[3.7] Rake's Tectonic Slam Equipment Guide - from League Start to Endgame

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KitesAreFun wrote:

Yes, Rake's build is probably very good - including the staff nodes. He's probably right, take the staff nodes. It's just that the journey to max this build is probably more difficult than I (and perhaps many) expected, but ends on a higher note if one puts in a shit ton of grind and is in active trade during all sessions.

In other words more difficult and tedious but with payoff.

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Unnecessarius wrote:

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KitesAreFun wrote:

Yes, Rake's build is probably very good - including the staff nodes. He's probably right, take the staff nodes. It's just that the journey to max this build is probably more difficult than I (and perhaps many) expected, but ends on a higher note if one puts in a shit ton of grind and is in active trade during all sessions.

In other words more difficult and tedious but with payoff.

I dont get it. Why is it usefull to get those 3 nodes leading to smashing strike?
1:increased dmg with staves ->useless as we use swords
2:increased stun duration with staves -> see 1
3:the same
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until we get 10% chance to gain endurance charge on melee crit, but is this worth 3 points?

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clarkseal wrote:

I just finished Uber Elder for the first time today using this build as a guide and I'd like to share some of my thoughts on it.

First of all, I almost rerolled this character 5 times. Starting out with Ahn's and 80% of my mana reserved was just miserable. My friends were all running multistrike builds and this build just felt stuck in quicksand by comparison. I stuck it out, though, and boy am I glad I did, the end-game feel of this build is incredibly fun. Here are some changes I made with my build that made things feel better:

#1 Ditch Hatred - After doing a lot of messing around in PoB I found it almost just as much DPS to use a combination of:

Herald of Ash + Herald of Purity + low level Precision (to get 100% chance to hit) + Blood and Sand

Gave me 35% free mana and around 7-8 attacks before running out of mana, as opposed to many of the suggested builds which include a Herald + Hatred resulting in around 20% mana available and only 2-3 attacks before running out of mana. This was incredibly critical when fighting single-target, as with a Hatred setup I'd out-swing my mana regen almost constantly without multiple targets available.

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KitesAreFun wrote:

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FaZePaddle wrote:

I’m level 74 and I keep dying on tier 3 maps, I have around 6 exalts right now, can you guys help me? I don’t know what to do. :/

How did you get those exalts? I haven't seen a single one yet, almost lvl 90? Am I missing something here?

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illusi0n1ts wrote:

Hi Rake, and other exiles.

Im having some trouble with this build where i dont think trouble should be had. Ive been playing path since open beta and am quite experienced with the game and the content in it

IM lvl 92, i have about tier 2-3 gear, (rought 30 ex of invistment): maim / -15 mana chest. 380 pds foils, double corrupt tombfist, some nice jewls a teir 1 abysall belt with 60% elemental dmh. techslam charge and - fire res helm, ect. I can clear red maps fine, downed shaper but for the life of me i cannot down uber elder. His guardians are no problem but the fight itself feels almost impossible. my links are tech slam -melee phys - wepeon elemental dmg, conc effect and rage during maps/ruthless for boss. im using hatred precision and blood and sand. i have 1.2 odd mill tooltip in combat with flasks up.

WHere am i going wrong, i had assumed with this level of investment it should be ez pz uber elder kills and mad sextents on maps but this does not seem to be the case.

Is this something im doing wrong or is the build weaker than it appears on paper?

im wearing the wrong chest atm but ill link the gear here for reference

Spoiler

any help appreciated