2H Grinding Build for PvE Servers

[furo]

I tried this out yesterday to do some grinding and rep work in Stillmoor.

This build needs a fairly decent 2h weapon and a high crit level to perform well (I'm over 1k crit and 850 AP self buffed).

The spec: Riftblade (44) / Champion (13) / Reaver (9)

Macros:

The macros should be obvious. I put the Reaver stuff in with my main builder spam for ease of use. You can separate them if you'd like.

The only difference between my ST builder and my AoE builder is to swap Thunder Strike (AoE) with Searing Strike (ST), and of course to use Stormburst as your first AoE finisher.

Buffs: Blade of Elemental Affinity, Soldier's Bearing, Crest of Abyss, Avatar of Water

Theory: Big damage, Major self healing, and decent energy regen.

Results: I was able to solo the entire upper levels of Stillmoor elites whilst only needing to stop and drink twice (the casters are the only mobs that will give you any trouble). Large packs of mobs evaporate with this build, and it's quite funny to attack a pack of 10-12 mobs and watch your health go UP while they are eradicated. I had similar results in Ember Isle (never needing to stop and drink there with a bit of common sense). Very rarely will you run low on energy with this build (self buffed).

Comments? Thoughts? Was just messing around so this hasn't been theorycrafted or anything. Just a fun build to try.

[Flashmemory]

all you need is 9/9 of planar crystals and you just decimate all the rift mobs which is what people should be farming since they give better exp than non rift mobs. ANY SPEC destroys them also. I go two handed pop my planar skill and can literally take all the hits from event bosses with 0 healers even without boa. It is very easy to play but yes the build is good... you can get 9k+ crits with other builds however just using the planar energies..mobs drop really fast. It is all your preference however..People just over think it. Spamming blood fever with boa with the use of surging and champion energy regen talent is good for lowbies...but not really needed once people start realizing there is about 2-3 crystal regens out of each entrance per zone.

[furo]

all you need is 9/9 of planar crystals and you just decimate all the rift mobs which is what people should be farming since they give better exp than non rift mobs. ANY SPEC destroys them also. I go two handed pop my planar skill and can literally take all the hits from event bosses with 0 healers even without boa. It is very easy to play but yes the build is good... you can get 9k+ crits with other builds however just using the planar energies..mobs drop really fast. It is all your preference however..People just over think it. Spamming blood fever with boa with the use of surging and champion energy regen talent is good for lowbies...but not really needed once people start realizing there is about 2-3 crystal regens out of each entrance per zone.

Yeah that's true but you aren't always fighting an invasion or Rift

There's still faction, questing, and other stuff going on in the game

When I'm using my Holy Champ ability (the planar one you're referring to) during invasions/rifts, I just go 38 Para 2H

[Soulsurfing]

I would prob shift points in champ to get weapon specialization. I don't think Titan's Strike would do you as much good in a non 51 rb build as weapon specialization. I shifted some points; you now have 18% damage boost to all attacks. Which is a double bonus as more damage = more healed using blade of elemental affinity.

I like the use of reaver for a little survivability, kinda good idea there, especially if you get low life you start taking 20% less damage, while at the same time healing a ton from the 2h. And it gives you access to blood fever plus binding of affliction. shifted some points there so you could use blood fever (5 target spam) as a builder instead of thunder strike (3 target) while AOEing. i don't think imbued armor is all that great, i remember reading that it doesn't come into play until the end of the mitigation/avoidance "if x then y" chain. or has it been fixed? i think the extra damage and healing you're putting out will offset the loss of the 3 in imbued armor.

I still need to test deadly strikes vs. rb elemental builders. Krunch swore that it applied by others have said the opposite. If it does apply then I would move titan's strength points to deadly strikes. In a PVE server you will be running PVE armor in open world so your crit will be uber high. you might be able to drop to 2/3 grim satisfaction.

I left your rb alone.

http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=1c...GdsM.g0c0m.xbo

Solid build idea. good work

[Tufelhunden]

As a lower level warrior, think t1/t2 5 man gear, I prefer lamebois PVP spec for solo grinding now. For me at least, I find I am to squishy with a 2 hander no matter the spec. YMMV

[Soulsurfing]

2h is squishy but you receive mega healing from using blade of elemental affinity - try it

[Tufelhunden]

2h is squishy but you receive mega healing from using blade of elemental affinity - try it

I will give that a shot. Thanks for the idea, just hope I don't get to power starved.

[Soulsurfing]

thats what the champ is for, 3/3 grim satisfaction (or 2/3 if your crit is super high). you also have 50% off with surging energy, and you can "blade dance" and switch to planar blade but usually its not needed.

[furo]

thats what the champ is for, 3/3 grim satisfaction (or 2/3 if your crit is super high). you also have 50% off with surging energy, and you can "blade dance" and switch to planar blade but usually its not needed.

^^ Yep that's what I was aiming for w/ this spec... good healing and the energy regen that is as close to Planar Blade as you can get, while using BoEA instead.

I'll try your suggestion today w/ Blood Fever although I'm not sure it will help due to the loss in damage (elemental vs death). Will also move some points out of Titan's into weapon specialization, that seems like a good idea.

[mattya802]

I still need to test deadly strikes vs. rb elemental builders. Krunch swore that it applied by others have said the opposite. If it does apply then I would move titan's strength points to deadly strikes. In a PVE server you will be running PVE armor in open world so your crit will be uber high. you might be able to drop to 2/3 grim satisfaction.

It doesn't effect RB abilities.

[DeadMaus]

How dare you take valthirus's spec

[Kaybriar]

44rb/22ch 4 life.

[smoked]

44rb/22ch 4 life.

As long as you have the crit!

[Shoegazer]

Something like this is better if you have decent gear less power issue cause you parry or dodge you get 10 power.

http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=1c...zcMGdsR.xxx0hm

3 points in grace of the five ring if you wanna dual wield.

[jerwel]

^^ Yep that's what I was aiming for w/ this spec... good healing and the energy regen that is as close to Planar Blade as you can get, while using BoEA instead.

I'll try your suggestion today w/ Blood Fever although I'm not sure it will help due to the loss in damage (elemental vs death). Will also move some points out of Titan's into weapon specialization, that seems like a good idea.

Blood fever is boosted by both enhanced burst and rift fury. If you are taking hits it actually hits harder than searing strike (unless you have freeze armor up/frost strike up) but it affects 6 total mobs. I personally go 44 rb/ 22 reaver (LOL at any defiant that gets near me when im beating on an invasion 4k crits :P), hits a little harder due to the dot talent and aoe talent in reaver (both of which affect the inital hit in blood fever if plague bringers up), powerstarves more though...