Dungeons & Dragons Dark Alliance Build Guide: Wulfgar (Shockwave Barbarian)

On this Dungeons & Dragons Darkish Alliance Construct Information, I’m going to speak about my Wulfgar Barbarian Construct, which offers injury through Heavy Assaults due to his Warhammer. If you wish to play a purely Melee Construct that primarily inflicts crushing Bodily Injury, then this information is for you.

Dungeons & Dragons Darkish Alliance Construct Information: Wulfgar (Shockwave Barbarian)

Wulfgar’s Shockwave Barbarian Construct offers highly effective Heavy Assaults, which fling enemies away from him whereas in Melee Vary. He additionally inflicts Bodily, Elemental and generally, Crucial Injury, when he kilos the bottom along with his Warhammer due to the extremely damaging shockwaves it produces because of this.

Though Wulgar doesn’t expend the whole thing of his max Stamina like Catti-Brie, he’s fairly a difficult hero to play and this is because of his prolonged animations, which might’t be cancelled. Due to his bodily stature and Two-Handed Weapon, he strikes sluggish. Since his Evasion Expertise aren’t as quick as Drizzt’s, Wulfgar depends on parries as properly to knock enemies again and to subsequently hit them along with his mighty Warhammer.

Character Sheet (Attribute) Choice – Wulfgar Barbarian

Each time you stage up, you obtain at the very least 1 base Attribute level and at Stage 10, you obtain 2 factors. I’ll talk about how greatest to allocate these till you attain Stage 15. Since you can even purchase extra factors from shrine relics relying on the Act in addition to stats out of your Gear, anticipate your Attributes to be greater and extra highly effective at this stage.

Wulfgar is a Human Barbarian who makes a speciality of dealing massively impactful blows utilizing his Warhammer. As such, this character’s highest Attribute is Power, which boosts his uncooked Bodily Injury whereas offering bonuses to his Armor. Wulfgar wants each, particularly the Armor buff since he simply will get overwhelmed by surrounding enemies, which might knock him down. As soon as on this state, he turns into very weak to subsequent assaults. Due to this, you’ll wish to attain 16 Power earlier than allocating factors to the remainder of your Attributes.

The subsequent necessary Attribute to speculate factors into is Structure. Structure raises Wulfgar’s Stamina and Stamina Regeneration in addition to his max HP, which he wants quite a lot of to maintain him alive particularly on greater difficulties. Sustaining Stamina isn’t a priority because you unlock some Strikes that organically restore it, plus, you even have Stamina Potions at your disposal. You have to be seeking to attain at the very least 13 Structure.

Lastly, you ought to contemplate investing 4 factors into Charisma for a complete of 10 factors. Charisma decreases the time wanted to totally cost your Final Assault. For surplus Attribute factors, take into account investing extra into Power, Structure and Charisma. Alternatively, you can even choose to allocate a few factors into Knowledge to extend your Elemental and Situation Resistances and even Intelligence to spice up the Elemental Injury dealt by your Warhammer.

Talents Choice and Final Assault – Wulfgar Barbarian

In relation to Wulfgar’s Talents for the Shockwave Barbarian Construct, you must select Hammer Throw and because the identify implies, Shockwave. Hammer Throw lets Wulfgar slam his Warhammer into the bottom to summon a magical hammer, which leaves a burning path in its wake. He then ignites the path to hit enemies a second time, thereby dealing huge injury. To have the ability to hit the vast majority of them, they should be positioned in a straight line. Do observe that this Capacity’s forged time is extraordinarily sluggish so watch out when triggering it.

In the meantime, Shockwave permits you to stomp closely so you’ll be able to produce tremors within the floor, which might knock enemies down whereas inflicting the Slowed Situation. This Capacity is greatest used if you’re surrounded by quite a few targets so you’ll be able to deal Bodily Injury to all of them so long as they’re inside the AoE.

Subsequent is Wulfgar’s Final Assault, which is Wrath of Tempus. This allows you to carry out Spin of Fury, which accurately makes you management your character and the Warhammer to spin and to deal highly effective Bodily and Crucial Injury. Just like Shockwave, Wrath of Tempus must be activated when enemies are surrounding you so you’ll be able to maximize the injury you deal. I additionally advocate utilizing this proper earlier than hitting a boss so you’ll be able to stun-lock them. You additionally obtain buffs within the type of Stalwart, Legendary Resistance, and Unstoppable. These enable you to deal uninterrupted injury because you can’t be staggered. You additionally obtain much less Bodily and Elemental Injury due to your boosted defenses.

Strikes Choice – Wulfgar Barbarian

Once you attain Ranges 7 and 15, you’ll unlock further Strikes or assault combos to inflict bonus injury or Circumstances. Out of the 14 Strikes, I extremely advocate unlocking the next as a result of it enhances the injury and Circumstances you cope with your Shockwave Barbarian Construct. You may take these in any order you want.

