Dmillz's 1H Molten Strike Volcano Build (Invasion easy) - 1.1.3

Hey , i just grab one of this baby and i want to know what is the best setup for tempest shield-ele proliferation ? maybe add cold/light dmg / mana leech or blind ?

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daubine wrote:

Hey , i just grab one of this baby

and i want to know what is the best setup for tempest shield-ele proliferation ? maybe add cold/light dmg / mana leech or blind ?

Edit: I'm retarded. Tempest Shield + Reduced Mana + Blind

Hi guys,

I'm running a Mara with this build and need some advice, this is my current gear :

My gear:



My passive tree:


My tooltip DPS is 958, good or bad?

And i;m using BM keystone. When i reach 48, i''ll change a 5L armor to get rid of that node.

Sorry for my bad English.

Thnak you.

Not a clue what your DPS should be tooltip wise. Your tooltip means almost nothing with Molten Strike! Are you killing things fast? You should be going for Point Blank ASAP now!

so whats the rule of thumb for overall damage for molten. Should I go along with the higher the tooltip dps is the higher the overall will be too including projectiles?

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Dmillz wrote:

Not a clue what your DPS should be tooltip wise. Your tooltip means almost nothing with Molten Strike! Are you killing things fast? You should be going for Point Blank ASAP now!

Thank you for your feedback. I'm now 5 nodes away from Point Blank, and 2 nodes from IR. I think i'll get Point Blank first.

I'm killing not very fast, but acceptable. I;m running Cruel with very minor problem, things will get better after lvl 48, because i;m gonna run 2 auras, yay!

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Leeoku wrote:

so whats the rule of thumb for overall damage for molten. Should I go along with the higher the tooltip dps is the higher the overall will be too including projectiles?

Sort of but not really haha. Tooltip is only useful as a general indicator for weapon upgrades. I could take a bunch of big Melee Physical nodes and Melee Phys Damage gem and get a huge tooltip, but my clear speed will be shit because my projectiles do nothing.

My suggestion, stop looking at the goddamn tooltip except when you get a weapon upgrade to compare how much better it is than your old one. If you want to know your actual DPS use the spreadsheet in the OP.

Does Melee Splash work with the projectiles or only the hit on the target? My only issue with Molten Strike is that the projectiles are so fucking random i could be chucking all the projectiles i want and never hit anything when fighting less than 3 monsters. They are also pretty slow, is there a way to increase their speed? I run this build in the race so i don't have the gems to test or i would have tested it out myself and too lazy to level a new character with this.

I need a opinion on the build I'm using right now. Pretty much yours with a few differences since I just got a sick 1hand Sword.
I'm currently Level 77 and this is my Build:
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAAecCcQSzBS0OPBDwEuEY2xmFGjgaVRpsHRQhYCSqJy8ppTJ-Mok0NTboNuk6Uj38QKBKfU4qT31RYFXGVvpXDVfiWGNZ81uvXz9gS2EhZKNmnmegZ71qHnB9cql0QXTtdPF253fleu982YBWhO-HdozPj0aQCpBVkc6bg5uhnrmezZ_LogCkrKTCpzCnhKgYrKqvorvtvJ_AGsEHxtjPZdDQ0iHXft0N42rjn-w47m_vDvAf8i_z3fZI9zL60vzF
(2 passives Sword and Life coming until 79)

Since I'm using a Sword I thought its a good idea to get those Sword passives nearby. Waterdancing is for additional Dexterity. Wicked Blade improved my Tooltip DPS alot. (Does it affect the Projectiles as well?)

Here is my current Equipment, any Suggestions are more than welcome.

Pretty much need a new Ring, Belt and Boots.
Are there any Uniques to look out for?

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mykey444 wrote:

Does Melee Splash work with the projectiles or only the hit on the target? My only issue with Molten Strike is that the projectiles are so fucking random i could be chucking all the projectiles i want and never hit anything when fighting less than 3 monsters. They are also pretty slow, is there a way to increase their speed? I run this build in the race so i don't have the gems to test or i would have tested it out myself and too lazy to level a new character with this.

Only the initial hit. Projectile speed will in a very small way increase their speed, not worth speccing into it at all though.