This is the best guide out there, including the previous season’s videos. Learned so much, and in my first week of PVP I feel like I’m wrecking people. I’m playing the 150 con and haven’t gotten any of the good PVP jewelry yet.
I don't know if they have fixed it now, but last time I tested it, if you put jasper inside of runeglass it doesn't work and only applies the first stack only
@@StrutZ007 to the best of my knowledge it's still bugged inside of runeglass, will test again next season and I have reported it to AGS via several platforms
Great vid and infos etc! and thats also the thing these days, the more "balanced" the game is, the more viable options and combos there are too. there is no "one truth", one "bis" etc. folks seem to always want answers simple, "like this is best", but thats rarely how life is, its always more complex, and depends on various fators. but awesome that u show many different top variants of the spartan build, and for dif playstyles n such. noice!
Won't always be that way, I built this assuming everything is working as intended. Even if it's only 8%, that is constant dmg bonus when attack targets at any HP, versus getting 16% only when they are below 50% HP like for emeralds. An extra 16% dmg down the road is something to look forward to but the type of spear gem you use doesn't make too much of a difference when considering all the other ways to buff dmg. For the boltcaster, they may get those first 1-2 shots off but with good avoidance and blocking you can close the distance and get after those builds. The high thrust resistance is more for protecting against other spears since we will have similar cooldowns when fighting Spartan vs Spartan. Sword heavies are really powerful, so mitigating that dmg is important when going S v S. Just adjust the jewelry gems to get more of what you want. This is just what I run to counter the builds I want to be strong against.
Nothing wrong with slotting a gem. It will give you overall more consistent damage. The trenchant will allow for you to throttle dmg but requires that heavy attack to land to be effective
Depends on what you prioritize fighting against and what playstyle you want. If you are engaging mages with bbs than yeah EW/EA makes more sense. I like shirking heals/shirking fort because in ALL situations it is useful. It may not be as directly powerful at mitigating a specific damage type. If you were going to run tower shield and play more of a traditional block build than EW/EA makes way more sense.
@@jahloveinfla I think crafting is your best bet. I think it's just 1 chromatic seal to guarantee a level 700, 2 perk piece. You may get lucky on the third perk. New World changed the track gear perks a while back so it is likely possible to get the perks you want but I think if you are going to use a chromatic seal to change the perks on track gear you might as well use it to craft and get 700 gear and 2 perks you want.
Krotha, how do you feel about the new spear artifact, Venom. I think it's a very good weapon. Sweep combined with trench strike, trench crits, keenly jagged and bleeding sweep perk on armor, coupled with Vault Kick, Venom just might be the best weapon for a spartan build.
Great job, very nice vid again! Very flexible build, like the swiss army knife. I tried to leave the vault kick but it's so hard... xD btw I think 11% fire resist is very low. High damage skills are using fire elemental usually (Fireball, PoF, shrapnel, grenades, explosive arrow, etc.) +elemental aversion needs fixing because it doesn't protect against converted ranged elemental attacks.
@@BlastSR It's looking like medium armor or maybe even light armor is the way to go for Season 5. Heavy armor will still be good but not at every engagement like it was in S3/S4. Each Season introduced a new way to tune the Spartan build for a specific playstyle. You could apply any of the knowledge from those build videos to whatever you want to run in S5. The goal was to show the fundamentals and what critical paths you take for creating a build.
Can this build be used now for solo leveling and playing in general or is it just for PvP. Im still inexperienced at the game but wanted to find a build to follow so I don't get lost in process.
Can you play this in season 5? If so, you have a detailed version of it, would like to play it, would need to know what's on which part and what values
you definitely could, just be careful of the stamina management. all energizing runeglass on gear, stamina recovery necklace should do the trick. for armor check out the double defense gear from the glacial tarn expedition, comes with enchanted AND elemental aversion. I swapped to medium for the current new world build. still shirking fort setup with leeching cyclone and fortifying perforate on the gear ideally. get slash or fire conditioning on gear and stack thrust resistance on gems spear is enfeebling skewer, atunement, keenly jagged and sword is butcher with trenchant rend. if I was going to play heavy, i would use this season 4 setup. and then make some minor adjustments for stam sustain and the defensives perks I mentioned above. let me know if this is helpful, wish I could make a new video but with the state of the game in NW not really worth. you can ofcourse reach out to me on discord if you still need help!
