Flaming Repeater Build
This guide details the Flaming Repeater build, a powerful combination that converts Repeater’s base physical damage into fiery explosions, then leverages enemy deaths to trigger cascading plague effects. This synergy ensures high sustained damage against single targets and exceptional clear speed for large groups. Sustain comes from life steal, Conviction buffs, or regeneration, keeping you alive during intense encounters.
Build Overview
Section titled “Build Overview”The Flaming Repeater build revolves around transforming your Repeater attacks into fiery explosions, then leveraging enemy deaths to trigger cascading plague effects. This synergy ensures high sustained damage against single targets and exceptional clear speed for large groups. Sustain comes from life steal, Conviction buffs, or regeneration, keeping you alive during intense encounters.
Skills
Section titled “Skills”The following skills are essential for the Flaming Repeater build, with their detailed attributes.
Repeater
By holding the skill button, machinegun-like fire on a single target. This build converts its base Physical damage to Fire.
Shadow Dash
Dash very quickly, dealing damage to enemies on your path.
Slow Time
All enemies have their movement speed, attack speed and projectile speed reduced.
Split Shot
Shoot multiple bullets in a cone in front of you. Especially strong against nearby enemies.
Bombardment
Summons a Bombardment over a large area for 8 seconds, dealing AoE Physical Damage on impact.
Closed Body
Envelops you in a Barrier of Conviction based on your Maximum Mana. While active, your Conviction Decay is reduced by 50%, and every attack received is retaliated with a Physical Damage Explosion.
Note on Bombardment/Closed Body: The build offers flexibility for your fifth skill slot. Bombardment provides additional burst AoE damage, while Closed Body enhances your survivability through Conviction generation. Choose based on your preference for offense or defense.
Relics
Section titled “Relics”These Relics are crucial for the Flaming Repeater Build, unlocking powerful synergies and scaling your damage.
Molten Relic
Converts all Repeater damage to Fire and adds a #% chance on hit to launch a grenade, dealing #% of Repeater's damage as a Fire explosion.
Last Prayer
Enemies killed by Repeater explode, dealing #% of Repeater's damage as Plague Damage in a small area.
Arapuca
Repeater deals +#% damage to Slowed enemies.
Powder Bag
Marksman Skills that deal Physical damage to Ignited enemies trigger a Fire explosion, dealing #% of the triggering damage and consuming the Ignited status.
Looking Glass
Kills with Spells grants +#[+] Mana regen for #s.
Death Notary
Enemies affected by Slow Time become Exposed (take +#% [x] damage from all sources). Additionally, killing an Exposed enemy restores #.#% Mana.
Poem Never Recited
Slow Time Duration is reduced by #% [x], but affected Enemies become Oiled (Fire damage instantly Ignites Oiled Enemies with double intensity and half its original duration).
Silver Bullets
Grants # Conviction on kill. Additionally, all Marksman Skills drain # Conviction on use and deal #% of your current Conviction as additional Physical damage.
Mother of Perpetual Help
While inside Slow Time's area of effect, gain #% of your Maximum Mana as Conviction per second, and Conviction decays #% slower.
Blunderbuss
Converts Split Shot into a single bullet that deals Physical damage equal to #% of the original damage, multiplied by its current Projectile Amount.
Ashes of Mourning
Bombardment deals Plague damage. Hits recover #.#% of all cooldowns.
Colonel's Insignia
Bombardment now follows the player, gains #%[+] increased damage rate.
Blessings of Foundation
Section titled “Blessings of Foundation”These general blessings provide fundamental stat increases for your build:
- Elemental Damage
- Ignite Chance
- Crit Damage
- Projectile Amount
- Mana
- Move Speed
- Attack Speed
Blessings of Proficiencies
Section titled “Blessings of Proficiencies”These proficiencies enhance specific skills and aspects of your build:
- Duration Increase (for buffs/debuffs)
- Repeater Attack Speed
- Split Shot Damage
- Slow Time AoE
- Conviction Decay (resistance)
- Fire Damage
Blessed Gear
Section titled “Blessed Gear”Prioritize the following stats on your equipment for optimal performance:
- Base Damage
- Elemental Damage
- Fire Damage
- Ignite Chance
- Plague Damage
- Critical Hit Chance
- Attack Speed
Constellations Map
Section titled “Constellations Map”Focus on these Constellation nodes and paths to maximize your build’s scaling:
- Fire Damage
- Fire Resistance
- Hunter’s Vision
- Quick Punishment
- Quick Sagacity
- Quick Evasion
- Hunter’s Bounty
- Mana Shield
In-Combat Strategy
Section titled “In-Combat Strategy”- Burst Fire: Use Repeater’s high fire rate to quickly apply fire damage and ignite enemies.
- Plague Chain Reactions: Ensure enemies die from Repeater to trigger Plague explosions, stacking damage over time on groups.
- Cooldown Management: Finish off groups or apply additional pressure with skills like Lasso or Tempest if supporting skills are active.
- Boss Kiting: Against bosses, maintain distance while continuously firing to build plague clouds underneath them.
- Early Upgrade Priority: Prioritize upgrades that increase projectile count or elemental conversion early in your runs, even over seemingly rarer options, to establish your core damage.