Dan's Scion
I have been playing a similar build to this but with (far) inferior gear (in spoiler below). Especially my jewelry is not really suitable for a physical setup but good physical jewelry is hard to find. The colors in my shavs are not optimal either. I still do better damage using this build and weapon (which is decent but nothing endgame) than most of the lifebased twohanded ST builds around and my survivability and mobility are better too. At level 83 I am sitting at 25k+ DPS with a lot of room for improvement.
my gear
A couple of things I noticed or were wondering with regards to your build: - You use PCOC in your main setup, where I have it in a 4link flicker strike setup. I find with the build's crit rate it's not really problematic to keep it up with a secondary skill, freeing up a support for ST (in my case increased crit strikes). Flicker strike provides even more mobility on top of WB. Have you considered switching PCOC to a secondary skill? - How much mana do you effectively have left to cast? I don't run purity myself but opted for Hatred, Grace and Discipline (I also run tempest shield on life). I do have more aura nodes than you (the Charisma cluster). - What are your thoughts about my helm? I find Abyssus is really strong for ST builds since the crit M works on melee weapons (as opposed to attacks), so ST gets full benefit. How much of your DPS is from Pain Attunement? I need to figure out if it's worth blowing all my currency in trying to get a CoE. - Since you use CoE, wouldn't you get good mileage out of the power charge + spell damage per power change in the witch area? Also think Path of the Savant might be worth getting for you. I know i will be additive with the spell damage on gear (as opposed to PA), but seems to me those nodes will still add substantial DPS. - You opted to go right at sentinel and pick up dexterity nodes instead of left and picking up strength nodes, while the distance is the same. Do you feel that all-in-all dex nodes are stronger than strength nodes for this build? I mean strength gives phys dps with Iron Grip, but dex gives acc and armor. My instinct would be to go left there but I could be wrong. Last edited by muse99#1414 on Dec 2, 2013, 5:51:18 AM
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" Ah, for me currently it's a personal preference thing because with my current ring (even though it has a lot of resists), I actually need 6% all resists to cap myself. That's pretty much the only reason that I go evasion. I really like how you've established a build that doesn't rely on crown of eyes and uses abyssus instead, but I must warn you about the drawbacks. Crown of eyes, overall is just a FAR superior item to abyssus in almost every respect, especially for us low-life people. 30% more damage is more damage than abyssus will give you, hands down, especially when you factor in any other additive % spell damage you can get from gear (like my amulet and shield). The best part is that crown of eyes gives an accuracy bonus and has 300 ES, whereas you get nothing of use from abyssus except for the offensive stats. Last edited by biggerboom#7872 on Dec 2, 2013, 6:05:27 AM
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Btw, have you tried going faster attacks instead of weapon elemental damage?
Last edited by biggerboom#7872 on Dec 2, 2013, 6:56:24 AM
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I should, but I need to change the colors. This works pretty well since with Added Fire, Hatred and the elemental damage on my jewelry I do quite a bit of elemental damage. WED scales well but has the downside of a high mana multiplier. Faster attacks would be preferable.
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This build suffers the same problem as all other vaal pact low life builds. CHAOS DMG in maps with vulnerability will kill you in group play. In group play, sometimes you have to backtrack all the way around the map to reach the last mob pack. There is no way to combat the degeneration from chaos damage maps.
Only possible solution that the OP does not even mention is using a Shavronne's Revelation Ring. However, no one plays on Standard currently, so it is not possible to obtain this ring in Nemesis and Domination, which leaves the biggest problem with this build. You can not group in chaos damage maps without dying or logging out. Sometimes there are just no mobs to attack and you cannot leech back up. Another genius solution is to use a Ming's Heart ring and try to cap your chaos resistance around 75%. This is a HUGE PROBLEM with this build being not viable in group play in NEMESIS and Domination. |
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If you could respond to this problem or post an elegant solution to chaos damage maps, I would appreciate it.
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it's a build for people to throw stupendous amounts of cash on whatever seriously. It's no use trying to point out this views to the OP since he's clearly highly bloated over himself. It works sure, of course it would with such currency expenditure. Will it work on a new character in a new league? never. Will it work in the races? never. Will it work on hardcore? probably not, even if all their points made were NOT a lie, which they are, they'r still using whirling blades as main survival ability, which as anybody knows is desync gallore. No use trying to reason him or point out his major flaws man, just no use. He bought himself a toy, let him play with it and shove it into as many people's eyes as he can :D Ultimate endgame har har, whatever that's supposed to mean.
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I wouldn't really recommend this build on nemesis or domination, because you won't have the items necessary for it to become viable in the way it is now (not high-enough ES items in nemesis and domination atm. 6L Shavs are nearly impossible to find, etc.)
Last edited by biggerboom#7872 on Dec 2, 2013, 9:48:46 AM
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" In domination and nemesis, I'd go CI. It's just much safer overall and the items cost way less. You generally won't get to have a 6L shavronnes in domination or nemesis, but a 6L 500+ es armour isn't asking too much. |
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If you have a 6L shav and want to try this build in a team, take zealot oath, spec out of vaal pact, run vitality. YOu will spend an extra 4-5 points but end up with 2.2% regen from tree and 2% from aura.
If you can also live without US, then it's very possible to have high ES regen without losing any damage or defense. Standard IGN: WTFNamesAllTaken. Online everyday at 10 AM CST and at several different hours throughout the day. Best way to reach me is via forum PM. If you're looking for a deal, do your homework and make a decent offer. If I have to set a b/o via request, it will be non-negotiable. Last edited by Bumblebutt#0949 on Dec 2, 2013, 11:18:34 AM
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