@@Krothaif I drop skewer, id have to find another way to get bleed going and dont want to give up my current weapon perks :/. Im not using butcher yet, so that might be an option.
I would pidgeon -hole yourself to only being able to play with sweep. Make the adjustment and put the reps in to practice playing without it. Otherwise you will continue to be dependent on it!@@willfulmisfortune3679
I'ts not about stacking, it's about having constant pressure. There are instances where it is more efficient to stay on your spear to keep a good tempo of attacks going out, so you want to still have that bleed. The keenly jagged bleed counts as a debuff for extra 10% bonus dmg on spear. When you use skewer, there's the skewer bleed (+ 10%) the weaken from enfeeble (+10%) and if you crit the keenly jagged bleed (+10%) and an additional 20% from skewers empower. If you dodge enough attacks at once post skewer, you can get another 26% empower, so now 46% empower + %30 bonus into your perforate and cyclone. So all that dmg unloaded onto a target with full stacks of rend. Fighting on spear is also more stamina efficient, so when I am outnumbered I like being able to apply keenly jagged on as many players as possible since the bleed duration will be high. As I swap between different targets, a persistent bleed applied by any of the basic attacks or abilities criting allows for always having that bonus damage.
Sounds like great armor perks for weapons that don't involve spear. Spear synergizes too well with the shirking buffs due to all the cooldown reductions and access to efficient dodging.@@Dedal123456
Hmmmm, Iam playing this weapon combo like forever and Iam watching your build videos since the first one came out and I did consider myself as a "fan" of the spartan build. But the videos getting worse and worse in my eyes... Its like you cant decide on one new iteration of the Spartan build... You give us so much input and its way to complex to be useful... I would prefer ONE Spartan build and then a section with some variations. The last video was was way easier to understand, with 4 types... And now with focus on Heavy, I had really high hopes for a clear "Thats the S4 heavy Spartan build" video. :/
I don't use just one build. I'm demonstrating the different levers you can pull to adjust your playstyle and what you want out of it. Last video the differences were in attributes, with the gear not changing much. This video the attributes are set, and a handful of perks are being adjusted to sway your build towards one playstyle over the other. If you want to copy/pasta the build I run, use the link in the description.
Shirking heals and shirking fort pieces typically need to be crafted together. There are a few named pieces but for the most part you craft. You can guarantee these 2 perks relatively cheap.@@100lineadx8
This is the best guide out there, including the previous season’s videos. Learned so much, and in my first week of PVP I feel like I’m wrecking people. I’m playing the 150 con and haven’t gotten any of the good PVP jewelry yet.
Stay with it, you will!
Wassup bro, ive always enjoyed your informative and high level gameplay. I see how much effort u put in this. appreciate the great new world vids.
Thank you!
Best tuto i saw for a long time, thanks ;-)
Working towards this build now as lvl 51. Gameplay is very fun even questing in pve. Love it.
Love to hear it! If you have questions don't hesitate to ask!!!
@@Krothahey! is this build still viable?
@@noblexswift Yes
Great visual explanation.
jasper rune glass isn’t bug now?
I don't know if they have fixed it now, but last time I tested it, if you put jasper inside of runeglass it doesn't work and only applies the first stack only
Can you verify jasper with tick is no longer bugged?
@@StrutZ007 to the best of my knowledge it's still bugged inside of runeglass, will test again next season and I have reported it to AGS via several platforms
Great vid and infos etc! and thats also the thing these days, the more "balanced" the game is, the more viable options and combos there are too. there is no "one truth", one "bis" etc. folks seem to always want answers simple, "like this is best", but thats rarely how life is, its always more complex, and depends on various fators. but awesome that u show many different top variants of the spartan build, and for dif playstyles n such. noice!
Isn't Jasper runeglass still bugged and not stacking past the first proc? Also, going to want a bit more Lightning resist once they fix Boltcaster.
Won't always be that way, I built this assuming everything is working as intended. Even if it's only 8%, that is constant dmg bonus when attack targets at any HP, versus getting 16% only when they are below 50% HP like for emeralds. An extra 16% dmg down the road is something to look forward to but the type of spear gem you use doesn't make too much of a difference when considering all the other ways to buff dmg.
