BLOOD. We link Flesh & Stone to a Maim Support and have that active, which gives us a free, massively improved Maim effect just by being in Blood stance. This frees up a gem slot in our 6l, which is optimally taken by Impale Support.
- What Banner?
DO NOT USE DREAD BANNER.
This was a mistake in the build originally, we use WAR BANNER (for the %inc phys taken and Adrenaline buff on planting).
Plant it on bosses *WHILE CYCLONING*, and reactivate it a second or two later (buff only lasts for a sec).
do you use blood also for mapping? seems like most stuff dies instantly and the increased range should have more merit than more damage.
is war banner still better if we dont plan on planting the banner?
BLOOD. We link Flesh & Stone to a Maim Support and have that active, which gives us a free, massively improved Maim effect just by being in Blood stance. This frees up a gem slot in our 6l, which is optimally taken by Impale Support.
- What Banner?
DO NOT USE DREAD BANNER.
This was a mistake in the build originally, we use WAR BANNER (for the %inc phys taken and Adrenaline buff on planting).
Plant it on bosses *WHILE CYCLONING*, and reactivate it a second or two later (buff only lasts for a sec).
do you use blood also for mapping? seems like most stuff dies instantly and the increased range should have more merit than more damage.
is war banner still better if we dont plan on planting the banner?
I haven't done the math on the passive Impale vs the passive 12% phys taken from War Banner.
Why *wouldn't* you plant it though? You can basically plant in on every map boss nowadays, and even some endgame bosses will provide stacks.
As for the stance, totally up to you, since you can switch stance for free anytime and instantly, play around with it. Obviously if you don't need the damage for comfortable clear, go nuts on the AoE.
BLOOD. We link Flesh & Stone to a Maim Support and have that active, which gives us a free, massively improved Maim effect just by being in Blood stance. This frees up a gem slot in our 6l, which is optimally taken by Impale Support.
- What Banner?
DO NOT USE DREAD BANNER.
This was a mistake in the build originally, we use WAR BANNER (for the %inc phys taken and Adrenaline buff on planting).
Plant it on bosses *WHILE CYCLONING*, and reactivate it a second or two later (buff only lasts for a sec).
do you use blood also for mapping? seems like most stuff dies instantly and the increased range should have more merit than more damage.
is war banner still better if we dont plan on planting the banner?
I haven't done the math on the passive Impale vs the passive 12% phys taken from War Banner.
Why *wouldn't* you plant it though? You can basically plant in on every map boss nowadays, and even some endgame bosses will provide stacks.
As for the stance, totally up to you, since you can switch stance for free anytime and instantly, play around with it. Obviously if you don't need the damage for comfortable clear, go nuts on the AoE.
i dont plan on doing it because of physical limitations with my hand and using warchief/bloodrage is more than enough stress for it.
would really appreciate if you could look a bit into the passive banner matter. dread banner also has the reduced accuracy which is a nice defensive boost
i dont plan on doing it because of physical limitations with my hand and using warchief/bloodrage is more than enough stress for it.
would really appreciate if you could look a bit into the passive banner matter. dread banner also has the reduced accuracy which is a nice defensive boost
Without doing the math i can't really imagine that the passive chance to Impale and small Impale increase would outstrip 12% increased damage taken, tbh. The reduced accuracy is certainly ok, but i'm already running Enfeeble on a CWDT setup as well anyway.
I played this several months ago and enjoyed it so much. Now I'm rethinking to play. Is this build able to go deep in Delve and also do elder maps? Thanks
i dont plan on doing it because of physical limitations with my hand and using warchief/bloodrage is more than enough stress for it.
would really appreciate if you could look a bit into the passive banner matter. dread banner also has the reduced accuracy which is a nice defensive boost
Without doing the math i can't really imagine that the passive chance to Impale and small Impale increase would outstrip 12% increased damage taken, tbh. The reduced accuracy is certainly ok, but i'm already running Enfeeble on a CWDT setup as well anyway.
thats what i thought (but hoped dread would be better :D).
one more thing
in the last version of the build it was better to take the right path in the "swift skewing" wheel but now i see the left one taken.
left gives us 80% chance to impale with 91% effectiveness, right one is 90%/71%. the damage is higher through the right path, the difference is less than 0.5%, but we save 1 skillpoint for going right.
