Colonel

[manic portal]

Discuss your builds and favorite ways to play Colonel!

[south needle]

The music skill damage build iv been using. You can pretty much beat everything running music and just being tanky so you won't die in 2 hits. Im almost at level 30 Corrective action with no module upgrades. Just lock in

[hushed bramble]

@south needle awesome. Thank you. What stats are on your modules? Full wep power? And do u use skills offten or just shoot?

[south needle]

Shoot as little as possible. Get the starting set that gives the music dodge and you're basically set already. After that aim for either the reload or the minor music ability

The damage on all of them is hilariously overtuned

[hushed bramble]

Err so i don't shoot with the gun? I just dodge?

And dodge makes that wave as dps?

@south needle

And again. On ur mods whats the main stat? Wp (wep power) or sp? (Skill power)

[south needle]

Skill power

[south needle]

Yes. You should only be shooting if the dodge is on cooldown. If you get the reload perk, shoot one bullet then reload instantly

[hushed bramble]

Ty vm

Is the dodge dps build working only for colonel?

[south needle]

No, you can do it on anyone

[hushed bramble]

Ty

[earnest harbor]

wait, just take music C and that's it ?

@south needle

why they're buffed on this specific person ? or it's for everyone

think the E build with thunder it's better

[blazing pecan]

so reds are like unique mods for rogueteers can you show me colonels’

[ember sentinel]

@earnest harbor
Well over most of the betas from what I remember music was basically ass compared to other options. So they buffed the numbers a lot and tweaked how they work. Minor one for example only exploded once like the dodge and did much less damage. Now it pulses multiple times and is alot more useful. Another reason why he picked music instead of thunder is the hilariously huge hit box for the music dodge. Depending on the room it'll hit everything without effort and the mobs just die in comical fashion.

[blazing pecan]

whats that red mod on colonel? can you send what it does plesse?

wait nvm sorry

[lethal glen]

Looks like a crit build some similar to what Heynckes can run

[somber dune]

@south needle Could you check your discord dms 🙂

[ember sentinel]

Well backpack would increase his firerate alot and Colonel can become a bullet hose while in aim mode

Oh actually I think he has that key that bans your Right click

Don't remember waht it does but think it gave alot of final dmg bonus

[drifting wagon]

idk how, but I got 2 Billion damage, I thought I was doing bad, heres the perk loadout

[still sapphire]

just tried music build and holy sht its insane it feels like cheating

[normal bough]

His crit build is the reason (two active perks with 10 points) .. also combat Terminull is so important, I played music build because of Music-Evasion is the fastest way to clear any area but after building my combat teminull I only play with a crit build.

[sturdy ingot]

um, so how does a colonel with no shoot perk and good gear, able to to do 2x heynck damage and have more kill with weapon atk O.o?

does colonel have something that can auto aim?

[normal bough]

Not the best one, but I'm doing good with it

[rich torrent]

His Primary kinda does, and aim assist on a Controller also is nuts

Even “light” aim assist can track Reaper’s spinning attack about perfectly

[polar tundra]

were you both the same level? it's possible you are just alot more advanced with the terminull stats and stuff or they just couldn't find what they needed idk

[rich torrent]

Try to have your modules matching with the setup you choose

I think Weapon Damage is a safe bet nonetheless

Since Colonel’s Primary ability then makes you do tons of damage + have Fragile’s boost no matter what

I personally have been using Music or (Lucky) Crit, but Fortune seems to get many people to the top Leaderboard spots

I guess what matters is which set you want to choose first

Those seem to be really good, maybe also Thunder Perks?

Music is my personal favorite from all the Charm, combine it with Colonel’s Primary ability and you’ll have massive waves of Charm

Lucky/Crit builds also work super well, Crits with your Primary Ability’s Fragile effect boosting your normal shots, will be juicy

Try to make your Combat Terminull cohesive first with similar stat boosts and Passives

Then plan ahead in-game for what your stats fit the most

[slate elbow]

Tried the music build in CA 11 or 12 and it really is crazy

[wise wigeon]

I went nuts into CA 10-14 with the crit one and 6 pieces of drones, focusing only on weapon damage

And music for floor clearing

[signal owl]

ANyone wann jumpm in a dc to help me understand this guy

pleasee

[brittle quiver]

Lol me too I'm so confused

[signal owl]

back that do no damage and prof 9 ass well

[south needle]

This is the best support build in the game

No modules or grinding required, just make the guy your duo with deal more damage

[shut ruin]

Whats so good about the relaod music one?

