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Juuhn wrote:

Hello everyone, i have a question about when to switch to one-hand/shield. Maybe this Question was asked before but this thread is realy long and i didnt find any answer.

Atm i am playing with a 2-Haner and leveling was a blast. It was so easy! very very good build specially for beginners, and i am one. I even did Dominus, with level 60! so much fun!

but i think it is time to go more tanky, at least i want to and i dont know what kind of One-hand weapon i should look for now. Is it even viable going one-hand shield before Doryani's Catalyst? and if so, what should a rare (oder other Unique) look like. Same goes for the shield.

I really hope you can help me out =)

Hey Juuhn,

there are two moments when it is good to jump from 2h to 1h and its a matter of preference. The first is when Geoffri's Baptism is running out of steam, mid to late 50's. hit up PoE.xyz and search for the highest phys 1hander you can get.

The other choice is to pick up an upgraded 2h, Koam's maybe or even better a pure phys rare that has 25% more damage for just a bit more cost.

whatever you choose, you want 1h + shield before you start hitting 72 maps, that is when things begin to get just a bit interestin. By a bit i mean some bosses can get a bit rough if you are not careful with a 2h. 75+ you really want to be sitting on that 1h + shield combo.

Personally, if you have a 5L lightning coil at hand and your resists are capped - stick with 2h until Doryani's. If not, go 2h after Geoffri's.

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Kartikdon wrote:

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Juuhn wrote:

Hello everyone, i have a question about when to switch to one-hand/shield. Maybe this Question was asked before but this thread is realy long and i didnt find any answer.

Atm i am playing with a 2-Haner and leveling was a blast. It was so easy! very very good build specially for beginners, and i am one. I even did Dominus, with level 60! so much fun!

but i think it is time to go more tanky, at least i want to and i dont know what kind of One-hand weapon i should look for now. Is it even viable going one-hand shield before Doryani's Catalyst? and if so, what should a rare (oder other Unique) look like. Same goes for the shield.

I really hope you can help me out =)

Hey Juuhn,

there are two moments when it is good to jump from 2h to 1h and its a matter of preference. The first is when Geoffri's Baptism is running out of steam, mid to late 50's. hit up PoE.xyz and search for the highest phys 1hander you can get.

The other choice is to pick up an upgraded 2h, Koam's maybe or even better a pure phys rare that has 25% more damage for just a bit more cost.

whatever you choose, you want 1h + shield before you start hitting 72 maps, that is when things begin to get just a bit interestin. By a bit i mean some bosses can get a bit rough if you are not careful with a 2h. 75+ you really want to be sitting on that 1h + shield combo.

Personally, if you have a 5L lightning coil at hand and your resists are capped - stick with 2h until Doryani's. If not, go 2h after Geoffri's.

add info from Kartikdon, overall im using BM passive + 1h shield build
crazy? yes i'm......a lot

lvl 83

Hp : 4351
all resist : max 75%
pDPS : 12.898,5 (19.597,8) on hatred + herald of ash
armour : 8319
block chance : 49%
regen hp : 274

gear


passive

The following is just a question for the 1h version either AOF or not. (I apologize if this has been asked. I tried searching, didn't find anything and just couldn't get through all 80+ pages so far :)

I was curious, why take the 3 Nodes: Weapon Elemental Damage (8%) x2, and Forces of Nature (18%) over the 3 mace nodes near Barbarism, Mace Damage (15%) x3? Does Mace Damage not affect our projectiles? If it does then the 45% from the mace damage seems clearly better than 34% from the Elemental damage, even if your Running AOF. It also puts you next to another 15 and 30 damage increasing nodes (Bone Breaker).

I'm also curious what flasks people run, and with what mods? Right now I'm lvl 62 most of the passive tree done (still wielding random yellows as I can, but I've got a lionseye banked and saving for a doryani's.. i'm doing the AOF build). I have 1 Life flask, 1 mana flask, 1 granite flask, 1 Amethyst flask, 1 quicksilver flask. I have removes SHock, burning, bleeding, frozen and chilled, and 97% armor increase.

Takatok

I am hoping I could get some advice on the Atziri fight. I can get to her alright. If I don't make mistakes, I get there without any deaths, but usually a dumb finger or two causes me a death or two on the way.

Atziri herself isn't even so bad. I can get her down and live alright. The problem I have is the zombies that heal her. I just can't kill them fast enough.

Here is my current build.





Someone suggested shockwave totem. I assumed it was to knock them back, but that does not seem to work. I am wondering if there is some way I can pair it with support gems to work better? Is there something obvious I am missing to get more DPS? My tooltip DPS is 9k with Molten Strike.

If you total the damage I do to her, I could probably kill her 2 or 3 times over if she didn't heal.

I have AoF so I run Herald of Ash, Hatred and Purity of Fire for auras. I don't use the tempest shield with blind for this fight, so I could swap out those gems for something more useful.

Any thoughts here would really be appreciated.

Hello

I could use some advice how to get on with my build....

Firstly let me say that I play AoF build. I use 1 hand and shield and my current level is 84.



My armor is only 5-link and I do not have the money to get 6link but I am working on it. 6th gem will of course be fire penetration.


As for next nodes I am going to take I will take all the life nodes I possibly can.


ATM I run 4 auras - grace, tempest shield (with blind), herald of ash and haste.
The reason I pick haste is that it gives me more mobility and makes me spam more molten balls. And I also play with my friend whi benefits from this aura far more that if I pick any other.

