✭✭ [1.3] The Elemental Bomber ✭✭ (Static Strike & Doomsower; ele & phys Hybrid; Video added)

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CommodoX wrote:

With 100% elemental damage you have no life leech, can you sustain your DPS without that?
And isn't damage convertion capped at 100? Just guessing.

Your build looks interesting, but I wonder if you survive late game without any real block chance (shield basic, no + block from tree).

hey CommodoX, the sustain of the build comes from Warlod's Mark (5-7 ll, 4-6 ml per hit). You link it with Herald of Thunder + Curse on Hit. Thereby the curse get's automatically applied and Herald of Thunders does alot of additional damage.

With 164% life from passiv tree, the sustain and stacked defensive stats on gear, this build will be endgamevaiable. I will proof this soon :)

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Norec wrote:

this build will be endgamevaiable. I will proof this soon :)

I was looking for a SS build with RT the last days, yours seem to be the first one that looks promising, I will check this thread regularly :).

My first attempts with a SS build were with stave + the block passives on the left circle in the Templar area, should get the same block chance like a shield but the damage from a 2h weapon.

Oh and at the Celestial circle, if you invest 1 point you get 24% lightning damage with the 2 passives for the cost of 6&% elemental damage, seems better.

PS: What bandit rewards do you think are the best?
On melee I'm normally always in for the +40 hp, and as we have only 5% IAS in the skill tree I think the 8% IAS on cruel are worth a try.

PPS: What's your dps at the moment at what level?

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I was looking for a SS build with RT the last days, yours seem to be the first one that looks promising, I will check this thread regularly :).

what do you mean with RT?

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My first attempts with a SS build were with stave + the block passives on the left circle in the Templar area, should get the same block chance like a shield but the damage from a 2h weapon.

I thought about using a stave at the beginning too, but the block chance with staves can be 12-18% + 10% from the templar area. 22%-28% bc is weak compared to 24-32% base block from shields. Furthermore the crit nodes of the stave area @ templar is wasted (Resolute Technic). I really like to use Doryanis 1h Mace... nice phys dps and up to 100% eledmg... this will boost again the both Heralds like shit.

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Oh and at the Celestial circle, if you invest 1 point you get 24% lightning damage with the 2 passives for the cost of 6&% elemental damage, seems better.

The 6% ele dmg adds completly to the ss damage (because the added cold dmg gets also increased) and Herald of Ice explosion benefits also from it. And I wanted to save the 1 point... But I will test around in lategame about this again

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PS: What bandit rewards do you think are the best?
On melee I'm normally always in for the +40 hp, and as we have only 5% IAS in the skill tree I think the 8% IAS on cruel are worth a try.
PPS: What's your dps at the moment at what level?

I would suggest:
normal: 40hp
cruel: 18% physdmg or skillpoint
merciless: skillpoint

Atm I m lvl 50 and have 2,5k dps with selffound (crap) gear in the new league (Torment). With one hit, everything gets bombed away :)

Hi Norec, thanks for sharing your build!

Did you maybe tried to replace your lighting penetration gem with a melee physical gem? Maybe DPS will be more as there will be more physical to scale as lighting damage? or you suggest to keep the penetration gem?

Also, i see you suggest 5L gear, an 6L main gear with faster attacks added will improve things a lot.

Again, thanks for sharing your build.

You're welcome!

I ve not tried the melee phy damage gem yet, but I will soon. I thought Static Strike is based on the same mechanics like Molten Strike and there melee phys damage does not affect the projectiles. But it seems to be that things are different with ss. But I think in lategame the lightning pen will perform the highest dps boots (you wont notice in the tooltip of ss). It could be an option for the 6 link or for substitute the multistrike...

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Norec wrote:

But it seems to be that things are different with ss.

Because SS has no projectiles :P.
The blast includes every melee damage, physical + elemental.

I m leveling the melee phys gem and will run some tests. Actually I m level 56 at act1 merciless, having 5,3k dps with static strike + phys to lightning + wed + lightning pen. After 1 or 2 hits, everything on screen exploses.
Here is my crap gear in new league, which I m wearing atm:

After checking the new uniqs of patch 1.3, I think I will equip this ring:
Valako's Sign

check them out here: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1130418

updated the tree

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgUA-d2LjEqYzGaUXMBmn9_vfDwFmjuCm-w4Jy-QVcAaGjhxhbFC8xFG11cpZp760hcvZOeApFXWrJgRD0wt3YzZX-ASjRl-r1PUjYLR5J8BF1QtfcG071C1hVXGOliD2wQHPV9SU5eVTLPjahZvNukkqqIABLPwH2jy9zJyqayqWfN82R0Uj0aboffXxPYkiz0PBjlRYLc-xq48Ldi9_go1kqZXTeP-j_JFOp2GOxT2-6rzBv5UDc0rUBzOOuHtIFfid-VtGZf0akPAVAj0MZ599Q==

Valako's Sign is HC league only mate.