[1.2] KuteKitteh’s Tanky Arcer, 20k+ Effective DPS, Atziri/HC-viable. Poor-man’s BM Arc included

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Zippaca wrote:

well the problem is that statistically you need about 1900 to 6 link an item i know you can get lucky and need only 1 but im no fan of the rngesus

Actually Chris has verified that it is less than 1500, which is why the guaranteed Vorici 6L is priced at 1500 fusings.

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To offer a lower-variance way for players to socket and link their items. It's still possible (and a little cheaper) to roll them randomly, but for players who don't want to use 2000 fusings and fail to six-link an item, you can pay 1500 to do it at a crafting bench. Note that the odds of rolling this naturally have always been slightly lower than 1 in 1500 anyway, so it's entirely a choice of whether you want to gamble or have a deterministic result.

is what chris said about the 6link from vorici

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Zippaca wrote:

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To offer a lower-variance way for players to socket and link their items. It's still possible (and a little cheaper) to roll them randomly, but for players who don't want to use 2000 fusings and fail to six-link an item, you can pay 1500 to do it at a crafting bench. Note that the odds of rolling this naturally have always been slightly lower than 1 in 1500 anyway, so it's entirely a choice of whether you want to gamble or have a deterministic result.

is what chris said about the 6link from vorici

Your point? The bolded text reinforces exactly what I said.

Chris is saying that the coded chance for 1 fusing to 6L an item is less than 1 in 1500 (1400? 1450? We do not know, but less is less). If a person does not want to take the risk and spend 2000 fusings without any successful 6L, he can choose to spend 1500 on a guaranteed 6L, which will cost slightly more than the actual statistical chance.

I'm not sure where there is even room for discussion on this.

I have no idea where I should be going from here both on passives and gear...

My Gear
Also have a 20/17 enfeeble for tough maps.

My passive tree

The only real upgrades I can see is doryani's which will only give me the leech only because my cybil's has perfect dmg rolls and chaos resist on gear which is a pain to find.

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Zippaca wrote:

worth to 6link this for 1500 fusings or should i save another 30-40 exa and buy something better? i guess a 3 ress chest with about same es and hp would go for about 100ex +

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i would definitely 6l that, so its not got that third res and instead a dead stat but its also got 4x t1 rolls and one t2, you will have to search for a very long time to find a chest with the same but with a third resist highrolled too and you would probably spend quite alot for it

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MuFeR wrote:

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I have no idea where I should be going from here both on passives and gear...

My Gear

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Also have a 20/17 enfeeble for tough maps.

My passive tree

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The only real upgrades I can see is doryani's which will only give me the leech only because my cybil's has perfect dmg rolls and chaos resist on gear which is a pain to find.

This may be offtopic from what u asked but im curious, have you tried to run added chaos damage instead of added lightning? i suspect it should be a tad bit less dps output but potentially a far greater lifeleech during the atziri flask

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Xantium wrote:

This may be offtopic from what u asked but im curious, have you tried to run added chaos damage instead of added lightning? i suspect it should be a tad bit less dps output but potentially a far greater lifeleech during the atziri flask

Well if I had a high level one to test I'd certainly check it out.

So this is just speculations... On single targets I don't think it will make such a difference in leech and packs instantly die anyway. Also I only got all the spell damage/lightning damage passives (not any cast speed there) and I run dual 20% quality ele weakness+conductivity which both don't increase added chaos dmg so I don't think it's gonna be worth it. (Also losing 10% shock chance)

I mostly pop the flask when beyond portals open because they usually spawn 3-4 mobs with chaos dmg aura or poison cloud on death and the extra chaos resist + leech really helps there.

Ripped on my last two chars that I just blew a ton of currency on, so I'm back to the drawing board of needing a budget character.

Figured I'd give this build a go, and I'm having a blast so far. Using the Incinerate/Arc build that you posted a few pages back, and it's very effective!


Below's my current gear and links.

