Dragon's Immortal Tank (Updated for 1.2)

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Zinja wrote:

For me the IR route holds 2 key things
1. in party situations even in duo there is almost always some one running grace ...
2. my armor is hybrid AR/ES

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which is the main source to provide a crap ton of armor to give alteast 400 es back on block which is g a cheaper alternative that works with the new aegis aurora because not every one can afford a legacy one or a soul taker ... I get enough es from aa and rainbow strides and my glove to hit 500+ es.

The no reduced aura nodes ... and no alpha howl because i find for most part hatred+ determination is more than enough with this crap ton of armor/defense and shit ..

Iron Reflex is such a must on this build as all your dex gives you unused evasion, that evasion can much better be utilized as armor that gives you more restored ES when you block which is 75% of the time on physical (spell block for me is 68 or something)

However, on the old tree, US was so far to reach and as this build lacks in DPS, it would make way more sense to go for phys dmg nodes instead. US is a massive quality of life but on my character, being stunned does not cause dmg at all. It just means I can't attack and it is the same as just standing still. I use leap slam with 20/23 Stun to combat this. I also noticed that stun is an increased annoyance on me when vulnerability is on the map stats or casted.

But now that those huge dps nodes are right next to it, I might consider taking it.

Did a very quick rebuild. And I'm really happy how it turned out.

I gained in virtually every stat except spell block which is now 59 :(

Check it out and see what you guys think

https://www.poebuilder.com/builds/Aqualord_-domitius

thats way too less life ... doesn't the majority of damage from high end bosses bypass physical dmg reductions as the damage is elemental? we are losing max elemental resists ( no equilibrium in new tree)..
any thing less than 150 life (aka the new life standard ) seems risky even with godlike endgame gear.

Fuckit...speccing into US. Did about 10x 78 maps last night and was just so aware of the stun the whole time. Thanks Ninja :P

The resits are low indeed, we'll have to work that out closer to the time and after playing a bit.

Due to the lower cost of skills maybe we can work the PoE aura into the build?

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AqUaLoRd wrote:

Fuckit...speccing into US. Did about 10x 78 maps last night and was just so aware of the stun the whole time. Thanks Ninja :P

The resits are low indeed, we'll have to work that out closer to the time and after playing a bit.

Due to the lower cost of skills maybe we can work the PoE aura into the build?

Dood... why aren't you running cyclone? Your gear is perfect for it and you will not need US. Not to mention better dps, higher mobility, and overall faster clear speeds. God bless Soul Taker.

Hiya Dragon, I tried...I really really tried getting into cyclone but I just keep longing for the shit, guts, gore explosions of IB. What is your DPS on cyclone atm? Seems like after the patch I will sit on 26300 (up from 17400 before the corrupted skills)

Next time I see you online I'm going to harass you to map with me! I'll look out for some 77s and 78s.

Unfortunately for me, I think my scion cyclone build is going to have to sit for a bit before I am confident enough to spend the points on her again. I am not even sure that build is salvageable at this point.

The good news is, this has given me motivation to work on my mara AA build once more. I know I haven't been very active on this thread lately, but that is because I really haven't played much in the last few months. In addition, when I WAS playing it was always my scion that got the attention.

Now then, I used to be in favor of stacking grace and determination in order to receive as much ES per block as possible. However, Mrs. Atziri has changed my opinion somewhat. I have found that it is more important not to count on things that are RNG based when facing a boss. For example, spell block. While this works wonders, it can be very streaky. IMO, it is in our best interest to supplement our spell block with something that is NOT subject to RNG. Mainly, ehp, higher max resists, and leech. Based on these ideals and the information that has been released, here is what I am thinking:

• With the new change to curse on hit, tempest shield is looking sexy as ever. Picture this: each time you block an attack/spell your tempest shield auto-applies a curse to the mob that attacked you. Not to mention the bug fix when TS would shut off after changing areas if you did not have mana.

• With the change to curse on hit combined with linking it to tempest shield, comes the new and improved warlord's mark. The leech will now apply to all of your damage, not just the physical portion. Pretty OP! So with tempest shield auto-applying warlords, we can now basically forget about needing leech or lgoh on gear/6L setup. SO... instead of running lgoh linked to my cyclone, I plan to replace it with melee on full life for a pretty huge dps boost.

• Auras. We NEED them. I have only attempted Atziri once with this build but I was absolutely decimated by her flameblast. The solution is more max resists. So, I plan to incorporate purity of fire and purity of lightning into my build. I have not quite decided how to do this. My 2 options so far are, to spend 7 passive points in picking up the newly redesigned Champion of the Cause (which will give an additional +1 to max resist auras and +1 block to tempest shield), or to simply continue using alpha's howl (which saves 7 points but burns a valuable slot in which to stack hp). In either scenario, I will be dropping all other aura's besides hatred. As of right now, I plan to run the 2 purity auras, hatred, and tempest shield. This takes care of one of the problems that plagued the build previously and that was resistances.

The problem I continue to run into is a lack of int. I had hoped to avoid needing int for anything other than my chest, but with the addition of purity of lightning, I will now need 151 int. This poses a problem. With the corrupting of my Stone of Laz

I have lost 30 int. With the new passive tree, I have found no reason to venture into any of the int sections. So, unless I get better rings/gloves, I will be forced into picking up the 2 +30 int nodes which kinda... well... sucks.

edit: I just realized that if I can get corrupted lvl 21 purity gems, then I would not lose the +1 max resist by using alpha's howl. This is likely what I will do.

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AqUaLoRd wrote:

Hiya Dragon, I tried...I really really tried getting into cyclone but I just keep longing for the shit, guts, gore explosions of IB. What is your DPS on cyclone atm? Seems like after the patch I will sit on 26300 (up from 17400 before the corrupted skills)

Next time I see you online I'm going to harass you to map with me! I'll look out for some 77s and 78s.

37k Atm. Subject to change, but that is with the new changes of adding Melee dmg on full life and only running hatred. And my gear is not even as good as yours :P

Quite interesting what you mentioned about the auras and resists and that CoH setup sounds sexy!

Using

with

gives me 39500 dps and with my 6% leech...Piety does not want to play with me no more :(

I've used POEBuilder so long to get a rough idea of where this max block build (which I believe so strongly in) is going. Defs worth the investment (thanks to the chaos recipe!!) esp when you see everyone around you are dropping like flies kinda inspires you to reach 100. Still such a long way.

Waiting for the patch now.

Double post, my bad