[2.0] YeahPete's Hardcore Elemental Molten Striker | custom Loot Filter | Affordable

At level 53, and just finished cruel - so far so good. I'm still struggling with the mental shift from mitigation through armor/evasion/energy shield to mitigation through life/acrobatics/regen, and this is making gearing choices difficult. I guess I just need to get over it, and pick the gear with the most life and the right links. Glurk. Wish me luck!

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Doing a conceptually similar (dual tiger paws, ele MS with gmp, acro) shadow in BL at the moment

Yup, definitely works with Ranger, Duelist, and shadow with a few minor changes to the tree. I Just prefer the Ranger start section and the Ranger looks good with dual claws.

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Using Revelry instead of BM for sustain (works fine on a 4l as of now and I don't have multistrike yet, so should be fine on at least a 5l) and picked up Ondars.

Very nice I haven't though about that node. Would definately work even better with multistrike as well.

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Draft of tree at 96 points:

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgYAFr9VS2HiJpVsjJ2qYqzWB4_BSxyNgRX9tMWbtVM1D6sY26TCFHUaj_ba-wkZiow2OkJLeN2oMHHUIwW1wuzlGfv1tDiXl0V86NYi6taKfyt311b6UUcwfI2_TZIj9o19Od1D5-SxQKAhYHTxBS1gS14TGJG8nzpShmBhUu9OfNn3MuoY-OsUcQ48ggfZfM9-dqyApFXWZOcXL_rSZp7AGlnzrKpyqZBVGjiCm-w4Jy-iAOFz7SB35Vfig7YnC4bR

Interesting tree. I'm digging that "Claws of the Magpie Passive tree I did not notice that I may try and work that into my build. Just checked it, If I took Quickstep and Berserker I would net a 27% IAS Gain instead of the 25% from CLaws of the magpie, while also only using 5 points instead of 6. Overall I chose hp over speed. I might spec those nodes when I despec my resist nodes and an intel node.

The lack of hp in your tree would worry me with only 130% vs the 198% my spec has at that level. Your tree has 37% ias. Mine had 40% at the level.
Yours definately beats my 34% elemental dmg vs your 136%. But again this build already does plently of dps as you can see from my videos it's just not worth specing any more over hp. It is definately nice to get another perspective on this build but I think my tree is superior to yours.

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At level 53, and just finished cruel - so far so good. I'm still struggling with the mental shift from mitigation through armor/evasion/energy shield to mitigation through life/acrobatics/regen, and this is making gearing choices difficult. I guess I just need to get over it, and pick the gear with the most life and the right links. Glurk. Wish me luck!

I found the life choice to make things easier. Once at Merciless ledge I purchase or equip gear all hp should be over 70 on every piece. It's pretty easy to find and even craft yourslef. If you look at my chest armor I crafted that myself using about 60 alts and a regal then the masters to add a 2nd resist. The same can be done for any other piece of gear.

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YeahPete wrote:

The lack of hp in your tree would worry me with only 130% vs the 198% my spec has at that level. Your tree has 37% ias. Mine had 40% at the level.
Yours definately beats my 34% elemental dmg vs your 136%. But again this build already does plently of dps as you can see from my videos it's just not worth specing any more over hp. It is definately nice to get another perspective on this build but I think my tree is superior to yours.

Ye, not really hardcore experienced in this game. Ended up dieing to something that must have been off screen as i doubt it was the white pack of carrion swarmers i could actually see. The concept is very sound thought and I can only recommend trying out your build or a variation of it.

Will reroll a scion with a tree that is a combination of your tree (to templar through scion life) and what i had in mind for the shadow (outer ring on eastern side down to Revelry)

Here it is at 96 points again (included an int note for better comparision)

https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgAAvryQEYLkSsiKr9i9NZK18m6qaPKvbEz_PC3Grrc-_gqiAPAfwGYEs4Kb7SDhc3flV-KQVScv7DgaOAUteu853UPn5LFAoF4TYEtKfeOfh3ZnoPzFVvoUdRjbdPEhYKTC1op_K3fXTZIj9o19MHw6Qkt43agwcdQjBbWNv1FHbIxirJ2qgKRV1mTnFy_60maewBrjahZvFr8Pq21sNj1h4iaVVUuMNipNPycVICzp3Q2-pxm0ytO9NmVNkArndOjW

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Will reroll a scion with a tree that is a combination of your tree (to templar through scion life) and what i had in mind for the shadow (outer ring on eastern side down to Revelry)...

If I went Scion I would do this:
https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgAAOygDlm49YEODCW-e8bNLV8Djo4qNfSP2TZJW-u4OSn3jn4d2Z6D8xaTCFHW18qluMglybGxG2L01kv4KpldN4_6P8kU64f66fXXTfu96SshuqoqvkBGC5L68CC7tgxmOAF674xqP9tr7CRmKLYOXBsSiFr8Pq1M1m7VVS2HiJpWMNm1sYqydqjY9bIw6Qkt43agwcdQjBbXo1iLqykrDOmjyr2xM_zwtxq63PgSzogDwH8Bm7SDhc3flV-KCmxo4kFUnL-w4Zp7AGvrSNukkqhZv42qApFXWZOcXL7FC8xFxhdq5Rtc=

This is why I love feedback. Looks like Scion may work out better than ranger. Able to skip many useless nodes. More attack speed for sure.

