[1.0.1 Build] Fisting to immortality! (22k dps, 82-84% all res, 90-100% phys, ALL maps, cheap!)

First, they came for my gloves...then my auras...then my elemental resists and my defensive spells...but though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Nerf, I shall fear no evil...for you cannot stop the fists.



Hey exiles! I've been playing PoE off and on since Closed Beta, and decided it was about time I shared my favorite creation. I hope you'll all have some fun with it. This is updated as of version 1.0.1!

I play primarily solo and self-found, and as such, most of my wealth is all either dropped or obtained in very low quantities - I.E. selling common uniques for a couple of chaos orbs. At the time I created this build, I had a total of six exalts belong to me, two of which I used for crafting. Because of all that, I wanted to design an endgame build that was both very powerful and didn't require one of the extremely expensive uniques that get tossed around so commonly in great builds. I play the game a lot, but wheeling and dealing so I can buy a Shavronne's Wrappings isn't my idea of fun.

I'd rather punch things in their stupid, stupid faces. I'm guessing you'd like to do that too.

This build uses an exact combination of items and gems to produce a scaling defense effect against any opponent, involving minimal input from the player while allowing for massive damage output. It can tackle any map mod in almost any combination. It will make you want to crush a beer can on your forehead. Chuck Norris is playing this build as we speak.



Endgame (103 Points, finished)


Maximized (117 Points)


Pros


Cons


Gear Requirements


Statistics Screenshots


Gems, Gameplay, and Maps


Thanks for reading, and happy immortal fisting!

Thank you for posting your guide! I just looked through it after seeing your post on my build (:

Some questions! Some of which may be newbie questions or may need correction.

1. How much does iron reflexes really help? If you have immortal call on most of the time, you're not taking any physical damage anyway, and evasion would help to get out of elemental melee where armor does not. (4 points = 30 dex + iron reflexes)

2. You're using 2 10-strength nodes to the right of quickness, where you can use 1 10-strength node to the left of executioner. (1 point = 10 str versus 2 point = 20 str)

3. What do you think about the path of 30 int, 32% max life, and 12% chaos resist up toward the top? I suppose 6 points may be a bit too much, but chaos resist is kind of at a premium and it would help with the int problem. Not sure if it is better, but it may be an alternative. By doing #2 you would get 1 point and by dropping iron reflexes you get 4 points.

This would also save you from those 3 points you put into the big life circle in the 117 point build.

4. If you do number 3 you can branch down and get +30 dex + 10 int for 2 points, if you really want the dex, or you could just use that elsewhere.

Here is picture form:
Iron reflexes removed:


Iron reflexes kept (removed 36% endurance charge duration and 10 int to make up for it):

Hey Acheron, thanks for the critique!

1) This is something I thought long and hard about. I had a different version of this build back in Open Beta that was more reliant on armor, since I could run Grace and Determination on top of Hatred, Haste, and Purity. Iron Reflexes was an obvious choice. Now that we have to be more choosy with our auras, I did a sense check on keeping Iron Reflexes. I decided that keeping it is definitely the best idea, for two reasons:

- The 900 some evasion from your Bringer of Rain is your PRIMARY source of armor in this build. If you're using Rainbowstride, the only other place you get any armor from the build is from the rest of the Bringer and Saffell's Frame. Since armor passive bonuses (and granite multipliers) are based on your base values, this will massively increase your armor value when you pop your granite. The only time this build is really vulnerable to damage is when it has no endurance charges up and a bunch of hard-hitting physical damage mobs swarm you. Your EC and Warlord's Mark will kick in within a second, keeping you safe, but it's a little dicey to watch your health drop to less than half right then, and potentially more if you're stuck with vulnerability and extra damage mods. Believe it or not, that extra armor makes all the difference, especially if you pop that granite first. (5800 armor to 19200 armor on my build, 39% to 68% reduction.) There are also going to be times when you either desync, endurance charges run out before you remember to Immortal Call, or some other part of your brain turns off and you make a boneheaded mistake. The extra armor will save your life when you screw up.

- Second, removing Iron Reflexes would only give us evasion, and having evasion isn't really necessary if you have Blind from the Bringer of Rain. If I want to dodge or block a hit with this build, it has to be pretty massive - that usually means a boss or rare of some kind. This is exactly the kind of enemy that is going to be insta-blinded from getting smacked five times or more a second, and that you've enfeebled to take away 62% of their accuracy. Blind+Iron Reflexes gives you a base 76.25% chance to evade enemy attacks just by lowering monster accuracy. With Enfeeble, that number is substantially higher (it's 4 AM and math is beyond me). There are evasion builds that can't reach that level of evasion. Your attack speed ensures 100% blind uptime.


2) I've been messing with my build so much that I didn't even notice that! Free skill point, it's like Christmas!


3) I used to take this path, since I needed the INT to run a level 20 Enfeeble gem, but then I questioned my logic. You make a good point that it's one of the only sources of chaos resistance that you can encounter, and that it does give you 40 INT and 30 DEX...but do you really need that stuff? Those nodes give you a total of 32% increased maximum life, 12% chaos resistance, 40 INT and 30 DEX for eight passive points. Consider:

- First, we would have to lose Iron Reflexes to get that cluster, which I don't think is a very good idea, as explained above.

- The total of 32% increased maximum life can be replaced by taking four life nodes on the big life wheel, for a total of 36%. That's a net increase of 4% maximum life.

