Introduction:
This build works very well at tl90-110, and is surprisingly easy on the wallet. If you pair it with a lvl 75+ shield and weapon, you can clear tl110 with it to get the second CT for a really cheap AnB. It’s also a level range where fire Lilly truly shines, and basically the one build with fire Lilly I am truly proud of. It’s a pretty straight forward ww shield warrior, with decent pulling capability (I do around quarter map pulls). It has high killing speed due to high shield block uptime, and a burst attack. Both mobs and bosses go down fast for decent exp
farming.
Why a purple build?
1. Dirt cheap. You get 6 perfect lvl 70 purples and jewelry for free, and purple crafts are way cheaper.
2. Crafting advantages. When crafting purple items you don’t mess with your chance of crafting a legendary 77, and you save on resources for crafting so that also helps for getting lvl 77(s).
The downside is obvious, one less slot for stats on all gear. This is solved partially by using Fire Lilly.
Skills:
Cheap build so we leave the secondary attack and 3rd passive for what it is.
frenzy
whirlwind
Shield block
deadly throw
Tough As Nails
Sword and board
Gear:
whirlwind axe
blackguard shield
Full defender set
Fire Lilly
Brooch of the wind spirit
belt of the whirling storm
integralas mantle
any purple bracer
Stats:
Since in Anb you don’t know what levels of gear you end up so I keep it simple, only one breakpoint to watch for: 1500 AR.
First slot: exp on everything
Second slot: block rating on everything
Third slot:
- shield: armour
- belt, bracer, trinkets: physical damage
- boots and pants: movement speed
- rest: AR untill you hit 1500, after that vitality
fourth slot (if using free jewelry): armour on rings and necklace
Gathering mobs:
Since you don’t need to worry too much about pulling the wrong elites at around tl99-110, the build pulls easily, with area pulses from the belt and votws.
Whirlwind also helps in pulling ofcourse, and is also your source of healing. Use it as soon as it comes off countdown.
Use deadly throw to pick up mobs to the side and shoot into corridors to agro mobs without needing to go in there.
Once you see your health starting to drop in between whirlwind casts, it’s allmost time to go into kill mode. You want to pull just enough mobs for your health to drop to 30% in between whirlwind casts ideally.
Killing mobs:
Once you start dipping below 30% in between whirlwind casts, it’s time to start killing. First wait till you have whirlwind and dt ready. Then you do a burst of dt, ww, dt. Due to whirlwind taking 2s off the cast time of dt, this fits easily in the 5s window shield block gives. Wait for ww to recharge (you should temporarily drop to below 30% life to pick up the extra sb cast from blackguard shield). Again blast away with the sb > dt > combo. By now the normal mobs should be dead, and you can go back to gathering and recharge sb some.
If you gather the full map this way you end up with quite a bunch of still living elite monsters at different health. Use the combo to bring enough down to spawn the boss, sealing the faith of all that live. Since the build does very little damage outside of the burst above, you are in control and you can gather mobs without worry. So make use of that insta death gift when the boss spawns to maximise exp gains.
Boss killing:
The same basic burst of sb>dt>ww>dt applies. If you have no sb available just skip it, it will be available for the next burst.
Tuning the build:
Survivability:
The build depends on the standard damage mitigation a shield and the high defense that comes with it gives. What little damage does seep through, gets healed when ww is active. This gives that synergy between the axe doing the healing and health dipping to pick up the shield bonus. But this only works if you can fully recover with 1 whirlwind. So to up your survivability you can:
-add more armour for more damage mitigation
-up attack speed to get more attacks per ww and get more healing
-stack more vit to increase healing
This can be done with blue, white and green gems, unlocking the 3rd passive, adding archer (attack speed) and warrior (armour and life) companions.
Damage:
The build is built very much around burst damage, with shield block being the switch to go from no power except for your character levels to 7-8k blockrate converted to power when sb is active. This gives control over the trial.
Boosting damage:
- shield slam or deadly throw bom
- red gems
- higher item levels for shield and weapon
- white gem in the shield to boost shield armour (which is also the damage the shield does in shield slam and deadly throw)
- craft a legendary fire Lilly (!!! Only do this when you are no longer trying to craft a lvl77 !!!)
Anb tips for the build:
The standard free companions are fine with this build.
Only hard level requirements for skills you need are lvl 10 for ww and sword and board. Start your Anb early, level up untill you unlock ww, then stop playing and first level ww and s&b to lvl 10. After these 2 skills are maxed, just level every other skill to level 5 so you get good synergy bonus. After that, concentrate on sb, dt and tan for further levelling. The added attack speed and vit from synergy are more important than maxing the other skills.
Once you hit 70, craft purple gear for all but 7 slots:
- 6 items will be provided by gear boxes
- one slot for a legendary lvl 77 craft to take home
Weapon and shield should be hand crafted
Start working up to tl90, add the gear from the gear boxes and free jewellery slots to the set.
Craft some simple gold farming gear and farm for half an hour under the influence of a free booster. Farm tl90 for an hour with (free) boosters.
This should all together take 2.5-3 hours and give you enough materials and gold to start crafting a legendary 77, upgrade to the legendary version of the set to farm higher,… From here on out it all depend on your goals for the AnB.
