Dragon's Immortal Tank (Updated for 1.2)

The build is still viable - no doubt.

Just went through a Jungle Valley Map with Vulnerability, Extra Lighning Dmg, Xtra Monster Dmg, Xtra Boss Dmg. No problem. (Even seems they nerfed that boss and the mass amount of spiders)

As I can't get the same DPS as before the patch, I just live with the slower kill speed and focus on being even tankier.

This build moved towards defense after 1.0 for me.
I am running Grace + Determination + Purity on Mana. New Maps / Hard Mods additionally Tempest Shield on Life (grr.. 1200 Life reserved but still more left then before the patch)
31k Armor / 78% Dmg red
4360 Life / 1320 ES
70% Block / 61% Spellblock
@lvl 88

Still manage to get 10k DPS - without frenzy or bloodrage boost.

The previous Aura gem space is now filled with Cast on Dmg Taken + Enduring Cry + Molten Shell.

Skills


Gear:


Feedback is very welcome and I hope GGG is bringing us some more uniques / gems - especially for the Trigger Gems. Hopefully that's boosting the Dps again.

Seriously, reduction in dps, reduction in life for me, reduction in armor.

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Dragon585 wrote:

Hi guys, work work work. I am just dying to get some more time to work on this build. I see from many responses that most of you are keeping the build pretty close to how it was. I chose a different pathing mainly to test it, but also to add some much needed dex to the build.

I have to be honest with you guys though, I have kind of lost focus on the marauder since the day they announced the scion. My recent thoughts have been of how I can convert the build to scion and possibly CI.

My previous statement about the build now being Legacy was not meant to be taken as "this build is ruined... GG GGG!!" No, this build still rips as many have said. Now it is more a case of getting the gear. It went from a build that was hard to gear, to a build that will be for the most part impossible for newer players.

To me, that means it is Legacy in the same sense that items become legacy. If you were fortunate enough to have it before the nerf then you can continue. If not... you may choose another build that is easier to gear.

I have no idea if/when I will find the time to update the thread, and I really don't even know if it is necessary. Yes, the build still works, but I really dislike the idea of new players trying to make it work. I think they will only find frustration, so perhaps it is best to keep the thread out of date...

Maybe I will stumble onto a better/easier version while working on the scion, and if that is the case... I will be sure to create a new thread :)

Hope you guys are all still having a blast! And congrats to all those who managed to get the items before they became legacy.


-Dragon

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Sh1t happens, it is just like you have a wife, after she is pregnant, you think she is changed or no longer available and so you go cheat on her.
feel for him, just leave him alone.

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Dragon585 wrote:

Hi guys, work work work. I am just dying to get some more time to work on this build. I see from many responses that most of you are keeping the build pretty close to how it was. I chose a different pathing mainly to test it, but also to add some much needed dex to the build.

I have to be honest with you guys though, I have kind of lost focus on the marauder since the day they announced the scion. My recent thoughts have been of how I can convert the build to scion and possibly CI.

My previous statement about the build now being Legacy was not meant to be taken as "this build is ruined... GG GGG!!" No, this build still rips as many have said. Now it is more a case of getting the gear. It went from a build that was hard to gear, to a build that will be for the most part impossible for newer players.

To me, that means it is Legacy in the same sense that items become legacy. If you were fortunate enough to have it before the nerf then you can continue. If not... you may choose another build that is easier to gear.

I have no idea if/when I will find the time to update the thread, and I really don't even know if it is necessary. Yes, the build still works, but I really dislike the idea of new players trying to make it work. I think they will only find frustration, so perhaps it is best to keep the thread out of date...

Maybe I will stumble onto a better/easier version while working on the scion, and if that is the case... I will be sure to create a new thread :)

Hope you guys are all still having a blast! And congrats to all those who managed to get the items before they became legacy.


-Dragon

Just a quick question about aura's, which one do you guys run now that they are all out of wack and cost so much to use?

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Hi guys, work work work. I am just dying to get some more time to work on this build. I see from many responses that most of you are keeping the build pretty close to how it was. I chose a different pathing mainly to test it, but also to add some much needed dex to the build.

I have to be honest with you guys though, I have kind of lost focus on the marauder since the day they announced the scion. My recent thoughts have been of how I can convert the build to scion and possibly CI.

