Zeldoon's Physical DW BM Cleave 24k/35k DPS

Hey guys I decided to write about my build and give out some information I believe might be useful for Physical DW Cleave users out there. I'm a level 82 Duelist, who can easily do maps up to 73, I have not been lucky enough to get higher level maps.

Don't believe anyone who tells you that we "can't keep up in DPS with other classes"
This is my Cleave Damage Unbuffed, you can clearly see only Physical Damage + Added Fire Damage.


^Shitty Windows Mode quality, will update later tonight.

24k Unbuffed, and 35k Fully Buffed in a party. Recently got some new gear ^^.
Alright so now you guys know that this build DOES INDEED have all the damage potential.


Equipment

Getting good weapons is very difficult for us.

-WEAPONS: Physical DW Cleave Build requires VERY specific rolls on either Swords or Axes. These rolls are Flat Physical Damage, %Physical Dmg, %Physical Dmg + Accuracy Prefixes and Attack Speed Suffix to be a great 1H. Getting 3 of the 4 will net you a pretty decent 1H. Getting high rolls of all 4 will make you Godlike. SCREW ELEMENTAL DAMAGE ROLLS ITS A WASTE OF A PREFIX FOR US.

Note: A Weapons DPS is ((MinDmg + MaxDmg) / 2 ) * AtkSpeed. Don't let anyone convince you that the Strength or other stats on it increases the "Weapons DPS" cause it doesn't. Yes you'll get Melee Physical Damage from the strength but that doesn't change the weapon's DPS. I say this because all your %Physical Damage Nodes won't affect that strength, it'll only effect the Weapons DPS, so don't pay too much extra for Strength Rolls.

If you can get 2x 275+ DPS Pure Physical 1H you're pretty much set for Endgame in my opinion.

-Other Gear: Really now, you can figure this out on your own. SURVIVAL. Health, Resistance, Armor/Evasion. Once you have all decent survivability gear, slowly upgrade your gear for DPS without losing survivability. So basically get the same survivability stats on your gear but if you can get 1 with +Strength, why not?


So this is probably what most of you want to see, the passive tree. I CHANGE MY PASSIVE TREE A LOT. However this is what I probably want it to look like someday.

120Point Goal. Last Updated: 03/20/13


My current passive. Last Updated: 03/20/13


EDIT: Had wrong Passive Tree Linked for the past day or so, my bad guys.
To anyone who says this works because of my gear, WELL OF COURSE ITS MY PASSIVE. I adjusted it to my gear. I don't want anyone copying it point for point. If you see something you like from my build, test it out.(I've done it many times when I look at other peoples build, i see a cool route towards some good stats I try it out).


Passives when I completed Merciless - Level 66



As you can see when I was lower level my passives focused on getting the close by %HP, I decided to drop those later on when I got better gear, Went towards Resolute Technique and Elemental Adaption while I was Farming Docks/City of Sarn to 70+, refunded bunch of points to adjust to my gear.

My Gear



Currently trying to replace gloves, belt, prismatic ring and carnage heart. (That glove is pretty beast for you mana users I think). Ignore some of the gems, I'm just leveling them up.

Mana, how it can and cannot work:

Lets put the mana leech mechanic out there for people who don't understand it yet. You can only Leech 12.5% of your max mana per second, unless you use a quality mana leech gem.

I have NOTHING against you using mana and going for Aura's, However it does NOT work for people LIKE ME. Be open minded to this please, don't try to force what works for you onto other people. Not everybody attacks slow and have low mana cost Cleave.

I attack 4.21 Per Second @Cost of 29Mana Per Cleave. 122.09 Mana Per Second attacking, so unless I get a mana pool of 1k Mana or use Mana Pots I'll run out of mana. I'm not going to do either.

I typically do End Game maps with friends anyways and they have all the Auras in the world, and when I do solo I typically 2shot things.


EDIT: Incomplete Guide, I meant to hit PREVIEW NOT SUBMIT LOL OH WELL

Reserved

You have no int, do you use an astrametis ?

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danieldirt wrote:

You have no int, do you use an astrametis ?

My actual build currently has 2x 30Int Nodes, which I hate having. I use a Carnage Heart Amulet. I'm hoping in the future I can get Gear with some +Int on it without losing any stats I have on my equipment. Can actually drop 1 of the Int Nodes if my Carnage heart was a near perfect Attribute Roll.

The passive tree is just what I want my tree to look like when its all done. I mean my tree looks almost identical to it, of course with less points and the 2Int nodes being the only difference.

Could you please link your gear (especially weapons) + your cleave 5l/6l (whatever you have).

Are you playing hardcore? Because I am 76 right now and only get ~3,2k dps with cleave, two very high physical dps swords, each at least 230 physical dps)

I have 3,9 k HP, 75 all resists and ~8k Armor. So far maps are "okay" but I feel as it is actually pretty slow.

I am really interested in how you have gotten to 19k dps with cleave, where I only have 3,2k with very decent weapons and a 5l (cleave 11% + melee phys + faster attacks + added fire + life on hit).

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Kaharon wrote:

Could you please link your gear (especially weapons) + your cleave 5l/6l (whatever you have).

This is a great build for DPS. The only thing which bothers me is the concentrated effect. which effectively turns cleave from AOE into pbaoe with tiny arc.

This is probably the build with one of the highest DPS numbers you can ever reach with phys cleave.

And like all phys builds to reach those kind of numbers this build requires 5L ,all 20% gems and absolute best phys weapons you can ever dream off(and then some more )

Cool build, could you post what links and spell you are using aswell? thanks in advance

I was wondering how you was getting that high DPS, but I guess concentrated effect is probably one of the most powerful gems for DPS, goes up to 69%, while melee phys damage etc cap out at 49%. I may try that in my build to see how much DPS increase I get. Do you notice the AOE difference much? It is the only thing that has stopped me from doing so (and at the moment, I am able to link both my dual strike and cleave to 4 supports, if I link in a concentrated effect, my dual strike will have to go into a 4L item separately).

I noticed you didn't take unwavering stance - wouldn't it be better than some of the smaller axe nodes that you have taken, or do you find stun no problem at all?

I agree for all HP builds to get blood magic, like you said, with low intel - it is too difficult to sustain a mana build due to cap of mana regen and mana leech.

With added fire and anger aura, wouldn't Lava lash be a good 1 point investment?

Instead of the investment in the life nodes around the middle, have you thought about getting the diamond skin/Heart of the gladiator link, going towards the 13% life node? Reduced critical strikes could be very useful

Without Vaal Pact, how are you dealing with physical reflect? Or are you just taking extra time on it.

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Kaharon wrote:

Could you please link your gear (especially weapons) + your cleave 5l/6l (whatever you have).

Are you playing hardcore?

Heres my weapons, still trying to upgrade most of my other gear so won't link them :P

Currently playing Default, would love to play hardcore but because of how much I see myself desync, until they fix that I won't go to hardcore. Dying is one thing, dying to something I can't control is another.

My cleave runs on Added Fire Damage, Melee Physical Damage, Faster Attacks, Concentrated Effect. 5L.

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dark_madmax wrote:

This is a great build for DPS. The only thing which bothers me is the concentrated effect. which effectively turns cleave from AOE into pbaoe with tiny arc.

I honestly can't tell the difference with concentrated effect, it reduces it by only 30%. Cleave has a range of 20 -> 14. I leapslam into mobs and hit everything.