[3.5] - Blade Flurry Crit Block Gladiator - All content viable

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DamageIncorporated wrote:

A lot of talk of legacy items here. Not needed at all.

My strongest character this league is a crit max block gladiator using Surrender and a 350 phys dps foil.

I'm unsure if there is a similar build write up some where. But, I'm using

to "make up" for a loss in single target dps vs using a stat stick off hand. it works gloriously. Fuck abyssus, you don't need it, let alone a legacy one.

5700hp at 87 w/ a Belly. 63/63 block /spell block before Rumi's ( and still block nodes to get, won't need Rumi's post 93 or so), 50% crit chance, 400 crit multi. Fast, smooth and safe.

Ignore WArlords Mark in the shield. I havnt decided on a optimal curse, and havnt cared to deal with it. Also I use Ice Golem which is on another character.
My cold and lightning resist is WAY over capped but it's w/e. don't really need or want to dump more currency in this guy.

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OctopusMan58 wrote:

I'm pretty new to the game, and don't understand what you mean by bandits. Which ones do I kill, and which do I leave alive?

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vitorfray wrote:

I made a pretty similar build a while back, except it wasn't crit and it made use of max block.

One thing that was really handy, was socketing curse on hit + punishment + increased duration on the shield. By doing so, any enemy that gets hit by reckoning after performing a melee attack will grant you the punishment buff (the increased duration linked to punishment also improves the buff duration on you). I also had vengeance + curse on hit + vulnerability on a 4 link, the curses alternated between themselves, and the effect was be pretty nice.

I'm not sure if punishment + reckoning + curse on hit would work while you are using assassin's mark with blasphemy, but you should try it out. If it works, it'll be another MORE multiplier to your build.