Hyaon's Fury BF Raider Write Up/Guide

Hey everybody, this is going to be a guide on a Raider that uses the unique sword "Hyaon's Fury" to deal lightning damage and shock enemies with the skill Blade Flurry.
Please note that this is my first written guide, so expect mistakes and poor layout that I'll work on bettering over time.

The most important purchase is going to be trying to get the highest lightning damage/attack speed rolled Hyaon's.
For an offhand, Doryani's Catalyst is fantastic, however I just started so I don't have the some odd ex to buy a 100% elemental one. So in the mean time, I'd recommend just using a high evasion shield with some life and resists.
Our jewelry should consist of life, resistances until capped, WeD, added lightning damage to attacks, attack speed.
Here is a list of uniques we're going to be using for the build. The only "required" unique is Hyaon's Fury, the rest are just overall nice items.


For gem links, I think the following is what's best.
Blade Flurry - You can use any skill to apply the lightning damage if you don't like Blade Flurry, as long as it's compatible with swords.

Whirling Blades

Aura's/Herald's

CWDT - There are a few setups, depending on if you're using a shield or a Doryani's Catalyst


For leveling, it's pretty simple.
Grab a few axes from Tarkleigh, a Cleave gem from Nessa and Cleave your way up to 22, from there you can buy a unique claw weapon called Hand of Thought and Motion.
This claw will carry you to Hyaon's, once you get it you can swap to whatever skill you enjoy using that's compatible with claws. A Crest of Perandus pairs nicely here, as well.
Once you get level 28, kill Gravicius and grab a Blade Flurry, socket it in a crafted four-link if need be with Added Lightning Damage, Faster Attacks and Weapon Elemental Damage

How I personally allocated my points while leveling


Nice leveling uniques


Bandits


Google Docs write up of the build

Hope you enjoy - remember to have fun and stay safe, Exiles!

decided to try and write it all out here, hope you enjoy

fixed some pathing for more static electricity damage for the same amount of points near shadow

Interesting. I also have a very similar idea but one of the biggest problem that come to mind was probably the defensive capabilities of the build. I'll probably be using a Lightning Coil to counter the drawbacks of the Hyaon.

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noobzstarx wrote:

Interesting. I also have a very similar idea but one of the biggest problem that come to mind was probably the defensive capabilities of the build. I'll probably be using a Lightning Coil to counter the drawbacks of the Hyaon.

lightning coil is definitely one way to mitigate some incoming damage, however i feel that spells are going to be the most dangerous thing, not melee attacks since we have to stand still for a second to channel up blade flurry.

we have fortify to alleviate the drawbacks of hyaon's, however this makes fortify a gap filler rather than an addition to our overall defenses.
i'm using a carcass jack simply because i found a 5 link, i'd probably consider using a lightning coil if i had one as well

how's your tooltip dps and attacks/second? u feel it's good enuf or u need another gear check? looks good thus far can't wait to see more

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Rangeless wrote:

how's your tooltip dps and attacks/second? u feel it's good enuf or u need another gear check? looks good thus far can't wait to see more

22k dps with elemental overload at level 66 so far, this is without a few good uniques
i'm also still using an innervate support gem, so once we swap that out for lightning pen it'll only get higher
hyaon's is a pretty bad attack speed base, so it feels a little slow until you get your frenzy charges and onslaught up, but once that's going attacks per second is 3, this is without the buffed onslaught from aspect of the chase as well
right now my gear is just suited towards resist cap, so no attack speed on jewelry/gloves and it feels comfy enough
a 6 charged BF kills pretty much any uniques/bosses/breach rares so far

I followed this build. So far pretty good. The only problem is degen damage and chaos damage because of the damage taken penalty on the sword. The only think is to switch for max dodge with atziri's step, using perfect form for boosting your evade chance and Avatar of the Veil for status immune to sustane late game content and Vinktar's. I use 3 vaal grase with increase duration on my helmet for perma capped dodge during maps and boss fights. For even more damage i plan to switch for elemental focus instead of inc aoe and dying sun flask, because shock is provided with Vinktar's anyway.

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