For the boltcaster, they may get those first 1-2 shots off but with good avoidance and blocking you can close the distance and get after those builds. The high thrust resistance is more for protecting against other spears since we will have similar cooldowns when fighting Spartan vs Spartan. Sword heavies are really powerful, so mitigating that dmg is important when going S v S. Just adjust the jewelry gems to get more of what you want. This is just what I run to counter the builds I want to be strong against.
What are your thoughts on gem slot on butcher? I did before your guide came out... i put jasper on my butcher and on my spear.
Nothing wrong with slotting a gem. It will give you overall more consistent damage. The trenchant will allow for you to throttle dmg but requires that heavy attack to land to be effective
with the addition of the Frigid Dawn set do you still go Shirking Heals/Fort or is there more value in the EW/EA combo?
Depends on what you prioritize fighting against and what playstyle you want. If you are engaging mages with bbs than yeah EW/EA makes more sense. I like shirking heals/shirking fort because in ALL situations it is useful. It may not be as directly powerful at mitigating a specific damage type. If you were going to run tower shield and play more of a traditional block build than EW/EA makes way more sense.
@@Krotha one more question: the pvp track armor, is that a good way to get a double shirking set?
@@jahloveinfla I think crafting is your best bet. I think it's just 1 chromatic seal to guarantee a level 700, 2 perk piece. You may get lucky on the third perk. New World changed the track gear perks a while back so it is likely possible to get the perks you want but I think if you are going to use a chromatic seal to change the perks on track gear you might as well use it to craft and get 700 gear and 2 perks you want.
hey, i got hv set but dark void is with GS perk.. do u thnik i can go unyielding? or dark void with ussles perk still better?
Yeah you totally can. You will mitigate burst dmg well.
Where to get that round shield glass skin? :D
you wouldn't happen to be still using this build with the new release would you?
Krotha, how do you feel about the new spear artifact, Venom. I think it's a very good weapon. Sweep combined with trench strike, trench crits, keenly jagged and bleeding sweep perk on armor, coupled with Vault Kick, Venom just might be the best weapon for a spartan build.
Go for it.
Hey mate. Your weapon gem on the spear doesn’t work. It only grants 1 stack.
Great job, very nice vid again! Very flexible build, like the swiss army knife. I tried to leave the vault kick but it's so hard... xD btw I think 11% fire resist is very low. High damage skills are using fire elemental usually (Fireball, PoF, shrapnel, grenades, explosive arrow, etc.) +elemental aversion needs fixing because it doesn't protect against converted ranged elemental attacks.
If I need more I use the Fire absorb consumable.
@@Krotha I'm using ~70% fire resist, but some times isn't enough xD
I really enjoy this build, but hearing the heavy armor nerfs coming with -15% damage, will it be the same just jumping on medium armor instead ?
Yeah, just go tumbler shoes in a medium setup. Like the S2/S3 Spartan
Hello, so basically just follow the S3 Spartan build for S5?@@Krotha
@@BlastSR It's looking like medium armor or maybe even light armor is the way to go for Season 5. Heavy armor will still be good but not at every engagement like it was in S3/S4.
Each Season introduced a new way to tune the Spartan build for a specific playstyle. You could apply any of the knowledge from those build videos to whatever you want to run in S5. The goal was to show the fundamentals and what critical paths you take for creating a build.
Can this build be used now for solo leveling and playing in general or is it just for PvP. Im still inexperienced at the game but wanted to find a build to follow so I don't get lost in process.
@payk4637 yes absolutely. Heavy armor will do less dmg compared to medium and light. The same fundamentals apply regardless of equipment load.
@@Krotha Thanks man, will follow the guide surely now 😁. Keep up the good work, I've been watching some of your vids, really helpful stuff.
Geat video, it really helped me during S4, thx !. Any changes for S5?
Use venom spear and go light armor.
Can you play this in season 5? If so, you have a detailed version of it, would like to play it, would need to know what's on which part and what values
you definitely could, just be careful of the stamina management. all energizing runeglass on gear, stamina recovery necklace should do the trick. for armor check out the double defense gear from the glacial tarn expedition, comes with enchanted AND elemental aversion.
