Herald Crit Build

[oak shore]

how do i set this up? is 1 for each direction or what?

[eager ocean]

Yes i had

Now i went all in dps single target cuz i was no longer able to lure and EOE

Life was droping too fast and my vit is shitty

I was not doing anything crazy but if o was fast i was able to lute 3-4 orc or 2-3 troll and kill fast

Not anymore

[oak shore]

looking good? what im i missing or what would be better?

i removed death touch cuz i dont have enough INT still, and its nerfed 😦

also removed curesd touch and added bloodmancer again

[prisma elk]

Its one for each direction. When you press ctrl+w/a/s/d, your character will face the relevant direction, the purpose of using fissure with those key combinations is that it will instantly turn your character to the direction you want to cast it.
Makes it way better to aim fissure since i had some situations where i was looking at one direction but it casted the wrong way.

[glacial birch]

Maybe now its viable to use bladestorm

[oak shore]

thanks, yeah it happens, i was missing often

[lunar jungle]

how is it going with this build? i'm just like you in terms of AP/DP

[oak shore]

im liking it, it feels better in my opinion, blade storm hitting hard

death touch and cursed touch are useless for me atm, but if you have the int to cap both stats u can keep those

[lunar jungle]

i'll try it later, cursed touch i still need cuz Dragon Arrow is still good, but i need something fast, and Blade Storm can be good instead of guilhotine

[harsh vapor]

Until a while ago my set was t3 leather full might + precision, the classic critical build. The critical hit was around 30% and I realized that it was doing less damage than I expected. I made the move to switch to a full might + weapon power build and cloth equipment.
Today, I think the best path would have been plate... as it is the only solution that will bring a greater ability to level up AoE mobs.

[earnest scarab]

doesn't matter that leech healing got nerfed we mainly use it for card anyway

[earnest scarab]

plate was meta since 1st day tho

[earnest scarab]

Death touch is fine but need passive for 30% more dmg if target is under 50% hp

Also that passive is strong af now

Cursed touch still good too we used it before buff from 20% -> 30% and now it's 20% again not big deal

Bladestorm on aoe is now good too

[earnest scarab]

Try using death touch when target is below 50% hp and take passive for extra 30% dmg

With card that reducr cd when u kill target

Nice option as finisher

Show me ur skill tree in dms and what you're doing for sustain

Maybe u don't use few interactions or something

I was grinding saurians on aoe(2-4 mobs) this night(eu time) and it was fine

I'll update guide on site tomorrow

[vivid lark]

@earnest scarab should be fine or should I swap anything rn ?

[earnest scarab]

Nah it's fine

U can take fissure over eartquake for aoe stun

[vivid lark]

I will for aoe farm I guess 🙂

[earnest scarab]

For saurians or kaimans aoe

Yeah

[lunar jungle]

someone said that Clever Adaptation was kinda bad someone knows why? can't find it

[glacial birch]

feasting strike or bladestorm?

[red carbon]

Its more a pvp option. Its very nice to increase the slows when enemies are close. With disengage its super good in pvp

Litterally stops people from moving and give you 5 tile distance

And the extra half second on snare is very nice for pve as well

But its all nice guality of life stuff. Not super important. There are better options imo

Like 20% dmg when mobs are high hp then 15% dmg when they sre under 50% lol

[earnest scarab]

both?

[primal carbon]

build

[vivid lark]

best weapon for kaimans/saurians ? is greatsword viable for the build ?

[earnest scarab]

all weapons are good but bow for single target is bis

and dagger + other 1h weapon are best for aoe

at least as far as what i was using

[vivid lark]

aight so I guess will pick bow cus I mostly go 1v1 kaimans

[formal grotto]

Tô Use DT How much Int do I need?

[earnest scarab]

I have 40 stats into int

Works good enough imo as finisher

[formal grotto]

This is my build now. I want to get Explotaition, so I'll need to put points in DT. What do you think?

But I don't have any Int. And Wis comes from the bow. My AOE is a trash, I need 1v1. (Vampires for example)

@earnest scarab Do you think it's better to change something in the skill tree? any passives?

[earnest scarab]

Careful aim from archery would be nice

Both def reduction passives drom witchcraft and archery too

In your situatuon dt looks like waste of points imo

[formal grotto]

So I swap Cursed Touch for Exploitation? To avoid needing to add more points to the Witch trees?

