From what I've heard it's between dw tempest and assassin for the runner up for best nightmare class (next to KE, which is OP) so would you guys pick a DW rogue tempest or assassin and why? I'm also willing to hear if anyone has a better class than DW rougue or mage KE for nightmare. Thank you for your input.
-Taylor
I have 120+ hours played. Completed nightmare without tac cam, minimal pause and no KE.
KE is good, but any mage is OP with this combo:
Upgraded static cage + Energy barrage, flashpoint procs - another energy barrage.
Static cage upgrade with double energy barrage is king. With mark of the rift and necro dots, this is even stronger. Nightmare was easy for me with this build, KE not needed.
3 rogue archer 1 mage ( sera tempest, varric artificer and main character artificer, vivi ice tank)
all you need is Opportunity Knocks passive skill from artificer and sera with lightning flasks
kill any nightmare dragon in 15 sec hail of arrow with 3 mark bars
all battle/giant bear/giant under 5 sec, all scripted boss fight within 10 sec
all fights including dragon no need tac cam or pause.
give it a try.
TY for responses so far, but to be clear, I would like to avoid mages all together since I've played as one for the past two games on nightmare
atleast twice each.
If you don't like mages then go 2 warriors (1 for immortal Champion and another for fodder destroyer Templar) and 2 rogues (1 for Assassin focused in crit and another for Artificer for overall low cd skills). Make sure all of your teammates have both disabling skills and detonators. Warriors should get all tanking and stamina regen skills. May have some problem with high barrier enemies but usual boss fight should be easy.
I'm just going to ask.... What is KE?
Knight Enchanter. One of mage's specializations. It's considered brokenly OP, mostly because it's so unkillable if built properly.
May have some problem with high barrier enemies
That's what spell purge is for.
Personally I find assassin archer rogues to be extremely fun and very viable in Nightmare as you can deal massive damage as well as kite around and keep yourself from taking damage effectively with the evasion skills from both bow and stealth as well as stealth itself. All you really need for damage is Hidden Blades (also get the 10% chance for hidden blades +4 hits on hit) with mark of death and the 2 main bow damage skills (the aoe one sucks imo, does way too little of damage) - and use the jump back to help proc the Hidden Blades on things like dragons or large bosses. Basically just walk towards them while firing and then use the jumping shot skill and it helps a lot with damage. Also a good strat is to use mark of death, stealth, hidden blades and then every hit crits then make sure you use mark early for the bonus damage as well. The dps output of the archer assassin is insane if that's what you're looking for, and you can do it from a safe distance unlike the dw rogue.
Bob your idea would work, but honestly I feel like Nightmare would be ridiculously difficult without barrier, it doesn't even have to be a KE barrier, just a barrier to help out for guard down times and fight initiates.
3 rogue archer 1 mage ( sera tempest, varric artificer and main character artificer, vivi ice tank)
all you need is Opportunity Knocks passive skill from artificer and sera with lightning flasks
kill any nightmare dragon in 15 sec hail of arrow with 3 mark bars
all battle/giant bear/giant under 5 sec, all scripted boss fight within 10 sec
all fights including dragon no need tac cam or pause.
give it a try.
mmm i'm very intrested in this build, can you give me the specific skills?? maybe send me a pm or write it here if you want 
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