Immortal Musket/Spear TANK / +Mechanic Version // New World

As always big shoutout to everyone who helped me put this together and endured the pain of fighting against it to let me make those clips. Much love to y'all!
All clips after Sh heals nerf/fixes.
I didn't craft anything on my artifact musket (The Mechanic), but KJ, attu are solid options, even Keenly speed could be good, idk, whatever u find more interesting for u.
More videos (S2) with this build
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Music:
[Electro Swing Remix] I Wanna Be Like You (The Jungle Book) / Dave Wave
[Electro Swing] Peggy Suave - The Greatest Invention / Sim Gretina
GIGA CHAD | Medieval Bardcore Version / Angelo Tardanico ♪
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[@ThaCousin]

***All clips AFTER sh heals nerf*** Timestamp: Part 1 - 00:00 Part 2 - 2:30 Meme - 4:56 Build - 5:00 (Could it be that we reach 1k subs? Off-meta on TOP!!) More videos (S2) with this build kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHbMf6Krjrhqitk kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZ-Qmp-saNWfq5Y I didn't craft anything on my artifact musket (The Mechanic), but KJ, attu are solid options, even Keenly speed could be good, idk, whatever u find more interesting for u. For heavy pieces I crafted Bestial gear (guaranteed 700gs pick, 1 perk) I roll Sh Heals. If u get Ele aversion, Enchanted Ward, Health, Fire/Thrust conditioning, U are Gucci, don't worry for BiS, usually I play with whatever shit I have and wait to buy craft for cheap (as cheap as possible, as I mentioned everything I bought on TP was less than 1k)

[@pavelsrg]

do you prefer mechanic version or sync musket? im assuming build goes for sticky bomb with mechanic?

[@ThaCousin]

@@pavelsrg in a range meta syc version works better. U can jav+powder burn and range can't run away from u. With Mechanic u have some extra speed after throwing traps but isn't that effective as jav+burn. Sticky is fun and healing/dmg from it is good, but good players are going to always dodge the explosive even if u stick the bomb to them. U could use that in ur favor and trap them after they dodge the bomb, but not the easiest thing to pull off consistently. And it can also be clunky to use in 1vX. For pure melee combat, mechanic and kick instead of jav, and u become a monster. Kick refresh ur cyclone for more dmg/leech/slow and perfo to keep up the fortify/rend/weaken. Also u can kick into trap xD

[@pavelsrg]

@@ThaCousin thank you so much! Skill ceiling seems fairly high for this but we’ll see what I can do

[@ThaCousin]

@@pavelsrg yeah I'm not gonna lie, isn't easy to play, but it's extremely rewarding. Land some jav, the 1vX potential is huge, hit traps at long distance (like 15, 20m, it's hard but when u sentence someone to death with that, it's gratifying as hell haha) U need some practice to get used to the playstyle too, is pretty unique so it can feel super weird at first. Think that u are a melee spear guy, that had a musket, isn't a musket build. And just don't start playing it in OPR, like don't do that. The build has already so many mechanics and synergy going on that u need practice before to jump into big fights. Even after many thousands of hours in the game I'm always start playing my new crazy builds in duels, ALWAYS. I'm making a in-depth video and I'll try to upload it today/tomorrow but if u have any question, let me know :)

[@pavelsrg]

@@ThaCousin wonderful thank you!!! I do jump into OPR with a new build and get discouraged. Appreciate the tips, looking forward to the video and trying the build.

[@winzzy2866]

Two things... 1) Your videos are some of the must fun and funniest to watch regarding new world content. perfectly places memes with great music selections all showcase non meta competitive and fun builds... A+++ 2) You killed me with freaking windchill before releasing the video and I was like"WTF was that"?!?!?! lol Good stuff man keep it up!

[@ThaCousin]

Ty so much for ur comment bro, fr❤ And ye, the weird build always plays with that advantage, people don't know what to expect or how the hell fight against u 😂

[@aruaalbuquerque5167]

Agree!!!!

[@JauntsGaming]

Came here for the music.... Stayed for the gameplay 👌

[@caniix]

always coming up with the spicy techs love it mate! 😄

[@ThaCousin]

Thank you bro!

[@cdubyaxvi3614]

your videos are pure fun. thx for that.

[@ThaCousin]

Thank you for your comment brother! it means a lot to me 🙏

[@CRooKeDCoP]

I love that you picked Electro Swing for this !!!

[@ThaCousin]

Thank you! I love electro swing tbh, such a fun and happy music 😁

[@CRooKeDCoP]

@@ThaCousin I am a EDM and Rave music guy. Love most of it. But Electro Swing was one of the best things to come out of marrying different genres of music with EDM. So good !!

