Dual Wield Physical/Pierce Gun Tactician

by requnix

Inquisitor + Soldier = Tactician

Faction of Choice: Kymon’s Chosen

Gameplay

This build is VERY easy to play, supporting the simple right-click shooting termination of most enemies with Cadence. The only additional skills used are War Cry, Word of Renewal and Inquisitor Seal. That’s it. So this is great for players who want a simple build that does great damage and doesn’t require piano skills to play and survive.

We utilize the strength and defense of Soldier with the support of Inquisitor. Since we’re physical and pierce-focused, our goal is to pierce, penetrate and damage over time with internal trauma. We do add Chilling Rounds and Storm Spread to provide additional elemental support in addition to pierce damage. It works great. Another great thing is with this devotion setup, achieving max resists in Ultimate is a lot easier than it is with other builds.

As mentioned, the General Play Technique is to simply shoot and kill everything with penetrating rounds. Trash often dies in just one shot, and Fighting Form at 12/12 ensures 100% penetration chance. We always want Word of Renewal up, and only use War Cry and the Inquisitor Seal for bosses.

Survival is all about killing most targets from a distance and standing in your Inquisitor Seal with Word of Renewal. Make sure you have an instant movement skill on your medal, like Glyph of Disorder. It can make the difference between life and death in some boss fights. This build is designed to be mobile as well – with tough bosses, you’ll have to regularly run/teleport out of the way of big hits (the Inquisitor Seal simply won’t be enough), so be nimble and be quick! The good news is your DoT damage from Internal Trauma will continue to tick on your targets as they run around chasing you.

Rotation for Trash
Cadence shots. That’s it. Most trash dies in 1-3 shots, and if you crit, the bodies go flying!

Rotation for Bosses
Word of Renewal always up, Inquisitor Seal down, start shooting. When boss is in rage hit War Cry. Tank as long as you can and then teleport (with a movement skill, like Glyph of Disorder), put your Inquisitor Seal down and start shooting again! That’s really all there is to it.

Items

This build utilizes bonuses from two pieces of the Octavius set (Helm and Chest) and then focuses on using two Mythical Havoc guns. What’s important about these two guns (and what makes them critical to this build) is each weapons conversion of 45% of pierce damage to Physical. Two of these guns support 90% conversion, and that’s huge. All the other items are random drop legendaries, many of which are very common. The great thing is there are many other items that also work in their place; albeit not with the same level of effectiveness, but well-enough to support trouncing through Ultimate.

While leveling, you’ll find these items to be very helpful:

Required Level Item Note
14 3rd Company’s Revolver (1H)
15 Vicious Spikes (1H Component)
20 The Slugger (1H)
25 Guile (Relic)
30 Shadowspine Enforcer (1H) Cadence Support
30 Dustbrawler’s Shoulderguards (Shoulders)
31 Outlaw’s Retribution (1H)
35 Juggernaut (Relic)
35 Devil’s Retribution (1H) Devil’s Crossing
40 Zeal (Relic)
50 Bounty Hunter’s Shoulderpads (Shoulders)
50 Havoc (1H)
50 Devil’s Cage Hauberk (Chest)
58 Empowered 3rd Company’s Revolver (1H)
75 Seal of Blades (1H Component)
75 Seal of Might (1H Component)
75 Deathdealer’s Sidearm (1H)

Preferred Items

Slot Item Component Augment
Left Hand Mythical Havoc Seal of Blades Bysmiel's Cunning
Right Hand Mythical Havoc Seal of Might Bysmiel's Cunning
Head Visor of Octavius Prismatic Diamond Solael's Bloodbinding
Shoulders Mythical Dustbrawler's Shoulderguards Living Armor Solael's Bloodbinding
Chest Platemail of Octavius Living Armor Solael's Bloodbinding
Hands Mythical Grasp of Unchained Might Ugdenbog Leather Venomguard Powder
Rovers
Belt Mythical Reforged Chains of Oleron Ugdenbog Leather Venomguard Powder
Rovers
Legs Mythical Chausses of Barbaros Ancient Armor Plate Solael's Bloodbinding
Feet Mythical Boneshatter Treads Enchanted Earth Venomguard Powder
Rovers
Amulet Mythical Peerless Eye of Beronath Seal of Annihilation Steelbloom Powder
Malmouth Resistance
Ring Mythical Ring of the Black Matriarch Runebound Topaz Steelbloom Powder
Malmouth Resistance
Ring Mythical Ring of the Black Matriarch Runebound Topaz Steelbloom Powder
Malmouth Resistance
Medal Mythical Serenir's Commendation Runebound Topaz -
Relic Serenity - -

Leveling Guide

The following list shows a possible way to level a character up. To easy reading the skill points spent at each level are mentioned separately.

Devotions