Abyss / Musket PvP Build
Season 8
Trap into Execute is the ultimate troll. This is one weird ass build that I personally love to play. Both weapons synergize really well with the Vampire’s Vestments giving this build a crazy amount of life steal, excellent mobility and surprisingly good damage. Oh, and it uses that new secret healing tech too!
Check out a video guide with gameplay for this build!
Equipment / Attributes
Being an Abyss build we have to go for 350 INT. 100 DEX is a must have so the musket can hit hard too, it also really benefits from the INT jump points to make up for the lower weapon damage vs a DEX focused setup. 50 FOC is perfect since this build has a ton of healing / life steal. You could always go more or less CON depending on your preference.
For the Abyss I really like Mending Execute, especially since this build has so much lifesteal and healing power bonuses. You can however go for Crippling Reap or a perk of your choice here.
The Syncretic Musket is a great option for any musket build, but ideally I would have a 725 version of it!
The armor perks are perfect, and if you wanted to adding Crippling Reap instead of vigor would be great too!
Vampires Vestments are super important since they not only give a big amount of lifesteal, but they also cause your attacks to drain mana. This means Abyss can be used at full power even though we don’t have a magic weapon equipped! Vital Synergy is another new perk that gives a massive 20% additional healing when below 50% stamina, this is a MUST HAVE for a build like this!
The jewelry is perfect, giving a whopping 31% empower in total! Now for that hidden healing tech.. using a survival potion this patch puts all other survival potions on an 80% cooldown, and this cooldown is independent of perks like Refreshing Toast. This also applies to Endless Thirst’s special perk, meaning that as long as your cycling between two different potions you will have the crazy strong +33% potion healing with an 80% cooldown and no additional penalty! Check the footage and watch the potion cooldowns to see this in action.
Use the best food you can find, Desert Sunrise, and Honing Stones. The two potions of choice for this build are the Regeneration and Burst Regeneration potions since they give the most healing value. You can use normal healing potions if you want as they can heal up to 10k Health with this setup!
Active Skills
Great Axe Skills
Good ol Execute can deal massive damage when a targets health begins to drop. With the Mending Execute perk it can also heal a stupid amount of health when it hits (even more when the target is trapped!), giving this skill good offensive and defensive utility.
Reap is another skill that has quite a bit of life steal baked into it, but I personally love it for the crazy reach it has. You can also use reap to pull opponents into your traps! Adding Crippling Reap would be amazing since it can help you land those executes!
Charge is a super long distance gap closer that gives you GRIT while your charging. This is perfect for attacking and defending, with the one downside being that you cannot pass through targets with this.
Musket Skills
Power Shot is a fantastic burst skill that can hit huge damage and is great for finishing off targets at a distance too!
Sticky Bomb not only deals big boy damage, but its delayed burst makes it fantastic for stacking big combos! The mix of this and traps gives musket the ability to zone opponents out and punish them hard for stepping into or to close to all your bullshit.
Traps is a huge skill. It rends, immobilizes and causes you to have 100% life steal when hitting a trapped target. Traps are fantastic for setting up an easy to land Execute! Accelerating traps on the musket is huge because it allows this build to easily hit the haste cap!