Disclaimer: I hate the gambling system they call crafting - that said if I want to tinker around with the toys we are given in this game I have to interact with it.
Maybe we can use this thread to share experiences and opinions about which weapon builds work well or create interesting synergies or are just plain fun to use.
I ran lucky and gambled a decent Heavy Chainsword XV:
I didnāt know zorn was still present in modern German! The Zornhau āwrath strikeā is one of the five secret cuts of the master swordsman in the Liechtenauer system of the longsword.
I was told most of hte word were in Old High German and had changed. IE, Alber, āthe foolā a position used to sucker someone in, is closer to a word that means āsillyā in modern German, or so Iām told.
Personally, and I know Iām an exception here, I really like the speed boost on chain weapons since it can stand in for a charge, and it lets me get to the plasteel and catch up to the nuts who skip chests.
That said, I think the most popular blessing is shred, for the extra critical chance.
I just thought of crafting one with a more reliable damage output less reliant on RNG.
Nice - did some medieval fencing during university. Some words are actually uncommon today - or even have a different meaning.
While hauen (to strike) is only used by children today (adults would rather say schlagen) the word Hau for strike is completely uncommon. Zorn for wrath on the other hand is very common still.
Most alien to me when I started was Ort for the tip of the blade as weād call that Spitze today - Ort is still in use though simply meaning place.
I think you have a good general build! If you like it then keep it. If you are interested in my 2 cents about what I prefer on my crit zealot build:
I prefer not having +5% crit chance. You should be at 80% without it and the flak or maniac damage is better in most situations. But thatās not a big deal.
-I really want to like that skill tree, but I just donāt like the left hand side of the tree (the invulnerability and stuff). I feel like when it procs its when Iām in a really bad situation anyways and I might survive the 5 seconds but I probably wonāt survive the situation anyways. Iād rather get passives that prevent the situation.
-disdain isnāt as good as I thought. It only procs every other swing (so cut the damage in half) and aoe horde clear isnāt a problem at all with that evis.
-I hear duelist isnāt very good either, but I donāt use that part of the tree so I couldnāt tell you for sure.
I love hammer of faith and getting the corruption node. It basically makes you immune to corruption which is awesome.
-Thy wrath be swift feels great on a slower weapon liek evis so I usually run that and I get the āmore stagger on weak spot hitā below it. That combined with hammer of faith makes basically everything stagger except monstrosities. Even my headhunter makes em dance .
i have one with Shred and Momentum.
Iād either change the +20% Maniacs to +25% Carapace maybe
and āZornā into Shred and run a bleed-crit- ability cooldown build.
MK II better for that, but still good Evis.
edit: 2nd one you posted is maybe already better for crit-bleed
Do you find yourself struggling with survivability, that youād need Momentum?
The extra cleave wonāt improve your total damage output on regular attacks (because 4 target cap), but it will improve your revved lights (no target cap that Iām aware of). Additionally, Invocation of Death will still proc even if you have passed that 4 target cap, so the extra cleave isnāt entirely wasted.
Shred or Rampage are my general preferences - the weaponās got good critical hit multipliers (esp. against Flak) and with Invocation of Death, thereās obvious synergy there. Do you need more Invocation procs? Youāre already sitting at 25 - 55% most of the time, not including Fury of the Faithful uses.
Rampageā¦ itās more damage/cleave/stagger, you canāt really go wrong with it.
Youāre already sitting at 25 - 55% most of the time, not including Fury of the Faithful uses.