Black Mara and War Mage Pve Builds

[Axxon]

Hello I'm growing really tired of Pyro and lvl 95 cap doesn't bring anything interesting to Pyromancer... Except even more Damage to Hot Rod and a 1 second cast time reduction. War Mage, Black Mara and Ice Witch are the potential replacements.

I already know how to build an Ice Witch, but I got troubles for the two others.

PS : Why not Chaos Mage ? Too much balls basically o3o Animations feel very repetitive and I never liked how she's focused around Gravity Switch (and now Focus Gravity).

Here are the builds I thought using :

War mage https://dnskillsim.herokuapp.com/na/...-0-00-----0--0 Sincerely there's so much spare SP I didn't know where to put it o-o... and I really love laser cutter, please don't bash me for CM III, I just love that laser and Main'ed War Mage at 50 cap for it :3

Black Mara https://dnskillsim.herokuapp.com/na/...---0-0-0-0-0-0 For Black Mara, I really don't know how good or bad Entomb Scaling is for its SP investment in PvE.

[Zeref]

I would transfer those points from Ebony Spark to Entomb. It helps your DPS windows ~ Also take Ebony Spark A instead of B for more yellow bubbles. Other than that it looks pretty good o.o


Regarding smasher though, you'd be able to use LC more if you don't take the awakened passive / CM3 while also taking advantage of LR which is where most of your DPS will come from lol

[Fabulous]

You're going for PVE, right?

WM

• Remove Triple Orbs and place those points in Gravity Blast
• You only need Time Dodge at level 1; move those points to Time Stop for ccing Punisher
• I agree with Zeref. You will still be able to spam LC a lot with a non-awakened build.
• If you still want an awakened-LC build, it's helpful to know how to exploit the LC spam. Check out my VN videos where I show the three playstyles.

BM: I agree with Zeref; transfer the points from Ebony Spark to max Entomb and lv 11 Ripping.

[Axxon]

This is my Black Mara Build according to your Feedback : https://dnskillsim.herokuapp.com/na/...--0--0-0-0-0-0

I will take the +10% Crit chance and Crit Dmg since it's the start of the cap and I think it's better to have enough crit for the nukes (My pyro is crying right now with 37% crit Fireballs even if I was almost capped at 93). We will probably have scrolls anyway by the time I reach crit cap without the mastery.

It feels weird to skip Ebony spark since 600% bonus is big, but I'm new to BM and I think I get it because the instant doesn'T make mara rely on a Ebony-Turbulence+Insult combo anymore.

As for War Mage, I watched the vids before you even told me and it's two very different playstyle. I might use a Dual Skill Scroll if I decide to go War Mage. Never saw a class with so much Spare SP it's ridiculous... but having two playstyles in one class feels nice o-o

I will move the spare SP in first tree if I remove CM III but it would look like this with it https://dnskillsim.herokuapp.com/na/...-0-00-----0--0

Thanks for the inputs, I still don't know what will happen with my Pyro, but I will look it out on alts and transfer gear to test the waters. Thanks alot !!! Did 3 caps with her and I need a refresher since I can't invest time on alts >.<

[Zeref]

Well BM playstyle basically revolves around keeping your transformation up / spamming contracts 'cause that's where most of your DPS comes from && its nice to have an additional source of yellow bubbles on top of turbulence/haze during insult's downtime