[3.0] SMTS: The Knife Launcher: Tri-Totem Ethereal Knives [Atziri] [Uber Lab]

Just tried this build, its doing very well at low levels for me. From level 62 to 69 i flew through dried lake solo with a good 290m~300m exp/hr.

Had a small lack of damage when i first moved to totems. I took the skill tree path straight to the ring of blades socket (above sentinel) then to ancestral bonds. The damage scaled pretty quickly after that.

I would recommend using karui ward/charge and the 2 kika rings early for the dex just so you can level your ek gem. Replace the karui amulet with tiki coral once you have enough dex.

Other uniques i tried on just to level with were fire damage doryani invitation belt, hrimnor's resolve helmet and winds of change boots.

With the self curse system, a warrior with a bow using a spell, its definitely one hell of a unique build. I spent only 30 chaos currently, exculding the self 5 link armor and self coloring of sockets. A good budget build I enjoyed.

Nice build. Going to be updated for 3.0?

Thanks. I'll be updating it for 3.0. So far, I'm not seeing anything that'll prohibit it from working as designed.

I'm tinkering with a few modifications right now here at the end of Legacy League, but nothing that I'd flat out recommend over the posted setup.

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Eustacio wrote:

Thanks. I'll be updating it for 3.0. So far, I'm not seeing anything that'll prohibit it from working as designed.

I'm tinkering with a few modifications right now here at the end of Legacy League, but nothing that I'd flat out recommend over the posted setup.

Great, I'm going to shift from standard to leagues; Harbinger is going to be my first league. Would you recommend this as a league starter?

I know it can do Atziri and Uber Lab, but what about Uber Lab/Guardians/Shaper? Just want to know what I'm in for and can do if I pick this for a league starter.

Guardians it can do, but it takes some time. It is not a 5 second Guardian kill; those fights are actually longer fights with this build. I haven't killed Shaper with it myself though. If you want to try and farm Shaper, I would suggest a build that is a faster boss killer than this one.

We don't know all the changes for 3.0 yet, so I can't say that everything is going to function exactly the same. That said, if nothing major changes, you should be able to handle everything up to T15 with ease. The T16 maps themselves are fine. Guardians take time, which increases your opportunities to mess up and die due to a tactical mistake.

If you want to farm up through T15 maps to build currency, this is a solid build to do that with as all of its gear is currently pretty cheap (even a 6 Link Soul Mantle, if you want one, is cheap for a 6 Link) and it can hit pretty much anything on the screen.

poe.planner link isn't working
hope it's temporary cause i really could use it while leveling these days

edit: ah right they reworked the tree and bandit awards
hope you make this tree again i could use some guidance

Tree is updated. Sorry for the delay!

no problem! and thank you

i see you were using minion and totem ele res support instead of ele focus which is suggested in the guide
is it better?

It's part of an experiment I was doing towards the end of Legacy league.

With the ignite changes and sticking the gems in Path of Building to double check my math, I'd stick with Elemental Focus. You get better DPS for sure now that way.

i have a dumb question but please tell me, i got a culling strike corrupted roth's reach for 20 chaos, was that a good or a bad deal? :D

it was the first one i found in this league

and to be on topic, is realm ender - flameblast still the best alternate solution for bosses?