Solo Self-Found Manmode 1 Week Race (March 3rd Event)

Been doing some more planning. Looks like I'm going to speedrun a duelist up to cruel hailrake for gems: Cleave, Leap Slam, LGoH, Warlord's Mark, Grace, Life Leech. I was originally just going to do through Caverns of Wrath, but LL and Grace are too good. Also I'll have a nice head start on items for my real character.

The main will be a 1h elemental cleave/GS (prefer cleave with, but depends on items) and heavy strike templar. RT, EB, Inner Force, and with enough gear, seven auras (anger, wrath, grace, det, purity, disc, clarity). Taking the two 15% all res with shield nodes for a massive reduction in gear dependence, and probably stacking block to ~50%.

Attacks will be Cleave/WeapEleDmg/LGoH/Faster and HvyStk/WeapEleDmg/LL/Faster. Shield charge and leap slam for mobility, 2x (maybe) end cry for charges, and warlords for LL and more charge refreshes.

I am excite.

Sounds like a lot of fun, I'm in!

I've wanted to try out a Dominating Blow build ever since I saw someone in Kripp's map group playing one and when I watched Kripp's video on this originally I figured it was a great time to try it out, but now that it isn't being considered I don't know if I want to do this anymore. I think there should be some sort of exception if you want to use it, like you aren't allowed to dominate caster/ranged mobs. Same applies to Molten Shell and Tempest Shield. It just seems fair if we are allowed to use Ground Slam and Lightning Strike which are hybrid ranged/melee, but not use Molten Shell and Tempest Shield when they have defensive properties that could potentially help a melee character survive.

Starts in little over a day from now. Challenge within a week race. This has got me stoked.

It's funny how many people spazz out over allowing multiboxing or LS or even GS. It's a little side event that you can choose to participate in however you see fit imo. It's not like anyone outside of Kripp's circle is going to win and even if they did they win nothing so just use the proposed rules as a guideline. If you want to follow exactly, cool great, if you want to trade or use molten shell than do it just know that it will be a factor in how manmode you went. Just dont be a nerdy spazz imo.

Personally I'm going to spec Acrobatics nodes so no one is going as manmode as me. Suck it.

Awesome idea, I will definetly participate!

I am playing a melee tanky maraudeer on HC as a first HC char.
Actually my second, my first died to the "entering new area" dead penalty - you have to clear everything eventhogh there are 3 more people next to you. Death video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOkpno5H8Dg

The only skill that is not allowed, and I love and use all the time, in the made up race in the race is Conversion trap. But I guess I will be able to do it without that skill aswell.

I will play the same build I've been playing for a week now. Build passives: Tanky marauder with 1h Axe and a Shield

If you want to discuss the build hit me up at my stream twitch.tv/rg_panko

BTW isn't making a second char to get some gems cheating? I wont do it. It's cheating IMO. It wont be a manmode anymore, you are being helped, even from a second char that is yours, there is interferens.

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Krippers wrote:

LS can be used as full ranged, but the damage sucks. GS follows sweep with the fact that increased radius can make them fully ranged as well. I guess you guys must be cleavecrazy or something. Melee without GS or sweep seems fairly narrow.

Not just narrow but for the most part incredibly inefficient. I don't mind being gimped to a degree, but not when it's downright painful.

And here we come down to it- this has nothing to do with wantign to make a MANMODe or anything, as if people don't want to be inefficient in this challenge they will just use a ranged fight-style but still pretend to use a melee character. Like dominating Blow results in a summoner character, using GS or LS results in a ranged character. Sweep only truly become ranged in any fashion if you take AoE nodes too- GS and LS have that from the start.

More, i really doubt you can use sweep on Vaal or Brutus in order to stay out of range.

Pretty much this.

Oh and another thing, if Chris and GGG are going to be looking at this "melee" race as a reference to balancing melee then i dont want to see it undermined and the balancing shit on because half the racers use LS/GS builds and make it look like melee isnt that bad...

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gonzo30 wrote:

It's funny how many people spazz out over allowing multiboxing or LS or even GS. It's a little side event that you can choose to participate in however you see fit imo. It's not like anyone outside of Kripp's circle is going to win and even if they did they win nothing so just use the proposed rules as a guideline. If you want to follow exactly, cool great, if you want to trade or use molten shell than do it just know that it will be a factor in how manmode you went. Just dont be a nerdy spazz imo.

Personally I'm going to spec Acrobatics nodes so no one is going as manmode as me. Suck it.

I agree, it's funny how people are all getting caught up on little semantics, it's pretty entertaining. As kripp has explained it GS and LS do fit with the idea/theme of the race, don't get so caught up in which skills are "true" melee and try and understand the theme/point behind the race (read between the lines, don't get so caught up in taking things literally etc).

Hey guys there is only one thing i still don't understand. Why does he say you should make a 2nd account to mule your gems for you, why cant you just make a 2nd character on the same account and put the gems in the shared 1 week race stash? Or are you only allowed 1 character per account in the race league?
Cheers for the help in advance.

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DOY0UEVENLIFT wrote:

Hey guys there is only one thing i still don't understand. Why does he say you should make a 2nd account to mule your gems for you, why cant you just make a 2nd character on the same account and put the gems in the shared 1 week race stash? Or are you only allowed 1 character per account in the race league?
Cheers for the help in advance.

The mule is not permitted to participate in combat, you can bring it with you on quests to get the quests rewards but it is not allowed to do any combat.