Mitheriana, transformed to Glory

[Tilomere]

This is my continued tribute to someone dearly missed.

This is a well balanced fast striker, designed to have both solid AoE and single target DPS, as well as AoE debuffing and AoE CC. That and 120 tumble, because, um, reasons.

Gear I have pictured here is Vecna Shadows set 3 piece (I think devils is better but this is good enough), tinkerer set 2 piece, mind and matter set 2 piece, and 5 piece IOD with bracer artifact and belt from raid. Sireth kicks up a few notches once death auras make contact with an enemy.

		This is an activated attack build, so attack speed isn't relevant.
		For AoE, will combo Lotus (15 sec cooldown) with rotation of Rally and Eldritch Tempest (30 second cooldowns each) Lotus will be 9-20x6 double hit +10%
		For red names, we will combo adrenaline with boulder's might
		For additional CC and cleanup we have Cat's Scratch +50% and Boulder's Might which is 12-20x5 +50%
		Sireth + Eldritch Tempest will be 2-20x6 + 50%, Sireth + Legendary Rally will be 2-20x5 + 50%.
		Massive fort bypass and profile will make this consistent against a large number of targets, even if it isn't optimal dps.
		Red names in RL had ~150% fort which is standing bypass target to immediately open up with crit, so added a bit more with debuffing for higher level legendary dungeons/reapers.
	Eldritch Knight	T5 Stuffs	Falconry (expendable)	T4 Helpless
	KoTC	T2 Divine Might	Racial	Staff Stuffs
	Tabaxi Trailblazer
	3 Monk 5 Paladin, 12 Wizard lawful good		T5 LD	Rally for AoE, mantle for debuffing vulnerability/fort	33
	Max + levels Dex, charisma for divine might		T3 FoTW	Adrenaline for single target, bypass	15
			T4 GMoF	Bypasses and other passives, Epic Will, lotus	26
Level	Class	Feats
1​	Monk	Force of Personality	Two Handed Fighting1 (Str 15
2​	Paladin	Aureon
3​	Paladin	Precision, Dex 13, Tomes +3
4​	Paladin
5​	Monk
6​	Paladin	Monk Stance2
7​	Paladin
8​	Monk	Swords to Plowshares
9​	Wizard	Two Handed Fighting2 (Str 17, tomes +4)	Wiz Feat: Quicken
10​	Wizard
11​	Wizard	Death Auras: LGS Dust + Ooze	IOD Dust + LGS Ooze sentience with Charisma swap in also works for divine might
12​	Wizard	Monk Stance3
13​	Wizard	Wiz Feat: Extend
14​	Wizard
15​	Wizard	Improved Critical: Blunt
16​	Wizard
17​	Wizard
18​	Wizard	Two Handed Fighting3 (Str 17, tomes +4)	Wiz Feat: Eschew
19​	Wizard
20​	Wizard
21​		Overwhelming Critical
22​		Two handed Fighting4
24​		Monk Stance4
25​		Doublestrike
27​		Epic Fortitude
28​		Helpless
30​		Arborea	Epic Reflex
31​		Beyshk
							Set					Augments
	Alternate Sharn Set	Link	1​	2​	3​	4​	Set Name	1​	2​	3​	4​	1​	2​
	Goggles	https://ddowiki.com/page/Cannith_Crafting/table_1b	Wisdom	Spot	Ins. Seeker							Deathblock
	Helm	https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Dinosaur_Bone_Helmet	Scale-Ass	Fang-Ass	Claw-Ass	Horn-Ass	Dread Isles Curse (5)	Profane Power	Profane PRR	Profane Stats		Ins. Con	Festive Con
	Neck	https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Legendary_Family_Recruit_Sigil	Armor Pen	Relentless	Deadly	True Sight	Part of the Family (3)	Fort Bypass	Melee Power	Doublestrike	Helpless	Masters Gift
	Trinket	https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Legendary_Red_Raptor_Feather	Ins. Deception	Displacement			Dread Isles Curse (5)					Ins. Chr	Festive Chr
	Armor	https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Legendary_Wildcard	Fortification	PRR	HAMP	False Life	Part of the Family (3)					Vitality (Legendary Recipies)
	Cloak	https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Legendary_University_Duelist%27s_Cloak	Q Acc	Q Dead	Ins. Doublestrike	Ins. Armor Pen						Tumble	Concentration
	Wrist-Artifact	https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Dinosaur_Bone_Bracers	Scale-Ass	Fang-Ass	Claw-Ass	Horn-Ass	Dread Isles Curse (5)					Festive Dex	Globe
	Waist	https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Lindal%27s_Mighty_Belt	Ins. Sheltering	Str	Lay on Hands		Dread Isles Curse (5)					Undying	Ultimatum
	Ring	https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Legendary_Tumbleweed	Ins. Dex	Dex Skills	Deadly	Accuracy	Mind and Matter (2)	Art 30 PRR	Art 30 MRR	30 MRR Cap		Arcane Empowerment	Melee Power
	Ring 2	https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Legendary_Omniscience	Shield	Parry	Resist	Fort	Mind and Matter (2)					Quick Draw
	Boots	https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Legendary_Beachcombers	Dodge	Assesory-Scale	Speed	Reflex	Dread Isles Curse (5)					Prot	Natural Armor
	Gloves	https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Legendary_Hammerfist	Cannith	Ins. Doublestrike	Seeker	Ins. Deadly	Part of the Family (3)					Luck	Greater Heroism
	Weapon	https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Sireth,_Spear_of_the_Sky	FF	Good	FoM	Stuffs						Deconstructor
	Scale: Assessory	Dex-Artifact	Con
		Chr
	Fang: Assessory	Positive Amp - Art	Deception
	Claw: Assessory	Stun
		Trip
	Horn: Assessory	Fort Bypass-Art	Ghostly
	Fort Bypass	150 standing + debuffs	Sentience
	23	Enhancement	Art/Weap
	11	Insight	Shattered Fort Bypass
	40	Filigree	Sucker/One
	30	Artifact	Treachery/Dance
	25	Precision	Dreadkeeper Melee power
	0-X	Deconstructor + mantle Debuffs on red names
	15	GMoF	Weapon
	5	Guild Ship
			Shatteredx2
			Dreadkeeperx3
			Treachery -50% threat

