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Question about Double Strike and Life on Hit.

I am using a 1hand/shield variant of this build. I was wondering, when I hit Double Strike, does the Life on Hit proc twice?

So, if I have 20 Life on Hit with it, does 1 Double Strike = 40 Life back?

I seriously don't understand how you support the incredible mana costs in this build with 0 int/mana nodes and 0 int/mana gear. I have to stack int/mana regen accessories plus Clarity just to be able to consistently spam Dual Strike with the added support gems, unless I actually spend a few points in the tree on int/mana. How do you support this build with absolutely no mana sustain?

Just noticed one RLY weird thing, I have 7.7 k DPS (cyclone) and when I activate Blood Rage my DPS DECREASES to 7.2 k...I mean wth? Is this a bug or has anyone actually experienced this? Friend of mine is using the same exact build with same gem setup, similar gear etc and his DPS increases when he uses Blood Rage.

Simple answer:



Read what that axe do;]

So are worth the "downrank" regarding no resist no high armor/evasion until you can get your hands on decent tri res/mana leech gear or soul taker?

im at 56 now have 1% mana leech through a amulett which im not gonna carry forever since it has no really other usefull stats im using mana leech gem on dual strike with grace aura running i can keep spamming dual strike this way but i will not be able to spam cyclone im also running with CoDt/cry/decoy/warlords im curious about the gloves because that would allow me to switch the mana leech gem in the dual strike against faster attacks and maybe get rid of that amulett without having to fear to go oom as soon as i look at an enemy.

From my own expierience drop mana leach gem and use blood magic gem. Then you can go 2 auras. It will boost your survive ratio or dps.

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Vulgarny wrote:

From my own expierience drop mana leach gem and use blood magic gem. Then you can go 2 auras. It will boost your survive ratio or dps.

tbh im scared to use blood magic lol i mean im doing fine against the normal "trash" but im picturing fights against brutuss or something like that im getting my teeth punched in already and still have to spend life on casting. I noticed that im at around 72% phys dmg redutcion with 3 endurance charges up but im not sure that will be enough for such face slam bosses. Thats pretty much the only thing thats keeping me away from blood magic

For those people who have posted about having trouble with mana.

For cyclone, you have to run Soul Taker or Blood Magic support gem

For Dual Strike + Melee splash, you also have the option of mana leach, but it really requires a decent mana pool left after reserved.

Then there is the budget option, cleave is terrible so never use it. Reave however is very usable. I play self found, with no trading and I am doing very with Reave. Reave is only 9 mana per cast so mana problems are almost completely removed with just a little mana leach. I personally run only 2% and it does just fine. I only have 4Ls so I run Reave as my AoE ability and run Dual Strike as my single target attack for yellows and bosses. It works very well for me and I have not trouble doing maps solo. I have only made it up to 68s so far, have not tried anything higher yet. I only play solo and self found, so it certainly takes awhile.

To make gearing easier I am running 2 claws right now that I looted and it works just fine. They give me all the leach life that I need, in fact it is completely overkill on leach life. I wish I could loot a good axe or sword so that I could use leap slam or whirling blades again, but I am just suffering through that part.

Here is my gear, 100% self found with no trading, and this is my first character to make it to merciless. Also ignore my rarity and quantity gems on Reave, was screwing around while helping a friend in cruel last night lol.

guys now i ma having trouble with the chill-frezze ennemies. I thought unwavering stance was there for that but it only helps with stun not chill-freeze. Is there anything i can do vs freeze? wut d u guys got as defence vs freeze?

high HP pool and heat flasks