Help on Fragmentation Rounds Witchhunter Authoral Build
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Im currently doing a pure phys crit stun fragmentation rounds build and lacking damage on pinnacle bosses.
The clear and sustain is good on T15+, with full breach points on monster density and my question is what should I do for boosting the damage on the bosses. Mobalytics link: https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/743385ce-a99f-439f-a2e6-a0385193a311/builds/038bc6ab-c8b3-4793-9ced-cfb6063d18cb Level 93 3424 hp 201 es all resistances a little over capped for elemental weakness maps Fragmentation Rounds tooltip: https://imgur.com/a/yVNm3Eh Jewells: 3x Grand Spectrum Ruby -------- Prism of Belief Diamond +3 to Level of all Fragmentation Rounds Skills -------- 3x Emeralds 13% increased Critical Hit Chance for Attacks 13% increased Attack Damage 15% increased Projectile Damage 4% increased Attack Speed with Crossbows 11% increased Critical Hit Chance for Attacks 14% increased Projectile Damage 7% chance to Poison on Hit 16% increased Damage with Crossbows 13% increased Projectile Damage 15% increased Damage with Crossbows 4% increased Attack Speed with Crossbows Projectiles have 7% chance to Chain an additional time from terrain -------- Time-Lost Emerald Upgrades Radius to Large 24% increased Effect of Small Passive Skills in Radius Small Passive Skills in Radius also grant 3% increased Damage with Crossbows Notable Passive Skills in Radius also grant 2% increased Attack Speed Gear: -> CROSSBOW Rarity: Rare Blight Core Expert Tense Crossbow -------- Quality: +20% (augmented) Physical Damage: 165-497 (augmented) Critical Hit Chance: 9.63% (augmented) Attacks per Second: 1.60 Reload Time: 0.85 -------- Requirements: Level: 77 Str: 116 Dex: 116 -------- Sockets: S S -------- Item Level: 79 -------- 40% increased Physical Damage (rune) -------- 25% increased Bolt Speed (implicit) -------- 129% increased Physical Damage Adds 25 to 48 Physical Damage +346 to Accuracy Rating +4.63% to Critical Hit Chance Loads an additional bolt Leeches 7.82% of Physical Damage as Mana -------- Corrupted -> RING 1 Rarity: Rare Wrath Knuckle Breach Ring -------- Quality (Physical Modifiers): +50% (augmented) -------- Requirements: Level: 60 -------- Item Level: 79 -------- Maximum Quality is 50% (implicit) -------- Adds 24 to 42 Physical Damage to Attacks +96 to maximum Life +11 to maximum Mana +29 to Dexterity +11% to all Elemental Resistances Leech 8.14% of Physical Attack Damage as Life -> RING 2 Rarity: Rare Bramble Gyre Prismatic Ring -------- Quality (Attack Modifiers): +20% (augmented) -------- Requirements: Level: 64 -------- Item Level: 82 -------- +10% to all Elemental Resistances (implicit) -------- Adds 12 to 18 Physical Damage to Attacks +358 to Accuracy Rating +28 to maximum Life +11 to Strength +31 to Dexterity +27% to Chaos Resistance -> AMULET Rarity: Rare Mind Charm Lapis Amulet -------- Quality (Defence Modifiers): +20% (augmented) -------- Requirements: Level: 61 -------- Item Level: 80 -------- Allocates Shattering Blow (enchant) -------- +14 to Intelligence (implicit) -------- 57% increased Armour 55% increased Evasion Rating 5% increased maximum Life +3 to Level of all Projectile Skills +15 to Strength +24 to Dexterity -> BODY ARMOUR Rarity: Unique Morior Invictus Grand Regalia -------- Quality: +20% (augmented) Armour: 591 (augmented) Evasion Rating: 539 (augmented) Energy Shield: 201 (augmented) -------- Requirements: Level: 65 Str: 51 Dex: 51 Int: 51 -------- Sockets: S S S S S -------- Item Level: 84 -------- 10% increased maximum Life (rune) -------- 265% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield 5% increased Maximum Life per Socketed Rune or Soul Core +10% to all Elemental Resistances per Socketed Rune or Soul Core -------- The Unblinking Eye did not cower and wail. They stood against the end. -------- Corrupted -> HELMET Rarity: Rare Fate Visor Expert Shielded Helm -------- Quality: +20% (augmented) Armour: 273 (augmented) Evasion Rating: 249 (augmented) -------- Requirements: Level: 75 Str: 76 Dex: 76 -------- Sockets: S -------- Item Level: 82 -------- +7% to Chaos Resistance (rune) -------- 42% increased Armour and Evasion +253 to Accuracy Rating +121 to maximum Life +41% to Fire Resistance +44% to Cold Resistance +38% to Lightning Resistance -> GLOVES Rarity: Unique Maligaro's Virtuosity Fine Bracers -------- Quality: +20% (augmented) Evasion Rating: 164 (augmented) -------- Requirements: Level: 45 Dex: 73 -------- Sockets: S S -------- Item Level: 77 -------- 4% increased maximum Life (rune) -------- 73% increased Evasion Rating 