Is there a better way to build this? (zealot)

[Ralendil]

For the first post I was running out of time, so I could not read everything in the thread.

@Jonboy

Then as an alternative; another with slight more toughness but skipping those heavy strike bonuses. Felt like Disdain might be a waste of a point.

disdain is bad, as it was said in this thread. Except if you use it with something that cleave a lot. This talent is good on the Achlys Combat axe by example.
However enemies within, enemies without is good for toughness. It is literally a permanent toughness regen
Vicious offering is also a good talent with a duelling sword, cause you often use and kill with heavy hit.

@Jonboy

I’m not sure how Good Balance’s +25% Damage Reduction aids the crit build though?

Good balance (25%) + enduring faith (50%) + Benediction (15%) is a good combo for damage reduction. However, enduring faith is toughness dmg reduction only. So better with a toughness build.
These talents together when dodging, it is really excellent. If you put agile + precognition on the duelling sword, you have a build orientated dodge.
Add duellist (+30% dmg on dodge) and second wind (+15% toughness regen on dodge) and you get a dodge build.

@supra898

you just take no damage when piety kicks in, i find it not really fun, but it’s strong
i also hate the dumb cdr reduction on crit talent, no idea how they still kept in the game

I really think that they should reword cdr nodes.
Zealot has 3 cdr nodes, and 2 of them can be used for shroudfield + dagger build
One is totally useless

I said it in an other thread

Zealot and CDR nodes

Zealot has 3 CDR nodes Pious cut-throat: restore 20% ability cooldown on a backstab kill Martyr’s purpose: 1% of damage taken is converted in ability cooldown reduction Invocation of death: +200% ability cooldown regeneration on a critic hit First, a shroudfield zealot can benefit and from Pious cut-throat and Invocation of death. This lead to the possibility to spam the use of shroudfield, and lead also to balance problems. Secondly, Martyr’s purpose is totally useless, a waste of 1 point c…

@Jonboy

Does Dance of Death not become a tax node in these builds if you’re using a revolver?

Dance of death is totally useless with a revolver. But tbh, for me, Dance of death is like one motion. Just a tax node.

@Jonboy

Is Thy Wrath worth the two points?

In my opinion thry wrath is good for slow melee weapon. However, sure a rager can stun you to death as said supra898
But good balance is really useful with a DS

@supra898

i refuse to be stunned to death by a reaper

He will take a revolver and the DS is good against them. I hate melee fight with them, but if you dance with them you can kill them. I do it with an axe, you can do it with a DS *must admit that this is the reason why I take an IAG Columnus, to stagger them until they die).

@Vodhawak

I would consider the second one a better option, since 10% toughness on heavy attack kill it’s not that useful on DS4.

It is absolutely.
The MKIV is really good on heavy hits.

@Vodhawak

I would swap Sweet Certainty and the 5% toughness dmr for Duellist and Second Wind.
You would get much more value considering you are going constantly going to dodge with this set up.

Swift certainly is not as good as it sounds when you read the description. I tested it in a ranged immunity build. My conclusion was that stripped down, or even hit and run, is far better than this one
For info, here the description with enhanced description

swift certainly