1 claw dual wield reave, tanky and great clearspeed [HC] [budget]

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The_Gurk wrote:
Hey! I just wanted to say thanks for the build! Been having a blast with it. My 4th real roll on tempest due to RIPs (yea I'm bad...). Tried Tornado shot ranger, Incinerate marauder, 2h cyclone marauder (lvl 87) and now this build. Still in A3 Cruel but it feel like it really compares to the 2h Cyclone in terms of clear speed, which is nice. The cycloner cleared packs quicker but the reaver is far more quicker to move around the map.

I just got Iron Reflexes at 56 as I felt that the phys damage was getting a bit too dangerous. I would really recommend that route for the more casual players in Tempest.

At your current state how much bonus DR go you get from grace? Wondering if it would be better to run AA + Hatred + HoA instead of Grace + HoA + HoI like you recommend?

Currently if I slap on Grace it adds some 10~13% DR due to my high armor. So I am thinking that AA is way better, for 25% less reduction you can potentially get same reduction (+ more fire reduction!!!).

Edit: and what about swapping out added fire for fortify on reave? Instead of +43% of phys as fire we would get +43% whys. If I am not wrong that scales with hatred and HoA?


I currently don't play anymore but Grace is definitely worth it. You get quite a lot from it, can't tell you a specific number but it at least doubled my phys dmg reduction.

Fortify is increased phys, added fire just adds 43% fire dmg on t op of all your phys damage, overall the added fire is much stronger offensive wise. Why would you want to use fortify? You can easily keep it up while whirling through enemies.
@litto or @kaharon
thx for the build. UP
Hi,thanks for your build.

Really fun to play, I am currently level 84 and the clear speed map is quite impressive.

My gear atm:



still a lot of room for improvement.

Personally before Assassination and after Ambidexterity, I think taking Gemini and win 6% more block and some dps.

Lvl 84

5220 HP 10800 armor before granite & ~35k dps (AS 10.52 before Abidexterity) full charges.
Crit seems very low. Wouldnt dagger + shield combo better?
I never played shadow and wanted to try a dual wield build. looks good and as i am new to tempest and have this axe with culling strik, i will give it a try. how important are claws for this build? can i use these points somewhere else too?
hi man i have a question.. will this build work with 2 claws?
edited - meh, claw must be on main hand, then
works :)

Nice guide, trying Ranger as starter char to level, always loved reave and now trying out in HC again :)
Last edited by BestiyaLV#6357 on Sep 4, 2015, 5:53:03 AM
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sparkosmodius wrote:
hi man i have a question.. will this build work with 2 claws?


Since reave only uses one hand at a time, you get the most out of one claw/dagger/sword then offhand "Statstick" weapon that reave doesn't allow use but you get all it's global stats. OP is using soultaker in order to ignore mana cost and run 2x 50% reserved auras. I use Doryani's Catalyst as offhand for the crit/elemental bonus.
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Kaharon wrote:
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ogsduthee wrote:
what flask do you recommend?

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niftytim wrote:
what flasks are u running with this build?


I recommend running 2 Life Flasks


Granite/Jade and depending on map boss or map mods you can also get a specific resistance flask (e.g. Topaz Flask).


Taste of Hate if you can get it (I never got it, so that would have made my build even stronger).

IMPORTANT: Get one utility flask with curse removal/immunity.

So

2 Seething Life Flasks (bleeding/shock remove, I prefer double bleeding remove because I can get longer shock immunity by using a utility flask with that mod).
1 Granite
1 Jade
1 Resist Flask (Taste of Hate/Atziri Flask)



TY man!

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