[earnest scarab]

Yeah or bloodmancer

U can swap savagery for heling from basic attacks in warfare passives

I dont remember name of the passive xD

3rd from right side

[formal grotto]

BloodSeeker

[earnest scarab]

It should be enough for sustain in single target

[formal grotto]

I take Shackes of Pain, but I dont use, its better change to Magic Rupture maybe ?

[earnest scarab]

U can take siphon

It works nice with snare

[formal grotto]

If I change maybe i cant take 2 passives...

[earnest scarab]

For extra mana regen

U need skill from 4th row anyway

[formal grotto]

Ok, I'll test these changes, thanks man

[solar raptor]

WTS ANGER

[harsh vapor]

Any PVP build? Tips

[ashen pebble]

Why do you "need" 30 wisdom for this build? it says it in the post

[harsh vapor]

Cause i will stay out of mana quickly

But is more for mid/late game

[ashen pebble]

oh ok, im level 30 so i can just pump everything into might?

i dont have any mana problems

[glacial birch]

if u have any mana problems u can buy some whiskey

[ashen pebble]

well i dont have mana problems, does this mean i dont need the 30 wisdom points? i mean are they just to regen mana

[glacial birch]

might until softcap, after i prefer vit/dex

[ashen pebble]

whats the softcap at

https://gyazo.com/de02190d1437c1e61a33451fbbae8ab1

i legit got everything into might right now

[glacial birch]

effective lvl x 7 is your weapon power softcap, your soft cap at this moment is 189 weapon power, u have only 174 wp

[ashen pebble]

oh ok! how am i not able to reach softcap even with all points into might? XD

[glacial birch]

at this moment no, maybe u need to lvl up some inactive archetypes

[harsh vapor]

@foggy niche

[subtle raven]

Any major changes since nerfs this week?

[earnest scarab]

Not really

[forest topaz]

How about passives order in warfare ? Is the hatred BUFF nor enought to take it instead of smth?

[earnest scarab]

Well u can take it instead of bloodseeker or savagery

and take creeping death as 2nd witchcraft passive with bloodmancer swaped to exploitation

[red carbon]

With gear that give might + weapon power

[west bronze]

Btw what is the softcap for stats ?

[red carbon]

7x effective level

But you can still increase weapon power alot after softcap. It seems you are loosing 1 AP for 10 might

[tender moon]

So I must say, I finally reached enough points to unlock Fissure and oh man, its amazing skill, the AoE stun is a great utility to deal with pulls - wish I unlock it earlier! Bladestorm however I find as not that great ability, the cast time is what throws me off.

And indeed, this is a must for setup 😄

[forest topaz]

WTS Serafine

[wild ibex]

Trade channel, guys. Stop spamming your crafts here

[main condor]

simply block them

[lunar jungle]

which Bersek card ? i'm already squish, feel like reduce healing will not work

[glacial birch]

its worth to put rune 20+ atk power in this bow or wait for t4?

[subtle raven]

Thanks! Do you think its possible to list the rings and neck you suggest from ranger company in the guild? And maybe good trinkets? Currently ranger level 4

[earnest scarab]

rings with might, necks with attack power

[earnest scarab]

get rune and use it till t5

[tender moon]

Just bought this bad boy, should easily last till T5 will become reasonably priced

[earnest scarab]

nice

[earnest scarab]

Anyone here is playing hybrid herald that tote showed in his video?

I'm curious how it works after balance patch

[delicate umbra]

is it enough ?

[earnest scarab]

sa quality rolls but stats are good

[earnest scarab]

swapped witchcraft to shadow and single target feels amazing xD

it don't need precision tho due to crit rate passive

[edgy mantle]

wont u lose too much sustain ?

[karmic tide]

holy shit

[earnest scarab]

depends
u can fully heal up with feasting + quick fire

and use blossom+ coup on buff from bloodbath

[earnest scarab]

nice but other one is strong af

[tender moon]

Honestly archery and warfare are must for the build. Last you can swap between Witchcraft, Spiritual, Protection and Shadow with ease

Holy and Wizardry is a no match imo

[earnest scarab]

u can swap archery too

i tried archery, wiz, witchcraft

was doing fine on kaimans but before nerfs

[paper yacht]

Its +10% or 10% multiplicateur ?

[earnest scarab]

it doesn't show in stats so im not sure

but it should be raw 10%

[slow mantle]

Hey just being curious, how much silver can you farm there in some good hours?

[lunar jungle]

in one hour i got 4 kaiman scales, in 2h i got still got 4 kaiman scales

[earnest scarab]

hard to tell

im not farming it for silver just doin my bounty and leave it

[lunar jungle]

when we cast eternal worms with more than 3 Dots, how they are selected? by casting order?

