[2.5] Tempada's Dreamfeather Lightning Flurry Raider: Acro, Alpha's/Blood Dance/QotF, 200k+ DPS
" Right? I tell people Dreamfeather's pretty good and they're usually like *shrug*, perhaps because melee's not really the rage (and certainly not evasion melee), but it works well once you get the gear, and the speed is lots of fun! Glad you got a 6L; that and flasks make things soo much easier. Nice work making a poison build. Dreamfeather Elemental Cleave Ranger: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1087616
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Hey, currently leveling a wild strike champion QoTF character. Atm I'm planning to go 1h/shield to grab some efficient shield defence nodes to really ramp up my evasion to stupid levels. Just wondering what your reasoning is for not considering 1h/shield as a viable option at all. Is it due to using cleave and the way that scales with dual wielding? Anyways really enjoying it atm, and I haven't even reached a high enough level to equip any important gear yet!
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" There are a few reasons I don't like a shield with Dreamfeather. Primarily, you lose out on a bunch of attack damage. Dual wielding by itself gives a nice boost to attack speed, then you get the opportunity to use two Dreamfeathers, and two of those with a typical amount of evasion that comes from gear should provide significantly more power than one Dreamfeather plus a high evasion shield with shield defense stacking. Even with Dreamfeather + Soul Taker and a lot of attack speed on the tree, I think the damage will be higher than what you can get with a shield. From a defensive standpoint, block chance requires a larger investment than the five points needed for Phase Acro, and diminishing returns on evasion make stacking shield defenses less fruitful than focusing on damage. This isn't to say that you can't create a successful block/shield variant. But I think if you eventually get to compare both versions, the shield version will feel inferior. I'd like to be proven wrong and see something new, though :) Glad you're having fun so far! Dreamfeather Elemental Cleave Ranger: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1087616
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" Yeah I just tested using two dreamfeathers and it instantly felt stronger. Also saves me a few points on shield nodes + better pathing. Also the Forces of Nature + Arcing Blows nodes seem to be really strong, just picked them up and my damage sky rocketed. |
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" Nice. Arcing Blows is great if you happen to be nearby, and I didn't realize that Forces of Nature got a buff, so that's cool too. Dreamfeather Elemental Cleave Ranger: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1087616
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Hi, I've been theorycrafting my own dual dreamfeather build, heavily inspired by yours of course.
Difference is, I'll be going champion for always fortify, elemental reave, innervate in reave to proc shocks and onslaught, and going to templar area for ele nodes and the aura nodes. Will not touch the shadow area. Whirling blades for movement, so I'll also be going for a rare GG evasion chest with life late-game. Basalt flask AND granite flask. Phase acrobatics + Atziri's step boots. When i have the time and made one, I'm planning on making my own dreamfeather guide as well. I hope you won't mind? Will definitely credit you in the guide too (if indeed i do make one) P.S all fun aside, i don't see how this build can do high tier bosses like Colisseum Daresso or Core Malachai. Their physical damage mostly cannot be evaded. Ground effects like those spinning blades can't be evaded too. |
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" Fun :) My only concern here is Reave since it's one of the weakest skills I've used with Dreamfeather. " Of course I don't mind! I love to see what other people are up to with the sword, and I'm always looking for ways to improve the setup. " I've only gone up to tier 13 (I've never had higher tiers drop), but I would not want to go up against those bosses unless I was in softcore and didn't have any xp to lose! Dreamfeather Elemental Cleave Ranger: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1087616
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Updated for 2.3. Give Lacerate a try :)
Dreamfeather Elemental Cleave Ranger: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1087616
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Haha, it dawned on me today that Lacerate might be a good skill to use for dual Dreamfeather! It's good to see that you've already tried it. Would love to see a video of it in action! :)
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" Well, here you go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEyLDSyJf4I It's not the fastest Gorge clear, and I still prefer Cleave (it's more powerful and the smaller range creates a habit of leaping into packs, which curses enemies and keeps Fortify active at all times), but Lacerate feels great and it's a lot of fun. Dreamfeather Elemental Cleave Ranger: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1087616
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