Overview
This guide is for everyone.
Intro
This guide mainly focuses for off-meta melee Sharpshooter build. It’s fun and takes Sharpshooters into whole new level. I try to keep this short and simple. I’m using some of my screenshots from my latest Ridiculous Hardcore playthrough.
So, let’s get started!
Main skills
Build is very flexible and powerful. It fits well for both leveling and end game. These are bread and butter of this build. Gives you the feeling of actually sneaking and assassinating.
Main skills:
Melee Basic Attack: Doesn’t cost any skill points, free damage and gives the user 50% damage absorb for ~6 seconds.
Ghost Visage: Stealth that draws aggro off from user. Invulnerable against any damage. Short range dash to dodge and engage. Leaves a spectre behind to taunt foes at max rank.
Reload: Resets every Adventurer skill, like Ghost Visage for infinite duration. Also restores ammos.
Core skills
There are lots of choices here. It’s recommended to take one or two of these. Personally, I run with just one that I like the most and has good passive, Targeted Strikes.
Example skill build
Fill rest of the hotbar with whatever you like the most. Here’s my ”Ice Ninja” version of the build:
Relic
Hardcore: Coldheart is highly recommended. It’s not just best for CC, but also best lag counter.
Softcore: Any other than Coldheart for higher DPS.
Pet skills
Choose what you have and like the most. Giving examples if you are not sure what to take.
Hardcore:
Softcore:
Legendarium
The Wanderer’s Hood is very important. Others can be anything you have that benefits your build. Godsbeard’s Glove or Quicksilver are recommended for Hardcore.
Gameplay
You may pretty much decide your gameplay based on your own style. I’m confident in melee, so I was staying lots in there. In melee my cursor was always inside the Ghost Visage’s cast range, so only lag was sometimes interrupting it’s use. You may be full range, full melee or mix the styles however you will.
Regardless of what you do, it’s recommended to engage the foes in most cases for the damage absorb buff.
Melee Gameplay
Melee: It’s important to know monsters like your pockets. You pretty much need to strike, dodge and repeat. This way you completely negate unnecessary damage and lower risk of dying. High caution on Spiders as their web slows your movement and attack speed a lot. It’s better to shoot them down with Core Skill.
This also affects your difficulty. The more you melee, the more challenge fun you get.
Range Gameplay
Range: Play like any other Sharpshooter build, except you also enjoy close range combats. Except you have option to Melee Basic Attack every 6 seconds to always maintain your 50% damage absorb. There are lots of trash monsters and objects, so it’s not a bad idea to stay close to them while you shoot the main target.
Here I’m going to break some objects with Melee Basic Attack before jumping back into fight.
Questions
If you have any questions, you may contact me at Torchlight 3 Discord channel. I will read and probably update this build guide time to time. Have fun and remember…
Keep calm and melee!
~GuiltyMuscles
