If you plan on using Blood Curse at all maxing Blood Sucking is always good for the self heal.
If you feel like you’re ok with depending on clerics for your heals then you can skimp on it.
[quote=“seraphryu, post:970, topic:303318”]from what i understand link2 is mandatory and full con is also advisable since damage can be achieved through gems in weapons and a future poison property change will also boost damage.
so that’s 4 ranks spoken for leaving 3 ranks to choose from. what are some good options based on mostly PVE content?
i always wanted a summoner class(necro3/sorc 3) but i’m guessing that wouldn’t synergize at all with the heavy SP usage of FF.
would cryo 3 be a good idea or maybe even pyro 3 for when they decide to bring over that long-awaited necklace?
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Just a clarification, you only can hit damage cap on a CON build only if you have Wiz3 OR you’re prepared to really push your HP pool through armor Transcendence (we’re talking around 140k HP here).
So if you’re going with the Wiz3 route, that’s 7 circles already.
My build is Cryo3Linker2, getting to damage cap someday would be great, but since it’s a PvP build it’s not essential.
Since you want to focus on PvE, let’s try to narrow down your choices.
If you’re going with Wiz3, you only have wiggle room for 1 circle:
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Thaum used to be the go-to choice for INT builds, but it’s overkill once we get the poison element changes and they dont fix the damage cap
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Necro1 is ok, FC is always decent with Wiz3 and Dirty Pole is the most reliable link combo for BC, though the least impressive (2x BC damage)
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Pyro1 gives you 2 balls to link (3x BC damage, more if you build up the balls), but is pretty bad otherwise.
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Cryo1 is your best choice if you want to go full ham on the link combo, Lv5 Ice Wall is 6 walls, 8 with Audra, but those walls will evaporate instantly once you JP them and your team is hitting the boss.
A high risk, high reward option (6-8x BC damage) if you can manage to coordinate your team to completely stop all attacks while you do your combo. -
Honorable mention goes to RC for the Rune of Giants bug. Might be fixed in the future, overkill with QC and needs healing like Transpose, but hilarious all the same.
Now if you’re fine with not going Wiz3 (and not hitting BC damage cap anytime soon):
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Pyro3 seems like a very strong choice because of Agni. The problem is you NEED a very good Transcended weapon if you’re going full CON to overcome mob mdef with your Pyro skills.
Which will make hitting damage cap with BC even harder since you’re spending your shards there. -
Cryo3 is a safer build, with good CC options and a safer 8x link combo. Might be better in the future since Cryos are getting buffs to skills like Ice Blast and CD reductions for Frost Pillar/Snow Rolling.
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Cryo2Linker3 for absolute ham on the IW combo (10x BC damage! 11x with gem/DM). If you really like Linker and you’re willing to sacrifice the C3 CC skills, this is an option. Keep in mind that your Ice Wall setup is not limited to you, it’s great for other single hit nukes like Dethrone. If you play with a coordinated group this build has good potential for sick damage setups.
It depends on what playstyle you want and if you have a group you regularly play with.
If you mostly just play with randoms, the setup builds are a lot weaker.
Pyro3 is probably the best soloing build there.