[1.2] Bino's Dual Strike Ignite [Rampage] [Atziri with 4L]

Herald of Ash ignites a nearby target for a percentage of the overkill damage on any target that you kill. Big hits are good for having an ignite that does enough damage to kill a monster, and Elemental Proliferation + Increased Area of Effect lets Herald of Ash ignite an entire pack.


Dual Strike is used because it provides a bigger hit from combining the damage of two weapons, and it also provides more consistency. The way Dual Strike works is that it rolls the critical strike chance on each weapon individually and then adds the amounts together. If both weapons roll a crit, then the ignite will be large enough to clear anything, while a single crit will usually clear a mob anyway. With a 95% critical strike chance and high accuracy a mob will usually die in a single hit.


Bino's has a high base critical strike chance, spreads poison damage from Adder's Touch that works the same way as Herald of Ash, has 30% Increased Damage over Time that scales the Ignite and the Poison, and provides life regeneration.


Abyssus gives extremely high flat physical damage that goes well with Daggers, and has up to 150% Increased Critical Strike Multiplier that works with the near capped critical strike chance. Unfortunately, it has 40-50% Increased Physical Damage Taken that increases reflect damage taken and can make big physical burst like Rhoas or Physical Spells like EK hurt much more. I have rarely had problems with this, though, and can only see it being unusable against Uber Atziri since those spears will most likely 1-shot whenever they aren't evaded/dodged/blocked.

Reflect can easily kill you if you make a mistake and get unlucky, which is why I don't think this is a good build for hardcore. However, it is easily avoidable with the way this build plays. I rarely die to reflect because of evasion, dodge, block, and Immortal Call giving me a hit or two to realize that its there when I do hit it. Since this isn't a Multistrike + Melee Splash build, it is easier to react to reflect.


Lightning Strike also does not care about reflect very much. Its useful if you want to level without any deaths at all or just need to kill a reflect mob.

Normally crit builds use power charges, but I don't think it fits this one very well. With dual daggers it can reach the crit chance cap easier than other dagger builds can. It also doesn't constantly hit like Spectral Throw does.

Lightning Strike with Multistrike and Whirling Blades make much better use of PCoC, though.

If this isn't your first character, it might be a good idea to get some leveling gear to speed up the process. Here are some useful items you could buy.

Ungil's Gauche
Mightflay
Crest of Perandus
Wurm's Molt


Go to the "My Gear" section to see the end game gear.

Using Dual Strike early on is not recommended because its slow and not too strong. Instead, use either Reave with Multistrike or Spectral Throw. Whirling Blades with Power Charge on Critical Strike is great for sustaining Power Charges for a better crit chance.

Here are some great gem setups for leveling
[4L] Reave - Multistrike - Power Charge on Critical Strike - Increased Critical DMG/Melee Physical Damage/Life Leech

[4L] Spectral Throw - Lesser Multiple Projectiles - Power Charge on Critical Strike - Increased Critical Damage/Life Leech

[3L] Whirling Blades - Faster Attacks - Power Charge on Critical Strike

Only swap to Dual Strike once you are able to use an Abyssus and Herald of Ash with Elemental Proliferation. It won't be as useful as Reave+Multistrike without them.

SIDE NOTES
+30 INT/STR nodes as well as the mana leech nodes can be taken when you need them and refunded at any time.

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Duelist Variation
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This guide is assuming you have the minimum requirements in gear and levels, which is really just the core build. Around level 80 with Bino's and somewhat decent gear (even a 4L) will definitely be good enough.

Here are some items that will help
Atziri's Promise
Vaal Haste gem
Flasks with instant heal + bleed remove
Immortal Call + Blood Magic + Enduring Cry + Increased Duration and space for this setup
Cast when Damage Taken to swap in for Atziri

Trash mobs
These guys are really easy in the normal version. You can play fairly offensively or even whirling blades past them as long as you don't allow multiple melee monsters to pile up on you. Self-cast Enduring Cry + Immortal Call + Blood Magic are all very helpful if you are afraid, and Lightning Strike (Shift casted to prevent desync) can make it even more safe if you want to really take it slow. I personally whirl through everything and use Immortal Call before I go through big mobs.

Your flask setup should be as many instant-heal flasks as possible along with Atziri's Promise. Charge up your Vaal Haste before you enter the double Vaal area to make it even more safe if your DPS isn't high enough (100-130k).

Double Vaals
For those who don't know this boss, it is 2 Vaal Oversouls at the same time that use Ball Lightning instead of Ice Shards. When one of them dies the other one goes into Turbo mode and becomes very dangerous. Most builds will get each of them low and cull them both at around the same time, but this one focuses on killing them individually before they attack.

