Brothers of Arms

[Tafale]

My build (51, 5, 23)

This is an experimental build that I'm running from 4th of June. My first impression from doing Vistrix, Yakhmar and Wing One and Two trash is very impressive especially considering how alien this build is from my previous build (a approximation because I can't recall it correctly).

The most striking observation are the lack off:
- Improved Phoenix Cloak
- Spitfire
- Demonic Link
- Lingering Hell
- HVoX

On the other hand this build has many redeeming qualities like:
- Instant Inferno with Hex
- Misdirection: reverse "Goad" if you like. This was used when I pulled aggro in Wing One and it worked wonders or it was simply the work of an highly skilled soldier.
- Mystical Attachment
- Searing Hatred
- Tome of Erlik

An example is a buffed up Burn to Death (Avatar of Xotli, Inferno and Tome of Erlik) ticking at almost 1500!

This build has the potential to easily do 1000+ DPS with practice and T1 sword.

Edit
4th of June, not May!

[Gert]

Misdirection: reverse "Goad" if you like. This was used when I pulled aggro in Wing One and it worked wonders or it was simply the work of an highly skilled soldier.

Thanks

Be interested in some tests with Misdirection - especially with the Hate changes in 1.05...have to do some non-raid runs as well raid runs to see how much difference it makes.

[Lyss]

Looks like a good build

Some suggestions:
May I suggest going for Butcher (+20% melee damage, that's quite a lot) and Improved Burning Skull instead of Searing Curse and Searing Hatred? From what I gathered from my own testing, the DoTs from those last 2 feats are not really worth the feat points(I've never tested them in combo with buffs like Tome of Erlik and Demon Maw though, so I could be wrong). But I assume you went with Flaming Hatred (Pillar) to get the max benefit out of Tome of Erlik and other magical buffs, which is good, I think.

My problem with Pillar is that I always hit the finisher right after a mob dies, but that's my fault obviously