Dragon's Immortal Tank (Updated for 1.2)

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Huntrosity wrote:

Do I have to use Stone of Lazwhar? How important is the spell block chance? Can I make do without it at say level 80 in maps?

I'm asking this because I'm quite fond of my

which I've been using for my current build and I'm thinking of transitioning.

How important is it? Hmm... well, vs non casters, not very important at all... aside from the possible 30 int. Vs casters, it is fucking priceless. Seriously, think back to all your char deaths in the game. Now, if you are like me, your are fondly remembering the vast majority of those deaths to be spell caster related. And yes, vaal smash is a spell.

TBH, I am sure you can get away without it for 75% of maps. But don't blame me or the build if/when you get pwned by Map piety :P

And come to think of it, someone posted here earlier that they decided to ditch stone of laz in favor of a good rare neck. They would be better suited than I to tell you how necessary/unnecessary it is. I am a FIRM believer in it though. I only wish I could incorporate Rainbow strides into the build for even more spell block.

Exactly what part of carnage heart do you like? If it is for the leech, you wont need it. The build is very tanky and has pretty low physical damage to leech from. The -25% hp and es is also a huge concern of mine as well...

But, to each his own. If you decide to give it a try and find that it works great even in really hard maps, be sure to let us know :)


-Dragon

I know there were one or two other people here asking about where to get the Champion Kite Shield base item for trying to chance an Aegis (yippie!).

As I have finally gotten my hands on an Aegis, the base shield is free for the taking if anyone wants it (you'll have to scour it first, though). Just shoot me a PM if you're having trouble finding it and we'll work out a time to get it to you.

Standard league, by the way.

With 13k armor,81res, 3.5k hp and 700 ES,180hpreg, aegis aurora and 61% block(35%spellblock overall) am I completely immune to multishot voidbearers?


I am considering farming another 10 exalteds to get the new axe in docks, I'll only have about 70quality + quantity though, but I'll still have about 10k dps so clearing speed is excellent.

I'd only consider farming on my character if I have a 0% chance of dying no matter what, and I refuse to waste time(exp) farming on a diff char.


Also lunaris doesn't have any threatening magic at all, and everyone seems to just tickle that my energy shield would never break, the free amulet also grants 40% rarity and 20% quantity, would that be better?

so is this build still strong? im accually want to try this build out cuz it looks like i can survive all desyncs and laggs with this build.Im planning on investing ~20 ex on anarchy do you think thats enought to make this build work?Also from what lvl you become beast in terms of tanking and dps (60+/70+/80+ lvl).And 1 more question - Do you think 280 pure phys 1.53 att speed sword would for for this build fine?

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saridonas wrote:

so is this build still strong? im accually want to try this build out cuz it looks like i can survive all desyncs and laggs with this build.Im planning on investing ~20 ex on anarchy do you think thats enought to make this build work?Also from what lvl you become beast in terms of tanking and dps (60+/70+/80+ lvl).And 1 more question - Do you think 280 pure phys 1.53 att speed sword would for for this build fine?

20 ex... wtf.. for sure yOu got each build run with that

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ghousty2 wrote:

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saridonas wrote:

so is this build still strong? im accually want to try this build out cuz it looks like i can survive all desyncs and laggs with this build.Im planning on investing ~20 ex on anarchy do you think thats enought to make this build work?Also from what lvl you become beast in terms of tanking and dps (60+/70+/80+ lvl).And 1 more question - Do you think 280 pure phys 1.53 att speed sword would for for this build fine?

20 ex... wtf.. for sure yOu got each build run with that

well ye probably that was stupid question.Still want answer to other quesstions.Also do you think rainbow strides is worth using if i alrdy have them? cuz energy shield is quite important in this build also you get block chance to spells.

Dear, Dragon :)

Thank you very much for the post and the apology. Few days ago I was close to even rapport you, but I appreciated so much what you are doing for the community in your guide. Maybe I shouldn't start a post about nerfing. Armour + ES + AA is godly setup and maybe endgame should look like that but it is so much better than everything else IMO... So thanks again and I think we can have some fruitful conversation from time to time. I also love to theorycrafting and practice with the builds and items.
About the gear cost:
Congratulation for gear finding and especially crafting the 6L chest. This is really expensive piece of gear. Several days ago I crafted a chest similar to yours http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/443287 and sold it for almost 24 exalted. Your weapon also is worth few ex. But I have to admit that mara with axe or sword looks much better than unarmed :(
About the damage:
I'm addicted to big damage, but you are 100% right with ele reflect. I was dying because of that. Now I'm replacing "added fire gem" with "LGoH" on -res maps. This is much better than life leech, and I will explain why. Single mob is not dangerous, only a pack with a rare with "Allies reflect ele dmg". When I hit a pack like this all mobs are exploding in one big BUM. Life leech did not protects me because life addition is slow (even my constant 12% LL is nothing.) Life gain on hit have much better chance to save me because life gaining is instant. The game counts every melee splash and blow of every monster separately and instantly adds a lot life from LGoH to everything. It can save you.
About the new axe:
This is so perfect to your build (or almost every 1h melee build). I will try to buy the axe for tests asap and I will also lend it to you for some tests. But honestly to remove blood magic gem from the 6L I needed only: have some free mana, 2% mana leech on equipment and spent 2 points only!!! near duelist starting points. This is enough for having much more dmg from "adding fire" gem or constant survi from "LGoH" with benefit from not spending more than 100 life per mouse click. This is really worthy IMO.

Gotta keep eyes open for the new unique axe, really looks awesome, blood magic, bye bye and i'll say welcome to attack speed ! Well while searching for the axe, i just upraded my chest and finally found ar+es chest !

I find it amusing how poe.xyz.is and poexplorer have multiple Aegis Auroras listed for Standard, Anarchy, and Onslaught, but not a single one in Hardcore.

Pretty stupid, to be honest.

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Juhazzz wrote:

Gotta keep eyes open for the new unique axe, really looks awesome, blood magic, bye bye and i'll say welcome to attack speed ! Well while searching for the axe, i just upraded my chest and finally found ar+es chest !

Very nice chest. Don't suppose you'd donate it to the worthy cause that is me? ;)