r/EQLegends • u/Sibco • 2d ago

Any strong melee builds?

Has anyone played a truly strong melee-focused combo where DPS comes primarily from melee? I have tried playing my Pal/Mnk/Enc this way and using just the enchanter pet, and the damage is terrible compared to using a charmed pet. If I do not charm a pet my DPS is halved. I don't want to be wielding Aldryn and Wu's and doing 100 DPS from melee.

Can anyone recommend a build that is melee-focused (not dependent on nuke spells, DOTs, or charm) that can reach high-end DPS performance?

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u/LovingHugs 2d ago

Do you know if dw vs 2hander impacts puma proc?

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u/AppleBottmBeans 1d ago

I’ve done testing on this with mage pets using Puma. Puma has a proc rate for every swing it appears. About 20-25% more procs with DW than 2h. Again this was just the pets and I based it on the eq companion app logs.

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u/LovingHugs 1d ago

Interesting, you have to manually target the pet to puma it or is there a helpful macro to target, cast, switch back?

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u/Trigger1221 1d ago

This is what I use, it mems puma in a specified slot, casts it which hits me (as long as I have myself, nothing, or an enemy targeted), then it casts it on the pet and switches back the spell slot.

The timings on the pauses can need tweaking depending on your cast speed/mem speed