Dragon's Immortal Tank (Updated for 1.2)

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Bahnzo wrote:

I've been thinking - the upcoming patch is going to "nerf" life nodes. IE: we are going to lose life overall. This is bad for Blood Magic, which most melee rely upon, this build as well. I wonder if we might might actually suffer instead of benefit from this patch?

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Dragon585 wrote:

My best guess atm would be dropping some hp and block nodes to pick up all the body and soul nodes along with some extra physical damage nodes. This is all a guess at this point, but if damage is significantly lowered enough that armor once again proves useful then it will prob be more beneficial than nerfed hp nodes.

Another idea would be to drop hp nodes in favor of gaining more ES and maxing block. Again taking all of the body and soul nodes. Unfortunately, this is prob something that will take me some time to figure out which route feels best. I have said it many times before, I am not good at theorycrafting. It will take me some time to try different things and see which one performs the best. I favor this way due to things not always preforming as well for real as the math suggests.

Anyways, we still have a few more days to sit and ponder. I hope to be pleasantly surprised, but am expecting a huge nerf to this particular build.



-Dragon

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VictorDoom wrote:

I really dont think youre going to get nerfed dragonn, byt he looks of it you might get buffed, just pickup the B&S nodes as you said, more armor+ES, just be sure to have enough life for chaos damage, the DPS is getting buffed for it i think.

I think its best to wait and see the new skill tree and patch notes before speculating nerfs/buffs to builds

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MFJones wrote:

gonna try to make a variation of this build that revolves around the new unique helm bringer of rain.

it's going to have more hp and overall more endurance charges since the helm gives 10 pct chance to generate a charge upon block.

Passive Tree Summary (107 Used Points)

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+380 to Strength
+124 to Dexterity
+64 to Intelligence
+72 to maximum Mana
+300 to maximum Life
Evasion Rating: 53
+6 Maximum Endurance Charge
+3 Maximum Frenzy Charge
+3 Maximum Power Charge
5% Additional Elemental Resistance per Endurance Charge
5% Physical Damage Reduction per Endurance Charge
5% Attack Speed Increase per Frenzy Charge
5% Cast Speed Increase per Frenzy Charge
50% Critical Strike Chance Increase per Power Charge
273% increased maximum Life
5.4% of Life Regenerated per Second
You take 30% reduced Extra Damage from Critical Strikes
+40% to all Elemental Resistances
+5% to maximum Fire Resistance
+5% to maximum Cold Resistance
+5% to maximum Lightning Resistance
23% additional Shield Block Chance
Your hits can't be Evaded
Never deal Critical Strikes
60% increased Defences from equipped Shield
0.2% of maximum Life Regenerated per second per Endurance Charge
2% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched back as Life
12% of Block Chance applied to Spells
+30% Elemental Resistances while holding a Shield
44% increased Armour
44% increased maximum Energy Shield
30% increased Physical Damage with One Handed Melee Weapons
3% increased Attack Speed with One Handed Melee Weapons
8% increased Melee Physical Damage
+2 to Melee Weapon and Unarmed range
Cannot Evade enemy Attacks
Cannot be Stunned
Converts all Evasion Rating to Armour
15% increased Attack Speed
30% increased Fire Damage with Weapons
+12.8% Energy Shield
+76% increased Melee Physical Damage
+248 Accuracy Rating
24.8% increased Evasion Rating

will let u guys know ow the results once I get all the gear in the next few days.

not sure how it will fair dps wise but the aim is to be more tanks and lot more survivability since I am playing this on hc.

also, I cannot find an aegis aurora for sale at a reasonable price on hc at the moment.