Official Blender Post! Lets theory craft for 1.2! 123k Cleave DPS!

We could also find two points by not taking the ranger mini wheel and taking the speed nodes instead; this would play well if we intend to not take berserking after all!

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sawseech wrote:

We could also find two points by not taking the ranger mini wheel and taking the speed nodes instead; this would play well if we intend to not take berserking after all!

If we are pretty confident that the build already have enough armor and hp, and we take the speed short cut we can grab a ton more DPS and Elemental Resist by going back to the duelist DW wheels, and taking the 12% sword + axe and 15% melee nodes.



looking at about +65%/+8block melee dam at a cost of 16% hp


sorry relinked tree

In experimenting with not taking the ranger life nodes I've found a few things:

-I've lost almost 500 life, going from mid 5.9k to highish 5.4k
-taking berserking in it's place @ lvl 91 my dps went from 49k to 53k with a nice increase in attack speed (10.56 attacks/second with a good non-legacy taker and a pretty slow sword, up from 9 attacks or so)

My play will need to be adjusted on fracture mod in particular; I'll need to pre-emptively hit my pots a little harder to be safe, but that's ok. I think this variation is probably better; taking those life/armor nodes should make us basically invulnerable to physical damage. If it feels like overkill I'll drop sentinel and find somewhere to put the two points.

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CrimsonShadows wrote:

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sawseech wrote:

We could also find two points by not taking the ranger mini wheel and taking the speed nodes instead; this would play well if we intend to not take berserking after all!

If we are pretty confident that the build already have enough armor and hp, and we take the speed short cut we can grab a ton more DPS and Elemental Resist by going back to the duelist DW wheels, and taking the 12% sword + axe and 15% melee nodes.

Spoiler

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looking at about +65%/+8block melee dam at a cost of 16% hp


sorry relinked tree

I tried something like that earlier but I think that I didn't have enough armor; your variation takes the two best armor keystones - I think I had none (LOL). It would need to be playtested but it looks sort of pretty and it takes berserking; something very important for the fun value of the build!

I'll keep you updated with how stuff goes on high maps; I think I might have problems with crematorium and shrine but I'll play your variation first and see how it goes.

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@ lvl91; 77 shrine

-monster haste
-18% elemental reflect

solid but slow clear running 20/20 PoL for 80% L/R; 81% better?

@ lvl91; 76 academy

-no meaningful mods

effortless clear w. facetank for flourish

@ lvl91; 77 shrine

-half regen
-monster haste
-monster curse immunity

easy clear via facetank less one minor scare (ice shot - better to avoid her in that phase); still 80% L/R

Just to give you a quick idea of what it's looking like so far. TBH things felt alot more comfortable when I had 5950 life and for maps (disregarding atziri for now) I think that's sufficient but I'll keep trying this variation out to see how it goes. There's also something to be said for the feeling that comes with knowing that a mistake can get you killed; with more life you sort of lose that feeling. I think that what it boils down to is that the damage variation is more fun, but the life variation is more safe.

the compromise tree, sword and axe specific variation

To make that universal, all that you need to do is drop by the blade and and the 12% node and instead take the life/1h nodes under resolute technique.

Something else that I overlooked: having more damage makes things more bearable when running MF and pseudo MF setups on easier maps.

This is the build i use on my standard char lvl 92 With Soultaker & BoR!!

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Balantakos wrote:

Spoiler

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This is the build i use on my standard char lvl 92 With Soultaker & BoR!!

Looks solid.

(Edit: Made a few adjustments based on your routes, thanks!)

Does this look like the best I can do for level 84? (102 points)