Together with the Oppressor WPS, it is rather easy to reach 100% WPS at the end. Each of the relics also provide a nice to have WPS. The build centers around the Blade(sworn/dancer’s/master’s) Talisman relics which provide the ability to dual wield melee weapons. However, after some S&B builds levelled, I decided to follow madromans lead and made a melee dual wield budget build (surely post is not to blame ). focussing on Righteous Fervor with a strong WPS focus. Using the full set would lead automatically to a S&B Oppressor, e.g.

Going the Oppressor physical damage route, an easy budget build idea would focus around the Myrmidon Bastion set.

And this feature is the core idea behind the build.Īnother Oppressor levelling guide centered around Ravenous Earth can be found in the Beginner build guides Compendium (for AoM + FG expansions) One Slicer is never enough For a budget build, the double physical resist reduction - both passive - Oppressor offers together with Assassin’s Mark and Tip the Scales can provide easy to reach -102% physical resistance. However, the effect of reduced physical resistance is applied before the armor check happens, which means that almost always the damage is increased before the armor check happens (this can also be seens as armor reduction). The “converted physical damage ignores armor” is long gone - and now converted physical damage has to pass armor before inflicting damage. In the old time (means around 1.1.7.2), however, Oppressor also had its spotlight and had one of the fasted melee dual wield physical damage builds - using the “converted physical damage ignores armor” feature to increase the damage (see madromans physical Righteous Fervor build listed here: GrimSheet: Endgame Build Table - ETE edition ). As physical damage dealer - while both masteries provide physical resist reduction - Oppressors are often in the shadow of Warlords or Death Knights. Oppressor (Necromancer, Oathkeeper) is a class that in the Build Compendium X (Forgotten Gods) - #3 by Stupid_Dragon is often associated with vitality or aether damage.

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