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The Whistling Fist
Fist/Chaos Survival
A Blue Mountain Special, by Ryahl
This is the second part of a fist/chaos build that was assembled based on a discussion with a board reader. The “My First 60″ version of the build has been a reasonably successful build and its time now for it to grow up into a 400 point Blue Mountain build. With the Whistling Fist, you develop fairly significant damage and turn escalation into even more of a multi-effect ability.
**UPDATE** I have played around with this build on test. Wearing green QL10 gear and using this build, ghouls and vampires in Besieged Farmlands were quite simple. Impair immune targets were harder, but very survivable. Additionally, as soon as you have the points, dump Gunsmoke for From the Abyss. Your DPS meter will thank you!**
Active Abilities
- Escalation
- Four Horsemen
- Tear ‘em Up
- Surgical Steel
- Domino Effect
- Armor Fati
- Helter Skelter
Passive Abilities
- Intensity
- Hot Iron
- Healing Sparks
- Shoot ‘Em Up
- Paradigm Shift
- Gunsmoke
- Salt in the Wound
Export to Viper’s Deck Manager
(copy this code into Viper’s Deck manager, exports are a function of Drakashi’s wheel)
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Key Features
This build takes advantage of the fact that Escalate currently brings a ton of utility in a two skill package. The core attributes of Escalate include a frenzy PBAOE damage that quickly stacks up the exposed weakened state. 10-stacks of exposed will increase your damage by 30%. Further, the Intensity passive means subsequent applications of escalation give you the minor ward ability, extending your soloing ability just a bit. Paradigm Shift assures that each of your escalate hits increase your hit rate, reducing your likelihood of glancing or missing. Finally, Gunsmoke piles on a bit of damage each time you escalate.
The build goes VERY deep into assault rifle to pick up a single skill, Shoot ‘em Up. SeU turns your escalate into an affliction starter in addition to its already stacked up pool of benefits. Since escalates are now adding afflictions, Tear ‘em Up will give you a 10% damage boost on usage. Also, Salt in the Wounds is piling on damage every time you apply an affliction, helping scale your escalation damage upwards.
Your chaos finisher is Four Horseman, a burst ability (Call for Eris works well here too). FH as a burst triggers Healing Sparks, keeping a heal over time running for most of your damage rotation. You will also use Surgical Steel periodically as a self-heal, which will also trigger Healing Sparks. Surgical Steel starts stacks on Hot Iron, adding to your heal throughput and additionally adds a heal component to Tear ‘em Up.
The build features three utility abilities, you have Helter Skelter, a dash with a built in impair. This lets you start every fight against an impaired opponent. When that impair runs out, you can use Domino Effect to lock down targets again with another impair. Finally, you have … Continue reading
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