[static tiger]

I believe so, what I do... I start my rotation with Curse - Leesh - Dragon Arrow and Worms (to get the 31 attack power) - it heals me almost 1.3k health and give the bonus

[lunar jungle]

when savagery trigger i can see some of the dots doesnt consume

[harsh vapor]

I’m not using curse anymore. Starts with viper arrow + dragon arrow + wind arrow and it’s almost done

[red carbon]

On single target I do viper -> root Berserk (Basically same GCD) -> dragon -> Few autos to death for Kaimans. Then next Kaiman I have precision shot and quickfire to kill.

[static tiger]

Curse and leech provide aether that is why is a good starter, if you start with viper you already spent the whole thing

if you start with 50 aether, better start would be precision shot

[red carbon]

Thats why berserk come in handy. It regens your aether. Plus its on the same cooldown as viper root and dragon

[static tiger]

this is when you use worms

curse - leech - viper or dragon - worms

viper for single target or dragon on multiples

it give you 30 ap if you combine that

[restive cloak]

can any1 suggest a noob startup leveling build for herald? currently iam at this lvl

[mint bramble]

for low lvl forget the aoe skills

Change rain of arrows to dawn arrow for more control

Change quick fire to snaring shot

And at warfare on the 4th line get earthquake instead

The passive savagery to bloodbath

Hope helped u xD

[glacial birch]

@earnest scarab when u will change the build or still the same?

[earnest scarab]

Still the same

Nerfs didn't change much

Theres like swapping 1 passive around 42 effective in witchcraft

And thats all probably xD

Even death touch after nerf is doing fine

Just dont use it on entry, wait till mob has less than 50% hp

• i cannot add points into pummel, bull rush and jump in skill tree on site

Idk why it just doesn't work

So those 40 points that left there are "techs" for endgame i think

Speaking of which well end game here is crafting t5 items

Literally thats all im doing these days

Doesnt feel like doing rangers company after teaser that change points system

1 month wasted for that

[glacial birch]

int still viable?

[earnest scarab]

Before lvl 45 yes

After 45 40/80 dex+ passive from witchcraft for global cd

And then vit/int

[restive cloak]

Thank you so much

[red carbon]

Been using exploitation as my solo witchcraft passive. Went deeper in warfare for all the crit related pasives. Been doing great

[earnest scarab]

Consider getting whatever skill for cost 4 and take creeping death

That 30% dmg boost is strong af now

Wonder why they boosted that but shadow passive still gives 10% xD

[red carbon]

Its only dot dmg though right?

[earnest scarab]

other passive

that one

on site it's not even updated but it gives 30% dmg now

it's a lot

combined with that one

it's 70% uptime dmg buff

so entry and belowe 50% hp is your dmg window

and that 79.99-50% is just wind arrow/curse etc

feasting strike with bloodseeker/bloodbath passive + leech-> quick fire on that passive literally fully heal u

[red carbon]

Man I love how much people have different playstyles for the same classes lol. And all those setups feel good and strong

[forest topaz]

its not better to go just 20% for full uptime with this ?

[forest topaz]

is quick fire counting as dot dmg?

[earnest scarab]

no

but dragon does @forest topaz

and i forgot abot leech there

[earnest scarab]

the thing is that 20% is for total dmg so f.ex is dot does 100 total dmg with all ticks it does 120

but second one gives bonus 30% dmg to every tick

[red carbon]

Dot build is probably the best boss dps build for herald

But for pure grind I specced out of dot passives. Viper -> root berserk -> dragon -> precision puts +8 mobs at like 15%. Dots barely have time to tick. Unsure if the dot keeps the state of when it was cast or if it updates with target hp

[forest topaz]

depends what you farm

[mint bramble]

You using bow too? Can show ur build arquetype

[ivory elbow]

I did the same, swapped to shadestriker for chewing through mobs even faster, or fighter to stay tanky while using the Hatred passive. When using Herald, I really only use it for Exploitation + GCD passives. I just cycle between the 3 builds, which keeps 5 out of 8 archetypes leveled. Last 3 (spirit/holy/wiz) get leveled by husbandry and crafting 🙂

[floral roost]

Is a bow still better than a dagger?

[west bronze]

Seems like it, yes

[red carbon]

Id say for raw dmg dagger might be better if you are using berserk. Really hard to say what is better between having auto attacks or having the extra crit rate or flat dmg up for 2 handed sword.

