[2.5] Greedy Roomba - MF Blade Vortex Assassin (63/329) - Atziri Viable - Solo T10+ (37/40) [Videos]

You can see previous Twitch Broadcasts here: https://www.twitch.tv/mr_g__/profile

Culling Guardians in Standard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21CVdHYgTPM

MFing Abyss 2.4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htSOoaQINWw

Core Clear 2.4: https://youtu.be/84QWsLRFu1E

Testing the extent of the 2.4 nerf: https://youtu.be/Wg_Wi_jhUWA?t=50

Essence Crafting makes a 4L Endgame Viable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpIi_-0bH0o

Reduced Flask Charges Used Test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfrRcAHwcwk&ab_channel=MrGxyz

Uber Atziri Deathless with Cospri's DPS gear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMPrEN669WU&ab_channel=MrGxyz

Testing Inquisitor full Physical to Elemental conversion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2n3O8wpVMk

First Atziri attempt in MF gear: https://youtu.be/ZkIVZkqJZAg

Twinned T15 Abyss + Temp Chains in MF gear: https://youtu.be/YwG74schntE
Twinned T15 Abyss with Cospri's DPS gear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bplp9wGr40E

Twinned Courtyard + Ele Weakness: https://youtu.be/2_MKSGq337A

Boss kill compilation: https://youtu.be/_Hi_OL6v06c

Perandus Manor: https://youtu.be/uv-j9DZDm8s

Farming Corrupting Darkshrine in Labyrinth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67ZSUlPTDHk

General mapping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DabDXWLDvAg

Deathless Atziri run on the 3rd attempt: https://youtu.be/ZFYHhlIw2-w

Finishing 36/40 with Phys Reflect Vaal Temple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94xY_RsVKa4

Credit to "3nitro" for help optimising.

When able to afford them return to act 1/3 to buy additional Blade Vortex (or Bladefall) gems to level in the off hand for 20/20.

Gems that have to be traded for: Warlord's Mark, Purity of Fire, Increased Duration, Blood Magic, Immortal Call.

4L: Whirling Blades + Faster Attacks + Fortify + Blood Magic (you won't need the BM gem once you hit lvl 70+)

3L: Increased Duration + Vaal Haste + Vaal Clarity

3-4L: Blasphemy + Warlord's Mark + Hatred (+ Enlighten but not necessary)

3-4L: CwDT (lvl 9) + Immortal Call (lvl 11) + Duration + Lightning Golem (or Flame Golem / Molten Shell) (lvl 11)

2-3L: Flame Dash + Blood Rage + Faster Casting

Blade Vortex Link Priority: Spell Echo > AoE > Item Rarity > Controlled Destruction > Physical to Lightning > Added Fire > Crit Multiplier > Poison > Added Cold (for freeze) > Increased Duration > Empower > Faster Casting.

My 6L based on the colours I could chrom on Greed's Embrace (3B, 2R, G):
Blade Vortex + Spell Echo + AoE + Item Rarity + Added Fire + Increased Duration (or Empower).

My optimal set-up on a Greed's Embrace (4B, R, G):
Blade Vortex + Spell Echo + AoE + Item Rarity + Controlled Destruction + Added Fire.

Budget Flasks:

Endgame Flasks:

Strengths:
Power charges are generated for free by the Assassin's Unstable Infusion as long as you have under 90% critical strike chance at 6 power charges.
3 second automatic Immortal Call.
Shatter Porcupines with enough damage/crit multi.
15 second Vaal Haste and 26 second Vaal Clarity.
Able to do no regen maps. Take a mana flask if you really want, but Warlord's Mark is usually enough.
Physical and elemental reflect are fine. If they hurt try using physical to lightning or turning off hatred respectively.
Easy Dried Lake clearing, blood rage + vaal haste with whirling blades makes it really fast, all you need it 6-8 stacks of blade vortex to 1 shot most packs once you have Deadly Infusion.
MF up to T9 maps currently without dying, balancing life and rarity gear is required sometimes, but once you have 4k life in MF gear you should be safe.
Levelled with it from day one and was Rank 80th by the 18th hour when I stopped.

Weaknesses:
Corrupting blood. I recommend using a long duration immunity to bleed flask such as a granite or jade flask for this.
Molten shell.
Thorns. Either swap to Bladefall to kill or only attack when thorns is not active. Or use Saffell's Frame in combination with Rumi's Concoction.
Melee to mid-range. Fortify with whirling blades helps and Vaal Pact usually keeps you alive but Bearers, Volatiles and powerful crit rares should still be fought with caution.
Curse Immune magic packs will not provide the 2% leech from Warlord's Mark try not to whirl into the middle of them unless you have the 0.5% leech enchant on boots.
Stationary some of the time. It's best to close the distance quickly against ranged mobs so that you can leech with VP.

