[1.2.0] Dual Claws Are Cool

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Niwi wrote:

Yes it is noob friendly. I played pretty much self found until 60 and started the game with nothing. You don't need any uniques to make this work.

awesome, thanks for that heads up :). Also, I was wondering why the skip of Scion? would her starting area not work being close to all three of the before mentioned starting characters?

Hey Kirielis :)

Thanks a lot for that awesome build, it's helped me reach late game in no time (albeit after an unfortunate attempt with my first character, a shadow with which I tried to do too many things at once).

Here's how I tweaked it to suit my own playtstyle :
I'm playing Ranger with acrobatics and right now it's working perfectly in lower maps, I'm waiting on some better gear to go much higher, after being 2 shot by the reaver in ghetto map (EK is OP against this build ><).

My tree :

My stuff :


Skills I use :


I hope you find this interesting and can give me a few advices on what to upgrade next, or skills to try out, and what difficulties I should expect in higher levels.

Thanks again for this great build =)

Hey Kiri,

Ok I have secretly done your entire build (now lvl 79), skill tree etc, all except the rain maker helm, since i can't afford it. I'm having troubles with 1 hit KO bosses and maps higher than level 71. Temporal Chains maps are a no-no. I never die from anything else than a boss or a sick amount of mobs that have stacked together causing desync. By analyzing my char I was wondering if You are able to help me tweak this char to possibly go further into end-game.

My gear:


The skill tree is exactly the same as in your link.

I have (all in town):

- 3650 Health
- 460 Mana
- 132 Armor
- 4859 Evasion
- 8187 DPS (dual strike, multistrike,meele physical damage, meele splash)
- elemental resists on 75%, chaos on -60%
- Chance to block:35%, Evade:35%, Dodge:30%

Offense: Hatered, Blood Rage
Defence: I use cast on damage with immortal call and molten shell.
Movement: Flicker strike (anti desync), whirling blades (when quicksliver flasks run out)
Strategic: Skeleton totem, temporal chains, bear trap,

I think that's all, thanks.

Guys,

i play completely with blood magic gems! Only stuff thats going on mana is hatred and grace!

Anybody of you explaining, why you are going on mana nodes?

Well that's a lot of comments. Just going to answer them in order.

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I have no use for 30 % chance on frenzy charges, when my char is dead.

Well, there's also the little fact that - unless you're using VP - these boots completely negate Blood Rage. That's not half bad for midgame leveling and they're viable through maps, though upgrading them at higher levels is fine too.

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Was wondering, what would you suggest for equipment, more armor or evasion or both? Also, what about evasion and similar nodes in passive skill tree?

I favour mixed defenses, but you can go with either. With a sufficient HP pool to not get one-shot by anything, it works out about the same anyway. As long as you don't take US if you have Blind running...

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Is Master of the Arena really that useful?

Yes.

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why the skip of Scion?

mm. Because we go right up near the starting areas of those 3 classes, but this is very much a round-the-tree build instead of crossing the centre. It takes quite a few points to get from centre to edge. (Also, I wrote that before Scion came out.)

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By analyzing my char I was wondering if You are able to help me tweak this char to possibly go further into end-game.

What's with CDT + Whirling Blades? Try putting your TC gem in that slot instead. But the first thing I would do - I would add Blind to that setup (flametotem, put it on the skeles or just buy a 5L) and you should be good to go for a bit longer yet. Even more so if your next skill points are dw block focused. It's also probably time to evaluate your skill links, there are some real oddities in that setup.

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why you are going on mana nodes?

Why not? If I can run my attack completely off physical mana leech without needing a BM gem, then I free up even more sockets for damage/survivability/MF.

Well yes, understood, but on the other hand I can go on surv/dps nodes, when skipping the mana nodes and rum some auras on mana that give surv too.
This is no critique...only a point of view.

besides, the physical manaleech is making the difference here, will check that out.

Did and yes, its making a difference! Even a schoolteacher can learn stuff, great insight!

Is carnage heart a good choice?

Add blind to whaT? And flametotem with skeletons? What do you mean? Also what do u think about my armor eva ratio

Daaamn I feel so left out ;) Any comments for me oh grand master of the claws ?

well, then that makes sense lol, thanks for the reply :).

Oh dang I completely missed that one! It was late and I'd had a long day, but that's no excuse...have a cookie?

@Runooo

If you have the Acrobatics passives, there's no reason to run Hyrri's Ire. Suggest switching it out, honestly. Even if you don't want to use a 5L, there are better options than Hyrri's Ire. Get HP on it, for one.

Change out your hat and gloves to ones with HP. Ditto belt, though you'd have to find a mana leech ring/amulet/gloves to compensate and that can be tricky.

The rest...more dw block, more HP nodes, etc etc. You probably know the drill by now.

@opel65

Find some way to get Blind going consistently on bosses/whatever you have trouble with. It doesn't matter where you put it as long as you have it.

Regarding ar/ev ratio, I am the worst person to comment on that, because I was running less than 1k armour through all maps. As long as you can survive, you're good.