Hrundar: Dex-Int Night Warrior HW build

jaazaniah1

Decided to try my hand at making something dps-ish for HW that doesn't rely on the usual Annhilate + Arc of Ruin and that also uses some less conventional Super Stats. This is the work in progress. Can manage 7 Skewers before needing to reapply Demolish with Skullcrusher. Might use Wardicator, but not sure yet.

Hrundar 2 - Freeform (Melee Damage)
v3.45:38

Super Stats
Level 6: Intelligence (Primary)
Level 10: Constitution (Secondary)
Level 15: Dexterity (Secondary)

Talents
Level 1: The Specialist (Dex: 10, Con: 10, Int: 8, Rec: 10)
Level 6: Acrobat (Dex: 5, Con: 5)
Level 9: Coordinated (Dex: 5, Int: 5)
Level 12: Healthy Mind (Con: 5, Int: 5)
Level 15: Covert Ops Training (Str: 3, Dex: 3, Con: 3, Int: 3)
Level 18: Martial Focus (Str: 5, Dex: 5)
Level 21: Impresario (Dex: 5, Rec: 5)

Powers
Level 1: Bludgeon
Level 1: Crushing Ruin (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 6: Guard (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 8: Night Warrior (Rank 2, Rank 3, Silent Running)
Level 11: Skullcrusher (Rank 2, Falling Hammer)
Level 14: Form of the Tiger
Level 17: Resurgence (Rank 2)
Level 20: Skewer (Rank 2, Rank 3, Follow Through)
Level 23: Relentless
Level 26: Ricochet Throw (Microelectronic Controllers)
Level 29: Thunderclap (Collateral Damage)
Level 32: Vicious Descent (Work Up)
Level 35: Conviction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 38: Fiery Embrace
Adv. Points: 36/36

Travel Powers
Level 6: Stoic Flight
Level 35: Athletics (Rank 2, Rank 3)

Specializations
Intelligence: Enlightened (3/3)
Intelligence: Tactician (2/2)
Intelligence: Detect Vulnerability (3/3)
Intelligence: Expertise (2/2)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
Vindicator: Mass Destruction (3/3)
Brawler: The Glory of Battle (3/3)
Brawler: Penetrating Strikes (2/2)
Brawler: Ruthless (2/2)
Brawler: Flanking (3/3)
Mastery: Intelligence Mastery (1/1)

Devices
Slot 1: Empowered Dragon Staff
Slot 2: Gadroon Force Tech
Slot 3: Heroic Resonance
Slot 4: Primus Spark Shield
Slot 5: Inborn Tenacity

flowcyto

Yea, it looks pretty good overall, for a build focusing on Skewer instead. The toggle/form and EU won't innately work w/ Ricochet Throw and the Ult, though, and otherwise Skewer + Skullcrusher ofc don't have great AoE coverage for trash.

jaazaniah1

Thanks Flow. Always good to know that I haven't missed anything super obvious or critical

I went with RT because of its usefulness from Sneak and it's greater range over Earthsplitter. I think that an opening salvo of RT, followed by Vicious Descent and Thunder Clap will take care of the mooks. Once fully geared on PTS I didn't find any enenrgy issues, so I think I'll be good.

flowcyto

Yup, as long as you aren't just spamming RT, and you have a bleed up from Skewer before using the Ult (and/or just use Skewer/SC before the Ult to proc FotTiger's energy gain first), then you'll prob be good for energy overall.

Regardless, have fun w/ it out there 8)

warcanch

Brain-picking questions time.

1. What penetration are you getting from Detect Vulnerability?
2. What is your base crit chance and crit severity?
3. Must be stacking Dex, so what is your base +% from your form?


I have a melee PSS Int and stacks Int, that jumped through hoops to get it to use Gauntlet Chainsaw as primary attack. Works well enough. The only problem it has is GC is one of several powers that ACTIVATE at max melee range on SUPER LARGE (cosmics, etc) but don't actually do damage, due to RANGE BUG, imo.​​

jaazaniah1

He's using Justice Gear and has all OSV secondaries. Mods are all R7.

1. Int is 189 and gets 16% penetration from DV (NW allows him to ignore 10% of defenses)
2. Dex is 560 and he has 48% crit chance and 90.3% severity
3. Form is giving him +21%/stack
Offense is at 333.8