[2.3] (Proph)Poison Prolif Earthsplosion! Dual Wield Earthquake (Uber Lab, Core, Uber Atziri Down!)

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Butsicles wrote:

Hey Malshtur,

Here's my take on a CI variant. You'd probably just go shield + mace and use shield charge to get around, unless you buy varunastra (which is hella expensive on the league atm). Dual Wielding Bino's would require a pretty insane chestpiece and helm (and/or % es mastercraft on jewellery)

With curses, I'd probably actually go vuln + temp chains or vuln + enfeeb, generally since diamond flask makes it so anything above 70% crit chance goes to 91+. You could also go assassins mark if you really want to push the crit up and run more defensive flasks.

Mace Variant: Here's my take on a base tree. Ranger stuff is too far, templar stuff is also too far for my liking. I chose a COE variant, hence a bit of spell damage taken here and there: https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAYAALDYotnIFPVvaowWvw-rdf0ki4RvwzrUQpu1Kjimf7VIhMV2gu1B62PIDBEvKwpd8g5IKgu3MBGWcFIUCQcef8YTbZUuoqOTJyaI8NUPxGwLvorviI_6SVE7fCL0oS_K0_k37BjQ0FxAuMptGbQM188sv0cGX2pUvRFQ2VuX9Oq6RnFJsRXX8uEV7TW5GyVSUw18gwmGrmNDlounK0uul5U9X1Zj1bnpAkyz0B8gbu_rUDDbXhEPrJj314RIm6Fcaxhqw214L3zlWAexkC2ovoBFfg5cavo=

I'll take a more serious look at a CI variant with both dual wield and mace + shield and get back to you.

Well as I said, CI comes with a cost for sure. But let's take few numbers.
Vaal regalia 700es not the best one but a good one.
Helmet 400es is what I got for 1 or 2 ex.
Skyforth 77
Discipline ~300
rest ~200

Total = ~1700

let's use energy from within for melding nodes => 290% increased ES on my tree. And CI.

We have something around 7500 ES. It's enough.

I don't take Growth and decay loosing regen stat so I took Corruption since we are just close above the witch.
Gemini, close to ghost reaver is cool too.

Here is what i get for 122 points.
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAYBALDYotmEojIyyBQHmRCS9W9Z8NmGaoxMjrxvFr8Pq3X9JIuEb8M61EIZipu1Kjimf7VI-wmExXaC7UHrY_bayAwRLxqPKwpd8g5IKgsRlnBSf8aJ06KjkyfBxYw2D8RsC76K74jsGDt8IvShL8rT-TeP-iy_uMptGbQM18_w1dDQXEAV1xFQ2VuX9Oq6RnFJsUlRRwbP6V9qVL2GrjW5GyVSUw18gwny4YJTFe1WY6crS66XlT1fb55gQ2NDLgiWi-kCTLOcpG491blFftAfIG6HE76ADlzv61Awdwdq-jsNEQ-smPfXhEiboVKvXGsYaq1Kw214L2f8fOVYB21s7LCMC7l8

Considering all of this a Pathfinder version would work too i guess for a flask reliant build.

To Malshtur and tqkviptqk,

Taste of hate is a very good option as well, but doesn't really increase your actual damage by that much more, due to cold damage having no bearing on bleed or poison. However, as a defensive option it's quite attractive, and you can replace your diamond/quicksilver or atziri's promise for it. Your damage will go down a bit, but survivability will be much better for things like Core Malachai.

In terms of the CI variant, the tree definitely looks fine, I'd probably just take out the dual wielding nodes to cut down on points and a few things here and there to adjust it to 94/95. I don't think they're terribly efficient and it's probably better off focusing on other nodes and maybe grabbing them last. I also took out aura reservation, but I'm not sure as to which auras you'd be running on top of dual curse (arctic armour, hoa? not sure). I also think going pathfinder will probably lose you out on the major benefits of Assassin (i.e. poison and crit chance), but would definitely be more tanky due to flask effect buffs.

Here's the cut down tree (slightly): https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAYBALDYotmEojIyyBQHmRCS9W9Z8NmGaoxMjrxvFr8Pq3X9bWwki4RvtUjssMM61EJ2gutjjAubtSo4pn_IDBEvuXyExe1BKwpd8g5IKgsRlnBSf8aJ06KjkyfBxYw2D8RsC76K74jsGDt8IvShL8rT-TeP-iy_uMptGbQM18_w1dDQXEAV1xFQ2VuX9Oq6RnFJsUlRRwZfalS9hq41uRslUlMNfIMJ8uEV7VZjpytLrpeVPV9vnmBDY0OWi-kCTLOcpG491blFftAfIG6HE76ADlzv61Awdwdq-jsNEQ-smPfXhEiboVKvXGsYaq1Kw214L2f8fOVYBw==

How does it work in 2.4 with voidheart nerf?