+5-8 Bleed Stacks on Critical Hit.
+12.5-20% Critical Chance for 6s on successful Dodge.
Target receives 1-4 Stacks of 2.5% Brittleness on direct projectile hit. Debuff lasts for 5 seconds and can have a maximum of 16 stacks.
+3.5-5% Critical Chance for every 10% of magazine spent during continuous fire. Stacks 5 times.
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This build is viable for Auric Maelstroms. I have not tested it in I-II-V-E-G but it probably works fine there, the damage potential is crazy high. The general gist is that you want as much book uptime as possible and the talent tree + weapon choice supports that, on top of being incredibly good at dealing damage.
For the melee weapon, the knife is the best option here. Its fast attack speed combined with its high base crit means you can easily get to 100%, or at least close to it, with Riposte and the talent tree alone. Scourge gives +30% crit chance and Blazing Piety another +25%, Riposte another +20%, and boom, you have +75% crit chance. NUTS.
Now this will trigger Invocation of Death, and massively reduce your cooldown of the book - this is the crux of the build. W̶h̶i̶l̶e̶ ̶c̶l̶e̶a̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶h̶o̶r̶d̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶e̶a̶c̶h̶ ̶c̶r̶i̶t̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶e̶a̶c̶h̶ ̶i̶n̶d̶i̶v̶i̶d̶u̶a̶l̶ ̶e̶n̶e̶m̶y̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶r̶i̶g̶g̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶C̶D̶R̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶s̶t̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶p̶e̶c̶t̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶d̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶s̶i̶n̶g̶l̶e̶-̶t̶a̶r̶g̶e̶t̶. Nerfed - however, still powerful due to the Knife's fast attack speed.
On the knife, for perks, Unyielding is a must for boss damage and Ogryns, while +stamina is a free slot you can trade out for, say, Carapace Damage. I take stamina because it came with the godlike knife I rolled and it has a low base stamina, so it helps. For blessings, Flesh Tearer is the natural choice, since you can quickly get up to and keep 16 stacks of bleed ticking, which will help hits to kill on bigger enemies, and maybe kill the occasional mutant that manages to grab you. Damage is your dump base stat, it doesn't impact much.
On the gun, this is really a free slot you can do whatever you want with. I choose the Bolter for more boss damage and problem solving when I don't have the book ready for whatever reason. Naturally, perks will be Unyielding and Carapace, because those are the only things you should be shooting at that won't die instantly. As for blessings, Cavalcade will get your crit rate closer to the knife (you don't have Riposte, remember), and Shattering Impact will make the thing you shoot at die faster. When equipping the bolter or a similarly slow-drawing weapon, throw a knife! This will bypass the draw time and have it ready twice or even thrice as fast.
SAVE THE BOLTER FOR SITUATIONS WHEN IT'S NEEDED. Wasting ammo will ruin your team's ammo economy and you won't have it for when you need to burst down a boss or pack of Crushers your team isn't handling.
Curios are mostly universal. Extra stamina is a must-have, that stuff's your lifeblood, as well as Toughness Regen and Stamina regen. Two sprint efficiency perks might be a little overkill depending on your playstyle, but for me it always leaves enough stamina to play defensively if needed while zooming everywhere I go. You can substitute one of those for Sniper DR, it'll save your Until Death charge if you happen to get caught off guard.
The talents should be self-explanatory. Until Death is your get out of jail free card, dodge bonuses, stun immunity, more crits, more damage.
