I’ve long thought my trickster is my best build for carrying in EOS and I think videos like this prove that. It’s a better tank than my devastator I have to admit now, though only in EOS I think.
This is for 3 reasons:
(1) My damage is geared towards AoE close range which is perfect for handling the reavers. Also this is actually one of the rare instances having Phantom Dash really helps avoid getting stun locked by them.
(2) My damage is perfect for destroying the rifts when needed as you see I finally and quite quickly clear them all during the worst of it. Every single attack I use destroys anomaly rifts too.
(3) And most importantly now, SLOW TRAP! I’m never letting anyone tell me slow trap sucks again.
Slow trap does 3 major things: 40% less damage for everyone inside it to start meaning even if the reavers are in it and not getting slowed you still take much less from them.
Slows obviously. And that will at least effectively eliminate most damage from basic enemies which still spawn in EOS. Bulwarks are still annoying and it negates them in the same way freeze or ash do. Also the slow effect sometimes does work on the reavers which makes it very OP in those situations.
Finally, it slows all projectiles. You know it may give you 40% more damage mitigation from everything but it really gives you 100% immunity towards all projectile dealing enemies and that includes the rifts in this case which is why it is SO GOOD for giving constant breaks to the team to either revive or just destroy the rifts while they’re doing no damage to you. It also lets me easily revive teammates in them.
And my build you see maxes slow trap too with the shortest cool down to the point that I fight with it active more than inactive. You know the slow status effect is not that great in the game but slow trap itself is actually OP still despite that.
Every single other tank build you’ve seen even my devastator will struggle to carry people in EOS and still survive amidst such anomaly rift storms (which is the real threat as he spawns exponentially more with each player: it’s why you’ll notice he’s a piece of cake on all my builds solo but that’s because he only spawns 2 rifts per use not SIX like he does with 3 players and if they’re both down you know what kind of damage that means for you…). Both my pyro and techno actually can’t survive long enough sometimes with 100 rifts shooting if they get stun locked by the reavers too much.
And my dev can usually get through it thanks to breaks from getting stunned with gravity leaps and golem giving long moments of invincibility. But even he has come close to death and has to run like crazy still when I’m carrying two players and they’re both dead.
ONLY my trickster tank build here can clearly make carrying two in EOS look easy lol. And it’s definitely a combination of slow trap and being able to handle rifts.
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Do you have a video detailing this build??