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Do I finally have an Optimal Crit Kitty?
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Balorgh's, Order's Wrath, and Back Alley Gourmand on a Nightblade/Sorc. 60%+ chance with very nearly capped Critical Damage modifier, and of course Exploiter for that extra dmg to Off Balance sprinkled on top. I don't know if I can do any better than this.
CP2,100 Master Explorer - AvA Two Star Warlord - Console Peasant - Khajiiti Aficionado - The Clan
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kotisovich✭✭Depends on how you want to play. Monomyth gives 20% crit dmg if you dont have other minor force source0 -
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✭✭Depends on how much crit chance/damage you want:
Perfected Mora Scribes Thesis + Oakensoul will give you +12% Crit Damage and slightly less crit chance when using a Tri-pot for Major Resource recoveries (and assuming Gallop is still considered a Major buff) at 2,036 Crit rating vs. 2,203, which can be pushed further with other Major buffs.
Back Alley gourmand could be replaced with Shattered Fates effective 11.5% base damage increase from 7641 Offensive Penetration. This base damage increase is then multiplied by your crit damage.
Using a Bow would give you 1314 Crit rating, increased to 2628 against targets further than 15m from you.
As others have said, Monomyth is also a good choice given while you may be near crit damage cap, players have natural crit resistance, and impenetrable exists to provide more.0 -
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✭✭Actually, faffing about with Mora Scribes Thesis it seems the calculation for Major crit chance is bugged or something. I'm able to hit the critical chance cap just using Oakensoul and a Tri-pot.
Meaning just the normal version of Mora Scribes gives around 0.3% crit chance less than Order, but adds +4% crit damage (an upgrade for my oakensoul build at least, swapping out Order). The perfected variant should add an additional 3% Critical chance, overall gaining 2.7% crit chance and 4% crit damage over Order's Wrath if able to hit the needed number of buffs.0 -
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✭<<<I am assuming you play SOLO and small group content>>>
It really depends on your abilities.
I think you can do better. Your problem, in my opinion, is the low penetration. The importance of fully penetrating a Boss's Armor cannot be understated.
I always aim for 9200-9300, so that with casting Maj+Min Breach I will have debuffed a Boss armor. There is usually not a big trade-off for getting there.No Effort, No Reward?
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✭✭LootAllTheStuff wrote: »@Zodiarkslayer - what are you running to hit that level of penetration?
Things that come to mind are Maces/Warhammers (1487/2974, respective to size), Sharpened Weapon Trait adds 1638/3276, Light armor Concentration gives 939 per piece of Light Armor, the Lover Mundus (4489 with all Gold Divines), sets (EG: Shattered Fate with 7641), Champion points under the Mages Piercing node grant up to 700 Penetration.
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✭LootAllTheStuff wrote: »@Zodiarkslayer - what are you running to hit that level of penetration?
I looked it up on my Crit Kitty. I use Lover mundus, off hand sharpened trait, one piece light armour passive and the CP. Together with a pen line from Tzogvin's Warband, that gives me 9118 pen.
I didn't want to give my two swords up. My goal was to have as much WD as possible, because in a group I can just swap to Thief or Warrior mundus and don't need to change much else.Edited by Zodiarkslayer on October 8, 2025 8:28PMNo Effort, No Reward?
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LootAllTheStuff✭✭✭✭✭Thanks @Avran_Sylt and @Zodiarkslayer - I knew there were DW passives that I should take into account, but I hadn't looked at them in a while. I like dual swords, but I might craft up a 1H mace as a situational swap item. I also have to double-check which traits I have on which item. I currently have DW on 3 of my 8 characters, so you'd think I'd have it all memorized by now...0 -
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Balorgh + NB spam(3k) and marking(6k) can easy full 18k pen,but we need know skill buildZodiarkslayer wrote: »<<<I am assuming you play SOLO and small group content>>>
It really depends on your abilities.
I think you can do better. Your problem, in my opinion, is the low penetration. The importance of fully penetrating a Boss's Armor cannot be understated.
I always aim for 9200-9300, so that with casting Maj+Min Breach I will have debuffed a Boss armor. There is usually not a big trade-off for getting there.0 -
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Absolutely. But this is more of a burst window setup than a sustained 100% uptime setup. Burst for PvP.Renato90085 wrote: »Balorgh + NB spam(3k) and marking(6k) can easy full 18k pen,but we need know skill build
Sustained for SOLO.
That is why I asked. It makes a big difference.Edited by Zodiarkslayer on October 12, 2025 1:53PMNo Effort, No Reward?
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