29% increased Critical Hit Chance 5% increased Attack Speed +20 to Dexterity Your Critical Damage Bonus is 300% -------- Maligaro operated effortlessly, with great speed and terrible consequences. -------- Corrupted -> BELT Rarity: Unique Ingenuity Utility Belt -------- Charm Slots: 1 -------- Requirements: Level: 55 -------- Item Level: 84 -------- 20% of Flask Recovery applied Instantly (implicit) -------- 75% increased bonuses gained from Equipped Rings -------- Experiments with geomancy taught the Maji more than they ever expected. -------- Corrupted -> BOOTS Rarity: Rare Ambush Spur Expert Stacked Sabatons -------- Quality: +20% (augmented) Armour: 288 (augmented) Evasion Rating: 264 (augmented) -------- Requirements: Level: 75 Str: 71 Dex: 71 -------- Sockets: S -------- Item Level: 82 -------- +7% to Chaos Resistance (rune) -------- 35% increased Movement Speed 100% increased Armour and Evasion +123 to maximum Life +26 to Strength +29 to Dexterity 53% reduced Chill Duration on you Every help and comment will be much appreciated! Last bumped on Jan 6, 2025, 12:33:52 AM
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For one, splinter doesn't work on HVR. Skills that consume a status effect cannot apply it (I think that is dumb but W/E).
Consider teching into either corrosion armour break explosion gas grenades or the skill node that breaks 50% armor on heavy stun + 100% armour break strength to get free armour break on stun. You can stun with Frag rounds->break armour->consume with HVR on a loop with enough stun power. Or if you dont want to use HVR for dmg, just get the +100% dmg to armor broken enemies and increased duration of armor break to just use it as a dps increase. Alternative to HVR you can make your weapon swap into a cold/freeze maxxing setup and use glacial bolt with fortress to tee up a big frag round hit (it has a 1000% increased damage mod against frozen.) If you want to stick to a more shotgun style you can use the Fire->Cold conversion unique gloves with dragonfire rounds as your freeze and blast frozen enemies with frag rounds. If you are going to go auto reload on stun, I would suggest double barrel for more consistency instead of inevitable crit. On bosses I would even suggest swapping out auto reload for nimble reload for more overall dps. Hope that helps. Last edited by fouquet#0993 on Jan 5, 2025, 8:23:09 PM
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Ty for your response!
I actually tained the skill that breaks armour on heavy stun already, it got a good damage boost. I almost always heavy stun mobs on first hit, thats why auto reload fits better for clearing, as i got +1 bolt on the weapon already. On bosses, I switch from auto reload to close combat, will try nimble reload and see if dps gets higher. I've tried weapon swaping to a high damage mace to play with hammer of gods, but there was a passive skill conflict, even with weapon set points alocated to where I wanted. Dps isn't as good as Fragmentation Rounds. Im thinking about getting some bleed points and see if its actually good. About HVR, I never use it as frag rounds got 6L and damage output is higher. Looking towards more upgrades and will update the topic whenever I get something reliable. |
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" Nice yeah the break on stun is a big help. Don't forget the +100% increased damage to armor broken targets with 3 skill points. |
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" Here is how the gameplay looks like right now on T16 map https://youtu.be/ia64eQRcE4c I played a little bit slow to check the armour break status on the mobs. Next points are going to the damage to fully broken armour. Rare and Unique monsters wont have damage increased since im just breaking 50% armour with the tained skill, so I think it should be more interesting to spend the next points on them. Gonna upload a T17 boss fight tomorrow Last edited by auxbr#6545 on Jan 5, 2025, 11:21:44 PM
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If you get +100% increased armor broken from the tree that 50% armor break will be a full break. You get 40-60% increased broken armor from the passive tree wheel that has the +100% damage to fully broken enemies so you just need to find the other 40-60%. There is a armor breaking wheel a few points away from the break 50% armor on heavy stun node so it shouldn't be too hard to reach.
Your damage looks pretty good, the clear is nowhere near herald of ice abusing builds but it is a strong ethical build. Last edited by fouquet#0993 on Jan 6, 2025, 12:36:25 AM
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