Thoughts: Still debating what curse setup to use. I just started leveling a Warlord's Mark, and boy is it useful now that mobs are hitting harder. I'm thinking about running it full time, and retire Enfeeble and Ele Weakness. Since I'm playing in Beyond, I'd rather just play safe most of the time and use a curse that can help with survivability.

This will allow me to add Arctic Armor back into my weapon (it's in my weapon swap atm) then put an Inc Duration in the boots for the full 4L CWDT setup.



The other route I'm thinking of is max Enduring and Immortal Call, link Immortal to Inc Duration, and manually cast both. I'll remove Enfeeble and stick AA in my wand. I just wish we had more than eight hotkeys (seven really, since I prefer my left click to be move only), else I'd happily keep triple curses (EW/Enfeeble/Warlord's). Being a RTS gamer I don't mind spamming keys, it keeps me from getting sleepy too.


Upgrades: I've been trying to aggressively sell everything and nickle and dime my way back up to having some currency. So far have about 30 chaos saved, slowly building up to try to save for a Rathpith, which is the next big purchase hopefully. I also need some regen rings at some point, I'm only running a lvl 5 AA at the moment.


Gear-


Passives-


Despite having low life %, with the amount of life on my gear it's not too bad, sitting at 2500 hp at lvl 55. Trying to grab some more block, then finishing off down to Heart and Soul, then over to the Purity of Flesh nodes. I'll grab Unwavering very soon. When do you think one should pick up MoM?

Thanks for this build!
First of all I want to thank KuteKitteh for this amazing build, I would recommend everyone to play this build because it has a really high survive-ability in Heroic but is as well amazingly fun to play.

What?! You can die with this build? I didn't knew either, but I survived long without much effort
I died last week on this build as 87 by just not paying attention that much because it looked like a 'easy' map. Shocked myself because of Lightning Thorns, shocked myself and instakilled myself. Fun, but it happens, basically can happen to every build.

Life summary
I had 2,5k when I started mapping and 4,2k when I died a 87, not that much life but it was highly survivable.

Awesome features in this build
- Facetank ele reflect without noticing.
- Facetank CB and notice it actually after the mob dies. (doesn't hurt at all)
- Leap mobs? Where? - You barely notice mobs leaping on you because of the Life Leech on Tempest Shield and the blockchance. 15 goatmen at once? No problem at all for this build.
- Not in high need of chaos resistance. (I mapped with -40% chaos resist, only 'problem' was chaos degen)
- Really cheap compared to other (similar) builds.

Only things I had to be aware off
- Lightning Thorns. (never been a problem at all, except the one time I oneshotted myself)
- Porcupine Goliath. (hurt INSANE even with a granite flask, apparently you can't block these, CWDT makes it decent but just be REALLY aware with Arc's chain when you know they're in your map. Nearly one shotted myself by just taking it easy)
- Bosses. (You are not invincible with this build, use a totem for bosses, then it's still easymode though, I remember that I only needed to be aware at Fidelitis, Oak and Merveil, they could basically 2 shot me easily. Kraityn, Hillock, Hailrake etc. were just complete jokes with this build)

Gear I died with


Summary of gear/gems
As people might notice; no Topaz flask. Why? It isn't needed at all with this build.

I used to play this build a lot while watching movies etc. because you don't have to pay attention that much if you manage your pots rights, as mentioned above, just be aware of certain mobs.

I highly recommend Vaal Spark + Trap + GMP with this build, it basically can kill bosses in a few seconds if you place it right. Why not make it yourself a bit easier right?

You died, what now?
I'm not really into rerolling the same build, simply because I won't have the same experience with it again. I really loved my gear and the fact how easy this build to play is. I don't think I can experience it a second time again with this build, maybe in a few months again but not now.
Going Ball of Lightning though, maybe to one shot myself again, would be worth it.

TL:DR version
This build brought me the most fun I ever had in this game, simply because it's easy to play if you play it the right way and as mentioned - it's even hard to die with it. You do really good damage, even though you mostly spec in block and chaos damage etc. is barely noticeable. Just certain mobs to be aware off.

Is it worth going for Iron Reflexes when using a Cloak of Defiance? It is not that many points from the tree you suggest.