Finisher / Musket PvP Build
Season 10
This is the hardest hitting build I have ever played. Musket is doing insane things this patch and the build crafting behind it is getting wild. If you like crazy burst damage then this is the build for you!
Check out a video guide with gameplay for this build!
Equipment / Attributes
Since the 100 and 150 INT jump points get nerfed I have gone for a full thrust damage spec this patch. You can always run more or less con depending on your preference!
For my finisher I slotted both Omni-directional Evade and a Thrust Harnessing charm. The goal of this build is to get as many Thrust Harnessing as I can!
The triple attunement musket is so dam strong. Every shot this thing lands hits like a truck, ideally I would have accelerating traps instead of a defensive charm slot on this guy! You can farm this weapon from doing elite chest runs (yay fun…).
The goal with my gear was to focus on 3 main perks: Shirking Heals, Thrust Harnessing and Sacrificial Empowerment. These are the most important perks for this builds damage and defense!
Shirking energy, vital synergy and life stealer’s draught are all infix perks that are super great and I highly recommend you try to get!
Keenly Empowered and Keenly Jagged charms now affect both weapons and can be slotted on your armor / jewelry as well. Both of these charms are a MUST HAVE and should be prioritized over Thrust Harnessing. The only defensive charm you should prioritize over Shirking Heals is one slot of Hasted Vigor.
I have the old Leaching flurry perk as well as the new leaching flurry 2 on this build. These perks STACK right now so it’s best to run both! If your only going to use one the old leaching flurry is better because it gives you invulnerability.
Your armor artifact is up to you, I went with the winged shies for more damage! Endless Thirst is still the BIS healing earing this patch too.
The Runeglass on your armor should all be sighted for more ranged damage.
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.
Active Skills
Rapier Skills
Thanks to leaching flurry, this skill gives us a moment of invulnerability and heals! This makes flurry the perfect skill for trading with anything in melee range and coming out on top.
Evade is the bread and butter of rapier, you can use it for attacking, defending, and so much more! Evade will cancel any other animation so it has a very high skill cap!
Fleche is the gap closer, for attacking or escaping. This skill can do quite a lot of damage if you manage to time the backstab!
Fire Staff Skills
Power Shot is simply a hard hitting shot, and it hits stupidly hard on this build. I’m talking like 10k + damage with the attunement procs.
Powder Burn is a fantastic opening shot since it DOTs up your target giving you all your damage boosts for the next shot. With Crippling Powder Burn the cripple is nice too!
Traps is nasty, and this build takes full advantage of them. Accelerating traps make this skill great for retreating too! If anyone steps in the trap you can **** them up so fast.