[2.0] Tanky Shockwave totems.
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im looking for a build to use in hardcore league. And im new to it, lightning coil costs 13 ex. As the tankiness comes only from this one item, how am i going to survive without it?
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" check this one.. https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1386405 Because in this build you can see from video how "tanky" he is.. spamming hp flasks all the time :) Last edited by Matematikas#6717 on Aug 22, 2015, 8:26:52 PM
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Hey, few questions about this build (cause it looks pretty decent):
- would you say it works at the start of the league? Aka mostly self-found gear, gems that level with you and not corrupted lvl 21 gems, 4l maybe 5l, no leveled Empower, no Romira/coil? - how does it compare to crit dual flame totem build? Especially survivability/trash clear speed/rare-boss kill-wise? - is knockback on totems annoying? Did you feel like you could use those unique gloves that reverse knockback direction? - does it work with parties? FPS/damage wise? |
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" Yes, it works with selfound. Just use rare items, u will be fine. If you dont have romira's, is fine too, u can use ice spear for powercharges. I leveled all the gems myself, i have lvl 19 gem in this video. -i say its pretty much the same that flame totem in terms of how strong it is, mb more defensive. -for trash mobs, the knockback is not noticeable cuz you will be oneshoting everything anyways. for rares, bosses its ok, keeps them away from your totems, and its not enought to gem them out of the damage zone. reverse knockback gloves are a waste of slot. -yes it works in party. Its not a laggy skill at all. my computer is like the worst thing in the world and i played it without problems. The damage is insane, you could reach up to 200k dps with this setup on really good gear (like dual voids, 21/20, etc). |
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" Hey, thanks for the answer, but after playing to lvl 55 and dying almost 30 times I gotta say... 'tanky' isnt the word Id use to describe this build xD Okay, Im not playing as cautious as I would be when playing HC, I forgot about CWDT setup for a while and Im only at 1.7k and no granite but... With those nasty invasion mods that have blink strike/multistrike+leap slam, I think I'd be better to start as marauder or templar and put more points into life/armor, cause this build doesnt really have any armor, evasion, block or ES... Im not saying its bad, but I wouldnt use it in HC without probably respeccing quite a few points from offence into defence, perhaps even skipping entire Shadow area (power charge included) in favor of marauder/templar HP nodes... Shame there arent really more pure physical or crit nodes in that area, thats why id say flame totem build would probably work better in HC leagues That, and flame totem feels more tanky than shockwave totem. No clue why. |
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Sorry for a stupid question, I am not very experienced, but how do you sustain righteous fire? I realy dont seem to understand that. Thanks!
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" From what I understood - you dont. You only get ruby flask and slow recovery flask, you activate RF only to kill boss/nasty monster and once its dead you extinguish it. Its not a RF build, RF is there only for a short burst of damage. |
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Hello! Im kinda newbie looking for build for 2.1 SC.
Lightning coil, rathpith globe - is this really required items to make this build work? I mena, will this build work without them? And can u do 2.1 tree? Also, Maybe I missed something, but... why crit? If we are working on totems wich is our main skill, why crit in tree? I dont get it? Last edited by cr1tical_tomato#5863 on Dec 10, 2015, 3:45:15 PM
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because shockwave totem is a spell similar to arc or ice nova, and it can crit as well... and since you get a lot of cold dmg from hatred , and a lot of lightning dmg from phys to lightning gem , and a lot of fire dmg from added fire dmg gem, you can easily freeze + shock + ignite monsters
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