2.3 Fakener (budget fake Mjölner) build - Trickster Version

Came back to PoE a little bit after the leagues started, so started a bit late, but here is my gear, and my experiences and questions.




First off, clear speed is ridiculous. Very fun, very fast.

I have never been a fan of whirling blades,so at the moment I am running Auras in helm, discharge in chest, usual CWDT/imm call in gloves and trying other things elsewhere to see what succeeds.

I feel that Assasin's Mark is necessary at my gear level. I discharge a lot, but having that curse up really makes packs just disappear. I would consider an amulet with +1 curses or running windscream and doing CWDT with Ele Weakness and Assasin's Mark. I play solo, so two auto curses would be pretty nice.

I'm getting around 220 IIR along with capping res.

I have capped resistances and around 3.2k hp. I am finding the HP hard to come by right now - It would obviously be better off if I was to run other gloves, but again these are great for soloing. In the tree right now I have the option of the Scion HP ring, or templar triangle. I should really try and get my HP to 4k, but I really am finding it difficult to raise my HP. Apart from the gloves, I have HP on all other pieces that can have it.

I'm also needing to pot a lot even with the 2% lightning leech + vaal pact. I feel my leech is low, but that could also just be me having lowish HP and Eva.

So my questions are, any advice on raising HP? Currently 76 with about 5 nodes of scion HP left, but I really want to head to templar triangle too.



PS: Also thinking about how I should utilize my other links

Chest: Discharge
Gloves: CWDT
Helm: Auras
Boots: Lame CWDT that is almost useless.
Weapon/Shield: One curse, other slots unused/leveling gems.

PPS: Maybe it's worth ditching Vaal pact for now, and taking up more HP nodes.

Hiho Mathil, just 2 questions.


1.
your "Offensive and Defensive Character Sheet Stats on Cyclone/Def" shows your Cyclone ASP at 4.1 my is atm just at 2.5. Why is there such a huge difference? The only +attack speed passive node i havent picked up yet is "Retribution".

my gear:


2.
Now im using Lightning Penetration instead of Ice Nova, because my Amulet provides my Cyclone with fire and cold dmg so i can use the -50% lightning resistance boost from EE right?

TY for this build it makes alot of fun :-)

I am about 90% sure the screens he took are from 1.2 Rampage. The big difference is that in 1.3 Cyclone's attack speed was nerfed 20%. Each level like 2% to offset. That's why i've asked before how come we're not lvl'ing cyclone in 1.3 to offset the attack speed nerf? The mana cost isnt even that much of a difference.

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Biertier wrote:

Hiho Mathil, just 2 questions.


1.
your "Offensive and Defensive Character Sheet Stats on Cyclone/Def" shows your Cyclone ASP at 4.1 my is atm just at 2.5. Why is there such a huge difference? The only +attack speed passive node i havent picked up yet is "Retribution".

my gear:

2.
Now im using Lightning Penetration instead of Ice Nova, because my Amulet provides my Cyclone with fire and cold dmg so i can use the -50% lightning resistance boost from EE right?

TY for this build it makes alot of fun :-)

Quick Questions:

Im running Molten / MS / COC / Discharge / faster attacks right now while leveling. At which level should it be safe / better to switch to cyclone? I am about 70 now.

Question 2
How do you deal with Elemental reflect? I am insta-gibbing myself currently despite my weapon and belt giving me life leech as lightning.

Would vaal pact fix this? I dont get from his guide how he speaks about end game switch to vaal pact....his guide is pretty confusing for someone leveling up....when do i take what etc.


My current gear:
-Rats nest
-5l Voll
-saffel
-doryani belt
-elreon jewelry to support molten 5l
-still managing to have all resists capped.

clearing fairly fast but just started testing map levels to see what i can handle. Did 71 strand cake walk.

I feel VERY Squishy despite the resists.


Other question:
What level gems did you use for CWDT - EC - IC - ID?
Currently I have them at 4 - 7 - 5 - xx
dunno if thats ideal for a char with my current hp (2079 hp)

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Kezz123 wrote:

Quick Questions:

Im running Molten / MS / COC / Discharge / faster attacks right now while leveling. At which level should it be safe / better to switch to cyclone? I am about 70 now.

Question 2
How do you deal with Elemental reflect? I am insta-gibbing myself currently despite my weapon and belt giving me life leech as lightning.

Would vaal pact fix this? I dont get from his guide how he speaks about end game switch to vaal pact....his guide is pretty confusing for someone leveling up....when do i take what etc.


My current gear:
-Rats nest
-5l Voll
-saffel
-doryani belt
-elreon jewelry to support molten 5l
-still managing to have all resists capped.

clearing fairly fast but just started testing map levels to see what i can handle. Did 71 strand cake walk.

I feel VERY Squishy despite the resists.


Other question:
What level gems did you use for CWDT - EC - IC - ID?
Currently I have them at 4 - 7 - 5 - xx
dunno if thats ideal for a char with my current hp (2079 hp)

I switched to cyclone around 75. I wouldn't suggest switching to cyclone until you have vaal pact because of the ele reflect mobs. soon as you get vaal pact they will no longer hurt you. (providing you're using a sufficient amount of life leech)

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TheSlacker wrote:

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Kezz123 wrote:

Quick Questions:

Im running Molten / MS / COC / Discharge / faster attacks right now while leveling. At which level should it be safe / better to switch to cyclone? I am about 70 now.

Question 2
How do you deal with Elemental reflect? I am insta-gibbing myself currently despite my weapon and belt giving me life leech as lightning.

Would vaal pact fix this? I dont get from his guide how he speaks about end game switch to vaal pact....his guide is pretty confusing for someone leveling up....when do i take what etc.


My current gear:
-Rats nest
-5l Voll
-saffel
-doryani belt
-elreon jewelry to support molten 5l
-still managing to have all resists capped.

clearing fairly fast but just started testing map levels to see what i can handle. Did 71 strand cake walk.

I feel VERY Squishy despite the resists.


Other question:
What level gems did you use for CWDT - EC - IC - ID?
Currently I have them at 4 - 7 - 5 - xx
dunno if thats ideal for a char with my current hp (2079 hp)

I switched to cyclone around 75. I wouldn't suggest switching to cyclone until you have vaal pact because of the ele reflect mobs. soon as you get vaal pact they will no longer hurt you. (providing you're using a sufficient amount of life leech)

I actually made the jump to cyclone now around 70.
reflect was as much an issue before i jumped to cyclone while using molten strike and discharge.
ill add vaal pact next then and try to avoid ele reflect when i can
i did use lightning flask when hitting reflect and seems to sometimes manage to save me but sometimes i dont see it in time.


is 2% life leech enough for vaal pact?

Anyone running this build in bloodline kindly post trees and gears, any tips also good too, pls?

Could this build work just as well as the original? You can start as witch/templar/shadow (or even scion) with similar results. It adds another power charge and endurance charge. (Is spell damage just as good as elemental damage for discharge?)



(I'm gonna be using voll's amulet)

This is my first time playing proper shadow build..i have one lvl 44 from ages ago but now id like to make it lategame and easy if possible (to take advantage of paths travelled by)..can u advise on leveling gear/gems/passives so i can smoothly reach +-60 lvl? i need to start over from zero level on torment

I think Scion's start can be more efficient, point-wise. Any comment guys?