Ashen Vanguard

Loadout

Skills in pick order

1. 
   Blade Sweep

   Starting skill. Fast melee arcs with knockback that buy you space.

2. 
   Shadow Dagger

   An orbiting ring of blades that punishes anything close.

3. 
   Lightning

   Instant hits with no travel time, ideal against fast enemies.

4. 
   Venom Flask

   Poison pools that deny ground to the horde.

Loadout

Potions in pick order

1. 
   Haste

   Increases cast speed of every skill except summons.

2. 
   Plating

   Reduces incoming contact damage.

3. 
   Vitality

   Increases max HP.

4. 
   Insight

   Increases XP gained from all sources.

Synergy

How it plays

• Damage: Physical (Blade Sweep), Arcane (Shadow Dagger), Lightning (Lightning) and Poison (Venom Flask).
• Potions raise: Cast Speed, Armor, Max HP and XP Gain.
• Ashen’s passive: ×3.50 Damage and +0.6 Armor points/Level.
• Pairs inside the build: Blade Sweep + Shadow Dagger, Blade Sweep + Lightning and Shadow Dagger + Venom Flask.

Items

Items to wish for

These items change the build’s own skills. Open chests early and use the Wishing Well for the one you miss.

legendary

Whirlwind Edge

Every third Blade Sweep spins a full circle.

legendary

Thunder Edge

Blade Sweep hits add 20% Storm Surge charge per foe.

legendary

Grounding Conduit

Lightning arcs back through foes, fully charging Storm Surge.

legendary

Storm Brand

Shuriken hits may call Lightning for 120% damage.

epic

Twin Crescent

Blade Sweep also slashes behind you for 60% damage.

epic

Night Edge

+1 Shadow Dagger. Max +2.

epic

Storm Relay

Lightning hits +1 nearby foe at half damage. Max 3.

rare

Umbral Reach

Shadow Daggers orbit 15% wider. Max +45%.

Ranking

How the simulation rates it

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