stall the fight with stress attacks while healing up too.

Need to build up accuracy for Head Hunter, so grab that +12 acc buff from talents asap.

Critical ability perks to get IMO:

Lost Soul - Lucrative Boon (1 block/ward instead of 2 wards)

Unfrozen - Purging Blizzard (cancels buffs, shuffles, target takes 30% extra damage)
- Ice Lance (interrupts stances)

Black Widow - Fatal Bondage (cancels all blocks/wards)

Head Hunter - Lucky Catch (targeted instead of random pull)

Just started running this set up, but so far so good. Stick a mana leech item on Unfrozen so you can nuke often with Iratus too.

Weak against debuffs and shuffles.

[Ghostlight]

Physical Build for Eternal Harvest difficulty...

Lich - Zombie - Blood Phantom - Widow

How to play...

Lich: Spams buffing the Zombie and BP; use Cloud on enemies to strip armour/resist where needed. Can be replaced with Unfrozen for certain match-ups (more control)

Zombie: Will typically spam ultimate as you'll have tons of Wrath. Otherwise use self-buff.

BP: Keeps aura on Widow that taunts and reflects damage (enemies kill themselves with this build); occasionally use other attacks as needed, e.g. to heal self.

Widow: Spam Cocoon stance to soak damage. Do not use thorns variant of Cocoon, even though it would seem the obvious choice for the build; you need more health restore than 4% to stay alive on high difficulties

[corisai]

Guys when you're suggesting any build with widow / unfrozen for a NEW player you're making me facepalm... because to unlock those minions you need to COMPLETE the game on "More suffering" difficulty.

Golem, Blood Phantom, Dhampir and Ghoul - are beyond notable grind wall so isn't suited for a new player too.

[Regal Bane]

Originally posted by corisai:

Guys when you're suggesting any build with widow / unfrozen for a NEW player you're making me facepalm... because to unlock those minions you need to COMPLETE the game on "More suffering" difficulty.

Golem, Blood Phantom, Dhampir and Ghoul - are beyond notable grind wall so isn't suited for a new player too.

haha thanks for pointing this out. I'm still on my first run. Kinda stuck on the second last map. I have managed to unlock Golem and Dhampir but on just before I reached the end of the third map.

I did not and could not find any good suggestions for a passable physical team. So I tried experimenting myself. However I unfortunately have my bride die on me a couple of times, and I have no more brains to at a high enough level to play with anymore. Sooooo I guess i'm just going to plug away with my stress team until a get a couple more brains and then perhaps pause my first play through and experiment with a phys dmg build on another play through. At least until I find a good composition to help me with my current play through

[Ghostlight]

Originally posted by corisai:

Guys when you're suggesting any build with widow / unfrozen for a NEW player you're making me facepalm... because to unlock those minions you need to COMPLETE the game on "More suffering" difficulty

Sorry about but it's hard to avoid....Widow is so integral for many builds on GAW. There's really no replacement except maybe a Bone Golem. Take Heart! Most builds can deal with More Pain. Just play what you find fun.