These guys are VERY easy if you know what to do. The most important thing that you need to know for them is to start off by opening the bottom one and then letting the top one open on its own. The bottom one is better because it will always spawn minions after it spawns, and it gives you extra screen space to check on the top Vaal. The top one will come up on its own so you do not need to go near it, and it will be after a short delay giving you time to kill them separately.

As I said in the trash mob section, its important that you have Vaal Haste and an Atziri's Promise available. Use 1 charge of your Atziri's Promise on the first Vaal, and then use Vaal Haste and Atziri's Promise on the second. Your DPS should be high enough to kill them before they attack making it a very easy boss.

After you kill them, make sure you equip some flasks with bleed removal if yours do not already have them.

Trio
Before you start on the Trio make sure you have self-cast Enduring Cry + Immortal Call + Blood Magic. This is not 100% required, but it is very helpful especially to those who don't know what to expect. It is also important to know that you can get your Endurance Charges before you enter the room and then use Immortal Call before you start.

The trio has 3 different bosses that each buff the other bosses and also start spawning a physical degen cloud and constantly summon monsters when they die. The cloud is big, so you should preferably kill them in corners of the room or in the center. It is also physical degen meaning that Immortal Call will make it not do any damage.

One of them is a Dual Striker that isn't very dangerous unless he is in his ignited form. You'll notice him do something like a Bloodrage animation and have a fire effect on him. This is only dangerous if he is the last one alive especially considering that he does 50% fire and 50% physical damage, meaning that Immortal Call will not make you unable to die.

Another is the Cycloner who is also not very intimidating unless he is the last alive. He does a Cleave that puts bleed stacks onto you that should be removed with a flask as well as a Cyclone that puts bleed stacks on you and also creates a chaos degeneration cloud. When he is the last alive, he will go much faster and put a lot more bleed stacks on you.

The last of the trio is the tentacle lady (Chaska if you played Invasion league) who is the most intimidating of the 3. She does a damaging rain that will very likely instantly kill you without Immortal Call up. This makes it very important to run around the room until you have Immortal Call ready which will negate all of her damage. Her other abilities are more basic attacks that will be much less intimidating. When she is the last alive, she attacks much faster and will instantly kill you whenever Immortal Call drops off most likely. If you decide to kill her last make sure your Immortal Call lasts long enough that it won't drop.

Here are some kill orders you can do






Atziri
Switch your Enduring Cry+Immortal Call back to your normal Cast when Damage Taken setup if you have one. Your flask setup should be at least one instant heal + bleed removal flask, one Topaz Flask, 2 Ruby Flasks, and one Atziri's Promise or another Topaz Flask/instant heal+bleed flask.

She has 3 different phases. A normal phase where she throws spears and uses Storm Call/Flameblast. Dodge the spells as much as possible and don't worry too much about the spears unless you use Iron Reflexes or have no evasion rating at all. The big flameblasts and the Storm Calls are the most dangerous, but are typicall easy to dodge. Then, she has a healing phase where she stands still while mobs slowly walk to her. Kill them before they reach her or else she will heal a little bit. Then she has her split phase, which makes 4 versions of her that each do something different. One of them simply throws spears that are not any more intimidating than the normal one. Another will Flameblast directly on top of you in a mostly predictable way. The third will constantly cast Storm Calls that need to be dodged. The fourth stands there with a reflect shield that will instantly kill you if you attack it.

Atziri in her normal phase is not very hard when you have experienced it before. The spears will hurt if they go through your dodge/evasion. The Puncture does very little, so focus on healing through the initial damage. You should avoid using Topaz/Ruby flasks on her normal phase as they are easily dodgeable and will need them much more for the split phase. The big flameblasts will most likely kill you even with a Ruby flask up, so just avoid them.

She will most likely go into her healing phase early on, and then possibly a few more times as the fight goes on. It won't be very hard, just focus on hitting a monster thats in a middle of a pack so that the proliferation will start up and cover a large area. Lightning Strike is nice for this also, but not needed. It also isn't that big of a deal if she heals.

The split phases are much harder than the rest of the fight. She has them at 75%, 50%, and 25% life that you cannot prevent. If you damage her lower than these amounts, then she will just heal back to it after the split phase is over. Don't bother trying to do extra damage if you know she is going into a split phase. Once she is in the split phase, try to avoid the Storm Calls and stand somewhat far away. When one of them starts a Flameblast on top of you, then that is your time to move in and do damage. It is very predictable as I said earlier. Try not to get trapped in a corner, and also use your Ruby/Topaz/Atziri flasks on this phase. Those flasks will make it much easier to survive a mistake, and will make it possible to stand there and DPS if you have enough gear. With high enough DPS it is very possible to permanently freeze whichever one you are attacking, as I'm pretty sure none of them keep the immunity to freeze except for the reflect one that you won't want to attack anyway.