[@crowsnestbomber6869]

i just tired this last night - was good fun being a musket bruiser! I dunno why no one else is abusing fort perf on spear but good to see others out there. My armor has hit mid 4k in medium with it. Nice vid!!

[@ThaCousin]

Glad to know u enjoy it! This build is top tier fun and is SO strong vs any kind of builds, vs range vs melee, 1xX, 1v1, it perform so damn well all the time. And agree about the perforate fortify, up to 75% it's nuts, and we can keep spear CD's super low to keep the fortify up every time we need it. btw ty for comment

[@Blandified]

@@ThaCousinlove your vids! Please make more :3 question, I don’t have shirking heals so thinking of running void darkplate instead of tumbler, does the 75% increase to absurd amounts since darkplate increases armor by 20%?

[@ThaCousin]

​​@@Blandifiedyeah with void darkplate it should work perfectly too. And with more ele aversion, enchanted ward, u will feel tanky as heeeell and still have the insane leech to keep u up in long flights 1vX. And with more dmg reduction perks + a healer... Well, there is no god that would have enough power to protect ur enemies haha With the boots we reach 44% empower but without it u could change vicious for KE on spear (whatever u can find for cheap is fine 😋) But, there is a big BUT... As far as I know void darkplate is bug and only increases the chest base armor value, not ur total armor as it should. Still, more armor, but when they fix it u are gonna be even more tanky with that setup. (I want to try it too but i didn't have luck with the drop 😅)

[@YannaTarassi]

ohhh, time to adjust some things. :) Also, nice music selection this vid

[@ThaCousin]

Thank you! I recently started to play this build in heavy, and yeah it's even more stronger in heavy , a liiiittle bit less dmg but more everything.

[@simoserrafi7156]

1/shirking heals even after nerf ? 2/Ur videos are pure fun to watch, like the way u make crazy mix that 1% of players use

[@ThaCousin]

Ye main 2 reasons: - it's what I had from other builds xD - I'm playing solo and 1vX most of the time. I would like to drop at least 1 sh heals more and pick other defensive perk, but I also like to make builds cheap so I'll wait for some lucky drop or and under 5k item on tp haha U could go without any sh heals, pure turtle 🐢 gear, like 3 dmg reduction perks (+cyclone and trap perks) and u will be fine too, we leech an INSANE amount anyway so it will keep u alive in long flights anyway and with more defensive perk u gain more value of that health leeched. And fr, tyty for your comment mate, glad to know u enjoy the video 😁

[@uvoke1089]

you earn 1 sub from me. Im an spear enjoyer, so thank you for making those videos. I hope to see more. GG :D

[@ThaCousin]

Thank you mate! 🥳 And for sure! more videos coming 😎

[@Madulpix]

10000 iq gameplay gg

[@Samuelaraujoc]

What a good video. I have a question friend, does the Ring that gives you 7% of the damage caused reduce this value due to the Ankh?

[@ThaCousin]

Oh ye this was before Ankh nerf, now u want one of the following amulets: - health/divine/protection (i use this) - health/protection/stam recovery And Endless Thirst with Regeneration. If u don't have the artifact earring, i like to use Regeneration/ healthy toast/ healthy rune ( that perk that heals u 10% of max hp when u activate heartrune, stoneform in our case) U need to play a bit different with Endless Thirst but it is really good for this build. I still use mana pots to proc the empower and fortify. U can use it like war cleanse pots, and if it's appropriated, pre-pot a mana potion, just before you start to fight. About gems: Spear: normal Jasper (no runeglass because it's bug) Musket: Split dmg because it's bug too and the elemental part is not affected for the PvP balance/dmg reduction. When they fix it we should use Emerald, in both cases with 8% DoT And I added some lighting resistance to counter boltcaster. U could use some of the new pieces with enchanted ward and ele aversion too, are very solid options. I'll try to make a short video with the update but I hope this helps for now :)

[@kikojffr]

Soo much fun whatching this! What do you think of instead of fort perf on the weapon, we run 4x shirking fort with tumblers and fort perf on the armor? Do you think this would work in a similar way? If you dodge you would have 45 fortify plus the 30 from the spear, and that way you could swap weapons and keep the fortify!