[south needle]

That was just the starting effect to clear the rooms in the run to get the save. Your job is to perma-fragile the boss and give weapon damage to your teamates

[shut ruin]

Ive seen the music reloud be reccomended alot in other char/builds i just never understood why its so trong

[south needle]

Its because some fool put an extra 0 when making the damage numbers for them

probably in the skill scaling

[quasi sundial]

It's similar build I use and it does crush difficulty 10 solo. Great on bosses, terrible on non-boss stages.

[ember sentinel]

Other reason is the charm goes through walls and has infinite tracking it looks like. It doing hilarious dmg and charming mobs is a extra plus

[shut ruin]

You just spam shoot n reload? Nonstop?

[ember sentinel]

Probably weave a missile as well for the debuff

Can't remember the extra details but looking forward to the lighting guy he had shown in one of the betas

[signal owl]

anyone know hpow to get dps withj this guy

elit for the l;ife of me do no damage

lit

[quasi sundial]

Nah, you have to keep E up on everything you shoot so you can get the 25% damage bonus for the party and the weak spot bonus continuously for Colonel.

I've also been using a thunder E build and it actually does enough damage to function properly on difficulty 10.

[green vault]

i personally use thunder from ca 1-10, then was using music from 10-20, from what i see, thunder perk give rather stable dps regardles what perk i got,
Music in other hand give stable dps but need certain perk that can boost the damage really huge.

i only try skill build, anyone try weapon damage build with colonel?

[worldly kernel]

Man this build is so busted lmao

[worldly kernel]

😂

just a small billion hit

[worthy frigate]

Building your 6 set of relics and lvl 10 trigger skill helps a lot on damage

If you can snag energy for your shielding it helps the group a lot. He can basically function as a healer.

[stuck jewel]

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[cinder isle]

It's also got almost no cooldown, so you can start a reload and then cancel it with an ability to start reloading again, basically letting you spam it

[quasi sundial]

It's the main build I use. It's not overpowered but it does do decent damage on bosses allowing for ca34/35 clears where you skip the 3rd sets of rooms. Music is using a bugged passive to square their damage, which is ridiculously bugged and busted.

on bosses it cubes the damage.

[green vault]

Ya, i notice sometimes my damage just absurb, can few shoots mobs/bosses, but idk what the cause, which are used, not sure

[quasi sundial]

Normally when you deal damage its like...

• Damage, Critical Damage, Weak Point Damage, other Perk and Relic multipliers = End Result

When the music perk is active its like...

• Damage, Critical Damage, other perk and relic multipliers
• THEN that end result is also applying your damage, critical damage, other perks and relics again for the repulse.
• THEN that end result is also applying your damage, critical damage, other perks and relics etc for the impact.

It's why people can have really awful music builds but magically deal way more damage than any other build.

So its not 2x and 3x... I think its ^2 and possibly ^3 on bosses

[green vault]

no wonders

[green vault]

does fortune build works with colonel? since he can shoot to, i saw alot for mega damage people using fortune build, like heynckes

[quasi sundial]

For weapon power I use Fortune. It does the most consistent damage ironically despite the arbiter being luck and crit based 😂

ca34 was an absolute stomp since you get a big weapon power buff, I did ca35 will play 36-40 tonight after work hopefully.

[green vault]

yea instead of luck it is better damage,. because didnt need to upgrade much, just hold alot of money them you good.

[chilly ore]

what the better weapon to use

[quasi sundial]

This is definitely the best weapon damage perk ever. Good god.

[ancient thunder]

Meh i prefer weapon amp. 2x weapon damage op and when my base is already 1540 thats already far more than the conversion off of 900 shield.

