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Ydwin, Vampire Queen (Striker/Support) - POTD Build Guide

By Lost Sinner

★ Rogue / Cipher (Mindstalker) - Build Guide for Ydwin

★ Main role: Striker, Support

✎ Team comp: recommended to have a Chanter to paralyze enemies for more crits & boost her attacks with Aefyllath.

✎ Powerspike: build powerplay once Ydwin is geared up.

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✖ Artwork by: Penett Penett

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Category: Characters, Classes, Game Modes, Gameplay Basics, Weapons

Languages: English

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14 Jun, 2018 @ 5:41am

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Guide Index

Overview

★ Showcase Video

✎ Leveling Progression

✎ Equipment / Gear

✎ Abilities Preview

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★ Showcase Video

✎ Leveling Progression

♦ Leveling:

Level 2: Valorous Echoes
Level 3: Lingering Echoes
Level 4: Blinding Strike & Biting Whip
Level 5: Recall Agony
Level 6: Two-Handed Style
Level 7: Confounding Blind & Secret Horrors
Level 8: Dirty Fighting
Level 9: Hammering Thoughts
Level 10: Deep Pockets & Pain Block
Level 11: Body Attunement
Level 12: Psychic Backlash
Level 13: Deep Wounds & Borrowed Instict
Level 14: Ringleader
Level 15: Rapid Casting
Level 16: Ucanny Luck & The Empty Soul
Level 17: Improved Critical
Level 18: Greater Focus
Level 19: Deathblows & The Complete Self
Level 20: Echoing Horror

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♦ Civil skills:

Active: Alchemy
Passive: Metaphysics

♦ Weapon Proficiency:

Warbow - Blunderbuss

✎ Equipment / Gear

✦ Gear:

Heaven's Cacophony (Head): +2 Intellect, Grants Avenging Storm
Strand of Favor (Neck): +1 Intellect, +10% Beneficial effect duration, -10% Hostile effect duration.
Spider Silk Robe: +3 Slash Armor Rating, Immunity to Dexterity Afflictions.
Chameleon's Touch (Ring): +1 Perception (Cipher), +1 Dexterity (Rogue)
Ring of the Marksman: +4 Ranged Accuracy, +1 Ranged Penetration
Boosts of Stone: +1 Dexterity, +1 Resolve, Resistance to Might afflictions.
Instant Potion Belt: +2 Alchemy
Apothecary Gloves: +1 Dexterity, +2 Alchemy
Ajamuut's Stalking Cloak: +1 Perception, ....

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✦ Weapon:

Frostseeker (War Bow): +10% Damage as Freeze, Shoot mutiple projectiles, each crit proc a Freezing/Slash AoE damage at target location, Grants Garland's Breath.

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✦ Alchemy:

Taru Turu Chew: +X Might, +X Dexterity, +X Constitution
Potion of Ascension: +X All Power Levels
Potion of Perfect Aim: % Missses to Grazes / Grazes to Hits / Hits to Crits conversion
Razorgrill Dust: +X Raw Damage per 3s, +5% Damage taken
Obsidian Lamp (Figurine): Summon 3 Shades
Effigy Doll (Figurine): Summon Effigy of Skaen
Figurines are not core items, anything else would do.

✎ Abilities Preview

♦ As a Rogue/Cipher:

Ydwin has really good damage despite having low Might, when properly built with the right gear and abilities, she can still dish out serious damage with her attacks thanks to the nature of Rogue spike damage and Cipher utilities.
Powerful buffs & long lasting debuffs: with good base INT/PER, she can inspire her allies to improve their striking power and defense while giving enemies endless nightmare of debuffs or even charm enemies into one of her minions, turning them against their friends.

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✦ Active Abilities:

Biting Whip: +30% Damage with weapons.
Sneak Attack & Deathblows: +% scaling damage with power levels for weapons against enemy with atleast 1 affliction (30% Base). Ydwin can reach to +85% Damage at end game with consumables for this build.
Deep Wounds: +20% Slash/Pierce/Crush as Raw Damage, overtime.
Deathblows: +50% Damage with weapons when target is affected with atleast 2 afflictions. With these passives, allow Ydwin to have high spike damage attack even with low Might, and as Rogue/Cipher you would be swimming in enough afflictions to proc these conditions by default.
Confounding Blind: Full Attack with +10 bonus accuracy and +25% bonus damage with Blinded affliction along with a stacking penalty debuff on target when upgraded.
Frostseeker Warbow: Shoot multiple projectiles, each crit proc an AoE dealing Freeze/Slash damage on target location. With multiple projectiles shot guarantee Blinded status on target, while lowering their Deflection further with each hits they take. And as they take more hits, the more vulnerable they are to critical strikes, allow you to proc the special effect on the bow itself, adding up even more damage.
Avenging Storm: granted by Heaven's Cacophony head, a per rest buff that gives Ydwin an addtional Shock damage attack each hits made with weapon attacks, adding up more damage, more attacks, synergizes well with what is already on the table (Frostseeker, Confouding Blind).
Garland's Breath: granted by Frooseeker, a powerful per rest AoE dealing Freeze damage and can Paralyze enemies.
Borrowed Instict: target an enemy, applying a penalty of -8 Intellect, -8 Perception on his enemy and give herself a boost of +20 Accuracy, +20 All Defenses buff. Keep this up at all times.
Secret Horrors: reducing enemies defenses, rendering them useless by disabling their offensive attacks on you (Frightened). While also Sicken them, lowering -5 Constitution and -25% healings, allow you to quickly maul them to death.
Recall Agony: a Mark ability for Cipher, target marked will have each incoming attacks reapplied 30% part of their intial damage as Raw damage. A powerful skill to put on someone you really wanted dead quickly.
Body Attunement: +2 armor rating to self and -2 armor rating to target, mainly used to reduce enemy armor rating further on tanky target so allies attack can sink in their flesh.
Valorous Echoes: a cheap cost available early on to provide an ally two offense inspirations: Strong and Insightful which +5 Might and +5 Perception.
Pain Block: provide an ally a powerful defensive buff that grants +5 Constitution, +2 Armor Rating and +10 HP (scaling) per 3s.
Ringleader: a powerful charming ability that Dominated the target and Charm foe AoE nearby, turning enemies against their friends for a time.
Deep Pockets: give Ydwin 2 more quickslots to put in any figurines you like, giving her even more minions, fitting for a Fampyr queen.