[@ThaCousin]

Yeah that could work too, I'll try to make a non sh heals set, and use more sh fort instead. And u can run like pen backstab or more dmg in spear, or even cyclone leech if u want to go crazy hahaha

[@ThaCousin]

I'll leave this comment here too, maybe could be useful for u too ♥ I tried both options and I prefer perforate on Spear for the next reasons, Perk value difference from armor to weapon: - Perforate 10% to 25% / We can say that on weapon this perks has 250% more value - Cyclone from 35% to 65% / Instead this one "only" 185% But the main reason for me is that the extra armor we get from perforate on spear will prevent more dmg than the dmg we are going to leech with cyclone. Also this build is already very affected for Disease, and use cyclone on Spear will make Disease even more effective. In some situation we already over leech with traps and having extra armor will make all the health we have (and leech) more useful. But u could drop all the sh heals and build into full sh fort, in that case u could apply the same logic but in an opposite way, and use leech cyclone on spear. With cyclone on spear vs light players (after use perforate for rend) + trap, I leech 10k+ vs 1 target, so use that + sh heals is overkill haha

[@kikojffr]

@@ThaCousinI see I would like to try both myself, problem is that gear is expensive and I can’t craft, also I already have perforate on the amor with full shirking fort which is nice since I use sns with fort shield rush as well, so having the fort from perforate transition into sns and stacking with shield rush is nice! I guess I will be using this variant for a bit, also I play scorpion sting so I kinda need to take sweep, so I don’t get the leeching from the cyclone because I dont use it with scorpion, but as you have said, I’ll get a spear with leeching cyclone and try it well since I don’t play shirking heals, the healing should come in handy!

[@lmcgnlztable]

@thacousin yo, have you played this build in war? I am thinking disruptor, wondering how this would perform?

[@ThaCousin]

Only meme wars. Idk if it could be good in a competitive war tbh, maybe the 3 sec root with traps can help to nuke people and u still have spear to annoying people. Maybe change jav for sweep 🤔

[@ThaCousin]

If you have any questions, feel free to ask, I always respond to all the comments :) Thanks in advance for your comments, much appreciated mate!

[@Abcshdjdoejennendz]

can u explain the synergy of the build?

[@ThaCousin]

​@@Abcshdjdoejennendz Hi mate, yeah I already started a video like a "gameplay tutorial" for this build. But I'll try to explain the synergy here in text , but you can also check out this video that quickly shows the basic idea: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHbMf6Krjrhqitk (Maybe it will be a lot of text but here we go) The idea is to use Musket mainly as a support weapon to harass melee players or finish kills, with the spear as the main weapon. Defenses: - Fortify/Armor: Up to 95% fortify in medium load / 20% armor from artifact boots + 25% per perforate hit. 30% weaken, 10% per perforate hit - Leech: Trap provides 100% leech + 35% leech on cyclone (up to 3 targets) + divine + leech on ring + Ankh, so we leech an insane amount. If you hit 3 targets and 1 is affected by traps, you'll be back to full life most of the time. - Stamina: Insane stamina recovery. Spar +20 stamina on crit / +30% stamina regen when we are below 50% stamina / 25 stamina per cyclone hit / 20% less stamina dodging backward after a hit (costs 40 instead of 50)/ musket attacks +5 stamina. (We have a high crit chance, so we recover stamina on crit all the time, 20% dex perks, 15% spear perk vs bleeding targets {K. Jageed on musket + Trap perk on armor so traps apply bleed too} +9% base spear crit chance, for a total of 44%) - Push backs: Cyclone push back and Javelin help us keep the distance if needed, and in particular, cyclone push back helps us create space to drop traps vs melee. - Stuns break with 300 dex perk ---------------------------------- Offensive: - We apply rend cap (50%) / 20% traps + 10% per perforate hit. If the target is below 50% hp, perforate rend is only 5% per hit, but still, we apply a good amount of rend. - It doesn't matter what range we are at; we can always provide good damage. For ranged players, our jav+powder burn combo is a constant threat; they can't shoot freely. For melee, we can abuse our range with musket and our zoning with traps. You can play around your traps, and if they can't destroy them, it's very hard for them to come close to us, so we can control the fight. - Shrinking damage perk uptime. We have such good stamina recovery that we can dodge A LOT, so we proc shrinking dmg perk on the spear all the time + our high crit chance. - Spear slow vs. low hp targets + tracking. The lunge of the spear is forward rather than to the sides, which makes it a very sticky weapon even when playing it in medium. - Musket KJ and traps help keep the bleed up to proc the extra crit chance on the spear, so we can pick other damage perks in our main weapon (spear) - Traps also give us 15% speed on cast + 10% speed after dodging with musket = 25% speed, making us very fast to make distance or engage/chase enemies. If you use the Mechanic version, you have more speed from traps, but we apply fewer slows. - Our main combo is Jav + powder, Jav + traps. If I need to throw a trap to leech and a melee player is attacking me, I usually try to use cyclone to make distance and slow them down, and then throw the trap. - If you know you are going to take a lot of damage, don't swap to musket if you still have fortify from perforate; if you swap, you lose the fortify. - Try to always proc "Aggressive Maneuvers" (hit within 2s of dodging reduces all spear cooldowns by 20%). Doing this, you have pretty much no CD on abilities, so we keep fortify, weaken, rend up + the extra stamina that cyclone provides in each use. I hope it helps a bit 😅😁

