Melee Drifter

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Drifter

Drifter
Rend
Rend
Swipe at enemies in a cone ahead of you, dealing spirit damage. If the enemy is in close range, deal bonus melee damagemelee damage.Read more
Stalker's Mark
Stalker's Mark
Send out a mark that bleeds the first target it hits, dealing spirit damage over time.

While the enemy is bleeding you can re-activate Stalker's Mark to instantly appear behind their back.Read more
Bloodscent
Bloodscent
Пассивное: Isolated heroes leave a trail as they move, and emit their heartbeat from afar.

You deal amplified damage against isolated heroes, and when isolated heroes die nearby you gain permanent weapon damage.Read more
Eternal Night
Eternal Night
Surround nearby enemy heroes in darkness, severely limiting their vision of other units. Affected enemies are briefly revealed to you and are considered isolated for the duration.

You gain bonus sprint speed.Read more
Build id
319953
#Citadel_HeroBuilds_EarlyGame

Yeah, uh. Hello, you kinda just need to buy a few mele options to boost your Rend. Expect them to parry at this point in the game so dont lean too heavily into trying to beat them to death yet.

Slowing Bullets
Slowing Bullets
Weapon
1 600
Extra Stamina
Extra Stamina
Vitality
800
Melee Lifesteal
Melee Lifesteal
Vitality
800
Lifestrike
Lifestrike
Vitality
3 200
Mystic Burst
Mystic Burst
Spirit
800
Tankbuster
Tankbuster
Spirit
3 200
#Citadel_HeroBuilds_MidGame

Alright you can now take a few people on by yourself. Use your speed to catch people out of position and use unstoppable to make them guess when they need to parry and then punish when you miss.

Melee Charge
Melee Charge
Weapon
1 600
Point Blank
Point Blank
Weapon
3 200
Fortitude
Fortitude
Vitality
3 200
Stamina Mastery
Stamina Mastery
Vitality
3 200
Shadow Weave
Shadow Weave
Weapon
3 200
Superior Duration
Superior Duration
Spirit
3 200
Weighted Shots
Weighted Shots
Weapon
3 200
Indomitable
Indomitable
Vitality
6 400
Pool of good items

Yeah this is just extra stuff you might want. You can also buy resistance because late game you join mid fight, dont stat nothing you cannot end.

Crushing Fists
Crushing Fists
Weapon
6 400
Boundless Spirit
Boundless Spirit
Spirit
6 400
All protection you need.

You have extra slots that dont increase your damage. You can use this for utility or surviability. Do surviability if you are smart, or you can do utility if not.

Hunter's Aura
Hunter's Aura
Weapon
3 200
Healing Rite
Healing Rite
Vitality
800
Bullet Resilience
Bullet Resilience
Vitality
3 200
Spirit Resilience
Spirit Resilience
Vitality
3 200
Dispel Magic
Dispel Magic
Vitality
3 200
Majestic Leap
Majestic Leap
Vitality
3 200
Unstoppable
Unstoppable
Vitality
6 400
Counterspell
Counterspell
Vitality
3 200
Plated Armor
Plated Armor
Vitality
6 400
Spellbreaker
Spellbreaker
Vitality
6 400

The order of leveling abilities

Ability
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Rend
Rend
1
2
5
Stalker's Mark
Stalker's Mark
1
2
5
Bloodscent
Bloodscent
1
2
5
Eternal Night
Eternal Night
1
2
5

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