you can also have the base attack skill proccing too! PROCS FOR THE PROC GOD if you are an autoattacker you can have a full set of dual wielding procs, each having a chance to proc their own procs. Look carefully at devotion constellations that dont have proc skills on them, they often have op retarded unflagged bonuses (like -25% resistance on hit on snake) Some monsters have specific element resistances but its fairly rare so its not a d2 hell situation, plus there are resistance debuffer skills

You can mix damage types fairly easily in thisĮnergy regen gear requires spirit, piercing weapons need cunning, high armour items and 2h weapons need physique Some less good weapon choices have absurdly strong weapon-specific constellations to make up for it (eg kraken for 2 handed ranged) actual radius aoe shit does (eg explosion in fire strike line) That shit works with ranged weapons but hits multiple target shit doesnt. Offensive ability is good and applies to all damage types, including dots in next patchĪuto attack changing skills like zolhans technique or feral hunger work with a left click skill, of which there are only 3 (cadence, fire strike, savagery)Ĭadence third hit special attack does not work with them because crate are cruel and unkind masters so bear that in mind The stuff to know about the system is mainly Ultimately decided to go with Soldier as my secondary.Ībit boring but barreling into zombies with blitz is starting to make it feel worth it. That said, melee Shamans do typically second-class Soldier. Stun jacks is a nice little stun early on, flashbang is great for debuffing mobs so you're more survivable, and 1 point in canister bomb + 3 in the transmuter than makes it stun is one of the best CC abilities in the game. Pyro is a great choice if you primarily want more CC. Thinking about building something that can run into the middle of a group and unleash fire damage from enemies coming into contact with me while letting off lightning aoe but going pyro seems like sort of a waste since I would be ignoring all the explosives and traps which don't seem too useful for a more defensive melee character. Picked Shaman and 2handed melee first and kind of tempted to go soldier aswell to complement it defensively/AOE but I like some of the buffs from pyro. Kind of at a loss as to what classes I want to be rolling though. Finally got around to this and pretty awesome so far.

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