With the patch we are in and in KR supposedly esoteric is better at the end of progression. I do use a build with esoteric abilities for chaos; however, which build will be better in boss scenarios gearing…first intention or esoteric? Thanks
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Do not quote me on this but I believe the burstier one is what people use for endgame single target scenarios.
That being said, your question most likely boils down to which engraving gives me 5% more damage above the other.
They are most likely not far from each other in terms of damage as with most engravings.
What kind of build have you built into so far What are your combat stats and Engraving so Ideally for wardancer you’ll want;
- Swiftness main focus
- Spec as secondary focus
To do this you’d want in the right engravings; - Necklace - Swiftness and Spec
- 2 Earrings Swiftness
- 1 Ring swiftness and 1 ring Crit
We haven’t got to end game properly so getting Five lvl3 Engravings and one lvl2 Engraving is not possible but you’re top 5 engraving for lvl 3 are
Grudge (do not do unless you can guarentee lvl3)
Adrenaline
Esoteric
Raid captain
with a lvl 2 Keen blunt weapon
Raid captain is used at lvl 3 because with 1400 points into swiftness at end game you’ll get a 25% movement speed and the lvl 3 engraving adds 45% onto that figure and applies the new figure as a damage boost so 70% total.
There may be a better build out there but this is the current meta for KR for esoteric Wardancer, Play around with some other stuff see if there is a better option, strive to change the meta.
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This is a little over a month ago but I went FI just thought it felt much better…and feel like its less punishing than missing the esoteric burst. Grudge 3/3, FI 3/3, Raid Captain 1/3,nearly 2/3. Been T3 for a bit…finally feel like its coming together…Thanks for the responses though.
Hey. Im 1342 WD. Esot:1 Ambush master:3 Raid cap:almost 3. Swift:800 But i see u suggested grudge keen blunt and raid cap. Should i go 1370 like this First and after that point, change and pick engravings accsessories and stuff like u said? I dont know any 1400+ WD player.
I wouldn’t worry about grudge until after Relic gear and Jewellery has been released, My WD Alt I still might not even do grudge when they release relic gear I might wait for the Bracelet to be implemented (The bracelet is the locked slot underneath your Ability stone) It’s an unreleased piece of jewellery they are yet to give us
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i’m not sure you understand how raid captain works… by your logic if i have literally 1 swiftness that gives me 0.01% movement speed bonus, i would do 45.01% extra damage with zero downside? this doesn’t sound stupid to you?
Doing 45% of 0.01 sounds even dumber. There’s no way in hell it would be 0.0045%. Adding 45% onto the Movement speed % sounds more real
it’s not dumb because you’re getting a bonus damage on top of your bonus movement speed, which makes your bonus movement speed more valuable, however miniscule it may be. if it was flat 45% damage increase, people would stop chasing grudge 3 and go for raid captain 3 on every single class instead, because 45%+ bonus damage > 20%, and you don’t even take more damage.
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Personally I use Esoteric for everything. First Intention is certainly viable, but IMHO Esoteric align better with War Dancer playstyle.
a short buff window where you dump all the big hits in.
that’s why you don’t run Raid captain on character with 0.01% movement speed 
WD on the other hand use 1400 swiftness to get 24% movement speed. They also do all their damage under the buff that grants them another 16% movement speed. Mind 40% is a cap. And Raid captain makes that into 18% dmg boost without any negative effect.
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