You can completely remove your physical damage if you don't want to deal with physical reflect damage in maps, just swap your weapon for Moonbender's Wing and swap Controlled Destruction for Physical to Lighting:

Bandits: Kill all, Kill all, Help Alira for +1 Power charge.
You can help Oak in normal if you want the +40 HP, but I may respec this character to low life, which would make that pointless.

Ascendancy: Unstable Infusion, Deadly Infusion. The next two are up to you, if you want to MF and have free culling go with Ambush + Assassinate or if you have a way to apply poison go with Noxious Strike + Toxic Delivery.

Vaal Pact: You don't need this until 85+ or until you want to do Atziri or start to feel the damage from reflect.

Blood Rage:I sustain Blood Rage using a regenerating health potion on my second slot, and then when combat has stopped I weapon swap to turn off Blood Rage - this is achieved by having it on a weapon or shield and then pressing X.

Mana management can be achieved by using a mana flask as you level, try to get one that just restores enough mana for you to cast vortex, without filling up to quickly. A flask like this is all you need to get to 50 stacks until you get Vaal Clarity. Once you have Warlord's Mark you won't need a mana flask unless you want to get to 50 stacks prior to a boss fight, that can be replaced with Vaal Clarity once you have it.


Levelling with Bladefall until around 60 is easier, but you can use Blade Vortex against bosses and rares.

Blasphemy + Warlord's Mark and Hatred, you can link them all to Enlighten to allow you to cast more BV stacks before engaging.

You don't need Divinarius for this build - the best dagger will be one with stats close to those shown in the "Maximising DPS" section, a cheap early dagger for me in Prophecy League is this one:

Ventor's Gamble: http://poe.trade/search/hahatahaohotuh
Rumi's Concoction: http://poe.trade/search/tonowotaitadag
Dagger (search for crit multi or cheapest): http://poe.trade/search/iyasichokosaki

Priority for stats: Life > Crit multi > Spell Damage > Attack speed > Rarity > Resists if you need them.

My Current Jewels:

Level 93: http://imgur.com/HKZgHOk

DPS gear + Vaal Haste (15s) + Atziri Flask + AoE: http://imgur.com/ZwBiXRd.jpg

DPS gear + Vaal Haste + Atziri Flask + Conc: http://imgur.com/GEReJCz.jpg

MF Gear + Vaal Haste + Flask + AoE: http://i.imgur.com/Kuxg2II.jpg
Special DPS: http://imgur.com/YDvT7iv.jpg

For this build I used to dual wield Divinarius for the quality of life that the 20% AoE adds, it allows you to keep a safe distance from Volatile rares while you kill them and gives a greater coverage if you swap one of them for a Heartbreaker to cull in a party.

Edit: I now use Sentari's Answer shield for the 8% quantity and high block chance.

The highest DPS you could attain from daggers would be one with stats like this:
50%+ spell damage
1-100+ added lightning damage to spells (for shock chance)
25-50+ added cold damage to spells
30%+ critical strike multiplier
80%+ spell crit (this is not so important if you reach 85% crit easily without it)
20%+ attack speed (for whirling blades clear speed)

With a bit of tweaking to the gem setup (i.e. no whirling blades) I believe the best DPS would be achieved with dual Void Battery - the fact that crit multi scales with the number of power charges makes them add an additional 16% multi but also give a whopping 240% spell damage with the current power charges or 290% spell damage if the tree was changed to pick up the Templar power charges as well.

A well rolled Shadow and Dust will also give more DPS, aside from that Facebreakers give a nice 90% crit multi for that tooltip DPS boosting glory.

Twinned Abyss Solo Clear: http://imgur.com/LObXeQO

Insane 18% Reflect Excavation (140% IIQ, 50% IIR, 40% Pack Size): http://imgur.com/tcZhIrJ

Arena Twinned:http://i.imgur.com/vGeUJgJ.jpg
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Way too much loot: http://i.imgur.com/gB0phI9.jpg

Atziri: http://imgur.com/dbDIk9y.jpg
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Acton's Nightmare: http://imgur.com/OMXwVB3

4 x Whakawairua Tuahu in Light Radius Gear: http://imgur.com/a/WLAGZ

Beyond Bosses: http://imgur.com/KWzzr4q

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Sold a Hegemony's Era for 3 Ex.

And I just found this, will have to balance some resists to use it: