One of the best features of this game has always been the option to choose two masteries and it has resulted in us players of thinking of different skills that goes well together regardless of the focus a mastery gives.
This has sometimes led to alternative builds like the melee elementalist or the OP petmaster spellbreaker from TQIT (100% CDR). And now, for the sake of nothing other than fun, i am challenging anyone interested to craft their own alternative builds. I am not saying we start from scratch and make a toon and play it. This is just for fun theorizing alternative builds that maybe could work, xmax or not.
Like "Elementalist, and how not to build it ... .... hmm wait maybe we could build it like so?"
So, anyone up for this?
The petmaster champion passes this from my POV
Right now I'm thinking of a melee/bow soothsayer with wolves. Deathchill aura, strength of the pack, unearthly power, plague, briar ward with sanctuary, HoO. Why not?
For like one month i have been thinking of a vitality damage dealing pets warlock. Vitality damage wraithlord's rings, Unearthly Power, and Circle of Power to boost traps. But this feels wrong because pierce from traps are weak against undeads and constructs, and vitality damage doesn't address that. Maybe ternion would but meh it wouldn't feel like an alternative build.
Several months back i have thought of an int based brigand focusing on pet enhancers and cooldown reduction. Bonus to pets items and permanent call of the hunt to boost traps. But somehow i couldn't complete this theoretical build. I always felt it would be worlds weaker than a regular brigand. So this doesn't pass the test imo.. unless someone can think of a way to make this great and complete my theoretical build.
Doesn't matter if it's gear dependant or not, this is just theorycrafting anyways. Any mastery combination is welcome as long as the route to building is not the obvious choice.
For ragnarok i can think of a throwing weapon user conqueror or elementalist. But that is only for ragnarok. Maybe archer for elementalist
gasconron's 70% int Thane/Battlemage counts imo
The dual-wield Persephone's Caress ice shard Thane also counts (damn it still hasn't lost its coolness up to this day)
Anyone care to share their ideas?