Not sure why you want revelry so much. Your auras will end up using almost 100% of your mana. Leaving no mana to use your skills. Many enemies such as voidbearers leech mana on hit. I couldn't find the "Purity of Essence" Node that we used to have. Looks like they removed it. That node used to be in the Marauder tree, that is the only way using Revelry would have worked because that node prevented mana leech. You don't want to take on a pack of speed voidbearers and end up out of mana. You'll be toast.

I recommend you try my recommended scion tree. I'm about to go compare it to my ranger it looks pretty sick. I think scion might also get more useful gem rewards. So I may do this build next season I'f I can't get another build I'm working on to work as good as this build.

Edit: After much consideration, although the scion is viable, it seems you will be struggling for a Intel for Wrath and Herald of Thunder, and have a little less chance to hit. Or you could just do like with ranger:
https://poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgAAtfKpbjIJcmxsRti9NZL-CqZXTeP-j_JFOuFKyG6qiq-QEYLkvrxo8q9sTP88Lcautz4Es6IA8B_AZu0g4XN35VfigpsaOJBVJy_sOGaewBr60jbpJKoWb-NqgKRV1mTnFy-xQvMRcYXauUbXeA2E2QHcvoq-p2VNvTZHfizpytMZtEp945-Hdmeg_MXdDVb6pMIUde4OTZIj9qOKjX3vetN-_rp9dbvjxKKbtRmKLYOXBjBx1CMFtejWIuph4iaVFr8Pq1M1jDZVSwgu7YMZjgBeOkJLeN2otMXC7GyMYqydqhqP9tr7CQ==

My only problem here is that you are stuck with those 3 resist passives and eventually you should have enough resists from gear to spec out of those. I guess Instead of resists, you can get something else like attack rating to make up fro the difference.

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YeahPete wrote:

Not sure why you want revelry so much. Your auras will end up using almost 100% of your mana. Leaving no mana to use your skills. Many enemies such as voidbearers leech mana on hit. I couldn't find the "Purity of Essence" Node that we used to have. Looks like they removed it.

Haven't had problems so far. Maybe they removed mobs ability to leech together with that node? Played ages ago and took a long break and now that you mention it, I seem to recall enemies leeching mana, but haven't noticed that lately.

Edit: Obviously the advantage of Revelry (if that does work out) should be another support gem and no need for 4 red sockets anymore so you could realistically run eva/ar or even pure evasion armor, which is why i also picked up Ondars.

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YeahPete wrote:

My only problem here is that you are stuck with those 3 resist passives and eventually you should have enough resists from gear to spec out of those. I guess Instead of resists, you can get something else like attack rating to make up fro the difference.

You could simply get projectile damage instead, which isn't too terrible.

Definately a good idea to look at not using blood magic to free up the other gem slot. A great solution to mana regen mobs is the Battle Rouse Passive next to Vaal Pact. I Just noticed it gives +3% damage taken goes to mana. Looks like that could potentially negate the mobs mana leech. This could allow us to add another gem such as Added Lightning Dmg, Increased Critical Strikes, or ELemental Proliferation.
I don't think we would have enough mana for a 4th Aura though but I could be wrong. I am not willing to sacrifice any more hp for additional damage because as I said the DPS is good considering I am using 215 dps weapons. Tooltip says 8K DPS. That is only on the melee hit. Each enemy is likely to also be hit by at least 2 of the 7 projectiles. More likely 3 or 4 hits. And in a large mob with each projectile getting 2 hits that is a ton of AOE damage.


Anyways. Please let me know if it works out for you to manage 4 auras and no blood magic because that would be great.

First of all thank you for this guide!

I'm currently leveling and at lvl45 at the end of Act2 cruel.
As I have never played with a focus on elemental dmg I catch myself thinking I should take +phys dmg rings and weapons. Why is it exactly that the elemental will deal more damage? Because the elemental dmg will add to all projectiles?
Thank you guys in advance for your replies!

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Why is it exactly that the elemental will deal more damage?

Because we will be hitting for very little physical damage. The less damage per hit you do as physical damage, the greater armors effect on that hit. We are concentrating on hitting very fast many times to take advantage of the life on hit and not life leech. Elemental damage mitigation is flat while physical damage mitigation is not.

Your Auras will be providing over 1/2 of your dps. So getting % weapon ele dmg will scale that far greater than getting flat physical or flat elemental dmg. PLus lets say you focus on lightning as I do, well the elemental damage will scale that lightning damage increasing the chance to shock.

won't this build be more efficient using one claw and one shield ?>

I'm lvl 45, half way through cruel. Really enjoying the build and your guide really helped, I wouldn't have thought to farm good claws @ Docks. Any particular tips for going through cruel? Is there another item I should be farming?