I’m an average DD but have made this mini-series to help people progress by adding an extra skill each build and increase their damage. I’ve kept all the gear the same and used daggers on the backbar to make life a bit easier as it has a long timer.
Part of the EasyArc progression series
•EasyArc | One button back bar 100k DPS+ | u45 prep for u46 |
•EasyArc 1.0 | Crafted gear | One button back bar 100k DPS+ | u46
•EasyArc 2.0 | One button back bar 124k DPS+ | u46
•EasyArc 2.1 | Two button back bar 135k DPS+ | u46
•EasyArc 2.2 | Three button back bar 139k DPS+ | u46
•EasyArc 2.3 | Four button back bar 143k DPS+ | u46
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SKILLS
Barbed trap – Provides minor force, increases spell damage by 3% will slotted (slayer passive from fighter’s guild), is a good source of damage and the haemorrhaging status effect.
Inspired scholarship – Generates crux, provides extra damage to your class abilities and provides major brutality and sorcery.
Pragmatic fatecarver – Your main priority damage skill, always cast when you have three crux (three green triangles) floating around you. Provides a damage shield for more safety in trials.
Cephaliarch’s flail – Creates crux, heals you when you damage an enemy and is a good spammable when you need to keep damage up but can’t use fatecarver.
Shocking banner – A scribing skill, creates crux (class mastery), increases direct damage and provides buffs. You only need to active this once, when you have it activated you don’t need to press it again. Just make sure it is active as it does drop sometimes when you enter a trial or change instances. Just look out for the big flag on your back and massive circle around you to make sure it’s on. THIS SKILL MUST BE PLACED ON BOTH BARS OR IT WILL DEACTIVATE WHEN YOU BARSWAP.
Quick cloak – Deals damage, provides major evasion (reducing damage from area attacks by 20%), provides major expedition (increases movement speed by 30%). Because we have paired this skill with the spectral cloak daggers on the back bar we also get extra damage, reduces damage taken by 6% and increases damage done by 6%.
Incapacitating Strike - Our front bar ultimate to use in exe, passively increases critical ratings from the skill line.
Languid eye – Our backbar ultimate ability, cheap to cast so make sure to cast it often so you don’t waste damage.
Relentless Focus - Light attacks generate weapon & spell damage (never press the skill)
Radiant Glory - Very strong execute beam for low health enemies
Solar Barrage - Deals damage around you and increases all our class abilities damage by 5%
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FOOD & POTIONS Hearty garlic corn chowder – I use this on the trial dummy as its max stamina but no health. Sticky pork and radish noodles, garlic cod with potato crust, braised rabbit with spring vegetables – all of these recipes provide the same thing. Extra health and stamina, perfect for trials.
Essence of health (tri stat) – made with bugloss, columbine and mountain flower. Provides all resources and increases their recovery. You can use crown tri pots if you have any as they do the same thing.
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BLUE CHAMPION POINTS
Biting Aura
Wrathful strikes
Master-at-Arms
Exploiter
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RED CHAMPION POINTS
Boundless vitality
Fortified
Rejuvenation
Expert evasion
Red / Blue champion points can change depending on the situation you might not need to roll dodge a lot so expert evasion would be a waste for example.
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Q&A
Q: Why are you using daggers on the back bar and not something else?
A: the timer for blade cloak times up well with inspired scholarship so makes it super easy. You can definitely replace the back bar weapon to a Maelstrom staff and change the skill from blade cloak to wall of elements or even use a Maelstrom Great sword on the back bar and use stampede but it just makes the build a bit harder to use.
Q: Have you seen the new crafted set?
A: Yes, Tide-Born Wildstalker gets similar results on the dummy but also has extra penetration so although you might not see the benefits on a dummy it could be better in trials if you need the extra penetration. An easy swap so go for it if you fancy, just remove deadly and use that.
Q: How do I make the banner skill?
A: it’s a scribing skill so you need to collect all the grimoires etc. Once you have them go to a scribing alter and select, Banner Bearer (Skill) – Shock Damage (Focus Script) – Class Mastery (Signature Script) Make sure you are a Arcanist based class – Savagery & Prophecy (Affix Script).