Advice for Hellbringer?

mred

I recently got my Warlock to 70 recently, and have gotten him some pretty decent starting gear for the end game stuff (his item level is exactly 2100 right now. Easily not the best, but still a decent start), and as I've been searching for better gear, I've noticed something. The stats for the better gear don't exactly match up with the ones I am focusing on.

Right now, my Warlock is a Hellbringer, focused on Power and Critical Strikes, yet some of the gear for him has with Power or Critical Strike with Armor Penetration instead. I remember hearing some of my party members talking about that before I got to level 70, but since they were a different class, I didn't pay too much mind to it, that Power wasn't as important as Armor Pen.

So I just figured I'd ask, should my Warlock be instead focused more on Armor Penetration than Power or Critical? If it helps, his feats are focused on the Fury tree, with Necrotic being a big damage dealer. He has on his bar Vampiric Embrace, Dreadtheft, and Fiery Bolt, as well as Hand of Blight as the main At-Will attack, for more Necrotic damage, and Gates of Hell and Accursed Souls as his Dailys.

pr3stigex

Any DPS character should focus on armr pen first, then power or crit depending on build.

xrawcarnage

Advice for hellbringer is to respec to soulbinder. Hellbringer is beyond broken and doesn't do HAMSTER for dps. Focus on getting arm pen to the 60% mark and then go for crit and power. Power to crit ratio I went for early on was a 2:1 power to crit.

mred

Ok then, so focus on Armor Pen. first, and try and get it to be around 60%, at least, and then Power should be second, with Crit being the third to focus on, with Power being about double that of Crit. Good thing I have plenty of Diamonds! I just need to get some new armor and some new enchantments. I could probably even get some from a lockbox (having a VIP on is really helpful! I actually managed to get a Brilliant Diamond on the second box I ever opened, and used it to help me get the Champions Pack! That was before the Diamonds per Zen price rose to above 350, back when it was about 180. *Sigh* I wish it would get that cheap again...).

Can anyone else give me any advice, though? Not that I don't appreciate the advice I already got, but it never hurts to ask for help in making sure a character in an MMO is as strong as possible. No one wants to be that weak guy that can barely do anything.

armadeonx

I think @poopoomcmuffns is Hellbringer and he's very good but he's pvp focused.

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xrawcarnage

I'm not being funny with my earlier comment. Yes you can do decent damage as a hellbringer, but you will not top charts. Soul binder you will. I am a maxed lock and have been for some time now. I rock soulbinder fury for months and months. I have tried hellbringer when I was 2800,3k,3500, 4k and tbh it makes no difference. Hands down soulbinder will produce better overall results and not just in dps. Lifesteal and ap gain as well.

Also, I would suggest going with damnation build until you are at least 3500 I level as you will not produce enough dps to overcome the amount the puppet puts up with a fury build. Anyone who says you can be less then 3300-3500 to switch to fury is wrong. Take a 3k fury vs damnation build lock and the damnation will destroy the fury. Fury is broke in overall damage besides the 1 shot kf/mf. Fury path and temp need a serious rework. Shouldn't have to be bis to run these paths.