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
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