soul binding equipment any good?

[s002wjh]

does any of the soul binding equipment weapon/armor worth it to upgrade?  for melee or spell caster

[thelee]

1 hour ago, s002wjh said:

does any of the soul binding equipment weapon/armor worth it to upgrade?  for melee or spell caster

absolutely, though they kind of vary from being niche-good to being all-around OP.

you should look them up on the wiki if in doubt.

ones with particular upgrades to look out for (imo):

• marux amanth - can be upgraded to have an insta-kill effect on near death foes. when dual-wielded with any other weapon this is a great way to finish off tough bosses since the full attack gives you two chances to land your instakill effect.
  • for priests, marux amanth gives a 10% spell echo chance, which can be very nice depending on the build
• weyc's robe - when you empower an ability, every ally close nearby gains brilliant for a short duration. this can be an easy catalyst for several deranged infinite combos.
• modwyr - a pretty slick sword, with a +20% lash, immunity to intellect afflictions, a once/encounter stun ability, and bonus to action speed.
  • the immunity to intellect afflictions can make modwyr an attractive weapon for berserkers
• wintertide bulwark - a large shield that upgrades to have a retaliation effect and a once/rest defense booster. good for tanky builds
• changeling's mantle - real slick on barbarians
• slayer's claw - upgrades might inspirations a tier. on barbarians (esp berserkers) and monks, this is an easy way to get tenacious or even energized. If you're interested in being a bit cheaty - you can just rapidly switch weapons back and forth and upgrade any might inspiration to energized (since every time you switch to using slayer's claw your might inspirations get upgraded).

[Haplok]

Also Seeker's Fang rapier (exclusive choice against Slayer's Claw) - massive raw damage on a cipher on crit plus lesser additional raw DOTs on hit for everyone, per encounter ability that hits all enemies in a cone THREE times - immobilizing them and offering massive chances to afflict with its raw DOTs and other effects, as well as filling a lot of Focus.

 

Lord Darryn's Voulge is a really nice and cool weapon with rare shock damage type and great aoe effects for barbarians (and a nice shock stat stick for druids). Too bad it caps at Superb level.

 

Blightheart arquebus is really nice for nukers due to the 10% Corrosive lash that works with spells as well.

Edited June 27, 2020 by Haplok

[Elric Galad]

1 hour ago, thelee said:

 

• slayer's claw - upgrades might inspirations a tier. on barbarians (esp berserkers) and monks, this is an easy way to get tenacious or even energized. If you're interested in being a bit cheaty - you can just rapidly switch weapons back and forth and upgrade any might inspiration to energized (since every time you switch to using slayer's claw your might inspirations get upgraded).

This is crazy with a black jacket. SC one has even Access to Strong inspiration by himself through inspiref discipline.

[s002wjh]

thanks, however most weapon/armor can't upgrade to mystic or lengendary?  so still worth it?

[Haplok]

Most stuff can be upgraded to Legendary. Mythic is kinda post-game stuff anyway.

Notable exception being the Lord Darryn's Voulge.
And Blightheart, I guess, but that hardly matters for a dedicated caster.

[thelee]

1 hour ago, Haplok said:

Mythic is kinda post-game stuff anyway.

adding on, most mythic stuff is pretty much limited to post-megaboss equipment upgrades (aside from the special berath's blessing, the only source of mythic upgrades is in fact from one of each of the four megabosses). mythic is so utterly unnecessary that by the time you can upgrade a good portion of your stuff to mythic, the game is already over. mythic is more of a trophy than anything else.

 

1 hour ago, Haplok said:

Notable exception being the Lord Darryn's Voulge.
And Blightheart, I guess, but that hardly matters for a dedicated caster.

marux amanth is also stuck at superb, but it's still worth using, particularly for a priest.

most of what makes the soulbound items good are their extra abilities - so the fact that some of them may get stuck at superb is less relevant compared to the abilities they gave you.

[Noqn]

2 hours ago, s002wjh said:

thanks, however most weapon/armor can't upgrade to mystic or lengendary?  so still worth it?

legendary soulbounds.zip

In case you are interested and are on PC, download and extract this to your override folder, it will bumb them up from Superb to Legendary.

Though I agree that they are formidable even in vanilla.

Edited June 27, 2020 by Noqn