[2.6] The Sentinel - Double Strike Multistrike Life Leech Duelist

This is my Double Multi-strike, endless life leech, high run speed Duelist.



But Xeno, why a Double Strike Duelist?

I've always been fascinated with a build that can get an attack speed so high that the skill just looks like a blur when used. A build is more than just a neat mechanic, so I sat down and looked over the ascendancies and passive tree and thought to myself this is possible with the right defensive mechanic.

Thus life leech with the slayer was chosen because leech doesn't stop at full life and even if an attack missed the target another one was right behind it.

I heard rumor that with DS u have two instances of leech, is this right?

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Bash wrote:

I heard rumor that with DS u have two instances of leech, is this right?

According to the leech changes, each hit will generate an instance of leech. Since double strike hits twice (or six times with multistrike), it will generate two (or six) instances per enemy hit.

How do you handle reflect? (Not trying to be a wise ass - I like your build).

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Makivante wrote:

How do you handle reflect? (Not trying to be a wise ass - I like your build).

Once you get the Uber lab points you reduce all phys reflect by 50% and your leech should easily handle the rest, though you do have some leech dedicated to that so enemy damage will start to hurt more. Elemental reflect shouldn't hurt too much assuming have hatred giving you somewhere around 30% of phys as extra cold and you leech heavily off your phys damage.

Until you get those last two points from Uber its a matter of just being aware of any mobs that have reflect and making sure you flask and use double strike slowly until you see how you do.

I haven't noticed any huge problems with reflect even in maps with phys reflect aside from having less leech to protect me from enemies attacks.

I love the look of this build. Slayer leech builds always looked appealing, and I think this is the one that I'll start experimenting with.

Do you know if this is Uber Atziri and Shaper viable? Have you tried, and if not, what do you think?

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BlimpAtomic wrote:

I love the look of this build. Slayer leech builds always looked appealing, and I think this is the one that I'll start experimenting with.

Do you know if this is Uber Atziri and Shaper viable? Have you tried, and if not, what do you think?

I haven't tried either yet, but Im very confidant I could take on Uber Atziri. Shaper map I don't know very much about and the only guardian I have done is Phoenix, but I believe Minotaur would be easy for this build. The last two guardians might be a bit much but I will have to try them if I can get my hands on their maps.

Thanks for posting the build Xeno. I was looking for a good non-Vaal Pact leech build and this has been it. So far I have been really amazed at the pace of leech without Vaal Pact, and with pretty decent regen and leech that doesn't stop at full health, it doesn't feel as "Oh sh%$ I need to hit something to survive" as my VP character does.

The build has forced me to find some creative ways to come up with endurance charges, as I do not have a six link and did not want to take up a socket on my five link, and warlords ED on kill does not help much on bosses with few spawns. I have been using vengeance and riposte with ED on stun and stun support for a while now and it seems pretty effective. I also use Hegemony's Era and took the Elementalist staff node that gives 10% to get endurance charge on crit, which helps in longer fights against bosses with fewer/slower attacks. The most creative way to generate them I have come up with (taking inspiration from the worm blaster builds) is using low level CWDT with low level blade vortex and an increased crit strike or power charge on crit support. The number of crits I get from this augments those from the primary double-strike attack and feels like it fills up endurance charges quicker.


The power charges and block chance are an added bonus of the staff and staff nodes, so I inadvertently made a crit and block version of your build.

Do you find yourself ever needing to hit enduring cry, or do you always run with ED on stun in your primary 6-link?

Lots of fun. With the leech, endurance charges, arctic armor, regen/endurance charge, 20% cull and overall amazing damage from 2H, this is the most fun, fastest and most survivable build I have played so far.

Once I get dumped back in standard, I might play around with different weapons and options, but so far, the staff is working great. Starforge seems incredible, but is likely a long time away for me. Kongor's maul looks quite nice, and I have a pretty decent one, so I might try that next as it also voids the necessity of accuracy in nodes or gear.

Thanks again for the great build.

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sgoer wrote:

Do you find yourself ever needing to hit enduring cry, or do you always run with ED on stun in your primary 6-link?

Lots of fun. With the leech, endurance charges, arctic armor, regen/endurance charge, 20% cull and overall amazing damage from 2H, this is the most fun, fastest and most survivable build I have played so far.

I actually can't remember a time when I have ever needed Endurance charge on stun in a boss fight during my time leveling but I also never considered Enduring Cry as an option. I do plan to do this again in hard core when the next temp league goes up so I will get a chance at feeling the leveling process again and will make any changes from there. I've also had a buddy come in behind me and try doing this build with less than what I have and he hasn't mentioned any fights that charges would have changed.

Without the Starforge I have swapped out Endurance charge on stun for Added fire and since I've shouldered the Starforge I been trying out Melee damage on full life since elemental damage is useless and it seems to be a viable option as you could see in the Atziri video I posted (even though I was normally under severe damage to show tankiness).

I think I might try swapping that Increased Duration in the gloves section with Enduring Cry and testing how much I use it though, so I will thank you for that idea.

I'm glad you are enjoying the build, its always nice to have feedback on your builds to make sure they keep working the way they are described to work and fixed when they aren't.