*** [2.0] Gellig Mortezzah's level 100 Aegis End-Game Melee Life Boss Tank ***

I was going to create a whole guide on Uber Atziri et others, but since people were asking for info sooner rather than later, I figured I would just explain quickly instead with this post.

Re: links in the staff in my original vid: Shockwave Totem, Chance to Flee, Increased AOE, Faster Casting, Increased Duration (so you don't need to recast it during spawn phase -- though you don't need this), Blood Magic (if your mana is an issue -- though if you 4 link it you don't need it). I would link it but I already have changed the colors for another set of tests I was doing for something else. However, use DD instead (read below).

For kicks, if you want to use a melee skill to get past her spawn phase, you can also use Ground Slam/Chance to Flee or Lightning Strike (Ground Slam is safer). Here is a quick vid snippet using Ground Slam for a low dps character in the spawn phase to show you how it can work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7mjWEhmARI&feature=youtu.be

That being said, Double Doryani is way better, and you don't even need Desecrate since they are undead:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxV2P2XzEow&feature=youtu.be

My recommendation for the easiest and safest clearing of spawn phase for a low dps, and refills your flasks, is Double Doryani.

Drop your Shockwave Totem/Increased Duration/Chance to Flee once at beginning of spawn phase (not really needed, by why not), and then just DD/Chance to Ignite/Conc Effect (you could also probably try Inc AOE instead of Chance to Ignite if you want).

As I stated, I changed my build significantly for Uber Queen. It is statistically doable with default Aegis builds variants, but there is a much higher chance you will die (I wish they didn't gate Uber to allow more people to try things), thus I went Safelli's and Evasion. My personal goal was to finish the content as a melee tank without dying (plus some other constraints).

I basically got Ondar's guile and Phase Acrobatics -- swapped to a few pieces of evasion gear to avoid projectile damage as much as possible (thus not taking Unwavering Stance), and a few reduced mana nodes for increasing my max resistances.

Spell Echo is very useful for keeping EC up, and I recommend it. IC makes The 2nd Trio fight a joke, and it helps in the first. Note, I didn't use Spell Echo for Uber Queen, but I'm now using it for times where I'm casting EC. I also recommend simply Spell Echo/EC & IC for the dungeon as it makes it a joke as well.

That's it for now.

NOTE: I've finally achieved my task of upgrading all my gear to mirrored or almost max rolled uniques! You can still do this build without this super end game gear, but it obviously won't be as ideal.

I change things around when needed.. sometimes I'll swap to Heavy Strike, or Static/Molten Strike, etc, and will recolor as needed. I have a bunch of pairs of Rainbowstride's I'll swap around based on auras I want (Determination, Arctic Armor, Tempest Shield, Hatred, HOA, Purities, etc). I also sometimes swap Multistrike for Fortify depending on tank mode and ease of application. I also swap out Leap Slam and put in Fortify if I want Fortify applied on Whirling Blades but I want MS in. Lots of options.



I use different gems in my gloves as needed (CWDT, IC, ID.. maybe self cast EC.. sometimes I'll put Tempest Shield in there and tweak colors.. just depends.. sometimes Reckoning, Life gain on Hit/Leech, etc... sometimes Chaos Golem, sometimes Flame..). If I go for Static Strike or Molten Strike (for more AOE) then I'll swap AFK for WED.

Flasks:


Note: I swap my flasks around a lot. I normally use 2 Forbidden Taste flasks now since they buffed them (with my high chaos resistance).

This build focuses on Aegis for blocking, thus Stone/Rainbowstrides are for spell block. Kaom’s for health.

That 548 dps Corsair is currently the best 1-hander out there for this build (the other high 1h dps Foils out there require many nodes for Dex, thus are actually less DPS than this Corsair). I needed 2% mana leech for it, so I geared/passived accordingly (more would be lost due to mana gain cap).

My goal with gear was to get decent Chaos res to counter any in-game chaos NPCs as well as mitigate Blood Rage (which is used for Healing & extra DPS). I have a ring in the stash I used to use for +75% Chaos res, but I found 50%ish was enough. I also use another Aegis on swap and like to put Blood rage on shield if possible to swap to disable Blood Rage when needed (and still maintain blocking). I also wanted to use a decent enfeeble and/or discipline.

Another goal was to be at default max res without any endurance charges. Sometimes I swap in +1 overmax Stone, or use +3 Empower with level 21 Purity of gems to further increase max res.

For my tank build I originally wanted to be close to 90% damage reduction with determination and endurance charges, so I optimized armor for that as well. After significant testing, I settled for less -- and now in 2.0 I'm using Immortal Call (or self cast EC) so have even less. You can obviously tweak the build for more armor if you like.

Obviously aim for +life on gear, and any physical DPS (str)/AS mods generally speaking. Also, with corrupt items in 1.1, I got a few Corrupted Stone's of Laz (a +4 blocking, a spell blocking, and a +1 curse). Now I utilize Enfeeble and Temp chains as needed (and sometimes swap in Vulnerability and such for even more DPS). ES is also nice, making the overall block build stronger, so looked for that mod on items where possible.

I like low level Blood Rage on lvl 1 CWDT (combined with high chaos resistance) to give me 10% life leech regen (+ frenzy charges on kill). I have 2% from gear which is nice for instances where I've not triggered my Blood Rage yet, but I'm not capped out on health.

Any auto-triggers on CWDT to increase defence or offense are nice (i.e. enfeeble, temp chains, vulnerability, decoy totem, etc etc). You can also use Reckoning or other block-based counter attack gems.

In 2.0 I tend to use Discipline, Tempest Shield (no reserve now, nice!) and Herald of Ash. I also can swap in Purity of Fire or whatever if needed. I have lots of Aegis shields and Rainbowstride boots I use based on what I'm running -- or I just recolor stuff.

Sometimes I'll swap in Reckoning and life gems and such as well.. Depends on what I'm trying to do.

Alternate gear options

Gems/skills and Why?

Misc Flasks I often carry in inventory:


More flasks for various boss options. Purity for Elem Weakness maps if needed. For AFKing remove Blood Rage, then replace Blood Magic with lvl 20 CWDT and replace the lvl 20 Enduring Cry with Rejuv Totem (or Empower, Immortal Call, or Molten Shell). Arctic Armor is for -max Crema (you could use it other places, but it is not really needed).

Misc items in Inv:

I use gems as needed.. for example, I like to swap in Clarity instead of Wrath/Discipline in 1/2 regen maps.

Shield on swap (aka for my 'dps' variant):

Other items in stash:

Fairgraves' theoretically could be used for -shock stacks -- but I pretty much don't use it.


Another Aegis only used for -max Crema variants.



Never know...

And then some others (be prepared!):

The Vertex helm is nice for various options, like Lightning Strike, Spectral Throw, etc.

I've got a few other swap items.. but you get the point ;)