Why would you back-bar Leviathan and use a different front bar set? I don't think I understand how that would work.

And the Berserking timed stacks is why it's better- since they carry over to the back bar, you don't have to worry about losing the bonus on the back bar.

If I'm looking at the most up to date set numbers, Levi is 1528 crit vs. AY's 2410, so the difference is huge.

zaria wrote: »

SidraWillowsky wrote: »

Why would you back-bar Leviathan and use a different front bar set? I don't think I understand how that would work.

Sorry, I wrote it wrong, use Leviathan on body and have it up all the time.
Use any proc set like Aegis Caller and have on front bar.
Berserking has to be front bar since its heavy but it would work better on body.
However stack sets like Relequen also want to be on body.

Got it, makes more sense.

I think the "issue" here is that Relequen is still so strong that it's the meta on almost every stam class (Stamplar may be the one exception, but it's replaced by Deadly in that case, which also needs to be a body set, so they still use AY as their front bar set), and Rele is an absolute non-negotiable body set since the stacks don't carry to the back bar.

Stam builds are kinda stuck with Rele as their body set, so if you're looking at a front bar set, AY >>> Leviathan (oddly, I front bar Mother's Sorrow [mag equivalent of Levi] on my magwarden and have no issues, but we don't generally have any better sets for crit).

I'm sure it would be fine for an off-meta build with Levi body + proc set of choice, but the Rele meta means that's going to be your 5-piece set pretty much no matter what.