[@InconnuGlitterBoy]

@@ThaCousinThanks a lot.

[@GodKingx87]

That was well written and explained 👍

[@ThaCousin]

@@GodKingx87 English is not my main language and with so much text I was a bit worry haha so thx for ur comment, it means a lot for me

[@rstallard89stallard49]

love this, i love my spear so much! going give this a try as i know i allways wanted to play a bruiser with spear - not big fan of musket so might try hatcher or greatsword? will let u know how it goes

[@ThaCousin]

Spear is a fun/powerful weapon, indeed. I play spear/serenity, spear/hatchet and they are solid build. Spear/hatchet medium was my secret weapon to win pretty much every arena (I think even before S1). And actually I made good gold dueling with that build xD

[@rstallard89stallard49]

@thacousin would you go tumbler with spear/hatchet? and what hatchet you think should pair with it? i think i might run hatchet untill i get the gsword artifact then swap to that! also i think i need to play meta heavy gems there so many bow/fire users might go like 25%+ fire 25%+thrust and some slash? instead of it being spread... what you think?

[@ThaCousin]

@@rstallard89stallard49 yeah tumbler too good. They nerfed sh heals to 10 sec but tumbler still have 1sec cd, 20% and 15 empower, so at the end of the day we heal a looot with the boots + the other buffs. And we gain crit chance when we have empower(350dex), more crits = more stam

[@ThaCousin]

@@rstallard89stallard49 About resistances, I'm taking a "new" approach. I'm not going balance anymore, I'm full fire/thrust resist 1 slash gem (5%) to also reduce bleed, and that's all. I'll take ofc more dmg from GA void, or IG, or the split part of bows and musket to random elements but most of the dmg will come from thrust and fire, so at the end of the day I'm reducing the overall dmg I'm taking. (but this may change from server to server, my server is full of FS/bb, like there is no chance to have a fight without a FS involved) And for example, in 1vX if there is 3 FS, 1 sns/hatchet, and 1 bow. I know I need take the slash guy out of the way first of all and avoid his dmg mainly, because I know I can tank shit ton of fire dmg, once that slash dmg guy is death, I'm chilling. If there is like a full squad of slash dmg, well I'll need be careful, don't engage that fight alone or play waaay more defensive.

[@rstallard89stallard49]

@thacousin yeah this is how i use to play on my healer was full thurst in opr's and i use to never die... so yeah my server is full of fire and thurst also so i will change my gems today to that, and maybe could get fire/thurst/slash necklace to swap between fights at start or mid fight when needed 🙏👊

[@InconnuGlitterBoy]

Could spear with Fortifying Perforate and Refreshing Move work? What as the 3rd perk? I rolled Trenchant Strikes.

[@ThaCousin]

Imo the best u could get for dmg is shirking element, we have just too much stam to dodge a lot and proc it frequently. So the question is the 3rd perk. I thought about refreshing moves but we use a lot of abilities already, and I'm not sure about drop vicious for RM, but I'll give it a try. If u find one for cheap feel free to try it, I'll be happy to know ur experience/opinion about it) About treachent perks, not a big fan for this build. About shirking dmg perk, make sure dodge in timing, if u dodge a bit earlier u don't get any shirking buff, and we have several, sh fort, sh heals, sh empower, sh element, u really want to dodge in timing haha

[@InconnuGlitterBoy]

@@ThaCousin Thanks for the great feedback.

[@Kirkland_Drip]

I market you in New World all the time. Its illegal somewhere that you arent the top content creator for NW.

[@ThaCousin]

Hey mate, what a legend! Much appreciated! ❤ Slowly but steadily, the off-meta army is growing stronger. 💪 More people are discovering a build that they enjoy and are actually having fun, not just playing what someone else says they should play, and that's a huge W.

