[3.1] RAIDER Tanky Crit Reave/Blade Flurry Dagger/Claw AR+EV+Block NO MIRRORED GEAR

It may have already been asked but...
why do you have Tempest Shield / Hatred / HoF / Grace in one Link if you can only have either
Hatred - HoF - Tempest Shield or
Grace - HoF - Tempest Shield active
what's the point?

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The_Rake wrote:

It may have already been asked but...
why do you have Tempest Shield / Hatred / HoF / Grace in one Link if you can only have either
Hatred - HoF - Tempest Shield or
Grace - HoF - Tempest Shield active
what's the point?

The point is to adapt to the situation and use auras which you think are best for the moment. I don't understand why such a simple concept is so hard to grasp for so many players, this is like the 50th time someone asks me this :D if you want to always use the same auras, then go ahead and do so, nothing is stopping you.

I know Raider is amazing but how well would this work as a Pathfinder? It's my favorite ascendancy by far just for fun and flavor. I know you'd be losing some raw stats (mainly aspd and the more evade if you go Avatar of the Chase), but in return you get tons of flask up time for all the really good unique flasks you can use, and you can basically free up a slot too and just use one HP flask of heat, Atziri's, ToH, Rumi's, and then a Vinktar, or cheap options would be a Silver flask or even a Quicksilver.

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Harahune wrote:

I know Raider is amazing but how well would this work as a Pathfinder? It's my favorite ascendancy by far just for fun and flavor. I know you'd be losing some raw stats (mainly aspd and the more evade if you go Avatar of the Chase), but in return you get tons of flask up time for all the really good unique flasks you can use, and you can basically free up a slot too and just use one HP flask of heat, Atziri's, ToH, Rumi's, and then a Vinktar, or cheap options would be a Silver flask or even a Quicksilver.

That's a completely viable option, of course. I agree that Pathfinder can be pretty powerful and has a unique flavor.

Updated for patch 2.3.

HUGE buff for us with the 2 extra ascendancy nodes.

Hey, i was trying to do something with my raider a bit ago, and i found really nice going for blasphemy assassin's mark. you could use a essence worm with grace and then ass's mark and herald, now the problem is mana, because u should have mana for around 2-3 attacks, but since you have essence sap for mana leech and on hit should be no problem.
Of course it might take some time until u put your hands in an essence worm, but might be worth it instead of having the ice golem and u will get some extra crit chance from power charges.
Never the less looks nice, gonna try the dagger variation

You can do that, sure, nothing wrong with experimenting :)

This HC viable?

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SalsaRoja wrote:

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This HC viable?

Yep; I've ran it to 86 before dying to volatile (I was 50% fire res but carrying a Ruby Flask; didn't use it beforehand, was too tired)

It's very fun and fast. I go dual wield instead which is far less defense but more offense.

Awesome, did you make any adjustments?