MXLU: What was your favorite build?

L H wrote:
Orr wrote:Caster Barb

What kind did you make? What skills/gear? It's an uncommon build, so if you don't mind giving a short info bit on it for anyone to see.

Spirits of the Nephalen/Shaman Set Tempest/Rain Of Fire Oskill Skill: Max Shamanic Trance/Imortal Defender Spirit/Walk/Guide Eangle Stance for Minion Regenerate Life 1 Point Thungergod For Stun Novas

idk. most builds are at least somewhat viable so it rly depends on what i played last

1 bowzon is a nice starter for normal mode uber lvling until at least terror a3 with no significant gear requirements (tiered ama bows, double mo sol bow rw with -psn res gear. either of those bows moed with life steal on normal mode makes you invincible to nearly anytihing thats not a oneshot). i like this char for that its a fast starter that you can casually pick and play for a few hours just for fun and get a lot of stuff done in that time. in terms of firepower by no means does it match totem necromancers but regardless of that it has compareable killspeed and adds the challenge of being able to die if you dont pay attention, so it keeps you focused

2 dunno. some examples of what would be a possible choice: unholy caster pala (ubers), werewolf druid (farm), melee necro (farm), limpet assassin (uber), blood zon (uber). rly many chars work ok for later game, some kill faster some slower, some more fun some less, but overall i dont have an obvious preference

1) gotta go with lazydin
2) sorc w/ light set or atmg sin are both ezpz starter chars that I played for a long time before creating lazydin

potato i wanted to actually play sin next league is atmg you consider a good starter character? its really cool looking build to me but i have never done it so i dont know much about the char

well, i can't speak to the changes that mxl 2017 will bring, but atm it's still a viable option

basically you want to play nagisin until lvl 57 (or 59 if you want double mo bonus, but unless you're feeling lucky i'd save trying for that for endgame claw) when you can make

Judge

Judge
Assassin Claws
'FulRhal'
Runeword Level: 100
20% Chance to cast level 60 Forked Lightning on Melee Attack
18% Chance to cast level 14 Thunder Hammer on Striking
Adds 125-250 Lightning Damage
Stun Attack
-(10 to 15)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Damage
(21 to 30)% to Dexterity
Fire Resist +40%
Lightning Resist +75%

. I start with

Jitan's Kamon

Jitan's Kamon
Splint Mail (4)
Defense: (184 - 208) to (370 - 418)
Required Level: 6
Required Strength: 30
Item Level: 19
2% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds 2-4 Fire Damage
Adds 2-4 Lightning Damage
Adds 2-4 Cold Damage
+(24 to 40)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (592 - 656) to (1106 - 1225)
Required Level: 23
Required Strength: 60
Item Level: 36
4% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds (4 to 8)-(8 to 15) Fire Damage
Adds (4 to 8)-(8 to 15) Lightning Damage
Adds (4 to 8)-(8 to 15) Cold Damage
+(58 to 75)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 3%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (1466 - 1596) to (2663 - 2898)
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 210
Item Level: 51
6% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds (16 to 30)-(31 to 45) Fire Damage
Adds (16 to 30)-(31 to 45) Lightning Damage
Adds (16 to 30)-(31 to 45) Cold Damage
+(92 to 109)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 4%
Socketed (5)
Defense: (2175 - 2352) to (3925 - 4244)
Required Level: 49
Required Strength: 420
Item Level: 85
8% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds (31 to 60)-(81 to 120) Fire Damage
Adds (31 to 60)-(81 to 120) Lightning Damage
Adds (31 to 60)-(81 to 120) Cold Damage
+(109 to 126)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (6)

but move on to

Albrecht's Revenge

Albrecht's Revenge
Chain Mail (4)
Defense: (138 - 150) to (279 - 305)
Required Level: 4
Required Strength: 25 to 26
Item Level: 10
5% Chance to cast level 1 Arrow on Striking
Adds (2 to 4)-(6 to 7) Cold Damage
+(18 to 29)% Enhanced Defense
Cold Resist +(21 to 25)%
+(10 to 15) Life after each Demon Kill
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Requirements -(11 to 15)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (437 - 471) to (798 - 860)
Required Level: 22
Required Strength: 45 to 47
Item Level: 31
6% Chance to cast level 1 Arrow on Striking
Adds (7 to 13)-(13 to 25) Cold Damage
+(41 to 52)% Enhanced Defense
Cold Resist +(31 to 35)%
+(25 to 33) Life after each Demon Kill
4% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Requirements -(21 to 25)%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (1038 - 1107) to (1843 - 1967)
Required Level: 39
Required Strength: 136 to 144
Item Level: 51
7% Chance to cast level 1 Arrow on Striking
Adds (26 to 50)-(51 to 100) Cold Damage
+(64 to 75)% Enhanced Defense
Cold Resist +(41 to 45)%
+(43 to 60) Life after each Demon Kill
6% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Requirements -(31 to 35)%
Socketed (5)
Defense: (1513 - 1608) to (2670 - 2838)
Required Level: 49
Required Strength: 252 to 268
Item Level: 77
8% Chance to cast level 1 Arrow on Striking
Adds (51 to 100)-(101 to 200) Cold Damage
+(75 to 86)% Enhanced Defense
Cold Resist +(46 to 50)%
+(76 to 90) Life after each Demon Kill
8% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Requirements -(36 to 40)%
Socketed (6)

once i get a few early charms.

