Best way to get 100% impale? I have too much..

I realized I have over 120% impale, so I actually need to drop some. I have:

40% Impale Support
20% Master of Steel
20% Forceful skewing node (and sub node)
20% Swift Skewering node (and sub node)
20% Dread Banner

120% total

So, what should I ditch? Or are they all useful as they also increase the effect of impale?

Thanks

Mind linking me the build thread you're following? 4.5k life w/ Abyssus is just... ouch.

As far as im awair their isn't a limit on how many impales can be applied per hit. Thus you hace a 20% chance to apply a second impale

got 161% xD why should you drop it tbh? check pob if u should?

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Rekt_that wrote:

As far as im awair their isn't a limit on how many impales can be applied per hit. Thus you hace a 20% chance to apply a second impale

Unless they recently patched it to make such a dramatic change, anything over 100% chance to impale is wasted - 100% = guaranteed impale vs 90% = 10% chance not to impale.

Drop one of the 3 node clusters. Only drop the Banner IF you can fit another mana reserve skill into your build with the freed up 10%.

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Rekt_that wrote:

As far as im awair their isn't a limit on how many impales can be applied per hit. Thus you hace a 20% chance to apply a second impale

That is wrong. You can never exceed 100%. Although there isn’t a limit for how many impales a target can have on them, you are limited based on how many hits impales last. Impales by default last 5 hits, so you will never apply more than 5 on the target at once.

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jack_aubrey wrote:

Mind linking me the build thread you're following? 4.5k life w/ Abyssus is just... ouch.

My build is based on this, but i didn't follow it precisely. I've been looking at top builds on POE ninja and seeing what everyone has in common. I also don't have any good cluster jewels yet.

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2775438

Also realize that I'm poor, so far I'm up to T13 maps, so I'm getting there, but slowly. No lucky drops yet.

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Aldonés wrote:

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Rekt_that wrote:

As far as im awair their isn't a limit on how many impales can be applied per hit. Thus you hace a 20% chance to apply a second impale

That is wrong. You can never exceed 100%. Although there isn’t a limit for how many impales a target can have on them, you are limited based on how many hits impales last. Impales by default last 5 hits, so you will never apply more than 5 on the target at once.

Goin on semantics, you can definitely exceed 100% chance. Generally speaking in PoE when chance is involved going beyond 100% chance is a waste.

Because of "PoE math" you have to be mindful of the interpretation. It's like more vs increased - they technically should mean the same thing but in PoE are used to differentiate between additive or multiplicative damage.

I know on at least one of my 3.10 cycloners that I was over the 100% chance, but given the tree at the time it was either go under at 95 or so go slightly over and have some go to waste - guaranteeing the impale meant it was worth more (at least to me) to ensure the impale versus missing the stack a measly 5% of the time.

Yes, you “can” go over, but anything over 100% serves no purpose. The only thing it will do is serve as a reserve in case you get %# reduced chance, and I don’t know of a single source of reduced chance to impale.