[2.6] Self-cast Bladefall or Blade Vortex - Farm Shaper, All Content

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protean0 wrote:

Nice guide! i'm looking for bladefall build, and i like your guide. Maybe my next league's starting build will be this.

When you fight with shaper, you should use whirling blades or flame dash instead of phase run to dodge shaper's teleport & attack easily.

Running & (whirling blades or flame dash) is more safer than just running.

And you can change your aura to Purity of Ice to deal with shaper. Golden projectiles and Golden Beam those deal huge cold damage.

Finally, don't let shaper's minions kill zana. If zana die, you should avoid lots of cold dmg projectiles or waste one portal.


And I have something to ask, if I can't afford to buy a sin's rebirth flask, is there a big problem?

Please give me any tips for start with this build. And sorry for my bad english. :)

Thanks for the Shaper tips. My shaper videos are pretty ugly! A more capable player would definitely be able to significantly improve upon those runs. I'll try running with Flame Dash / Purity of Ice next time.

Re: Sin's rebirth - you'll still be able to easily clear T15 without it and kill Guardians.

Hi there! Really like how this build looks. I'm thinking of using this as the starting build for Legacy League, would you recommend that?

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keiwoo wrote:

Hi there! Really like how this build looks. I'm thinking of using this as the starting build for Legacy League, would you recommend that?

Thanks - yes, I recommend it especially with the 2.6 patch notes saying that previously inaccessible Gems that you had to trade for are now available from Siosa via the Fixture of Fate quest.

I've added a section for "Leveling Suggestions".

Hey,
In thinking of running this for 2.6 and have been playing around with the build. Your gear doesn't show any armour and little to no ES would you recommend acro and phase acro?

I've watched Kripp`s video for berserker and hidden potential. Would you recommend using enduring cry for defence or abyssal + Inc aoe for clear speed?
Cheers,
Zumpo

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StoogeZumpo wrote:

Hey,
In thinking of running this for 2.6 and have been playing around with the build. Your gear doesn't show any armour and little to no ES would you recommend acro and phase acro?

I've watched Kripp`s video for berserker and hidden potential. Would you recommend using enduring cry for defence or abyssal + Inc aoe for clear speed?
Cheers,
Zumpo

I wouldn't recommend ACRO/PHASE ACRO because you would be sacrificing passives that are critical to the build. For defense - self-cast enduring cry is sufficient. (f you take the MOM version, you can run Arctic Armour.

Increased AOE is not needed for Bladefall.

Increased AOE is great for Blade Vortex if you should choose to use it in place of Bladefall for general clearing. I believe that 2.6 gives a buff (!) to radius for Blade Vortex and should make it a more viable candidate for mapping/clearing.

Abyssal Cry + AOE is a very interesting option for clearing if you stack enough double-dipping modifiers on Jewels (chaos damage, damage, area damage) to scale the chaos explosion. I may try that as well - may pair nicely if you use Blade Vortex for clearing.

Thanks for the reply
By the looks of things I'll go vortex and abyssal cry+aoe

My current gear:




Just started mapping, the clear speed is quite fast. The only problem seems to be bosses, where they hit me twice and I'll die. Looking to replace the blues with better rares asap.

Any advice on how to tank bosses better?

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keiwoo wrote:

My current gear:

Just started mapping, the clear speed is quite fast. The only problem seems to be bosses, where they hit me twice and I'll die. Looking to replace the blues with better rares asap.

Any advice on how to tank bosses better?

Great job getting to where you are already. To improve defenses as you transition towards end-game gear - the following combined will make a huge difference.

0. Ensure that you have >75% resistances (Fire, Cold, Lightning) on Merciless level

1. Try and run Blasephmy with temp chains (which helps with the poison dot as well as slow things down considerably). Also run Arctic Armour. You could drop Arctic Armour, and add Enfeeble to Blashemy (along with Temp Chains) if you can find a +1 Doedre curse ring or helmet.

2. Self-cast enduring cry.

3. Run CWDT (you preference on level) with Immortal Call & Vortex (to further slow down monsters).

4. Get Atziri's Promise Flask (major offense boost + chaos resis) + Basalt Flask (for phys defense)

5. Complete Merciless lab for the massive +40% more damage (double-dipping with poison). Best defense is offense.


After that - you'll want to execute on the following (after you farm a bit).

1. Buy Cospri's Will - 1. to get the free poison + extra curse so you can run blasphemy with enfeeble and temporal chains. 2. to free up a poison gem. The double curse will have a huge impact on defenses.

2. 5L Pledge of Hands so you can run (Spell-Echo free) (poison-free) 1. Bladefall/Blade Vortex - 2. Concentrated Effect - 3. Controlled Destruction 4. Added Chaos 5. Void Manipulation.

3. Replacing your Rare (rings, amulet, gloves) with magic items and use the Hidden Potential Jewel (quite expensive to buy right now - you can wait on this).

4. Once you have at least 2 curses, you should get the Skittering Runes passive node/cluster to increase the curse effectiveness of your defensive curses (Enfeeble and Temp Chains).

Could this be magic find viable?

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travisiscool wrote:

Could this be magic find viable?

It's viable as the damage in the build is overkill for everything that isn't Guardians/Shaper/Uber.

Instead of running Hidden Potential jewel + 4 magic items lots - you could run MF equip for Amulet, Rings, Boots, Belt, Gloves. I did some of this in Breach, and will post how the set-up in a few days.