[3.0] The Azure Knight, Assassin version (Blade Flurry/Frost Blades/Life/Crit/Conversion)

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Exele10 wrote:

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I guess you are asking about leveling gear?
helmet : Life, resists if you need more, high accuracy otherwise.
armor : Right colors :) but really, high life, resists and evasion. Corrupted 6L will also be great until you can get a nice Perfect Form 5-6L.
gloves : Hrimsorrow/Hrimburn if Cold damage version, Life and either accuracy/attack speed/physical damage to attacks if using Light/Cold damage version, but Shaper's Touch are also great. If you don't want to trade, just life, resists, and damage mods if possible.
boots : Life and resists.
belt : Same as boots
Rings : Life, resists, and damage mods if possible (added damage, elemental damage, accuracy etc.)
amulet : Same as rings
Weapon 1: any claw you can get your hands on. You can use a Vendor recipe (Blacksmiths Whetstone + Claw + Magic/Rare Rustic Sash) early, or trade for a cheap unique. Mortem Morsu until you have level requirements to equip Ornament of the East, then get Wasp Nest when you are able for easy progression.
Weapon 2: a Mace with elemental damage mod implicit and maybe resists.

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Exele10 wrote:

and should i keep playing with dagger till i find a good claw? and should i go claw/claw or claw/mace

If you happen to find a very nice dagger, get some dagger nodes and carry on with the build as normal, you can always reallocate your nodes later thanks to quest rewards.
But if it is something you can easily replace a few levels later, just get a claw, it will be easier in the long run.

Play claw/mace, it will always have higher dps then a claw/claw combination unless you are a Necromancer wielding a Scourge claw :)

Luckily i am level 30 now, i will start changing my gear to fit the stats you've mentioned, and i will look for a good claw & mace.

Now only thing left is the 12 passive skill points left on your build, before i found out about your build i was following another one then realised it was old and not working anymore, so i was wondering if i should keep these ones or remove them :

http://imgur.com/a/I3kx6

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Exele10 wrote:

Luckily i am level 30 now, i will start changing my gear to fit the stats you've mentioned, and i will look for a good claw & mace.

Now only thing left is the 12 passive skill points left on your build, before i found out about your build i was following another one then realised it was old and not working anymore, so i was wondering if i should keep these ones or remove them :

http://imgur.com/a/I3kx6

If I were you, I would remove Vaal Pact and nearby jewel socket, mainly because at this point you are not getting any benefit from instant leech (your dps will be too low while leveling). This saves you 5 points which you can use to get Soul Raker when you level up next time (it is 6 points away at this moment).

When you get enough respec points, try to save around 3 skill points and connect Shadow starting path to Coordination node with attack speed nodes - then you can remove 2 dex nodes that you have taken, and use them to get more important nodes.

I wouldn't worry about the Will of Blades and Sleight of Hand at the moment, those are good (but not optimal for Shadow) nodes, you can remove them later on when you fix other parts of the tree first :) Regret nodes are expensive for a new player (you are better off buying gear for end game with them) and free respec points from quests are limited.

Thank you so much for the help, i will fix the tree as soon as possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq4oL4gb7SQ&feature=youtu.be

Only 2 problem for me:
Miss area affect skill,too close to the enemies.
And a stun..

And what panteon best option?

Blade Flurry unfortunately doesn't have the best range. If you are worried about stuns, use Brine King bonus. If not, Gruthkul for minor and Lunaris for major work best.

Nice vid as well! :)

First up let me say, that I really like your guide and it holds what it promises!
I am up to Map Tier 8 now and with only a minor investment in form of Wasp's Nest + Singularity. The rest is drops only and I had no problems so far. (Apart from desync whirling blade into oneshots)

I have a few questions, regarding the Passive Tree:

1. Acrobatics and Phase Acrobatics: To get a bit more out of the Evasion, I thought about picking those two perks and sacrifice either some Life nodes from the middle section, or some offensive from the Marauder tree. (e.g. Barbarism)
Is that actually worth it in higher Tier maps/boss fights? I am currently sitting at ~34% Evasion.

2. Defensive Items/Auras: Similar to question 1; This question is more theoretical since I don't have most of the items or leveled gems to test it myself. (Also I have no experience with t10+ maps, shaper, etc.)
My question, do you have any experience till what point is it worth it to Change DPS items/auras for defence? - Lets say you switch out Herald of Ash for Enfeeble + Enlighten or Grace (Elemental weakness as enchantment and arctic aura for free with Body). On top you Change Abyssus for Stokonjas and the mace offhand for a shield. -
Will I be able to facetank former oneshots mechanics, or still run into the same Problems? Or will the high dps combined with life leech be my best defense and just dodge certain mechanics.


3. In your witch post you mentioned the possibility of playing a cold/light build. Outside of gear/gem changes, do you take other nodes in the passive tree?


Thank you for your time!

I'm at work now so I'll just give a quick response:
1. It could work, but I haven't tested myself. Tree would probably be slightly different around that area, I would probably pick the crit cluster nearby the jewel socket on my way down, for example.

2. You could run second curse, but you'd have to use a ring (and struggle to get resistsor pay a lot for very good rares) or have an amulet corruption (also a very expensive option).
You could run Grace aura instead of Hatred, it could work well if you'd picked acrobatics but it will cost you some damage.

3. No changes to passive tree at all, but gear and gems will change (to what is written in the witch thread).

Glad you enjoy th build and please share your experience with other setups if you test them :)

That was fast indeed!

1. A follow up question concerning the 2nd curse. Why do I need to use a ring for it? (I am not that experienced as you can see) Is it not possible to have the "Elemental weakness" as glove enchantment and have a 2-link with Enfeeble + Blasphemy? (To fit Hatred and HoA in I would need to use enlighten and maybe Alphas howl to have a decent enough Manapool. Btw. do you know if the Reserved Mana reduction from Enlighten stacks with the Mana reserved Reduction from the helmet?)


2. One more Thing, when you go for lightning/cold build, would the Axe "Moonbender's Wing(https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Moonbender%27s_Wing) a good alternative? Since it is an axe, only the claw will be used for Blade Furry and this way you convert a total of 65% into cold and 25% into lightning. (At the Moment I am using the mace "Singularity" and would trade flat lightning damage and elemental damage against 50% ele conversion, flat pdmg and % pdmg. I guess when you go for the BiS mace, the mace will outmatch the axe, but I am not willing to spend over 20c right now)


3. I have read a lot about "shocking" enemy bosses to increase my damage against them. Now outside of Vaal trap lightning, we dont have anything in the pure cold build, right?
When I go for cold/light, is the added light damage from gear/especially Singularity mace enough to Keep bosses shoked? (Does converting physical to lightning damage via gems/gear shock enemies aswell?)


I will go for Level 90 following your build path and see if it continues as good as it has been till now. Only switching around between cold and cold/light since both gloves are affordable. Then I should have enough respec orbs/Points and will try out to go for higher Evasion/acrobatics/Phase acrobatics and drop the marauder part most likely. Not sure if the trade for dmg is worth it, but I will write down my experience.

Hi,

I am a first time player and found your build to start this game with. I have to say it has been a great learning experience and your build is so much fun.

My only question is this:

I don't have the Perfect Form, therefore I don't have a free Arctic Armour which means I can't use Blasphemy+Elemental Weakness. Instead, what I have been doing is spamming it when I am around mobs. Is that the right thing to do? Or would you recommend that I drop Hatred for now and use the B+E combo instead? Obviously I would love a Perfect Form but it is very expensive. So I hope for a lucky drop or someone very generous to gift me one or sell me one cheap. hahahaha