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[TheSpookyAce]

Hello!

 

I would like to build a saarebas with maximal killing speed and miminal support to just speed running perilous and below to get her achievement done. In the past I have been spamming the leap or barrage the whole match, but she has quite a few offensive abilities. What do you think is the best build for her for pure damage and killing?

 

Thx

[orange_apples]

I mainly play her as support, but if I did do a damage build I'd go with:

Gatlock for range (also a detonator in flow)
Glyphs to increase your damage and burn enemies that manage to hit you (also you can buff allies so they also kill faster)
There is an ability that does massive aoe damage around you
Leap ice and fire get you to your opponents faster. Also works as a nice escape plan option.

Probably not the best though I'm considering trying it out...

[Snakebite]

This is mostly taken from a post I made yesterday, with a few changes.

 

All these builds are based around using the Superb Elemental Pact Belts.  If you don't want to use the belts or you don't have them, this probably won't be all that helpful.  You will probably get the fastest clears using fire, with electricity being close behind.

 

 

Electricity: Requires Line of Sight

1. Itwa-Adim Explosion (opener)
2. Gatlok Blast (which strangely deals ice damage for the first projectile from the flow stance) and Ring of Asaaranda (flow)
3. Bacon Barrage (finisher)

Itwa-Adim Explosion groups, then Ring of Asaaranda for haste, then hit high priority targets with The Baconator.  Once you have haste active, you can switch Gatlok Blast in as the flow ability until you need haste again.

 

Fire: Does not requre Line of Sight

1. Athlok Burst (opener)
2. Ring of Asaaranda (flow)
3. Asaara's Leap, Wall of Hissra, Athlok Burst (finishers).

Use Asaara's Leap to close with groups, then Athlok Burst to AoE fire, with Ring of Asaaranda as the flow ability to keep everything nice and fast.  You can cycle these very quickly, jumping, bursting, hasting.  Everything dies very quickly.  Athlok Burst and Wall of Hissra can be used through walls if you need cover.  If you encounter enemies that block the Athlok Burst opener (e.g. enemies with shields), you can use the Athlok Burst finisher to freeze them, then the opener to hit them while they are frozen and cannot block.

 

 

Ice: Does not require Line of Sight (this one is my personal favorite)

1. Either Asaara's Leap to get close to enemies or Ataashi's Breath to AoE freeze (whichever you prefer as openers)
2. Ring of Asaaranda (flow)
3. Athlok Burst with the upgrade (finisher)

Your fourth skill can be whatever.  Athlok Burst can be spammed constantly once you get the chain going and haste from the ring.  The flow stance is very useful to interrupt annoying enemies like Gladiators, Archers trying to use full draw, Demon Commanders trying to scream, etc.

 

Some passives you should always take:

• Guardian Spirit (duh!)
• From Knowledge, Strength (Max HP increases when enemies die)
• In Ignorance, Weakness (Immune to interruption when casting finishers)
• From Power, Mastery (Meaty chunks everywhere!)
• With Strength, Endurance (Damage reduction while casting.  Invaluable to people who don't have tons of promotions)

If you have a Heart of Pride, you can completely go without Asaaranda's Ring, and take another skill.  I would suggest Hakkon's Wisdom if you have it though.  Much more damage that way.

[Silversmurf]

I use Burst, Leap, Wall, ..... and barrier (as a backup for team only)

 

You can AoE, draw in, freeze, paralyze, burn, panic....... and quickly get the hell out of there if it all goes wrong

 

The AoE is pretty devastating.  I love it.

 

EDIT: I use Heart of Pride staff

[SpaceV3gan]

I have promoted my Saarebas 81 times, playing mostly fully offensive on Nightmare. I think that running Perilous and below purely for achievement grinding feels like a waste of potential for such an awesome character (I would understand people doing that for some rogues, but the Saarebas?!), so I will outline my experience playing her the way I have been doing.

Athlok Burst is pretty much what I focus on most of the time. Lots of Combos, Crowd Control, Damage and delicious XP output.
Asaara's Leap is awesome for mobility, the damage can be good but that is secondary. Itwa-Adim is what I choose to deal with enemies at distance, but that truly shines here is that Electric opener against Qunari and Darkspawn.

As a cherry on top, my 4th skill usually is Curse of the Shokasit, which is one of the best, if not the best Boss killing ability in the game. Here is a 91k damage tick just to give an idea of what this is about.

[Drasca]

I have promoted my Saarebas 81 times, playing mostly fully offensive on Nightmare. I think that running Perilous and below purely for achievement grinding feels like a waste of potential for such an awesome character (I would understand people doing that for some rogues, but the Saarebas?!)