[quasi sundial]

Its funny that you say this but I never realized how much it increased until I looked at the damage before and after.

The base damage went from 14000 ---> 45000....more than triple.

[reef linden]

so whats the early game build for this guy?

[rich torrent]

@bold flax This is how my Colonel setup looks, I still have the Purple Modules to reroll for better substats

This combined with a weapon focus gets insane damage, but if I'm solo- I need to get something with AOE for my Primary, or it's sometimes overwhelming.

I had a Module with "first Perk thunder" but it got crept out, now I'm rerolling a similar Module to have something like it

I also hate the amount of times I get a Minor Skill related substat (Colonel's Minor skill doesn't benefit from Damage stuff until you get the right Perks for it, I think?)

His Minor Skill is his Temp Shields, but some Perks are inconsistent with listing it as Minor or Primary (though you can tell by input on the description)

[rich torrent]

The one from the Arbiter of Thunder usually

[pine vigil]

which build beginning?

aions peak

[rich torrent]

Sorry for the late reply, but I go for:

Wealth if in a group
Fortune if alone

Thunder is also a possible option (also goes with the Primary Perk from the same Arbiter)

I’m not the best Colonel by any means, but I am happy to try and help with the theorycrafting

Weapon Damage Colonel’s main issue is having little means to crowd control if he’s not super OP Module-wise, or using his Primary with AOE effects

That’ll leave you vulnerable to Snipers and hordes incoming, if you’re not killing fast enough

It’s incredible for sustained single-target damage from the beginning, getting better with the right Potential and matching sets

In a group, I usually have the highest damage by a wide margin if fortune (pun intended) favors me

Be careful of the Breakdown in CA that can lock out a Skill too

If your Rockets get locked, especially while solo- prepare for a long haul

I typically hope that either Temp Shields or my Ultimate is locked at the beginning

[quasi sundial]

Fortune works but energy gets you that crit-level power without needing any stats. They both work.

[livid spade]

which potential is best when going fortune?

[rich torrent]

Try to match it with what your Fortune build affects

If it affects your shots mainly, go for Potentials that affect weak point damage, ammo regeneration, anything that lets you shoot more or boost your weapon/weakpoint damage

If it affects your Rockets mainly, then go for Potentials that make them have more AOE, boosts them at the cost of your normal shots effectiveness, etc

[pine vigil]

Ok and which set ist good

[ancient thunder]

Ight so here's my Colonel build. I think weapon damage on him is a mistake especially if you're pushing for high corrective action numbers so build him skill damage without a doubt (majority of Arbitor's scale off skill damage anyway). I am currently second (Potentially top Colonel if you look at first places build and time). I've reached Corrective Action 47 on my Colonel. Precision effect for your traits is only if you get lucky with immortal, for starting though I recommend damage stacking. It gives both Skill/weapon damage making it great for quick burst. And imo an arbitor blessing is essential to have even if the module is bad. once you get a good one you can replace of course but until then get what you can. I love lighning personally and music (Yes music is strong but don't kid yourself 45-50 is still a slog)

[livid spade]

Are you focused on skill perks then? or his rockets?

i played him skill damage at first and it was just a worse version of blade or max since his mobility is poor

but i can dominate bosses with weapon damage where i cant with the skill guys, unless i build blade all E

[ancient thunder]

Actually both, his rockets actually do damage however the skill perks are the main appeal and if you want more rocket damage you’ll want an E perk preferably from the music, thunder or even security tree (if you get a security perk you have a chance at a duo perk that increases all music damage by 200% which is nasty if you have echoes)

[brazen owl]

hello guys has anyone worked on mage build for colonel ?

i found out about this stupid build while playing , its a music build , where u get the reload perk and rapid reload potential and turn into a orb casting wizard

[ancient thunder]

Please check what i just posted above.

