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

I have a 6l tabula, and I was wondering what u guys think about running GMP, it would be a bit better for trash clearing quicker since molten strike is a bit lackluster in clearing due to the relatively small aoe. Also if u chuck in a concentrated effect in with GMP so that most of the projectiles shotgun, it could be insane for single target as well.
EDIT: It would also help for reflect but hurt more for lightning thorns.

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Kartikdon wrote:

Hey Dzwonsson -

You really don't need those extra resistances nodes at all. I also suggest grabbing the +1 max fire res and +15% fire resist over the two str nodes in the marauder tree. Also the armor nodes in duelist (except the +% life one) are not worth taking really. Overall the amount gained is not enough to warrant the points.

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQBBH4EsQUtC2ES4RT2FfAaVRrbG60j9iXfJy8ppTIJMn426DiWOlI6WD3iPfxHfkjuSn1MYE4qU99W-lcNWGNYr1jbWhpaSFuvXz9gS2EhZKNlTWegah5qk2vZbEZuaXJsdEF07XbneA14rnloeu-E2YTvhjuHGYd2i0-Mz5AKkc6VZpkrm4OgtKSspMKoGKluq8Wsr7ZBtxe307yfvYG95r6nwA_BBMS4xtjM29Ih0k3TftXt1fjXy90N45_uDu8O7_DyL_MG9kj5Y_zF

Just some small tweaks while maintaining the basis behind your build.

Well, the main difference is, I don't have the means to buy gear with nice life rolls + triple elemental res + some chaos res as well. I tried it on my Ranger and was eventually forced to run Purity of Elements to cap my res. And that's why I prefer to invest some points in armor/res and then save tonloads of chaos/exalteds.

edit: actually I managed to respec some nodes, gonna post my updated tree in my build thread.

even without multistrike and concentrated effect (working on getting them), this build is murdering things and I rarely find myself in any real danger.

as 1h + shield what's best reward on cruel kraityn or oak

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Ali_B wrote:

I have a 6l tabula, and I was wondering what u guys think about running GMP, it would be a bit better for trash clearing quicker since molten strike is a bit lackluster in clearing due to the relatively small aoe. Also if u chuck in a concentrated effect in with GMP so that most of the projectiles shotgun, it could be insane for single target as well.
EDIT: It would also help for reflect but hurt more for lightning thorns.

Because with the huge damage reduction / projectile, you need almost every projectile to shotgun to just break even. Another support gem is a much stronger option.

Guys how MS overall compares to ground slam? So far I was running a variant Alkaizers groundslammer, I need a solid build (able to throw like 100+/20 mf in there) to farm maps and stuff. Should I stick to GS or go with Molten, is it as gear not dependant as GS? Cheers

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burningblack wrote:

Guys how MS overall compares to ground slam? So far I was running a variant Alkaizers groundslammer, I need a solid build (able to throw like 100+/20 mf in there) to farm maps and stuff. Should I stick to GS or go with Molten, is it as gear not dependant as GS? Cheers

Groundslam has a larger AOE area and will clear packs a bit faster than Molten Strike. However Molten Strike is far superior for single target.

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Dzwonsson wrote:

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Kartikdon wrote:

Hey Dzwonsson -

You really don't need those extra resistances nodes at all. I also suggest grabbing the +1 max fire res and +15% fire resist over the two str nodes in the marauder tree. Also the armor nodes in duelist (except the +% life one) are not worth taking really. Overall the amount gained is not enough to warrant the points.

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQBBH4EsQUtC2ES4RT2FfAaVRrbG60j9iXfJy8ppTIJMn426DiWOlI6WD3iPfxHfkjuSn1MYE4qU99W-lcNWGNYr1jbWhpaSFuvXz9gS2EhZKNlTWegah5qk2vZbEZuaXJsdEF07XbneA14rnloeu-E2YTvhjuHGYd2i0-Mz5AKkc6VZpkrm4OgtKSspMKoGKluq8Wsr7ZBtxe307yfvYG95r6nwA_BBMS4xtjM29Ih0k3TftXt1fjXy90N45_uDu8O7_DyL_MG9kj5Y_zF

Just some small tweaks while maintaining the basis behind your build.

Well, the main difference is, I don't have the means to buy gear with nice life rolls + triple elemental res + some chaos res as well. I tried it on my Ranger and was eventually forced to run Purity of Elements to cap my res. And that's why I prefer to invest some points in armor/res and then save tonloads of chaos/exalteds.

edit: actually I managed to respec some nodes, gonna post my updated tree in my build thread.

Don't focus on hp and triple res. On m y char i run dual res no life or I run hp and one res on my gear. I am capped on res in merc

So, Life Gain on Hit or Life Leech?
and why. Thanks!

assume avatar of fire.

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Madcow1120 wrote:

So, Life Gain on Hit or Life Leech?
and why. Thanks!

assume avatar of fire.

Avatar of Fire doesn't change the answer in this case, but personally I would recommend running LGoH at least until maps. I've more or less finished merciless on my Molten Striker, and even though I have a pretty sick 2 hander (~420 pDPS I believe) and Life Leech would theoretically give me a higher HP return, I'm sticking with LGoH for a little bit longer because I find the instant return gives me more survivability in practice because both gems return overkill amounts of HP, at least for the docks farming I'm doing now.