Iggy's Spectral Throw Build! Combines the best of ALL worlds. [SC/HC]

This is how I ended up beating merc:



The gear isn´t yet 100% optimal for the build, borrowed some items from my Wander(amu and ring)

3.85k HP
capped resists
13.1k dps single-target (buffed, 11k unbuffed)
2.9k dps with spectral throw (buffed, 2.3k unbuffed)
11.5k armor (buffed, 8k unbuffed)

Deaths on merc: 1 (underestimated Dominus *gg)




At this state(Level 66), Im using 2 Auras(Hatred&Grace), wich leaves me at ~120 Mana because I only need Mana for Double Strike. Im using 3 Mana Flasks, so I´m never oom on bosses. When I drop low I just simply cast ST 2 times and I´m at full life.


I used BM+LL combined with ST, wich transforms you into a tank; since you hit even one enemy with spectral throw, you cant go down.


I aimed for high ev or armor(or both), hp, resists, high physical damage, maybe a little elemental damage (preferly fire) - thats it, merc was a big joke with this build. Youre simply rushing through...


This build has huge potential in merc, maps are also not a problem. Just rushing through lvl 68maps right now...

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Thanks for this post. its a big help for all my questions.

Sorry I'm new to PoE.

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yes, after some play testing I will probably spec out of MB, but I'm not convinced I can't do it yet. going to test some more.

What is MB?

and isn't Dualstrike does not work on 2H?

what about GMP in the end? i'm at the lbrary quest and i don't know if i want multistrike more or GMP

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Yea i think you are right about the int. should not get any of that.
Basically all of my gear sucks very much and i dont know which weapon is best for endgame, so i would hate to take all the specific weapon notes and later realizing it was the wrong weapon.

Sword, Axe, Mace ?

Would love to see your passives or if you dont wanna share, then your weapon choice.

This is my current Passive Tree:



As you can see I´m using a sword right now but only because I have a decent one and can´t afford something better at the moment.I think, swords are the worst choice with this build because you have to spend 3 dex nodes(which are pretty much worthless to us) to gett to the good sword nodes like Blade Master and Wicked Blade.

But its still pretty decent even with a sword, you have some nice +dmg/+armor and dmg/+life nodes directly connected to the passive tree which helps you out a lot when you start to do maps lvl 69+. I´m currently at 4k dps (17k single target) with 4.6k life and 13k armor using my 2 auras, connecting LL+BM to spectral throw, works out pretty damn sweet, even with a sword.

If you can choose between all 3 Weaps I would definitely choose axe.

Greetings.

Why grab Iron Grip at lvl 60 ? Why not grab it around lvl 20 - 40? It just 4 point away.

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Why grab Iron Grip at lvl 60 ? Why not grab it around lvl 20 - 40? It just 4 point away.

The thought behind is that you are at 300+ strenght at this point, at level 20 you have maybe 100 which boosts your damage maybe for a 100 dps, so a bunch of life/deff are considered better at this point.

But I think the levevling guide is pretty outdated, so, if you want, just go for it.

Here's my skill tree for Axe, let me know what you think. I figured since Axe give the highest damage, why not go with it.



I would like to hear your thoughts, let me know :D

PS. The above statement might not be entirely true, just ignore it.

I'm lv 70 atm,focussing to get some gear...i should get Heavy armor(more armor),right ?

I follow this build, but i don'd understand, why i have a very little dps, and max hp.
Now im lvl75, and i have 2600 hp, and my wep throw skill has 1300 dps... I use LMP, Faster projectiles, and life gain on hit. If i change life gain on hit gem to melee phys dmg, give me +400 dps, but this isn't much, so i use life gain.
My question is: how can i make more dps?

My Double strike skill has 11k dps. This, is i think very good, or not?:D

Any suggestions for gear at endgame for this?
I'm currently lvl 59 nearly at the end of act 3 merciless (just piety and sceptre of god and library are left)

Using this atm as weapon:

Are there any specific uniques to get for this build at endgame? Or any specific weapon type (I would feel a lot better if I could spec into a specific weapon the dmg boost would be huge)

I have about 1 exalted and 15 chaos to spend on gear but I guess I should wait till I hit 66 before I buy gear?