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Are you using it with Mayhem?

I’d actually tried playing BT before on the ignite server, with recorded footage and all. Unfortunately it was using a spec/crit build instead of this spec/swift and the reason I scrapped it was because it felt soo slow and painful to use. Switching to have a bit more swift made a huge difference in how the class feels, I’m not too bothered about damage ceilings if the character feels awful to play. That being said, a little attack speed buff would be a nice qol change for this engraving or just the character in general.

Much cleaner run than kayangel I’d say. The damage just kept coming because the boss barely moves, also timing of BT’s long burst state lines up pretty well with the timing of the boss mechs.

Similar skills to mayhem, but a very different playstyle. I might’ve messed up here and there because I wasn’t quite used to learning two different rotations for being in or out of burst mode. Some attacks are so slow as well that hitting the boss was a bit of an issue.

I forgot how popular zerk actually was, mayhem zerk was especially dominant in the early days (although a lot were bots I think). After playing with him a while, I kinda see the appeal with the way that the character is designed and the sound effects of skills.

Looking at this again, this character actually has some hefty long cooldowns. If it was going to be like this, it would be nice if the red dust buff duration was extended so that it’s would be safer to fit in all of the main skills without interruptions, giving a bit of time to reposition if necessary.

I’m so upset that the buff to berserker didn’t come sooner while I was playing this guy on ignite servers. That buff would’ve made this fight so much less stressful than it needed to be, but alas, here is the old version of berserker that does zdps if he misses red dust.

Some self-reflection: surge is awful at the dragon fight and it may be worth it to just not even take the buff since it matters little for the dps. The other fights are pretty standard though, just build stacks and then wait for a decent chance to land surge from behind.

This one’s a good place to practice the surge playstyle in my opinion as there’re a lot of decent windows to follow clean rotations that end with a back attack surge. Also remember that if it doesn’t crit, then you didn’t try hard enough.

Here it is, I’ve known this class since its glory days when it reigned supreme as a dps until it was nerfed, reworked, changed and nerfed again. I know this one like the back of my hand, so anytime I miss surge is just an embarrassment.

Looking back, I’m seeing the potential of why this class was able to reach top tier damage, the rotations are so fluid and can become even more so without better gear and stats. Managing consistent back attack uptime on solo raids is still beyond me though.

Properly using spincutter to reposition behind the boss is something I still need to work on, there’s just so much area to cover. I also put too much value in the surge skill because I’m so used to playing the Surge engraving.

This one takes me back. I played RE back in T1 and T2, it’s so different now. Back attacking is still a pain though.

Dragon fight was absolutely draining, the skill cooldowns were already so low that the buff did not help much at all. The other fights were relatively fine though.

I see now where the skill ceiling for this class comes from. The cooldowns are so low and the positioning for back attacks is so important due to having low natural crit rate, even more so at higher stats and cd gems. Unfortunately my build was running on the bare minimum, but even still I feel like it would take way more than a few hours to get a proper feel of the class.

Reviewing this gameplay, my rotations for the class were definitely not the best, all I was really confident on was my timing for using hype 3 before mechs because I had played these raids so much already.

Watching this again, I realise how much I screwed myself by only sticking to the bare minimum event gear that was provided. This engraving still kind of shoots itself in the foot for solo raids though, some mechs are just impossible if I timed my hype mode badly enough.

So many mechs, so annoying to have to wait for hype to recharge just to start a small burst and then mech happens. Some people like the downtime, but I absolutely dislike it, it feels like such a buzzkill and like I’m just useless for a long period.

I had a tough time here, and I feel like it was amplified for these mobile bosses. It’s so frustrating when you start the burst rotation and after only a few skills they disappear and start the next mech. If they didn’t add the option to manually cancel hype mode, I would not be sane.

Looking back, I really struggled having enough meter for consistent back to back rotations. I’m not sure if this is something due to lower stats or skill points maybe, it seems that other PS players don’t have this issue so something is definitely off with my version of the build.