 

She's an advanced character that is initially hard to use and very glassy without a lot of skill and / or promotes, while some people are undergeared to make the dps end worth it.

 

So yes, some people are going to play perilous. . . and some people aren't going to play Sara, or only want to play perilous with her.

 

That said, I'm on the play Sara bandwagon. She's so much fun.

[TheSpookyAce]

Thx guys for the awesome and detailed guide. I will try to rotate those offensive abilities in different runs to figure out what is most comfortable for me. I am not good enough to go full offensive with her on NM yet, maybe someday. 

[ThatBruhYouDK]

 

Bacon Barrage

 

I love how we got this going everywhere

[JohnnyQPublic]

I'd be curious what the OP's stats are.  I think it would be suicide for a player with low promotions to use an elemental pact belt build on the Saarebas.  I have moderate promotions (currently sitting at 86/86/86) and I have a build where I feel quite strong on perilous.  This definitely is not a nightmare build though.

 

(1)  Athlok (primary damage dealer) with upgrade

(2)  Ring (damage resistance and attack speed boost) with upgrade

(3)  Leap (mobility)

(4)  Glyph (damage resistance or extra damage dealing)

 

Sequence:  Put desired Glyph on your feet at start of match (ice if you want extra damage resistance, otherwise one of the others).  When you see a group of enemies, use opening and flow Ring to get damage resistance and attack speed boost, Leap to the group, and spam Athlok until they are dead.  Refresh Ring as necessary (either between fights, or after Athlok finisher while the enemies are frozen).  Repeat.

 

Snakebite above has really good suggestions for the passives.  I use the Heart of Pride staff, which makes casting so speedy on her.  You'll need some form of heal-on-kill with this build.  The Glyph allows you to tune this for extra tankiness or extra damage, depending on your needs.  Have fun!

[Jugger nuggss]

I find ALL Saarebas offensive.

[Campout King]

What stave do you use?
Are you using Amulet of Magic or Willpower?
Consider these in your build

[Proto]

This definitely is not a nightmare build though.

 

(1)  Athlok (primary damage dealer) with upgrade

(2)  Ring (damage resistance and attack speed boost) with upgrade

(3)  Leap (mobility)

(4)  Glyph (damage resistance or extra damage dealing)

 

FTFY, though most would probably swap Glyph/Leap for barrier.

 

I guess you could swap out the ring if you decide to use Heart of Pride.

 

Hakkon > Heart of Pride if you have both. 

[DrakeHasNoFlow]

Heart of pride makes saarebas arguably one of the best support kits in the game, if you have low cunning and low promotes in general, with that staff and Sara tar shield, rings of assandara, and glyphs you can contribute immediately as long as there is sufficient dps in the group.

I make no mention as to her being a dps role because only the ones with quite a few number of promotions and ideal team composition as well as luck of the faction draw can consistently stay alive playing like that. Your chances of survival are even further diminished with an elemental pact belt.

[Unbelievabletekkers]

XD  I'm astounded that you could recommend an elemental-belt build for her guys.  

 

She has the lowest defenses of any character and dies if you look at her the wrong way.... 

[Snakebite]

XD  I'm astounded that you could recommend an elemental-belt build for her guys.  

 

She has the lowest defenses of any character and dies if you look at her the wrong way.... 

 

Yet she has Guardian Spirit and From Knowledge, Strength, along with various passives that give her defensive bonuses and invulnerability to snares, staggers, stuns, and knockdowns.

[Drasca]

Yet she has Guardian Spirit and From Knowledge, Strength, along with various passives that give her defensive bonuses and invulnerability to snares, staggers, stuns, and knockdowns.

 

For me, the health passive is the biggest bonus especially on the FC map. You'll end up with 500+ hp off that passive alone from all the enemies dying, in addition to whatever is left reduced from the belt. i.e. the belt does not affect the health gained from the passive.

 

TL:DR Health passive FTW.

[Snakebite]

For me, the health passive is the biggest bonus especially on the FC map. You'll end up with 500+ hp off that passive alone from all the enemies dying, in addition to whatever is left reduced from the belt. i.e. the belt does not affect the health gained from the passive.

 

TL:DR Health passive FTW.

 

Yep, that's From Knowledge, Strength.  The only bad thing about it is how it resets your health at the end of each zone.

[Drasca]

Yep, that's From Knowledge, Strength.  The only bad thing about it is how it resets your health at the end of each zone.

 

Not always. Don't ask me what causes it not to trigger. I don't know. Still, its better on FC because of longer zones and more enemies -- if you're not spawn blocking.

[Jeremiah12LGeek]

Is that a build focused around Saarebas telling really edgy, provocative jokes?

[Caldyrvan]

The horny girl doesn´t tell jokes. Never. She can´t