[3.0] The Azure Knight (Flurry/Frost Blades/Multi-class/Budget/Crit/Life/Conversion) Shaper/Uber

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Bristoling wrote:

He could also use Necromancer (lowest dps option but quite good survivability with block) or Elementalist (time based or trigger based buffs, so either unreliable or a bit clunky, but also has good dps).
I have removed Elementalist version quite early, as there wasn't much interest in it (same as with Duelist option).

Thanks iktose for replying early, personally I'd recommend Occultist as well :) Ascendancy points as above.

You're welcome ! I know there are multiple ascendancies viable for this build but I think this is what confused him and he needed a straightforward advice.

Thanks for the videos, nice boss fights ! You were lucky during Chimera fight when you almost died and were critically low life a couple of seconds though ;) Your framerate seems smoother than in 2.6 thanks to the engine improvements. Must be more enjoyable for you to play the game now ^^

I have a question regarding the totem used in the build. You say Warchief is better because of the built-in AoE and I'm not sure if it's a personnal preference or if I'm missing something important.
I have been playing with Warchief since the beginning but replaced it with Protector yesterday because of the following :
- It has more range and because of Lion's Roar knockback effect Protector can hit from further without having to move the boss around to keep it in range
- PoB says it gives me 2% DPS more (but this doesn't make a huge difference)
- I seem to prefer the more attack speed to the more damage buff (but this only a matter of personnal preference)
- I don't miss the AoE (maybe I will ?)

Thank you! :) Yes the game runs a bit smoother now, but Harbingers are a fps killers for me :D Done Beachead map a few times and during last waves I literally have no idea what is going on lol. Sometimes I die because of it as I'm hitting monsters under the proximity shield and deal no damage -> no leech -> rip.
When I don't record it is a lot better though.

Warchief is my personal preference, also sometimes if there are other adds nearby, totem might decide to attack them. Since I like the free evasion that comes with linking totem to Blind, I want to make sure that totem is applying it to the boss as well, that's why I think AoE is important. Ofc with good placement this isn't an issue, but I don't want to be worrying about things like that :>

That's it ! I knew I must have been missing something : the blind effect applied by the totem ! Since my goal with this build is to have an assasin with the most defense possible without sacrificing too mush DPS and since I don't want to bother with the totem placement aswell I'm gonna go back to Warchief. (damn I really loved that attack speed !)
Thanks for the answer :)

This build actually looks like it is fun!

Just a quick question , if i want to run Frost Blades can i use the same aura setups as you do in your Blade Flurry one ?

Pretty much yes but if you don't have a perfect form with appropriate colours (which might be very expensive) then you will need to get rid of arctic armour.

What about The Unshattered Will Archon Kite Shield for defansive option?

It's an ok choice. Roughly 250 more life, a lot more resistances, Harbinger buffs but 33% drop in overall dps.

👏 VERY 👏 NICE 👏 OCCULTIST 👏 BUILD! 👏

hey, i love this build and i have 95 lvl character, today i tried to different things, i tried charged dash instead of blade flurry, it's getting more fun for farming monsters (not good for boss) and i think my overall dps not drop. (İ don't know about calculate dps so its my comment) and required only one change if you want to try. What you thing about this Bristoling?