2.3 Pathfinder - CoC Blocker 9.5k ES 71% block 75% Spell block Uber/Core Viable [Videos inside]

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Nicol wrote:

So I recently rolled this and I've picked up pretty much entry-level gear, with the exception of the multimod dagger I bought last night. I'm level 82 and haven't run anything past t10 since my map pool just isn't developed yet, but no issues there, my only death was to not flasking a phys reflect map initially. I had a few questions:

1. Why does no one run Conqueror's potency, is it just not necessary? I could only get a 30/10 rumi's so I don't quite have capped spellblock, I think I'm 71/71 with tempest shield up. In addition, it has some pretty nice curse effectiveness + it amplifies the other flasks, dunno I think the jewel is pretty good.

2. Does my tree look fine? I'm going for path of the savant, then the spell crit/dmg in witch, maybe the socket first. I feel like spell crit is really overkill especially since I'm at 49% before diamond flask on bladefall, multi is the stat that will really give damage.

Tree

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https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAIDAQHRBx4NfA5IDlwPqxEvEVARlhXXFe0WvxmKGyUgbiL0JIsknSchKgsqOCsKLL80CjW5N0w3Zj1fRA1FfkZxSVFJsUuuTLNQMFJTVL1WY1xAXfJfamJaaoxq-mwLbRlvnnBSdf13B3-Wf8aDCYRvhMWGrocTidOMNo2Sj_qTJ5UulciWi5cGl5WX9Ju1nKSfbaEvotmnK6_rsNi0DLVIuZO-isMJwzrEosedyBTI8MrT0NDTftRC1bnXz9lb217fmOkC6rrrY-v17Bjveu-I8NXyHfVv9z35N_4J

3. What should be my goal for gear upgrades? Is the helmet my weakest piece? Most of them were <10c except the obvious ones so I can save up a few ex and get a decent helm, gloves I feel like don't get much more ES on them and get expensive fast. Alternatively I could go the long grind to skyforths, but thats weeks of effort unless I get lucky so I'm not really considering it as an option just yet.

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Xentos78 wrote:

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About those gloves,I'd rather not use them since I need high ES (200+) gloves with tri res or double res+attack speed.You don't need the crit since you have 100% with power charges and diamond flask.

I know that you would need high Es/res Gloves but i pointed what you lose for going low life

So first of you are never @ 100 % Crit chance refering to

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/437505

and you get 30% additional chaos damage at least while mapping constantly up

and the 40+ crit multi is also very nice for me i very well fitting item to this build (except for uber)

Have Fun

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IlyaK1986 wrote:

Honestly, to those saying "Vaal Regalia", IMO, there's a much more underrated armor you may want to use--Atziri's Splendor, or go shopping for a high ES green/blue armor, if you're sticking with CI.

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Orangesilk wrote:

Regarding the lvl 4 Empower vs Conc Effect vs Cont Dest:

Empower:

Bladefall changes from 380-570 to 500-750 from lvls 20-23 for 31% MORE damage (since this is multiplied by the increased and the more damage modifiers, it works identically to a more damage modifier). This is spell damage, so it doesn't double dip for poison

BV goes from 108-162 to 131-197 for 21% more damage, not a huge change since BV isn't our main source of damage.

CoC goes from 69% to 72% so not much change here. (You -could- count it as 3% more damage... kinda)

ICS goes from 88% and 1.9% to 94% and 2.1%, the change to base crit make it a significant change but not gamebreaking.

It has a 125% mana multiplier.

The exact effect this would have on your damage depends on your crit chance and stuff, but it'd be a safe assumtpion to calculate it around 35% MORE damage.
It has to be considered that if using a pure blue chest (only int requirements) this gem would force you to run 5-off colours... Along with the price of the gem itself (11ex) this might be a pricey choice.

Controlled destruction:

Cont destruction sports a 44% MORE damage, but it comes at the price of 100% reduced (so it's substracted from increased modifiers you have) critical chance, which will mostly end up affecting flask recharge rate, this is significant against single targets. Note that this is spell damage, it doesn't double-dip for poison.

It has a 130% mana multiplier.

Concentrated effect:

Conc effect gives you 59% MORE damage, this is area damage so poison double-dips from it (for an insane 150% MORE poison damage).

It comes at the drawback of the 25% LESS area of effect, this hurts a bit since it also decreases the effect of the Blast Radius nodes we were picking up on the witch side of the tree. It hurts the clearing speed but greatly increases the DPS.

It's important to note, a smaller area increases the overlap area of bladefall waves, giving a potential (and really hard to calculate) increase in single-target DPS.

It has 140% mana multiplier.

So, in conclusion:

Empower gives you the least damage of the three choices, in exchange for more crits (for faster refilling) less mana multiplier and a bit higher chance to proc CoC. This is also the most expensive choice currency wise (11ex for the gem, and then some for colouring your chest).

Conc effect gives you the most damage of the three choices (by FAR), in exchange for less AoE for clearing and the highest mana multiplier of the three.

Cont destruction gives you a happy medium of damage and manacost, with the drawback being that less crits means that flasks are recharging a bit slower.

As a final note:

Each Bladefall wave deals 380-570 while Ethereal Knives deal 459–688, this means that if enemies are getting hit by a single wave, socketing EK instead of a support represents 120% MORE damage increase, if it's getting hit by two waves it becomes 60% MORE damage, and on the RARE case of a mob getting hit by three waves it becomes a 40% MORE damage increase, all while giving you additional crit procs for flask refill, and on a 100% mana multiplier (so the least mana cost of ALL choices).

This makes EK as a third spell comparable in damage to Conc effect, with less mana multiplier and no AoE penalty, and additional crit instances. It's almost strictly better than Cont destruction (Visibility is a huge factor here though, you have to know what's going on). Though getting 5 greens on a Vaal Regalia sounds like a pain.

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Orangesilk wrote:

Regarding the lvl 4 Empower vs Conc Effect vs Cont Dest:

Empower:

Bladefall changes from 380-570 to 500-750 from lvls 20-23 for 31% MORE damage (since this is multiplied by the increased and the more damage modifiers, it works identically to a more damage modifier). This is spell damage, so it doesn't double dip for poison

BV goes from 108-162 to 131-197 for 21% more damage, not a huge change since BV isn't our main source of damage.

CoC goes from 69% to 72% so not much change here. (You -could- count it as 3% more damage... kinda)

ICS goes from 88% and 1.9% to 94% and 2.1%, the change to base crit make it a significant change but not gamebreaking.

It has a 125% mana multiplier.

The exact effect this would have on your damage depends on your crit chance and stuff, but it'd be a safe assumtpion to calculate it around 35% MORE damage.
It has to be considered that if using a pure blue chest (only int requirements) this gem would force you to run 5-off colours... Along with the price of the gem itself (11ex) this might be a pricey choice.

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Can rainbowstrides + a reckless defense jewel be enough for spellblock cap? I'm looking at upgrading away from rathpith, but I don't really want to use a lazhwar ammy if I can help it