My previous statement about the build now being Legacy was not meant to be taken as "this build is ruined... GG GGG!!" No, this build still rips as many have said. Now it is more a case of getting the gear. It went from a build that was hard to gear, to a build that will be for the most part impossible for newer players.

To me, that means it is Legacy in the same sense that items become legacy. If you were fortunate enough to have it before the nerf then you can continue. If not... you may choose another build that is easier to gear.

I have no idea if/when I will find the time to update the thread, and I really don't even know if it is necessary. Yes, the build still works, but I really dislike the idea of new players trying to make it work. I think they will only find frustration, so perhaps it is best to keep the thread out of date...

Maybe I will stumble onto a better/easier version while working on the scion, and if that is the case... I will be sure to create a new thread :)

Hope you guys are all still having a blast! And congrats to all those who managed to get the items before they became legacy.


-Dragon

OK first of all once again thank you Dragon for this great build, I'm still having a lot of fun with it and no end in sight:)
I wish you good luck building your scion and will gladly try out any new build you discover.

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Just a quick question about aura's, which one do you guys run now that they are all out of wack and cost so much to use?

Before getting an Alpha's Howl I used Grace, Determination and Purity on Mana and Tempest Shield on Life (using Malachai's for that one). Now with Alpha's I can run 3 60% auras on my mana. For higher or more difficult maps I use Grace, Determination and Discipline, on easy maps I switch from Discipline to Hatred for higher clear speed.
As I don't need all my sockets for auras anymore I now also took Cast on Damage taken and linked it with Enduring Cry and Molten Shell. I also thought about linkeng it with Decoy Totem, perhaps I will try that one out one time.

ok thanks man,i can only run like one aura and tempest shield in mana.. and if blood magic any other aura it costs 124%..? sorry bit of a noob haha

No problem, I have my auras connected with lvl 20 Reduced Mana, this reduces the reservation cost to 42.5% I think.
Then I took those 16% reduced reservation nodes in the upper left corner of the skill tree (Sovereignty). Now auras cost 36%. At this point you can run 2 60% auras and Purity.
Using Alpha's Howl for casting your auras gives another 8% reduced reservation. All in all this ends up with auras reserving 32% each, 96% for 3 auras together.

To be sure it takes some effort (and for getting Alpha's Howl some costs, too), but I think it is worth it.

I finally have this build doing more dps and more defence than i had before the patch, my current dps is now a little over 10k, before the patch it was 9.6k. I also plan on using blood rage once i get my chaos res back above 0% or im able to get more life regen.

My current life is at 3.1k and shield is at 1.8k, i have considered lowering my armour and ES for more life, but with my armour at over 14k now, i regen nearly 600 es when i block, and popping a granite fills it to 100% every time i block which is very nice.

Sitting at 68/57 block chance atm, and later on i shall possibly up this by a couple % but i dont feel as though it is needed.

My armour is now 14376 and before the patch it was down at a little over 10k i believe.

Im currently running anger, grace and hatred in an alphas howl all reserved from my mana, this is doable if you take the mana reserve nodes in the top left corner and have the 8% on alphas howl also.

My current build

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAAecCcQSzBS0GORcvGS4aMho4GlUdFCftKMUpLimlMok26D38Q2NMNU3YTipQUFFgU99VxlXWVw1X4lhjWK9Y21j1WfNZ_l8_YEthIWSjZOdlp2aeZ5tqk25pcH1xTXKpdO1253flecB673y4fNmApIFvhNmE74cpjHaMz49GkFWRzpWbms-bg53EnjyezZ_LoLSnCKcwp4SplayqrK-0-bZBtzG-p8APwBrG2M9l0NDSIdJN1I_V7dlh2t3iYeeR7Dju2fAf877z3fZI97760vuq

My current gear

and rainbowstrides but for some reason it wont link them...

At very end game it is going to be more than possible to bring it back up to 4k life, 2k es, and probably around 20k armour, IRON REFLEXES is pretty much a required node for this build unless you have ridiculous armour on your gear, in which case i would probably swap out grace for wrath taking me to around 11.5k dps, my friend also let me equip his max soul taker the other day and that took me up to near 14k dps, so alot of my dmg is lost due to my low roll on soul taker, so without a legacy soul taker this build would do fairly tragic dps.

Ill let you know if i decide to lose some armour for life but right now it seems better than ever before.

If i ever happen to get up to near 4k life again I may also reserve tempest shield from my life, but i cant see that happening.

This build is far from dead my friends :)