1.3 [Newbie Friendly] GROUNDSLAMMER BUILD

Uggghh can't find a replacement mace.

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Route1 wrote:

Uggghh can't find a replacement mace.

What level? If you post that perhaps ppl will have hand-me-downs [I would love one myself - am lev 39 ^_^]

I followed this guide since lvl1, and reached 67lvl. (done some nice 66lvl maps with success)

I read about auras, and the changes required. I currenty run Grace linked with Reduced Mana.

I want to respecc out of Blood Magic Node and run 2-3 %auras linked with reduced mana.

The question is this.

I have 2063DPS on my Ground Slam on a 5L chest (Added Fire, Life Leech, Melee Dmg, Faster ATtacks.

If i drop 1 of those supports and replace it with Blood magic Gem, my DPS goes to ~1400 but then i can run the %auras.

Same thing with my 5L Heavy strike which loses about -1400DPS when i replace a support with Blood Magic.

Does it worth to lose DPS and gain the aura buffs ????


PS. i cant get 6L :D

I was looking for something like this for the ongoing HC 7 day race. Thank you very much for this great guide.

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sirsadi wrote:

I followed this guide since lvl1, and reached 67lvl. (done some nice 66lvl maps with success)

I read about auras, and the changes required. I currenty run Grace linked with Reduced Mana.

I want to respecc out of Blood Magic Node and run 2-3 %auras linked with reduced mana.

The question is this.

I have 2063DPS on my Ground Slam on a 5L chest (Added Fire, Life Leech, Melee Dmg, Faster ATtacks.

If i drop 1 of those supports and replace it with Blood magic Gem, my DPS goes to ~1400 but then i can run the %auras.

Same thing with my 5L Heavy strike which loses about -1400DPS when i replace a support with Blood Magic.

Does it worth to lose DPS and gain the aura buffs ????


PS. i cant get 6L :D

I have three pieces of gear giving life leech, speced out of life leech/regen skills and dropped life leech gems.

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Tychoblu wrote:

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sirsadi wrote:

I followed this guide since lvl1, and reached 67lvl. (done some nice 66lvl maps with success)

I read about auras, and the changes required. I currenty run Grace linked with Reduced Mana.

I want to respecc out of Blood Magic Node and run 2-3 %auras linked with reduced mana.

The question is this.

I have 2063DPS on my Ground Slam on a 5L chest (Added Fire, Life Leech, Melee Dmg, Faster ATtacks.

If i drop 1 of those supports and replace it with Blood magic Gem, my DPS goes to ~1400 but then i can run the %auras.

Same thing with my 5L Heavy strike which loses about -1400DPS when i replace a support with Blood Magic.

Does it worth to lose DPS and gain the aura buffs ????


PS. i cant get 6L :D

I have three pieces of gear giving life leech, speced out of life leech/regen skills and dropped life leech gems.

Same, running with 4 auras solo (slower paced) and 3 auras when in party and seems to be ok for now.

I do not have high life though, about 3100 after what grace takes under reduced mana and blood magic gem.

The 3 auras on mana take up about 60% of mana but the leech and regen keeps it up for all but the faster pased maps and I need pots for those.

and skill blood leech

Hey, thanks for the build,

I used it to get to 33 on HC.
I just died while not paying attention listening to my baby daughter who was have some trouble sleeping, meanwhile getting raped by those pesty act two monkeys and snakes (about 20 of them).

I will try your build again, but I have some questions first;

the build is specced mostly in physical damage supported by fire damage. Resolute Technique doesn't let you crit, so you can't burn the mobs. Isn't this courter productive?
(somehow i got the idea Lava Lash was in your build, but i don't see it anymore...)

I found groundslam hard to use. It looks like the graphics need to hit the target and it misses a lot...

I find Ground Slam's visual effect as primary drawback. It does not shows exact area - what is more, it does not scale if you have 'increased area of damage'. What can I say: you just have to get used to it.

Added fire damage gem is also affected by things that increases physical damage too. For example "Melee Physical Damage" too. That's why we use it.

~~nas

Hey NAS, I was thinking of trying out your build since I've never really leveled a melee guy before, but here's something I'm wondering: you say the build only uses strength gems, but that's not really true, is it? Since it seems you use Faster Attacks and Grace.

If that's the case, how do you deal with the fact that you end up with relatively little Dexterity?

(also, would Multistrike be any good with this build?)

Thank you!

honestly I'm just gong to stick with BM for the whole build, seems fine with it