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Perfect Suppression Shadowhunter Build Guide for PvE
Build
Perfect Suppression focuses on maximizing Human Form damage, while preventing the Demon transformation. Instead, you use the Identity Meter you generate to potentiate specific abilities known as “spenders” through Encroachment Release tripods.
This build requires high investment to achieve high damage, namely several Damage gems and Tripods. It also requires many skill points. It also has severe mana problems without a Support or consuming combat resource recovery food.
10
Demonic Slash
10
Slasher
12
Cruel Cutter
11
Thrust Impact
12
Demolition
12
Sharpened Cut
7
Howl
11
Decimate
Gate of Eruption
Skill priority
How to play
The gameplay revolves around generating identity through and , buffing move-speed (for ) with and consuming identity with and .
Skill Usage Priority:
- If you have not enough identity meter, generate it with , and .
- Buff your move speed and apply synergy with .
- Proc Conviction + Judgement with > .
- Buff your move speed and apply synergy with (second charge).
- Use and the remaining damage skills.
Opening / Skill Priority:
engravings
1
Perfect Suppression
3
Grudge
3
Raid Captain
3
Ambush Master
2
Adrenaline
3
Mass Increase
Instead of you can run either:
- you trade penalties and but deal slightly less damage.
- only if you're using the high-crit build.
- and at level 3, though you deal less damage
combat stats
Crit
Swiftness
Specialization
Endurance
Domination
Expertise
In order to achieve this stat distribution:
- Neck - Crit + Swiftness
- Earrings - Swiftness
- Ring - Swiftness
- Ring - Crit
The exact stat split is preferential.
You can go for Crit Rate as your main stat for a more “bursty”, slow playstyle with lower damage potential; or Swiftness as a main stat for a flashier, more constant back-attacking style with higher damage potential.
Attack Gems
Cruel Cutter
Thrust Impact
Decimate
Demolition
Sharpened Cut
can be used as an attack gem instead of the cooldown gem for - it is personal preference.
Cooldown Gems
Cruel Cutter
Thrust Impact
Decimate
Demolition
Sharpened Cut
Howl
can be used as an attack gem instead of the cooldown gem for - it is personal preference.
gear tripods
Earth AttackEncroachment ReleaseDeep ThrustSpectral ExplosionWeak Point DetectionWave AttackEncroachment ReleaseEncroaching PowerQuick PrepWeak Point DetectionCruel HandNimble MovementEnhanced SlashVertical SlashCritical CutDeadly SlashKeen StrikePowerful BlowThe following tripods are a priority:
Lower priority tripods you can focus on after getting the above tripods:
Gear Set
You have two choices.
Using Earth’s Entropy provides Crit Damage and Crit Rate, and provides the highest damage potential. It’s the recommended option.
Nightmare Flower is an alternative option to help with the mana problems but has a considerably lower damage potential.
Bracelet
Look for around 50-70 Crit and around 50-70 Swiftness on your bracelet to begin with, these will be the easiest bracelets to obtain and will provide a good damage increase for a low cost.
Endgame bracelets will have 2 static and up to 2 rollable bonuses (3 with Ancient Bracelets). These bracelets also typically want bonuses that compliment each other like Hammer and Wedge, which are difficult to roll.
Endgame bracelets are typically extremely expensive to purchase and roll, costing hundreds of thousands of gold on average. Do not roll for these bracelets until you’ve finished gearing up other parts of your character.
Endgame bracelets should consist of the following affixes:
- Swiftness
- Crit
- Hammer (Has additional bonuses when rolled together with Wedge)
- Wedge (Has additional bonuses when rolled together with Hammer)
- Circulate
- Ambush
- Superiority
- Precise
- Fervor