1.3 Budget detonate dead build, uber killer, deathless, insane clear speed
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Hello friends, this is my first time playing a caster build. I've been playing it for a week and I'm sure there is still room for improvement. I used OMG's detonate build as inspiration for this, make sure to check it out. Massive thanks to him http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/991083
Motivation behind the build
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I wanted a build that can farm uber and the high level maps, while having great clear speed, and being pretty cheap. I had no idea where to start from, but I saw OMG's build a while ago and I decided that DD could be viable if I could make it work with a 5 link and make the gear more accessible.
Main idea behind the build
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Our survivability comes from the witch flask nodes, 5 endurance charges, and 13 second immortal calls for when we want to consume them. Crazy leech when warlord's mark is combined with our damage. I'm also using a cloak of defiance, which seems to synergize well with DD as we can easily have a lot of unreserved mana ( only need clarity and 1 resistance aura )
A lot of damage combined with proliferation makes clear speed insane, you can run the entire uber instance in under 12 minutes with just a 5 link. Clear speed will be lower after proliferation nerf, but should be fine. We do insane damage against bosses because our damage scales with the HP modifier of the instance, and the fact it's lvl 80 corpses. We're able to use 5l over a 6l because most dd setups needs aoe gem, but we have all of the aoe nodes from the tree so it's not needed How to gear
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You want to try to cap your resistances and get enough life, and energy shield on your gear for mana. Dexterity on your gear is very useful, as we need 95 dexterity (81 extra) to use detonate dead, or you will need to get dexterity from the tree. 30% movement boots is mandatory, as we can't use lightning warp due to skill duration nodes. Mana regen is nice, cast speed and fire damage is nice but it's not needed.
My gear and gem links
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CWDT + Decoy totem + raise zombie is up for discussion, not sure what else to put there right now Gives us leech, cast speed, and 110-100% damage modifier. DD is not classed as a spell, so it only scale with elemental damage and fire damage Single target setup for trash and for vaals you swap faster casting and spell echo for For vaals ( this isn't really needed )
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Curse ring for for the -30% fire resistance it brings, and dropping warlord's mark from curse on hit setup. We can also swap in herald of ash for extra damage
Flasks Vaals
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The rest
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How to approach each stage in uber Trash
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Burning proliferation is incredibly overpowered, just don't be stupid and you're fine
Vaals
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You can't ignite an enraged vaal, a lot of your damage comes from igniting. So you need to try to kill both at the same time, hitting the first one and then switching to the second one after first is ignited seems to work. This is by far the most dangerous part of the instance. You will die if one dies while the other has plenty of health. You can use a malachai's with storm call to lower their resistances if you want to, and drop warlord's mark from your curse on hit setup
Trio
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Run to the cycloner first by following the wall on the right side, we don't want him to cyclone because we have very low chaos resistance. After that, just make sure you keep your IC up all the time and it's easy.
Uber main phase
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Try to keep your endurance charges up at all times, it will make her spears hurt a lot less, and you will need to consume them for the split phase. Don't be too afraid to tank a flameblast if you can do damage at the same time, we have 93% fire resistance with flask up, and the fight is very short if we're able to do damage and you will instantly leech it up anyway. Spears combined with flameblasts is very dangerous though. Dodge all storm calls
Split phase
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Always go for spear clone as we can ignite her, you need to be able to spot her easily so we can preemptively curse her and cast desecrate on her. Do your best to dodge what you can while doing damage.
Healing phase
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Just swap faster casting or spell echo for elemental proliferation
level 89 passive tree for uber (I'm level 90, but the character took cast speed from bandits Level 89 passive tree for mapping ( more health, more damage, 30% more mana for AA if needed, and can use lightning warp for movement ) Bandits
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Life for normal, nothing for cruel, endurance charge for merciless
Curses
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I'm running a dual curse setup, flammability and warlord's mark. Warlord's mark is great because you need the leech and it gives mana leech. Flammability is great for the increased chance to ignite and lowering resistances. I decided that I don't want to run 3 curses as elemental weakness only lowers resistances of bosses by a further 17%, which isn't a massive damage boost considering fire penetration gem and flammability. I have not decided what gem to use with curse on hit, I am thinking arc for trash and trio and storm call for atziri and vaals (So I can preemptively curse them while they spawn)
Videos
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Deathless uber run, my second ever run. Just the boss fights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKO6wDuyCZY
Full run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwmhCfH5jZs&feature=youtu.be It wasn't a full clear as I forgot to clear a room right before the trio Palace run with uber build (build can be a lot more optimized for mapping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg0flSYNfck&feature=youtu.be I swapped inc duration gem with cwdt I'm sure there is room for improvement so if you have any ideas please let me know, and I'm sure it will be considerably smoother with more experience Budget 2h Vaal IC Uber killer : http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1200652 Budget Facebreaker Uber killer : http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1210072 Budget detonate dead Uber killer : http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1213645 Last edited by Garmon123#7032 on Mar 8, 2015, 4:04:54 PM
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Amazing work as always, welcome to the sub 10ex caster uber kill club!
[2.0] 5L Uber Viable Incinerate (1.4m Burst): The Zippo: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1211719
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" Thanks, it's cheap but yours is definitely more accessible since I need two doryani catalysts Budget 2h Vaal IC Uber killer : http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1200652
Budget Facebreaker Uber killer : http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1210072 Budget detonate dead Uber killer : http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1213645 |
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Nice build! Do you think DD gem can be nerfed? Just want to try play with this build.
P.S. Good luck in the future! IGN: JarRa_hello
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"I doubt that DD it self will get nerfed, as not many people seem to play it. I do think that burning proliferation will get nerfed though Budget 2h Vaal IC Uber killer : http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1200652
Budget Facebreaker Uber killer : http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1210072 Budget detonate dead Uber killer : http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1213645 |
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Really nice build! I was thinking about doing a fire trapper, but I'll probably try DD for the first time now :)
BTW, Seething Eternal flask? Why not Seething Divine? IGN: Victory_Or_Sovngarde
It's not a 13 week development cycle, it's a 13 week supporter-pack cycle. You can play any build you want, as long as it's the current meta. |
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" No specific reason, it's better for my facebreaker build and I just used it, divine would be better in this case Budget 2h Vaal IC Uber killer : http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1200652
Budget Facebreaker Uber killer : http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1210072 Budget detonate dead Uber killer : http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1213645 |
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Nice.:)
@Jojo_Arc DD was already nerfed. They wont nerf it again. Git R Dun!
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Sweet to see DD used for ubers.
When i played DD i usually used Quality Increased Burning Damage instead of chance to ignite. Are you using it solely because of the swapping for bosses? |
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Nice one (again!). I'm always amazed at how well people can dodge the atziri attacks (especially in the split phase). Maybe I'm too old or maybe I just have crap reflexes, but I always seem to stand right in the middle of them :D
"Fixing the endgame was hard - No matter how hard we buffed red maps, people would keep spamming Gorges.
So we turned Gorge into a red map" |
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