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Philss wrote:

Is this build still viable?

Still viable

I wil make this build next league , even without a bor can you farm stuff like catacomb , piety? Or should i make an easy build to farm currency?

Yes. It's easy to make dual strike work for you. All you need is a 4 link with:

Dual strike
Multistrike
Melee splash
Blood magic (or LGoH if you can manage mana)

A 5 link allows melee phys damage.

The rest of your equipment will be the usual resist/life/dps mods.
The weapons will be physical %, flat phys and attack speed. A new league won't see a catalyst at a reasonable price for quite a while.

This setup should be sufficient for any kind of farming.




If you manage your money well, and not waste too much on minor upgrades:

Once you reach 67, you'll most likely have the currency for a bor.

Then you can work on getting the right gear for blocking.

The last piece is, of course, the soul taker.

Aight thank you , excited about next league .

Will this build work with cast on crit?
I would like to go with a crit based cyclone/discharge or arc, is this feasible for the build?

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Pantzareoff wrote:

Will this build work with cast on crit?
I would like to go with a crit based cyclone/discharge or arc, is this feasible for the build?

this specific build wouldnt work with crit because it takes the keystone 'Resolute Technique'. But fiqst has a crit cyclone build:
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/922124/page/1

this build can kill atziri?

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yarikx wrote:

this build can kill atziri?

This is something I couldn't do before a massive re-spec to this tree, currently untested but possible. This build is always surprising, recently running it with dual strike +melee on full +multi +blood magic in a legacy BoR with hatse and hatred pulling off 79k dps after an Atziri flask.. Not too shabby for Dom runs and mapping.

Maybe a max block variant can do Atziri but this is also untested by myself.
Currently building/testing a block/spell block variant with friends with intent to farm Atziri and will post results we go.

Build has a couple minor "woopsies" and "perhaps this would be worth it".

1. Not taking the + 15% dmg one handed near Berserking.
2. Taking the 3x 3% attackspeed nodes near ranger while ignoring the 2x 4% above weapon artistry. thus gaining only 1% attack speed for that passive point.
3. Ignoring the 4x 8% life nodes behind ranger start.
4. A new personal favorite, the dualist end. charge node and the 3x duration nodes above RT for a cast when take dmg + duration + qual im. call. And spellecho + end. cry.

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Chiliconkarma wrote:

Build has a couple minor "woopsies" and "perhaps this would be worth it".

1. Not taking the + 15% dmg one handed near Berserking.
2. Taking the 3x 3% attackspeed nodes near ranger while ignoring the 2x 4% above weapon artistry. thus gaining only 1% attack speed for that passive point.
3. Ignoring the 4x 8% life nodes behind ranger start.
4. A new personal favorite, the dualist end. charge node and the 3x duration nodes above RT for a cast when take dmg + duration + qual im. call. And spellecho + end. cry.

Not so much whoopsies, choices. I appreciate your feedback and welcome constructive criticism, I had a look to see what this will do to the build at full lvl 100 spec with both Grace & Hatred auras on.





Taking Chili's suggestions into consideration and as best as I could piece them into the equation, I still could not find a way to take the 4x 8% life nodes without losing. Fwiw I am going to re-spec slightly for the endurance charge and buff duration, I had to sacrifice 300 life, 4K DPS, and a little armor/damage reduction, but will hopefully gain an edge with Immortal Call duration, looks good to me.