by F1ameBlade — last updated 3 years ago
No longer adrift in the Void, Sevagoth has returned. He and his Shadow deal heavy damage and have high survivability. They are sustained by the reaping of wayward souls.
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3060 / 60
APPLY CONDITIONALS
Sevagoth Gameplay Guide[Sevagoth] combines crowd control and damage vulnerability debuffs on enemies to dispatch large groups of them with ease. His passive can save him from suboptimal situations but it requires five nearby enemies to bring him back during the bleedout timer. Enemies that are immune to Gloom's slowing effect can force him to rely on Exalted Shadow or weapons in his loadout.
📝 Build Overview 📝 Reap puts a strong damage vulnerability debuffs on enemies which boosts all sources of damage. This build utilizes Reap along with a subsumed damage buff to make any weapon become a competitive option.
🔢 Helminth Options 🔢 Sow is an almost useless ability on a build with barely any Range. It doesn't even follow you so you'd be forced to recast it on every single enemy.
Roar is a strong damage buff that synergizes with damage over time effects. It's one of the more expensive buffs but it's probably the most meta option.
Eclipse is a great buff but requires good lighting and proper positioning.
Warcry, Elemental Ward, and other hybrid defensive buffs are useful on this build but they provide far less offensive benefits.
Other abilities are decent but provide a lot of redundancy due to the existence of operator mode and the previously mentioned abilities.
📊 Ability Stats 📊 Strength are Duration are the main two stats in a buff focused build. Efficiency and Range are sacrificed for greedy damage but this build shouldn't be negatively impacted by lowering either of those stats.
⏲️ Duration ⏲️ Duration is boosted by multiple mods to give your buffs a longer uptime. [Narrow Minded] can be replaced on build that utilize abilities that scale with Range or if you're relying entirely on the initial damage vulnerability debuff from Reap rather than the Shadow hitting enemies.
⛽ Efficiency ⛽ Efficiency is hurt by [Blind Rage] but we try to bring it back up with [Streamline]. [Fleeting Expertise] is stronger but it has negative synergy with abilities that scale with Duration. If you're utilizing multiple sources of energy regeneration that synergize with channeled abilities then Streamline becomes a flex mod.
📏 Range 📏 Range is completely tanked by [Narrow Minded] and we don't need to bring it back up if you're utilizing the Shadow from Reap. It can be controlled by aiming down the sights at enemies. Only replace [Narrow Minded] if you're focusing on abilities that scale on Range or if you want to use the initial area of effect vulnerability debuff on Reap rather than the Shadow.
💪 Strength 💪 Strength needs to be at 272% or higher to get the full 95% slow from Gloom and it massively increases the damage buffs from various sources. Any Strength mod can be tweaked but be mindful of the Gloom breakpoint when removing multiple mods. Even if this build doesn't utilize a high range Gloom it can still benefit from the total incapacitation of enemies within melee range.
↔️ Alternate Playstyles ↔️ Most builds utilize tools that can be swapped out to serve the same purpose albeit in a different manner. The following suggestions are an outline and aren't exhaustive.
🔧 Mods 🔧⚙️ Arcanes ⚙️ Arcane Energize synergizes with [Primed Flow] and keeps your energy topped off. It can be replaced if you have multiple strong forms of energy recovery either through abilities or allied energy support frames. Offensive arcanes like Arcane Avenger or Arcane [Fury] are usually the call.
Arcane Aegis synergizes with shield recovery to provide a massive boost to your survivability. It can be replaced if you don't like the random nature of the proc. Tertiary defensive arcanes like Arcane Guardian or Arcane Grace are usually the call.
📋 Final Notes 📋 Reap instantly weakens nearby enemies and it deals percentage based damage when they're under the effects of Sow. Using Reap as fast as possible can cause it to bug out and fail to hit enemies even when they're within the ability radius.
Consume from Exalted Shadow instantly kills most enemies while [Sevagoth] is bleeding out but it doesn't work against everything. Listing off every exception would significantly increase the size of this guide but the general rule is that the enemies that are known for being immune to abilities will also be immune to Consume.
Exalted Shadow doesn't carry over the buffs, arcanes, and set mods from the base [Sevagoth] loadout. Set mods are actually turned off completely while in Exalted Shadow. This is slightly alleviated by how easy it is to switch back and forth between the two forms. Any outliers are most likely not intended because they're extremely inconsistent with the very small minority of exceptions.
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