Dragon's Immortal Tank (Updated for 1.2)

I'm on Standard. So, I'll probably stay with the 2H build. Could you expand this thought about "not playing" melee? Are there any problems on Merciless?

What build would you recommend? If, of course, there is a possibility to convert with the skill tree I actually have.

Now i'm very satisfied with the character, i've done plenty of 72 maps today with quite hard mods, just once i was close to die and it was all because of my own stupidity and 350 ping, but managed to survive. I just made 72 Waste Pool with the mods: Elemental Wekness, Elemental Equilibrium, -xx resistances and what all it had, can't remember and it was a piece of cake :p

Finally got the correct gems for Infernal Blow and i've always replaced Splash by Life Leech gem on bossfights, so far none of the bosses haven't taken more than ~25% of my hp, which is not very high yet, as i took all the block-nodes and still have 34% of lide nodes left, hp is now about 3600, around 3100 after life reserves. And still my rings are so trash that i'm shamed to even admit to myself that i have them. Other one i crafted myself just to be able to put Covenant on and other one is just rand trash from the leveling progression.

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Balindz wrote:

I'm on Standard. So, I'll probably stay with the 2H build. Could you expand this thought about "not playing" melee? Are there any problems on Merciless?

What build would you recommend? If, of course, there is a possibility to convert with the skill tree I actually have.

There are a few ranged builds that allow you to stack iir/iiq gear while still being 100% safe. Those builds are prob better to start with so that you can farm gear for other chars. If that is not really your cup of tea then feel free to play melee from the start. Just know that it can be much harder than most ranged builds.

Hi Dragon,

what do you think about using Facebreaker with this build ? (but without Bringer of Rain unlike mentionned a few posts ago)

I am lvl 62 atm and am just wondering what node's I should get first to maximize my survivability. Should I focus on getting the shield node's, HP nodes or get the special nodes like life leach/2% max Resist/ the extra armor/Evasion node first? Thanks

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westbryan wrote:

Hi Dragon,

what do you think about using Facebreaker with this build ? (but without Bringer of Rain unlike mentionned a few posts ago)

The honest truth is... I don't know much about facebreaker builds at all. You are better off finding a guide specifically for FB. Sorry I couldn't be more help. I will say this... I really REALLY dislike the idea of losing a weapon slot since you need so many sockets to stack auras. I also really don't like the idea of any gear without hp and resists on it. The build already suffers a bit from using up the amulet slot on a unique. These are just my opinions ofc. I have no doubt you can still have respectable hp and resists even with facebreakers, it just takes more currency to get you there.

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Godsdragon wrote:

I am lvl 62 atm and am just wondering what node's I should get first to maximize my survivability. Should I focus on getting the shield node's, HP nodes or get the special nodes like life leach/2% max Resist/ the extra armor/Evasion node first? Thanks

I suppose it depends on your gear and what league you are playing. If you happen to have the unique shield with 40% block, then I would focus on getting hp nodes. you won't need the 2% max resist node until you start doing maps. The 2% LL is pretty nice to have once you get your dps up to a decent amount, but until then it is a bit pointless. If you feel like you already have pretty good hp and hp regen, then go for the armor/eva nodes as some people have been pming me that armor is helping them in onslaught.

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Dragon585 wrote:

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JahIthBerTirUmMalLumKoKoMal wrote:

will you make a video doing 75-77 maps too? maybe crem boss and piety shrine? :P

and its amazing to see you have such a tanky build with 10k dps attack O_O, not to mention the corpse explosion effect that isnt shown on the tooltip for IB

I was wondering what did / do you die to?

As soon as I get my hands on some =/ I will. As for what I die to, burst damage usually. Mods that mess with my resistances are usually the culprit. Getting cocky is also one of the leading causes of my death. Pretty much why I can't win in HC or OS. I don't have the ability to play safe always.

What is your block at now?

I think higher block, a bit more armor and ES would make those spikes avoidable, this build idea is like so awesome in the synergistic way it works.

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JahIthBerTirUmMalLumKoKoMal wrote:

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Dragon585 wrote:

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JahIthBerTirUmMalLumKoKoMal wrote:

will you make a video doing 75-77 maps too? maybe crem boss and piety shrine? :P

and its amazing to see you have such a tanky build with 10k dps attack O_O, not to mention the corpse explosion effect that isnt shown on the tooltip for IB

I was wondering what did / do you die to?

As soon as I get my hands on some =/ I will. As for what I die to, burst damage usually. Mods that mess with my resistances are usually the culprit. Getting cocky is also one of the leading causes of my death. Pretty much why I can't win in HC or OS. I don't have the ability to play safe always.

What is your block at now?

I think higher block, a bit more armor and ES would make those spikes avoidable, this build idea is like so awesome in the synergistic way it works.

Actually it has the opposite effect. Since I have to sacrifice hp nodes to get the armor/es nodes it renders me MUCH weaker vs ele dmg. Physical damage is nothing to this build. For the big hitters like brutus bosses, it is as simple as stacking endurance charges and popping a granite and they are tamed. As for higher block, the goal is to cap it, but it will take me 2 more levels to do so, which puts me at lvl 90.

Current block is 71%

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Dragon585 wrote:

Actually it has the opposite effect. Since I have to sacrifice hp nodes to get the armor/es nodes it renders me MUCH weaker vs ele dmg. Physical damage is nothing to this build. For the big hitters like brutus bosses, it is as simple as stacking endurance charges and popping a granite and they are tamed. As for higher block, the goal is to cap it, but it will take me 2 more levels to do so, which puts me at lvl 90.

Current block is 71%

i can see burst chaos dmg as being one of your main problems, i forgot that skips ES, lol what a noob i am XD

i see your point with the tradeoff of nodes ... i was thinking tho, with double the ES and a bit less hp, if you put chaos dmg aside, when you get max block, nothing will get through your life and endanger you anyway.

Of course this is just my theory, you are the one who knows more in practice :)

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JahIthBerTirUmMalLumKoKoMal wrote:

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Dragon585 wrote:

Actually it has the opposite effect. Since I have to sacrifice hp nodes to get the armor/es nodes it renders me MUCH weaker vs ele dmg. Physical damage is nothing to this build. For the big hitters like brutus bosses, it is as simple as stacking endurance charges and popping a granite and they are tamed. As for higher block, the goal is to cap it, but it will take me 2 more levels to do so, which puts me at lvl 90.

Current block is 71%

i can see burst chaos dmg as being one of your main problems, i forgot that skips ES, lol what a noob i am XD

i see your point with the tradeoff of nodes ... i was thinking tho, with double the ES and a bit less hp, if you put chaos dmg aside, when you get max block, nothing will get through your life and endanger you anyway.

Of course this is just my theory, you are the one who knows more in practice :)

I have had double the ES and almost 4k more armor. This made me feel noticeably weaker. Like I said, for physical mobs only certain bosses are even a problem and those are easily tamed with curses, end charges, and/or granites. As for more es, it does't hurt to have BUT it is NEVER worth sacrificing HP to get it. EVER. Even with 71% block chance I can still get hit 5 times in a row by a boss. And that is not even thinking of elemental damage. Even at 75% block chance that still only gives you 45% spell block iirc. Map version of Piety will eat you alive if you do not have a strong enough health pool to absorb the damage that gets through.

Yes, I have tested this. It isn't just me shooting down other peoples ideas because I refuse to change the build :p

edit: chaos damage is no issue whatsoever. 300+ hp/sec combined with 12% chaos resist negates pretty much all chaos dmg.