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All Stat points will be put into Strength first, creating a character who is fragile but can deal the most amount of damage in a single blow.īecause they are fragile, speed and mobility is preferred over tanking damage, hence the need for Light Armor. The Great Axe / War Hammer Glass Cannon Reaper Build is centered on absolute melee power. This build is very versatile and can adapt to any situation on the fly.
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The War Hammer / Sword & Shield Battle Tank Build is a formidable force on the front lines, boasting capable offensive power and solid defensive grit when in a pinch. The Great Axe's passive skills improve your offense while the Sword and Shield skills improve your defense. The Sword and Shield on the other hand has good all-around skills with Leaping Strike, Shield Bash, and Defiant Stance, which enable you to adapt to any situation, be it offensive or defensive. The Great Axe's active skills for this build can do very different things: Gravity Well can pull enemies together, Whirlwind can do AoE damage, and Execute can go for the kill. It takes two weapons that scale well with Strength, using the best skills from both skill trees. The Great Axe / Sword & Shield Battle Tank Build strikes a fine balance between offense and defense. This would make it easier for your DPS allies to rain hell on them. You generally want to be on the front lines and in the center of all the action., where it would be easier to pull and stun multiple enemies at the same time. HP regen skills and perks are also important to this build, as you want the enemy to have a hard time taking you down. The passive skills are focused on more effectively stunning enemies, and increasing the range of your pulls. You can use the Great Axe to pull enemies close to you with Reap, Maelstrom, and Gravity Well, then stop enemy movement with the War Hammer skills Shockwave, Clear Out, and Path of Destiny (with the Seismic Waves passive ability). This build primarily uses abilities mostly from the Great Axe's Mauler skill tree, and the War Hammer's Crowd Crusher skill tree, which are all good at dealing with swarms of enemies. What this build does have is the ability to pull enemies close and to keep them in place with stuns and debuffs. This build does not have much offensive capability, leaving the damage-dealing to the DPS builds. The Great Axe / War Hammer Mauler Pure Tank Build is a pure tank build that relies solely on Constitution for survivability.