[brazen owl]

yes but its a reload build so im asking if anyone has done it

also im talking about a fun build not good build

tbh there a lot of good build out there but i like to play with weird niche builds so i was wondering if anyone is doing the reload build

and tbh in rouge like no build is bad build its just luck and how u make it work

[ancient thunder]

No not a fan of reload. It pales in comparison to Minor skill music perk, shooting one and dodge one. And imo isn't as fun. Even the E for Colonel is more fun with music

If you wanted to do a build with reload you ideally need to get the rapid reload perk and just spam reload

[cold willow]

The reload setup has been my favorite to play for colonel. It is very slow at first and a lot of times, I don't get the skills and perks I want but when i do it's really fun.

[rocky elk]

why does he suck

icant play as him he sucks

help

[chilly ore]

who does

[rocky elk]

this character

[chilly ore]

i think you just not building him right

[ancient thunder]

look at builds already posted, read, prosper; and git gud. And considering I just cleared Corrective action 1-50 all the way through with colonel, i beg to differ lol

[green vault]

game is so boring when all build eventually lead to 1, music build, while others are just bad compared to it.

use all other rogue, use music it will work out to

[brittle quiver]

ive just been spamming the music dash but idk if thats optimal

its been working so far and its quite boring

[ancient thunder]

There's a few other builds ive found that rival music easily, even seemingly surpass it but they require more investment and luck.

[final dagger]

Popcorn Kernel Skin plz

[grizzled stump]

Does anyone have a good build for Colonel that can shred corrective
I got a build for regular, but it does nothing in corrective
Please tag me if you choose to respond

[green vault]

would love to read about it if you dont mind sharing, coz i wan to use other build instead of music/lighning, i want to try wealth build, currently farming for the modules

[grizzled stump]

Where did you get those yellow things from?

[ancient thunder]

You get these from running viral frenzy game mode after Corrective 10 is finished

[ancient thunder]

Im an open book whats up?

[serene dawn]

i think what hes saying is.... you keep saying "i know better builds" but dont really post anything saying what they could be.

[rich torrent]

this

And Weapon Colonel can still work very well, it’s the game’s heavy focus on RNG that makes it hard

It takes more optimization to get Weapon Damage Colonel going with your Modules

While Skill Damage is so abundant even in Perks

Colonel is probably the best character for Weapon Damage too, when Fragile + Weak Point Damage + Colonel’s insanely high fire rate stacks so well

It’s not a mistake at all, if anything the game’s RNG involved even down to our fundamental Module builds is more of one

[worldly kernel]

Small 4 bil hits

[grizzled stump]

build please

[ancient thunder]

As the top colonel in corrective I think I know a thing or two xD however a purist thunder build works very well with colonel, especially if you can get the perk that gives lightning a chance to strike twice (70%-100% depending on rarity) and higher damage on single targets with thunder strikes. Big damage on bosses for that and elites. A good mix with thunder from what I’ve experimented with is cubies mainly if you can get lucky and roll the duo. Run Thunder surge on your C. That’s a massive damage increase per .2 seconds for the cubie thunder duo. The strongest I’ve gotten with the duo setup is 500mil-600mil per .2 seconds from cubies proccing thunderstrike and 8-9 billion hits on C thunder surge perk. Even without the duo though with the right setup even with colonels C cd you can still have a massive nuke and good wave clear with some chained lightning. I’ve carried groups with just the purist thunderstrike build very easily in chains of disorder etc. You can of course run music as a build as well. Just get echoes and gg. However even without echoes it’s pretty effective. People scream that music is so broken however it’s actually very balanced. Strong but balanced. It only becomes broken if you use echo shock. The perk passive is bugged seemingly. I was able to clear corrective 48 in a very reasonable time with no echoes. Desire is fine too, the perk that adds an explosion of massive damage is needed though imo. But I do enjoy desire just for fun. Security is a great secondary for a lot of the options of arbiters as a side note.

[ancient thunder]

Literally just music with echoes shock passive perk.

[ancient thunder]

It can but I still vastly recommend and prefer skill damage.

[ocean kelp]

Is building for Fragile not recommended then? thats is how I got my Coronel set up atm

oh that doesnt show all the stats.

