Damage Based Pyro

[taznkid]

I've been experimenting with various builds. Currently what I run:

 

Coat of Arms/Everthirst

Atom Smasher

Force of Entropy

C4 Gauss Cannon

Isomorphic Pyre

Contamination Shard

 

Force of Entropy and Contamination Shard are generally frequently switched out for items such as:

 

Xenomorphic Cleaver

Darksteel Titan

Darwin's Might

 

In a nutshell, I'm aiming for around 3500 HP, with around 50% Physical and Spell Resist, Armor Penetration, and decent DPS.

 

Suggested builds are most appreciated.

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I don't is really necessary to go pyre after getting C4 and COA.

[Jaysi]

I don't is really necessary to go pyre after getting C4 and COA.

 

But what if they have a Jackson with chilling and you're attacking Toxi with metiphic armor? GG

[taznkid]

I don't is really necessary to go pyre after getting C4 and COA.

Pyro, I have found, has surprisingly slow base weapon attack speed. Even with Coat of Arms, C4, and Fury, if I remember correctly, the weapon speed comes out to something like 0.8 or 0.7.

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But what if they have a Jackson with chilling and you're attacking Toxi with metiphic armor? GG

 

In that case, you are doomed(or just go pyre with sliptide instead of c4 + xenomorph)

[taznkid]

In that case, you are doomed(or just go pyre with sliptide instead of c4 + xenomorph)

But then you lose a ton of Weapon Damage and Armor Penetration....

[martY]

Some good discussion so far.

 

One thing to keep in mind w/ Pyre since it changed: the "shock dmg" component is only 2k now, so you can get a good chunk of speed/dmg at an early point in the game. I've been picking that up in early-midgame and not bothering with the rest of Pyre until I've completed some other dmg/speed items. Timing isn't everything, but it can turn a game around sometimes.

Edited March 26, 2015 by martY

[taznkid]

Some good discussion so far.

 

One thing to keep in mind w/ Pyre since it changed: the "shock dmg" component is only 2k now, so you can get a good chunk of speed/dmg at an early point in the game. I've been picking that up in early-midgame and not bothering with the rest of Pyre until I've completed some other dmg/speed items. Timing isn't everything, but it can turn a game around sometimes.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

 

I've found that in the absence of Chilling Artifact, C4 Gauss Cannon with that Pyre component is enough to give you decent weapon speed. The Unique also helps alot, since Pyre doesn't have very good Weapon Damage scaling.

Edited March 27, 2015 by taznkid