[3.1] Volatile Berserker (Poet's Pen + Volatile Dead) | 8-9K Life | Incredible DPS | Easy Leveling

Hello , 1st of all thx for the build . Having fun from lvl 12 for me is not usual .


Now , i think i'm missing some things here and there . My gear is " good " for now , still need to upgrade jewels and finish the passive tree but i'm already having some questions ...


I dont think i have enough crit , but i dont know where to get it , because i can't reach 40% with pure %dmg / fire dmg / max life jewels ...


Currently i have 23.52% crit chance on frenzy / 33.06% on unearth / 26.55 on VD and i think i need to be around 40% to leech correctly right ?
So how much crit am i supposed to have in Hideout ?


Next , i have too much atk speed ... i think i'm around 4.6 with all the charges + crave the slaughter ... So i'm thinking about dropping faster attacks but then i'm around 3.2 atk if i dont get hit so then it's too low .

What's the best option then ? a low lvl faster atk gem ?


And last , with anger + HoI + flame golem VD tooltip is at 38.3k dmg ... is it good or not at all ?


My character name is EbrydVD if u want to check . Thx a lot !

Thanks for the guide.

Curious about one thing though on your VD setup you have:
Volatile Dead - Elemental Focus - Concentrated Effect

Would Fire Penetration be better in place of Elemental Focus?

Hi. In one Poet's Pen u use Unearth + GMP + Power Charge on Crit or LMP?

That's what I use right now.

Do you think it's more worth it to go for the +1 enchant (on a good base) next or Xoph's Blood? Both are very expensive with the enchant pulling slightly ahead in cost.

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RenameAKDF wrote:

are we even able to do Atziri runs, since balls are uncontrollable and reflect = insta rip?

Yes, easily. When the 4 Atziri's spawn, you should be running between all 4 looking for the bright blue glowing arm. When you find which one of the spawns will be that one, wait until they spawn (or right before they spawn) then cast just outside the square at that clone's corner. All the balls go straight to that clone and she insta-pops on to the next stage.

I've done Atziri a bunch of times reliably using only one portal.

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Ebryd971 wrote:

Hello , 1st of all thx for the build . Having fun from lvl 12 for me is not usual .


Now , i think i'm missing some things here and there . My gear is " good " for now , still need to upgrade jewels and finish the passive tree but i'm already having some questions ...


I dont think i have enough crit , but i dont know where to get it , because i can't reach 40% with pure %dmg / fire dmg / max life jewels ...


Currently i have 23.52% crit chance on frenzy / 33.06% on unearth / 26.55 on VD and i think i need to be around 40% to leech correctly right ?
So how much crit am i supposed to have in Hideout ?


Next , i have too much atk speed ... i think i'm around 4.6 with all the charges + crave the slaughter ... So i'm thinking about dropping faster attacks but then i'm around 3.2 atk if i dont get hit so then it's too low .

What's the best option then ? a low lvl faster atk gem ?


And last , with anger + HoI + flame golem VD tooltip is at 38.3k dmg ... is it good or not at all ?


My character name is EbrydVD if u want to check . Thx a lot !

The build should be at around 30% stat page crit when all the nodes and crit on gloves/amulet, Diamond flask doesn't show on the stat page but it will boost our crit by around 22%. Your crit is fine as it is, don't worry too much about it. There is no real threshold on how much crit you need to leech, as long as you crit at least once with Frenzy/Unearth/Volatile Dead every 4 seconds.

Drop faster attacks, Crave the Slaughter will be up a decent amount of time as you will be constantly getting hit. Get quality on GMP/Frenzy and you should be fine. Alternatively get CDR gear which will allow you to go over 4 APS without lowering your DPS. Quality Culling Strike is also an option. Use PoB to tinker around with things and see what you need to make it perfect.

Never trust Tooltip DPS, especially for something that is triggered. Use tools like Path of Building to calculate your true DPS.

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Chrom wrote:

Thanks for the guide.

Curious about one thing though on your VD setup you have:
Volatile Dead - Elemental Focus - Concentrated Effect

Would Fire Penetration be better in place of Elemental Focus?

No.

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MemphisD wrote:

Hi. In one Poet's Pen u use Unearth + GMP + Power Charge on Crit or LMP?

Use Unearth + GMP + PCoC. We don't need LMP anymore since the enchant was nerfed.

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ngoof1 wrote:

That's what I use right now.

Do you think it's more worth it to go for the +1 enchant (on a good base) next or Xoph's Blood? Both are very expensive with the enchant pulling slightly ahead in cost.

If you can fit it in your build then Xoph's Blood is great and it frees up a flask slot allowing you to run something else. Helmet enchant is nice since it's a 33% multiplier to our damage and it increases our clear.

It's entirely up to you what one you want to choose. Either one would be a good choice.

Just wanted to drop by and say that this build is amazing a fun at the same time. The skills are nice and flowing and the build itself is crazy good. Last build I played in Abyss was the Warchief totem berserker and leveling is even more faceroll than warchief and it seems like the dps will scale up much better than the warchiefs although both builds seem to claim similar dps.

Anyways, reached lvl 53 in one day and I am not a speed leveler so I find this ridiculously amazing.

Can't wait to start maps :)

wondering if its better to inq / scion for HC ?
Are you res capped with Atziri's Acuity ?
Thanks :)

Thanks a lot for the build.

The prices for the helm enchant are going through the roof atm.

Is it worth buying a Devoto's Devotion instead of Starkonja?

Will the build still be able to kill Shaper/Elder with a few hundred life less?

Thank you very much.

Thx for the reply !

Think my next upgrade will be the shaper ring .


Btw , im also wondering , instead of going for devotion and melding in the Skilltree , why we are not going for Purity of flesh / explosive impact and maybe arcane potency ?

Is that only to help with the life or there's an other goal ?

I think the life pool will be a bit lower but since we already are near this with Light of Divinity ... Fire dmg cant be bad for this build ... and i think crit chance + crit multi for spell is also pretty good .