• Elk Stomp – A strong and unblockable stomp that sends targets flying whereas they obtain Hearth Injury. This causes Stamina Destruction, thereby decreasing your max Stamina.
• Grind Launcher – An uppercut Transfer to knock down targets. Opposite to Elk Stomp, this step by step recovers your max Stamina. Coupled with a flurry of Heavy Assaults after utilizing Grind Launcher, you unlock Violent Swing, which offers extra Bodily Injury. Moreover, your Final Assault meter is crammed up a bit.
• Nail Basher – Observe-up assault instantly after utilizing Grind Launcher. Crushes targets whereas dealing large Chip Injury out of your Warhammer. You even have an opportunity to inflict Burning.
• Hole Nearer – Jumps ahead whereas smashing the Warhammer on the goal’s head to shut the hole between the each of you. Your Bodily Injury considerably will increase since you get to hit 2x, plus, you’ve gotten an opportunity to inflict Weakened to scale back the effectiveness of your goal’s succeeding injury.
• Arc Swing – Swings the Warhammer to throw targets with the intention to stun them. Just like Grind Launcher, this Transfer additionally unlocks Violent Swing.
• Guard-Breaker – Violently hooks the Warhammer onto the goal’s head to tug them downward. Coupled with a Heavy Assault thereafter, you’ll be able to deal double the Bodily and Elemental Injury, in case your Weapon has it, attributable to shockwaves on the bottom. Guard-Breaker additionally fills up a portion of your Final Assault meter, nevertheless, it inflicts slight Stamina Destruction.
• Footstep of Tempus – Kilos your Warhammer into the bottom to deal 2 shockwaves leading to nice Bodily Injury to all targets within the AoE. It might additionally inflict Gradual.
• Shockwave – Unlocks the Shockwave Capacity.
• Heavy Launcher – Observe-up assault to Grind Launcher that offers extra Bodily Injury. What’s good about Heavy Launcher is it additionally replenishes a little bit of your max Stamina. The caveat is that this Transfer’s sluggish animation, which makes it difficult to execute particularly if you’re up in opposition to a number of targets.
• Backstep Spinner – Sweeps the Warhammer to deal 2-3x the Bodily Injury whereas gorgeous and barely charging your Final Assault meter.
• Shovel Again – Stab along with your Weapon’s hilt to throw the goal behind you. Shovel Again has a good probability to inflict Weakened and Corrupted. Nonetheless, this Transfer inflicts Stamina Destruction.
• Rage Spin – Acts like Wrath of Tempus by controlling the spinning Warhammer to deal huge injury to surrounding targets. This has an opportunity to inflict Burning and it barely fees your Final Assault meter.
• Magma Summons – Drastically crushes the bottom along with your Warhammer, which unlocks Double Nail Basher. Magma Summons additionally has a very good probability to inflict Weakened. The downside to utilizing that is it decreases your max Stamina.

The primary concept behind these Strikes is to make the most of the facility of your physique and Warhammer by pounding the bottom and executing crushing blows. In consequence, your enemies are both thrown away, knocked down, or stun-locked offering you with the benefit to eradicate them thereafter. What you’ll have to recollect is that a few of these Strikes, though extraordinarily highly effective, have very sluggish animations, which you’ll’t get out of as soon as initiated. As such, you’ll should time these properly and use them solely when there are 1-3 enemies in sight so your Strikes received’t get interrupted.

Feats Choice – Wulfgar Barbarian

When it comes to Wulfgar’s Feats, you’ll be able to select from 3 classes, particularly Pack Hunter, The Wolf, and The Elk. Pack Hunter focuses extra on help by enhancing your Stamina, Consumable or Useable capability, and HP. The Wolf gives huge bonuses to your Bodily Injury whereas lengthening your Final Assault’s period. Lastly, The Elk buffs your Defensive Expertise akin to Armor, Elemental Resistance, and max HP. Notice that you simply acquire at the very least 1 Feat Level each time you stage up.

To maximise the quantity of Bodily Injury you inflict, you must spend money on The Wolf Tree first. Subsequent, you’ll be able to allocate factors in The Elk Tree so that you acquire protection boosts, after which within the Pack Hunter Tree. In every class, it received’t matter which Feat you resolve to take first.

The Wolf

• Nice Weapon Grasp – Barely boosts Bodily Injury.
• Charger – Will increase Bodily Injury after operating.
• Savage Attacker – Boosts Stamina Injury to scale back the offensive and defensive actions of targets.
• Brutal Strikes – Improves Armor Penetration by 15%. This allows you to ignore a portion of the goal’s Bodily Injury Resistance to deal extra injury.
• Reckless Abandon – Considerably boosts Bodily Injury inflicted with Wrath of Tempus.
• Fury of Tempus – Permits you to execute Lifesteal in opposition to targets with the intention to heal your self when inflicting Bodily, Elemental and Crucial Injury.
• Relentless Rage – Significantly boosts Wrath of Tempus’ period by 20%.

