[2.5 Video Guide] Beginner's Earthquake, Tanky/High DPS Build Guide! [HC/SC Viable]

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SumoFlorist wrote:

Thanks jayjamins for the points, no idea how that node below golems blood got away from me o_O...
Another question tho, what are your (jayjamins and all other ppl reading this) thoughts on immortal call? - i can keep 5-6 endurance charges up most of the time which equals to 24% physical reduction and ele resis, is it really worth having it procc at all those random times eating my endurance charges? I mean it doesnt protect me from onehits since it goes off AFTER the hit that triggers it and groups of porcupines or something SHOULD be survivable with granite + basalt *i think*, are there any viable alternatives like i dont know artic breath + gmp or something that can actually reduca ALL incoming damage for a period of time or am i still better off with immortal call? -- keep in mind i'm playing in HC so any death is a no go for me...

Edit: i mean instead of the cwdt immortal call molten shell 4link one could also run some kind of minion damage soaker for example zombies + minion life + minion and totem resistance + hmm maybe blind?

Or 2x vaal summon skeletons?

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jayjamins wrote:

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SumoFlorist wrote:

Thanks jayjamins for the points, no idea how that node below golems blood got away from me o_O...
Another question tho, what are your (jayjamins and all other ppl reading this) thoughts on immortal call? - i can keep 5-6 endurance charges up most of the time which equals to 24% physical reduction and ele resis, is it really worth having it procc at all those random times eating my endurance charges? I mean it doesnt protect me from onehits since it goes off AFTER the hit that triggers it and groups of porcupines or something SHOULD be survivable with granite + basalt *i think*, are there any viable alternatives like i dont know artic breath + gmp or something that can actually reduca ALL incoming damage for a period of time or am i still better off with immortal call? -- keep in mind i'm playing in HC so any death is a no go for me...

Edit: i mean instead of the cwdt immortal call molten shell 4link one could also run some kind of minion damage soaker for example zombies + minion life + minion and totem resistance + hmm maybe blind?

Or 2x vaal summon skeletons?

I dropped Immortal Call a while ago. My biggest issues were surviving higher tier bosses, 15+. Like you said, Immortal Call would maybe buy me 3 seconds but without a way to quickly generate or sustain Endurance Charges on bosses I would actually start taking way more damage.

Compared to this build, I've dropped the Frenzy charge from passive tree, and plan on swapping the Bandits Frenzy for the Endurance.

Still trying to figure out a good CWDT. I might try something related to Blind, but for now I'm using Vortex, Molten Shell, Increased Duration.

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TigerSpook wrote:

I copied the build as well as I could. I ran the toon up to level 89 without any real issues other than my lack of skill.

I have a 6L chest and a 5L Marohi. My gear is pretty common otherwise:

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I have trouble with reflect missions; in fact I stopped playing them. Otherwise no real issues. I've been through Merciless Labyrinth and can handle the tier 12 maps that I have found.

I'll experiment this evening with moving the Ancestral Warchief to the 6L. I learned from the last reflect missions that a 10k dps Earthquake kills the yard trash. I have 32k dps not counting frenzy charges. This will reduce to 22k dps or so using the 5L.

I am a little confused on if it matters if the Ancestral Warchief is in the Marohi or in the chest armor. Does it matter?

EDIT - it matters. As it turns out, I think the build is better through Tier 11 maps, anyway, when the Ancestral Warchief is in the Marohi. It pretty much eradicates everything in a large area (thanks to said Marohi's built-in AoE). If the Marohi were a 6-link, it would be pretty brutal. The issue with Earthquake being in the Marohi is that the Warchief can't saw though packs quickly enough and you end up taking time to kill white mobs.