Dual Wield Seraphim - Exalted Warrior/Revered Technology build

[RavenLight 52]

  Dual Wield Exalted Warrior/Revered Technology Seraphim

Hello everyone! For those who still play this game nowadays, in the following lines I will share my personal Sacred 2 guide for one of my favorite characters, the Seraphim. As the title say, we will mainly be using combat arts from the Exalted Warrior aspect and a few from the Revered Technology aspect, mainly the energy shield. So, let's begin!

1. Skill build

Level 2 -  Tactics Lore (keep this close to your character level) - One of the most important skills for our Seraphim since it increases the damage dealt by weapons and the critical chance as well! (you should put at least 1 point in Tactics Lore per level up or if you want, 2 points every 2 level ups so you can master it at level 75).

Level 3 -  Exalted Warrior Focus (at least 75 points for mastery) - Probably our second most important skill after Tactics Lore due to the regeneration and penalty decrease for the Exalted Warrior combat arts. Master it at level 75.

Level 5 -  Armor Lore (keep it around half of your character's level) - Great skill due to the regeneration reduction of our combat arts as well as penalty diminish from the equipment. Try to have the penalty limit around 15-20 levels higher than your character level (for example, a level 60 Seraphim should have no penalty for gear level 75-80). This is because we will mainly be using set or unique items that mostly comes with a way higher level than our character, especially if they're dropped from bosses.

Level 8 -  Dual Wield (you can keep this at half of your character's level) - Good skill for a bit of attack and attack speed boost. The penalty limit threshold should be the same as Armor Lore's, you should be able to use weapons up to 15-20 levels more than yours without penalties.

Level 12 -  Revered Technology Focus (at least 75 points for mastery; you can keep it 1/2 of your character's level) - We'll learn the Focus skill first for the regeneration time decrease as well as penalty threshold. Very important skill in our build.

Level 18 -  Revered Technology Lore (you can keep this 1/3 of your character's level since we will be using Flaring Nova more for crowd control rather than damage and also the energy shield benefits more from Warding Energy Lore rather than from Revered Technology Lore)

Level 25 -  Constitution (keep it around 1/3 of your level until later levels, when it can be 1/2) - More health is always good to have.

Level 35 -  Concentration (don't put too many points in this since we are using it mostly for the second buff) - At this point of the game we should be able to have some regeneration reduction equipment (or at least some gear with regeneration reduction from buffs), so the regeneration increase from the second buff shouldn't be a major problem.

Level 50 -  Warding Energy Lore (put as many points as you need; you can keep the ratio from Constitution as well, 1/3 of your character's level on Silver difficulty and then at higher difficulties you can keep it 1/2 or even 2/3, if you like a more 'tanky' approach) - Improves your energy shield and indirectly, your health, since it strengthens your survivability in battle.

Level 65 -  Toughness (don't spend too much time on this, just keep it 1/3 of your character's level or even 1/4) - Just for a little more resistance against every damage type.

1.1 Skill mastery order (personal preference)

1st mastery -  Tactics Lore (for more critical hit chance)

2nd mastery -  Exalted Warrior Focus (for further regeneration and penalty decrease for Pelting Strikes, Dashing Alacrity and Battle Stance buff)

3rd mastery -  Revered Technology Focus (for further regeneration and penalty decrease for Flaring Nova and Warding Energy buff)

4th mastery -  Dual Wield (to grant the chance to inflict double hits with your weapons)

5th mastery -  Armor Lore (for further regeneration penalty decrease)

6th mastery -  Warding Energy Lore (for even more faster shield regeneration)

7th mastery -  Revered Technology Lore (for more Flaring Nova damage; it improves the energy shield as well)

8th mastery -  Constitution (to be able to regenerate health while in combat)

9th mastery -  Toughness (for further increased resistance against all damage types)

10th mastery -  Concentration (only for 3 active buffs at the same time; we kept Concentration at 10th mastery because we don't have a single point in Celestial Magic aspect Lore or Focus skills so we don't have a third fully modified buff to use)

 

2. Combat arts and buffs

 Exalted Warrior Aspect

 1. Pelting Strikes - Our main combat art to use. The ideal regeneration time should be around 3 seconds (if you have gear with regeneration per hit bonuses of 1 or 1,5 seconds then you can have a regeneration of even 4,5 seconds). Keep it equal or lower level to the penalty threshold of Exalted Warrior Focus.

 2. Dashing Alacrity - Very important combat art due to increased move speed and attack speed bonuses. Use it for long distance runs or before boss fights and watch them shred with Pelting Strikes.

 3. Battle Stance (buff) - Our main buff that we'll be using. Provides a decent amount of damage, attack and defense boost.

