[1.1.0] The Covenant Pulser (7,500 life/ES + 14,600 dps x 3) (Videos)

Cool idea. I may try something like it if I get a covenant. And it looks so cool now!

Alright, here's an update.

My character (Bloodpulser) is level 70 now. I kinda stopped playing him to farm with my mf character until I can get enough currency to buy a shavronne revelation ring (3-4 exalted). I'm at 2.5 exalted now, so I should be back playing Bloodpulser soon.

Here's the current state of my build (level 70) :



And my gear :




I started using Grace aura and when I get the shavronne ring, I'll also use the Discipline aura. Currently, I have around 2100 Life (when running Grace) and around 2500 Energy shield. With Shavronne ring, my resists are gonna be 68/70/55 (Lightning, Fire, Cold). So I'll probably need to buy a new amulet, belt and/or boots to max them out. I'll probably exalt my shield too so I may get lucky and get resist there.

When using level 16 Freezing pulse with Faster casting, Faster projectile, Life Leech and Lesser Multiple Projectile and Added Chaos damage (from the Covenant), my dps is around 3200 (so 9600 when I shotgun).

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Shavronne Revelation vs Blood Dance Boots

Why didn't I use blood dance boots like I first planned ? Well, one of the reasons why I originally planned to buy the blood dance boots instead of the shavronne revelation was their price (2-3 gcp) compare to shavronne's ring (6 exalted a few weeks ago). However, shavronne ring aren't as expensive as they were (they are down to 3-4 exalted) and also, I like the character so much that I'm willing to spend that amount to make him as good as possible.

I think the Shavronne ring is superior to blood dance boots because it allows the character to have both ES and life regeneration. Also, with the same amount of passives points, I get more regeneration with Shavronne than with Blood dance. With Hearth of the Oak + Shavronne, I get 4% es regeneration + 1% life regeneration (as well as +4% life and 30% chance to avoid stun). With Zealot's Oath + Blood Dance, I get 3% es regeneration + 0% life regeneration. Moreover, to get the es generation from blood dance, I need to maintain frenzy charges and that's not always possible... And the last nail in the coffin for the blood dance, not picking Zealot's Oath allows me to sacrifice the East Part of the Tree to concentrate on the West part which I find more efficient for the build.

Btw, here's my planned build for level 85 :

well, i did bought this unique, but to my surprise the blood magic applied to all the skills (didnt do enough research),

i stacked alot of ES, didnt get any life nodes, im now at lvl 52 and doing fine, and i realized "im always at low life" so i get Pain attunement, and im very satisfied,



lvl 52 and 1 more level for

i know its a little bit crappy ES for 1.5 ex

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wahaha123 wrote:

well, i did bought this unique, but to my surprise the blood magic applied to all the skills (didnt do enough research),

i stacked alot of ES, didnt get any life nodes, im now at lvl 52 and doing fine, and i realized "im always at low life" so i get Pain attunement, and im very satisfied,

lvl 52 and 1 more level for

i know its a little bit crappy ES for 1.5 ex

Interesting. Which auras are you running to be always on "low life"? And what is your remaining life at when on "low life" status ? How well do you deal with monsters dealing chaos damage ?

i have 158 remaining life, my auras are discipline & haste(temporary replacement for grace)

and and i did get the 2 chaos resist nodes near the witch tree

I just want to say that I'm watching this thread and heartily support your efforts!

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYAAW8MfQ5IEH8RLREvEVARlhzcJ6ksnCymLR80CjdmN4M74TyORKtJOlBCVa5XyV3ybRlwUnDVe9d8g35Zf8aESIhCiGuLeow2jr6Ppo_6kyeZmp2joi6io6brpyu0OLb3uJO71sBRwcXB88Ntxp7N-tVP3nfi9-OE5Rnquutj6-7sGPF28h3z6vv1_Ks=

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wahaha123 wrote:

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i have 158 remaining life, my auras are discipline & haste(temporary replacement for grace)

Lots of +ES% on your build and no Life%. Sooner rather than later, I think you'll want to get more life% nods. And, obviously, +life on gear.

158 remaining life, that's very low even if you have high chaos resist. I calculated that your freezing pulse cost about 40 life. Add a curse for another 60 life and you could easily kill yourself just by casting your own spells.

Life leech helps, but don't forget that maximum life leech recovery per second is 20% of your max life. So a lower max life total also means lower amount of life leeched per second.

Of course, I could be wrong and maybe it works out very well for you. In that case, just ignore what I said :p

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For the record, I'm now level 76. With Discipline + Grace, I have about 2100 remaining life and about 3100 energy shield. I also have about 4250 evasion for 35% chance to evade attacks against level 76 monsters. My resists are 69,68,67,-60 (Fire, lightning, cold, chaos).

My DPS with level 20 Freezing Pulse linked with faster casting, Increased critical chance, lesser multiple projectiles and life leech is 4700. For a total of 14,100 dps when I shotgun the 3 projectiles.

Oh, and I finally got a shavronne revelation ring which, as expected, is very very useful.


My current passive tree :



My gear :

wondering if i should replace these two with a Taryns Shiver

Go for it mate, losing 168 base ES from shield is nothing. If you were talking about losing 500 from an actually good endgame shield, I'd ask how much your ES pool was, but with a 168ES shield you have nothing to lose.