[@oppre55]

try it in opr with vg and mag gloves ;) once someone gets trapped theyre stuck forever

[@ThaCousin]

Nice one! Musket is so fun to do weird combos haha

[@shloms6862]

WOW! finally someone with brain. A question - do u think perforate on weapon is better than leeching cyclone? please explain

[@ThaCousin]

I tried both options and I prefer perforate on Spear for the next reasons, Perk value difference from armor to weapon: - Perforate 10% to 25% / We can say that on weapon this perks has 250% more value - Cyclone from 35% to 65% / Instead this one "only" 185% But the main reason for me is that the extra armor we get from perforate on spear will prevent more dmg than the dmg we are going to leech with cyclone. Also this build is already very affected for Disease, and use cyclone on Spear will make Disease even more effective. In some situation we already over leech with traps and having extra armor will make all the health we have (and leech) more useful. But u could drop all the sh heals and build into full sh fort, in that case u could apply the same logic but in an opposite way, and use leech cyclone on spear. With cyclone on spear vs light players (after use perforate for rend) + trap, I leech 10k+ vs 1 target, so use that + sh heals is overkill haha

[@shloms6862]

@@ThaCousin im gonna try this build with heavy. thanks for info

[@ThaCousin]

@@shloms6862l would like to know how it works for u. i need the gloves and I'm ready to test it on heavy to 🤣 I think it will work fantastic, ultra tanky xD

[@shloms6862]

@@ThaCousin BTW i tested the dodge distance between heavy and medium, and found they are 100% the same. shame on Amazon for nerfing to the 40 stamina cost for medium. to be honest, there is no reason to run medium as the extra 10% damage cannot compete with tons of the defense increase from heavy. IMO there is only light or heavy

[@ThaCousin]

@@shloms6862 yeah there isn't much benefit on medium, as u said. if u can, just go full heavy and it will be probably better. I'm trying to get some heavy gear to try that out too.

[@aaronryan4833]

Hey mate, can you link the build on NWbuddy here pls? Just wanna see the stats on there. I have theorycrafted a relatively similar build, however mine is much more on the fortify side than healing side and a few other differences. TIA!

[@ThaCousin]

Ey mate, here is the nwbuddy link: www.nw-buddy.de/gearsets/share/ipfs/QmYoYRmn76kpurK4NNz6tUdSfMwp6dFgG94dSg1PRTFCPP I was running vicious instead of Keen Speed on spear, but KS is basically 20% permanent speed if u are in combat and that helps a A LOT. But for low scale combat vs FS u could drop it to don't proc Alacritous Punishment. For more melee focus builds is also much better drop Javeling and pick Skewer. I'm also trying it out with bloddinker and instead of shirking heals dmg reduction perks. conditioning or sh fortification the best ones. Actually u can use Flame conditioning + Slash/Thrust conditioning + Health, and that's ultra good. They are planning nerf fortify perforate on weapon, so maybe we would need to run it on armor next month.

[@aaronryan4833]

@@ThaCousin Yeah hope they dont nerf perf fort too much, I dont see why it needs a nerf, you still have to get all 3 hits on someone to get max effect, even with all 3 stacks up, you can still get popped with well co-ordinated attacks if you aren't in a sacred etc etc and most good players can dodge it anyways. Spear medium is like a sitting duck without those perf stacks up, atleast if you are tryna zone on point in OPR or something. Atleast this is the case for me cause I have 0 artifacts, but here is my final build that im looking at once I buy the dlc. I'm all about being on the points and being a nuisance with stacking damage as the fight goes on! 1 x vigor + desert sunrise to basically cut 1/3rd of dot damage for micro (and healers wont always be cleansing), 2x freedom cause I need a little bit of safety, only running 3x refreshing because I can get another 5% from the focus attributes. All malachites cause thats what im running now and it seems very tanky for me vs's all the other combinations ive done so far. Basically with this build I can ramp up to 170% fortify assuming I am in a sacred ground and have mending orb on me. (-70% for reduction cap) I can stack up to 41% empower and then overcap with a kick which is ofcourse situational (sub 50% enemy) Then I just ramp up the heavies. I have a much weaker version of this build atm and it pumps already. Ofcourse its gonna be damn hard to get this combination.... But this to me is ideal for not only being a super tank as medium but also super damage. www.nw-buddy.de/gearsets/share/ipns/k51qzi5uqu5dj47dcwijjqulyf8ie2b8an6wipri5z4big3a0766moerp22bey

[@ThaCousin]

