Build Example: Crit Trick Shot Ashstalker
Expect more of these over the next weeks, as we are approaching the long-awaited Early Access.
[/p][p]In this example we will take a look at a combination of Rogue and Earth, which form the Ashstalker.[/p][p][/p][h2]Rogue Actives[/h2][p]Let’s talk about the active skill tree on the Rogue side, where we will put a lot of our points.[/p][p]We will be heavily focused on the Trick Shot skill. This is a fast, target-penetrating projectile attack.
We want to use this to deal very targeted damage and with our Modifier system we customize it to to disrupt our foes.
[/p][p]We add the following modifiers:[/p]
- [p]Interrupt: When we hit a channelling enemy, they get stunned. Very nifty when trying to disable channeling abilities like enemy heals or charged up attacks.[/p]
- [p]Counter: Let’s double down on this aspect! With this Modifier, channelling enemies take hugely increased damage, making it the perfect “snipe” in the right situation.[/p]
- [p]Enhanced Critical Hit: Hugely increases our crit chance to round things out and synergize with some of our other abilities (more on that in a second).[/p]
- [p]Preparation: An aura that increase damage for us and our allies. We customize it to synergize with our plan: The Enhanced Critical Hits modifier helps us further here.[/p]
- [p]Mark For Death: This skill lets us mark a single target. By choosing the Shadow Dagger modifier we’ll deal massive damage when critically hitting the marked target. If timed while an enemy is channeling, this has the potential to get a super juicy super-crit! Note: The keen eyed amongst you might see the “3” extra damage for this Modifier and I can already hear your sceptical mumblings! [/p]
- [p]Rightfully so! This is just a UI-Bug and the damage of course is much more than that).[/p]
- [p]Accuracy: This passive increases our damage and crit chance, which already is a great combination for us. But here’s the catch: The feat High Critical Chance synergizes very nicely with our plans. It increases our crit chance by a hefty 100%, but reduces the crit-damage in return. Luckily, we partially mitigate this drawback by our other choices! Remember the Shadow Dagger modifier we just talked about? That now triggers every time![/p]
- [p]Deft Hands: This offers a good set of bonusses throughout. Damage? Yes please. Attack and Cast Speed? Never hurts. By choosing the Critical Hit Chance we get exactly what we need and further build our synergies.[/p]
- [p]Overwhelm: Once we spec into this, whenever we use our Weapon Attack we gain a stack of Overwhelm. When we have 3 stacks, our Roiling Magma can consume them for a super charged shot.[/p]
- [p]Enhanced Ailment: With this Modifier we have a higher chance of setting enemies on fire as well. That’s very useful against light mobs in case they survive our initial shot somehow. The burning stacks should finish them.[/p]
We will definitely put some points into Agility. We can also split it with Might to boost both physical and fire damages with our connected meta-attributes (Fitness and Resolve).
A more focused build is also possible. While splitting is good for versatility, as enemies have varying damage resistance profiles, focusing on less attributes gives you larger advantages in certain areas of the game. [/p][p]
The choice is yours to make![/p][h2]Putting it all together[/h2][p]To summarize:[/p]
- [p]We use Trick Shot to deal high critical damage, especially to channeling enemies. With this we can even interrupt their abilities, helping us to control the battlefield in a very rogue-ish way.[/p]
- [p]Roiling Magma helps us to clear out light mobs, especially after we charge it up by swiflty attacking with our daggers a couple of times.[/p]
- [p]Our 2 auras (Earth Enchantment and Preperation) give us a constant boost. Finally Marked for Death allows us to pick and obliterate a single target, if needed.[/p]
That could be a problem for us in the long term. Unless… we turn it into a spell! The Trick Shot Modifier “Shadow Dagger” does exactly that.[/p][p]