Good 1 handed builds?
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I'm looking for ideas for an efficient 1-handed builds that don't focus on minions/spellcasting. I have only thought of 2 real options so far - Exploding Man (tempest shield + molten shell) and a shield charge build.
Every other build I can think of seems to be much better with either a 2-handed weapon or dual-wielding. The reason I think that is because as soon as you don't take points in improving your shield, having the shield is a waste (because points in 1-hander skills benefit you more if you dual-wield). Double strike is the skill that is clearly designed for a sword+board build, but for the life of me I can't see any way to make that particular skill the cornerstone of a build. Anyone got any ideas? |
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Try a bog-standard Ele cleave duelist, or 1h mace and board ground slam mara.
1337 21gn17ur3
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I use this build: click
It's a pure phys. mace templar with heavy strike, shield bash and ground slam as main skills. Very solid, no great dps but no great weaknesses either. Except for the weapon mediocre gear is more than enough to do maps. Weapon should have high damage though or you'll take too long to clear them. I like it because it's sort of 'classic' and it's very flexible. The build as in the link you'll get around lv75, additional points can go into more block, more %armour or more offense, all within easy reach. Build Summary
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Resolute Technique: Your hits can't be Evaded Resolute Technique: Never deal Critical Strikes Stats +320 to Strength +40 to Dexterity +50 to Intelligence Life 5.4% of Life Regenerated per Second 239% increased maximum Life Enemies Cannot Leech Life From You +60 to maximum Life Mana 40% increased Mana Regeneration Rate 8% increased maximum Mana Physical Damage 42% increased Physical Damage with One Handed Melee Weapons 30% increased Melee Physical Damage Resistance +30% Elemental Resistances while holding a Shield +25% to all Elemental Resistances +5% to maximum Fire Resistance +5% to maximum Cold Resistance +5% to maximum Lightning Resistance Attack Speed 3% increased Attack Speed with One Handed Melee Weapons 12% increased Attack Speed Endurance Charge +3 Maximum Endurance Charge Armour 44% increased Armour Ignore all Movement Penalties from Armour 32% increased Evasion Rating and Armour Energy Shield 44% increased maximum Energy Shield Critical Strike You take 30% reduced Extra Damage from Critical Strikes Shield Block 24% additional Shield Block Chance Misc 75% increased Defences from equipped Shield +2 to Melee Weapon and Unarmed range 40% increased Block Recovery Dernière édition par Jojas#5551, le 5 avr. 2013 à 08:57:09
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Holy hell that is a lot of life passives! Clearly I have a thing or 2 to learn about builds.
I had an idea of a glacial hammer build using 1-hand + shield, using nova & cold snap as CC. I use shield charge & tempest shield for a bit more damage. I just feel that if was using a staff instead of 1-hander, I would still get the survivability benefits of having everyone chilled, but I would be doing considerably more damage and have longer range to boot. I get the feeling that 1-handing is inefficient because of how I have to split up my passives, except for the 2 circumstances where shields are clearly the best option - tempest+molten, or shield charge. Dernière édition par Throak#6368, le 5 avr. 2013 à 17:08:45
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I have been running a fire and lightning templar that primarily uses groundslam. Using a shield instead of a second mace doesn't hurt my DPS that much, and I really like the extra protection.
Bullshit, you get the game for free.
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