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I know it's expensive, but why not a soul taker? Would be good to get rid of the bm gem and maybe do ele prolif?

Im pretty sure this is about Molten Strike build. Mainly trying to help you with good tips.
And yes Dzwonsson, that was rude. But np, you are probably just having a bad day. Dont bother to answer because i wont waste time again.

I guess the build isnt 100% immortal, just died on a lvl77 map with:
- Monsters deal 90% extra Damage as Fire
- 30% increased Monster Cast Speed
- -25% maximum Player Resistances
- Igna Phoenix one of the rogue exiles... (i have 90% fire resist but wasnt enough) lol

Im out. Peace!

@Ellerean The core item of this build is really Doryani's Catalyst. Soul taker dont have the 110% elemental damage and elemental leech.

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sai25 wrote:

Im out. Peace!

Good riddance since your "tips" had nothing to do with this build. I'd normally explain why, but since you're out, I don't see the need.

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Ellerean wrote:

I know it's expensive, but why not a soul taker? Would be good to get rid of the bm gem and maybe do ele prolif?

While Soul Taker is a damn good axe... it wouldn't fit this build well. Or I should rather say Doryani's fits this build better. The DPS is pretty comparable, but Doryani's gives you 100% increased elemental damage + 1% elemental leech. And the additional damage you get from that mod is way more than the bonus you'd get from any support gem. Also, in this build Elemental Proliferation is useless as I'm using Resolute Techniques, which means I don't crit and don't ignite/freeze. Aside of that, Soul Taker is really, really expensive. I really wanted to keep this build low-cost and going for a 30ex axe (I paid 2.7ex for my Doryani's) makes it super expensive.

A Qqick noob question

Is there a special reason for sword+shield combo for moltenstrike rather than duel wielding ?.

o really like the look of duel wielding and i love molten strike but i cant find a guide that does molten strike this way. is it just unfesable?

Sword and shield for survivability no doubt. A shield offers life and superior block chance, and for ultimate tankiness, an es+aegis build with lazhwar and rainbowstrides.

Duel wielding doryani would be spectacularly powerful with a massive 180-220% elemental damage boost. Or doryani/soul taker for adding an extra dps gem and 2 auras. For those who want to explore the maximum numbers (and maximum currency) game, a duel wielding catalyst full crit build, utilising the in-built 72% global crit chance 2 doryani's provides.

Defence or offence, personal preference.

THank you for the input

would it still be a feaseable solo build to do duelwielding or does it loose so much surviveability for the added dps that the build is going to be to fragile ?

Im currently leveling with this build, But i have a few concerns about the viability at end game, First you won't have any real leech, Blood rage do give some but with this skill you have very low phys damage since you convert it into fire damage. The next concern is it has very low life reg even with vitality, You are forced to get quite abit of chaos resist to neglect the damage from blood rage. As im leveling im looking into getting more life regen on the tree to not be forced to get as much chaos resist on gear that you will need now.

Valas Torgh, This skill is not good to dualwield with, since you only attack with 1 weapon per attack you will only get the damage from that weapon. you can dual wield but i would not recommend it since it wouldn't be a dps increase unless you dual wield the unique sceptre this build makes good use of.

Hey, I've been trying this build and its amazing. I do have mana issues though. I cant seem to regenerate enough mana to while using tempest shield and hatred. Your gear doesn't seem to have a lot of mana regeneration. How does your mana regenerate so quickly?

Hi there.
Officially i can say Molten Strike is viable end game.
I've been doing 77-78 maps with insane mods (Solo lvl88), and finally tried Atziri, easily managed it.

Although i have some build variations. I guess i made it more flexible. Explained some of that before (Page 13), but i have some changes in passives too. I prefer use the last points in the Templar outside area, to reach Elemental Adaptation and Sovereignty for more auras.
Forgot to mention that i use BM gem.

Core Gear:
Doryani's Catalyst and Aegis shield (makes you immortal, dont even need to be legacy)
Auras:
Hatred+Haste+Purity of Fire (94% Fire resist with Flask)


@Nailroth: I've been playing without any physical life leech. Not on gear, neither Blood Drinker passive. The 1% Elemental Leech from Doryani is enough.
I dont even used Blood rage in the last 3 days and its pretty easy, never drop under 70-80% HP and i like to gather huge packs lol. But without Aegis i dont advice to do that.
Tho i used a 2% Leech ring on Atziri.

I've spent around 9ex.
3ex Doryani mace, 2.5ex Aegis shield, 2ex BoR helm. The rest were cheap rares, Saffell shield and Stone of Lazhwar amulet for harder spell casters situations.


My Molten Striker project is over.
Got pretty boring after 3 weeks playing this build end game, full time. Can make literally everything with any mod in late game maps. No regen, double reflects, -max resists, etc...

Tomorrow i gonna start a new project. Good luck to everyone and have fun!