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1st off please ignore the other post on forum, I ironically had issues with my forum login so have has to create a new account and post so I can tweak it as and when needed. My current Item Level is 14K2 but I seem to keep up fairly well with some 16k + dps classes (I can't tell you why because I don't know lol) With bondings I now have 85% deflect chance and 59.5% without them With the combination of pets, feats and boons I am around 133% crit severity will post screen shots of stats when I can. Both below links below are done by SUMI and they are fantastic, offence slots and info etc. are done by me (Saturn Nymph) as those of us in the real world (not 4k plus and don’t have 99 million AD in the bank) need pets and gear etc that we can afford. Neverwinter: Building a PvE Combat HR Mod 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0K8EuH6B-g Neverwinter: Playing a PvE SW Combat HR Mod 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG3c_hw1EA0 Spells that I use (some are different to what Sumi suggest to use and I saw a significant dps increase when I switched to my current spell set. Dailies - Seismic shot and Cold Steel Hurricane (a pain to aim but great damage) Encounters Throw Caution - this is the meat & potatoes of our damage use this right and watch your target melt. Gushing Wound - A nasty bleed (damage over time) Plant Growth - A tone of damage and can keep you alive against trash mobs At Wills Aimed strike - serious damage for an at will - apply every 10 seconds or so (you can see when on bosses as is usually the 1st debuff showing on the target (of the left) Split Strike - You will use this constantly, I usually just hold down my left mouse button and rotate my mouse accordingly so it acts like as aoe even though technically it isn't. Offence Slots - Azures in most slots now as have recently swapped out two azures for brutals to gain some extra power, given our class feat skirmishers Gambit reduces our crit by 10% in order to gain 50% crit severity. At lower levels (sub rank 10 you will need all azures to maintain a usable amount if crit. Defence Slots Silveries all the way , deflect is our friend and we can get loads of it, and boons further down the road mean we do damage when we deflect so more damage for free. Armour enchant I use a greater Shadow clad which I cannot recommend enough Weapon Enchant - I use a Transcendent Flaming enchant which works fantastic. I have used a trans lightning and a greater vorpal in the past but they do not compete (my brain finally realised that a chunk of my damage came from my At-Wills Specifically Split Strike - at this point I can not say for sure which works best for us though flaming is my current favorite. Weapons I currently have the Chult set Gear Unlike Trapper or Archery spec hunters we in my opinion do not want nor need the Lost mouth set or even the Demorgorgon set Neck – I use Baphomet’s Infernal Talisman – Good stats for us – Power, Crit and Deflection Waist – Greater Twined Rope of Dexterity Artifacts – doesn’t get any cheaper than this, all free if you have these classes and all have the stats we want Sigil of the hunter Sigil of the Rogue Sigil of the Scourge Lantern of Revelation Guild Boons Offence – Power Defence  - Life Steal Companions (Saturn Nymph is currently running 2 x rank 13 bondings and 1 x rank 12 ) In a nut shell you need active companions that increase your DPS, and ideally ones that give you a % increase over a basic stat increase e.g 2% crit v’s 120 crit, we do not really need pets to increase our deflection as I have around 50% with rank 9 silveries. I currently do not have a full set of companions I am happy with but have listed some options below. Shadow Demon Blue– 3 offence - My Summoned companion. No Idea why I do so much damage with this guy but I do more with this guy than I do with a pet with 3 offence slots ie phase spider, his active bonus is nothing to write home about but bonding’s proc as soon as you enter combat and he doesn’t die very often, especially for a melee companion. Wild Hunt rider – Green – Active bonus 2% chance to increase damage by 10% for 5 seconds - we hit very fast on this class so this procs a lot more than you may expect. Blink dog– Green - 2% Combat advantage Alchemist Experimenter Epic- 165 crit and 165 recovery (I was using a yeti in this slot but a buff once a minute seemed pants compared to static stats all the time - of all my pets this will most likely be the only one I change, even though its epic. Remorhaz - Epic - when you attack your opponent has a 5% chance to combust doing fire damage each second for 5 seconds Full list of companions and their abilities listed here - http://neverwinter.gamepedia.com/Companion Companion Gear DO NOT USE SUDDEN & RISING RINGS they no longer work with pets. Avenger gear if you have it already is great as is the girdle of the striker, however is you like I do not own it and don’t have a million AD lying around to buy each piece then make the personalised waist and neck of recovery or armour pen. the extra recovery is beneficial to us for our encounters and dailies but in light of recent changes we need more armour pen as well. I current use a +4 Fierce belt (offensive), a +3 Bold Necklace (offensive) and a +4 sturdy swordknot (defensive) IG Gold is the only other place to get good companion gear the +4's are either 2 offence or 2 defence and the +5's are either one offence and one overload or one defence and one overload. The +3's are available on AH and are either 1 x offence or defence. With the IG I Highly recommend you get 1 piece of equipment with 2 defence slots for the extra deflection, with bondings I aim to get upto 100% deflect eventually (im around 75% atm) Companion Enchants Offence – I run 2 demonic rank 10's and one Savage rank 10 - The demonics give me a nice chunk of armour pen without sacrificing my other stats Defence – All Silvery Hope this helps Saturn Nymph

