[1.3] S3ph1r0th's Crit Striker (Herald godliness) [5-link over 100k AoE dps]
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Hello and welcome to my Dual Crit Herald Build! This is my first build on the forums so i hope you will like it! In this guide I have posted 3 variations of the same build: a bino's kitchen knife section, a vaal pact section and a unwavering stance variation section.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Main Idea~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Dealing as high single target damage as possible with as cheap as possible equipment in order to kill the mob and proliferate the damage via Herald of Ash gem.
Our damage is further multiplied by HoA's multipliers and spreads that multiplied damage between enemies for quick burns/deaths. This guide has 3 variations at the moment (as explained at the beginning) and im sure even more (variations) can be created using the main idea of this build (swapping one weapon for doryani's catalyst for example). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Build Section~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bandits
For Bandits:
-Help Oak -Kill (or if you prefer the physical dmg you can help Oak) -Kill Build works by walking/whirling blading to a pack, cursing it, one-two shotting the nearest mob and letting ignite/prolif do its thing. UPDATE 2: Multistrike can be used instead of added fire damage for the fifth link and add "added fire damage" for a six link. Although multistrike gives less attack damage and it's against heralds mechanics since we crit all the time and PoE's melee attack targeting sucks, we can use shift+attack in order to attack charging enemies before they hit us. All in all i found it to work pretty good, although i dont like how it locks me in place for those extra hits (especially against bosses where i should run all around the place) i found it to have saved me countless times against de-sync/bad targeting system deaths. UPDATE 3: As AquaFreeze suggested im going to point it out to anyone who didn't understand/used it on his own. You can get the Mind Drinker passive nod and re-spec out of it after you have found something with mana leech on gear. UPDATE 4: With near max level reduced mana gems we can run herald of thudner for the shock extra, more multiplier. It's up to your personal taste. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gem Links~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Main 4-5-6 L (Gems in order priority): Dual strike > More Melee physical > Additional Accuracy (ignore if you have enough from gear) > Increased Critical Multiplier > Multistrike > Added Fire damage/Life leech
4-L: Cast when damage taken (lvl 1) + enduring cry + summon skeleton + Decoy totem (i like this one cause summon skelies/Decoy totem provide additional defense at the form of distraction. 3-L: Whirling blades + Faster attack + assassins mark 4-L: Cast when damage taken (whatever level you feel comfortable with - i went with 18) + Molten shell + Immortal Call + Increased Duration 4-L: Herald of Ash + Elemental proliferation + Increased burning damage + reduced mana 3-L: Reduced mana + Hatred + Blood rage ~~~~~~~~~~~-Bino's Variation----The "expensive" one~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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So for that build we wont be using Vaal Pact since bino's unique item gives us huge life regeneration after a singe kill. Indeed with this build physical reflect might become a problem, but if you play it smart and try to kill reflect mobs by luring them to the ignited area it shouldn't give you too much trouble.
My gear (ignore the gem links you see here, refer to above section for correct ones). Everything besides the two bino's is self found/crafted/levelled/quality to 20%.
