[3.5] FACETANK THE WORLD | Instant Leech! 8k+ life, 2.5m+ Shaper DPS Double Strike

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PsychicMuffin wrote:

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Aias_o_Telamonios wrote:

Have you tried whirling blades as a mana solution after you miss? It's on BM so if you whirl through a pack you leech enough to use your main skill. At least that's what I do on no-regen maps with other builds.

Interesting...I mean that would help on packs, although you have to be sure to whirl through them due to whirling blades poor AoE. I always assumed that the leech would be too low on single target, but it seems you are correct and even on single target apparently I should leech like...100 mana. That means even with crappy gear you should get a decent amount, although it will still take a few moments to let the leech finish. I still don't feel comfortable on 35 mana (I mean, I took permanent fortify partially so that I wouldn't have to stop attacking to refresh fortify on bosses), but that's a great tip even when using enlighten, thanks!

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Deadbringer wrote:

what are you gonna play :D ?

Hah, I'm probably not playing this league. I've gone super hard the last few leagues, and writing this guide was a big investment too, so I'm gonna take a league off and focus on some other IRL projects. I plan to hit December's league pretty hard as GGG has hinted at some big changes (incursions come back, master rework). Dunno what build yet, but I have a few good ones cooked up. I rarely play the same build twice unless it's different from the last time I played it.

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DurLagDT wrote:

Do not like to skip reflect mod.
And a bit of mechanics info needed - 100% hit chance against taunted enemies means, that I can miss only 1st strike, after first hit - mob/boss get status "taunted" and accuracy is not needed.
If I'm right, than it's looks good even without RT keystone, and crit passives can be moved for smth else such as raw dmg or HP.

You are correct about mechanics, but wrong about reflect. This build can do any and all reflect like it's a stroll through the park. We're instant leech, so as long as we are leeching a higher percentage than the resulting percentage of reflected damage we're good. It does mitigate our leech to be fair, as some of that leech is being countered by the reflect, but we have plenty to spare except perhaps for double reflect maps, which we can still definitely do, but a bit more carefully. Keep in mind that we can't "taunt" ourselves, so our evasion is really strong against the reflected damage as our base accuracy is garbage. There is actually a video of me doing a T15 phys reflect map in the videos section at the top of the guide. Happy hunting!

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Deadbringer wrote:

I skipped last league kind of , so will most likely go hard in this one. Any hint that werent posted in here i should know before rolling this in hardcore? This things look fucking great on paper to not play it. Specially HC .

Im concerned about mana obviously, would dropping an aura or something up until i can afford an enlightened 3 would work? Has anyone even tried to use manaleech jewel or perhaps even just a Mgoh jewel stack? I mean i obviously cannot afford to stop leeching in hardcore.

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Nickolai20599 wrote:

Been running the build now in Delve, pretty unlucky with currency thus far so budget gear is to be expected. The main struggle I've had is the obvious climb for that 5 or 6 link, since double strike is poor for clearing without melee splash and ancestral call. Nothing new there.

I do have to put emphasis on the fact that herald of purity is a godsend, it has boosted my unoptimized gear in terms of damage by a bunch for the measly 25% mana reserved, not to mention the meat shield sentinels aren't bad. To solve the mana issue ordeal, I ended up running simply Herald of Ash and Purity to make up for the damage, and a purity of my lowest resist (fire). 15% of my mana pool is more than enough to never worry about anything other than Whirling Blades before I socketed it in with a blood magic. Nothing much to add for today though as I've not had the chance to mess around much with gear, prices are still somewhat high and like I mentioned, RNGesus hasn't heard my prayers this league.

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Deadbringer wrote:

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Nickolai20599 wrote:

Been running the build now in Delve, pretty unlucky with currency thus far so budget gear is to be expected. The main struggle I've had is the obvious climb for that 5 or 6 link, since double strike is poor for clearing without melee splash and ancestral call. Nothing new there.

I do have to put emphasis on the fact that herald of purity is a godsend, it has boosted my unoptimized gear in terms of damage by a bunch for the measly 25% mana reserved, not to mention the meat shield sentinels aren't bad. To solve the mana issue ordeal, I ended up running simply Herald of Ash and Purity to make up for the damage, and a purity of my lowest resist (fire). 15% of my mana pool is more than enough to never worry about anything other than Whirling Blades before I socketed it in with a blood magic. Nothing much to add for today though as I've not had the chance to mess around much with gear, prices are still somewhat high and like I mentioned, RNGesus hasn't heard my prayers this league.

Personnaly just hit 68 in hardcore . Crap gear,been bloodmagic. Dps is shit. Had to beg friends for bosskill all the way from a8. using frostblade to clear. Its been a tedious run and im not suggesting this thing for a starter build.

Bought bloodseeker(10c) ...got a tabula dropped rdy..need haemophobia and some rings and will started mapping tomorrow.