[2.4] "The Lawn Mower™" God Tier Blade Vortex / UBER & SHAPER deathless / with video! Atlas Ready!

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Arkamius wrote:

dummy question that probably already got answered,

does

can replace

? with the instatly life leech? (i know instant crit life leech is almost every hit with this crit chance build? will it work (i understand that i loose some ES from my pool but will it work?

What do you mean with "will it work"?
What the gloves actually provide is instant leech with crit builds, instant leech is provided by Vaal Pact Keynode which is already on our passive node path (if you run Pathfinder).

So this Gloves provide exactly 1 passive point, which is not useless. But you loose out on
a) a LOT of Energy Shield (gloves can have around 250-300 ES currently), or
b) a LOT of damage (Facebreaker's +90% crit damage)
(or some crit chance and attack speed quality of life, if you go Maligaro's)

Usually Atziri Acuity are used if you are not near Vaal Pact, or want to still be able to regenerate life (does not help in this build as we are on CI or LowLife) or want the stats of the gloves in addition to the passive point (life based crit bow build comes to mind for example).

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SticKyGreeNzlNY wrote:

whats goood cap,

great guide, curious on your thoughts vs the other heralds over HoI. HoT has more leech /w vinktars but prob less dmg than HoI/HoA. HoA could have highest boss dps?... curious on your thought. ik HoI quality wil scale hatred damage. curious if you think HoA will out dps on single target.

thanks,
LocKitUPP

I did not check the actual numbers yet, but I am pretty sure that it will be a choice of the following:

a) A bit more leech and some quality of life with Herald of Thunder (opens some vases etc. with the lightning), a bit more trouble on ele reflect maps (not sure, but I think the lightning strokes can be reflected)
b) A lot of quality of life when mapping with Herald of Ice (the Chain-explosion on frozen enemies is just soo good combined with Hatred aura to actually freeze consistently)
c) Just get raw damage for single target boss with Herald of Ash

Unfortunately they are all different colors, so it's not easy to change them "on the fly" except if you have a white socket somewhere that fits your setup.

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NomCarver wrote:

Hey Guys, just picked up a skyforth, and decided to switch builds from ED/cont to the lawnmower. Loving it so far, but I have a few questions:

1)I've seen people with 45k tooltip DPS completely unbuffed by auras/flasks etc. The highest I've seen mine go in hideout without buffs is 25k. And with buffs, I top out at ~60k, nowhere near the 200k mark that I've seen screenshots of. What can I improve on my gear to get closer to those bench marks? (gear below)

2) I'm currently running emp4 - echo - conc effec - crit damage - controlled dest- BV in my 6link. Would I be better off dropping EMP4 for increased crits or added chaos? I've seen a lot of people on 5 blue one green and I'm wondering if that's because EMP isn't as good, or because it's easier to roll/acquire.

3) I'm having trouble keeping vinktar up 24/7. I don't have overflowing chalice yet, just read about that one, but for the Maze of the Minotaur boss, I'm getting consistently 1-2 shot, and as soon as vinktar's flask effect drops, I die. I'm at 8.3k es with discipline up. Is this not enough defenses, or do I need to find a better way to sustain vinktar?

4) Is my aura set-up good? Right now I've got Herald - Disc - BM - Clarity, and hatred - haste - blas - warlord's mark. I like warlords for the convenience factor mapping, but I feel like I could do better on auras. I have 2 enlighten 3s, no en4s.

Gear Below:

Spoiler

Let me know what I should be working on.

Hey guys, I still have no idea what I'm doing. Can anybody elaborate on any of these questions?

I am currently sitting at around 55k DPS (unbuffed, only auras) but I am pretty much already on top end on what I can reach alone.

Check my gear and tree: IGN: IP_Icarus
(forget the mana flask for now, had to use it for a no-regen map)

Your gear is already pretty good imho.

I found out via "Path of Building" offline tool that the Force Shaper cluster on the top right is actually pretty good (if you also get the Force Shaper node too, the other one's are just plain 12% dmg nodes). Better than Throatseeker actually, I respecced out of 1 power charge (the one on the right) as well as the Spell dmg on power charge node, lost a few percent crit (~3 I think) but went from around 46k to 55k damage.

