[2.3] King's "Close Stalker" - Blast Rain + Puncture Trap + 50/25 Block [HC and Atziri deathless]

looks like on the recent edit the 6l on blast rain disaperead, i just got lucky and managed to 6l my chest while trying to 5l, what should my 6l be? im trying conc effect but idk if thats best

Wow! Gz!

I'd go for one of these - conc effect / life leech / blind / increased AoE

Conc for massive dmg Multiplier or other stuff for utility. Your choice!

I was wondering (and will test the idea as soon as I'm back home), why not AoF or Physical to Lightning? This way you'd be able to drop Lioneye's Fall and scale your damage through jewelry and jewels (since % WED would benefit all of your damage and not only the converted 50% + HoA). This is what I'd recommend (please, keep in mind this is only a suggestion and since your build is working as intented you have every right to keep it the way it is):
Blast Rain + PPAD + WED + Added Fire + Fire Penetration + Blood Magic (you could also swap Added Fire for Faster Attacks)
Blasphemy + Flammability + Elemental Weakness + Arctic Armor (or HoA if you care less about your defenses)
Instead of block you could focus on getting 6/7 e-charges + Arctic Armour + Rumi's. You could use Windscream instead of Doedre's and then flat physical + WED on each jewelry piece.


edit: you'd also have to drop Daresso's for a generic chest.

I was thinking about that option, but it wouldn't work very well with Puncture trap and when you hit lvl 90ish you really start to appreciate Puncture trap :)

I also like some extra leech from Daresso's. But make sure you post your progress!

Obviously, my option has its downsides as well. But, once I'll have it all tested I'll make sure to post my findings.

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Dps is 7100 right now with 5 frenzy charges.... I also use flammability right now.

Im about to start mapping but im in new league and armor sucks right now. but most everything dies in one shot.

Im using a 5L right now with WED, Added fire, Faster attack, PPAD.

Guys, i've just found this suggestion :

Vaal Burning Arrow - Trap - GMP - Slower Projectiles - Mine and Trap damage

this should have insane kill effect, has 3 charges, GMP auto-aims all the projectiles at the boss. We're using Point blank already in the tree ...

And if the boss refuses to die, you can swap VBA for Puncture as both are green.

UPDATE:
VBA( level 10) - Trap(14) - GMP(9) - Trap and Mine Dmg(5) - Point Blank (passive) is able to single-shoot-kill rares in Dried Lake - i see some potential here :)

If you are using Chin Sol and monsters are getting knockback, but at the same time you are getting Point Blank, while you are knocking them out of point blank range....what am I missing?

There is a glove that changes the way knockback works, Empire's Grasp which changes the direction of knockback. I could see it being a viable option then, but without it I think those two skills are working against each other.

Also, how do you cast bloodrage when it is lvl 68 but your CWDT gem will only support lvl 44 or lower skills?

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XxBadtotheBonexX wrote:

If you are using Chin Sol and monsters are getting knockback, but at the same time you are getting Point Blank, while you are knocking them out of point blank range....what am I missing?

There is a glove that changes the way knockback works, Empire's Grasp which changes the direction of knockback. I could see it being a viable option then, but without it I think those two skills are working against each other.

Also, how do you cast bloodrage when it is lvl 68 but your CWDT gem will only support lvl 44 or lower skills?

You are not knocking em out of Point Blank range, you just don't always get 50% multiplier. Sometimes it's 40% or 20%, but it still is a multiplier. When you get used to it, you 'cast' Blast Rain on top of yourself or close to you and mobs walk into it (since Blast rain has a little delay from 'casting' to hitting the ground), so you get full 50% and everything dies. Also, it works great with Puncture trap in which case you always get full multiplier.

I cast Blood Rage manually since I want it to be lvl 20 to get that extra attack speed. CWDT only triggers IC in that setup, but Increased duration works with both IC and Blood Rage.

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kralj87 wrote:

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XxBadtotheBonexX wrote:

If you are using Chin Sol and monsters are getting knockback, but at the same time you are getting Point Blank, while you are knocking them out of point blank range....what am I missing?

There is a glove that changes the way knockback works, Empire's Grasp which changes the direction of knockback. I could see it being a viable option then, but without it I think those two skills are working against each other.

Also, how do you cast bloodrage when it is lvl 68 but your CWDT gem will only support lvl 44 or lower skills?

You are not knocking em out of Point Blank range, you just don't always get 50% multiplier. Sometimes it's 40% or 20%, but it still is a multiplier. When you get used to it, you 'cast' Blast Rain on top of yourself or close to you and mobs walk into it (since Blast rain has a little delay from 'casting' to hitting the ground), so you get full 50% and everything dies. Also, it works great with Puncture trap in which case you always get full multiplier.

I cast Blood Rage manually since I want it to be lvl 20 to get that extra attack speed. CWDT only triggers IC in that setup, but Increased duration works with both IC and Blood Rage.

thx makes sense to cast on yourself, but out of curiosity have you given any thought to the gloves i mentioned?