Vonmara

I have a few doubts: Why gouging strike? It's a 2 guile single target that applies an affliction not much better than distracted, which you get for free from persistent distraction. Why casita samelia instead of Gipon prudensco, which gets you the same Deflection bonus you might get from having max intimidate + immunity to flanking? Is it because of the retaliation? And of that's the case, with 210 Def how much does it even proc? Why is the extra slot needed? Aren't two slots enough if you plan the fight beforehand? Doesn't Bronlar Phalanx provide more Deflection than Cadhu with Max athletics (which you won't get because you're maxing arcana)? Other than that, nice one.

I'm not so sure about that: Stunning Surge has no bonus to accuracy, unlike some Rogue abilities. Doing the maths: with Dance of Death max stacks, Tuotilo's bonus, and say, some drug, the max accuracy you can get is ~+135 . On upscaled PotD, things in tough encounters have a Deflection ranging from 90 to 120. That means, on average, about one hit on every five 5 will score a crit, and for a full attack it means ~36% crit chance. That's quite the gamble if you ask me. I don't think it's worth it, considering that Mortification is crucial to get Dance of Death back up in case you get hit too much, and to spam Lightning Strikes through the whole fight. But I guess it's really good for 2 or 3 "big bosses" fights, where they tend to have ~60 Deflection. In this case, the gamble is less risky, but you will agree with me that spending two points on a skill that will come useful for 20 minutes of gameplay means leaving out two other skills. The candidates for the replacement could be the level 19 and 20 skills in the build, i.e. Soul Mirror and Dichotomous Soul. Now, I'm particularly fond of these two, as they give you free attacks Vs ranged misses, and two really good dummies that replicate your equipment, making them EXTREMELY TANKY (note: they replicate triggered active effects too: Gipon bonuses, and if you're wearing a Maker's Own Power belt, well, that too, making your free summons virtually immortal and able to soak ludicrous amount of aggro and damage). Therefore, no, I would personally not go for Stunning Surge.

OK, I seem to be very unlucky. I had to refresh it 8 times before the merchant sold me one. Thought they would have always they same items for sale.

But we are trying to not get hit, so it would proc very rarely!

Apologies, I started writing this while playing the 1.2 beta version. Seems like they stack again in the final build of the patch. In hindsight you could get it lvl 11 instead of Blade Turning. I just copied the build I followed as I went through the game, as I wasn't sure in which direction it was gonna go. I couldn't find the Large Fang anywhere, I'm almost sure they are unique components. But I hope you can prove me wrong, as both Kapana Taga and Tuotilo need it. The total Deflection score is 20 base 57 lvl 18 (up to 23 with Steadfast from Gipon) Resolve 12 Tuotilo base(Legendary) 10 Tuotilo's upgrade from Wounds 10 Gipon Prudensco 6 Weapon and shield 30 Mirror Image = 163 (168 with Steadfast) without using drugs. Yeah the drug wouldn't stack with mirror image anyway. As for large fangs I haven't had the chance to play yet since my last post. I'm gonna start the game now tho and check if it can be bought. If not then that's definitely something we need to track down and add to the "limited resources" thread. Playing a bit more, I realised they are dropped by drakes (which is probably where I got it, early game there's a reasonably easy drake fight), dragons and kraken, and I still can't find a vendor that has them. I suppose we can track the drakes around the game.

For some reason the modal of Small Shield doesn't work for me, I've checked the combat log and I never seem to get the +15.

In hindsight you could get it lvl 11 instead of Blade Turning. I just copied the build I followed as I went through the game, as I wasn't sure in which direction it was gonna go. I couldn't find the Large Fang anywhere, I'm almost sure they are unique components. But I hope you can prove me wrong, as both Kapana Taga and Tuotilo need it. The total Deflection score is 20 base 57 lvl 18 (up to 23 with Steadfast from Gipon) Resolve (note: here I was considering the bonus by resting at the Shrine near Poko Kohara) 12 Tuotilo base(Legendary) 10 Tuotilo's upgrade from Wounds 10 Gipon Prudensco 6 Weapon and shield 30 Mirror Image = 163 (168 with Steadfast) without using drugs. EDIT: Can get an extra +4 when using Kapana Taga with Lone Champion upgrade. EDIT2: All the bonuses above seem to stack with Moonwell too, so add another +10.

A seemingly fragile glass cannon that can attacks fast, dodge everything, deal with mobs, and get out of the stickiest situations alive. Alright, this is my first post after years of lurking. (Sorry about my poor formatting skills and no pics) This build is for you if you like: - versatile characters - playing around your afflictions - outmaneuvering enemies with risky plays This build is NOT for you if you: - hate micro - don't like very squishy characters - feel uneasy because you don't have heals (ya goddamn chicken, **cluck-cluck...!**) When Trickster was the only class to get buffed in the last two patches, I thought I'd try a solo run on a character I had in mind originally as a Streetfighter/Nalpzaca, which proved to be too squishy and unreliable in some fights. What does this build do: goes into fight and builds up asap maximum Wounds, either by deliberately getting yourself hit a couple of times (but who wants that, really), or by using the titular ability of this build, i.e. Dance of Death. Then, as you have a +10 Int +15 Might bonus, you can start casting all the defensive buffs that allow you to not get hit, and keep stacking bonuses while attacking very fast thanks to Lightning Strikes. All of this spiced up by the mystique of the Trickster, which provides all the afflictions and the CC that base Rogue is missing. THE PREMISE: BUILD BERATH'S BLESSINGS: RACE: REGION: STATS: ABILITIES BY LEVEL: SKILLS: EQUIPMENT: STRATEGY Thanks to Stealthmandem for some useful suggestions!

Cute build and nice Starbuck reference

Grave Calling has an OP effect (which is probably unintended): the passive that gives stacking +2% freeze damage (up to 30%) applies to all other weapons. Switching weapons or dual wielding it makes it possibly the best lash in the game. Not to mention the Chill Fog (FOE AOE ONLY WAT IS THIS OP BS) on Vessel kills, which stacks too. Together with Tarn's Respite (which gives a flat +1 Pen and a stacking debuff to enemy deflection), a dual dps sabre can dish out a ludicrous amount of damage. Mohora Tanga very solid with really cute active (unfortunately nerfed to 1 per rest), which works with multishot passives on ranged attacks (ranger), pulling two enemies to you. RIP Kapana Taga (club nerf was hard). Still a fairly decent weapon (the dazed on 20% is rather good), especially for Ciphers with modal. Or when high accuracy against mobs is required.