The Elk

Pack Hunter

• Athletic and Endurance – Reduces dodge and evade Stamina consumption by 15% whereas rising your max Stamina.
• Eager Thoughts – Eager Thoughts notably reduces the cooldown time of your Talents.
• Pack Rat – Just like Eager Thoughts, you’ll have to unlock 3 Longstrider Feats beforehand to get ahold of Pack Rat. This Feat will increase your Useables’ capability by 1.

Useable Upgrades – Wulfgar Barbarian

In your runs, you’ll be able to choose to equip as much as a most of 4 Useables that profit Wulfgar’s Barbarian Construct. To reinforce its effectiveness, you should buy upgrades as much as Stage 5 through the Service provider. Relying in your wants, you’ll be able to select the Useable you wish to improve first.

Out of the 8 Useables, I recommend you equip Well being Potion, Potion of Heroism, Alchemist Hearth, and Elixir of Elemental Resistance. Well being Potion restores the majority of your HP to assist hold you alive. Potion of Heroism restores 75% of your Final Assault’s meter so you’ll be able to activate it extra typically. Alchemist Hearth inflicts Burning whereas dealing huge injury over time. Lastly, Elixir of Elemental Resistance boosts your Elemental Injury Resistance by 50% for 75 seconds.

Weapons – Wulfgar Barbarian

Wulfgar’s Warhammer is great in his Barbarian Construct as a result of it successfully crushes enemies and kilos the bottom with the intention to injury and to knock them down. You’ll wish to goal for a Weapon with Elemental Injury to inflict its corresponding Situation. Particularly, Hearth or Acid Injury is sweet to have so you’ll be able to deal Burning or Poisoned, respectively. The extra uncommon the Warhammer, which means when you get an Epic or Legendary model, the higher as a result of this can offer you extra bonus stats in addition to higher Assault Injury.

The most effective Warhammer for this construct is both the Blacksmith’s Apprentice or Corsair’s Panache Units, which I’ll talk about subsequent.

Armor – Wulfgar Barbarian

Each the Blacksmith’s Apprentice and Corsair’s Panache Units are what you must farm for since their set bonuses decrease the injury you obtain whereas dealing further injury, respectively. Acquiring 5 Weapon and Armor Blacksmith’s Apprentice items improve your injury discount. That is very priceless contemplating that you simply turn into weak if you begin attacking enemies in Melee Vary. Moreover at greater difficulties, enemies can simply kill you in 1-2 swipes so this bonus prevents them from doing that. Along with these perks, when you really feel such as you want Frenzy with the intention to improve your total injury and pace, then you may get the total Blacksmith’s Apprentice Set. Notice that to activate this, your HP must be under 40% so you’ll be able to’t use Well being Potions straight away.

Alternatively, when you don’t get the Blacksmith’s Apprentice Warhammer, you’ll be able to acquire the Corsair’s Panache Warhammer as an alternative, along with 2 Armor items from the identical set. At 3 items, you enhance your Bodily Injury in opposition to Elites by 10%. Elites are stronger enemies with cranium symbols beside their HP.

Just like Weapons, you must get Epic or Legendary variations of Armor so you’ll be able to maximize Wulfgar’s defensive capabilities.

Last Ideas

As a Barbarian, it’s important for Wulfgar to continually slam the bottom along with his Warhammer. This could both ship enemies flying or knock them down, thereby making them weak to succeeding assaults. Moreover, Wulfgar has to maintain parrying particularly when he’s in the course of Fight as this partially hinders foes’ actions, which is the opportune time to deal killing blows.

You’ll additionally should prioritize absolutely charging your Final Assault meter since this allows you to frequently spin in bursts whereas taking minimal injury. You are able to do this by executing a few of your strongest Strikes like Grind Launcher and Guard-Breaker. Simply do not forget that animations can’t be cancelled. Earlier than activating these, ensure that there are solely a handful of enemies within the space as this lessens the probabilities of interrupting your assaults. Furthermore, equip Stage 5 Potions of Heroism to rapidly replenish your Final Assault meter.

Lastly, you can even choose to equip 5 items of the Captive of the Abyss Set as an alternative of the Blacksmith’s Apprentice Set so that you acquire 40% Situation Resistance because you don’t obtain this protection buff in Feats. It in the end will depend on what you want most, particularly if you do runs in greater Problem Scores.

In multiplayer mode, you’ll be able to attempt to equip the Reghed Chief Set. At 5 items, your Final Assault meter fills up at a charge of 0.3% per hit, which is large contemplating the amount of enemies. At 8 items, you heal your self for 20% of the injury handled Wrath of Tempus after it ends. I particularly recommend doing this in multiplayer mode because it’s powerful to keep up continuous assaults given how sluggish Wulfgar’s Strikes are. A minimum of your folks can distract enemies as you crush them along with your Warhammer.

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