PvE PvPRage Hammer Destroyer Build Guide for PvE
Build
If you want to have some of the highest burst in the game (BIG NUMBERS!) while going toe to toe with the boss, this build is for you. will increase the damage of your Purple Skills by giving you more Crit and Crit Damage depending on how many cores you have when you use the skill.
This build encourages you to take all the hard-hitting long charge time skills like , , and . Your focus is to generate Gravity Cores and once you have 3 cores, use one of your Purple Skills in a frontal attack. Your skills give you Push Immunity and a shield so you can easily trade blows with the boss to land your attacks.
If you want to become essentially invincible instead of a burst damage dealer, try out the Gravity Training build.
4
Heavy Crush
7
Dreadnaught
10
Jumping Smash
10
Endure Pain
10
Full Swing
10
Earth Eater
10
Perfect Swing
10
Seismic Hammer
Big Bang
Skill priority
Max out your Purple Skills with as much points as possible for your level. You want at 10 for the tripod, and then any points you can add to the Blue Skills in the fashion described above are a bonus.
How to play
Playing a Destroyer is simple. Build cores with Blue Skills, spend cores with Purple Skills, do big damage, and profit!
Playing a Destroyer well is not so simple. It requires knowledge of the boss's attack patterns and a good read on damage you can take with your shield during trades. Use your taunt and shields to stay in the thick of battle and land frontal attacks on the boss. If you know the boss is going to stay still, Hypergravity can be used for damage, otherwise it can get you out of potentially sticky mechanics.
Skill Usage Priority
Building your cores is simple. It's always a combination of and either or . The cooldowns work out so that one is always available while the other is down.
Spending your cores, you should prioritize the following if its up:
There is no doubt that is your hardest-hitting ability, but you should use your judgement depending on positioning and what's happening in the fight before deciding to commit on cooldown. A missed is worse than a delayed one, so feel free to substitute with an easier-to-land skill like
Stagger Check Combo
is also great for a stagger (even Destruction) check, but your kit is so loaded with great stagger skills that you can afford not to use your hardest-hitting skills to clear the check. However, you need to be flexible and read the room to decide whether to commit all your skills or not, since they are your source of damage.
engravings
3
Rage Hammer
3
Super Charge
3
Barricade
3
Grudge
3
Master Brawler
and are a must for this build, so get them first. The remaining engravings all offer relatively similar power gains after that, so you can choose which ones to get first depending on accessory availability and luck.
combat stats
Crit
Swiftness
Specialization
Endurance
Domination
Expertise
You want to focus on getting enough Crit to ensure your hard-hitting skills hit with full force. Then you can get ~400-500 Swiftness for QoL.
Later on, as you can get more points and better gear, don't shy away from some Specialization as it can boost the damage of your attacks. This is especially true if you have met the above thresholds and see a juicy accessory with the engravings you want but it has Specialization.
Attack Gems
Perfect Swing
Earth Eater
Full Swing
Seismic Hammer
Attack Gems on your Purple Skill - this is straightforward.
Cooldown Gems
Perfect Swing
Earth Eater
Full Swing
Seismic Hammer
Endure Pain
Dreadnaught
Jumping Smash
Get Cooldown Gems for your 2 core builders and taunt to help with resource generation. Of course you need it on your Purple Skills as well.
gear tripods
Enhanced StrikeEarthen RageAgile MovementScary HammerBeast's EyeViolent HammerSuperior ChangeSmash
Weak Point DetectionAbsolute StrengthIntemperanceQuick PrepAbsolute StrengthStarving StrengthYou don't have to worry about too many tripods. Make sure you have all your Purple Skill damage tripods leveled. Everything else is a nice bonus.
Gear Set
You will use Preordained Diligence from Argos until you hit 1445 and can get the Earth's Entropy Set. This will dramatically increase the damage of your Frontal Attacks.