Dragon's Immortal Tank (Updated for 1.2)

Hi,
Thanks a lot for the build you posted. It is really good piece of work!!!
I have a lot of experience with the tanky build with Aegis Aurora. Long ago I made a Facebreaker/DominatingBlow/Aegis CI Witch. Here is my old guide: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/356123
After Rain Bringer helm papered I was hardly theorycrafting about hybrid ES/Life build using it with Aegis Aurora. I made a Mara using Facebreaker/RainBringer/Aegis with Dominating Blow. This build was really good (10k dps with melee splash) but the cost of 1hit was 400life in 7L with blood magic. I was really thinking of going back to my old Witch and then I found your guide.
Two of your ideas were amazing! I found that using weapon instead of Facebreaker I can have almost the same dps. Secend idea was to use Infernal Blow. It is really the best skill you can imagine – to blow everything up. I introduced this 2 changes to my Mara build and it works beautiful. I have 69% block, 3,5k life only but protected by 13k armor without granite and endurance, and 1,2k ES. I have 13k listed dps after auras up with melee splash and 18k with added fire dmg instead of splash with some unleveled gems!!!
My passive tree is similar but little different. I took less life, no US but more armor and ES so US is not needed even in 70+ maps with good dmg reduced from armor. The biggest change is that I removed blood magic gem from Infernal Blow. It cost me a prize: 6 passive points and two items with 2% mana leech. This is sufficient to have NO problems with mana at all (even with no regen maps) and you spent no life and have 20% boost for dmg by adding melee phys dmg!!! I’m using 7 auras. Purity, Determination and Hatred on mana, Wrath, Grace, Anger and Discipline on life.
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Thanks again for the work you put into the build. And test your IB with mana :)
ing: Storm_Gaze
Last edited by LeMing#5256 on Jun 27, 2013, 3:30:31 AM
I was thinking about Carcass Jack for this build (Bought 6 linked and then realized it's green/blue chest) because of the nice area boosts it gives and on top of all; Extra Gore :drool:
Now I'm trying to trade it for one Jack that actually has 4 red sockets, blue and green.

It's a bit low on resistances, but I might and will be able to get them elsewhere. But the question would be, is 4 red sockets enough ? Maybe one of the 5 red gems could be changed to blue Concentrated Effect in example ?

Just trying to get information, if it makes any sense to change my current Carcass into one, that has those 4 reds.

Cheers.
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LeMing wrote:
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Hi,
Thanks a lot for the build you posted. It is really good piece of work!!!
I have a lot of experience with the tanky build with Aegis Aurora. Long ago I made a Facebreaker/DominatingBlow/Aegis CI Witch. Here is my old guide: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/356123
After Rain Bringer helm papered I was hardly theorycrafting about hybrid ES/Life build using it with Aegis Aurora. I made a Mara using Facebreaker/RainBringer/Aegis with Dominating Blow. This build was really good (10k dps with melee splash) but the cost of 1hit was 400life in 7L with blood magic. I was really thinking of going back to my old Witch and then I found your guide.
Two of your ideas were amazing! I found that using weapon instead of Facebreaker I can have almost the same dps. Secend idea was to use Infernal Blow. It is really the best skill you can imagine – to blow everything up. I introduced this 2 changes to my Mara build and it works beautiful. I have 69% block, 3,5k life only but protected by 13k armor without granite and endurance, and 1,2k ES. I have 13k listed dps after auras up with melee splash and 18k with added fire dmg instead of splash with some unleveled gems!!!
My passive tree is similar but little different. I took less life, no US but more armor and ES so US is not needed even in 70+ maps with good dmg reduced from armor. The biggest change is that I removed blood magic gem from Infernal Blow. It cost me a prize: 6 passive points and two items with 2% mana leech. This is sufficient to have NO problems with mana at all (even with no regen maps) and you spent no life and have 20% boost for dmg by adding melee phys dmg!!! I’m using 7 auras. Purity, Determination and Hatred on mana, Wrath, Grace, Anger and Discipline on life.
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Items
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Thanks again for the work you put into the build. And test your IB with mana :)



Very cool!

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Juhazzz wrote:
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I was thinking about Carcass Jack for this build (Bought 6 linked and then realized it's green/blue chest) because of the nice area boosts it gives and on top of all; Extra Gore :drool:
Now I'm trying to trade it for one Jack that actually has 4 red sockets, blue and green.

It's a bit low on resistances, but I might and will be able to get them elsewhere. But the question would be, is 4 red sockets enough ? Maybe one of the 5 red gems could be changed to blue Concentrated Effect in example ?

Just trying to get information, if it makes any sense to change my current Carcass into one, that has those 4 reds.

Cheers.


A blue socket won't really be ideal. Concentrated effect will do absolutely nothing for you against bosses. IIR my armor was a pain to get 5r 1g too. It took something like 600 chromes. So many people are focusing on items/passives that increase the radius and aoe dmg of IB but it is really as simple as 20Q on splash and IB. There is no need to buy armor for it, or waste passives for it.



-Dragon
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Last edited by Dragon585#3483 on Jun 27, 2013, 7:05:14 AM
Omfg I have never laughed so hard in my entire life. Thanks to Vic for showing this to me. Seriously, prepare to laugh your ass off! http://www.gizoogle.net/index.php?search=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pathofexile.com%2Fforum%2Fview-thread%2F384141&se=Gizoogle+Dis+Shiznit
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pleasure to help out hahahahhaha


http://www.gizoogle.net/index.php?search=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pathofexile.com%2Fgame&se=Gizoogle+Dis+Shiznit

ahhaha and check one of mine too dragon ahhahahahaha http://www.gizoogle.net/index.php?search=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pathofexile.com%2Fforum%2Fview-thread%2F406882&se=Gizoogle+Dis+Shiznit


"+2 life gained when you bust a cap up in a enemy" just killed me hahahaha


im now seriously considering making up all of my guides in this way
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im now seriously considering making up all of my guides in this way
DO EEEEET!
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Okay cool ! Thanks for replying to the question about Jack :) I just managed to sell my 6 link Jackie for 14 Ex (same what i paid for it). Let's go looking for a rare now..

And what comes to that gizoogle.. Wtf hahahahah, made my day :D

"dead bodies explode causin a cold-ass lil chain erection of explosions dat render yo' foes utterly obliterated."

Cast elemenstrual weaknizz curse n' peep yo' foes crumble instantly dawwwwg!

=D
Last edited by Juhazzz#5503 on Jun 27, 2013, 8:51:29 AM
Thanks you a lot for your advice ! It already help me quite a lot!
I just had to come by and say thanks too. My gear isn't even close to finished, so insanely hard to find all the correct items. I had to buy just normal high armor chest, couldn't find any Armor+ES chest.

All the gems in Chest Armor are there only as long as i get some currency to buy the correct ones, these ones have to stay there until that. Dunno what's that stuff in my weapon, didn't even notice it before linking it here :o

That's how the items look like now, boots are from my old Ranger, rings are found while i've progressed the game so i don't bother even showing them, they're just random.
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Last edited by Juhazzz#5503 on Jun 28, 2013, 12:25:14 PM
hi. a axe with attack speed 1.10 is too low for this build?

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