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Firedisc wrote:

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sawseech wrote:

use added fire in place of WED on your dual strike. also, bringer gives melee phys. i make my 4linked bringer added fire, dual strike, melee splash, multistrike. works well.

How can you guys run BoR without blood magic? I got like 500mana, using Hatred and Grace. There is like 55 mana left, just enough for leap slam and whirling blades.

Just below the starting point of the Duelist, you have to take to have enough mana regeneration the skill Mana Flow and try to have on your items approximately 50% more mana regeneration rate.

Below my tree (level 80) and I can activate the two auras. But honestly without grace you should kill everyone before taking any damages.

+3 projectile piety fvcked me hard on a half regen shrine. needs moar life.

//oh, and +30% dmg mod.

tried again on a +3 projectile half-regen and facerolled her easily. I guess the 30% dmg mod on top of that is just very dangerous or I got very unlucky.

So I was planning on using cyclone end-game since I got a soultaker and that takes away the biggest negative of it (high mana cost) but everytime I switch from dual strike to cyclone I feel like I'm losing some clear speed and mobility. Anyone else feel the same? I'm thinking of just becoming a permanent dual-striker and taking either unwavering stance or heart of the oak.

This is my current build, I was going to go up to take amplify but I'm reconsidering even reaching that area any more, might just respec out of that top part of the tree and take the 3 8% bloodless life nodes.





This is on ambush btw.

Here's a modification of what you've done based on my experience on high maps - looking at what I've come up with I don't hate it at all. 342% life is nothing to sneer at.

I'm now level 41 using this build and I"m starting to run into some issues... (note this is the furthest I've ever taken a character).

1) I don't have enough linked sockets to make all the support gems come to life... I now realise how badly I need a 5/6L red/green combination. Where can I get one of these? Is it only through trades?

2) Grace and Hatred auras. So I've finally picked these up but at the moment I can't use them because it eliminates all of my mana. I don't have a reduce mana stone either to support.

3) Dual Strike just seems slow? I've been increasing my attack speed throughout the game but I find that Dual Strike is slow? Unfortunately I can't link my melee damage gem as I have Dual Strike already linked with Blood Magic and Life Gain on Hit which I feel are more important? As a result, I've been using Double Strike more as it feels faster and just more fun to play with even though it does less damage.

I LOVE cyclone though so have been using this alot but it is also very mana intensive.

I've also made it to Act 3 Cruel and about halfway through completing it, but my Level 41 character is now starting to get owned as the monsters are about level 47-49.

I also find that I die mainly due to some big monsters simply doing one or two big hits and draining me faster than I can press '1' :)

Is there a faster way to level up to match the monsters?

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brunowa wrote:

1) I don't have enough linked sockets to make all the support gems come to life... I now realise how badly I need a 5/6L red/green combination. Where can I get one of these? Is it only through trades?

try searching for a 5L armour on poe.xyz.is (every item out of this forum is listed there - you can buy a cheap one for 1 to 3chaos.

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brunowa wrote:

2) Grace and Hatred auras. So I've finally picked these up but at the moment I can't use them because it eliminates all of my mana. I don't have a reduce mana stone either to support.

For me it helped a lot skilling blood magic in the passive tree for levelling and dont use auras at all until i reached level 60. But I started as a marauder and way to blood magic was short for me.

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brunowa wrote:

3) Dual Strike just seems slow? I've been increasing my attack speed throughout the game but I find that Dual Strike is slow? Unfortunately I can't link my melee damage gem as I have Dual Strike already linked with Blood Magic and Life Gain on Hit which I feel are more important? As a result, I've been using Double Strike more as it feels faster and just more fun to play with even though it does less damage.

I would buy a 5L armour putting in Dual Strike, Added Fire, Melee Splash or Melee phys dmg, Multistrike +(Life gain on hit / Blood magic / Fast Attacks)

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brunowa wrote:

I LOVE cyclone though so have been using this alot but it is also very mana intensive.

I also find that I die mainly due to some big monsters simply doing one or two big hits and draining me faster than I can press '1' :)

Is there a faster way to level up to match the monsters?

Buy some Slitherpinch gloves (1 chaos) for life leech and attack speed.

Cyclone is way too mana intensive for levelling until we have high end gear or a Soultaker-Axe.

MFL variation (mother fucking life or Mobility Firepower Life)



running haste on top of it, quite amusing.

Has this been asked? In a BoR, which is better with the blood magic passive and no auras?

Cyclone+Concentrated Effect+Added Fire+Life Gain on Hit

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Dual Strike+Melee Splash+Multistrike+LGoH

My instinct says the first would do more damage and be tankier, but I don't have the ability to test it at the moment.

I really don't want to mess around with resource management and flasks, I just want to kill stuff and go. If I didn't want to play with just a mouse I'd play my CoC shadow.

I've read forward and back a few pages but can't seem to find anything on this.

Is there a way for me to calculate whether or not im at the life leech cap by my dps and hp total, I'm trying to figure out whether or not I can start switching around my gear to drop some life leech in favour or more damage.

What gems would be good to get on quality on?


Besides cyclone of course.


And in what order should i get them to maximize dps (In case you can't buy them all)