[3.0] How to Flicker. Two Handed Weapon Edition!
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Hah, that's not what I meant. CWDT or CoH with Herald of Thunder!
Also, here's what initial build direction would look like to include the cold/freeze stuff. I intentionally left room (15+ points) for weapon specialization, more frenzy, more life, less crit, etc. http://cb.poedb.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQAAdwC_gSzBbULYQzyDY0PqxQgFSAV7Ba_GbQj9iT9JpUqCy2DNZI-z0d-Sn1NklBHUUdU_lVLVYVbr18_YeJirGVNZ5to8myMbWxwUnDVcql343gNeWiCm4TZh3aJ04w2jX2Nv5J9mG-ZK5o7naqf36IAo4qly6lurj6vbLTFtUi18rkdvTa9gb3mvqfAGsEEwuzE9sauypDYvdwj3Q3fhOFz45_kUeXP51TuDu8O73zwH_Pq9zL5Y_zF_94= I was suggesting crit because crits have 100% chance to freeze. Guess you could do without crit if you really hate it that much. And yeah, I feel like Flicker was forgotten about when they made this change. It really doesn't make sense. IGN: Frazetta Last edited by Sicyo#3422 on Jul 7, 2015, 4:54:51 PM
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I strongly suggest to pick up acrobatics and phase acrobatics.
In PoE there are 2 godly defensive mechanics - Acro + Phase Acro and Block. Not using any of them is not a wise decision. Amplify is not that helpful when it comes to just melee splash and 2 points are kind of too much for it too be worth it, not until you have better things to pick. Retribution for instance is a perfect node because it doesn't give physical or elemental damage but just melee damage... plenty of it actually... and 5% attack speed on top of that. P.S. I've edited my previous post with some additional thoughts. "I'm going to show you pain you never knew existed, you're going to see a whole new spectrum of pain!!!!! Like a RAINBOW!" Last edited by KorgothBG#4084 on Jul 7, 2015, 4:56:53 PM
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I left room in the tree for Acrobatics :)
I've been playing for years, don't worry about teaching me, let's theorycraft. IGN: Frazetta Last edited by Sicyo#3422 on Jul 7, 2015, 4:56:01 PM
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Well actually if you plan to go cold/freeze why not go elemental all the way? I don't really see a reason to grab the phys nodes in the duelist start .. or to pick duelist at all ... shadow or templar seem like much better choice.
EDIT: The way i see it there are 2 ways to pull off the elemental crit flicker 1. Full elemental Dagger crit shadow 2. Hybrid crit Catalyst flicker ... maybe even dual wielding 2 catalysts P.S. let me think of some trees EDIT2: Maybe something like this: http://cb.poedb.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYBAF4C_gW1Bx4ILgzyDY0OSA-rEYERlha_GY4i6iP2JIsk_SaVKgss4TBxMHw6Qj7PQsNFfEcGSVFKfUtXS3hNklFHVUtW-l3yX7Bh4mKsY6dnoGyMb55wUnBWcNV3B3f9fXV944MJhMWHE4d2idOMNo19jb-QG5Uul5eaE5u1nKSdqqOKpcusZrQ4tMW5Pr3mwOPC7MM6ykrTftQj2Hbb1Nvn3UbdqN-E45_lGedU6Nbtg-4O73rw1fGz8-r79fzF_rr_3g== or for a hybrid build http://cb.poedb.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQBAAYB3AL-BLMFtQthDPINjRQgFSAV7BX2Fr8ZtBo4I_Yk_SaVJy8qCy2DMHw1kj7PRtdHfkp9TZJQR1FHVUtVhVcpWfNbr18_YeJieWKsZU1nm2jybIxtbG87cFJw1XGFcg9yqXfjeA15aIKbhNmHdonTjDaNfY2_kFWSfZhvmSuaO52qn9-iAKOKpcumf6lurKquPq9ssUKxs7TFtUi18rkdvTa9gb3mvqfAGsEEwuzE9sauypDYvdq53CPdDd-E4XPjn-RR5c_nVO1B7g7vDu988B_z6vcy_MX_3g== "I'm going to show you pain you never knew existed, you're going to see a whole new spectrum of pain!!!!! Like a RAINBOW!" Last edited by KorgothBG#4084 on Jul 7, 2015, 5:15:39 PM
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I feel like it's easier to stack phys damage and get a high phys weapon and use hatred + herald of ice + other cold sources. Just by using those and crit swords, I freeze pretty much everything I touch.
I was just grabbing the freeze bonuses because they're near where I'm going with my tree anyways. I don't do pure flicker, I use cyclone and dual strike situationally in 4 links. It's really versatile and was an invaluable during the Masters release for Vorici missions. But to entertain the elemental ideas... Feedback on your shadow tree - I would get Fingers of Frost also. It's really closeby and has a great unique bonus that would help against enemies that you don't one-shot. Stacks nicely with Hypothermia. There's also another 90% cold damage you can get with 8 points. Flash Freeze & Fangs of Frost. Plus there's 40% crit for one-handers down there too. "One Handed Critical Strike Chance" Part of the reason I like sticking with Duelist is Master of the Arena & Art of the Gladiator are so close. So is all the Marauder damage/life and crit stuff is within reach on both sides. He's just got a very versatile starting point for melee. IGN: Frazetta Last edited by Sicyo#3422 on Jul 7, 2015, 6:00:26 PM
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Stacking physical is indeed easier and has other benefits like life/mana leech.
And honestly for me the best weapon for a phys/ele hybrid crit build is the Doryani's Catalyst. Dual wielding 2 of them could give you a total of 220% increased elemental damage, 80% global crit chance and 2% ele life leech and at the same time it has good base crit chance, great damage and great attack speed. I honestly can't think of a better weapon for such a build ( even mirrored weapons are not that much better ). "I'm going to show you pain you never knew existed, you're going to see a whole new spectrum of pain!!!!! Like a RAINBOW!"
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It is a good weapon and would be great for hybrid phys/cold. I think a high phys, high crit Vaal or Harpy Rapier should suffice until then, due to the weapon range and crit mods. Did I mention I'm a sucker for swords?
IGN: Frazetta
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Well sounds like something that might be viable ... tho i'm not sure when and if i'll try it .. tho i do have some of the needed gear :
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and i do have a 6L Daresso's Defiance which i can't link because i have too many characters and the website won't allow me to scroll down to the one that has the chest -_-
"I'm going to show you pain you never knew existed, you're going to see a whole new spectrum of pain!!!!! Like a RAINBOW!"
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Yeah I'm having that issue too. It seems like sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
I've tried the blood rage on beta and it really makes me upset. IGN: Frazetta
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" Oh do tell! I haven't tried it yet ... how does it feel? Are you using Blood Dance on top of that ? "I'm going to show you pain you never knew existed, you're going to see a whole new spectrum of pain!!!!! Like a RAINBOW!"
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