@@aaronryan4833 ​ @aaronryan4833 I made another link based on what u told me, ur playstyle etc. www.nw-buddy.de/gearsets/share/ipfs/QmSASmwjxsNoP5HHDURWEtxao5YxCEbetuNEhkpUufwDvC It's a lot of text but maybe it could help you to continue developing ur optimal build for your playstyle :D First of all, I want to mention some important things. - Check that the meal u selected on Nwbuddy is giving u 30 instead of 48 attributes. - About attributes 100str 300dex 200 con is the best u can get. 300 dex gives u a free jail card, u swap weapons a u are free of stun, roots like scream, etc + Relentless freedom and freedom on gear, u are unstoppable (and it could save ur life countless times, just remember use it xD) - 25 focus isn't really worth it, u have to give up or 300dex perk, one of the most powerful attributes perks in the game. 100str that's a lot of dmg, or 200 con, a must to have for this build. - Fortify cap is 200% - Perforate perk, on weapon u lose the buff when u swap to GS. On armor, u do NOT lose the buff on swap. - Coup de Grace (upgrade of sweep) counts as heavy attack, basically Venom is ALL designed around Sweep. Also sweep is knock down, the strongest CC in the game and it's in AoE, so it's fucking awesome and way way better than kick. - Phoenix, u could try it but u can NOT craft shirking empower on it (it share same category as shirking energy) That said, Phoenix is more for range/assassins builds that pump dmg like crazy, or can kill at distance or with ton of mobility so u could rush to get a kill quickly. If u are fighting in a clump and it proc, u don't have much to do than pray someone is dying next to u xD - If u want to survive a lot, u could try blooddrinker, with that rink your leaching is insane, it also buff leech cyclone and ur GS heavy attacks are gonna heal crazy amount. - Vigor is pretty much useless because it reduces base duration. So it do not affect for example extension for ring perk, 250 int 150 dex (both increase duration of DoT's), weapons passives etc, so the reduction is so so insignificant that isn't not worth it at all. - Refreshing is fine, it's usually cheap because it roll a lot, but isn't the best option either. 1 GS heavy attack is more than 2 refreshing and spear already has insane CDR (cooldown reduction), you just need dodge before to use an ability, dodge again, use other ability and boom 40% CDR. And in the next patch when they nerf stam on crit (Invigorated Crits) u can swap it for Refreshing Reach (15% CDR on heavy attack) for an ez 35% CDR → when u dodge + sweep + coup de grace, u get 20% CDR when sweep hits (thanks to Aggressive Maneuvers) and another 15% when Coup de Grace hits (thanks to Refreshing Reach) - Conditioning perks are extremely good. War builds for clumps for example use 5 conditioning perks. - Instead of Steadfast refresh I would consider one kinda op blocking perk, Faultless Defender. U take minimum dmg if u block actively (doesn't work if u just hold block) - Aggressive Shift to keep Onslaught up instead of Crush the Weaker because GS crit dmg is low anyway. - Fortifying Toast toast on amulet + reneerating for medium/heavy builds, BiS. I like Healing Heart but anything for 3rd perk it's fine. - Relentless freedom on weapons is a waste so u want it always on armor. A decent perk that u could use instead of leeching is SteadFast perk, on weapon that perk remove ALL DEBUFFS (including DoT's) so basically it cleans completely your bar status, and if u are weaken, rended, etc, making you instantly more tanky if u had too much rend on you, or remove all the burns and shit etc, it's imo a very underrated perk. I show how it works in at the start of this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/moC5m2uOn91lobssi=JuwxK2qU2KAC5dci

[@aaronryan4833]

@@ThaCousin Thanks for all the added info, I'll keep all that in mind!

[@F3L0]

Any Hammer build cooking ?

[@ThaCousin]

I want to play Inferno/hammer and inferno/flail but I didn't have luck with the drop 😅 Anyways for S4 and the new gems conversion i have more plans to use hammer with magic weapons hehe

[@lmcgnlztable]

yooo do you have more video of this build? I am struggling for skill improvement. Have almost exact same build, the most struggling part is I couldn't land musket shot in close range in critical moment, also the spear jav. Tried skewer/grenade etc different abilities without changing the main ones, but yikes... so hard to win consistenly in fights

[@lmcgnlztable]

@thecousin if you can help write down few points around different combos, things to keep mind etc (e.g, trap all the time once off CD?) that would help a ton!

