ANB Bronze League #16

[Ozymandius]

Found this video on the Juggernaut build by Hegemony from Gold 15 ANB. The build is definitely legitimate, but requires a bit of a learning curve, so you will want to watch his videos. Interestingly, the mob phase is the hard part of running this build, since Shockwave timed with ToS proc easily brings down bosses. In other videos he pushes this build to TL151. Keep in mind that Hegemony has legendary skills, but I would say it is worth a try.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Do2gA8XNIw

[Ozymandius]

Ryan Brach You have to know Alairon's secret. Are you worthy...

Start crafting a legendary piece with fire damage as fourth stat. Then change it to an epic piece to add physical damage in third slot. Finally, switch it back to a Legendary piece and see both types of damage still present in the 3rd and 4th slots. Then just craft. It feels more authentic if you wear wizard's robes and chant mystical spells, but that is not really necessary with modern technology.

Keep in mind that the long term viability of your newly crafted trinket has not yet been decided by the powers of the universe. One day, the Devs might decide to simply erase them all from existence, but for an ANB hero it is probably worth the risk.

[Ozymandius]

Sorry, I can't interpret the German on the item stats. Once you have WW and Leap both at level 10, I typically do change up my attack style a bit. I use WW to pull a large group, then Vortex it into a tight group and pummel it with charge and leap. Some elite groups late in the pull need the second round of charge and leap, but it often makes more sense to use the extra charge and leap to draw more enemies into the next pull.

[Bali_Lenni]

Hello hardy warriorLords...

not knowing more than almost next to nothing about the warrior life & builds, thought it may be better to ask around.... got this 77 sword...is it worth keeping (xp & LifeRegeneration, not reforged yet) and if so what is the name of the build it fits to ?

cheers
P.S. made CL 2004 (could hardly ever be faster than 68 seconds @ TL100 and ended up almost not playing 105 because often had some 90+ runs - will need plenty of practice) and now ready to craft mage gear for 03:30h of push

P.P.S Once both WW and Leap are at lvl 10....is it better to continue WW/charge/leap *repeat or change to WW/charge/lea p/charge/leap *repeat

[Ryan Brach]

I just tried to make a CoQ with fire and physical damage, won't let me...what's that say?

[Ryan Brach]

Looks like fire and physical damage on trinkets, BoM, and BoT. Didn't know you could even do that...

[WarriorSeven]

Ozy, I actually don't wait to suck the life out of the XP Epics. I immediately begin crafting XP Legs as soon as I have the essences from material salvage as I farm TL105 (almost exclusively). The build doesn't get upgraded all at once, of course. As CL builds up, a secondary goal, (as well as the key abilities and synergies), I constantly battle to up-level the build so the awarded XP keeps up with each run. Once I have enough CL, I think about push gear and end game.

[Ozymandius]

How far did you push your epic set? I think that I made it to TL110 with a 6F FireLily XP Warrior using all epic gear, though I felt like there was a point where my hero started really slowing down.

[Ozymandius]

To push higher, you will need the set gear bonuses; non-set gear typically won't give you enough push. For a new player, a 6 Havoc build works best [assuming that you have those recipes open] with Belt of Ordnance and Heatseekers. You can use Magnetic Trap to lock down mobs and finish them off with Rapid Fire and Heatseekers. My BH is currently at TL80 with only Epic level Havoc gear and no-name Rare pistols. Use Explosive Shot with Tracer Ammo and Pathfinder for damage and speed boost.

Unless you earn the CT awards at TL90 and TL110, not much will transfer over, only dropped gear, gold/gemstones, and salvage materials, but you will get a nice boost in CLs if you keep grinding XP until the end of the event. Put XP on every piece of gear and use XP boosters to maximize the amount of XP that will transfer over to your main account at the end of the event.

I typically run Story mode only far enough to get the free healer, then switch over to Trials after that. Some players run until the end of normal Story Mode to level up and build gold reserves, but the set gear earned from challenges doesn't have XP making it of dubious value for an ANB. I did a head to head challenge of story vs. trials in an ANB a couple of years back, and trials won by a large margin.

[Ozymandius]

Wow, Juggernaut. that is a real blast from the past! I used to love that build. I don't remember seeing an updates to Juggernaut. Has anyone checked to see what the hero is using for elemental damage, maybe combining fire damage and Shockwave. At one time Shockwave was king. As Mr. Miyagi says, "if done right, no can defend."

[Ryan Brach]

Also of note is average item level is only 73.5...highest items are the two 77 trinkets. Pretty impressive results considering its not even close to being a maxed out setup, having only a few medals, and still using the 3 original companions.

[Ryan Brach]

Not sure what DW is...but yeah, it's 6 Juggernaut setup with CoQ, ToS, IG, BoT, and Vampiric blades. Battle rage, Shockwave, devastate. CR and vitality gems, looks like CR and CD on most items. Currently ranked #4 at TL 148. Pretty cool IMO. If I didn't have my 6F set built already I'd try it out. Also noticed it's either a newer player or newer account, only 7 medals total. Hoping whoever it is sees this and speaks up!

[WarriorSeven]

Running 6F Warrior, my favorite build, with 7 hours left on my timer. Just finished gold farming with my ephemeral epic set, now transitioning back over to my crafted XP set to slowly upgrade the lot to Legs while farming XP.

Sort of a lazy, hazy days of summer approach this ANB, which is fine for me.

[TheExorcist]

erm. I dunno wat I'm doing For old time sake: had revert back to an old SW build (weapons) ages ago. The timing not extremely bad at 121. I think so

[Tito Tim]

This is my first ANB. I am trying out the Bounty Hunter, so far I like him, but certainly not winning any top finisher awards ha ha. I hit level 70 while finishing the last level of the 3rd Act. So I switched to the Trials. In the trials I have been running right at 2 minutes, and on trial 40 it finally took 3 minutes, still not too bad I guess. It seems that the trials have the best rewards. Is there any reason to go and do the 4th Act of the story?


On another note... this is my 1st ANB and have an open slot, so I think I get to keep the character. But what items will carry over? I see the crafted gear says it is ephemeral and will disappear. The custom ephemerals (reward box) also say they disappear. What about crafting gear, gemstones etc... disappear or not?

And how do I still have 6 hours of playtime?! Not complaining... just thought I used more. 12 hours is a lot more than I thought...