 

 Revered Technology Aspect

 

 1. Flaring Nova - Very good combat art when facing groups of enemies. Don't keep an eye out on the regeneration because we won't gonna be spamming this like Pelting Strikes. A regeneration of under 7-8 seconds should work.

 2. Warding Energy (buff) - Our secondary buff after Battle Stance. Don't take it at early levels since it will increase the regeneration of Pelting Strikes and Flaring Nova too much and we won't gonna be using it against rats and brigands anyway. Level 30 should be enough to start read Warding Energy runes.

 *OPTIONAL* - 3. Divine Protection - You can use it during boss fights after your Warding Energy shield got depleted for some more protection. (be careful because it will deactivate your Warding Energy buff when the duration ends; I don't know if this is now patched or not)

 

 Celestial Magic Aspect (Optional)

 1. Hallowed Restoration - Just a good healing effect after fights if you want to spare some health potions.

 

3. Combat arts and buffs modifications

Pelting Strikes
 Succession - chance for double hits (20%)
 Focus - require less energy (20%)
 Precision - increases the chance to land critical hits (9.9% + 0,1% per level of Pelting Strikes)

Dashing Alacrity
 Bloodlust - further increases attack speed (10% + 0,3% per level of Dashing Alacrity)
 Delay - increases the duration of Dashing Alacrity (with 50%)
 Impatience - reduces the cooldown of Dashing Alacrity (with 33,3%)

Battle Stance (buff)
 Premonition - further increases attack value (12,5% + 2,5% per level of Battle Stance)
 Drill - reduces the energy cost to maintain Battle Stance (not sure how much to be honest but it's always good to have)
 Retaliation - small chance to reflect close combat damage (20% chance, increases slightly per level of Battle Stance)

Flaring Nova
 Impulse - sends out 2 pulses, but reduces strength (around 30% damage reduction)
 Stun - chance to stun enemies within range (19,8% + 0,2% per level of Flaring Nova)
 Laggard - slows the targets down (25% + 0,5% per level of Flaring Nova)

Warding Energy
 Field Force - strengthens the energy field and absorbs more damage until it is exhausted (50% increase from base value)
 Field Force - improves the energy field and absorbs more damage until it is exhausted (50% increase from base value)
 Resource - reduces the energy cost to maintain the shield (50% + 0,5% reduction per level of Warding Energy)

Divine Protection
 Dampen - absorbs more damage (10% + 0,1% per level of Divine Protection)
 Uplifted Force - improves the energy shield (33,3% increase)
 Improved Reflection - chance to reflect projectile damage (50% + 1% per level of Divine Protection)

 

4. Weapons and equipment

4.1 Weapons

• by the level 50 mark you should have a different slot for each damage type (Physical, Magical, Fire, Ice and Poison)
• I personally use Poison damage weapons for the main slot (upgraded with Poison Fangs) due to Poison secondary effect (damage over type), which is a personal preference of mine - you can use any damage type as a main, it's pure preferential
• you can either use swords or hafted weapons, but don't combine them in the same weapon slot (like a dual wielding a sword and an axe)
• always keep the weapon with the higher damage on your right hand because it's the first hand we attack with and combat arts like Pelting Strikes or Soul Hammer will deal more damage this way
• best modifiers and effects to use on your weapons: +X% damage to the same damage your weapon has, Regeneration per hit (1-1,5 seconds should be more than enough), Lifeleech, Critical hit chance, Double hit chance, +X% Attack, +X to Attack or +X to Exalted Warrior aspect
• for greedier players, Experience per kill and Chance to find valuables are good too, but don't imprison yourself just in these or you'll suffer later in the game (tip available for both weapons and equipment)

4.2 Equipment

• I personally prefer Niokaste's Blade Dance set due to bonuses to Exalted Warrior aspect
• LATE EDIT: I also find Genesis Siderea set amazingly good due to the % Lifeleech bonus (if you can find both pieces of the Tooth and Nail set you'll have another % Lifeleech bonus)
• best modifiers and effects you can use on your equipment: +X% or +X Armor, +X% or +X to Defense, Regeneration per hit, Regeneration decrease to Combat Arts or to Exalted Warrior aspect, Lifeleech, +X% shield absorption, Spell resistance or +to all skills
• jewelry is pure preferential, I personally use +Damage, +Attack, Lifeleech or Regeneration per hit rings and +Armor, +Attack and Defense, +to all skills or Damage mitigation amulets (you can socket some of these modifiers in your weapons and equipment as well)

4.3 Relics

• use each set of relics for every resistance needed (I personally use the main set with mixed relics and the other ones with Poison resistance relics, Fire resistance relics and Ice resistance relics)
• unique or set relics (from the Community Patch) are the best ones, so keep every one of these you find until you find better ones