Heroic leveling will be smooth, just start with double extended death auras and undead form. Epic leveling will also be smooth, since LD Rally doesn't kick in until 32, just use a third ED for healing (EA mantle passively let me level in R4 epics). A sentient bonecrusher at 18 will smoothen out the high heroic to epic transition. Move speed will also make it relatively fast, and you will start with AoE spammable CC with Cat Scratch. Falconry can be eliminated for those lacking AP. The build has no real weaknesses until cap when it is a THF melee dps, with the various pros and cons that brings.

In raid situations where you will be taking large amounts of magic damage that cannot be avoided, since you will be using adrenaline switch to plate + haste. I guess run this as a dex build + divine might. Because we have adrenaline and piles of debuffs, we will still be able to drop those juicy 6 digit bombs single target:

Our AoE though, yes, I'm just going to say yes, and let you experience it for yourself.

 

[Shear-buckler]

Really overwhelming the meta with these spellpower imbue builds...

 

[Tilomere]

Spell powered inquisitors rule. Hah. Those beautifully designed things can solo R4 Sharn as soon as they ding 20 (R3 Sharn solo at 20 is my default test for a level 20 character being good) and do just fine in a high reaper legendary group at 27. I mean, they may not be ideal for R10 at cap, but they level beautifully. I was leveling mine with only d6 spell powered imbues as well.

I'm trying to mix it up though, can't play inquisitor too many times in a row, although I cleaned up basically all my misc. past lives with it.

Updated everything.

 

[kemton]

Have you tried PA mantle? Especially pre-cap? I feel like all the melee mantles are vastly out DPS by the PA mantle. I need to do some deep gnome warlock lives next so I was going to look into a staff build instead of the inquis platform since I think it clears faster. IPS felt so slow and awkward having to back up to keep mobs in line. Not sure if you solved that.

 

[Tilomere]

Yes, that's what I used on inquisitor to solo R4 Sharn @20. Sands gloves/ring acid/poison epic set + boots with insightful/quality spell power. Maximize + empowered PA strike + mantle.

It's what I would use to level this too, swapping some wizard feats for maximize + empower until 26. At 26 drifting lotus stuns and you finally have some medium melee power, so it becomes worth using. Extend + Maximize + Empower from wizard becomes Extend + Quicken + Eschew at 26. Maximize + Empowered negative energy burst also adds to the extended death auras for heroic healing.

