EA Templar, or how to deal up to 350k dps.
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so here's my build,
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it uses 95 points, done at 75, and is very similar to the OP's build, main change is a different exit from the templar starting area. i'm 45 now, been running this since about 32 at which point i hit BM and could actually use EA, and i find the killing power is extraordinary, but only when you ignite (i do not have EE yet, or a windscream, so i'm just using flammability, i also do not shock yet). i'm planning on having a good amount of elemental damage from rings/amulet/quiver and hopefully thunderfists if i can get my hands on em, so i'm trying a slightly different take on the same build. basically, my setup goal is this: EA one target 2-5x, curse flammability, lightning arrow (weapon ele, LGOH, added lit) til it explodes, detonate dead til clear, rinse repeat. my detonate dead is lv1 but high quality so it casts very fast, and is linked with fire pen, iron will and increased aoe, so it works very well even if the enemies have EE's fire resistance proc on them (which they will if they survive the EA bomb), and since i have a lot of strength iron will pumps it up to around 1/3rd mob HP on explosion, which is pretty big depending on what mob you're blowing up. in all honesty i have no issues with the survivability, i'm not using ele proliferation yet but when i get one and get a 5L it'll drastically increase the survivability, since the burn proliferates from corpses to new nearby monsters, so that'll keep you pretty safe while its up. also, lightning arrow at almost 5 attacks per second with life gain on hit heals very well, i have a backup split arrow i'm levelling incase i choose to swap from using LA to add shocks instead of the EA. i realize LA won't proliferate its shocks, and it doesn't do a lot of damage so as i level, without superb lightning damage gear it probably won't work, but thats okay. the build already does stupendous damage without shocks at all, and i don't even have ele equilibrium yet, i might end up removing the shock portion of the build entirely and just running EE+split arrow/chain/lgoh/faster for healing after firing EA. i'm not really sure that this build even needs the shock, obviously you want it if you're going for absolute maximum dps, but i usually play solo, and i have no trouble killing bosses solo in a single 3 second burn. all in all, amazingly fun build, just wish windscream had higher mspd, i almost don't want to get them just because i'd lose 20% mspd from my current boots, and mspd is king. EDIT: replying to myself, basically i haven't found a use for detonate dead when using ele equilibrium as i'd have to LA after every one to reset the EE and use it again. it has its uses but it is very, very situational, and i don't think its really worth the slots in my gear so i'll be dropping it. also i'm definitely gonna grab the static blows pair and put added lit onto my explosive arrow, the shocks will massively improve the burning damage as well as detonate dead (or would if i chose to continue using it, i dunno, maybe), and the damage i'm doing now isn't really cutting it, i think its because i only have a 4L so my setup is ele prolif, chance to ignite and inc burning. i really, REALLY want to put added lit in, but these gems are all pretty much required and i don't have a 5L, yet. gonna try to nab one now. this build is easily the most fun thing i've played in PoE thus far, it moves fast, it kills fast, its extremely dangerous and rewarding and requires constant focus and attention, unlike (for me, anyway) every other build i've used in my year or so of play. Last edited by xenogfan43#1585 on Jun 21, 2013, 7:34:49 PM
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Hi, how about using the increased burning damage support gem linked to the main EA. It seems like a good ideea, even better than elemental proliferation?
I didn't saw any comment on that. Does it even work? And how about the burning damage. After EA explodes, isn't EE qiving instantly +25% that affects burning damage? Or the +25% applies after burning, beeing considered as the same hit? Last edited by m3s5#3370 on Jun 24, 2013, 5:46:23 AM
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with minnion totem you would never die except from reflect.. so this build is indeed op..
I swear if they make some maven "Simon says" insta-death minigame, sirus, exarch ball minigame then i wont play poe2.
