[v1.7] 39k+ DPS with INFERNAL BLOW, +239% life, +6.8% regen, +145% armor, TRIPLE curses + blinds!

i dont want to go through all those pages...

is this build viable on HC? with such high dps, reflect will kill u asap

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neroth wrote:

i dont want to go through all those pages...

is this build viable on HC? with such high dps, reflect will kill u asap

Two separate things, aren't they? HC and elemental reflect.

Yes, viable in HC. I suggest 1h+shield for higher survivability though. Im not saying you couldn't do 2h, but naturally you will be bit tankier with a shield.

Elemental reflect is pain, but actually you will do fine vs a rare monster with it. For some reason, the corpse AoE explosion is ALSO reflected, which kills you VERY, VERY EASY. Basically one shotting a zombie, that hits the other targets around you -> you one shot yourself. So isolated targets are fine, but be extremely careful when blowing them up.

But then again, why would you need to kill the super hard reflect pack? You can toss mass debuffs and wait for your party to clear them.

I don't play reflect elemental maps, just reroll them.

Physical reflect is no issue at all. You basically deal no physical damage with this build.

My character is currently level 37 and really just beginning his journey into explosive madness.

I have read all the posts and have one set of questions regarding my situation:

* I have 15 skill pts placed currently in the upper portion of the Templar passive tree (as originally specified in the 25 passive points) that "at some point in time" are to be removed and re-allocated.

AT WHAT LEVEL is this spending spree of "regrets" to take place ????? Per your post, it strategically takes place after the "52 passive pts" have been spent, thus during the "96 passive point placement".

Was this part of a build change during the recent patch that resulted in many of the classes getting a full respec?

Can/should I do all the regret spending at my current lvl of 37, and begin moving toward the duelist tree and preparing for Blood Magic?

Or - ???

Ishkabibble

After the 52 points picked, start moving towards blood magic.

When you fetch it, respec out of those mana nodes. That should happen around L60. While leveling, your gear changes numerous times, so you probably will have to do some extra DEX or INT picks, which you just respec out when you get the "proper gear" to support the DEX and INT.

I really don't remember when that happened, but after all these builds are more or less guidelines to work with.

Zillionth time I run out of maps, completely. God damnit with these drop rates. Running L69-71 maps, 20% quality and rare ones only. Or okay, a 66 map...

Had a streak of 4 maps with not a single map drop, in party of 4 - with a MF fella "as a finisher".

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Looks like I am going to be away for a month or two, to see if GGG manages to add some extra content.

72+ Maps are SO rare, even when you try to buy them - that there's just nothing to play anymore.

So see you guys in month or two! :)

Well, I'm sorry to hear your frustration with maps. I came here to say thank you for the build. I've tried it out and now this 51 Templar I'm posting from is a result of the build. I've more or less followed it with a couple exceptions:

- I flipped the "Blood Magic" switch much earlier because I started having mana problems around my late 30's early 40's as I recall. I forget the exact level I got blood magic, maybe 43, 44? This has worked great though, and with over 2k HP and plenty of regen it wasn't an issue at all.

- I'm using a shield instead of a 2H'er, but I'm not even HC, it's just a playstyle choice. If you come back to check on your thread occasionally, you should theorycraft out a 90'ish point build from the perspective of 1H+Shield for us Shield users :)

Otherwise just wanted to say thanks. Least I could do for putting together such a fun, comprehensive build.

Oh, and a question: How necessary do you feel all 3 curses are? Do you think this build would still be viable with just 2, say Temporal Chains and Flammability?

PS: If some of this has been answered in the thread, just say so and I'll go digging. I admit to not reading all 27 pages yet...

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Rokdog wrote:

Oh, and a question: How necessary do you feel all 3 curses are? Do you think this build would still be viable with just 2, say Temporal Chains and Flammability?

Very.

I wouldn't play ANY class build in the game, without three curses anymore. :)