Dragon's Immortal Tank (Updated for 1.2)

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seradine wrote:

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Sirjohnny1 wrote:

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seradine wrote:

My current Skill tree. I skip hp notes to use some dmg nodes.

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBxthYY1BQjM_2SF8_VEnnUu8Oud3yL9SPGS7ZYVcN-6qgtCftrKpyqXzZWfPAGpBVp4QaOOw4V-J35TKJBLPwH6IAtPlmnnFNms9DY7cxWPWdxPrScH2plRoyUWCAVhcvZOdV1oCkHRRMNSjF876PRjOWcz9BjNDQz2VVxjbp42rSIZ7NduenMPe-AeefyzboZKMaVWEhhO-bg1PfWNuE2WVNR34UIFBHrK_nkcOGbmm-p9JNwA_V7WqTtkFOKimlhyl07Vn-F-E62E3YjHY=


You need a Axe (Soul Taker recommend)

My Auras: Hatred, Grace (give me more Armor as determination) and Tempest shield. Purity no needed, because i have enough res.

So i have 4.2k hp, 70 block, 55 spell block.

My dmg (only 5L chest :/)10.2k dps, it's a decrease from 2k dps compared with pre 1.0 but my hp increased from 2.5k to 4.2k. 650 ES, it's enough.

I prefer to have the higher es as when i pop a granite flask it heals me by around 1.2k es per block atm which for certain situation is very very handy, although i may be tempted to drop my life down to 3.5k and pick up some extra dps also, its a shame they moved berserking to where it is now.

but what you wanne skip? hatred gives me a huge dps push and grace 20% more phys reduction. and then it's no more mana to use other auras.

Well im currently using hatred, grace and purity and going to be buying an alphas howl to see if im able to run anger grace and hatred seeing as it reduces them by another 8% and hoping i can run 3 60% auras then, this will put me at around 3.4k life, 1.8k es, and in the region of 10k dps, without taking a single dps node from the tree, i may spec out of a few more life and take it down to around 2,5k life and get some more dps, although at 10k dps clear speed wont be an issue i dont think.

one of the greatest melee builds now feeeeecked (after release)!

Its working fine for me and a few others here, lost a little dps but gained life, es and armour, so just spec out of some life for some dps and youre good to go again, its no doubt still the best survival build out there.

please check my skill tree if good or not

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nacitav wrote:

please check my skill tree if good or not

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEBBLMFLQY5DjwUIBRNFHEXLxkuGjIaOBpVHRQhAicLJ-0oxSkuKaUq9jKJNug6Uj38QKBDY0w1TdhOKlBHUWBT31XGVdZXDVfiWGNY21j1WfNgS2EhZKNk52aeZ5tqk25pcH1xTXKpdO12CHbnd-V673uMfLh82YCkgW-E2YTvjHaPRpBVms-bg53EnjyeuZ7NoLSiAKcwp4SplayqrK-0-bZBtzG53b6nwA_AGsOGxtjPZdDQ0iHSTdSP1e3ZYeRR55Hnruw47w7wH_Iv8wbzvvPd97760vuq

Looks fairly decent to me, are you using soul taker? the points you have spent on the extra 5% reduction in the bottom left might be completely useless if you do, and going along past unwavering stance is the better route, as you will save 1 point, but if you need that 5% reduction its all in all pretty decent. Higher resists on your gear would obviously save you 3 points from the diamond skin nodes, or running purity may be a better option and put those 3 points into dmg.

Alot of things come into it, like which auras you intend to use, grace is a must have really, as is hatred for its dmg boost, as for the other aura if you have an alphas howl i believe you can run 3 60% auras, anger, hatred and grace, provided you have the reduction in the top left corner also, although i am yet to try this out as alphas howl has more than quadrupled in price over night due to these aura changes. If you are able to run those 3 auras then swapping out anger with determination on harder maps is also an option which gives you the choice between offense and defense. Just depends on which way you wanna go with it really :)

this is my gear





and this is my plan skill tree




looking good or not? im planing to use purity+grace+hatred aura, it can be?

I have to go back to work already, but I think I have a good start here so I will show my passives and stats.



My biggest concern is armor. I used to firmly believe that 10k was plenty but these days it seems like the more the merrier. There is an aura glitch currently and my stats are lower than they should be by a little, but you get the general idea. I also took the screen shot in a ele weakness map to show that I am still maintaining overcapped resists.

While I would love to continue to use Iron Reflexes, I find that it is just to far away and the limited aura space now has me thinking it is just not doable.

All in all, while expecting aura nerfs after chris warned us, I still feel blindsided by 60% mana reserved for all auras. In addition, the aura nodes are spread to far out intentionally so that you will only ever run 3 w/o crippling your build from wasted highway points.

Unwavering stance is something I have been able to live without for the last month or so and even though I miss it, 4 points is hard to justify until the late LATE 90's.

