[1.3][WIP] Kinetic Blast + AA + EB + Vaal Pact - Leveling Progression + Crafting + Videos

can you show up your gear atm and your bandit choose sir? i'm currently doing this fine at lv50 with lighting tendrils :D

Hey xfatal, check out the third post from the top - it has my gear as I leveled and the gear I have now at level 63 - using Kinetic Blast. Bandit quest choices is in the main post (Kill All - Kill All - Power Charge), but if you want you can get +40 life and +8% attack speed.

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Mr_G wrote:

Hey xfatal, check out the third post from the top - it has my gear as I leveled and the gear I have now at level 63 - using Kinetic Blast. Bandit quest choices is in the main post (Kill All - Kill All - Power Charge), but if you want you can get +40 life and +8% attack speed.

thank you for your reply, but i choose 40HP and 18% physical dmg already, does 18% physical dmg add up to Kinetic?

I've got chain set up with Kinetic Blast.. and Curse on Hit set up with Ass. Mark... nothing is being cursed. I've been a way a long time, can someone explain to me why it's not cursing?

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Mookie88 wrote:

I've got chain set up with Kinetic Blast.. and Curse on Hit set up with Ass. Mark... nothing is being cursed. I've been a way a long time, can someone explain to me why it's not cursing?

It's all because Curse on Hit must be triggered by active skill. Add Herald of Thunder + Reduced Mana to CoH + Assassin's Mark. HoT will curse on hit.

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xfatal wrote:

I chose 40HP and 18% physical dmg already, does 18% physical dmg add up to Kinetic?

Yeah, the physical damage is good, it scales the elemental damage from the passive nodes "x% physical wand damage added as cold/fire/lightning". It will also increase your physical mana and life leech from your wand attacks, I am trying to work out whether high damage or faster attack is better, I like the mobility that high attack speed adds though.

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Mookie88 wrote:

Curse on Hit set up with Ass. Mark... nothing is being cursed. I've been a way a long time, can someone explain to me why it's not cursing?

For Assassin's Mark to curse with CoH + Herald of Thunder first you need to kill a shocked enemy for Herald of Thunder to activate.

The minimal links for the curse on hit to work is: Curse on Hit + Herald of Thunder + Assassin's Mark. Add reduced mana when you get a 4L.

Added a new video of the build at level 65: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhzVt_xT-WM

Had a good suggestion for a possible variant of this build, using the Blood Magic support gem, ignoring mana, EB and arctic armour and going for more damage, I think this would require a 6L to work well though, but could possible result in more damage by sacrificing a bit of defence.

More damage does mean higher leech with Vaal Pact though.

Hi Mr_G, Great work - this looks like a future build-of-the-week! Please keep adding your progress reports, they're very helpful. No questions yet, just wanted to say thanks.

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgYA5Rm0OPv1l5dFfIw2YeJVSxa_JpUGIx9BAx61SHBSKgvz6l3ycNWJ0w5IEZZJUfDVlS4HHi9v2RNwu-wYj_ps5z9zvu7JRMfKmmEUsIIeiELBxc5wCaBQMNteEQ9MLayYg9tVxjpY-cjTG3jO2wKboffXj0Y1kti9_gq3PkGH-eiCxyj66-64k6cI_o8qOKlutfIksBcv-tKApEKj42oWbzbpJKqFfRZAZp7AGpBVGjgnL0bXVylxhbFC8xF35TKJOtjsOIKb73w8BZo7ogDhcwSz8B_AZsaeEH8MfR0U

My take on it. Might make a guide if it works.

Your Kinetic blast is only lvl 4? Is that on purpose, or do you still have to level it?

Thanks