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Is taking the 8% resists from bandit in normal that much worse then the skill point or the mana?

Both on this and on my LS duelist, elemental damage is the only thing that really threatens me I feel. About where in the game are you able to cap all your resists via gear? (furthest I've gotten is act2 cruel before rerolling)

When I leveled my last character I could actually cap all resists apart from chaos on every difficulty. Just aim for getting resist on most of the gear slots and get dubble resists on rings.

How does this build compare to the EK one? Is it as good as EK in HC?

could u possibly post the gear you are using? I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what I need. I can't level my LMP anymore because i don't have enough dex ....

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Martinhq wrote:

Is this something that you would want to use or do you want a resist head? Talking about merciless and up

I'd use a hat with HP/resist if you're not capped resist. It's a very nice DPS upgrade and the mana regen is a good bonus, but I personally wouldn't wear it :)

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Grasswhistle wrote:

Is taking the 8% resists from bandit in normal that much worse then the skill point or the mana?

Both on this and on my LS duelist, elemental damage is the only thing that really threatens me I feel. About where in the game are you able to cap all your resists via gear? (furthest I've gotten is act2 cruel before rerolling)

You can cap resists from gear. I didn't until like lvl 75, but that's because its default league and you can get away with being lazy like that ;p

Added a vid with some introductory commentary. When I have time I'll see about typing up a maps section to the guide.

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janroth wrote:

How does this build compare to the EK one? Is it as good as EK in HC?

Given equal spending on offensive passives, FP will outdps EK at very close range, EK will outdps it at midrange, and then Ice Spear provides superior very long range DPS (past the point EK can reach). FP also freezes, and costs less mana (I'm aware EK will freeze due to hatred, but for less time and the crit chance is lower).

I can't give an informed option about comparing them for HC. Byrrs build has like....wow, that's a lot of defensive passives. It would take a total restructuring of this build to get that much defense. With proper gear and good play, this build won't die, but I guess the HC mentality is to make a build that won't die no matter how badly you play or how badly you desync (obviously necessary since you will eventually fuck up if you play long enough)

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Eakrich wrote:

could u possibly post the gear you are using? I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what I need. I can't level my LMP anymore because i don't have enough dex ....

Posted gear in the guide at the bottom. Also added a note about getting dex: you're right, you do need a little dex from gear, or you have to take another +30 node.

what kind of gear i need on low lvls on cruel and normal?

Anyone have something similar for HC?

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sebay wrote:

what kind of gear i need on low lvls on cruel and normal?

In normal you'll want some mana and mana regen stuff until you get to the Witch starting area. So like, Paua rings and amulet, stuff like that. Once you see 'Kris' daggers start to drop (late a2), see if you can transmute or alteration one with spelldmg or other caster stats.

Otherwise there isn't really and specific gear to look for. Just the standard offense/defense/socket balancing act that all characters do :)

How gear dependent is this build? Will i need really good gear to survive act 3 cruel and beyond?