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

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Rake7 wrote:

Try to copy this weapon and look how the damage would be:

This gives me a DPS increase of 17% on main and 21% off-hand.

Wow - so I really need to watch what I'm buying then. Great build so far, but I feel like I need a little more snap in the attacks. I'll keep grinding for some more currency! Thanks for the super fast response.

Hugge Dps Boost!!
So what basicly what are we looking for on stats? whats the "main" mods to look for? when buyinh new swords?

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Rake7 wrote:

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rickpollock wrote:

Same here ... I'm even having a hard time finding swords better than my Scaeva's. Just for fun, I pasted some sword selling for 1ex and it showed a DPS decrease. What am I doing wrong?

Try to copy this weapon and look how the damage would be:





Rarity: Rare
Horror Hunger
Corsair Sword
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One Handed Sword
Physical Damage: 69-208 (augmented)
Elemental Damage: 30-57 (augmented)
Critical Strike Chance: 6.80% (augmented)
Attacks per Second: 1.94 (augmented)
Weapon Range: 11
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Requirements:
Level: 58
Str: 81
Dex: 117
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Sockets: R R R
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Item Level: 78
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40% increased Global Accuracy Rating
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Adds 17 to 31 Physical Damage
Adds 30 to 57 Fire Damage
25% increased Attack Speed
36% increased Critical Strike Chance
+28% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
87% increased Physical Damage (crafted)
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Note: ~price 30 chaos



If it's a good dps increase (should be 10-20%, depending on the roll of your Scaeva), than you just have to find the right sword.

Sorry -- one more question, I'm obviously running dual Scaeva's and also have a 5-link chest.

1. Would you recommend upgrading the weapon's or getting a 6-link first?

2. If I'm sticking with 5-link, what gem would be recommended for the 5th slot?

for beginners in PoB

ahns in PoB build are 340 pDPS
it's 25c+ price.

if you use weaker ahn, test your desired weapon with your gear

@Rake7 this is pretty cool for the build right??

Also for when people are looking for better weapons, consider that the longer the league continues the lower the prices will go. I think I bought a 350 phys dps foil for around 40c a while back. Attack speed on a foil is what you want to look for if you want the smoother playstyle. Don't consider Pdps there is no reason to in this build. The raw dps should be the only thing we look at. I don't think most people need 450+ dps like in the PoB. I'm hitting about 1.35m dps for normal mobs, and 850k shaper dps. This is more than enough, 1 weapon is 300dps the other is 350. I found flasks and rings/ammy to be huge boots to damage in this build. I also took some nodes away from the top of the tree and redistributed them for another sword node. The Staves nodes for endurance charge generation are totally not needed for this build. The only problem I've found with the higher attack speed is mana problems. I fixed this with trying to run mana regen on each piece of jewellery.

So far the build is great Rakes, hoping to do some endgame content once I can sustain higher tier maps.

Alright. I have been playing around with the Timeless jewels.

I have this jewel that gives me this Notable.



I will lose a lot of Health, i was on around 4900, brought me back to 4470. plus i needed to switch some dps nodes wich went from 2.7 m shaper dps to 2.4 m shaper dps.

BUT i basically dont run out of endurance charges , its always on 5 now. (Wich also drastically improves dps and defense aswell i guess)

Do you guys think its worth the lost notables?

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Waíseheill wrote:

Don't consider Pdps there is no reason to in this build. The raw dps should be the only thing we look at. I don't think most people need 450+ dps like in the PoB.

Hi, actually, pDPS is as important as APS and Crit. We have a lot of things that scale with our pDPS as Hatred, "Gain x of Phys Damage as Extra x Damage" on Rings, Amulet, Flasks. Ofc the build doesn't need a 450 pDPS Foil. But it scales well.

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Rake7 wrote:

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pelisoli wrote:

Yea those swords are a hude loss of DPS in comparison by using Ahn's Might.. anyone figured out why ?? and i have more then 700 accuracy

I didn't said that every sword there will be as good as Ahn's Might. There can and will be swords that are as good - like the one on the picture. If i would limit the search as much to make sure they are always better as Ahn's Might, there would only be 1ex+ Foils and you would miss a lot of cheaper similar good offers.

Thats another example of a good one:

and another one:

non-Foil example:

Thank you so much for the effort and TIME that u put into this build and the forum... Most complete build ive ever seen. Trying to change my Ahn's because i didnt like the lack of atk speed and now i know what i should look for.

Can anyone help me out

I got new rare gloves but they feel like a huge dps loss then the unique ones i loose sustain and power charges as well.


I feel really squishy at times too even with immortal call

And the damage is really random and not consistent

I keep dying so leveling is hard right now and I feel I need the few extra levels and its getting frustrating. I can do red maps but get one shot in their 7

Current gems are for aoe fast clear at the moment maybe that's my problem buy it does feel a tad clunky right now

Any help much appreciated I feel IV invested a lot but not getting as far as I would like