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Why Choose the Pyromaniac Champion Warrior?
- High Damage Over Time: Apply intense fire damage that stacks, making even fire-resistant foes vulnerable.
- Crowd Control: Use area attacks to pull enemies in and keep them staggered.
- Team Buffs: Boost fire damage and provide powerful defensive buffs for companions.
Core Skills and Abilities
Primary Skills
- Titan Stomp: Control enemy groups and spread burning effects. Cooldown lets you save rage for bigger attacks.
- Grappling Spear: Pulls enemies close, ignores resistance, and does fire damage. Perfect for weakening groups.
- Blight Bane: Launches a high-damage projectile, stacks burning, and detonates weakened enemies nearby.
Upgrades
- Good Arm: Ensures resistance is bypassed, allowing fire attacks to penetrate defenses.
- Endless Fire: Converts all area damage to fire, enhancing Titan Stomp and Blight Bane.
- Ring of Fire: Burning spreads like wildfire, maximizing damage to surrounding enemies.
- Inflamed: Increases burning damage based on your rage, scaling damage the longer the fight lasts.
Defensive Traits
- Inspiring Guard: On a perfect defense, grants Rally Party, boosting companions’ fire damage.
- Dazzle: Speed up cooldowns for area abilities by hitting multiple targets at once.
Recommended Gear
- Burning Damage Gear: Select items boosting burning and fire damage; prioritize “Affliction Damage” and “Projectile Ability Damage.”
- Runes & Enchantments:
- Choose runes that reduce cooldowns and amplify burning effects.
- Ideal enchantments increase fire damage and cooldown reduction.
Companions Selection
- Davon: Enhances vulnerability to fire, increasing overall fire damage and synergy with burning effects.
- Tash: Uses fire abilities to keep enemies in a weakened state, continually spreading fire damage.
Playstyle Guid
Engagement
- Start by grappling a high-priority target toward you, then use Titan Stomp to stagger nearby enemies.
- Apply Blight Bane for burning stacks and damage amplification on grouped enemies.
- Rotate between defensive skills and area attacks to keep enemies disoriented and burning.
Cooldown Management
- Alternate between cooldowns on Grappling Spear and Blight Bane for consistent damage.
- Use your ultimate ability on large enemy clusters for massive burning damage.
Survival Tips
- Play defensively, relying on burning effects to wear down foes over time.
- Use potions when low, as they also apply burning damage to enemies around you.
- Target enemies with your companions’ abilities to weaken their fire resistance.
The Pyromaniac Champion Warrior is ideal for players who want a powerful, fire-based build capable of enduring tough encounters and inflicting continuous damage. With careful skill selection and a defensive playstyle, this build becomes unstoppable, especially in higher difficulty levels like Nightmare.