I got 2 Wilhelm builds which are pretty similar, both CC/D with enough points in HK for Paint, focused on weapon damage rather than pets. My problem is, while normal trash mobbing and some specific bosses (Bosun, RK5) are no problem at all, the tougher fights like the Badass round or the Sentinel can still go both ways, and I’d like to get some advice on how to improve in those fields, or make the 2 Wilhelms more diverse.
I’ve tried sniping with a chronicler COM and points in Escalation, but it’s alot harder to do than with Aurelia and feels quite subpar due to the lack of crowd control. Also, I don’t trust Wolf to do more damage with a capped HK tree than myself with a capped D tree tbh.
And yes, I’ve taken a look at the Master Build list, and yet, I just don’t trust the HK tree beyond Paint for some reason.
Build 1: Laser build
Shock tediore splitter or maliwan blaster
Fire or corrosive maliwan splitter
Cryo Mining Laser
Ravager
Bulwark / Blue High-Tech Blaster with +6 Laser Focus, +5 Gun Show
Longbow Shock Leech / 3DD1.e
Those single point skills like Man & Machine or Targeting scope are for taking advantage should I ever decide to switch in my Celestial COM. I do swap the Blaster com with a Terminator COM for IVF chucking at the raid boss, thus the points in First to Fight. I also swap to a Tesla grenade for boss fights, to break my shield and trigger Emergency Response and Vengeance Cannon.
Build 2: Shotgun build
Frigida
Torguemada
Corrosive Bullpup
NE Badaboom
Reo / Purple Mauler com with +5 Aux tanks, +4 Emergency response, +4 Running leopard something skill
Shock Leech / Juggernaut oz kit
Again, single skill points for swapping coms with Terminator and Howitzer. Gunshow is essential to max out IVF mag sizes.
Frankly, the only wiggling room I see would be in Hazmat, it seems to be some sorta 1 point wonder skill, so I can free up the rest to go down HK a little to get some points in Escalation. (whihc doesn’t make that much sense with a splitter laser or shotgun build though).
I agree my boss build is pretty much set in stone. so only swap two perks based on whether I’m running lasers or explosives.
But for Mobbing (Badass round for example) I can’t really seem to find something to stick with. I’m Always changing my build gear. Sometimes its a matter of efficiency, others it’s due to wanting to try something new.
“I got 2 Wilhelm builds which are pretty similar … focused on weapon damage rather than pets. … the tougher fights like the Badass round or the Sentinel can still go both ways, and I’d like to get some advice on how to improve in those fields, or make the 2 Wilhelms more diverse”
Well, if you really want to try a different playstyle, & since neither of your builds makes much use of the HK tree – may I humbly suggest you try that tree? I use W&S, not for damage (rather pathetic) – but more for saint’s shield buffs (for self & teammates) & de-aggro. It’d take a while for me to go through and explain my choices for an official build guide – something I’ve considered doing (got my name all picked out – “The Quiet Killer”!) . With something like this build I have the easiest time in the Badass round compared to my other characters – I barely need to use more than my cryo blaster (using Prismatic & 3dd1.e). Quite a change to see those Gargaunts (sp?) swatting away at Wolf instead of chasing me!
Build below is mainly for the Celestial com but can be tweaked for the Chronicler, an amazing com for him, too.
(edit re: the Sentinel – since I mainly go in with a team and don’t try and speed run it – I find this build works great as a medic oriented one – I stay alive pretty well & revive a lot, if need be)
Thanks for all your replies! Guess I’ll try to merge the shotgun and laser build into one, and try the pet build on the other.
Hopefully I can workout something that can take down the entire raid boss in around 5 min solo (that’s kinda my personal min requirement to any build minus Aurelia). Advice on gear, but especially on tactics are very welcome!
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… Hopefully I can workout something that can take down the entire raid boss in around 5 min solo (that’s kinda my personal min requirement to any build minus Aurelia). [/quote]
You really are demanding (raid boss in ~5)! You already posted a while back re: the slowness of Wilhelm using lasers so I’m not sure you’ll be happy with something like I posted? But – it makes the Badass Round a walk in the park – that’s gotta be good for something? If I were going to fight the Sentinel [solo] with the build I posted, guess it’d be: small form – shock lasers (+ grenades) for the shields where appropriate, then the Flakker for the big faces. Rosie probably has a useful place somewhere here. But, I’ve a feeling you know better than me how to min/max this.