[3.0] Legasi's Masterpiece - Trivialize Bossfights! Shaper Deathless! Boss Guides inside! HC

Is clear speed really that bad with this build? How long does it take to clear T11, T13 or T15 maps?
And I was wondering if it's possible to replace whirling blades with Lightning warp?

Very well made guide +1 .
Will def try this!
Pretty bored of BV and now i found ur guide!

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eTo_PL wrote:

Is clear speed really that bad with this build? How long does it take to clear T11, T13 or T15 maps?
And I was wondering if it's possible to replace whirling blades with Lightning warp?

Well in the current brainless rush meta it's definitely much below average. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy playing the build. I'll redirect the question to others actually leveling with it atm.

LW doesn't make much sense because of the increased duration from the skilltree.

Running burningwarp atm, really enjoy it... except that i die too often to little mistakes like dodging wrong way. And i'm only lvl 90, doubt i will get to 100 at my current rate.

So this league will pass for me as respec-a-lot - this will be 3rd respec ;]
K, let's see how this one feels to play once i will sort out gear for ele-weakness in high maps.

Leveling and map clear is nowhere near as fast as a build with tons of burst and attack/move speed. Honestly no comparison.

What this build does have is a much safer playstyle that can actually survive a direct hit without becoming road kill along with the ability to do a wider range of maps.

I like the tanking ability of this build. one of the first times I've ever tanked Merc Izaro just point blank without even having the full cwdt setup (many off colours to roll) or being past lvl 70. Usually I have to wait a good 5-10 levels above the area for Izaro.

Having said that, the clear speed is glacial at best. I've been seriously looking at replacing firestorm with another spell gem. rolling around ideas of using cold spells with pyre, or other fire spells.
So far I'm struggling to find anything that's really any better. I think it's simply that our passive tree is so focused on survival and buffing our curses that we can't get all that much spell dmg, aoe, cast speed to make much else viable.

Also we are more or less a melee range character in that we need to be hit to trigger our defensive curses. Which in turn means we're very susceptible to stun-lock even with anti-stun enchantments. Because of this a skill like firestorm ends up shining because it continues to fall for a long duration giving us leach and damaging the enemy.

But for generic mobs, I'm thinking of using Vortex, Glacial Cascade, or gmp freezing pulse to clear. Also keeping an eye out for that new fire beam spell.

Has anyone else found a good gem combination to shove in for map clearing and then just swapping in firestorm for bosses?

Update: Added Imgur album with detailed stats under various conditions

What is the point of Ghost Reaver? I feel like with my current setup my life leech is low-to-non-existent. Would I be able to survive without it? I just recently hit 72 and got all my gems in order, my gear is pretty garbage right now so I probably need to shop around/craft some better stuff before I hit the maps.

If the VP version is the way to go for Guardians and Shaper, Isn't the Marble amulet a bad mix?
Or is the Marble Amulet regen non-vp version stronger than the VP version?

I'm worried about taking VP as Atziri's Promise and Warlords mark are my only source of leach.

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Silvedl wrote:

What is the point of Ghost Reaver? I feel like with my current setup my life leech is low-to-non-existent. Would I be able to survive without it? I just recently hit 72 and got all my gems in order, my gear is pretty garbage right now so I probably need to shop around/craft some better stuff before I hit the maps.

That's strange, the leech should be really noticable. Are you properly utilizing the Warlord's mark curse?

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ಥ_ಥ wrote:

If the VP version is the way to go for Guardians and Shaper, Isn't the Marble amulet a bad mix?
Or is the Marble Amulet regen non-vp version stronger than the VP version?

I'm worried about taking VP as Atziri's Promise and Warlords mark are my only source of leach.

While VP is safer for the guardians, ZO is better against the Shaper himself, since most of his damage are degens and you're kiting a lot. Ofc that doesn't mean it's impossible to do it the other way round.

There are pro's and con's to both versions, as described in the guide.


Damage (and thus leech) is increasing a lot when you actually start speccing chaos damage and level your gems to 19+ at level 80+. Until then playing the build is ineed a bit dry.

Nevertheless no need to worry, you just gotta get used to actually standing in the action and getting hit to trigger your cwdt's.

If you are still paranoid for some reason use a life leech gem.