[1.2] Some men just want to watch the screen burn (Dualwield Crit Herald of Ash build)

Hello my friend. :)

At first, dont have currency (15c only).

But, i dont cry. :d I have 49 lvl, 4,5k DPS, 34% crit, 434% crit multi, 2k life.

.L.O.T. .O.F. .F.U.N.

Thanks man for this build, critical Marauder its for me. :D

Finally I got some upgrades...

I got my Vagan to 6, bought a 1 chaos sword and crafted "Damage+accuracy" on it (I feel a little bad, the guy probably didn't know this mod has been added to the crafting pool).


The other weapon got some attack speed and is now a 308 DpS weapon:

I should probably throw my Divine Orb on it, all rolls are pretty mediocre/low:
131% -> 130-149%
21-36 -> 16-22 - 33-38
27% crit -> 25-29
13% attackspeed -> Vagan: 12-15%
...but I'll probably save it.


Overall I dropped a little crit chance, but since I gained 25% crit multi from tree and 28% in the first sword, my DpS jumped to about 40k. :)

Gems are only Lvl 18, still only in a 5L.

I'm playing way too casual this league, not farming too much. Probably because I know that in Standard, some serious gear upgrades are waiting, like:
...so I don't think I need to spend too much time farming, the few times I log in, I just play some maps. I really enjoy Zana's missions, especially the timed ones (Hurry! Hurry! Kill! Kill! Kill!).

So changed my tree to the last one suggested. And got rid of all crit, just went resolute technique. Reflect is no problem at all now, and kill speed is the same minus boss fights. Before I could kill about any boss in 1-2 crits but same would kill me. Now its a few hits to kill. I also swapped to a legacy BoR so damage is close to the same, shows around 37k on tool tip.

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tshern wrote:

I also swapped to a legacy BoR so damage is close to the same, shows around 37k on tool tip.

"the same"?

You are comparing a 6L BoR with a 5L setup?
Just adding "Increased critical damage" to my attack would add around 1.4 damage multiplier.

I would need to see your gear.
Gem levels? Weapons with the same DpS?

With comparable gear, there's no possible way to do the same amount of DpS with a Resolute Technique build. You'd need mirrored weapons to come close.

Its the gear I posted earlier. It shows about 10k less on the tool tip but for clear speed feels "the same"

Because I had all my respec points left and was a little bored by Cleaving all the time, I purchased some pretty cheap claws with solid crit rolls yesterday (both have only about 235 DpS):


...and swapped to this tree and:
Dual Strike (not 20q yet, so 80% crit missing)
+Melee phys
+added fire
+increased critical damage
+multistrike

I lost some life, the "AoE" of Cleave+Conc, also the swords had higher DpS and were better supported by the old tree than claws are by the new.

Instead of 47k DpS (or 49k if I dualstrike my swords with current tree), it's 43k now.
If I swap added fire for splash, it drops down to about 25k.
Hatred raises the DpS by the usual percentage (about 8-12k, depending where I start), but I still prefer Grace.

It plays pretty nice, I cleared a couple of 73-76 maps yesterday, and HoA+multistrike is actually enough AoE to kill quick enough, the additional leech of the claw's implicit is also quite helpful.
(Clearspeed against masses of monsters is a bit better with Splash instead of added fire, but not so much that it really matters)

The claws look cool while standing, he's the man with the burning fists.
The attack animation of dualstrike with claws looks ridiculous however.
Someone has an idea for a better looking main attack?

Hi, how about using Leap Slam as main attack? Can that 1-shot mobs in maps?

Yes, Leapslam can oneshoot mobs in maps when you crit, even if not supported with any damage gems.

When you support it with damage gems, it probably can oneshoot without crits as well.

However using Leapslam as Main Attack is a bit weird in Boss Fights.

sorry but, dorianys are better for this build

Please teach me how to cleave with doryani's :P