I leveled in midskull/high skull legendary reaper groups on inquisitor, so I mostly solved kiting with other players. The rest of kiting I solved by plate + defensive stance + massive healing/defenses. Inquisitor works better than lotus staff at cap for hybrid, because lotus staff at cap loses 2 ring slots for MRR cap, so it doesn't have the same space to fit in spell power.

Chains builds are about twice as powerful as staff builds, so you could look there if you are concerned about leveling speed. While they last of course, which is why I designed a staff build instead. Cat scratch can't exactly compare with a large AoE sextuple cleave. Because you have so much more AoE base on a chains build you can swap to dire charge which stuns reapers, and it works out better, and frees up the slot you need for the sands legendary set since you can wear leather+ which due to having helpless goes .perfectly with vecna armor set.

 

[Djoe]

I'm happy to see your revival of this build, and I was recently planning on doing something similar, with all three of eldritch tempest, drifting lotus, and exalted smites. Have you tried this post-lotus nerf? I've heard its just a whirlwind attack now, which kills off the best thing I liked about it, the cool and unique animation.

 

[Tilomere]

Not yet. Lotus was a single large AoE, followed by two small area attacks in front of your character. Two large whirlwind hits is more consistent, so this will be as well as can be.

I like having unique animations, but I think Drifting Lotus animations were a bit over the top and screen blinding and could have used a toning down by half.

 

[Tilomere]

Polishing touch, alternative gear set I had from last life, epic leveling with EA mantle, pics.

I think the way they are structuring Ranged/SWF/THF is that Adrenaline + X is 60% of (single) dps. I'm building into the way they are structuring the game, so expecting this build to last as long as game does, and the next two levels to come adding in full adrenaline to kick it up another notch for single target dps. Maybe by then I'll max another sentient gem for a SoS, and go for 175k bombs.

Tests show this can clear R10 dungeons as the primary dps, so this is good enough. In 2 levels it goes plaid with full adrenaline. it's a bit squishy due to how hp pass and stat squish worked out, but ahh well, watch out for blades and remember to rest when your healer runs oom. Not bad for a weapon older than some of the players here...

The saltmarsh sentience path is north to dump, east to church, south to buccanneer, accross water to tower pirate, north west to giant, west to hilltop abishai, nw to crock, south west to dryad, west to salamander?, ne to crate, ruined building troll, frogman, north to griffon, east to displacer, east to shambling mound, NE to champion, and SE to beetle.

IOD sentience path is west of gate to cat, sw to crab and golem, nw to mummy and trex, north to bear, east to ettercaps?, south dip to triceratops, way north to lizardthingy and giant, crest demon, south to water weird, dragon. Form a group and go with 6 for this.

 

[Frantik]

Hi, I remember reading and re-reading your original build on the old forum, thinking about how i could adapt it for a HC character. IIRC that was a [preferably BF] 15 EK 1 FvS 4 Pal build. I was thinking that changing the 1 FvS to 1 Dark Apostate for the tier 1 Evil damage imbue for 3 AP. I was thinking that this may be better as it scales with spell power and could be harder hitting.

 

[Tilomere]

Ahh the EK imbues scale with spell power as well, so they work pretty much equally well.

That original build is going to last forever, since they can nerf ED healing and empty the tiers 1-4 like I predicted, it doesn't need anything from any of them They did even nerf EK %HP due to DC casters now using it, and it has a backup in paladin SaD, dropping inquisitor.

 

[Huono]

Spell powered inquisitors rule. Hah. Those beautifully designed things can solo R4 Sharn as soon as they ding 20 (R3 Sharn solo at 20 is my default test for a level 20 character being good) and do just fine in a high reaper legendary group at 27. I mean, they may not be ideal for R10 at cap, but they level beautifully. I was leveling mine with only d6 spell powered imbues as well.

I'm trying to mix it up though, can't play inquisitor too many times in a row, although I cleaned up basically all my misc. past lives with it.

Updated everything.

Really like the look of ranged build. I'm a recently returned player who wants to try out inquisitive. Is this still viable even after recent changes?

 

[kemton]

Are the imbues from kotc worth not just going horizon walker? Do you get anything else from paladin levels? That would also give u a bit more fort bypass, and with the current state of orchid blossom I was thinking this might be a good time to revisit this build.

I also thought about a more DPS oriented version with active dodges for r10s using dragon lord t5 uncanny dodges from rogue and monk for fire stance with quarter staff atk speed + double strike enhancements. That was also going razorclaw for the blood rage hp. I also debated trying to fit in tempest active dodge somehow for a handwraps version… still noodling