[forest topaz]

what trinket/neck do you folks use

[finite nacelle]

Isn't it worth using the greatsword with this build? which one has the most advantage? dagger, bow or broadsword?

[earnest scarab]

Dagger for aoe and bow for single target

At least from weapons i tried

[jade thicket]

dagger for crit*

[wild ibex]

I use greatsword now, and generally play shadestriker, basically since launch. Mostly single target weapon power build, but I have EQ and Rain for some aoe. Tbh I’m not min maxing, I just like the sprite lol. I also keep a bow with me, too, for mobs that are too tough for melee

GS attack power skill is pretty nice with quickshot

[earnest scarab]

Dagger for aoe, u pop up crit buff on pull

Worked nice for 6+ packs

[earnest scarab]

Its archery warfare shadow right?

[wild ibex]

Yep

But I’m in wpn power plate without the crit focus

Also, I’m pretty behind in ELvl, just recently got all archs to 31+

[earnest scarab]

Yeah thats better for all builds xd

[wild ibex]

Ye

[earnest scarab]

I played it for a while

Even in crit set it felt good

Blossom and coup deals tons of dmg on crit xD

[wild ibex]

I’m hoping precision/crit gets a rework in the future, IF people ask nicely for it a lot, because the way it is now, it has diminishing returns unless you have an incredible amount of silver and good luck on the market

[jade thicket]

I don't know how much crit the daggers give.

[earnest scarab]

-0.2% cr per effective lvl btw

[amber meadow]

i'm still going for herald, just not capping spell power anymore

using witch more fo passives and some utility skills

and some heals with eternal worms

mirror image also decent

[earnest scarab]

hex is nice too

[harsh vapor]

Change T5 for plate or keep on cloth? killing me

[jagged creek]

well as much as this post is about crit build, for me herald with bow there is nothing that will overcome cloth

leather set need to be boosted in order to work, its so shit only 8% crit chance and nothing else, no crit dmg no defenses nothing

u give up alot of weapon/atk power to make crit chance and impact reasonably playable and its still bad compared to flat dmg u loose

only build that leather set is decent and prolly best set to use is shadestriker

[earnest scarab]

Post is overall about herald

We named it crit build due to link for build on site with builds

[earnest scarab]

Imo plate

[jagged creek]

oki

[red carbon]

Well cloth is a big dps buff. I was cloth before trying crit leather t4

[jagged creek]

ye i recently checked full leather crit x full weapon power cloth, both t4, cloth is way ahead

[red carbon]

FOr pvp, leather has cc reduction. Which is also huge

espescially for a squishy class setup

With my herald setup when IW as in cloth, I had a basically onecombo on anyone that wasnt in leather. Massive cc chain that was perfectly timed for 1.25 gcd. But leather was able to break the cc chain.

I still very much enjoy the crit setup. Getting semi-reliant precision shot crit with the snare extra crit chance is nice

and with berserk, its ok to not invest in impact too much imo

[earnest scarab]

So leather when u are plating on warchannel

[glacial birch]

so the build work with all sets? im with leather set

[sturdy pendant]

Yo, what is that saltdusk ritualist thing ? :/

I don't understand the +30 Attack Power.

Also, this is my current build. Bought it before the witchcraft nerf. I thought that going spell power/precision for second attribute was kinda good, but now I feel like I could have more output just going weapon power/precision. Any thoughts ? What rune would you put on my bow btw ?

[red carbon]

• 20 APfor sure. The ritualist thing is the worms buff iirc

[sturdy pendant]

OK yup saltdusk ritualist is the worm's card. But what about the +30 AP ? Is it somehow linked to the worms + card ? :/

[red carbon]

Worm cards steals AP to your enemy

[sturdy pendant]

Aaaaaah! Honestly I didn't realized the icon was red, meaning AP ... Thanks a lot for clarifying that ! 😄

[craggy lance]

Might/Int or Might/Dex in T4?

[harsh vapor]

Might/Dex - Dex/Vit - Vit/Might anyone of this will be good

[red carbon]

Int only if you value the spell dmg. Like leech and death touch. Rest of the kit dont care about int

[harsh vapor]

Will be cheaper, way cheaper my friend..

[robust frost]

Worth it to have int for witchraft skills? Or should all damage be from might and warfare/archery?

[red carbon]

Test if you like more int by removing some mihht for more int

[neat turtle]

qual a build ideal pra quem ta nivel 22~25? tem momentos que passo mt aperto

[earnest scarab]

after death touch nerf prio is on dex

up till 80

then vit/int

witchcraft is mainly for passives

[jagged creek]

100%

i dont think people@should care about int anytime soon

its worth only on lategame

[red carbon]

I've been trying out shadowstalker. Feels pretty good. But I feel like Id need alot more skillpoints than 65

[floral roost]

What do you guys think about haste in the secondary attribute?

