1.3 The Community's Molten Strike, Face Melting Build!! 1h+shield and 2h variants available

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Ali_B wrote:

Currently using this build at lvl 72, using AoF and LGoH as a support in my tabula. I was just wondering what everybodys thoughts on running doryani's catalyst with AoF is? and also if it is worth it, what would be good to run on the offhand?

molten strike alternates weapons so your only choice is a shield

if you have enough currency i suggest a aegis aurora and take the body and soul + faith and sttel nodes for the ES and armor, try to get as much armor as possible and armor/es gear, and as much block chance as you can, with a build like that youll be able to tank pretty much anything, but it is hard to achieve.

Great guide! Been running this build for two days and loving it so far. Will be interesting to see how it develops as people keep looking into the mechanics of it. Also, let's hope it doesn't get nerfed too soon :P

Isn't conc effect mandatory for this skill? I mean, you miss so many magma balls due to high spread...

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hrapvlesu wrote:

Isn't conc effect mandatory for this skill? I mean, you miss so many magma balls due to high spread...

not at all... it is just far superior dps wise. Alternatives would be added fire, faster attack (little less dmg then added fire but the attack speed pushes you through your multistrike animation faster allowing you to dodge things like vaal smash or doms punch easier) and fire pen.

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Aedax wrote:

Great guide! Been running this build for two days and loving it so far. Will be interesting to see how it develops as people keep looking into the mechanics of it. Also, let's hope it doesn't get nerfed too soon :P

Glad you are enjoying the build :) Please feel free to share any suggestions or concerns you ever have with the build.

did a 66 map (i know, i know, the lowest of the low) at 60 with two others and just face tanked the entire thing.... they are pretty new to the game and it was their first map but my back is pretty sore from carrying them. Damage was great, defenses were great. Stacking endurance charges + enfeeble really is just plain sexy and I highly suggest it to anyone who is playing primarily with self found gear... though I did buy my weapon.

Run enfeeble when things are feeling tough
Run Flammability when you don't need the extra defenses


Most of my gear is in the level 40 range sadly so I have a LOT of room for improvement. My weapon pDPS is around 460 so will be hard to boost that damage without dropping some serious coin.

In the end, just keep your resistances maxed with a OK amount of +HP and it will be EZ mode.

Only level 24 at the moment, but molten strike is definitely showing to be a really good skill. Going to try to get to level 30 tomorrow!

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hrapvlesu wrote:

Isn't conc effect mandatory for this skill? I mean, you miss so many magma balls due to high spread...

Problem with Conc Effect is that is reduces the radius of your AOE. I haven't tested it so I don't know how noticeable it is (I plan on it later) but I consider AOE radius pretty important since the shotgunning makes your single target already insane without Conc Effect.

I haven't used concentrated effect yet with this skill but from what I'm seeing I don't think it would be necessary.

I had a lot of stuff typed here and decided to delete it. I hadn't ment to hi-jack this guide =)

What I want to know is: Do pb and conc effect actually work? And if you're anwser is yes, then how do you know?

I want to know how because I had tested PB on merc oak over about 10 kills iwth and 10 kills without and I noticed no difference in dmg(my dmg is substantial for the record).

And I had tested conc effect and had only noticited the reduction of the radius of the balls not the xx% increased dmg.