[outdated] King of the Forest (Crit version)

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WeanaFlo wrote:

Hey folks

Thank you for this great and enjoyable build. i started dual flame totem templar and had big trouble with breaches. than i swapped to the kotf build and i LOVE it. great aoe, speed, and fun. You die, if you fail to dodge and you MELT breaches and rares in breaches.

i returned to poe after 1 or 2 seasons absent (did perandus with a sparker) and killed atziri only once. i don't know what a uber lab or uber atziri looks and feels like but before i invest my mats (offering of goddes 2/4) i wanted to ask:

what is the minimum on gear/level/hp/resist i should have to not fail completly doing a uber lab for the last 8 ascendency points?

My gear is okay for the maps i ve done so far, but its far from great. i try to get my masters to 7 for the chaos enchant on rings while looking for cheap rares. Meanwhile i level a total of 5 added chaos damage support gems. i don't have any jewel sockets specced yet.

Appreciate any help/advice.

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My personal experience on izaro, initially I had 6L and alot of stuff and will still fail lab 50/50, but after that I get used to the way to shoot. Just build up frenzy charge while running around, then only use barrage when he stops and doesn't atk (example like when he stand still, wave his hand to summon minion) 2 barrage is only required with good gear, with 5L and gears like yours, just add another 2 barrage should kill it.

Just remember to only barrage when you have max charge, then use diamond to blast izaro. For starting, try on days which there is no speed/dmg enhance mechanism like essence & charge disruptor.

PS: the reply above (thaya) is very good explanation .

5K life should be minimum requirements, unless you really good with this build. 5.5k is recommended. I use this build first time, and did uber with 5.1k life, but I almost dead on last phase :) I'm not good with the build at that point.

Which gem is more important in 5l for LA: slower projectiles or increased critical strikes? I don't have a +1 drillneck, nor Reach of the council so far so running LMP in the 5l. Also I don't have the toxic delivery yet. With increased critical strikes gem I'm at 82.8% crit chance with all charges. Without increased critical strikes I'm at 61.9%. The tooltip dps with slower proj. is a little higher but I doubt I can really trust it.

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korgan_bloodaxe wrote:

Which gem is more important in 5l for LA: slower projectiles or increased critical strikes? I don't have a +1 drillneck, nor Reach of the council so far so running LMP in the 5l. Also I don't have the toxic delivery yet. With increased critical strikes gem I'm at 82.8% crit chance with all charges. Without increased critical strikes I'm at 61.9%. The tooltip dps with slower proj. is a little higher but I doubt I can really trust it.

OP already laid out the link in order, increase crit is better then slower proj. Reason being toxic delivery double poison dmg on crit. I initially used LMP on opus, but after switching without LMP, it's just totally fine

Hello there guys,

currently running the Cospri's will version (since i had a lucky drop+ 6S 5L ) on top of having 6L max rolls Reach of the Council. The thing is , I do no have Vulnerability on hit gloves (either rare or snakebites). Since I will be able to dual curse, should I link Frenzy with Faster attacks, Curse on hit + Vulnerability to compensate the current state ?

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JayJayFly wrote:

Hello there guys,

currently running the Cospri's will version (since i had a lucky drop+ 6S 5L ) on top of having 6L max rolls Reach of the Council. The thing is , I do no have Vulnerability on hit gloves (either rare or snakebites). Since I will be able to dual curse, should I link Frenzy with Faster attacks, Curse on hit + Vulnerability to compensate the current state ?

Buy gloves with "Curse with Temporal Chains on hit", they are cheap and very effective. In addition to that, since you can dual curse, run that setup you mentioned (Frenzy, Faster Attacks, CoH, Vulnerability). I do that myself (though without Cospri), works well.

i can't do uber lab by my char(Archerismylife), getting oneshot by any Izaro's ability, what wrong with me or gear? Can someone explain please?

5.1k HP, ~10k evas ratio, capped res except chaos.

P.S. tier 12-13maps - deathless

It may have been answered before, but I don't feel like digging through 188 pages.

1st question:

Why do you take Unstable Infusion and Deadly Infusion? Since you're nearly crit capped, is the 10% chance to get a Power Charge on non crit enough to generate them? (I don't see any other way of doing so in your build). Wouldn't Ambush and Assassinate be better?

2nd question:

Poison takes 8% of Chaos and Physical damage. So what's the benefit of having Chaos damage instead of Physical damage everywhere on your stuff since you don't get any passive to scale Chaos damage?

As mentionned, sorry if it has already been answered :)

Hi, first of all, thanks a lot.
I'm currently level 67 and I was dying to some bosses. I remember dying a lot for daresso and the other fire mob. I am following your guide since I created my account, but I didn't buy any of your itens, until yesterday.
Edit: I know I'm using not the right itens, but it already feel perfect. The speed that I walk plus the AOE doesnt let me die anymore. The barrage + frenzy + blood rage in insane. Great job OP!


Some of my past itens:



Then, I came direct to this:


About how much I invested:



I'm using Blood rage a lot, holy damage. I still have to pick up more life, even though I'm sitting on 3k right now.
I have 66% chance to evade with grace on and 90% fire,121% cold and 94% lightning.

What should I upgrade now? I'm uploading an image of my stuff so you can see that I can't buy things pretty expensive.


I also have a problem, 75% pierce change in basic attack. I use pierce gems because you recommended... but I guess I should do something else, not sure.
Another problem: I have 4 links on my Boots and the only gem that I use is Ice Gollem.
In the helmet something familiar: I have 4 links but only use decoy totem. My Vaal Haste doesn't get activated. How should I do it? AM I doing something wrong? Is it because of the Decoy?

Here is my current three, still have to pick some life nodes.



Oh, the gems:
The first have:15% chance of projectiles piercing and 10% increased project damage.
The other has +20 DEX and +6% to all resistances.

Edit: I did my first maps today. Until witch tier am I going to be able to do? With this current build. And which Item should I improve in order to upgrade the tier.

I guess that's it.
Feel free to comment anything about my stuff guys. Thanks. I started poe for a Month I guess. Still learning.

Here's my take on the build, I didn't enjoy the utility limitations on having two main skills, so I went with a swap setup. It's mostly the same tree though, so you guys might find some way to optimize the tree with this playstyle.

I also didn't enjoy how little my power charges seemed to be maxed, so I went with an assassin's mark > curse on hit > herald of thunder setup

This build is obviously very powerful, but I couldn't get into it, for whatever reason. Also, I found that enemies that move a lot, like Warbands and some Rogues were incredibly annoying to kill.

Would love to get feedback, thanks.

Hi, thanks for the build.

I wanted to ask why no phase acrobatics?

Also can you guide me in what should be my next gear upgrade? thinking of reach or extra arrow drillneck


I don't know how to post my char but its the level 86 assassin in hardcore breach