[2.1]Poison Bladefall Hybrid Dual-Curse *Updated* (HC viable)

Holy S... dat items lol i have tootal garbage and 40k dps with buffs..what if i get GG items:D

I was already planning to run this build for Talisman HC (as a witch), and then they went and buffed EK damage, AND gave it +1% proj speed per level. So that's nice.

Do you think the nerf to Blood Dance (now only gives 0.5% Life Regeneration per Frenzy Charge) will be too much though? Sounds like it will be hard to sustain MoM with only half the ES regen from Frenzy Charges. Is there another way to get Life Regen/ES regen for this build?

I don't quite get the curse on hit part.. i got the exact setup as the build dictated but i never apply the curse on hit.

Was on the look out for an EK build for Talisman league and came across this one

Had a stab at making a 2.1 version and ended up with this (you need to import it into an updated tree builder rather than just copy & pasting into your browser) - uses 111 pts vs 108 from the build in the first post.

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwYAsNii2cgU9W9qjBa_df2Eb9RCtUjrYzY9VYWly52qbIxirCaVYeJVS4w2idNwUioLUEJTNZMn74j5N9fPSbG-iqEvf8YRlgcelS7w1UlRj_rr9WSd8h1cQFS9Fe2Wi9W5oqPB84Ie2wuVIGsXvOrAVGpDLR9Ms9Af7-sEB4PbVcY6WK6zQZYFQtD1LJwRLXyD6-6FMprgRZ1TUhzcjxqnCI9GHRSOZPemtvqdrhps98E26SSqFm_jauQi1abtPJo74XOiAASzwGbwH2jygpvsOIV7ZlQ62CcvkFUaOBEv

You lose 10% crit chance and multi over the old build but make gains in most other areas most notably having 183% increased physical damage vs 77% in the old build. You also lose the 40% projectile damage but since you now get 5% physical damage as extra chaos damage and have 86% inc Chaos Damage that should offset that nicely.

I have absolutely no idea on what the optimum gem setup would be though, use Poison instead of Faster Projectiles to take advantage of all that increased chaos damage? But also there is the Blood Dance nerf. Since Ghost Reaver is only 2 points away I guess the easiest way to make up for it would be take that and swap the Faster Projectiles for Life Leech.

I suppose you could also sack off Force Shaper and lose 70% inc phys damage + the 5% physical damage as extra chaos damage or a couple of gem slots and take Growth & Decay for 2% life regen to account for the Blood Dance nerf.

Typing this from my mobile so can't be bothered making quotes and can't see the skilltree either.

As for the person asking about the blood dance regen nerf I can't see that being an issue. If I recall right u get life regen nodes from the tree anyways and the blood dance regeneration was just an added bonus, real purpose for the boots was the way it provides the frenzy charges. Also as I mentioned in previous post +3 ES from hit jewels help a lot.

And for the person asking about the curse on hit setup you can apply the curse by linking it with herald of ice where the explosions from it will apply the curse when a monster dies.

Sorry if I missed something and hope this helps.

The build is coming together nicely but i don't quite see it hitting 100k dps.. anyone has some gear/spec advice when you inspect my shadow? that would be cool :)

I was theory crafting for the new updates and came up with this tree. It has a lot more crit than the one posted a few posts above, but has a little less life (which i still think is a little low) Mine also gets 2 extra frenzy charges for a max of 5. I use herald of ice, curse on hit, poachers mark to get the frenzy charges. With a decent crit they blow up enough that I almost never run out of frenzy charges when I move quick from pack to pack. 3 jewel sockets.

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwYAsNii2cgU9W9qjBa_df0mlYRvYeLUQlVLtUiMNm1sidM2Ped0cFKdqujWKgtsjJsmXfJirDIBBfkOSLIZFfARls96kvN_xgceYeteRfrrkyeVLnpTjb--imwL74jw1VFH1COhL8rTIvT5N4_6SVE-zzfU51QwfDBxtAxtGdfP6_W95u0_JP2Nfd2oRnEtiwj0SbFknf_eI_ZLeIMJH8fAVPIdTZI6Qm-eK3i86mpD8bOcpCycS1eHEwVCwON3B0GWrrPQ9Uyz0B8EB-_rg9tVxjpYXEBUvRXtlovVuQ==

I think the tree needs an update now.

I'm still not sure about the Force Shaper and Will of Blades nodes, but I'm doing pretty well with this skill tree:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwMA34rpAkuuGyXZW20ZCPTAVGpDEVA1uacrHU8tH0yzIG5QMNte0B_v6wQHg9tVxjpYrrNBltD1BUIsnBEtfIPr7oUyHNyPGprgRZ1TUjLRRUfAZgSzogDwH2jymjuCm7UE5CIabPfBNukkqhZv42rVpu087DiFe2ZUOtgnL5BVGjiVIMHzgh7bC6Kjf8aTJ76KoS8RlgcelS7w1UlRj_rr9cMJuZPyHVxAVL0V7ZaL1bkOSF3yKgtwUonTjDZVS2HiJpUWv3X9hG_jhA3RY0MbyM_d8Yo2PZ2qbIxirFWFpcvrYxEvtUjviPk3189Jsd-w