Akkan for this class was not bad actually, I was expecting to have a much rougher time due to being animation locked constantly while doing rotations. Opting for the non-positional version of the build was definitely the right move I think since the cooldowns are so short that I would be wasting them while trying to chase back attacks.

I originally tried a more common build that uses crit/swift. It was horrendous and I decided to scrap the footage entirely because it didn’t look fun at all and didn’t do that well. This swift/crit build is a bit more enjoyable for me but still does too little damage.

After watching the gameplay again, I notice how greedy I’m playing when trying to get good uptime and instead getting knocked and interrupted. I suppose good uptime is what this class is supposed to excel at but there’s no excuse for sloppiness.

DI Shadowhunter runs into a bit of a mid damage ceiling and it shows on this raid since the uptime is pretty much perfect, yet my overall time per gate is still pretty long.

One of my most played classes back when the game was still new, such a simple playstyle with very satisfying effects.

Pretty simple fight, I did make a few mistakes by not being patient enough with my big hitter skills. Honestly the worst part about the class is that feeling of missing a skill like spinning sword and having to wait for it to come back to build meter again.

Looking back, I could’ve played a bit slower to guarantee my back attacks on skills since the burst meter is a bit longer than I anticipated, unlike igniter sorc. Also unlike igniter sorc, I can’t manually cancel the remaining duration of the burst which kinda sucks.

Little review to myself: running this class was so tough because of how much the bosses move, it was pretty much down to luck if I could hit the full attack of bloodlust from behind.

Having a reliable counter would be nice since it’s so valuable in solo raid, I suppose I could just not use it but then I would miss out on my synergy buff.

One of my main issues with back attackers in solo mode is the constant chasing, especially on big bosses. I wonder if a non-entropy build could be viable for this class just to make things easier for myself.

I’m a bit more familiar with this class, so these raids were pretty easy. I must say, she feels a bit clunkier that I’m used to, I don’t know if it was the difference in swiftness or something.

There are so many situations where I miss a meter gen skill and have to wait for cooldowns to transform again. I think it’s a bit more forgiving with higher spec or tripods but it still winds me up with how the drone aims from a different direction to my character.

The shield is a big help for this raid since there’s a lot of places to take damage like the acid pools. Also it’s easy to forget that iron man mode doesn’t make me cc immune which is annoying.

Rotation was a bit tight, but I like the effects. The damage feels a bit low though compared to something like DI Shadowhunter.

Looking back at the gameplay, I really wish they added the option to clump all of the small numbers together, it’s so hard to actually see how much I’m doing to the boss.

Performed a bit better here compared to Kaya. I think the lack of skill points really shows here because the damage should be a bit higher but I had to sacrifice one of my dps skills for a smoother rotation.

Soo many buttons to press, soo many skills missed lol. Definitely could’ve done better but I was too focused looking at my skillbar and following the rotation.

Dragon fight took a while since the buff doesn’t really help much with bonk mode or the meter building, but the fight itself was chill. Also I’m pretty sure destroyer has the potential to clear the 3rd stagger when the dragon is chained down.

Super easy, plenty of chances to hit the full duration of bonk mode. The only worry I have for this character is getting animation locked because the boss has a grab or some form of cc that isn’t negated by endure pain.

Bonky boi here did so much damage that the boss would often phase to the next mech mid-bonk mode. Other than being a bit slow, there’s really not much to criticise of this character, especially on Kayangel which is tough for slower characters.

Lets go ive been waiting for this, ur the only one who consistently posts solo raid content with many classes

love your videos but i had to comment on this one u are using the old build with 1 charing skill also using super charge which is a waste also the new build is way better u need to try it

I couldn't understand how should I behave on this raid as a Slayer. Now I understand. Thank you!

Watching you playing on ilvl is giving me confidence to be able to do it myself with some of the alts I have. I'm a returning player and these videos can be informative. Keep up the good work!

I know people call super charge a shackle but I really enjoyed playing charge blade from release up until before T4 where I switched to instacast for more consistency, cool vid o7

That was dope

nice video

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Is Entropy viable? Or too mana hungry to manage?

Who would you say is the faster class, Punisher Slayer or Mayhem Zerk?