Abyss PvP Build - Great Axe / Ice Gauntlet

Brutal Ice Gauntlet lock down mixed with the devastating burst from great Axe. This build has it all. Great survivability, excellent movement / battlefield control, and damage that can quickly drop someone from full health.

The combo for this guy is simple, catch people in your ice traps and punish hard with Great Axe. I love how this build can force people to eat your Execute, making it a very deadly close ranged fighter!

you can play this guy in any armor weight you want too!

I recommend going for at least 150 CON on this setup since ice gauntlet is a rather close range weapon so you will be doing lots of melee fighting. 25 FOC is recommended but you can drop this if you want! The rest is stacked in INT for that big boy damage.

Intelligence

• 25: +5% damage increase to backstabs and random critical hits. +10% harvest speed.

• 50: +5% damage increase to targets inflicted with a damage over time effect. +5% chance for 1 azoth when harvesting.

• 100: +10% damage to light and heavy elemental attacks. +50 encumbrance.

• 150: +15% to elemental damage. -10% weight of harvested items.

• 200: +10 mana on critical hit. +20% harvest speed.

• 250: +30% duration to applied damage over time effects. +10% yield increase when harvesting.

• 300: +7% damage to targets below 50% health. 25% reduction in Azoth travel cost.

• 350: +10% ability damage. +10% chance at finding rare items while harvesting.

Focus

• 25: +5% ability cooldown reduction. +5% chance to catch larger fish.

Constitution

• 25: All health consumables are 10% stronger. +10% Logging speed.

• 50: +10% physical armor when at or above 50% health. 10% reduction on durability loss for tools.

• 100: Increase max health by 10%. +50 encumbrance.

• 150: -10% to critical damage taken. -10% weight of logging items.

For The Abyss I would pick Mending Execute as the final perk, since you will be able to pull 5-6k heals from it on a big hit! Crippling Reap is also a great choice, or a damage perk of choice like Trenchant Strikes!

For the Ice Gauntlet I would love to have Unending Thaw or even Healing tomb on it, with a Shirking or Attunement perk. The final perk is up to you! enchanted is a decent idea to buff that light and heavy attack!

Ideally the armor would be Either Aversion Perk / Thrust Conditioning / Shirking Heals. Shirking Heals is the way to go this patch, offering a ton of healing power as long as your dodging well. You definitely want Shirking Energy on the legs and I highly recommend trying to fit in 4x Refreshing on either your armor or jewelry!

I also recommend fitting in Crippling Reap and Deadly Frost if you can!

The Ankh would be a great option to boost your healing, but it did get nerfed very recently! My ideal amulet would be Healthy / Thrust or Fire Resistance / Stamina Recovery. The ring is a bit under leveled but has great perks (possibly add lifestealing). My ideal earing would have Regenerating instead of Refreshing Toast or Nimble!

As always use the best food you can find, honing stones, and health / mana / regeneration / OP new super potions introduced in the expansion!

Great Axe

Ice Gauntlet