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

With this build do we still want to run the Watcher's Eye Jewel?

Hello fellow fighters,

Would like to thank @eJonKou for the complete guide and for the build, having a lot of fun atm :)

After having leveled so easily I feel like i am now facing a wall, with the cost of Xoph, Kaom or Acuity. Also, even with this much life, I feel like I am taking huge hits, and sometimes (with or without vaal) the regen is not enough.

I believe the only way to solve this is to farm even more ! I tried vaal pact, but ended losing way too much damage so I returned to the initial build (acuity without acuity it is)

If you have any advice on where I should be headed now, I will take it, I am still a beginner despite of many years playing.

Here is my gear so far:



Have fun all of you

What if instead of elemental focus or conc on on the 2b 1g pen, you ran a dying sun and detonate dead?

What about accuracy please ?

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Ayrill wrote:

Hello :D

got another question :) right now i run the Anger + Hast setup but i saw a few player here run Anger + Herald of Ice or Thunder setup.. i got an Enlighten lvl 4 gem, how would the damage be if i run Thunder AND Ice instead of Haste?

I like the Haste part because i got perma Phasing by my jewel, but if the damage is "better" with both Herald then i would think to change my gems.

Maybe something like Gloves: Anger -> Herald of Ice -> Herald of Thunder -> Enlighten
and Boots: CWDT -> Immortal Call -> Flame Golem -> Flame Dash (using Lighning Warp at the moment but don't know.. without faster cast it feels not that smooth for me)

Anyway, how is double Herald vs. Haste?

Thanks for your answer! :)

My experience with this was that when I switched from herald of ice + anger to anger + haste my tooltip dps jumped quite significantly compared to herald of ice.

Now I know that the tooltip dps isn't everything but I also had the feeling that I am clearing things faster.

Should make sense since basically we only do fire dmg from volatile so the sooner you cast those balls the heavier the dps increase is going to be.

I would say that you should only switch away from haste if you can sustain 4aps without it. Only then should the other auras make more sense.

Would I break anything if I used bodyswap instead of power charge on crit? I just really hate not having a real movement skill. Lightning warp is super slow and flame dash has a tiny range and a delay.

I swapped in bodyswap for mapping and its amazing. For certain bosses i'll swap power charge on crit back in.

Quick question, I just bought acuities for my assassin, but would I be better off buying the anger leech watchers eye? got no leech otherwise lol

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JohnnyDesolation wrote:

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eJonKou wrote:

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JohnnyDesolation wrote:

Hey fellas, I need to know where to go next with my gear. I've got some currency available and i'd like to push this as far as i can.

Suggestions? (you can check out my gear/tree in profile)

Your gear is looking very solid. I'd focus on getting better jewelery and jewels.

Any suggestions on specifics? hard to judge what's a "minor" and a "major" upgrade at this point.

thanks again btw, love the build.

Opal rings with % Fire Damage suffix, Life and Resist/Attributes.

Jewellery is just Crit multi/% Inc Dmg and % Life.

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daveindavis wrote:

Is it normal to go low a lot? I'm just holding frenzy and hoping the balls off screen the monsters, but when I do get hit it HURTS

Move around, predict dangerous scenarios and just play with caution and you should be fine. Make sure your Elemental resistances are capped and getting some Chaos resistance doesn't hurt either.

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Ayrill wrote:

Hello :D

got another question :) right now i run the Anger + Hast setup but i saw a few player here run Anger + Herald of Ice or Thunder setup.. i got an Enlighten lvl 4 gem, how would the damage be if i run Thunder AND Ice instead of Haste?

I like the Haste part because i got perma Phasing by my jewel, but if the damage is "better" with both Herald then i would think to change my gems.

Maybe something like Gloves: Anger -> Herald of Ice -> Herald of Thunder -> Enlighten
and Boots: CWDT -> Immortal Call -> Flame Golem -> Flame Dash (using Lighning Warp at the moment but don't know.. without faster cast it feels not that smooth for me)

Anyway, how is double Herald vs. Haste?

Thanks for your answer! :)

HoT/HoI is more damage, though if you want to go that route dropping Elemental focus so you can Shatter is probably a good idea.

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Dilfing_Hard wrote:

With this build do we still want to run the Watcher's Eye Jewel?

Yes. Anger Fire Penetration instead of Anger Fire Leech though since we get 1% Mana/Life leech from our Ascendancy. Fire Pen Watcher's Eye are about 2-3 Exalteds at the moment.

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GraissE wrote:

Hello fellow fighters,

Would like to thank @eJonKou for the complete guide and for the build, having a lot of fun atm :)

After having leveled so easily I feel like i am now facing a wall, with the cost of Xoph, Kaom or Acuity. Also, even with this much life, I feel like I am taking huge hits, and sometimes (with or without vaal) the regen is not enough.

I believe the only way to solve this is to farm even more ! I tried vaal pact, but ended losing way too much damage so I returned to the initial build (acuity without acuity it is)

If you have any advice on where I should be headed now, I will take it, I am still a beginner despite of many years playing.

Here is my gear so far:

Spoiler

Have fun all of you

I'd recommend grabbing Kaom's Heart first and then Acuities/Helm enchant depending on what you need. Make sure your resistances are capped. Basalt flask helps a lot with phys.

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TheRevLetsPlays wrote:

What if instead of elemental focus or conc on on the 2b 1g pen, you ran a dying sun and detonate dead?

Doesn't work. Dying Sun would affect our Unearth, and we already pump out more than enough corpses as it is. If you want to run 2 active gems in a Poet's Pen you would need to hit 8 APS in order for it to be effective. Maybe if you decide to play some high APS Necromancer that could work but I wouldn't recommend it.

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Didiwox wrote:

What about accuracy please ?

Accuracy is irrelevant for this build since our damage is spell based and spells have an inherent 100% hit chance.

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Xyrm wrote:

Would I break anything if I used bodyswap instead of power charge on crit? I just really hate not having a real movement skill. Lightning warp is super slow and flame dash has a tiny range and a delay.

Probably not, play around with it and see how you like it. Other people have already posted about using Bodyswap. Personally I'm not a big fan of Flicker and Bodyswap so I'm not going to include it in the guide, but it's definitely an option. Might fall off in higher level maps though.

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lord_patr1cio wrote:

Quick question, I just bought acuities for my assassin, but would I be better off buying the anger leech watchers eye? got no leech otherwise lol

Yes, you will need Anger Leech Watcher's Eye if you're playing any other Ascendancy than Berserker. Keep in mind that they are 10-15 Ex+ at the moment.

Hi, I followed this build atm lvl 79 but idk why i got OS like a crap and i don't find why, if anyone can check my profil and tell me thx a lot