[1.3] Static Soldier (1H+Shield RT Static Strike Duelist/Marauder) Torment, Solo and Selffound
" Added Lightning is more of a placeholder now since I have no better gems and not much Chromatic orbs to do right colors. The idea is to level it to 20% Quality for another 10% Chance to Shock. Apart from not having free Phys to Lightning (the first one goes to my Ethereal Knives Scion), my only concern is Mana Leech. With 100% conversion I will be forced to use Blood Magic. With no Elemental Life Leech, I will be forced to use Life Leech Gem. And then my DPS will drop beyond the level at which I enjoy the game. I guess another solution is to devote Trigger counteattacks to Mana Leech, but there will be something like tough map boss (like Vaal or Dominus) on top of No Regen mod where you just can't stand and block. " I am thinking that later just one out of three attacks will be dovoted to utility. Other two will be pure damage. Anyway, there are tons of possibilities here " Bringer of Rain - no 1)Ьy build take Unwavering Stance, so Blind has no use for me. 2) Endurance Charges are generated by CwDT + Enduring Cry and I decided to try without Immortal Call because of higher Armor, so no need for more charges. 3) With overall nerf to block there is no chance I will get block cap and even less chance for good spellblock (although Stone of Lazhwar will probably be used anyway). So I look at block as an addition to other defences - and not the stat that should be pushed no matter what. More HP, Armor, and easier Resists gearing will be my choice instead of 6% block. Legacy BoR (I have one in Standart) is another story, but I do not use Legacy items. Doryani's Catalyst - at least would have try Elemental Life Leech solves the life Leech problem, so i guess this one will be at least not bad. Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.
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dude i really like your build, i was trying to make a 1hand+shield shadow using cleave and double strike, could you give me some advices on this tree?
https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgYAsNii2WqM9W_IFBa_YeImlcu95oHtQbGzpn-1SG1sNj1sjJ2qtMVirP8cb4Q6rZsm6NbndM96shkyARXwBfleRZLzo4r5Y02SI_YbrUjuPeLXy0xg0354rv66fXXuDlb6_MVKfeOfh3ZnoDiWZFpc-bcX3Q1br04qKaW2QUMxv9VTuxvIhO9NRmLswYIvzITZvTZHfmVNvqcFLXrvdO1gS14TQKAyTo-ZBIfAv6yvG5c= another question, is possible to use your build starting as shadow? tyvm |
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" Thanks. " I cannot realy comment on Melee Shadow 'cause I've never done one. But your build is generally not good unfortunately. In order to survive at end of Merciless for plain and simple Melee character without god tier items your % Increased Maximum Life should be much higher than what you have. I'd say 170% is minimum for Shield builds and like 200% for 2H builds " Unfortunately, many important things for my build are between Mara and Duelist area, so Shadow is impossible here. In fact, Marauder start is even slightly better than Duelist one, I just have other plans for Mara. Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.
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understood, i will try your build as maurader then tyvm =D
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How do you run 3 auras without any mana reserve node and blood magic gem?
I would skip tempest shield and go hatred/herald of ash with reduced mana. And with support gemes I would go: 4- ss-mellee phys-multistrike-weapon elemental 5- ss-mellee phys-multistrike-weapon elemental-concentrated effect/added fire dmg I like added fire, cause it stacks with all elemental damage in nodes. Didn't try concentrated effect though.. And for curse I would go conductivity or poacher's mark if you need more life leech. You need at least 2% life leech from gear too. |
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Hello, i wanted to ask you whether do you it find sensibly "Vaal Pact" to skill, or is it rather pointless for this build? one more question, do i have to go maybe also of skill "iron reflexe" with suitable gear?
Last edited by xFL0W#3955 on Jan 6, 2015, 1:27:15 AM
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I started a similar build as my second char in the new leagues after respec'ng an old marauder in standard. I originally specc'd my old IB marauder into a 2h Static Strike build focusing on max aoe as many of the 2h SS builds do, but found it to be inferior to IB both in dps and clear speed.
For the 1h+ shield build I made for torment I started as templar so I could have access to those nodes earlier in the build. I chose maces for the +% weapon elemental damage and as luck would have it a Mjolner droped for my main. When I hit 60 I bought 10 chaos worth of crap rares with int/str and crafted a bunch of int/str on them. OMG so much lightning. Its very Thor-like. I'll most likely switch out of static strike when I get more mjolner centric gears, but until then its lightning sandwiches for everyone. Some things i learned from the build: 1) vaal pact is awesome for this build but you have to spec around it by not taking the regen nodes if you can help it. 2) Tempest shield is mandatory for all shield builds. The plus to block alone is worth the mana cost as it helps mitigate the block nerf as well as improve the efficiency of reckoning. 3) I find that with the high attack speed (and shock chance in the tree) I shock plenty so I use elemental weakness as my curse since it effects all elements. 4) If going vaal pact you're better starting as duelist or Templar, you'll save a couple points not having to go through regen nodes. 5) no mana? no problem. early on just use 2 pots, craft them to be slow. The build is powerful so you can skip hatred until you have a good reduced mana and the Unrelenting cluster. I didn't use hatred till I started mapping. 6) I dont have all the +aoe modifiers I could have (all in tree, none on gear/gems) but the ones I do have seem not very effective. Maybe I'm just used to the AoE of my infernal blow char. It might be better to increase the aoe damage rather than the radius. Since its really a hit and move type char, like cyclone, you dont want to blow up the whole screen every time. You want to be able to chain kills till the map's clear. (this I havent fully tested, since mjolner blows up the screen regardless of my aoe modifiers. Will test it with another weapon later) |
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Hi thank you for the build i am followong your steps but im habing some doubts about the mana. How do you manahe to no be mana empty all the time? I am currently level 35 and i am afraid of running hatred and herald of us togheter because i am low on mana at the 3 static strike :(
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