Mathil's Voltaxic Crit LA/Blast Rain - Cruise control the entire game. Uber Atziri Viable 2.2 ready

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djnat wrote:

Maybe it's only me, but I find Blood Dance terrible. A question of personal taste, I think.

In 2.3, in my opinion Atziri's Step and Darkray Vectors are miles ahead, especially considering the increased damage for a lot of monsters' abilities (skeletons casting sparks / fireballs / frostbolts are a serious PITA in -max / extra damage maps atm).

Also, the real value of the Phase Acrobatics + Vaal Grace + Atziri's step combo to cap spell dodge when mapping has risen to the stars in this patch.

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Morelikeew wrote:

Time to Vaal some +1 Frenzy Atziri's Step I guess.

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Genera wrote:

Hey guys, I picked up this build and have been rolling with it since the start of Prophecy. It's been fun but it's come to a point where I really need to adjust my gear because I'm just ridiculously squishy at 4.5k-4.6k life. I'm used to having around 5.4k-6k life with my prior builds.

Aside from the fact I could get a Leather Belt I'm not sure what I should replace in order to gain some more life. At this point it seems I can either toss my Rat's Nest or Maligoros in exchange for a rare which would open up using Belly of the Beast.

What do you guys think?

As a side note would Shadows and Dust fit well with this build?

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djnat wrote:

I would love to see your current passive tree, too, since your character tab isn't public. Mathil's starting post was not updated for 2.3 and some tweaks have to be made to let the build shine in this patch.

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Vulgarny wrote:

I dont know how you can feel squishy when you just roll over pretty every map you can think of. Except the core ofc. That boss is bleh to fight. I got 4,5 k HP & 47k dps on 5l and pretty much killed everything that is except Core with my char.

About Shadow&Dust....They are great to speed up mapping. Its perma 50-80% MS

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Vulgarny wrote:

I suggest take out 20% crit chance and take arrow dancing. I also run rippy maps like Elemental reflect with -13 max res and some dmg mods for example and still I dont have problems. Maybe you should just generally shoot and kill offscreen instead of running into packs? As I said I run lvl 10-12 rippy maps with no problems. Offscreen killing packs ftw;p
I cant guess what is a problem? I got unbuffed 47k dps(only golem/wrath/herald on) 53% crit chance and 490 crit multi. I just one shoot packs offscreen.

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djnat wrote:

Ok, so you are a Deadeye.

I'd suggest this passive tree.

This is the Acuity version. I personally hate Vaal Pact, but you can use it (as you are doing currently) if you can't get / don't like Acuity.

Forces of Nature and the "3 points" jewel sockets are obviously the last passive points to get.

Master of the Arena is also useless when running Vaal Pact.

As to your gear, you can get more life from belt, amulet and quiver if you really need it.

I am playing a Voltaxic Pathfinder and feel just fine with 5k HP, I felt squishy while leveling and prior to perfecting my gear because I had like 4.2k in the initial stages, but now my defenses are pretty solid and my last death was a lot of time ago.

I'm running Phase Acrobatics + Atziri's step, as of 2.3 spell dodge (46%) is really a strong option. You can get to spell dodge cap (75%) if you run Vaal Grace in place of Vaal Clarity.

Arrow dancing is a very good choice for a single passive point.