Mace/Shield LS Templar with Video and writeup(Written for New Players)

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CoCo_Jumbo wrote:

this MACE

it`s good for Farm items ? i do whit she 2.4k dmg per 0,55 sec :D

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Sarriss wrote:

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notagain wrote:

So, I am new to the game, my Templar is level 19 right now. I have probably spent more time trying out builds on the passive tree than actually playing the game. Anyway, I'm wondering if anybody has any thoughts on the build below. It's Mace/Shield LS and it seems strong to me but I want somebody more familiar with the high levels of the game to maybe offer an opinion on anything I might be missing.

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUABLMFWw_ME8wUIBRNFVAYkRkuGekaMho4HRQjTSftKMUpTzKJNuk8LUA2QT9DY0RyTDVPfU_zUEdRYFHmUflVtVcNV-JY9VnzX6pmnme9bPZwPnFNcqlz4Xflerh82X1TgFaCm4Lkg7GExIqvj0aQEZBVms-boZ3Ens2gtKIApmSnCKcwp4SplapSrKq0L7T5tzG3PsAaxPbGrsmYzLfQ0NV12WHa3d6w3sHjauOC5K3nC-oY7Djsy-5v8B_yzvO-8933iPrS-6o=

Any suggestions will be much appreciated. Thanks a lot :). I tried to pick up the most efficient defensive stats I could find while going for the best mace/1h/weapon elemental damage nodes I could find. I want to be able to do decent damage while remaining relatively tanky.

EDIT: This is another build I am considering, it sacrifices some defense for an increase in lightning damage.

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUABAcEswVbD8wTzBQgFE0VUBiRGS4Z6RoyGjgdFB8CI00n7SjFKU8tHy5wMok2xTbpQDZBP0NjRHJMNUyzT31P81BHUWBR5lH5Vw1X4lj1WfNmnme9cU1yqXYRd-V82X1Tfq-AVoKbg7GExIXFjRmPRpBVms-boZ3Ens2iAKZkpwinMKeEqZWqUqyqtC-0-bWFtzHAGsG0yZjMt9DQ0iHVddgk2V_ZYdrd3YzesN7B4BLjauOC5K3k7OZM5nznC-w47Mvub_Af8s7zvvPd-tI=

There is some wasted nodes with strength that were redundant plus you took a whole mace path which primarily adds accuracy which you don't need if you're using RT. I made it a little more traditional which you can look over and see if it helps you out at all. Obviously you can move it around and go for extra block (4%) reduced mana cost (15%) extra resist, reduced mana reduction (10%) or tons of extra life which you can take (28%) all very close to where you were.

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Hope that helps!

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Gorgatron wrote:

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Sarriss wrote:

There is some wasted nodes with strength that were redundant plus you took a whole mace path which primarily adds accuracy which you don't need if you're using RT. I made it a little more traditional which you can look over and see if it helps you out at all. Obviously you can move it around and go for extra block (4%) reduced mana cost (15%) extra resist, reduced mana reduction (10%) or tons of extra life which you can take (28%) all very close to where you were.

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Hope that helps!

Is there a reason why you didn't go with Iron Grip?

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Sarriss wrote:

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Gorgatron wrote:

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Sarriss wrote:

There is some wasted nodes with strength that were redundant plus you took a whole mace path which primarily adds accuracy which you don't need if you're using RT. I made it a little more traditional which you can look over and see if it helps you out at all. Obviously you can move it around and go for extra block (4%) reduced mana cost (15%) extra resist, reduced mana reduction (10%) or tons of extra life which you can take (28%) all very close to where you were.

Suggested Changes

Hope that helps!

Is there a reason why you didn't go with Iron Grip?

Nope, other then I didn't want to butcher his build too much.

This is my personal build

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Freshbrewed wrote:

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MxDGentle wrote:

for iron grip. u get 2% PHYS DAMAGE for every 10 strength.
so at 400 str ull get 80% additional phys damage.

yep, have fun making ur build.

EDIT1. theres a thread that talks about the LS mechanics.
from there i got that LS is modified only by phys damage,
make sure u dont get nodes that say (only) melee.
(phys damage by melee weapons, it modifies LS).

EDIT2. i made some more research on IRON grip.
im coming to the conclusion that the additional phys damage
that will be added to the projectile (in case of LS it is the lightning)
is dependent on the type of weapon u have.
for example ur weapon does 70-140 phys damage. (not considering mods)
so if u roll 100 phys damage on the attack. the 80% (supposing u have 400str on ur toon)
is just 100x.8=80 phys damage.
This will be added to ur elemental damage to result to ur total DPS.
I was thinking before that the 80% wud be taken from the total DPS.
i have to admit i made miscalculation. 80 damage for 7 nodes...ill have to rethink it again.

Anyone got better explanation, is welcome to critic.

Good clarification, thanks for the effort you've done. As we can see, choosing Iron Grip would end up wasting your points. In this example, 80 damage isn't nothing compared to resistances or HP% or DMG( depends where'd you sacrifice points) we are already achieving with this build.


About the Melee Damage you are right. Did my own research also back then when I made the guide that Melee Damage nodes won't project to Lightning Strike's damage output. Thus I've taken only "Physical Melee increase" nodes, excluding the Templar's starting point :)