u77 Water Savant Gear

[Honkin]

There's threads for Air and Fire, but nothing for Water yet.

I'm switching back to water after 8-ish months on the hamster wheel. I'm curious what people are running (especially which Minor Artifact you chose to go with) and would also love to know any interesting feat decisions you've made.

My current gearset has stayed roughly the same throughout my caster lives:

• Artblade light armor
• Artblade cloak
• Strap of Savviness
• Red Wizard's Sight
• Thayan Pactmage's Bangle
• Greaves of Seasons' Warding
• Elder's Cap + GoMF
• Cranium Sphere
• Fill in the other slots with whatever makes sense for that build

As a starting point I was looking at Agony's Eyes or the Relentless raid necklace as a potential artifact, and doing my DoV runs to get Clank for the sonic version of DwM. The Frost Giant cloak looks like a good upgrade, potentially updating my belt to one of the Lamordia belts too. Currently I'm using my Theurgy of Summer for my artifact since that's what I had available along with Anger of the Avalanche since I can't slot Chained Elementals.

 

[rabidfox]

The artifacts you named are good choices. The only thing I see obvious to swap out it is the Cranium Sphere and using an off-hand with LGS debuff/dot effect. A solid combo for casters is doing Slayer of the Living w/Clank (or another similar weapon).

with Anger of the Avalanche since I can't slot Chained Elementals.

You can do solar spell crit aug and solar spell power aug to cover that.

 

[Honkin]

I have Palisade for a legendary salt swap. My sentient gem is in my Legendary Echo of the Artblade at the moment - I was thinking about having one sentient weapon for DC casting and one for nuking.

 

[QuantumFX]

Depending on the caster type, I'm partial to the Legendary Night Hag's Heartstone because the Legendary Perfected Wrath set is filled with so many useful bonuses. (Artifact Potency, Artifact PRR, Artifact Imbue Dice for a Warlock, Artifact Well Rounded, and Artifact Helpless damage.) It's gear Tetris with a large mallet to make it happen though. If I were to do a sorcerer, wearing light armor and a shield, this link would probably be my first stab at a gearset. And since it won't show in the link, the blank ring slot is a Cannith crafted swap ring with <Elemental> Absorption, Light Resistance, and Insightful PRR.

 

[Honkin]

Against my better judgment, I started to make a u81 gearset for water savant. I decided to post it here so I can get memed for wanting to play a nuking caster in the year of our Faceless Lord 2026. DDOBuilder file here: https://www.ddobuildhub.com/build/73218b0d-d252-4db3-95d3-4ab58dc1eb1d

Some notes:

• Fraz Urb'luu's Reign with Chained Elementals and Grip of the Marilith seems like the higher DC option. You'll get higher cold spellpower if you do Anger of the Avalanche with Theurgy of Winter.
• Vizeran's Band has +2 insightful evocation over this setup, but you will have to give up a DoT effect. Rings are really competitive for casters.
• There are new helms with +3 Sacred DCs that are easier to get. In this setup, I slotted +2 Sacred into my belt so that I can fit Insightful Sheltering and Fortitude into my helm slot.
• The MRR cap set augment is probably better than Wild Fortitude, but I was pushing to get 2K HP on da boat. Questions to debate for someone with more gear and PLs than me.