[3.1] BERSERKER/JUGGERNAUT 288k DPS Ice Crash/EQ Crit Staff AKA "The Shattering Karui"

K, I'm finally beyond 66, high enough to use imperial staffs. I got a pretty good staff for a few c. I crafted crit into it, got lucky on 6s in a shockingly low number of jewelers (hadn't even rolled 4s yet). I'm trying for 5L to run a decent flicker CoC setup, but I'm not having much luck:


I'm in act 4 merc with ~3.2k life. My tooltip dps is just over 12k. My crit rate is ~30% without any power charges up. My armor rating needs a lot of work. The delay after my leap slam which I was using as a curse on hit/fortify setup was getting me killed, so I'm pretty desperate for a flicker CoC setup based on the comments here about it being a smoother way to delivery fortify/curse. When I don't have enemies cursed, I have huge mana problems. As a stopgap I may need to purchase rings/gloves with mana leech to hold me over til I have a 5L flicker setup.

Here's my spec thus far:

http://cb.poedb.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwEAAdwEswUtCZYLYQ3NFCAWQBZvGF0aOBzOJKonLytQMfs26TkOPAU9_EFyR35QR1hjWK9Z818_ZU1mnmebaPJyD3KpdO1343h6eWh673_jhNmE74V9h2qMz5BVkn2TB5d5mG-iAKelqSepbqmUrKqt8a4-r2yvp7lDvJq9Nr6nwGbBBMT2xq7G2Mln2sHcI-Nq5FHlz-1E7w7vfPAf9kj3MvrS_lQ=

If you had to run flicker in a 4L, what would you do? flicker/multi/CoC/curse? flicker/multi/PCoC/fortify + manual cursing? This is another noob question, but could I run both in separate links?

Made one change to the passive tree: after thorough consideration and testing, I concluded there are better things to take in the tree than Celestial Judgement. Although it is a nice DPS boost, it isn't worth 3 nodes. My choice instead of those 3 nodes would be to go for Unyielding, because the current monster meta is so hard on phys dmg.

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Impaledlol wrote:

Is the leveling guide viable for HC too?

Yes.

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jbmcarth wrote:

If you had to run flicker in a 4L, what would you do? flicker/multi/CoC/curse? flicker/multi/PCoC/fortify + manual cursing? This is another noob question, but could I run both in separate links?

With multistrike, you would curse only 3 monsters, with melee splash instead of it, you would curse probably around 5-8 in a dense pack. Melee splash is better in a 4L.

Btw, if anyone wants my old 5-link 350 pDPS staff for just 1 exalted orb, whisper me in game:

Oh, I assumed from Sorite's links that if you use CoC instead of curse on hit you don't need melee splash. He linked flicker/multi/CoC/curse/pcoc/fortify

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jbmcarth wrote:

Oh, I assumed from Sorite's links that if you use CoC instead of curse on hit you don't need melee splash. He linked flicker/multi/CoC/curse/pcoc/fortify

Oh, right, you're using CoC, sry, In that case, yeah, multistrike is better.

Hi everyone,

I wanted to have some feedbacks from the people playing in HC/Tempest:

1) Have you linked a Life leech gem to your main Ice Crash to ensure a better survivability ?

2) As advised by ComradeSerge, I have taken all the Hematophagy nodes in order to benefit from this Life leech gem, but it takes 7 skill points in all (5 in the Hematophagy pool + 2 to get there), which is a lot. Has anyone tested those nodes yet ?


I am wondering, because I am afraid that with those 7 skill points already used I might not get all the critical nodes that comes later on the build's tree. And also if it is not that helpful, I could also swap the Life leech gem for a Increased Critical Multiplier / Power Charge on Crit gem.

But here again, this is HC, so it's better to be safe and alive.
Thanks in advance for anyone's feedbacks :)

Ive been trying out cwdt, increased duration, immortal call and punnishment insted of phase run, since i have enough movement speed and phase run eats my frenzy charges.
It works really well, and the buff you recive is also increased by increased duration, it gives me about 10k more dps when i get the buff.

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ComradeSerge wrote:

Made one change to the passive tree: after thorough consideration and testing, I concluded there are better things to take in the tree than Celestial Judgement. Although it is a nice DPS boost, it isn't worth 3 nodes. My choice instead of those 3 nodes would be to go for Unyielding, because the current monster meta is so hard on phys dmg.

So u change the tree for Unyielding instead than Celestial Judgement? Worth the 3 points?

And how about Vaal Pact?

And about curse, why use Warlod? dont be better use Assasin's Mark?