Hardcore League: Templar GOD Build

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Konried wrote:

Currently level 51 cruel act 2 with a build very similar to the OP.

I found that the best way to deal with packs of monsters is to use Lightning Strike with Fork, Weapon Elemental Damage, and Life gain on hit. I run around with 1.5k hp, and can regen about a third of that with a forked lightning strike into a group of monsters. You gain life for each ls projectile, and then each ls projectile fork.

Once I get a 5L armour I will add another damage % support gem to lightning strike, to increase its potential even further.

I like the build, however, it seems to lack raw damage, and in full parties you will not be anywhere close to the 'primary killer' on hordes of enemies. However, you can be an unkillable tank while progressing, and increase party efficiency a great deal with effective use of enduring cry, leap slam and rejuv totems.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON PROGRESSING WITH THIS BUILD: You must improve your items constantly. Because all of your damage scales off of phys damage, you have to maintain a good item level to match content. I had to stop and farm The Ledge for a couple of hours in order to move through act 1 cruel, and then I farmed Fellshrine in Act 2 to move through act 2. 4 socket helm / armor need to be your first big purchase, and I recommend getting FORK as well. It improves the regen capability of your LS by a huge margin.

Level 34-40 were brutal for me, because I was undergeared and did not have forked Lightning Strike. I went and farmed hardcore for a few hours, bought myself some good armour/weapon and Fork, and then suddenly the build took off.

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aiers wrote:

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Konried wrote:

Currently level 51 cruel act 2 with a build very similar to the OP.

I found that the best way to deal with packs of monsters is to use Lightning Strike with Fork, Weapon Elemental Damage, and Life gain on hit. I run around with 1.5k hp, and can regen about a third of that with a forked lightning strike into a group of monsters. You gain life for each ls projectile, and then each ls projectile fork.

Once I get a 5L armour I will add another damage % support gem to lightning strike, to increase its potential even further.

I like the build, however, it seems to lack raw damage, and in full parties you will not be anywhere close to the 'primary killer' on hordes of enemies. However, you can be an unkillable tank while progressing, and increase party efficiency a great deal with effective use of enduring cry, leap slam and rejuv totems.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON PROGRESSING WITH THIS BUILD: You must improve your items constantly. Because all of your damage scales off of phys damage, you have to maintain a good item level to match content. I had to stop and farm The Ledge for a couple of hours in order to move through act 1 cruel, and then I farmed Fellshrine in Act 2 to move through act 2. 4 socket helm / armor need to be your first big purchase, and I recommend getting FORK as well. It improves the regen capability of your LS by a huge margin.

Level 34-40 were brutal for me, because I was undergeared and did not have forked Lightning Strike. I went and farmed hardcore for a few hours, bought myself some good armour/weapon and Fork, and then suddenly the build took off.

I was thinkingg of going GMP and chain. Higher possibility of hitting since chain confirms the next leech but fork doesnt. And chain can chain back to the rest of the creeps.
The dex requirement is a pain though.

Have you tried it yet? Any result?