I swapped to medium for the current new world build. still shirking fort setup with leeching cyclone and fortifying perforate on the gear ideally. get slash or fire conditioning on gear and stack thrust resistance on gems
spear is enfeebling skewer, atunement, keenly jagged and sword is butcher with trenchant rend. if I was going to play heavy, i would use this season 4 setup. and then make some minor adjustments for stam sustain and the defensives perks I mentioned above. let me know if this is helpful, wish I could make a new video but with the state of the game in NW not really worth. you can ofcourse reach out to me on discord if you still need help!
@@Krotha Of course it would be really nice I would like to play such a build but unfortunately I have no plan
@@Krotha How is the discord?
@@KrothaDoes the spear still fit like this?
@@OctaniusGhostzzz discord.gg/warband
But why keenlyjaged two times? I was thinking thats is max 1 Stack
Love the build!! No way in hell I'll ever have all that crafted armor though, lol. Thats crazy!!
Never say never
Its Always actuallity for a Season 5 ?
Settlers of Catan has gotten way too complicated
Haaa!!! That just gave me some serious nostalgia!
I cant let go of sweep for cyclone. Its so clutch for cc/kills
Yeah I know, could maybe drop skewer or and go fortifying perforate
@@Krothaif I drop skewer, id have to find another way to get bleed going and dont want to give up my current weapon perks :/.
Im not using butcher yet, so that might be an option.
I would pidgeon -hole yourself to only being able to play with sweep. Make the adjustment and put the reps in to practice playing without it. Otherwise you will continue to be dependent on it!@@willfulmisfortune3679
Bro does this build still work for PVP in NW
yes it does!
TY bro fresh server so need a dope build haha @@Krotha
Nice video can you make an updated dracula build
I will
How did he get this armor?
The looks of it
season 5 pls :D
Go light armor, use venom artifact, spam sweep. There's the build
@@Krotha ty
but bro.. u cnat use 2x keenly jagged, it could works only on butcher is not stack
I'ts not about stacking, it's about having constant pressure. There are instances where it is more efficient to stay on your spear to keep a good tempo of attacks going out, so you want to still have that bleed. The keenly jagged bleed counts as a debuff for extra 10% bonus dmg on spear. When you use skewer, there's the skewer bleed (+ 10%) the weaken from enfeeble (+10%) and if you crit the keenly jagged bleed (+10%) and an additional 20% from skewers empower. If you dodge enough attacks at once post skewer, you can get another 26% empower, so now 46% empower + %30 bonus into your perforate and cyclone. So all that dmg unloaded onto a target with full stacks of rend.
Fighting on spear is also more stamina efficient, so when I am outnumbered I like being able to apply keenly jagged on as many players as possible since the bleed duration will be high. As I swap between different targets, a persistent bleed applied by any of the basic attacks or abilities criting allows for always having that bonus damage.
@@Krotha ok thx, what do u think about plaq crt?
Solid alternative to keenly jagged. Achieves the same thing, pressure. @@Dedal123456
@@Krothawhat do u think if.. I replace sf and sh for elemental aversion and conditionig?
Sounds like great armor perks for weapons that don't involve spear. Spear synergizes too well with the shirking buffs due to all the cooldown reductions and access to efficient dodging.@@Dedal123456
Nothing like staring at a guy on a wolf for background footage for a PvP video
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Why do you sound like Deltia? Lol
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Hmmmm, Iam playing this weapon combo like forever and Iam watching your build videos since the first one came out and I did consider myself as a "fan" of the spartan build. But the videos getting worse and worse in my eyes... Its like you cant decide on one new iteration of the Spartan build... You give us so much input and its way to complex to be useful... I would prefer ONE Spartan build and then a section with some variations. The last video was was way easier to understand, with 4 types... And now with focus on Heavy, I had really high hopes for a clear "Thats the S4 heavy Spartan build" video. :/
I don't use just one build. I'm demonstrating the different levers you can pull to adjust your playstyle and what you want out of it. Last video the differences were in attributes, with the gear not changing much. This video the attributes are set, and a handful of perks are being adjusted to sway your build towards one playstyle over the other. If you want to copy/pasta the build I run, use the link in the description.
Does the armor in the first option have to be crafted? 3:49
Shirking heals and shirking fort pieces typically need to be crafted together. There are a few named pieces but for the most part you craft. You can guarantee these 2 perks relatively cheap.@@100lineadx8