need help with my magblade

rteezy

So, i noticed how much of an underdog magblade seems to be (pvp wise) atm..(can barely find a build guide..) and after watching some older videos i think magblade is probably one of the hardest builds to play in pvp btu when played right it has alot of potential..therefore i created one yesterday night, got prepared with trianing egar and pots and beat my PR of leveling (5 hours and 40 mins to levle 50).

Now comes the hard part, to get used to the class and also farm some gear for pvp i need a pve build.
I have a full julianos set with inferno and lightning weps, as well a valkyn set everything in yellow.
Alsop have maelstrom lighting staff

Most pve builds tell me to get infalible mage or moondancer (but those are in trials) so to farm these trials what can i add to julianos/Valkyn ?

getemshauna

Minor Slayer is a part of min-maxed build, you don't need that if you are planning to focus on PvP.

Your PvE setup is good enough, you can add a Willpower into or just try another 5-piece set( mothers sorrow, elegant - both cheap and good) with a 1-piece of Kena or Slimecraw.

About PvP builds, magblade is known for huge diversity and several build possibilities. You can play as a ganker, bomber, duelist, support, and a lot more. Builds for ganking and bombing were nerfed few patches ago due to CA changes, but you can still do that, just find a second folk.

About duelist builds, there is plenty useful sets, starting from Spinners, Lich, War Maiden, Transmutation, Wizards Riposte, Valkyn Skoria, Troll king. You can connect them, to create a build to fit your exceptions. I can only say, Transmutation or Troll King is insanely strong choice in battlegrounds, where Spinners or War Maiden will help you delete alone unawared enemies.

Nowadays in Cyro I use War Maiden, Wizards riposte and Skoria if I play in group, Spinner Lich Skoria if solo. I found it very strong, but try it by yourself.

Vermintide

The agreed on way to best play mag lade is combining a damage set with a sustain set, that way you can become a very versatile skirmish type class with the ability to control a fight and wear down opponents. Transmutation and riposte are sets you'll hear mentioned a lot.

Personally I've found it more effective to disregard that, and roll spinners/julianos with both 5 pieces active. The salt whispers when your swallow soul alone takes half someone's HP in no CP are pretty delicious.

Wgod

I finished leveling my Magblade 2 weeks ago and was looking for PvP build as well. Stumbled across this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L4dzRy_468&t=1638s

And with a little modification this is freaking op.

I run Torugs + Transmutation + 1 Domi (5/5/1) for small group and Torugs + Willpower Jewellery + Skoria and Master Inferno on main bar and random resto staff for solo. Only thing you have to get used to is to use "medium attacks" as its an attack half charged. It will give your staf enchant 100% chance to proc + your enchant have a 1,5 sec cd and charge is just enough to get cd off.

For Torugs/Transmutation combo I have identic front bar as in guide but different off. I keep inner light on both barrs (excluding concea,ed weapons). Instead of shadow image I use fear, instead of purge regeneration (transmutation passive) and juggle between healing ward and light armor shield.

Expect your enchants to do 30-50 % of your total damage.

rteezy

Wgod wrote: »

I finished leveling my Magblade 2 weeks ago and was looking for PvP build as well. Stumbled across this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L4dzRy_468&t=1638s

And with a little modification this is freaking op.

I run Torugs + Transmutation + 1 Domi (5/5/1) for small group and Torugs + Willpower Jewellery + Skoria and Master Inferno on main bar and random resto staff for solo. Only thing you have to get used to is to use "medium attacks" as its an attack half charged. It will give your staf enchant 100% chance to proc + your enchant have a 1,5 sec cd and charge is just enough to get cd off.

For Torugs/Transmutation combo I have identic front bar as in guide but different off. I keep inner light on both barrs (excluding concea,ed weapons). Instead of shadow image I use fear, instead of purge regeneration (transmutation passive) and juggle between healing ward and light armor shield.

Expect your enchants to do 30-50 % of your total damage.

Saw that one last night looks super good.
What do you think of torugs/war maiden/ 1domi ?

What about shaklebreakets with maiden or spinners with 1 domi ?

Or shaklebreakers with torugs?

So many choices and im awfull at comparing them..

Wgod

U cant pair Shacklebreaker with Torug as both are crafted and you wont have any jewellery.

War maiden is good choice, but I dont find this bonus as good as other choices. I think the second set in video (Amber plasm) will be a better choice as I found it in more builds for magblade. Those bonuses are super nice, especially stamina regen.

Spinners - its pure damage increase via penetraion, exactly 7,8 % i think (and only if you wont overpenetrate trough cp/light armor passive/destro staff pasive/occasional piercing mark) and if you compare it to 2/5/4 and slot Skoria or Grothdarr, your damage output will be higher with this choice.

Anyway more than a half of success of this build is about possitioning so slot anything you can find and just start plaing, dont overthink it.

rteezy

Wgod wrote: »

U cant pair Shacklebreaker with Torug as both are crafted and you wont have any jewellery.

War maiden is good choice, but I dont find this bonus as good as other choices. I think the second set in video (Amber plasm) will be a better choice as I found it in more builds for magblade. Those bonuses are super nice, especially stamina regen.

Spinners - its pure damage increase via penetraion, exactly 7,8 % i think (and only if you wont overpenetrate trough cp/light armor passive/destro staff pasive/occasional piercing mark) and if you compare it to 2/5/4 and slot Skoria or Grothdarr, your damage output will be higher with this choice.

Anyway more than a half of success of this build is about possitioning so slot anything you can find and just start plaing, dont overthink it.

Ok and qhat do you think about the full moster set(skorya) vs 5/5/1 with domihause?

Valykc

Don’t underestimate the power of a MagBlade in the right hands, I watched 1 AD MagBlade hold off a front door Siege from a group of 15 EP at Sej Outpost. The squishy-ness is their biggest downfall. Whenever I get pressured by MagBlade it’s because they stay at range and when you try to close the gap on them they use destructive reach (with Inferno staff) to knock you back then cloak and reset the fight and lay into you from range again. I know there are MagBlades that use Tether, Grothdarr and sap to do damage but from my experience these MagBlades, if not extremely experienced, die quickly. It’s the one’s that use cloak and range that are truly terrifying, in my opinion.

Maybe a set like fortified brass could help you mitigate damage on the off-Hand that someone does get close. Otherwise, I would say Juliano/war maiden/ Necropotence front bar, Lich back bar and Valkyn Skoria (which should proc from swallow soul and cripple). I heard many MagBlades like Shacklebreaker. But I was a terrible MagBlade so take my thoughts with a grain of salt.

Edit: saw you mentioned your are looking for PvE setups. I would run:

5x Julianos on the Body, 3x Moondancer Jewlery, Front Bar Moondancer Inferno, Back Bar Maelstrom Lightning

For a less expensive or time consuming gear farm build use:

5x Julianos, 3x Willpower, 1 Front Bar (GOLD) Fire Destro, 1 back Bar Lightning Destro (GOLD) (A Maelstrom Lightning Staff would benefit you greatly here but if you don’t have it then any gold Lightning Staff will work.