

Reflection builds require farming for specific items. Resistance reduction is the key to reflection builds, that's why IMO Study Prey alone wins Warden this round." Enemies also have good resistances, so even if you stack a lot of damage reflected skills and gear, your damage output might still be too low. "When thinking about reflection builds we realize that a toon must have good resistances and tanking ability because you reflect damage upon being hit. Warden has Study Prey, the skill that can instantly lower mob's physical, piercing, bleeding, and elemental resistances by a flat amount (it's considered better than percent-based reduction). Paladin has Squall that can lower mob’s resistances by a percent. Resistance Reduction Ability: Templar has Trance of Wrath but you can activate only one trance and usually we'd choose Trance of Empathy for a reflection build.

Tanking Ability: IMO Warden is the winner due to their highest DA, projectile evasion rate and resistances (65% elemental and 100% poison).ĭamage Reflect Skill: Besides DEFENSE’s Rally, HUNTING offers no reflection, while DREAM and STORM offer Trance of Empathy and Energy Shield respectively. There are 3 aspects which make a good reflection build, let us compare those 3 classes. It can easily rival Templar (DEFENCE + DREAM) and Paladin (DEFENCE + STROM). Warden is indeed one of the best classes for reflection build. Moreover, you can become a god-like warrior if you utilize your damage reflected alongside your close combat attacks." "These 2 masteries combined are divine! They will grant you one of the finest melee characters, a fast and fearsome hero, great at both killing and tanking. Herbal Remedy and Adrenaline boost the HP regeneration rate which makes the Warden less vulnerable to DoT damage (damage over time). You can manage your resistances very easily since HUNTING and DEFENSE will already provide you up to 100% poison resistance (from Herbal Remedy) and up to 65% elemental resistance (from Rally tree). 35% of all projectiles can't hit you and you can use your shield to block the rest with a high success rate. A DEFENSE toon excels at using the shield to block damage, with 48% shield block chance and -80% shield recovery time from Quick Recovery and Focus (a synergy from Battle Awareness).


DEFENSE and HUNTING already provide you up to 588 DA from Wood Lore and Battle Awareness, so you won’t have any problems when dealing with melee mobs, as high DA allows you to avoid critical hits and often dodge attacks completely.Ī HUNTING character is extremely good at evading projectiles with 35% CTAP (chance to avoid projectiles) from Find Cover, a synergy from Art of the Hunt aura. Your DA (defensive ability) will be unmatched. Your character will be a fearsome warrior! Trail Brazing (synergy from Art of the Hunt) will boost your movement speed up to 35% while Adrenaline and Rally (from DEFENSE) will give your another (up to) 37% total speed! That will boost your movement speed, attack speed and casting speed. Defensive Reaction (synergy from Adrenaline) will boost your physical damage up to 90% (spears deal partially physical damage) There are 3 shield attack proc skills that will allow your toon to automatically utilize the shield to inflict damage, so you can attack with both the spear and the shield. HUNTING also provides you with some active spear skills.ĭEFENSE is by far (and only) the best mastery for shield attacks. With such high OA, your melee attacks will not miss any target and critically hit to almost every mob. You can get 650 OA (offensive ability) and 10% OA from Finesse, a synergy to Call of the Hunt. It can boost your piercing damage up to 289% (from Art of the Hunt and Call of the Hunt) and give you a very high attack speed, up to 73% (from Wood Lore and Call of the Hunt). HUNTING is the best mastery for spear wielders. Let's see how good is this mastery combo. This is one of the best classes for beginners since these masteries will naturally create a very good offensive and defensive warrior. An ancient Spartan hoplite warrior, master of spear and shield, who can triumph any battlefield. Warden (HUNTING + DEFENSE) is a class that perfectly matches the theme of Titan Quest. "one Spartan was worth several men of any other state" (Spear + Shield Melee and Reflection Build) Titan Quest Atlantis "Warden: God of Sparta" Guide