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" it is. the best way to run this is to use EA, burning damage, chance to ignite and proliferation, preferably with faster attacks and/or increased aoe for groups(conc for single), you can't really do this effectively without at least a 4L, but i'd highly recommend a 5L, faster attacks makes everything better. after you ignite and burn a bunch of now 3shocked enemies the 25% fire resist can be easily negated by a quick lightning arrow/split with a non-fire element (i use lit arrow and chain as it hits more than split and is more reliable) and they'll basically lose 75% fire resist, the only time i ever do this though is on bosses because nothing else lives more than a second so its basically a waste of time. and yes its 'after' burning. the hit itself is with the -50FR from ele equilibrium, the burn damage is calculated, the enemy is ignited and then their fire resistance changes from -50FR to +25% FR, it DOES affect the burning damage (on bosses, reset it to lit or cold with another skill and watch the burn drastically increase its rate) but it rarely matters because everything gets 3 shock stacks anyway. the build clears faster than anything else in the game, and is probably the lowest in terms of survivability (mainly due to desync, you can dodge just about everything except dudes hitting you through walls and/or off the screen) and that alone made me drop it at 69, i was just too tired to grind any farther and there was very little purpose in continuing to play a brutally beaten game. |
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" EDIT: I have done absolutely everything I described in this variation I proposed and am lvl 79 on onslaught, I have all the gear except the thunderfist and all the skill tree except the shocking passives. I can say that it works, sort of, but not anywhere near as well as I expected. I have run two ele reflect maps and completed them, but arctic armor doesn't negate ALL of the reflect damage like I was hoping it would. Any stack higher than 2 arrows and I still nearly one shot myself with about 3.5 life. I tried 4 arrows on a mob of about 10 and dropped to 500 or so hp and nearly cried. Basically the build doesn't work like I thought it would. I have a mana pool of about 2500 and mana regen in the ~220s/second. I can run all the auras without any issue, but arctic armor just barely drains my mana while moving, and the fact that there is negative mana consumption while moving and negative mana consumption while fighting, (because you are split shooting/explosive arrowing, and cursing) means that there is ALWAYS a drain on your mana and that sometimes you need to stop for about 3 seconds or so, do nothing, and allow your mana to regen. This sucks. An alternative would be to carry a mana pot, but that also sucks. Considering the my entire variation was built on stacking mana to run arctic armor to negate reflect, and it doesn't work, I have to say my build doesn't work. I tried speccing out of eldritch battery to see what it would be like without that mana boost ( to see what it would be like if i choose to go ci and vaal pact) and there is nowhere near enough mana regen to support ea. Its impossible. Basically, you still need to be careful of reflect packs when playing with my build and therefore you may as well be careful of reflect packs when playing the op' version which can either stack WAY more damage than mine, or WAY more life/general survivability than mine. I would say its better to go either of those two routes, and carry a ruby flask/be aware when dealing with reflect. Last edited by qqwyeti#7260 on Jun 29, 2013, 7:33:14 PM
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" And then you die to reflect. OP! Not... |
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" I did probably a dozen reflect maps yesterday with this build. It was not an issue. As long as you're not retarded and don't 5 stack dual curse a dozen mobs, you will never die. FYI level 80 on onslaught, so its not that i sometimes die and sometimes don't. Haven't died once. Reflect is just not a problem as long as youre not stupid. I do feel the build is OP, its not very fun when you honestly do more damage than the rest of the group youre playing with combined so you might as well be by yourself. But playing by yourself sucks too. I can honestly say the game is not that challenging right now with this character. Last edited by qqwyeti#7260 on Jun 30, 2013, 7:43:37 PM
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Also I know this is something a lot people overlook on life builds such as this one, but i find using blood rage to be exceptionally fun on this character. It just makes a character that already has insane kill potential and speed even faster.
Increases cast speed as well so casting both curses takes like half a second as opposed to like the three fourths of a second that it usually takes. Not a huge deal, but it is definitely a noticable difference, and an enjoyable one at that. All you need is a decent amount of chaos res, enough to bring you to about 20 positive or so, which isn't hard, and you wont even feel the effects of the drain blood rage gives. Last edited by qqwyeti#7260 on Jun 30, 2013, 11:44:24 PM
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This build is fantastic. I am going to touch it up a bit and make it more life oriented at this point. I just want to make it viable to some degree. I've got my level 59 EA templar in anarchy and it's a blast. He one-shots while solo pretty much every white at docks. Hoping at around level 70 I can start 1-shotting everything up to rares. Reflect is a bitch, 4 mobs with it = dead, lol.
Last edited by DestroTheGod#5470 on Jul 3, 2013, 10:17:48 AM
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Should i makeit more sure in the startpost, that the way i play my build isnt the best one? Or is it clear?
IGN: Toxic_Artillery
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