Deadfall

Deadfall
Heavy Belt (4)
Defense: (135 - 159) to (178 - 210)
Required Level: 7
Required Strength: 36
Item Level: 19
2% Chance to cast level 2 Shower of Rocks on Kill
1% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(24 to 46)% Enhanced Defense
+(16 to 25) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (485 - 551) to (616 - 700)
Required Level: 24
Required Strength: 62
Item Level: 36
2% Chance to cast level 4 Shower of Rocks on Kill
2% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(69 to 92)% Enhanced Defense
+(36 to 45) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1270 - 1400) to (1595 - 1758)
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 218
Item Level: 51
2% Chance to cast level 8 Shower of Rocks on Kill
3% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(115 to 137)% Enhanced Defense
+(56 to 65) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1918 - 2095) to (2403 - 2626)
Required Level: 50
Required Strength: 436
Item Level: 85
2% Chance to cast level 12 Shower of Rocks on Kill
4% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(138 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+(66 to 75) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (2)

, hono boots and gloves,

Auriel's Halo

Auriel's Halo
Tiara (4)
Defense: 31 to 67
Required Level: 8
Required Dexterity: 21
Item Level: 1
+1 to All Skills
Adds (3 to 5)-(6 to 8) Fire Damage
Adds (3 to 5)-(6 to 8) Cold Damage
Fire Resist +(11 to 15)%
Cold Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: 86 to 162
Required Level: 25
Required Dexterity: 43
Item Level: 31
+1 to All Skills
Adds (11 to 13)-(13 to 18) Fire Damage
Adds (11 to 13)-(13 to 18) Cold Damage
Fire Resist +(21 to 25)%
Cold Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: 180 to 322
Required Level: 43
Required Dexterity: 103
Item Level: 51
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
Adds (31 to 45)-(51 to 70) Fire Damage
Adds (31 to 45)-(51 to 70) Cold Damage
Fire Resist +(31 to 35)%
Cold Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (3)
Defense: 247 to 437
Required Level: 51
Required Dexterity: 220
Item Level: 77
+2 to All Skills
Adds (51 to 70)-(121 to 140) Fire Damage
Adds (51 to 70)-(121 to 140) Cold Damage
Fire Resist +(36 to 40)%
Cold Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (4)

for cold/fire damage, crafted/rare shield with atmg oskill, +1sk rings, +many sk amu

(doom is best proc and ttad helps).

basic skillplan: http://skillplan.median-xl.com/planner?id=1ScUANN4

put wyrd on rings/amu (enough to get slvl 43 for minimum timer). MO 60% ll on wep, max ED, rest in EWD (personal preference, you can survive with less). single hit from wyrd in vizjun will restore >1/3 hp

switch boots and gloves to dex crafts when you can. MO for -100 fire/light res (won't be possible in mxl2017 since -res orbs removed).

That's basically it. from there just do whatever makes sense

wyrd best for large crowds, atmg for single target. keep SR up.

hard to choose between around 60 builds played since i've returned , while also a big chunk of those were played and re played and rererererere-played since previous Median versions , some of them since median 2008 .

so if i should choose just between "Ultimative Only" played builds :

if considering the diversity , i'd pick either The Prophet (holy melee angel caller) or the Troll'Sin (lazy assassin) , maby the Storm (melee stormzon) can fit here too .

most of the builds mentioned in the previous posts here are not from Ultimative , they just got a bit changed in Ultimative (traprat , freezing gale caster duid , batstrike asassin , caster barb , limpet laser caster assassin , xbow necro , bowzon , lazydin , etc etc they all come from Laz era patches ) . but since people just played them in ultimative , they may be considered ultimative builds, i guess , even if it's not 100% correct to do so .

One of the builds i enjoyed the most so far has been a Tiefling ATMG/Flamefront Assassin that i played this ladder.

High damage and pretty insane survivability.

The only problem with the build is that it's rather expensive to make, and can require extensive amounts of crafting to make the weapon (Atmg + Flamefront Proc on claw)

ShadowDawn wrote:One of the builds i enjoyed the most so far has been a Tiefling ATMG/Flamefront Assassin that i played this ladder.

Did you try powder keg? Huge ctc striking on axes.

By far xbow necro, it was a tad underrated back in the day and I recently played it again, fun as fuck

probably the only character class I've come back to for a 2nd playthrough on another ladder

Nitz wrote:
ShadowDawn wrote:One of the builds i enjoyed the most so far has been a Tiefling ATMG/Flamefront Assassin that i played this ladder.

Did you try powder keg? Huge ctc striking on axes.

I think he went with atmg flamefront because it spawns on claws, letting him hit shadow refuge every so often