[2.5] Tempada's Dreamfeather Lightning Flurry Raider: Acro, Alpha's/Blood Dance/QotF, 200k+ DPS

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whitified wrote:

Hi, thanks for this build. I plan on using whirling blades instead of leap slam to move, does that mean i can replace QotF? Since whirling blades relies on attack speed instead of movement speed

Sure, you can replace QotF, but the only other unique chest that has decent synergy with Dreamfeather is Hyrri's Ire, or you'd need a really high-end evasion rare.

Whirling Blades is probably better while leveling than Leap Slam, but by late game, when you have a lot of attack speed, Leap Slam is great for cursing enemies (LS + Curse on Hit + curse + Fortify), plus you can jump over gaps. You don't get that functionality with Whirling Blades, although you could get the curse functionality with Orb of Storms + Curse on Hit + curse.

Is the Cwdt used with Ice golem only to get that off as the Vaal gem dont triger from cwdt?

And what about AA? Should I just activiate it every 5 seconds as it doesn't auto cast?

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YellovvJack wrote:

Is the Cwdt used with Ice golem only to get that off as the Vaal gem dont triger from cwdt?

Exactly.

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And what about AA? Should I just activiate it every 5 seconds as it doesn't auto cast?

AA acts like an aura and reserves mana. You activate it once per login and it stays on permanently outside of town (unless you do something to turn it off).

I'm going raider with this and im torn between going for frenzy charge chance or onslaught chance with first ascend...

Frenzy charge generation seems easy to get from gear, whereas onslaught.. not so much thinking i might grab it first.. maybe spec out when i have 4 points to throw around...

Thoughts?

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evilstarship wrote:

I'm going raider with this and im torn between going for frenzy charge chance or onslaught chance with first ascend...

If you're already generating frenzy charges, the Onslaught node is definitely better. On the other hand, since you'll probably want Avatar of the Slaughter later, the first choice depends on whether or not you want to go right for Avatar of the Slaughter or can wait or want to respec after 4 points.

Is wild strike viable as skill?
I noticed it's kinda fast as clearing speed, but i can't test it in lategame :/
If you could please have a little try and tell me, i'd be grateful, after all it's just a little gem switch :)

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zephyrux88 wrote:

Is wild strike viable as skill?
I noticed it's kinda fast as clearing speed, but i can't test it in lategame :/
If you could please have a little try and tell me, i'd be grateful, after all it's just a little gem switch :)

I've tested Wild Strike before and it's definitely viable, it's just not as good as Lightning Strike or Cleave since damage effectiveness is lower and there's not a lot of physical damage to convert to elemental damage.

How would Earthquake be? Im don't like cleave and I was debating on playing one of the new skills
Maybe Ice crash im not sure. Would like to try Earthquake tho, lemme know if you have any advice.

EDIT: RIP ME DIDNT SEE AXE TAG

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LethalNarwhal wrote:

EDIT: RIP ME DIDNT SEE AXE TAG

Yeah... It's actually usable if you have Soul Taker, though. I'm getting over 30k dps (before flasks and charges) with a lvl 12 gem and my main setup (compared to 53k with a lvl 20 Cleave). The problems are that you don't have a lot of physical damage to scale, and the aftershocks are unreliable with such a high attack speed. I'm sure it would be viable, just not ideal.

Thanks for reply Tempada.

I'm currently sitting at level 58, looking for a nice QotF to buy... And grabbed an Ichimonji sword for the 5% less reserved mana, which should let me finally run Wrath and Grace (maybe I'll dual wield them).

However; I've played other melee builds that rely on Hatred and Herald of Ash for the physical scaling, and I'm left wondering a little why this build suggests Wrath and Herald of Thunder instead; despite the build being a bit low on Int until later levels when we get deeper into the Templar tree? For melee, Phys to Ele seems like a good choice, doesn't it?

At the level I'm currently at I'm really hurting for Int needed to level these gems, but I'm sure there's a good reason these lightning skills are preferable? Can anyone explain this?