Gaining hp and losing every other stat is just... well, a giant slap to the face. Maybe with more time staring at the passives tree I can find something, but for now as much as I hate to admit it... this build is Legacy.




-Dragon

hmm no more catalyse? no worth now? how much dps you loss and hp you won to pre 1.0?

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apparat07 wrote:

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bullitt wrote:

@ dragon
@jahuzz

do we have to change the build again? if yes how should the new build look like what items are necessary?

I'm playing now, and I don't think it takes much adjustment. Yes, my dps went down a bit (17.6k --> 15k with Inf Blow, FA, WED, Melee Dmg, Multistrike and Splash). If I sub in added fire dmg for splash it went from 25.4k --> 21.8k.

I went ahead and grabbed an Alpha's Howl and can run 3 auras. I always have Grace and Discipline up, and alternate either Anger or Determination depending on how tough the map is. The DPS values above are with Anger running.

I'm running Tempest Shield on BM, and still coming out with more health/es than before (300 health more and 150 es more). Resists are at 77/82/77 without Purity.

I'm level 90 and this is my tree:

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAAecEswUtBjkWbxcvGS4aMho4GlUb-h0UJd8n7SjFKS4ppTboNuk62D38QKBDY0w1TdhOKlBQUWBT31XGVdZXDVhjWNtY9VnzWf5fP2BLYSFko2TnZp5nm2qTbmlwfXFNcql07XbnecB673y4fNmApIFvhNmE74cpjHaMz49GkFWaz5uDncSePJ7NoLSiAKQZpwinMKeEqZWsqqyvr422Qbcxud2-p8APwBrDhsbYz2XQ0NIh0k3Uj9Xt2WHa3eNq55HsOO7Z7w7wH_Iv877z3fZI97760vuq

I'll probably grab Unwavering Stance next and maybe some of the combined armor/life nodes, or depending on how testing continues and my comfort level I may just get more dmg nodes.

Gear as is follows (and yes, I know I can work on my chest, but I'm lazy):

Spoiler

Posted this yesterday and you might want to take a look. I run 3 auras + tempest shield. Grace and Discipline are always up, and I either use Anger or Determination depending on map rolls. All are lvl 22 with Alphas Howl. Tempest Shield is run on BM/Reduced Mana and I still come out with more health than before. Resists are maxed.

This is still an extremely viable build....

Additionally, look at taking Avatar of Fire to boost dmg some (converts all dmg to fire).

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apparat07 wrote:

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apparat07 wrote:

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bullitt wrote:

@ dragon
@jahuzz

do we have to change the build again? if yes how should the new build look like what items are necessary?

I'm playing now, and I don't think it takes much adjustment. Yes, my dps went down a bit (17.6k --> 15k with Inf Blow, FA, WED, Melee Dmg, Multistrike and Splash). If I sub in added fire dmg for splash it went from 25.4k --> 21.8k.

I went ahead and grabbed an Alpha's Howl and can run 3 auras. I always have Grace and Discipline up, and alternate either Anger or Determination depending on how tough the map is. The DPS values above are with Anger running.

I'm running Tempest Shield on BM, and still coming out with more health/es than before (300 health more and 150 es more). Resists are at 77/82/77 without Purity.

I'm level 90 and this is my tree:

Spoiler

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAAecEswUtBjkWbxcvGS4aMho4GlUb-h0UJd8n7SjFKS4ppTboNuk62D38QKBDY0w1TdhOKlBQUWBT31XGVdZXDVhjWNtY9VnzWf5fP2BLYSFko2TnZp5nm2qTbmlwfXFNcql07XbnecB673y4fNmApIFvhNmE74cpjHaMz49GkFWaz5uDncSePJ7NoLSiAKQZpwinMKeEqZWsqqyvr422Qbcxud2-p8APwBrDhsbYz2XQ0NIh0k3Uj9Xt2WHa3eNq55HsOO7Z7w7wH_Iv877z3fZI97760vuq

I'll probably grab Unwavering Stance next and maybe some of the combined armor/life nodes, or depending on how testing continues and my comfort level I may just get more dmg nodes.

Gear as is follows (and yes, I know I can work on my chest, but I'm lazy):

Spoiler

Posted this yesterday and you might want to take a look. I run 3 auras + tempest shield. Grace and Discipline are always up, and I either use Anger or Determination depending on map rolls. All are lvl 22 with Alphas Howl. Tempest Shield is run on BM/Reduced Mana and I still come out with more health than before. Resists are maxed.

This is still an extremely viable build....

Additionally, look at taking Avatar of Fire to boost dmg some (converts all dmg to fire).

I thought about taking avatar of fire, but on ele reflect maps i think it might just sting a bit too much, i always liked being able to switch over to double strike if i needed to, so i think for me personally id avoid this :|