[@ThaCousin]

Hi mate, I have 2 old videos but the playstyle is the same, just some changes on gear basically. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHbMf6Krjrhqitksi=mBoA35IHATOgljQa In this one jump to 0:42 (first part is old gear) kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZ-Qmp-saNWfq5Ysi=99PsG7NoEaf7d9R5 And now I'm with the phone, but later, from my laptop, I'll write a more in depth and detailed list of tips that could be helpful. I know it is strong AF, but also a very challenging build :) Also, if u want to add me on discord, u can send me ur own clips and I can give u direct feedback of ur gameplay 😁

[@lmcgnlztable]

Thanks m8. Did check all vids. Based on my 2 day arena practice, here is a couple things I picked up: 1. Jav into powder is reliable. Same with trap into powder. But once target is burned or trapped, focus spear perf since they are slowed or rooted. 2. To minimize musket time and maximize spear time, rarely use musket dodge for reload. Trap or burn then immediately focus spear rotations 3. Once trap is thrown, go ham with spear rotations for max leeching 4. Don’t fear for close or mid range musket shots, this build still relatively tanky even on musket bar 5. Grenade is good but makes the rotation a bit clunky, so power shot is good cuz it’s instance and focus on aim instead. Use power shot as finisher 6. Trap throw actually needs aim as well. High up in the air sometimes for ranged target Some thoughts on gear: 1. Thinking perf+shirking nature + jagged spear (for max dmg + dot pressure for ultimate charge, since mostly on spear bar) 2. Thinking powder burn + attun + enchanted musket for max burst 3. Jewel really not decided. Hearty leeching thrust must 4. Cham amulet (shirk empower) one is nice. But Ankh still useful at all after nerf? I mean the armor is shirk heals so. What else can you think? Eager to learn and master this build (I main light melee mainly in OPR, but this build keeps me wanting to play lol cuz it’s unique)😂

[@ThaCousin]

@@lmcgnlztable brooo sorry for the delay, I'm gonna be honest, yesterday I forgot to answer, I was aaaall day editing the last video and pretty much nothing more than that (just eat a bit lol) but I promise that I'll give u a full answer to ur questions first thing when I wake up (9am here I didn't sleep yet ☠️☠️☠️, but the video is ready, im free again and I can think in other things 😂)

[@lmcgnlztable]

@@ThaCousin awesome, can't wait! This is my go to build with my buddy healer in arena now lmao

[@omgwtfrofltomato]

Im assuming you tested this in heavy as well?

[@ThaCousin]

Hi mate, not really. I thing it could work but I'm playing this build since Season 1 and always in medium. With the last changes to heavy I want to try it out with the freedom pants (but RNG isn't helping me after hundreds of pvp tracks) or full heavy but using the light artifact boots anyway. I'll try to test it in heavy during this week and see how it feels. But I think it would be good tbh.

[@zourizouri1915]

how come u dont use the mechanic, also awsome video brother keep up the good work

[@ThaCousin]

Thank you! 😁 And there are some clips mixed in the video where I'm running The Mechanics, but I prefer the Sync version tbh. Short answer: sync Musket version is a better "all around" and versatile build, in particular for solo players and vs range. And in general, sticky bombs sucks if ur main weapon isn't musket. Detailed/long very long answers 😂: Without powder burn on Musket, it's really hard to keep the pressure on range players. Like bow/rapier, fs/bb, fs/ga or in general range players that only run and shoot u at 15/20m or more xD And another big reason, stick bomb sucks; 1) the animation is way too long and slow u down completely. So no chance to use it in hard 1vX. 2) now the range is limited. Before, with some skills u could hit people far away with it, but not anymore. And at close/medium range, cast it could kill u. 3) is super predictable and the explosion proc any shirking, including shirkins heals, so skilled players will actually get healing instead of taking dmg (or they will proc shirk energy/fortification or sh element on weapons/sh empower from dex perk, etc) 4) and with all the previous negative points let's say that we managed to hit the sticky and make some dmg with it, it will not hit hard because The Mechanic has 0 dmg perk, we can craft 1, and that's all. So the benefits of using sticky don't justify the risk of using it. I like to run sticky but in my Musket/rapier build where my sticky hit 6/7k, but in those kinds of builds u want sync bow to rather than The Mechanics. I really tried to use The Mechanics but the throwing animation of traps and sticky crippling yourself too much to want to spam it.

[@darvader00]

I've gotten Unyielding and Nimble coat and I've yet to see Anhk.

