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

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Zabix wrote:

Hi,

Firstly thank you for taking the time to create this guide its much appreciated.

I'm currently level 69 and about to start running maps it I'm struggling to really understand the links I should be using and I'm a bit confused what you suggest in your main guide.

I understand the ice crash links and the cwdt + immortal call + increase duration + blood rage/phase run but after that I don't know what to run with.

I've been using flicker strike with warlords mark and aoe splash but I've just seen your comment above that suggests that it isn't needed anymore? I've also been running herald of fire and either determination / hatred or purity of fire but I'm confused as to what is the best setup, could you provide a bit of help?

You don't need flicker strike+curse on hit since blasphemy was introduced into the game.

You use 1 main skill (either ice crash or earthquake) and look at the gem links depending on if you have Hegemony's Era or not. For your second 5/6L in your chest or staff, use heavy strike for single target. The remaining stuff are your boots/helm/gloves, i.e. 3x 4-links, which are listed last in the skill gems section.

I ran a similair build as my league starter in Prophecy and I'm considering returning to it now that I have built up way more currency.

What is your opinion about using the new Voidheart ring?

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eJonKou wrote:

I ran a similair build as my league starter in Prophecy and I'm considering returning to it now that I have built up way more currency.

What is your opinion about using the new Voidheart ring?

Not worth the ring slot IMO.

Thx for this build ...

I made small changes ... Unwavering Stance in the Passive Tree and the Essence Worm Unset Ring for Hatred (+ AA + HoA). So I've got 5K life, 60% Phys Damage Reduction (without AA) and 34K - 68K Earth Quake & 70K - 118k Heavy Strike (the last number with 5 Power and 3 Frency Charges) ... more than enough for the most enemies :-)

It was a very nice and strong Build for the Prophecy League (and for the Uber Labyrinth) ...

That's a decent modification, glad you liked it :)

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ComradeSerge wrote:

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eJonKou wrote:

I ran a similair build as my league starter in Prophecy and I'm considering returning to it now that I have built up way more currency.

What is your opinion about using the new Voidheart ring?

Not worth the ring slot IMO.

For Voidheart you have to change a bit. No elemental damage auras, no elemental gems, defense aurs and physical gems instead of them and a blasphemy / vuln aura for massive double dipping physical / bleeding / poison damage.

Aoe damage is double dipping, too, so jewels should be changed to have AOE damage / pure phys damage.

When this is done, it triples the damage, or much more if you can get bosses to walking (bleeding) or knochback (counts as walking). And almost no monster resistances agains bleeding, since most bosses have high elemental resistances.

A crit from the big earthquake wave should oneshot many bosses if you can kite them after hitting - it's a good synergy with the staff crit theme here, since bleeding takes only the bigges hit in account.

You can play it 2 ways then: hit&run or stand your ground and pound.

Funny thing: For example when you play the boss of Torture Chamber and run behind a pillar to cancel the beam, the boss dies chasing you. This is from a bleed from a non crit 1-hander.

That is true, I didn't realize how powerful Voidheart is when I wrote that comment since I skipped Prophecy league.

Updated for patch 2.4.

What weapon should i be using until i get that staff? also i didn't understand why u put earthquake link underneath the ice crash link.

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6combo9 wrote:

What weapon should i be using until i get that staff? also i didn't understand why u put earthquake link underneath the ice crash link.

You mean for leveling? Use any 2h weapon, mace, axe, staff...

The build includes a choice of Ice Crash or Earthquake - therefore, I had to include the links for Earthquake if it's an option for the build :D