[1.1.0 BUILD] Low Life || 1-h Axe || Infernal Blow || Crit (130,000 DPS & 6,500 ES at level 75)

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Perz wrote:

small hint: try coe+pa. it's just nuts for these kind of builds. i reach 100k dps cyclone with soul taker for god's sake

Damn, with so many people telling me to try it, I guess I have no choice xD

The only thing is that if I do go CoE, I will have to change my amulet and shield (because spell damage mods would be really fucking beneficial). Unfortunately, don't have infinite currency so I will have to work up to it ;)

Thanks for the advice, Perz. Also, dat Reave Claw build was what made me fall in love with Shadows :D

:O

don't you have mana problems with using a 6-linked infernal blow with faster attacks as one of the skills?

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jtrand wrote:

don't you have mana problems with using a 6-linked infernal blow with faster attacks as one of the skills?

Nope, mana leech from auxium & spamming surgeon's mana flask such as should eliminate any potential mana issues

Update:

I understand that a 5 off-color shavs is not feasible for everyone. Here an alternative setup for a 4 off-color (RRRGBB) that I find works extremely well:
Infernal Blow
Multistrike
Added Fire Damage (or Melee Physical)
Faster Attacks (or Additional Accuracy)
Added Critical Damage
Power Charge on Critical (or Increased Critical Strike)

Also added stuff on gearing/spending priorities.

Question - isn't melee splash pretty much required for AOE damage

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jtrand wrote:

Question - isn't melee splash pretty much required for AOE damage

Personal preference. I think the AoE from the explosion and 20% quality is sufficient. If you want more, you can either run melee splash or spec into AoE nodes into your skill tree. I will say that most IB builds do run Melee Splash, though.

I haven't tried this yet, but it might be an interesting idea to run CoE/PA with Melee Splash to offset the decreased damage and still get more AoE radius on your IB.

Just be careful with melee splash because it will make elemental reflect maps a little harder if you are set on running them with IB because the explosion DPS is unfortunately also reflected back to you. In that case, I would either just swap Melee Splash or run Lightning Strike.

Yeah I am trying out a variation of this build. Using crown of eyes for PA to offset the reduction in damage from melee splash. Also, I am going to try to see if I can use RF for burst damage (59% more damage against bosses in 6-man parties and such), thus I would have a couple ruby flasks at hand.

Also, planning on using aegis aurora for tankiness - which makes use of a lot of your block nodes.

I'm trying to incorporate the immortality of the build below with the dps of this build. Not sure how it is going to work out, but there's definitely overlap between the two builds

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/733908

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jtrand wrote:

Yeah I am trying out a variation of this build. Using crown of eyes for PA to offset the reduction in damage from melee splash. Also, I am going to try to see if I can use RF for burst damage (59% more damage against bosses in 6-man parties and such), thus I would have a couple ruby flasks at hand.

Also, planning on using aegis aurora for tankiness - which makes use of a lot of your block nodes.

I'm trying to incorporate the immortality of the build below with the dps of this build. Not sure how it is going to work out, but there's definitely overlap between the two builds

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/733908

Sounds interesting! Definitely check out Perz's Low Life RF Build for some more ideas. It is cyclone-based, but it has some elements I think you are looking for.

^Probably could get 140k with new axe!