07.10 Devouring Orb - Robot Vacuum Cleaner VK

[Llama8]

@Aerin

• Just hit lvl 35 (was leveling with pure physical Warpath) and I would like to transition into this. Is it possible, or do I need to hit higher level?

That shouldn’t be a problem.

• What stats should I focus the most to increase damage? It’s kind of a mystery to me. Is this pure void damage build? I see a lot of flat physical modifiers in your gear planner, but majority of the damage comes from Devouring orb, which is pure void? Does physical damage even matter at all? Should I focus on flat void/% void/flat physical or % physical?

This is a hybrid build (unlike mine which is pure caster) which is getting damage from both melee & DO (hence the Forgotten Knight sword. This means that all of the flat & % physical benefits Vengeance, however the only flat physical is coming from the sword. % Void would be more useful as it would buff Devouring Orb as well as Vengeance.

• Should I try to maximize crit damage, or it’s completely useless for this build?

It’s not useless but it’s also not exactly a focus for the build (though the VK does get a lot of crit multi which is why he’s putting crit chance where he can).

• Does throwing damage do anything for this build?

No, because he’s not using any throwing skills (Shield Throw & Hammer Throw). You could switch in one of those for shield bash, but it would likely be worse since you’d have no flat throwing damage so it wouldn’t hit for much.

• If I were to use Erasing strike, how should I spec it? Also is the gearing the same with Erasing strike, or does it change?

The gearing would be the same, how to spec the skill depends on what you want to use it for (I’m not really a fan of this skill though).