ReverendBizzarre: ele cleave templar [6k life, 45k+ dps]

I'm starting to struggle quite a bit on A3 Cruel.
I'm starting to think this is going to be near impossible from here on out until I get 5L so I can add life gain on hit or life leech

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These are my items atm.
I know they aren't good but it's all I could get for now.

Trying to change the gloves asap I think will be step 1.


If somebody has any advice that'd be great :)

why not replace faster attack with life leech? being able to tank and slash without kiting is a dps gain

You don't have enough health, or resists. By the time you're at A3 cruel, you should have a resist total of at least 150, and the same again by A2 merciless.

You easily have enough output, though personally I would find faster weapons.

I am trying this build as my first HC attempt lol(well 2nd technically lol).

At lvl 44 I am running into SEVERE mana issues even though my swords are only 1.30 and 1.60 speed I can not run 2 auras nor concentrated effect (or it would be 2x dps boost lol)- I am literally OOM after 2 cleaves. I picked up all mana regen nodes in templar area and quite a bit of int (going towards inner force). Should I link mana leech? - though Id really want life leech on my 4l

In my experience you need mana leech, I even ran clarity between levels 15 and 40 because leeching was not enough at that point. I removed it when mana leech reached 2% and my dps was enough (>1k dps).

Before mapping I had not even the slightest need of Life Leech. Go Mana Leech and have fun!

Don't level your aura's too much if you have mana issues. I've found this build has great damage all the way up with just decent fire/cold/lit rolls on your weapons, and you can go for higher damage rolls and less attack speed if you have a choice over that or lower damage and more attack speed. Get high resists and life, don't worry about damage too much, it's not that hard to get a lot.

Definitely Mana Leech, especially in the early game. Because we don't rank up Cleave, the only thing that's going to increase Mana Drain as you level, is attack speed.

I'm currently running some theory on actually dropping it, but the Mp/s total requirement would be about 60 in a 5L, and at 600 mana I only have 18. I'd need around 850-900 Mana to get Clarity on, and around another 100% Mana Regen to get the base regen high enough to cover the rest of the load. It's possible, but really hard to gear.

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On another note, I'm finding that Decoy Totem is pretty baller. It's totally shit at protecting versus caster packs (it dies instantly), but it's super useful at baiting charges from Rhoas and the A3 Shield mobs.

I played with a 15 % q Decoy that I found, and even with the ~22 % more life it was utterly useless. I use now for distraction Spell Totem with Skeletons. It is by far the best solution for me, no matter what character I play.

Hey guys, I'm almost finished with Act 3 Cruel and I'm starting to run into some issues. I'm not necessarily dying a lot, but I find that during most encounters I have to play far more defensively than I have been up to this point, often having to peel mobs off of groups and not being able to sustain myself during anything other than fights involving only 5-8 mobs. I'm not sure if this is just the way the game is played at this point but I'm pretty sure there have to be some ways I can improve my survivability so it doesn't take me an eternity to nickle-and-dime my way through dungeons. It's frustrating and frankly rather boring having to run away from most encounters peeling mobs and waiting for my flasks to heal me.

Lv.50
HP: 2548 (Only SEEMS like a lot ><)
ES: 204
Mana: 316
Resists (F/Co/L/Ch): 18/75/61/-12

Here's where I currently am in the build:





I don't have Life Leech linked up to Cleave cause I didn't notice a significant difference when it was, so I opted for more damage instead. I've heard life on hit is better for this sort of build so I guess a good start would be to get ahold of one of those.

I've been running with just Anger/Wrath activated since most mobs around this point seem to do lightning damage and my resistance to that without Purity isn't bad and even with Reduced Mana it still takes a good chunk of my mana to keep it up.

So, any ideas? I've really liked the build so far and I hope this newfound frustration stems from me being a noob and not a sign of things to come ><

Thanks in advance.