Torchlight -Destroyer build

by Steady on Jan.23, 2010, under General Gaming Discussion

I have been playing a destroyer in the great new dungeon crawler Torchlight. I have been working on a build, and thought I would post it here to see what everyone thinks. I am running on the hard difficulty setting.

First my skills, I plan on putting 10 point in each of the following skills.

Tier 1
Shadow Armor- Summons a phantasm which will attack foes
Dual Wielding- Improves damage of all weapons when dual wielding.

Tier 2
Armor Expertise- Mastery of all forms of armor, reduces requirements and improves armor absorption.
Martial Weapons Expertise- Mastery of swords, axes, maces and polearms.

Tier 3
Defensive Spell Mastery- Increases the levels of all defensive spells.

Tier 4
Frost Shield- A protective shield that absorbs physical and elemental damage, freezes foes when they strike.

Tier 5
Critical Strikes- Increases the chance and improves the damage of all critical strikes.
Block and Parry- Increases the chance to block, either with or without a shield.

Tier 6
Devastate- a rush attack using all equipped weapons.
Spectral Decay- Disrupts the armor of foes, increasing the damage that you deal.

I think I will spend my points evenly between defense and strength.

I will try to socket as many +crit gems as I can.

I will concentrate on resistance with my rings, amulet and armor.

My main spells will be haste and resist all, not sure what else I will pick up.

I am just starting out on this build, so any feedback is welcomed. I always tend to build towards defense, and I am a bit worried about being a bit underpowered with this build, so I will see how it works out and keep everyone posted.

:build, Destroyer, Torchlight

2 Comments for this entry

rangerjrohn
September 22nd, 2010 on 4:56 pm
Dex is required for some items, magic affects elemental damage from weapons. So yes strength and defense should be your priority, but you will some of the other stats.
Casey S.
May 3rd, 2011 on 1:53 am
i like it. iv been thinking of retiring my alch so i might use thise build thx ^_^