- Chaos resist, while looking ugly at -60%, has never been a problem for me. As long as you don't stand inside a poison arrow or alchemist cloud, and pop a portal scroll to have an available escape from Viper Strike charges as soon as you see Thena Moga or Ion Darkshroud, you'll be just fine.

- We get the 30 DEX back from having the path to Iron Reflexes. What about that 40 INT, you say? Believe it or not, you can get by without it just fine. My character has 127 INT - the only thing you need more INT for is higher-level Enfeeble, which makes a very small difference in effectiveness. This is why getting attributes on your gear is so important. Why spend all those points so you can subtract another 2% or 3% of damage when you could be using it on health? 84-94% elemental damage mitigation and Immortal Call should be plenty; enjoy being a little dumber and a lot beefier.

What about using cyclone?

Thanks for taking a look, Canibal!

I considered using Cyclone as my primary skill, since it's physical based and would dodge elemental reflect. I tested Cyclone using Cyclone/Concentrated Effect/Blood Magic and then either Life Gain on Hit or Added Fire Damage. I opted for Infernal Blow instead, for the following reasons:

- Mana cost. You can easily run Infernal Blow with a Blood Magic gem and punch away all day while your regen keeps you at full life. Unless you want to run a Life Leech or Life Gain on Hit gem with Cyclone, it's going to drain you dry pretty quick, even with a 20q Concentrated Effect gem reducing the mana cost.

- Control. Once you Cyclone, you ain't stopping. Using Infernal Blow allows me to step in and out extremely quickly while using a Quicksilver, and that's the difference between getting Vaal Smashed and jumping out of the way.

- Desync/Resync. If there's one thing Cyclone has a problem with, it's desync. Infernal Blow has zero issues.

- Utility. If Cyclone was giving me a problem with dual reflect, there's no clear alternative for what I could swap it with. Elemental Hit is the obvious choice, but you'd want to use Multistrike and Melee Splash with that, which means recoloring your sockets whenever you swap. Infernal Blow has the advantage of having Dominating Blow use all the same support gems for a clean elemental to physical switch.

- Necromancers. Infernal Blow completely shuts them down, Cyclone does not. I hate Necromancers. Infernal also completely defeats the Fractured mod in Nemesis league - that was a pretty awesome discovery to make. The fractured copies die as soon as they're spawned from the explosion of the Rare's corpse.

- Clear speed. Honestly, with 20q on Infernal and Splash, you're just running and gunning so quickly that Cyclone can't keep up.

Than You very much for your answer! That's what is was looking for.

tried this,good and have fun with it since my mara can respect points in HC ;D
but nearly died to ele reflect..

Hey Binjai, thanks for trying out the build!

Elemental Reflect is the only way to really stop this wrecking train. I mentioned how to combat it in my maps section, but a little more in-depth information can't hurt:

- If you simply run across an elemental reflect pack outside of maps, it often won't be enough to really hurt you. If I see a rare with ele reflect, surrounded by four or five mobs, I don't think anything of it. Just plow through them and keep on fisting.

- If you see a rare surrounded by many, many monsters...well, you'll have to be a little more cautious. I like to try to lure a few of them off to the side to thin them out before going for the rare. The splash radius on 20q Infernal and Melee Splash is pretty big, so don't just charge into the center and start punching. In both of these cases, a Ruby Flask can help a LOT.

- In maps, don't even try Elemental Reflect unless you swap Infernal Blow for Dominating Blow. Keep the gem at level 1, in order to keep the mana cost down; it won't affect the damage, and your regen + life pool can easily handle the cost and attack speed. Physical Reflect still won't be an issue - even double reflect - due to your crazy high armor with charges and Immortal Call.

Be smart. Unlike a lot of ranged builds I've tried, it's not as if you'll be one-shotting yourself on elemental reflect from hitting something off-screen. You can see what you punch before you hit it, so don't get hypnotized by the pretty blue starburst and jump on it like a sado-masochistic moth.


The last thing that killed me on this character was a simultaneous fight with Thena Moga and an elemental reflect pack. I've seen that combination once since Anarchy started. tl;dr, the circumstances under which you would actually be in danger using this build are extremely rare.

Hey, first up nice guide.

I run facebreaker with infernal blow as well, few questions:

1) why do you use the shield that stops you blocking attacks? The amount of charges i get for blocking is unbelievable.

2) Kaom's sign?? If you add a phys damage ring, that easy another 2-3k dps.

3)I don't see a point in 8 endurance charges. I'm sat on 6, and currently capping/overcapping damage reduction, resists and block chance, all from 3 charges. Seems a bit overkill.

Cheers dude, and nice informative guide :D

Hey Concretepete, thanks for dropping by!

1) The shield doesn't stop you from blocking completely - you have a 10% chance to gain an endurance charge whenever you block a spell. Try standing in the middle of a few voidbearers and see what happens. ;) Regardless, the Enduring Cry and Warlord's Mark linked to Cast on Damage Taken will give you max endurance charges within seconds. The charge production on Bringer of Rain is an afterthought.

2) You can add a phys damage ring if you like - I sometimes do, especially if I'm running lower level maps and want some extra DPS to go with some IIR and IIQ. Why Kaom's Sign? Because I'll take defense over offense any day of the week. 18k DPS is enough to murder anything in short order, but that extra endurance charge is 4% less damage taken, 4% elemental resistance if I have Elemental Weakness on me, and precious more time for Immortal Call. It's just a matter of preference, really.

3) Endurance Charges have no effect on block chance. Going from six to eight charges is a choice made primarily for Immortal Call, where it makes a huge difference.

Thanks a bunch for the questions! :D