 

5. Attributes

• at early levels (1-25), you should put points into both  Strength (for some melee damage and attack boost) and  Stamina (for some regeneration decrease until we find proper equipment) in a 50-50 ratio (60-40 or 40-60 ratio can work too)
• after level 25 you can occasionally start putting points into  Vitality (for more health) and  Willpower (for a little bit more Warding Energy shield power)
• after level 50, when you will gain 2 attribute points to spend, ONE should always go into  Strength and the other one either into  Vitality,   Willpower or   Stamina (into Stamina only if you really need to); if you feel you don't need either Vitality, Willpower or Stamina then you can up both points into Strength
• after level 150, when you will gain 3 attribute points to spend, TWO should always go into  Strength and the other one either into  Vitality or  Willpower, based on your personal preference; if you feel you don't need either Vitality or Willpower then you can up all three points into Strength

6. Play style

• Expert Touch option is pure preferential (I personally have it ON since I am using a lot of Regeneration per hit modifiers)
• control large groups of mobs via Flaring Nova (remember that we send 2 pulses from the modification, so, it's an increased chance to either stun or slow down the annoying enemies)
• slay champion type enemies with Pelting Strikes (3 or 4 hits should pretty much wipe them)
• use Dashing Alacrity to chase down fleeing enemies, ranged fighters or mages who tend to run away at distance in battles
• before entering boss battles, don't forget to switch to the relics set that offer the needed resistance (example, Fire relics against Carnach)
• cast Dashing Alacrity before boss battles as well and spam Pelting Strikes until they die (Pelting Strikes will hit faster due to increased attack speed from Dashing Alacrity modification)
• after your Warding Energy shield gets depleted during a boss fight (or you get debuffed by certain bosses like The Harpy Queen or The White Griffin) cast Divine Protection shield to protect yourself
• best unique mount you can use: Exalted Warrior Sabertooth Tiger (-33,3% regeneration decrease to Exalted Warrior aspect)
• collect every dropped items from mobs (even the common ones), you will need lots of gold for constantly upgrading our weapons and gear

7. Pros and cons

Pros

• extremely powerful against both single targets and groups
• fast and easy boss killing
• huge amounts of damage dealt in small periods of time
• both offensive and defensive build
• extremely tanky type of Seraphim

Cons

• some players may find it boring and repetitive
• low versatility since it requires a certain play style
• very dependent on Battle Stance and Warding Energy buffs
• pure melee style can be a bit weak and slow without Dashing Alacrity and Pelting Strikes combat arts

As a final word, I really hope this guide will help you in developing a really strong and fun to play type of Seraphim. Good luck and have fun wiping the lands of Ancaria!

 

 

 

Edited December 2, 2020 by RavenLight
Edit #1 - Edited the "skill mastery order" section and added a "pros and cons" section; Edit #2 - Slightly updated the skill build section

[gogoblender 3,069]

Holee molee, what a briliant first post here Gabriel! i cant believe how much beautiful formatting you've put into your creation... bravo on the work here! The energy shield has probably been one of the Seraphim's most  prized tools.  It's one of the only  reasons I wanted to get to this in a build, but got stuck on my Dryad's and Daemons.  If you're posting this as an aide to help others find great value from this game's leading class, you have certainly made your mark as a generous member of Sacred's fanbase  

Very happy you've found your way to these Sacred Forums.. and welcome to DarkMatters!

 

 

gogo

[RavenLight 52]

7 hours ago, gogoblender said:

Holee molee, what a briliant first post here Gabriel! I cant believe how much beautiful formatting you've put into your creation... bravo on the work here! The energy shield has probably been one of the Seraphim's most  prized tools.  It's one of the only  reasons I wanted to get to this in a build, but got stuck on my Dryad's and Daemons.  If you're posting this as an aide to help others find great value from this game's leading class, you have certainly made your mark as a generous member of Sacred's fanbase  

Very happy you've found your way to these Sacred Forums.. and welcome to DarkMatters!

 

 

gogo

Thanks a lot! And thanks for your warm welcoming too! Actually, I've been here on these Sacred forums (both Sacred 1 and 2) for a lot of time, but didn't actually had an account  Now I wanted to share my build and started to post here because I found it so fun to play. I'll probably post more guides that I did and I'm using for different characters and playstyles as well. Once, again, thanks for your kind words!  

[Flix 5,116]

Great first post. Very in-depth build.  Glad you decided to make an account on the boards.  

[RavenLight 52]

5 minutes ago, Flix said:

Great first post. Very in-depth build.  Glad you decided to make an account on the boards.  

Thank you very much for your support!  

[2Lemurs 26]

Truly appreciative of your fine work here, this is an excellently written guide to a very well built Seraphim.