{2.0} Budget Tempest Dagger Reave
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because no second dagger out there would beat what death's hand brings to the table.
I`m thinking of getting one just for the sake of the dps to see, but kinda scared dropping my defenses. I`m at 30k dps now with lvl 76, feels plenty right? i`m one shotting whites and 3-4 shotting blues, depending on the mob type. will it get faster with death's hand? yet I have 55% chance to evade attacks and 45% block chance, but the percentage will go down the higher map areas I enter. I did not take Acrobatics and the subsequent nodes. Wonder what better is? 40% chance to dodge attacks + death's hand or 55% evade + 45% block?
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//edit okay I got myself a death's hand and wow lol, things are really dying sick faster. though with the dropped defenses a lot of bosses are a lot scarier now, might not even do them better. about 35k dps fully buffed, no mana pot needed any longer. yet still undecided if the 2.5ex + 20 regrets for respec were really worth. @theDeliveryMan, which map bossed did you skip? Last edited by danteafk#2688 on Aug 27, 2015, 9:29:13 AM
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" I didn't skip any map bosses :) Although that lead to my death :( Don't do malformation piety if she walks to a corner of the boss room. All of the old bosses are pretty easy as long as you have fought them before/know what you are doing. The new map bosses are just, well, new, so I guess look up videos if they are out there, I didn't. I did plenty of Jungle Valleys, Labyrinths, Torture Chambers, Orchards, etc, and a couple Crematoriums as well and all that was fine. Also, try increased aoe instead of added fire damage. The loss in dps was well worth it to me. |
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" If you use a weapon in your offhand slot that is not compatible with reave, you will still get the 20% more physical damage bonus and 10% more attack speed bonus by dual wielding. Lets say you have a 250 dps weapon that you do attack with. You will hit with that weapon every time. However, if you have a 250 dps weapon and a 225 dps weapon in your offhand, you will attack for 250 one attack, 225 the next. It will alternate every attack. So in essence you get full capability of your best dagger by dual wielding with an axe or a mace, as well as all the dps bonuses the specific offhand you use gives. Hopefully I explained that in a way that is not too confusing :) |
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" thanks, i can see what you mean, I am missing 4k dps by removing added fire, but with increased aoe + 8 reave stacks I can literally kill mobs offscreen |
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How you survived without chaos res? I can't beat Weaver on merci. I lose half of life per one hit. She turns instantly and flying around like hell. Can't imagine how tough will be spiders in maps.
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" If you are getting chunked for half your health by weaver in Merc, I assume you are a bit low on life? In maps spiders have low movespeed/mobility, and with the range of reave they don't really touch you. The flicker ones weren't much of an issue either, the damage they do just isn't that high. I did take an amethyst flask when killing the jungle valley boss, I thought he would do more damage but it wasn't an issue for the build at all. Just make sure you have your fortify up! |
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" I had 3k+ life, dunno if it low or not. But it's first tough engagement i faced. I used items for chaos resist for this battle and raise it to +20%. But soon i died trying to tank Piety in Crematorium with 50% Lres :) Try №2 incoming. Will try Ranger this time. Really nice build, thanks. |
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@OP, May i ask what your tooltip is with charges up? I did a similar build and i am sitting at 58k with 5 power and 3 frenzy charges. Finishing lifenodes on tree and then grabbing additional frenzy charges.
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Hey i am pretty new to this game and i wanna build a reave using your guide but i have some questions :
-is your guide good for a beginner with no currency and a few knowledge about this game ? -what weapons should i use for leveling up and for what stats should i look for -as far as i see that death's hand is a pretty expensive weapon and it's nearly impossible to get it for a newbie so what do u suggest replacing it with -for early leveling what weapons should i get ? bcs i see that all the gear u mentioned are 60+...; and should i focus getting items with more armor or evasion or an equilibrum between them? . I asked those questions because this build seems to give players a lot of fun playing.. Ty and good luck |
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" This build need decent game knowledge. It pretty fun indeed, but very expensive. It can be called budget only compared to most other builds. My previous build was needed 20-30 chaos to fully functional. I easily survived to 82 lvl and died to heavy bleeding. This build needs hundreds of chaos or few exalted if you lucky enough to find them. You can replace death hand with second dagger or weapons listed in 1 post. No matter what you use at start. Actually game starts at 60+ levels. |
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