Rancor Bleed PB Trickster

[SIZE="5"][COLOR="Orange"]Overview[/COLOR][/SIZE]
The main purpose of this build is to farm SR75-76, or at least that's all I intend to ever do in SR. I'm not really interested in Crucible where Tribute management is a chore (at least to me), nor deep SR where there's nothing much to be gained. This is my first attempt at publishing a build, feel free to give comments & opinions on where the build is lacking.
Do note that this is a character that I am actually playing, and as such all gears are either farmed or traded (as with all my other characters).

Shoutout to [URL="https://www.grimdawn.com/forums/member.php?u=40592"]Rhylthar[/URL] for the suggestion on Bat devotion.

[SIZE="5"][COLOR="Orange"]Video[/COLOR][/SIZE]
4x SR75-76 runs (long vid, check description for relevant timestamps):
[url]https://youtu.be/trNAtUgArWQ[/url]

[SIZE="5"][COLOR="Orange"]The Build[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/HPNgWDR.jpg[/img]
Obligatory main stat page with full buffs

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[SIZE="2"][COLOR="SandyBrown"]Main stats[/COLOR][/SIZE]
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~2900 OA & 3200 DA (2800/3100 while kiting)
[*]36-39% Physiscal Resistance (~28% while kiting)
[*]110% Bleed RR (enough to deal with most bosses)
[*]17% Damage absorption
[*]~2500% bleed damage with 200% increased duration (uptime 100%)
[*]Riftstalker/Displacement, Blade Barrier and Ghoul for survivability
[*]Half kiting / half facetanking gameplay
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[COLOR="SandyBrown"][SIZE="2"]Weakness[/SIZE][/COLOR]
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Having to chug energy pot once in a while (or on cd when you're spamming skills hard, which you usually don't need to)
[*]Low stun resistance without MI
[*]Low overcapped resistance
[*]Takes a bit longer to kill undead, as usual
[*]Low freeze resistance, but that's fixable with hoarfrost
[*]Low armor, but it is not as big of a problem with kiting
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[COLOR="SandyBrown"][SIZE="2"]Gameplay[/SIZE][/COLOR]
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Keep permanent buffs & Pneumatic Burst up
[*]Spam Devouring Swarm for white trash
[*]Use RoS on bigger targets (usually just 1 is enough) and move on
[*]Abuse PB & its piercing properties for big group of mobs
[*]RoS, followed by PB for anything that lives longer than 1 RoS
[*]Facetank whatever you can, and kite when necessary (the build does have some sustaining capability while facetanking, but it's not the best)
[*]Apply Savagery for the buff if you have trouble with OA or you need to survive in melee range to apply all your bleed. Otherwise constant kiting will suffice
[*]Use riftstalker/displacement extensively for dodging & kiting, especially in limited playfield
[*]Use Blade Barrier liberally esp. in boss room (which was the whole point of investing 7-8 skill points into that skill)
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[COLOR="SandyBrown"][SIZE="2"]Possible improvements[/SIZE][/COLOR]
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Better affixes for boots/pants in general. Or better MI.
[*]Maybe some MI ring with good affixes that will round out the resistance/improve OA DA. I just don't have any good MI rings in my stash yet.
[*]Crafting items for stun/slow resist could be a good answer to the low secondary resist issue.
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Generally more stats/resistance/OA/DA on MI will leave space for the new bleed augment, armor absorption components or just DA augment in general


[COLOR="Orange"][SIZE="5"]Crucible[/SIZE][/COLOR]
As mentioned in the overview, I am not keen on spending an hour to bring this character to 150, and whatever amount of time needed to farm Tribute. Despite that, given that this build can farm SR75 somewhat comfortably, it can probably also farm Crucible 150-170 too, especially with Crucible buffs. Speed could be an issue since the build relies on skills with cooldown and perhaps requires precision with skill usage, although we could go for more offense options in devotion spec.

I am however open to anyone that want to take this character for a spin in Gladiator Crucible 150-170, so feel free to update me with the result if you do so.

[COLOR="Orange"][SIZE="5"]Leveling[/SIZE][/COLOR]
While it is entirely possible to go for the better leveling options from Nightblade (Cold ABB Lethal Strike with SS for single target), or Shaman (Primal Strike spam), I decided to go with this exact bleed spec for new experience, and it is definitely viable if not decently fast.
This is however not a beginner's guide, and I shall be upfront that I took 2 purple bleeding weapons from my stash at level 50. Other than that, the character use entirely self found gear + Lokarr set all the way from 1 to 94.

[COLOR="SandyBrown"][SIZE="2"]Skills priority[/SIZE][/COLOR]
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16/16 Devouring Swarm (slowly scale up as needed, or just use Ectoplasm for energy problem)
[*]1/12 Ring of Steel/Circle of Slaughter
[*]16/16 Blade Spirit
[*]16/12/1 PB
[*]1/1/1 Pneumatic Burst while working up NB mastery
[*]1/1/1 Mogdrogen's Pact while working up Shaman mastery
[*]12/12 Primal Bond
[*]Work on the rest in whatever order you feel that fit your current gear (usually you can start invest into defense here)
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I opted for dual wielding during leveling for more offense, so I also take a point in Pneumatic Burst transmuter & Dual Blades for more survivability & healing options. Note that I rarely hit stuffs with whatever I'm wielding, so Savagery is not a necessity.

[COLOR="SandyBrown"][SIZE="2"]Devotion priority[/SIZE][/COLOR]
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Eldritch Crossroad, Bat
[*]Ascendant Crossroad, Falcon
[*]Chaos Crossroad, Ghoul
[*]Huntress
[*]Fox, Owl, Empty Throne (spec into this for resist while leveling)
[*]Mogdrogen the Wolf
[*]Primordial Crossroad, Sailor's Guide, Eel, respec out of Primordial Crossroad, Solemn Watcher

Whenever you're comfortable (usually at 94 when you put on your gears):

[*]Respec out of Solemn Watcher and all possible points from crossroad,
[*]Swap to your desired Ascendant devo (pick 2 out of Owl/Empty Throne/Wolverine)
[*]Put back points into Solemn Watcher, and then Kraken
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I opted for 2 points Kraken for the movement speed it grants and additional 5% damage from all the total damage %, as I feel movement speed is important for kiting playstyle. Especially in SR when you're occasionally hit with that -10% movespeed mutator.

[COLOR="Orange"][SIZE="5"]Superbosses[/SIZE][/COLOR]
Maybe when I have time I'll get to this.

[COLOR="Orange"][SIZE="5"]Revision[/SIZE][/COLOR]
22/5/2019: Updated with head component for more armor absorption, less undead racial
21/5/2019: Initial post