[1.2] Oldschool, cheap and noobfriendly "Sword&Board" Marauder

Also, I'd suggest giving iron reflexes a try

Hi, first i'd like to thank you for the great guide, it is extremley helpful for a new player like me. Atm i have a lvl 48 marauder, and things go really well, but i have a question, a friend gave me the Molten Strike gem which seems to do much higher dps than Reave, is there a reason why you prefer to use the latter ?

Got one question:

by holding down right-click for Reave, I notice that my life regeneration can't compensate for constantly doing Reave. So if I were to hold down right mouse button for 1 minute, doing Reave, I would die because life regen isn't high enough. Is this a problem?

Of course, this can happen only if I do it for no reason (like, in Eternal laboratory). When battling monsters, the life regen is no problem.

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anvilgod wrote:

So if I were to hold down right mouse button for 1 minute, doing Reave, I would die because life regen isn't high enough. Is this a problem?

Of course, this can happen only if I do it for no reason (like, in Eternal laboratory). When battling monsters, the life regen is no problem.

"Hey look, if I dont use any items and walk into a map, I'll probably die. Will this be a problem?"

You write it yourself, it is no problem. Of course not. -.-

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sleepy_j wrote:

a friend gave me the Molten Strike gem which seems to do much higher dps than Reave, is there a reason why you prefer to use the latter ?

You can use whatever skill you want. If you like MS more, then use it.
To me, Molten Strike is one of those "hey! look! i can make the world burn!" crazy effect bullshit skills, that I will not use simply because I hate the effects.

So why not take iron reflex in this build?

Somewhere in the guide...

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Why no Iron Reflexes/Unwavering Stance?
You can take both (at the cost of damage) if you think it helps, it's only a couple of passive points. I personally don't.
I have never felt stun is an issue, and the little amount of Evasion Rating on my Gear still provides an ok dodge chance (20%) due to the high dexterity. I tested IR, but I only gain a minimum % of additional armor protection, that just doesn't seem to be worth it.

Imho (and that really is only an "imho") Iron Reflexes is overrated.

Armor protection against normal attacks is more than enough without it, and against the bigger hits, I pop my granite flasks anyways.

Evasion on the other hand is underrated, I feel like the 20% Evasion I have is actually better than "evading 1 out of 5 hits" (maybe because as a Lvl 85 char, you will not meet lvl 85 monsters, so the math is behind the stat is off).

I played with both IR and without it, and I felt equally protected.

So the logical choice is to drop IR, as it saves skillpoints that can be invested in life or damage.

Also remember we are talking 70+% block here. So your armor/evasion is only relevant against 1 out of 4 attacks.

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Peterlerock wrote:

Somewhere in the guide...

Oops sorry about that.

Just to share. I'm 2 points away from IR, I might take it to take advantage of this Chinese looking armor

If you want to, you can use it, of course. You can also spec in and out of Iron Reflexes at any given time.

But, on a side note: I would not try to craft 5-6 Links on that armor. It's nice, but not worth the effort.

Hello, decided to leave an update on char progress (lvl 84)



My resists are all around 100% (except lightning, I left it at 80 since my caps are 76%).

Bought a few stuff and stats currently sitting at:

22.6k DPS (with hatred)
9.9k def (with determination)
4.6k HP
64% block

Doing fine at 72-74 maps, but some spell monsters literally drain out my HP in seconds.

Will definetaly test this in the new Leagues which will come up soon. Thank you for writing this.