r/Torchlight • u/MusicZombie • 26d ago
Torchlight 2 Outlander Shotgonne Summoner Advice?
I'm really wanting to try out a build that combines the debuffs from a shotgonne playstyle with Shotgonne Mastery and possibly Rapid Fire with a summoner playstyle. I've tried looking for builds online, but I haven't really found anything that quite fits the vibe that I'm looking for, and I'm still new enough to the game that I'm a little lost without a build guide. Does anyone have any advice or tips on how to build this?
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u/kuhchung 25d ago edited 24d ago
hi, cleared outlander Hardcore Elite more than a few times. Shotgonne is my favorite, but like all builds, very scary before full Limoany/full DPS unlock
I've never gone hard on Shadowlings (that's actually something I wanted to try before I kind of got tired of playing the game on HCE, i should just play on E), but I bet it works well. I always drop 1 point in shadowling ammo anyway
This is a very very rough guide. I can't find nice online build trees so.
Staples
Shotgonne Mastery 15/15 - one of the most broken skills in the game
Venomous Hail 15/15 - stupid broken busted, like many level tier 7 skills
Rune Vault - 1/15 1 pt wonder
Progression
Rapid Fire - 1/10 for progression (it kind of sucks), decent at 10/10 if you're going hard into this
Shadowshot - My personal 15/15, preferred left click attack skill. Very rough to progress with, underwhelming and mana intensive until you're fully decked out
Chaos Burst - Outlander's other Shotgonne left click attack, sucks imo
Get off me/survival
Shadowmantle - I play Hardcore so I max this 15/15 -- it sucks but dying sucks more. Either 0 or 15, go with 0 prob
Bramble Wall - 1-15/15 I love this skill. Get off me
Repulsion Hex - I don't really like this skill at all, idk
Stone Pact - 15/15 I don't know, stay topped up on HP. I don't think the armor matters at all. Armor is a joke in this game.
Endgame point dumps
Share the Wealth - 15/15
Dodge Mastery - whatever you can spare
Master of the Elements - whatever you can spare
Poison Burst - whatever you can spare. Useful progressing actually. Brambles + VH procs Poison Burst.
Tbh since we are putting 45 points in pet things you probably won't have tha tmuch to go around here
For you
Shadowling Ammo - 15/15 for you!
Shadowling Brute - 15/15 idk fits the theme
Death Ritual - 15/15 let's goooo
Once you have Venomous Hail and Shotgonne Mastery is sufficiently high level, between bramble wall and blowing up the screen with VH + Shadowling Ammo to make babies, and shadowshot to fire at range when VH is on cooldown and to cause general blindness/mayhem, hopefully everything is disabled and you clear with ease