The Goddess Bound - Build ideas

Looking for some ideas or ways to go - in standard, more so then just some canned build ideas.

Does the sword have what it takes to make it to the end or normal difficulty? Or should I upgrade to Scorned for Normal/Cruel?

I know by the time I hit Merciless I will want the 2-hand morph.

Thanks,

*EB*

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ElfBoy wrote:

I know by the time I hit Merciless I will want the 2-hand morph.

You mean The Goddess Unleashed (TGU)? If so you should probably be aware TGU is more of a novelty/flair/cosmetic item than anything else. That is to say you can make a fairly strong build with it, but you can get much more power for fewer downsides for cheaper. Specifically The Cauteriser is essentially a plainer, stronger TGU with no downside and minus the guaranteed 6L.

Other than that, the creator of the Goddess series envisioned one sword per difficulty, so that is how I would recommend using it. Take Bound through Normal up to Act 4 and upgrade to Scorned around then or in Cruel Act 1, then upgrade to Unleashed similarly.

If you are interested in an endgame TGU build I made a glassy one, the character is IzaroEcho, you can check my profile to check its passives and gear.

Thank you.

I made a build that used all the swords in order.

I upgraded to Scorned as soon as I had the level to use it, and used it up until the end of cruel.

At this point I had the tools to be able to sustain the degen from TGU, and switched to it at the start of Merciless, as it has dialog with a bunch of quests and stuff.

You can find my complete build here, though I have yet to write a guide for it cause I'm not sure there's interest. I've done up through t11 maps on it and soloed uber lab. Endgame with this build is not for you if you have slow reflexes or an inconsistent internet connection. But it's quite strong and pretty darn fun.

-Savage

Wish Charan was still here to improve his sword =( but hes forever gone now.

Bound is a good leveling sword.
Scorned can bring you to Act 4 Merciless and early maps. stack Burn and use a Flammability curse.
Prolif is great, but not mandatory.



don't have an Unleashed, but looks like that debuff "her blessing" requires either the kind of regen only a RF character can provide, or some insane leech.

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johnKeys wrote:

don't have an Unleashed, but looks like that debuff "her blessing" requires either the kind of regen only a RF character can provide, or some insane leech.

Right, I suppose it ends up on similar level as RF because you can't use a shield, it isn't hard on pull off 9% regen on the left side and for the right side you can use blood dance to get those 3-4 missing percents as you will likely stack frenzies.

I had an attempt at recreating the book character that uses it, wasn't very strong but after the CoC nerf it might not even be usable anymore.

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zSavage wrote:

I made a build that used all the swords in order.

I upgraded to Scorned as soon as I had the level to use it, and used it up until the end of cruel.

At this point I had the tools to be able to sustain the degen from TGU, and switched to it at the start of Merciless, as it has dialog with a bunch of quests and stuff.

You can find my complete build here, though I have yet to write a guide for it cause I'm not sure there's interest. I've done up through t11 maps on it and soloed uber lab. Endgame with this build is not for you if you have slow reflexes or an inconsistent internet connection. But it's quite strong and pretty darn fun.

-Savage

My reflexes are ok -- only been playing computer games for 35-40 years. Not much practice I know :)

My internet is pretty solid.

Decent gaming system.

I think I will play all 3 swords though.

Seeing a build idea would be nice.

I am interested in the Merciless play though with the voiced sword.

Alrighty, in that case you would probably want to build for physical weapon damage, and/or fire damage if you're into that (Fire Damage would be superior point for point if you aim to get Avatar of Fire)

Have you locked down which class you want to play?

Bound and Scorned Normal and Cruel don't require anything special, just your standard leveling stats like damage, buffer, resists. They are strong weapons. You can just pick any Attack skill you like and plow through monsters with glee.

For TGU, like johnKeys and raics were discussing the Her Blessing ends up being like RF. It's 33% of your buffer per second as fire degen on you, so you need to raise your max fire resistance and/or get more than 8.25% regeneration per second. Purity of Fire helps a lot there, just a level 20 POF will lower needed regen to about 7%.

Alternatively you can "cheese" it by using only Totems to deal damage (I think Ancestral Warchief is the only real choice here) which allows you to not get Her Blessing.

For scaling up the weapon itself, as long as you get a good added fire damage roll, flat added physical damage becomes extra efficient. This is why I went with Abyssus on my character although recently released Steel Rings would go a long way if your intent is to eventually go mapping with TGU. Alternatives include Bringer of Rain, Meginord's Girdle, nice flat added phys jewelry.

That's about it really, specifics I feel are more up to personal preference. Are you feeling glassy? Do you just want to get to Merciless Malachai, kill him and then be done?

Right now I have a Ranger being her legs.

Figured smack down in the middle of green-land would work out.

Raider looked workable to me.

Maybe Green/Red? Duelist would be better?

Thanks