Dragon's Immortal Tank (Updated for 1.2)

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zakariusqc wrote:

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Dragon585 wrote:

Sounds like your build is pretty fun. If you like it, stick with it :)

it is but like i said,i played the same thing for about 4-5 month so im looking for something new :P and your build seemed pretty amazing for survavibility and might be fun to tank everything.i was just worried about the dps especialy in party play but if you say its enought and doing fine,i will try it for sure

between i saw that all your intellect you get them with your gear.feel like getting really good gear might be really hard if you absolutly need many of them to have +int.

It is =(
That is prob the biggest downfall of the build. Very specific gear required for maximum performance. I don't usually play in groups, and almost NEVER play in a full group while mapping, so my opinion of the dps is biased.

You can always sacrifice some block nodes for more dps, but I wouldn't :P

ok thx.i struggle a little about dex in early lvl also lol.hatred need dex,crest of pedanrus will also need dex etc i guess il grab the quickness (+30 dex) nods on the way to duelist area till i get more

So I played this build and made it to level 68 in onslaught before dying to buried zombies that had elemental reflect, but it was an amazing build! Really fun all the way up until death.

Here was my gear at the time of death


I'm playing it again on onslaught and I'm hoping to make it further. Having a 5 link makes this build worth it. It was really a struggle with 4 links. Also using lightning strike on vaal cruel/merciless seemed like a safer option.

I think aegis aurora really, helps but i spent so much time trying to buy one and there's still hardly any on onslaught. I'm wondering what other shields are out there that i could use between peredenus and aegis aurora?

My mistakes I think were running the wrong aura's i was running the one that added cold damage instead of a defence one. It made the elemental reflect too powerful.

But thanks for the awesome build Dragon!

i just switched to 1hand/sheild with infernal blow and im wondering why you go infernal blow/melee splash/mana leech when you can just go with infernal blow/melee splash/blood magic.doing that you can already turn more aura (hatred/vit/tempest sheild) and your hp barely mouve since you have insane life regen.i tried with 4L/multistrike but yea,life cost start to be hight but 3L remplacing mana leach by blood magic seem to be better because you dont need to use mana pot (with mana leech i still need to pot often) and you can turn more aura.

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zakariusqc wrote:

i just switched to 1hand/sheild with infernal blow and im wondering why you go infernal blow/melee splash/mana leech when you can just go with infernal blow/melee splash/blood magic.doing that you can already turn more aura (hatred/vit/tempest sheild) and your hp barely mouve since you have insane life regen.i tried with 4L/multistrike but yea,life cost start to be hight but 3L remplacing mana leach by blood magic seem to be better because you dont need to use mana pot (with mana leech i still need to pot often) and you can turn more aura.

Mostly early levels on, your HP may barely move, but it won't actually auto refill as if you were not using Blood Magic.
So you're sacrificing an important factor of survability, even if you don't see/feel it. I don't know if your auras make up for this downfall, I might actually try it myself.




Talking about Blood Magic support gem, when do you recommend starting using it over Mana Leech? (life regen treshold ? blood magic gem level ?)

Hi dragon, i love this build!!

I have a question, I bought Bringer of Rain, and it bring me perm blind (-75% to hit), but it dont works with Unwavering Stance, do u think that if i quit this 4 points to get Unwavering, the build works fine??

Sorry for my english,

Regards

PD.- and do u think is still good idea go to Inner force?

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pablonaz wrote:

Hi dragon, i love this build!!

I have a question, I bought Bringer of Rain, and it bring me perm blind (-75% to hit), but it dont works with Unwavering Stance, do u think that if i quit this 4 points to get Unwavering, the build works fine??

Sorry for my english,

Regards

PD.- and do u think is still good idea go to Inner force?

Hello!
Unwavering Stance is mostly for bosses theses days since the majority of other mobs can't stun you when you stack hp. It is completely up to you, but the build will work without Unwavering. I suggest, if you plan to run higher level maps, that you keep Unwavering since a stunlock can be deadly. Also keep in mind that all charging mobs will be able to stun you as well.

My personal opinion on the using blind instead of Unwavering is... don't. The build can survive any type of non-boss mob on its own. A blind is completely unnecessary. In addition, Blind does nothing to help vs spells, which can stun you. Without Unwavering, each time you block an attack that would have stunned you, the block animation will play... which is basically a stun.

So my 2 cents, blind is never worth giving up Unwavering for this build. I suggest for those that have their hearts set on blind to use cyclone instead and get the best of both worlds.

As for inner force, the only reason I took it in the original build was for the extra 1% maximum resist. With the nerf, inner force is still a damn good buff, but it is no longer worth spending the extra points to get to it. Those 5 points can be better used elsewhere now.

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westbryan wrote:

Talking about Blood Magic support gem, when do you recommend starting using it over Mana Leech? (life regen treshold ? blood magic gem level ?)

This is a tricky question. It really doesn't have a 100% answer. I think, and this is my opinion here, that you should not switch to blood magic gem until you can out regen the mana cost. To test this, stand still with no monsters around and spam your attack. If you life begins to fall then your attack is costing more than your regen can manage. This is just what I do when leveling, so don't take it as the law :P




-Dragon

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westbryan wrote:

Talking about Blood Magic support gem, when do you recommend starting using it over Mana Leech? (life regen treshold ? blood magic gem level ?)

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Dragon585 wrote:

This is a tricky question. It really doesn't have a 100% answer. I think, and this is my opinion here, that you should not switch to blood magic gem until you can out regen the mana cost. To test this, stand still with no monsters around and spam your attack. If you life begins to fall then your attack is costing more than your regen can manage. This is just what I do when leveling, so don't take it as the law :P




-Dragon

well at lvl 34 with blood magic+meleee splash+infernal blow that make me able to run hatred/vit/tempest sheild,its already the case.it wont if i go 4L (well mabey not life on hit)

Just wanted to quickly chime in and thank dragon for an awesome build, allowing me to get to level 83 on anarchy and to be able to tackle level 77 map content easily. I use bringer of rain and have a habit of "shouting" MAN THE F*CK UP when my party is dying to tough map mod bosses.

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jayteeez wrote:

Just wanted to quickly chime in and thank dragon for an awesome build, allowing me to get to level 83 on anarchy and to be able to tackle level 77 map content easily. I use bringer of rain and have a habit of "shouting" MAN THE F*CK UP when my party is dying to tough map mod bosses.

I love to say that when ppl ask me to reroll certain map mods. FEAR NO MOD!