[3.1] The Azure Knight Raider (Flurry/F. Blades/Life/Crit/Conversion) (4 min Shaper run)

So, I was doing some light reading and damage conversion cannot pass 100%. I think path of building hasn't accounted for this because it shows a damage increase despite this.

So gloves: 50
Gem: 36
Tree: 40
Ash: 15
total:141

Options to remedy:
1.Drop nodes on tree (eh)
2.Drop hatred gem (maybe)
3. Get rid of gloves but you use the chance of using it to get elemental weakness since theyre so damn cheap.
4. Use a lightning gem... 50phys to cold... 50phys to lightning... There are some benefits to this actually. If you use the gloves plus the gem you have full conversion. You can drop the nodes on the tree and use the passives to grab the melee crit chance multiplier over by the IRON REFLEXES node by the maurader start.

If you do this, and use swords you can grab stuff from the sword tree at the bottom of left of the tree but you'll be approaching 100 at that point.

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Akrobatik wrote:

Hey , Really enjoy your build good job !!! only thing is i feel really squishy with the abyssus do you think i could run a different setup for Uber lab and stuff ?? something like belly and Jonka ??

Just swapping Abyssus for Starkonja increases survivability by a lot. For uber running I recommend getting instant life flask for "oh shit " moments in traps and maybe another one for topping up in between them.

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Silvok1 wrote:

So, I was doing some light reading and damage conversion cannot pass 100%. I think path of building hasn't accounted for this because it shows a damage increase despite this.

So gloves: 50
Gem: 36
Tree: 40
Ash: 15
total:141

Options to remedy:
1.Drop nodes on tree (eh)
2.Drop hatred gem (maybe)
3. Get rid of gloves but you use the chance of using it to get elemental weakness since theyre so damn cheap.
4. Use a lightning gem... 50phys to cold... 50phys to lightning... There are some benefits to this actually. If you use the gloves plus the gem you have full conversion. You can drop the nodes on the tree and use the passives to grab the melee crit chance multiplier over by the IRON REFLEXES node by the maurader start.

If you do this, and use swords you can grab stuff from the sword tree at the bottom of left of the tree but you'll be approaching 100 at that point.

Your question requires a bit longer answer and right now I'm at a festival so using my mobile at the moment.
I'll post an explanation when I get back Monday, but just to clarify quickly, conversion and % added as extra damage (hatred) are not the same.

What flasks are you using? I see the taste of hate, lions roar, and atziri's promise, but I did not see your flask suggestions in your actual guide. Just throwing it out there! Love the guide and I am in the process of making this. I love blade flurry!

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Bristoling wrote:

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Silvok1 wrote:

So, I was doing some light reading and damage conversion cannot pass 100%. I think path of building hasn't accounted for this because it shows a damage increase despite this.

So gloves: 50
Gem: 36
Tree: 40
Ash: 15
total:141

Options to remedy:
1.Drop nodes on tree (eh)
2.Drop hatred gem (maybe)
3. Get rid of gloves but you use the chance of using it to get elemental weakness since theyre so damn cheap.
4. Use a lightning gem... 50phys to cold... 50phys to lightning... There are some benefits to this actually. If you use the gloves plus the gem you have full conversion. You can drop the nodes on the tree and use the passives to grab the melee crit chance multiplier over by the IRON REFLEXES node by the maurader start.

If you do this, and use swords you can grab stuff from the sword tree at the bottom of left of the tree but you'll be approaching 100 at that point.

Your question requires a bit longer answer and right now I'm at a festival so using my mobile at the moment.
I'll post an explanation when I get back Monday, but just to clarify quickly, conversion and % added as extra damage (hatred) are not the same.

Hello,

I just realized I am beyond wrong! I have been misreading all of these conversions. I did not realize that there was a difference!

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AMP500 wrote:

What flasks are you using? I see the taste of hate, lions roar, and atziri's promise, but I did not see your flask suggestions in your actual guide. Just throwing it out there! Love the guide and I am in the process of making this. I love blade flurry!

Apart from these, Basalt flask and Diamond flask are great. In the main build thread (link in the "Introduction" section of this guide) there is also jewel breakdown and other information :)

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Silvok1 wrote:

Hello,

I just realized I am beyond wrong! I have been misreading all of these conversions. I did not realize that there was a difference!

I hope you have better understanding of it now, few days after my initial reply, but if you still have any questions about it, feel free to ask!

In the main thread there is a Physical to Lightning gem setup, if you prefer it over fuller Cold conversion which I personally prefer.
With 90% Cold Conversion, we can utilize Frost Bomb more and it is a bit cheaper (gloves are dirt cheap even super early in the league, max 3 Chaos). But both Cold and Cold/Light versions are viable, and I've played them both extensively in 2.6.

The reason I don't like swords as much, is because we would lose the life and mana leech. If we swapped all Claw nodes for Sword nodes and others (one handed/melee/etc.), we would have to change the pathing through the tree, and have to go down to Vitality Void and its lesser mana/life node to make up for the lack of leech. Doing all these changes would not only require a new build thread (2 different versions), but I think that resulting sword build would be weaker since we would have to spend at least 4 points to get leech, and much more if our new tree didn't path directly near it.
The only class that can pull this Claw->Sword change off is Berserker or probably Scion Berserker, not Ranger.

So BF is more dps overall would you think for clear speed equip FB and then on bosses use flurry? or you think that is too much gem swapping?

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cryyyy wrote:

So BF is more dps overall would you think for clear speed equip FB and then on bosses use flurry? or you think that is too much gem swapping?

I think it is too much hassle as gem colors won't really match for 100% performance on both. I had both Coil and Perfect Form in Legacy, so swapping between skills was easy for me if I wanted to play around with other skill. There is always an option of having corrupted white sockets, but that's risky or just more expensive.

Best thing to do if you don't have 2 color friendly armours is to just choose whichever skill you prefer, Blade Flurry hasn't got that great clearspeed but it is still decent, and Frost Blades isn't that bad for boss killing either.

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Bristoling wrote:

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cryyyy wrote:

So BF is more dps overall would you think for clear speed equip FB and then on bosses use flurry? or you think that is too much gem swapping?

I think it is too much hassle as gem colors won't really match for 100% performance on both. I had both Coil and Perfect Form in Legacy, so swapping between skills was easy for me if I wanted to play around with other skill. There is always an option of having corrupted white sockets, but that's risky or just more expensive.

Best thing to do if you don't have 2 color friendly armours is to just choose whichever skill you prefer, Blade Flurry hasn't got that great clearspeed but it is still decent, and Frost Blades isn't that bad for boss killing either.

alright so frost blades was improved this patch vs bosses or? also what pantheons do I go didn't notice anything about it in original post or here unless im blind lol

Brine King is great for leveling if you are pushing early maps etc. and your life pool is still small.

Other then that, Lunaris as major seems like the best bet imo.
For minor power, you might choose from between Yugul (reflect protection), or Gruthkul/Garukhan for best defensive bonuses. I think Gruthkul is better once you get his bonus, and Garukhan if you don't have the Vessel.

Frost Blades weren't buffed or anything like that, but with 2 threshold jewels they still have quite good single target dps (about 1/3 or 1/2 of best Blade Flurry dps, which is still a lot for a "melee" skill).