This build works very well at tl90-110, and is surprisingly easy on the wallet. If you pair it with a lvl 75+ shield and weapon, you can clear tl110 with it to get the second CT for a really cheap AnB. It’s also a level range where fire Lilly truly shines, and basically the one build with fire Lilly I am truly proud of. It’s a pretty straight forward ww shield warrior, with decent pulling capability (I do around quarter map pulls). It has high killing speed due to high shield block uptime, and a burst attack. Both mobs and bosses go down fast for decent exp
farming.
Why a purple build?
1. Dirt cheap. You get 6 perfect lvl 70 purples and jewelry for free, and purple crafts are way cheaper.
2. Crafting advantages. When crafting purple items you don’t mess with your chance of crafting a legendary 77, and you save on resources for crafting so that also helps for getting lvl 77(s).
The downside is obvious, one less slot for stats on all gear. This is solved partially by using Fire Lilly.
Skills:
Cheap build so we leave the secondary attack and 3rd passive for what it is.
frenzy
whirlwind
Shield block
deadly throw
Tough As Nails
Sword and board
Gear:
whirlwind axe
blackguard shield
Full defender set
Fire Lilly
Brooch of the wind spirit
belt of the whirling storm
integralas mantle
any purple bracer
Stats:
Since in Anb you don’t know what levels of gear you end up so I keep it simple, only one breakpoint to watch for: 1500 AR.
First slot: exp on everything
Second slot: block rating on everything
Third slot:
- shield: armour
- belt, bracer, trinkets: physical damage
- boots and pants: movement speed
- rest: AR untill you hit 1500, after that vitality
fourth slot (if using free jewelry): armour on rings and necklace
Gathering mobs:
Since you don’t need to worry too much about pulling the wrong elites at around tl99-110, the build pulls easily, with area pulses from the belt and votws.
Whirlwind also helps in pulling ofcourse, and is also your source of healing. Use it as soon as it comes off countdown.
Use deadly throw to pick up mobs to the side and shoot into corridors to agro mobs without needing to go in there.
Once you see your health starting to drop in between whirlwind casts, it’s allmost time to go into kill mode. You want to pull just enough mobs for your health to drop to 30% in between whirlwind casts ideally.
Killing mobs:
Once you start dipping below 30% in between whirlwind casts, it’s time to start killing. First wait till you have whirlwind and dt ready. Then you do a burst of dt, ww, dt. Due to whirlwind taking 2s off the cast time of dt, this fits easily in the 5s window shield block gives. Wait for ww to recharge (you should temporarily drop to below 30% life to pick up the extra sb cast from blackguard shield). Again blast away with the sb > dt > combo. By now the normal mobs should be dead, and you can go back to gathering and recharge sb some.
If you gather the full map this way you end up with quite a bunch of still living elite monsters at different health. Use the combo to bring enough down to spawn the boss, sealing the faith of all that live. Since the build does very little damage outside of the burst above, you are in control and you can gather mobs without worry. So make use of that insta death gift when the boss spawns to maximise exp gains.
Boss killing:
The same basic burst of sb>dt>ww>dt applies. If you have no sb available just skip it, it will be available for the next burst.
Tuning the build:
Survivability:
The build depends on the standard damage mitigation a shield and the high defense that comes with it gives. What little damage does seep through, gets healed when ww is active. This gives that synergy between the axe doing the healing and health dipping to pick up the shield bonus. But this only works if you can fully recover with 1 whirlwind. So to up your survivability you can:
-add more armour for more damage mitigation
-up attack speed to get more attacks per ww and get more healing
-stack more vit to increase healing
This can be done with blue, white and green gems, unlocking the 3rd passive, adding archer (attack speed) and warrior (armour and life) companions.
Damage:
The build is built very much around burst damage, with shield block being the switch to go from no power except for your character levels to 7-8k blockrate converted to power when sb is active. This gives control over the trial.
Boosting damage:
- shield slam or deadly throw bom
- red gems
- higher item levels for shield and weapon
- white gem in the shield to boost shield armour (which is also the damage the shield does in shield slam and deadly throw)
- craft a legendary fire Lilly (!!! Only do this when you are no longer trying to craft a lvl77 !!!)
Anb tips for the build:
The standard free companions are fine with this build.
Only hard level requirements for skills you need are lvl 10 for ww and sword and board. Start your Anb early, level up untill you unlock ww, then stop playing and first level ww and s&b to lvl 10. After these 2 skills are maxed, just level every other skill to level 5 so you get good synergy bonus. After that, concentrate on sb, dt and tan for further levelling. The added attack speed and vit from synergy are more important than maxing the other skills.
Once you hit 70, craft purple gear for all but 7 slots:
- 6 items will be provided by gear boxes
- one slot for a legendary lvl 77 craft to take home
Weapon and shield should be hand crafted
Start working up to tl90, add the gear from the gear boxes and free jewellery slots to the set.
Craft some simple gold farming gear and farm for half an hour under the influence of a free booster. Farm tl90 for an hour with (free) boosters.
This should all together take 2.5-3 hours and give you enough materials and gold to start crafting a legendary 77, upgrade to the legendary version of the set to farm higher,… From here on out it all depend on your goals for the AnB.
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