[harsh vapor]

@earnest scarab trying to use warfeare/archer/shadow right now

[earnest scarab]

fine up to 40/80 with witchcraft passive

[floral roost]

I'm thinking about a set of leather t4 int/mig and haste

[earnest scarab]

might/dex would be better

there's no point in stacking int imo

[floral roost]

ok thx

[earnest scarab]

and imo taking other stats than wp/prec in secondary stat is a waste

especially instead of weapon power

cuz 1wp = 2 might

[floral roost]

and might/dex opens up the possibility of playing with other classes

[floral roost]

Do you think that if I made a hybrid int/mig/haste I could play both wizard and herald (in case a possible buff could happen to wizards)

[jagged creek]

bro haste is a bit useless and also if ur not over 60+ effective with all arquetypes at 50+ its a waste to think goin hybrid, IN MY OPINION

[floral roost]

I'm 35 effective, but I still haven't found my class so I'm a little lost on what to play with. all archetypes are 30+ and I have 1.6kk and I accept suggestions

[proven dragon]

At what point do we want impact over crit?

[red carbon]

Impact is really not that good right now. Crit rate is too low. Weapon power and precision vastly outvalue impact

[oak shore]

for t5 are we going plate or cloth?

[earnest scarab]

Impact over crit?

U know u need precision(crit rate) to get value out of impact(crit dmg)

[earnest scarab]

Depends plate for survivability, cloth for more dmg from aa/skill spam, leather for higher crit rate

Take what u want

All 3 are good here

Ofc weapon power + precision in stats

[red carbon]

Weapon power precision is going to be so expensive haha

[oak shore]

yeah it is lol

yeah im going cloth, i like the global cooldown so i can skip the withccraft passive

[red carbon]

It allows you to cast more spells in a window. While leather makes your hits crit more. Not going crit means you can have a 30 ap necklace on top. With more might in rings as well. And you are not shafted by not critting. The most AP you have the least relative power you gain per point of AP though. So on very high AP precision will gain more value. So in conclusion, I dont know what Ill do lol Id need to math it out at 450 AP 5% crit vs 390AP ish 25% crit rate

[oak shore]

nice, let us know whats better if you get to test it!

[proven dragon]

I mean Yes I know. but at the time I posted I was 23.5% crit. I was wondering at what point we think impact over crit. In theory in all games crit dmg eventually becomes more impactful to overall damage once your critting enough. Maybe that crit chance isnt attainable in this game though.

I have so far only ever seen precision and weapon power on an item like 2 times and was able to buy t5 helm with those secondaries and not the other item

[mint oriole]

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[lunar jungle]

Marked For Death or Exploitation? which one ?

[potent estuary]

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[vivid lark]

how many items with precision do I need on t4 gear for leather set ?

[harsh vapor]

I’m using 3.. and still overcap the weapon power. The last one is impact

I’m already searching for t5 with both and I still haven’t been able to measure which is better, a T4 leather (precision) build or a T3 cloth full weapon power..

The cloth T3 above

Server off, when back.. i share the leather set

[red carbon]

I had cloth t3 WP and now I have a leather 2 precision 2 wp leather. Still unsure what I prefer lol

Though its nice to see the big crits more often

But without crit you have quite a bit more weapon power

[vivid lark]

I feel like going cloth with WP on every piece might be a lil bit better cus ur dmg is more consistent I believe and u dont have to count on crits that much, maybe on t5s ?

[vivid lark]

thats a huge fight 😄 leather set with ~25% crit chance vs cloth/plate with a lot of AP

[pallid relic]

where i can see the build? please

[warm sparrow]

first post :v

[pallid relic]

theres 2.3k messages -

[runic pollen]

can u show you main weapon for this build?

[mortal oriole]

nice!

[pallid relic]

Could this build work well with light blade ?

[red carbon]

Yes. Any might weapons will work. Just a choice of R ability and if you care about ranged autos or not

[daring cape]

What do you think of a guild focused on precision? I'm looking for a bow with precision instead of weapon power too

[mint oriole]

#1199486624589959258 message

[muted pelican]

RIP this chat?

[gray cradle]

I mean there's literally 2,3k messages here. Everything that could be said about this build was probably already discussed above.

[muted pelican]

You missed the angle.