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As you can see, nothing special besides the weapons. Also, keep in mind that if u craft a GG Ambusher dagger, you can always switch out one of the binos to increase dps. Things to look out for in gear are in this priority: health > chaos resist > elemental resist in order to be maxed > crit multiplier > added physical damage Update 1.3b: Since i decided to once more say "fck survivability", i have decided to drop ondar's guile from my build. Keep in mind that life is at 4,7 K and with life regeneration from bino's i still have no problem surviving. The tree inside the spoiler is the one i am using, decide at your own risk
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https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgYAotmw2Ba_YeImlVVLpn_tQbGztUjIFPVvaoxwUioL8-pw1YnTXfIOSBGWmhNwVpAb29T2_MCc44SOipfQ225W9dh2RwZ94yzhrGa5PmyMnao2PWKsuXyMC-ywSVHw1ZUuBx6MNgV96f4tVdAJZfG7fCEDIuqbtVM1D6vA40tX8bNvnspKwzqDCXcHhxOcpLXybqpKyD8nKk19W6xHUUzYvTWS8kX-CqZXOuH-j03jpDnQgUfiIuIVIEp945-Hdmeg_MXdDSzpAAYV9mJ5W6--pxm0ytO9NmVNR36E2Q==
This one below is the more survivability with ondars guile passive. Passive skill tree
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https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgYAaoz1b8gUotmw2Ba_YeImlVVLjDamf-1BsbO1SInTcFIqC_PqcNVd8poTcFaQGxGWDkjb1Pb8wJzjhH3jLOGsZrk-2HZHBmyMnao2PWKsuXyMC-ywm7VTNQ-rdweHE5ykb57KSsM6gwmkOdCBR-Ii4hUgKk19W6xHUUxKyD8nSn2Hdmeg_MXdDSzp4l6A4bcXOJaNfTB8fyt311b6TZIj9taK_94k_edUUUcABhX2Ynlbr9i9NZK18m6qpldN4_6POuH-CvJF45--pxm0ytO9NmVNR36E2cDjS1fxsw== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-Vaal Pact section~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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With vaal pact we don't even care about reflect as long as we gear up properly.
That means ideally we will have life leech in every piece of jewelry, life leech belt (cheap wurm's molt belt unique) and life leech in gloves. Until we have the ideal gear we can always swap one of our red gems for life leech gem and/or use the warlords mark curse against reflect packs. Also, blood rage can be used if we have some chaos resist on our gear or used exclusively against reflect packs. Passive tree For weapons we can use anything with high crit chance or even dual these until something better is found/crafted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-Unwavering stance~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Since we don't use evasion as a defense mechanism we can use the kaom's unique boots (will have to drop some gems for that) or spec into unwavering stance passive. I haven't tested this one out but theoretically it should work perfectly. Although life is low-ish, not getting stunned is a huge factor when using the vaal pact version since nothing can actually harm you as long as you wont get one shotted.
UPDATE for 1.3: This time unwavering stance is in a far more appealing place. I might actually grab it this time along with Vaal Pact (on the vaal pact build) to become immune to death(as long as i dont stand inside one-shotters like vaal smash etc) For non-Vaal pact-unwavering stance version, simply spec out of Vaal Pact. That's all guys and gals, feedback would be welcome! Last edited by S3ph1r0th#1392 on Dec 13, 2014, 4:53:32 AM
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gameplay video?
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" As i said i havent finished the build yet. If/when i do, i might record a video. Although i have a shitty pc it might be enough to record something. |
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Will probably polish the guide a bit soon
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need to use herald of thunder somehow with the build for the shock - "more" multiplier. Hmmm more multipliers are always good.
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I just ran untainted paradise with this chap. His build wrecked the place.
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" ^^ thanks mate! Also, updated |
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Thank Goodness! I like the tree change.
I'm ramping this build up on my shadow. The HoA overkill burning is enough to 1-shot mlvl48 mobs. Looking forward, do you find the HoA overkill is proliferated enough without Increased Area of Effect gems? Last edited by oMG_Path#1506 on Nov 23, 2014, 10:31:55 PM
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" Im glad you like it! thanks! :D As long as there is a monster (almost)RIGHT beside the one you kill first, elemental proliferation will take care of the rest. I might try getting the aura/mana reserved cluster nearby to see if its possible to use increased aoe instead of reduced mana reserved on your herald of ash combination, to try using the hatred aura(although with some fast math i think its not possible). I will try to upload a video sometime inside the week (my new pc arrives in the morning so im guessing i wont lag like hell while recording). Any video recording softwares to suggest, freewares if possible? Last edited by S3ph1r0th#1392 on Nov 24, 2014, 7:40:17 PM
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Updated.
binos version dps lvl 79 dps over 100k. |
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