All the skills I use are linked to BM gem allowing me to reserve all the mana (have 9 mana left).

As for curses I use Warlord Mark for additional drain if needed and flammability for more DMG. Since I can use 2 curses (see the necklace) I have Enfeeble on CWDT.

Now to my problem:
My DPS (according to tooltip which is not the best info but still..) is 6049.
My current health is 4419.
Block chance is 74%, spell block is 37%.
Ele resists are OFC maxed.

I cannot go to Apex of Sacrifice as I get raped by bosses. That huge Vaal contructs can IK me with their hammer (so can the end boss in Maze map when there is any + % dmg mode).
I have problems killing Piety and Merveil in maps as well since they spam area skill beneath their feet so I cannot stay there and dmg them.
Any maps 72+ with additional dmg can be very dangerous for me.

I feel that I should have more health. On the other hand I have no idea where to get them. Nearly all the items that can have it do have it.

Could you guys give me some feedback on how to proceed? What to improve/change?
How to deal with some bosses, and how to do apex if its even possible?

Any information is appreciated, thanks!

Siliarus, check out my post right above yours. I am a bit further along in the progression in terms of gear.

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That huge Vaal contructs can IK me with their hammer

Don't get hit by the hammer. It's slow, leap slam out of the way. Make sure to get one low then kill the other because the remaining one speeds up when you kill the first. I can get through that fight no problem and usually only die once to the trio due to dumb fingers.

I would suggest going with Doryani's mace and belt. That will get you 2% leech from fire damage. With AoF this let me remove the life leech gem from my 5-L chest and you could probably do the same. You have a lot of room for getting gear with more life. Aim for 80+ on your chest and gloves. I got that without too much difficult on a helm and gloves.

Leveling a 2-h Marauder MS + HoA atm, my tree is similar to your 2-h templar but i didnt choose the fire nodes above templar area to add some defense once im running a 2-h build.

You are not taking the Holy Fire and the 2 burning nodes above templar area. U think its not worth it? Should i keep stacking only melee physical dmg and 2-h physical dmg for axes once ill use kaoms soon? What about Lava Lash?

thanks for sharing the build

Resilent it is a very hard fight, i cant do it yet on my lvl 89 ms maruader, maybe its the way i play molten strike, i can do it on my righteous fire guy, ive never seen anyone farm atziri till there in the 90's. My advice would be 4l your rainbow striders and put something useful in there, high level molten shell etc, on page 65 of this forum is arsnealdos gear and its a good place to look. Spell echo and enduring cry is good i run that in one of my 3 links that means when my ic goes off i get 6 secs. I would say a flame totem aiming at one of the sets of ads, u stand inside atzirs shield and just fire ms at them. Also i would revise your tree slightly anything with melee physical isnt worth taking. Your missing a lot of block also master of the arena and golems blood are very good nodes. Finally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoYbN0pvbrU good to watch a slower build attack her and mollari has a video where you can see how he stands inside the shield and kills the ads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-_NQmEPY4Q good luck.

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Resilient wrote:

Siliarus, check out my post right above yours. I am a bit further along in the progression in terms of gear.

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That huge Vaal contructs can IK me with their hammer

Don't get hit by the hammer. It's slow, leap slam out of the way. Make sure to get one low then kill the other because the remaining one speeds up when you kill the first. I can get through that fight no problem and usually only die once to the trio due to dumb fingers.

I would suggest going with Doryani's mace and belt. That will get you 2% leech from fire damage. With AoF this let me remove the life leech gem from my 5-L chest and you could probably do the same. You have a lot of room for getting gear with more life. Aim for 80+ on your chest and gloves. I got that without too much difficult on a helm and gloves.

Hello, thanks for quick reply.

About the constructs, its not that easy dodging. Obviously I do not just stand there watching him smash me. The thing is...multistrike....before I finish those three hits (about a second I guess) he manages to pull the hammer up. And due to desync it sometimes happens that you jump away while still getting hit. That is why I think I should be able to withstand at least one hit.

As for the gear. I know about the sceptre and belt but I was wondering if you can actually kill Atziri without already having gear from her ... my motivation to even try would decrease to zero if I had it already :D But yes I see your point and I was looking for those items yet I cant afford them cause I am like the most unluck guy when it comes to drops...

As for life leech. Are you certain those 2% will do the trick? Seems pretty low to me, although it might work. I know that leech applies up to a percentage of my max health but I doubt I have enough dmg to make 2% suffiecient drain :-/


And one more clarification... how do I run 4 auras without having alpha's howl? Because you suggested that I took a helmet with health, but there is no way I would have enough mana. I do have the point in mana reduction in templar.

Thanks for information

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that means when my ic goes off i get 6 secs.

What benefit is there to 6 seconds of IC? It only mitigates physical damage right? It seems I am getting killed always by the flameblast or stormcall. Her piercing shots are just a bit of a inconvenience.

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Your missing a lot of block

With Saffels and Lazhwar's I get up to 75% spell block. I don't think it is possible to go over this right?

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master of the arena and golems blood are very good nodes

Ill see if I can rework it for golems blood, that looks nice. As for Master of the Arena, what is good about that node? Is it mainly the added range?

Thanks for the advice. I am going to work on getting a couple more levels before giving it another go.