[WE] Level 40 Build help!

[OldBlood39]

Hello!
I'm getting back into the game recently after about a year away, and while I'm very aware of the nerfs WE has received, being an ambush role/ganker is what currently is most exciting to me. So even if I face an uphill battle, I'd still like to give this a go! I've put together a class based on some conversations and builds others have talked about, and I'd love some feedback, as well as advice on how I should place my renown points!

Primarily I find myself playing SCs, but knowing that WE isn't apparently very welcomed in organized WBs these days, I find myself running solo and/or roaming on the occasion I hop into RvR.

Aforementioned build: https://builder.returnofreckoning.com/c ... 9,523,9433

Thanks again for taking the time to try an educate a noob!

[bichka]

Nobody want WE in warband even in past times. Her job in WB is M3 and OYK by daggers with snare procs.

Your build is about utility, if you want to do some "damage" - than you are missed one of must have tactic for WE.

Usually builds are focused on 1+3 or 2+3.
It's first time when i see 1+2.

WE's damage is highly depends on crit chance and crit at all. You are missed "Increased Pain" from 3rd branch

You can see there topics with different builds, but most of then are about:
- kinda of warband play. Bad idea imho. OYK oriented with deftard armor set and tactics

- gank build. Tactics focused on spike damage right after invisibility opener. This build is good to see whine posts in general forum from soloers. But in reality it's risky build focused on killing 1 target per minute. So if you staggered/knockbacked - high chance to fail at all

- small scale (6man) build with OYK. Can show good numbers in scenario statistics, but due to lack of incoming healdebuff your party should properly focus targets one by one. Or you can be depend on 2nd dps's debuff

- small scale (6man) build with witchbrew and incoming healdebuff. My favorite and make WE descent even at low lvls. When you can spam both (incoming and outgoing with kiss) healdebufs on healers and make them sad.
But witchbrew have downsides - you should preload it before jump on desired target, but hey! You could hit few times pesky enemy tank or even WL's pet before.

[gersy]

2 of the tactics in your build are borderline useless (shield on taking crit and ap pump) - best to rush 50rr asap and go with a build like this. you can transition to other builds after at 60/70rr but with low RR/low crit you don't have enough mastery points to make too many good builds on WE.

i recommend for you to do some dungeons and get sentinel, vale-walker sets and bloodlord weapon then mix them together. sentinel helm, boots, ring + 5pc valewalker with lotd assassin cloak+ring or beastlord cloak+ring+pocket serves as a strong early-mid game prebis on all melee dps that has 0 RR or crest requirement to equip. otherwise get vanq and mix with sent helm/ring and aforementioned lotd or beastlord offsets.

[Zxul]

Try this one:

https://builder.returnofreckoning.com/c ... 2,9434,521

Your main dmg source in it is 5 points RA with BE, ws buff from PA, and +25% dmg from FM, so you want to get RA off as often as possible (which is why Whirling Blades). And your main filler is Slice (2 first Slices after RA benefit from BE as well).

Crit is less important- you don't have IP anyway. For a full dmg build, concentrate on soft capping str, then go for ws. Back in a day with this build and double heal debuff I was solo killing healers just fine with 0 crit, WEs got quite a few nerfs since then though.