I been using this with Fortune and Wealth. both have felt good but Fortune was doing really well for me. if I get the energy Reload and the Dup Perk for fortune and energy my damage goes through the roof

but if i aint hitting weak points i aint doing much so I gotta aim for healshots to clear or get my Ulti off to just spray and pray

[grizzled stump]

I found a hybrid build to work well
Your skill dmg is looking weak
With the gun, you could get swarmed and the primary blast could save you

You can pair it with thunder to do a bunch of scaling chain lightning damage

[ocean kelp]

idk which one it is but I could try replacing the Power + Health for the Skill Power + Health; the Blue ones

that way Im invested into both. yea I was using Primary Lightning when i was going through the early game but I didnt notice it doing a lot on the bosses at the time. but mb actually scaling into the skill damage would help.

[dusky walrus]

someone knows his RoF buff numbers when ADS?

[sudden robin]

where is that?

like the bottom text?

alr

[drifting wagon]

Y'all ever noticed that the shield set is goated for Colonel? If you're building Weapon Damage

[pine vigil]

thios good?

[manic kettle]

What do you play to get red ones?

[manic kettle]

Thank you for this infomation its very helpful for my colonel build

[ancient thunder]

Chains of disorder hard, unlocked after you complete Corrective action 30.

[manic kettle]

Gotcha

[livid spade]

@ancient thunder thinking about going colonel again how should i build him?

[ancient thunder]

@livid spade Depends on what you wanna go, you CAN go weapon damage as his E inflicts not only Fragile (25% increase damage on a target for self and team) but it also makes it so all colonels hits on that target are weakspot hits PLUS you can still shoot weakspots and get MORE weakspot damage. But weakspot seems to work for skill damage too so thats up to you. I am liking Thunder chain lightning on colonel atm and i still build full skill damage. You can go reload thunderstrike with thunder surge on C (HUGE FREAKIN HUGE DAMAGE) but you absolutely need Thunder duo (not an actual duo just the name) and expansion. (Thunderstrike does more damage on single targets and thunderstrike has a chance to hit twice). A burn style desire build can work BUT you need to have explosive burn. And heavy investment on extra burn damage through the desire arbitor. As much damage from other arbitors as possible. I wasn't a fan of security and i tried games but i need to test games more. Games and security are just better as secondaries not primary builds imo.

[livid spade]

got it thanks

what are you looking for on the mods?

the special abilities on the bottom

[drifting wagon]

Highly recommend Weapon damage for CA and Skill dmg for anything else

If you're soloing

[grave jasper]

What's the go-to build for early game?

[pine vigil]

this ok?

[ancient thunder]

Your crit rate is pretty low, add another 30-40% on there any you'll be okay

[north glacier]

Why Weapon for CA? and at what level

@ancient thunder How's chain lightning for bossing, ie cod hard solos. Thunderstrike obviously pops off if perks are perfect but it rarely ends up that way for me. and chain lightning feels too low dmg potential but that's just my experience on the other chars talking.

[worldly ingot]

if you check leaderboard it another way around.

[worldly ingot]

tbf that not the point his base skill power and power are super low

he never learn and keep asking the same question looking for new answer

skill dmg colonel but use only 7/9 fission module

with 3 and 4 block

if you look closely most of his module are either 1/2/3/4 block and rarely use 5 block module that has higher intensity level/trait and higher base power

with ~1800 (power + skill power)
you're not going to compare that to full intensity IV block with 2500-2800 (power + skill power)

[north glacier]

all low level cores too, keep playing and get the mods/etc before worrying about how your stats endupd

[serene dawn]

I honestly cant find a good colonel build without duo perks. It looks like other than music, leaderboards have cheaters.

[worldly ingot]

it just another music with his module

[ancient thunder]

I’ll be honest I was busy at the time when I looked I didn’t even notice that lol yeah those are hella low

[ancient thunder]

It requires investment but with his E and the shoot it can be pretty consistent as long as the game doesn’t decide to give you the middle finger on rng lol

[drifting wagon]

I change my mind on my last statement

52B and the match before was 90B

Sorry for the spam,
But here's the %s

[worldly ingot]

tbf, this build is kinda bug with duo perk. it almost instantly kill everything without need for good stat

[drifting wagon]

Damn, thought I was goated

[keen vigil]

which relic set is best for colonel?

