Great build, but it seems kinda complicated on what to focus on following leveling path. Something like: 1. Counterblow 2. Focused Retaliation 3. Titan Stomp 4. Bulwark 5. Return to Sender 6. Reinforcement 7. Enraged 8. Heavy Armor Mastery 9. Fiery Resolve Then respec?
@@cuqier5889 I think return to sender is too inconsistent to use points early into the build but Titan Stomp is definitely great. Heavy Armor Mastery and Reinforcement are probably better left out until you have invested into champion so I'd make my way up from Determined Death instead which is just really really strong the more I mess with it. Your progression is very good for surviving but damage is not great. Downfall early game is also a good cheap investment that sneaks out good damage.
@@cuqier5889 Considering you'd have around 25 to 30 points before 20 due to Fen'Harel statues, I'd go for Titan Stomp, Downfall, Determined Death going up all the way to Unbroken Finale then Bulwark and Deadly Ground. You could also get the passive that makes you crit on final attacks Vs low health enemies which is in the bottom left, I can't recall the name of it rn.
Hell yeah. This makes a lot of sense. I think I got stuck with my champion rook by putting too many my points up in the top of the tree and trying to make the blight bane or ground breaker a main source of damage since they look cool. Ended up being a bit underwhelming. I wasn't high enough level to make the best defence part work yet. How would you build this before 30? I messed around with the slayer tree for a bit but I honestly find the 2h stuff and weapon charging a bit too clunky even if I liked heroic leap. Don't like reaper with the shield throw. Anyways, this inspires me to return to champion. Great build and different than the other videos out there. As for what would be cool to see next, a mage build that doesn't use the all abilities crit ring that does self damage combined with some self heal gear would be nice. Everyone seems to have settled on the same, admittedly OP combo where you can infinitely spam blast spells and never take any damage. Similar to some builds for duelist that just abuse invulnerability by endlessly using thousand cuts. Seems boring to me. Either that or a slayer build that somehow feels smooth and utilizes some abilities for high damage not just charged attacks. Although, perhaps I just don't like the 2h playstyle like I mentioned.
@@Vizieroframbling Before LVL30 Deadly Ground on Shocked enemies clears rooms before you can do much. I used Titan Stomp as well but Determined Death and Unbroken Finale can absolutely work without The Best Defense. It's much less damage but with Final Attack gear you still get a lot of damage out of it. Slayer I think it might just not be your thing. It is really clunky and I honestly hate it against bosses, it relies on rage generation and Heroic Leap spamming, it ain't great for me too ngl. What you mentioned is the best Mage build but if you want something fun there's some Quickened frost Evoker control mage stuff which is super party and gear reliant but hey maybe I can find a way to make it actually competitive with these other builds.
Great build, but it seems kinda complicated on what to focus on following leveling path.
Something like:
1. Counterblow
2. Focused Retaliation
3. Titan Stomp
4. Bulwark
5. Return to Sender
6. Reinforcement
7. Enraged
8. Heavy Armor Mastery
9. Fiery Resolve
Then respec?
@@cuqier5889 I think return to sender is too inconsistent to use points early into the build but Titan Stomp is definitely great. Heavy Armor Mastery and Reinforcement are probably better left out until you have invested into champion so I'd make my way up from Determined Death instead which is just really really strong the more I mess with it. Your progression is very good for surviving but damage is not great. Downfall early game is also a good cheap investment that sneaks out good damage.
@@akontistes6951thanks, i'm yet to play the game actually, soo i'm only theorycrafting.
How would you put it for the first 20 lvls?
@@cuqier5889 Considering you'd have around 25 to 30 points before 20 due to Fen'Harel statues, I'd go for Titan Stomp, Downfall, Determined Death going up all the way to Unbroken Finale then Bulwark and Deadly Ground. You could also get the passive that makes you crit on final attacks Vs low health enemies which is in the bottom left, I can't recall the name of it rn.
@@akontistes6951 Thank you
Have you tried this in nightmare difficulty?
@@iceiceice914 I've never even played the game below Nightmare. This is 100% a Nightmare build, I'll put a disclaimer.
Hell yeah. This makes a lot of sense. I think I got stuck with my champion rook by putting too many my points up in the top of the tree and trying to make the blight bane or ground breaker a main source of damage since they look cool. Ended up being a bit underwhelming. I wasn't high enough level to make the best defence part work yet. How would you build this before 30? I messed around with the slayer tree for a bit but I honestly find the 2h stuff and weapon charging a bit too clunky even if I liked heroic leap. Don't like reaper with the shield throw. Anyways, this inspires me to return to champion. Great build and different than the other videos out there.
As for what would be cool to see next, a mage build that doesn't use the all abilities crit ring that does self damage combined with some self heal gear would be nice. Everyone seems to have settled on the same, admittedly OP combo where you can infinitely spam blast spells and never take any damage. Similar to some builds for duelist that just abuse invulnerability by endlessly using thousand cuts. Seems boring to me. Either that or a slayer build that somehow feels smooth and utilizes some abilities for high damage not just charged attacks. Although, perhaps I just don't like the 2h playstyle like I mentioned.
@@Vizieroframbling Before LVL30 Deadly Ground on Shocked enemies clears rooms before you can do much. I used Titan Stomp as well but Determined Death and Unbroken Finale can absolutely work without The Best Defense. It's much less damage but with Final Attack gear you still get a lot of damage out of it.
Slayer I think it might just not be your thing. It is really clunky and I honestly hate it against bosses, it relies on rage generation and Heroic Leap spamming, it ain't great for me too ngl. What you mentioned is the best Mage build but if you want something fun there's some Quickened frost Evoker control mage stuff which is super party and gear reliant but hey maybe I can find a way to make it actually competitive with these other builds.