Wide-Angle Attack
Open Weakness
Swift Fingers
Sturdy Armor
Corkscrew
Quick Prep
Triple Spin
King Spin
Intro
The Deathblade has very fast paced slice and dice combat with hard hitting charge and holding abilities whilst dashing through enemies and jumping over bosses to make for fun game-play.
As she can reset her abilities frequently due to her Identity ability which also packs a punch she makes for a great assassin. With her AoE focused kit she rips through Chaos Dungeons and Cube content like no other. There are no Engraving requirements for this build however
Skill Points Progression
- At 284 upgrade both
Death Sentence to 7 addingDeath Sentence, Confirmed Kill andMaelstrom to 7 addingMaelstrom, Dark Order - At 296 lower
Maelstrom down to 4 and upgradeDeath Sentence to 10 addingDeath Sentence, Explosion * - At 312 re-upgrade
Maelstrom to 7 addingMaelstrom, Dark Order - At 328 upgrade
Spincutter to 7 addingSpincutter, Quick Prep - At 356 upgrade
Spincutter to 10 addingSpincutter, Triple Spin
Alternatives
(*)Replace
Skill Breakdown
Spincutter Debuff Mobility AbilityDark Axel Mobility AbilityMaelstrom withMaelstrom, Dark Order Buff attack/movement speed specifically useful for charging skills and fluent game-play.Moonlight Sonic Holding skill for main AoE mob/elite/boss clearing tool due to its large AoE and high damage.Soul Absorber Heavy 2 part burst damage charge ability that changes direction on second hit depending on where your cursor is.Blitz Rush AoE + Line AoE high damage burst charge skill.Void Strike Gauge generation/Burst damage charge ability.Death Sentence Early on great CC avg damage, once upgraded great AoE clearing ability for mobbing.Flash Blink Awakening Ability line dash does massive damage, use on lined up Elites/Bosses.
Gameplay
For ease of use during Chaos Dungeon and Cube content:
- Round up mobs for easy AoE clears with
Moonlight Sonic andDeath Sentence for big AoE clearing, activateMaelstrom for AoE identity gauge generation and selfbuff attack/movement speed, follow this up with skills likeSoul Absorber ,Blitz Rush andVoid Strike also used for bursting Elites and Bosses. - Where needed use
Dark Axel to move through packs of mobs or behind Elites/Bosses by jumping over them. UseSpincutter for debuffing and extra movement utility. - Use your
Flash Blink when rounding up Elites or on the Bosses try to line it up as it dashes through all targets you aim towards hitting everything in its path. Elites and Boss kills in Chaos dungeons will lower your cooldowns significantly making it possible to use this multiple times during stages 2 and 3. - Whenever you fill up your
Death Orb s to 2-3 you can activateDeath Trance to lower your active cooldowns and activate it again to consume the identity gauge to castDeathblade Surge that can 1-shot all trash mobs easily and do significant damage sometimes instant killing Elites and Bosses. - In case you are not using any class engraving or using
Remaining Energy upon getting 2-3Death Orb s available instantly double activate yourDeath Trance instant skill cooldown, mana regain and castDeathblade Surge . - In case you are using
Surge you want to useDeathblade Surge at 14-20 stacks for better damage and betterDeath Orb return.
Stats
Use the same stats as you would for regular game-play thus focusing a 70% specialization 30% crit balance where possible.
Runes
The runes selected enhance the natural ability of the skills, use the highest available for the ones selected in the skill planner, this does not have to be perfect but the better they are the easier it makes things.
Summary
- Buff up with
Maelstrom to speed up charging and channeling skills cast speed and movement speed. - Use
Soul Absorber ,Blitz Rush andVoid Strike to easily burst down Elites and Bosses to get the Cooldown refresh from them. - Cooldown reduction buffs are gained from killing Elites, Bosses and destroying Rift Crystals.
- Use your Awakening
Flash Blink to hit multiple Elites to instantly kill them lowering all of your cooldowns tremendously and keep the combat flow going. Killing Bosses completely refreshes your cooldowns in Chaos Dungeons so make sure to use your AwakeningFlash Blink because you'll get it back after killing the Boss before moving onto the next stage.