Constentin Lévine

Actually, this is the way you have to use to stunlock an recovering enemy, I try in real time battle and the switch AI script only slow the action, but my heavy rogue was able to fight anyway ; not if you manually switch and switch while the game is paused. After a few time, the attack is blocked and each new stack of shield switch prolonge a lot.

You dont really have to keep the character in switching mode : after 1 min IRL of fast switch, the recovery time is already very long. You can see how the recovery time is affected when you do that nearby a party member wearing an heavy armor, by right-clicking in his weapon set, i think.

This is an incredible weapon : overload (paralize on crit vs fortitude) and Conductive Blast (not the upgrade)vs reflex bounce with driving flight, but also profit to some bonuses like Marksman (Ranger) and Shootist ( Alcina's Tricorn). They also proc a lightning from avenging storm per bounce ( so 1 per bullet and their bounce, + 1 per overload on bullet, + 1 on overload bounce, then potentially +6 damage rolls per shot). Even without avenging storm, the overload effect is a way to interrupt a lot of enemies at range, with pistol. Also again, the enchantment Charged Field aura is a boss breaker, but it is a bit cheated. If you switch fastly between two weapons sets with this enchantment included, the action speed of everone with a shield or heavy armor take a -10% that stack exactely like Stand Of Farvor trick : the enemies are lost in the time and they DPS fall to 0.

hi, in my concern, build around pistol(s) is always good with multiclassed ranger (Arcane Archer with Thundercrack pistol, or Gunhawk with a mod) combined with Monk (Nalpazca or Helwaler at distance) since Enduring Dance generate wounds and accuracy. If you want to make an one handed pistolero, the modal is a good option : you loose the +35% action speed from dual wielding, but the -50% reload time bonus match well with these weapons (1.1s attack, 5.0 reload time), so without loosing accuracy, since One Handed provide +12acc. You can also take a look to Ranger - Barbarian (Berserker or Mage Slayer*), really fast and efficient build even if you loose Carnage attack. -* as mage slayer, melee weapon hit produce a significative debuff to caster enemy, and that work with the AoE attack of Frostseeker, so you can use it as second weapon slot to manage casters at distance. 9 pen is not a lot, so Tenacious and other pen buffs can be usefull (Berseker's Frenzy or Monk's Thunderous Blows for example). Constitution debuff is also a good way, and this is also an alternative way to "increase" damages done, if you look as percent of total health. Higher accuracy is also a good way to buff pen, if you crit often. Passive acc bonuses from Ranger stack with actives, and Driving Flight & Concussive Tranquiliser are brutals. If you want to build a versatile pistolero with a spell palette, ranger + chanter or cipher (+ ranger or solo) can be good, also, but not at the caliber of monk or barbarian. ThundercracK pistol is really good, but Eccea's Arcane Blaster is not a joke, but if you opte for this last weapon and choose Bullet Time enchantment, take care to look the effect from your eyes, this is not listed in the current effect window (only in the character page (at c) ). You are able to prolonge the short duration with Int, and Ooblit if you get it, and Salvation of Time from priest.

Actually that work with everything that proc on weapon attack : avenging storm is the better way to convert these attacks into damage, but that work also with the Ajamuut's Stalking Cloak while invisible during the effect (only from the wizard invisibility or Whithdraw, temporal cocoon, etc ). I dont find in my memory some other stuffs like that but it is the idea.

Haha nice find! If you have 2 Charms of Bones (1 equipped, the other on the top of the party 's bag, you can try to get the good summon each combat? Figurine creatures may also have good abilities, maybe their charges can be reloaded with this trick, by the way.

And Recall Agony +30%, of course.

To try another thing, of course, and then reach over 300 deflection. But the reason i said is for the immunity and the free defenses bonus.

I made a Shadow Dancer specialized in riposte from disengagment attacks, reaching 289 in deviation vs dsgmt attacks. (326 with a sage also). That was about proc some crit chains with Mahora Tanga, with a fast orlan moving on the battlefield around my other party members. That worked very well and I weared the hat that can also proc a riposte on miss. I used Gipon Prudensco to +10 dv and +25 dv vs disengagment. This armor is really good for the melee ones.

Different effects are applied with this weapon on carnage attack, and each can proc a lightning from Avenging Storm. This is the only weapon that can interract with carnage, the only malus is the enchantment limited to Superb..

Yes it does, and there is also The Shield Cracks (chanter) for -2 AR, Flancked for -1 , Lower their Gard (fighter) for -10 and Sundering Blow for -4, for the enemy. The Blackened plate grant also an aura that cause -1 AR and the Furrante's Breastplate have a per rest version of Lower their Gard if i remember correctely..

Yes you are right, I misunderstood the point.. i read in diagonal sometime

It is not really true, once you get Eccea's Arcane Blaster and you enchant them for Bullet Time, you have a -100% reload time for 5 s (base) ; this effect is not visible in the character's beneficial effects when you point him in combat but you can see it in the C page, in current effects. As beneficial effect, you can prolonge them with usual stuff lie SoT or WoD (i tried to be sure with a mage and Wall of Draining). Skip to another weapon keep the effect just like Tempest so you can use an arbalest with Bullet Time on. Of course, this is a mid game stuff..

Actually you can do this exploit when you charm an ally (combat) , then switch his weapon to Modwyr (combat clear) and restart the "manip" again and again -- but it is reaaally teadious.

Actually there is 2 things that are really abused (and only useful for the Ultimate), conducting the character to a +∞ power curve, in despite of the challenge, the fun and the strategy : Temporal Cocoon and Tears of saint Makawo, since their stun debuff is a separate hostile effect than the untargetable effect, which is beneficial. There are more a god mode than cheese, as you can read here : https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/126492-temporal-cocoon-the-godlike-spell/ https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/126180-class-build-beyond-the-veil/ (ok that require SoT- strand of Favor to be effective but without these possibility, SoT is not so punitive for the gameplay)