[@ThaCousin]

Yeah I'm having problems to get the damn freedom pants after hundreds of pvp lvl, nothing yet. But u can use the other one with thrust protect, or a Health/Divine/Stam recover (I'll swap to this second option in S4 and use the new earring artifact)

[@ThaCousin]

@@dream-bits U could go full heavy with Freedom pants, pretty much the same build, but with insane freedom and heavy load. U are going to lose some fortify/empower and sh heals from the boots but stuns and slows are gonna be a joke (and it feels REALLY good) I still need test it myself in heavy but I think I would drop SH heals and just go for Ele averions, enchanted ward, health and Sh fort on armor (any combination with those perks), Like full dmg reduction perks and just leech. Disease and Plague perks are very common nowadays so isn't the best idea build all around leech AND sh heals. And we want the crit chance from 350% dex to crit more with spear, So maybe u could also swap vicious for Keenly empower on spear 🤔

[@ThaCousin]

@@dream-bits Yeah I think ok to try out the build. If u like it and want to invest more, later u could drop refreshing and pick health, fire/thrust conditioning, or sh fort. But the main thing is the leech cyclone perk on gear, perforate on spear, u have the freedom legs so gucci 😎 If u can put Trap perk somewhere is actually really good too. But not a must to make it work, I played without trap perk until I get that cheap helmet on TP. Woodgrain is a heavy set with Ele aversion + Health, and u can craft anything u want there, a cheap way to get BiS heavy gear :D

[@ThaCousin]

​@@dream-bits every hit of perforate give u an extra 25%, up to 75% (with perk on spear), it's pretty insane haha And with light boots artifact I gain another 20% but in ur case with freedom pants u don't need more freedom on gear, so u can run a few shirking fort for extra armor. I want to get Freedom pants so badly, fucking RNG haha

[@ThaCousin]

​@@dream-bits The medium setup I'm running with the light boots has a perfect balance and synergy. I'm trying to get some gear (i need 1 Seal more) and I'll try the heavy version, Since S1 I'm playing it in medium so I need actually play it in heavy to be 100% sure if it's the best idea or not. In paper the heavy version should work perfectly fine, but I need try it in combat. I'll update it soon with my experience of the build in heavy :D

[@daemonkisure2952]

When hatchet vg? OuO

[@ThaCousin]

I'm making the video of Throw hatchet/ Pestilence :V more effective than anyone will expect haha maybe I'll do with VG after the infected one.

[@omgwtfrofltomato]

also, why no scorpion

[@ThaCousin]

Scorpion as a main weapon isn't that good, in general is used as a secondary and in this build Spear is main weapon, musket it's just the support weapon here. Also perforate perk on spear is strong af, 75% fortify is a shit ton of extra armor.

[@ThaCousin]

In the last 3 secs of the Windchill video I showed a short clip with Scoripon/Musket, but the concept of the build is completely different. In that build musket is main weapon. But yeah that works too, pretty funny haha

[@democnesdemocna1344]

i cant damage like you why ?

[@ThaCousin]

Hi mate, sorry for the late reply. What perks are u running in ur Spear? I'm running Shrink nature (but any elements is fine, doesn't matter) and that's a lot of extra dmg, in some fights I proc it like 4 times in 10 sec, that's x2 the dmg of attunement (in that frame of time) Also dodge in timing to proc shirking empower from boots it's important, we gain 15% empower but that empower also give us 15% crit chance (350dex perk). More crits = more dmg, more stamina recovery. And more stamina allow us to dodge more frequently, so we proc shrinking perk on spear more times that give us a lot of extra dmg. If u want add me in Discord, u can send me there more details of your gear and we can check it to see in depth what's going on, why ur dmg is low, etc :)

[@heartless_gamer]

Have hands but not able to replicate 90% of your videos/builds :P

[@ThaCousin]

xD This particular build takes some time to unleash its power, and to be fair I have been playing it for about 7 months 🤓 Currently, it's affected by several musket bugs. The new issues include the Trap bleed perk not working at all, and, as far as I know, the Sticky bomb is not leeching with the mending perk. Additionally, there's the old and classic problem of being stuck in a walking/slow animation after throwing traps, shooting, etc. Just classic AGS :/ But if u have any question or do u need some help with the builds, don't hesitate to write me on discord 😁 EDIT: oh and also there is another important thing, that depends your server every builds could need some adjustments, mainly on gem and resistances configuration, but sometimes some slightly tree/perks modifications to adapt it to your server meta.

[@heartless_gamer]

@@ThaCousin Just surfing for a new build to try; have thousands of hours on heavy SnS/FS (played it way before it was cool to do so). Always like to look at survivable and unique; makes for better tears when you win.

[@ebon227]

what perk for the mechanic?

[@ThaCousin]

Hmmm for dmg attunement is the best option, for more utility u could use plague crits. Note: Sticky bomb perk is bug at the moment so u don't get the hp back.