This is is current need of a rewrite as I know longer use all the spells stipulated by the original author (personal preference) Both below links below are done by SUMI and they are fantastic, offence slots and info etc. are done by me (Saturn Nymph) as those of us in the real world (not 4k plus and don’t have 99 million AD in the bank) need pets and gear etc that we can afford. Neverwinter: Building a PvE Combat HR Mod 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0K8EuH6B-g Neverwinter: Playing a PvE SW Combat HR Mod 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG3c_hw1EA0 Offence Slots Azures all the way, given our class feat skirmishers Gambit reduces our crit by 10% in order to gain 50% crit severity. I do however suspect once I get towards rank 11's I may need to switch one or two out for either Radiants or Brutals in offence may be an options (rank 10 and above only) Defence Slots Silveries all the way , deflect is our friend and we can get loads of it, and boons further down the road mean we do damage when we deflect so more damage for free. Armour enchant I use a greater Shadow clad which I cannot recommend enough Weapon Enchant Until recently I used a Greater Dread enchant which worked really well however I recently changed over to a Greater Vorpal other alternatives I use are trans lightning and trans flaming and have seen a marked improvement in damage (my brain finally realised that a chunk of my damage came from my At-Wills Specifically Split Strike - at this point I can not say for sure which works best for us though flaming is my current favorite. Weapons I currently have the Chult set Gear Unlike Trapper or Archery spec hunters we in my opinion do not want nor need the Lost mouth set or even the Demorgorgon set Neck – I use Baphomet’s Infernal Talisman – Good stats for us – Power, Crit and Deflection Waist – Greater Twined Rope of Dexterity Artifacts – doesn’t get any cheaper than this, all free if you have these classes and all have the stats we want Sigil of the hunter Sigil of the Rogue Sigil of the Scourge Lantern of Revelation Guild Boons Offence – Power Defence  - Life Steal Companions (Saturn Nymph is currently running 3 x rank 12 bondings ) In a nut shell you need active companions that increase your DPS, and ideally ones that give you a % increase over a basic stat increase e.g 2% crit v’s 120 crit, we do not really need pets to increase our deflection as I have around 50% with rank 9 silveries. I currently do not have a full set of companions I am happy with but have listed some options below. Shadow Demon Blue– 3 offence - My Summoned companion. No Idea why I do so much damage with this guy but I do more with this guy than I do with a pet with 3 offence slots ie phase spider, his active bonus is nothing to write home about but bonding’s proc as soon as you enter combat and he doesn’t die very often, especially for a melee companion. Wild Hunt rider – Green – Active bonus 2% chance to increase damage by 10% for 5 seconds - we hit very fast on this class so this procs a lot more than you may expect. Blink dog– Green - 2% Combat advantage Alchemist Experimenter Epic- 165 crit and 165 recovery (I was using a yeti in this slot but a buff once a minute seemed pants compared to static stats all the time Remorhaz - Epic - when you attack your opponent has a 5% chance to combust doing fire damage each second for 5 seconds Full list of companions and their abilities listed here - http://neverwinter.gamepedia.com/Companion Companion Gear DO NOT USE SUDDEN & RISING RINGS they no longer work with pets. Avenger gear if you have it already is great as is the girdle of the striker, however is you like I do not own it and don’t have a million AD lying around to buy each piece then make the personalised waist and neck of recovery like I did (the armour pen ones are not worth making as we have enough armour pen already additionally extra recovery is beneficial to us for our encounters and dailies.) IG Gold is the only other place to get good companion gear the +4's are either 2 offence or 2 defence and the +5's are either one offence and one overload or one defence and one overload. The +3's are available on AH and are either 1 x offence or defence. Companion Enchants Offence – I run 2 radiant and one Dark Defence – All Silvery Hope this helps Saturn Nymph 📷

Just for fun, found this article and thought it may put the NW grind into some perspective. https://nowloading.co/p/ranking-most-insane-grinds-gaming-history/4211238