Reason for this is that I do not have THAT much spell damage on gear (80% on dagger, around 20 on amulet, none on shield) so the percent from the tree matter a lot.

I am also already using Facebreaker for the 90% crit multi, instead of maligaro. The only thing Maligaro provides better than Facebreaker is 50% crit chance as well as Dex and 5% attack speed. I don't need the Dex or Attack Speed actually, and I happily give up 50% crit CHANCE for 50% crit MULTI.

I also used the Magnate which can provide up to 40% inc. phys damage, which is a lot too and it also provides A LOT of flask charges in addition (to offset the lower crit chance because I have no Ice Golem and no Maligaro's).
Of course, I loose out on the ES from a Crystal Belt AND a lot of resistances. Check my jewels ... that's why I can afford to go all-out on DPS gear.



Empower 4 is ok, but honestly you loose out on Increased Crit Strikes in your setup which provides A LOT of additional flask charges (remember, you only gain flask charges on CRIT). Of course you are not able to keep up Vinktar all the time. Not even I can do that with a 81% Vinktar flask and Overflowing Chalice. There are always times where you misclick or it's just not up because the single target went out of your blade vortex and you loose out charges. (I needed Warlord's Mark instead of Assassin's Mark for the guardians, to help maintain ES)



Honestly ... forget the 200k screenshot from OP. Such DPS screenshots don't tell anything, I got > 150k yesterday with a Guardian support while he also used War Cry for even more damage. I think he only missed Wrath on the Auras, otherwise excellent support.
Also, OP uses legacy (amulet with 70% crit multi) and mirrored gear. Cannot compare with that.

Those numbers mean nothing whether you are good or not.

I need help guys, do I prioritize crit multi or spell damage on amulet?(Apparently I don't have both in 1 ammy) As for Witch, is it necessary to take vaal pact with life leech or vice versa?

Arcane vision is not required or u missed it from Ranger Skill Tree?

With this Ascendency and Flask setup how do you handle corrupted blood and freeze/chill? The 'Master Alchemist' Node seems so enticing just for the immunity to freeze/chill/shock.

I have died twice to corrupted blood so I am thinking I will drop the 'Master Herbalist' Node and take Master Alchemist instead. This will allow me to swap the shock immunity on my flask to bleed immunity.

Your thoughts?

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__SirPuFFaLoT__ wrote:

With this Ascendency and Flask setup how do you handle corrupted blood and freeze/chill? The 'Master Alchemist' Node seems so enticing just for the immunity to freeze/chill/shock.

I have died twice to corrupted blood so I am thinking I will drop the 'Master Herbalist' Node and take Master Alchemist instead. This will allow me to swap the shock immunity on my flask to bleed immunity.

Your thoughts?

I'm not as good as OP, but I've been using Nature's Adrenaline --> Master Surgeon (remove bleed on flask use) & Nature's Boon --> Master Alchemist for the Elemental Immunity

Here's my gears...it's coming along. Still don't have Skyforths :(

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Kiritsu wrote:

I need help guys, do I prioritize crit multi or spell damage on amulet?(Apparently I don't have both in 1 ammy) As for Witch, is it necessary to take vaal pact with life leech or vice versa?

Multi for sure, it's the best way to scale this build's damage. With witch, if you are not using a legacy vinktar's then yes, VP is required.

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Fedega wrote:

Arcane vision is not required or u missed it from Ranger Skill Tree?

It is personal preference. I personally do not use it, as it's not needed for the content I run. Such as uber atziri, shaper, and the " go to " maps like gorge, plat, quay, atoll, etc etc.

Your mileage may vary, but i prefer using that point somewhere else.

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prfct1on wrote:

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Fedega wrote:

Arcane vision is not required or u missed it from Ranger Skill Tree?

It is personal preference. I personally do not use it, as it's not needed for the content I run. Such as uber atziri, shaper, and the " go to " maps like gorge, plat, quay, atoll, etc etc.

Your mileage may vary, but i prefer using that point somewhere else.

I undedrstand, i payed arcane vision and vaal pact, since i dont have legacy flask...
Here´s my gear, pls tell me what to upgrade next !

I use mana potion because i dont have mana regen on amulet and dagger