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Pestulance/Bestial Fury build

I've noticed that pestulance does both poison and slashing damage and I've been trying to make a Pestulance/bestial fury build that can claw things up and poison them at the same time. Maybe suck the juice out of them. Here is what I have so far:

Poisonclaw - Freeform (Any / Multiple)
v3.34:32

Super Stats
Level 6: Strength (Primary)
Level 10: Constitution (Secondary)
Level 15: Endurance (Secondary)

Talents
Level 1: The Rockstar (Str: 10, Con: 10, Rec: 8, End: 10)
Level 6: Mighty (Str: 8)
Level 9: Enduring (Con: 8)
Level 12: Energetic (End: 8)
Level 15: Physical Conditioning (Str: 5, Con: 5)
Level 18: Bodybuilder (Str: 5, End: 5)
Level 21: Boundless Reserves (Con: 5, End: 5)

Powers
Level 1: Infernal Bolts
Level 1: Shred (Rank 2, Penetrating Strikes)
Level 6: Supernatural Power
Level 8: Pestilence
Level 11: Aspect of the Bestial
Level 14: Vicious Cyclone (Rank 2, Vortex Technique)
Level 17: Resurgence (Rank 2)
Level 20: Massacre (Rank 2, Bloody Mess)
Level 23: Devour Essence (Rank 2, Phlebotomist)
Level 26: Antagonize (Rank 2, Quills)
Level 29: Conviction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 32: Masterful Dodge (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Unleashed Rage (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 38: Thundering Return
Adv. Points: 36/36

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

Specializations
Strength: Swole (2/3)
Strength: Physical Peak (1/3)
Strength: Aggression (2/2)
Strength: Brutality (2/2)
Strength: Overpower (3/3)
Warden: Fortified Gear (3/3)
Warden: Slaughter (2/3)
Warden: Ruthless (2/2)
Warden: The Best Defense (3/3)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (2/3)
Vindicator: Mass Destruction (3/3)
Mastery: Strength Mastery (1/1)

Devices

Comments

  • bringmeaslabbringmeaslab Posts: 187 Arc User
    Bite w/ the two adv's is an easy way to stack up bleed and poison in longer fights.
  • flowcytoflowcyto Posts: 12,740 Arc User
    edited August 2019
    Eh, it's mostly a Bestial SN build w/ DE and Infernal's Cyclone (instead of Bestial's) - it's not as if that the approach is bad, though. It seems like you forgot to rank up Pestilence as your passive, either way. You'd also want to be in the Melee dps role ideally, unless perhaps you are just spamming Vicious Cyclone on easy trash (since that's flagged as a ranged power).

    I assume you're ranking MD in light of the upcoming changes? When those changes hit, you may want to consider R1 Indestructible if you want to save 4 adv points (for ranking Pestilence) and have a decent mitigation cd for a dps (for now, you can just keep MD at R1). Since the shared AD cd is being nerfed to 90 sec, you may also want to consider dropping one of the ADs and freeing up a power slot in the future- prob for Eviscerate w/ Messy so you can refresh Shredded and Bleed by tapping it. Unleashed Rage also won't proc your toggle/form or EU, but I suppose for an Ult that's not a huge deal as you're still using an Enraged toggle/form. I may also get some talents w/ Rec to boost equilibrium a bit, and maybe max Physical Peak instead of Aggression. Upper Hand in Warden could also give you more melee dps, but that prob means lowering your defense a bit by trading out Fortified Gear. You could also max Vind's Focused Strikes if you want to focus more on Massacre's single-target dps, but that's up to you.
    <CO stuff> .: Petco :. // A basic FF building guide (see 1st reply) // PSA on Power Activation Delay // Ayonachan's Gift Horse (misc stat data)
    - Be safe and have fun, champs - for science!
  • rhymere#3035 rhymere Posts: 486 Arc User
    edited August 2019
    Read feedback, How's this? Also how can I add more poison?

    Poisonclaw mk2 - Freeform (Any / Multiple)
    v3.34:32

    Super Stats
    Level 6: Strength (Primary)
    Level 10: Constitution (Secondary)
    Level 15: Endurance (Secondary)

    Talents
    Level 1: The Rockstar (Str: 10, Con: 10, Rec: 8, End: 10)
    Level 6: Mighty (Str: 8)
    Level 9: Relentless (Str: 5, Rec: 5)
    Level 12: Energetic (End: 8)
    Level 15: Physical Conditioning (Str: 5, Con: 5)
    Level 18: Amazing Stamina (Rec: 5, End: 5)
    Level 21: Quick Recovery (Con: 5, Rec: 5)

    Powers
    Level 1: Infernal Bolts
    Level 1: Shred (Rank 2, Penetrating Strikes)
    Level 6: Supernatural Power
    Level 8: Pestilence (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 11: Aspect of the Bestial
    Level 14: Vicious Cyclone (Rank 2, Vortex Technique)
    Level 17: Conviction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 20: Massacre (Rank 2, Bloody Mess)
    Level 23: Devour Essence (Rank 2, Phlebotomist)
    Level 26: Antagonize (Rank 2, Quills)
    Level 29: Eviscerate (Messy)
    Level 32: Masterful Dodge
    Level 35: Unleashed Rage (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 38: Thundering Return
    Adv. Points: 36/36

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

    Specializations
    Strength: Swole (2/3)
    Strength: Physical Peak (3/3)
    Strength: Brutality (2/2)
    Strength: Overpower (3/3)
    Warden: Slaughter (3/3)
    Warden: Ruthless (2/2)
    Warden: Upper Hand (2/3)
    Warden: The Best Defense (3/3)
    Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
    Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
    Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
    Vindicator: Mass Destruction (2/3)
    Mastery: Strength Mastery (1/1)

    Devices
  • flowcytoflowcyto Posts: 12,740 Arc User
    edited August 2019
    There isn't much practical merit to adding poisons to the melee portion since it's Slashing dmg and those bonuses are separate. If you insist, though, I suppose one easy way to get some Deadly Poison stacks up w/o altering the melee rotation that much is to tap Vile Lariat w/ Viral adv (and prob pick up the heal adv too, just to make it more useful), but you'd have to free up a power slot for that.
    <CO stuff> .: Petco :. // A basic FF building guide (see 1st reply) // PSA on Power Activation Delay // Ayonachan's Gift Horse (misc stat data)
    - Be safe and have fun, champs - for science!
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