[wraith panther]

Why no one uses the “increase weak part dmg 200% but decrease normal part to 80%”? Looks perfect combining with colonel E

[worldly ingot]

becase something better already exist

you are not going to debuff every mob before you kill it do you.

[wraith panther]

But you get 1.5dps on boss

[worldly ingot]

it's not 1.5 dps
weakpoint damage scale addictive to skill dmg or weapon dmg

so it just another 50% more damage when endgame you have more than thousand

drawback is 1/5 your entire damage if you not debuff them

5% final dmg but when you not hit weakpart it became 1/5 your dmg

[wraith panther]

So if it is hitting a weak part it’s 200%+skill dmg%?

[worldly ingot]

yes

[wraith panther]

Ohh no wonder

Do you know the formula of dmg? Including power skill power?

[worldly ingot]

i can give only some because some perk is multiplicative or addictive randomly, including relic and potential

(power + skill power) x (skill dmg + primary/minor/ultimate dmg + weakpoint dmg) x (skill crit dmg)

for weapon formula, it scale similar with skill power but it doesn't effect primary/minor/ultimate dmg at all

[wraith panther]

So theoretically skill dmg, skill crit dmg, weak part dmg will be the highest dmg substats combination

[drifting wagon]

All ik is blizzard, no one can stop me

[alpine trail]

is there any weapon dmg colonel builds or just skill dmg. which arbiters work best for weapon dmg?

[feral wave]

Anyone have any tips for best skills and that to be on the look out for?

[alpine trail]

Thunder, focus on his e, if you've got skill power. Fortune for weapon dmg focus

[uncut sun]

new protostrike is pretty strong on colonel. It is only available on some areas tho which is kinda cringe

[wary igloo]

Y'all we need him the new system build ASAP

[mossy flame]

I just build for Stars Primary and nuke everything with rockets

With Shield buffs

[magic narwhal]

What's a good build for colonel im on ps5 if that makes a difference 🤔

[cinder shoal]

How do i get combat termnull unlocked

[fallen idol]

Hello can someone tell me what perks are good at colonet ? please

[fallen idol]

how can i unlook this?

[halcyon harbor]

FIrst part ^^

I don't have skill accumulation nor protostrike 4 so damage can still go up around 70 % with two more protostrike hit ^^ And i think the ultimate proto perk is almost obligatory unfortunately, the difference it makes is too important ^^

[mossy flame]

Thank you!

[halcyon harbor]

your welcome :). Hope you can do even better and show me hehe. I don't see a lot of people playing this.

[echo swallow]

@halcyon harbor i have similiar build but dnt go too far like the others rogueteers, i try build him like this this, one question the exclusive rogueteer specific for colonel are good for him or bad? I see you dnt use them

With blade and yuri with them specific i clear every content, i dnt try with colonel..

[halcyon harbor]

• Most of rogueeter specific for colonel are kind of useless. Only the firepower mapping potential chip is very important.

I'm going to show you how it looks like. I've just got big cooldown on lb so i can spam shield, the missil area being updgraded with the perk, it hits everyone around and i basically one shot everyone after.

[echo swallow]

@halcyon harbor ok thx for the advice, yes spam shield and missole with firepower mapping is the way, i try put more protostrike like the build,i have to find the ultimate proto perk lol

The ultimate perk is random drop like the others because is no specific rogueeter right?

[halcyon harbor]

There are two ultimate perks per perks. Ultimate amplification and an active perk. For protostrike i only have 1 and wasteland i never got a single 1. But yeah it only drops on read gears and it's kind of rare unfortunately. I've got only two or three perks where i got two and it's not the one i'm interested in x).

the two duo perks are also nuts and essential. It's very difficult to optimise protostrike because it requires many rare perks and a bit of luck too and it's difficult to upgrade it.

Can you show me your build ? ^^

[echo swallow]

@halcyon harbor i check on my inventory, i can use your build but i miss the ultimate protostrike lol i have all primary effect damage and cooldown

I have all pieces, the skill chip i have only minor compression or compression reload, not both anyway i think is a good start