[3.10] Budget and SSF friendly Bladestorm Berserker in depth guide. Uber Elder on 5l.

Any weapon suggestions for levelling? Im still lvl 45, so the best foils and Scaeva are not available.

What should i look for the left and right hand weapon?

Wich phanteons do you like to use?

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dlthunderr wrote:

Wich phanteons do you like to use?

I would recommend going with physical axes for leveleing. Those have good base dps. Look for ones with good attack speed and alch them or go with essences of greed.
If you are in trade just get some nice rare ones with 150+ pdps

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dlthunderr wrote:

Wich phanteons do you like to use?

This is answered in the Q/A section:
Q: Pantheons?
A:For Pantheon I use a fully upgraded Lunaris and Ryslatha. Both are defensive choices.

Hey man. I'm gonna try this build on HC as champion ascenday for the added defenses. I know this question is not exactly related to your build but I would like to know your opinion on the ascendancies I should take. I'm thinking about Master of Metal -> Fortitude -> First to Strike, Last to Fall. However, Conqueror -> Worthy Foe also seem very appealing. Could you help ?

Thanks the guide.

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fisheyz wrote:

Hey man. I'm gonna try this build on HC as champion ascenday for the added defenses. I know this question is not exactly related to your build but I would like to know your opinion on the ascendancies I should take. I'm thinking about Master of Metal -> Fortitude -> First to Strike, Last to Fall. However, Conqueror -> Worthy Foe also seem very appealing. Could you help ?

Thanks the guide.

I am not that into playing champion but let me take a look.
Master of Metal should be used 100%. The 2 impale stacks and the flat phys are too strong to not take them. In addition to that the 1k armour helps and provides enough armour to justify molten shell over steel skin with some more investment.

Conqueror and Worthy Foe would be my next favourite. The reduced damage taken from enemies is pretty nice and the lifereg helps as well.
While Worthy Foe is purely offensive it might open space for defence where you would need accuracy otherwise. (I look at you helmet slot with 10% phys as fire)

First to Strike, Last to Fall seems like a good option to get out of sketchy situations combined with a level 20 cwdt molten shell.

Unstoppable Hero is another really good contender for defence since the 1k armour and 1k evasion can be 2k armour with iron reflexes.This way you would go with 3k armour just from ascendancy which is huge.
The stun immunity as well helps even though you should hit a good life pool that barely gets stunned. But you never know.

Fortitude and Inspirational are no goes to me. While the banner shenanigans seems nice it is inferior to the other options in my opinion.
Fortitude is straight up useless. You do not even gain additional fortify effect and in HC I would always use fortify in my main setup.

I personaly would go for Master of Metal > Conqueror > Worthy Foe > First to Strike, Last to Fall.
I would go with armour equipment and armour flasks (Basalt+Granite) and Unwavering Stance. This way you do not need Unstoppable Hero for the stun immunity and have more space for defences. I would still go for Acrobatics+Phase acrobatics probably. The 30% reduced armour hurt but 60/60 dodge with some investment + a decent armour rating seem the best way to me.

If you go this route you should aim for 2 rare foils in the end. Paradoxica's seem nice with the flat damage from Master of Metal but they might feel too slow without blitz charges.

In addition you should check out my "level 100 push" section in the "defence" section. There are some additional defences layered you can utilise.

If you run this build in HC I would appreciate to receive your feedback on how its going.

I hope I was able to help you out.

Stay safe exile,
Moorhuhn

So this is where I am so far after reworking from Tec slam. I have about 20ex to spend and 400 chaos. I havent bought % gems yet. Just want to hear your thoughts on where I should go with my gear. using a watchers eye I got doing uber elder on another char that gives 43% attack damage with precision active. Let me know what you think!

Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/xUb1Nbrt

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Meaticus wrote:

So this is where I am so far after reworking from Tec slam. I have about 20ex to spend and 400 chaos. I havent bought % gems yet. Just want to hear your thoughts on where I should go with my gear. using a watchers eye I got doing uber elder on another char that gives 43% attack damage with precision active. Let me know what you think!

Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/xUb1Nbrt

Gear looks good as a baseline.
Next upgrades could be a second paradoxica or a multimoded jewelled foil. (Those are about 8ex) (Paradoxica with phys + 1.5 ats is 3.5-6 ex)
For the amulet you can go with flat phys instead of range since bladestorm does not scale with weapon range.
If you feel like you need more defence look for a fossil crafted + benchcrafted 120+ life + %life phys taken as fire helmet. (Those are easy to craft) If oyu do not need resis use pristine + fire / cold (forgot name) to reduce the mod pool. If you hit good life + open prefix craft the damage taken mod. With this combination you often hit int or dex as well which is nice.
Overall the gear seems pretty good.

A nice upgrade could be a Lethal Pride jewel with some nice mods (You gotta test for yourself what is nice)

If you feel like you need more aoe look for a carcass jack or a pulverize gem. Or both :D

If you have more questions feel free to ask.

Stay safe exile,
Moorhuhn

Thank you for the quick response! The build feels very powerful especially with the ability to switch between blood and sand. Sounds good changed the amulet. Already have a lethal pride next to golems blood, should I move it around maybe see what else I could get?

Would I move the pulverise instead of rage?

I have 1500 hours but i never specialized in one char and kept going so this league im trying to push my limits a bit. I appreciate the help!

do you think 1h axes would be viable? pretty much all i have for ssf atm

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Clutchjohn wrote:

do you think 1h axes would be viable? pretty much all i have for ssf atm

I would go so far that I say axes are better than swords untill you hit early endgame. At the point where you invest into crit you want to have some decent attackspeed/crit foils. But before that axes are pretty nice.