Endgame Swaxe build, no RNG required
After watching tens (if not hundreds) of videos from well-known content creators I started to notice the "budget" options for the build most often than not resulted in an extremely large loss of DPS/Comfort compared to the full RNG based set. There's always something you end up sacrificing, be it QoL, defensive skills or DPS.
Hence, I decided to dip my toes in the vast ocean of buildcrafting and came up with (in my opinion) the definitive SwAxe comfort set:
Artian dragon SwAxe - power phial (Critical 3, Dragon/Handicraft, Enhancer/Handicraft)
G. Fulgur Helm B+ (Chain, Shockproof)
Arkvulcan Mail Y (Challenger, mighty)
Arkvulcan Vambraces Y (Divine Blessing x2)
Arkvulcan Coil Y (Mighty x2, adapt)
Arkvulcan Greaves Y (Challenger x2)
WEX 3 Charm
With this absolute abomination of a build, you get the following skills:
Weapon: Critical Boost 3, Dragon Attack 3, Power Prolonger 3, Handicraft 2.
Armor: WEX 5, Agitator 5, Flayer 5, Max Might 3, Convert Element 3, Blight Resistance 3, Elemental Absorption 3, Divine Blessing 2, Burst 1, Adaptability 1, and Shock Absorber.
You can make the choice of swapping Adaptability for Divine Blessing 3, which is also fine if you don't mind popping temperature drinks every once in a while. Unfortunately there IS a small caveat for this build, though: you must face a monster with elemental attacks (which luckily is like 95% of the roster), otherwise both Absorb/Convert Element skills are literally useless.
With every buff active, my build's stats come out to 291 raw, 636 element, 35% affinity (+30% Wex, +20% wound), and a massive amount of white sharpness, witth the occasional ~300-400 damage procs from Flayer and Convert Element each.
Putting it all together you have a build that can consistently keep up with minmaxed gore reliant sets, while also allowing yourself to have EXTREME comfort with Arkveld Hunger 4 and divine blessing.
Images showcasing the build below:
https://gyazo.com/6856e30f595976674ed38d43372c7acd
https://gyazo.com/547f31725c67b1b4f366501f2471d247