Templar - How to make a viable build

• You get 1 passive skill point every time you level.
  
  • Currently, game content spans levels 1-60.
    
    • The recently announced end-game includes content up to level 70.
  • This means you can reasonably expect to reach level 70, but you need to be end-game ready by level 60.
• You get 1 passive skill point for 2 different quests during each difficulty, you also have an option during one quest to get Life, Mana, Resistance, or an additional passive skill point.
• This means that your character should be end-game ready by the time they have 71 skill points (59 level ups, and 12 quest points)
• You will never reach level 100, so creating a build utilizing all 111 points that the online tool allows you is inappropriate.

• +Do increase your offense and defense!
• +Do spread out your offensive points between physical damage, elemental damage, and attack speed!
• +Do pick up accuracy so that you can actually hit things! (Spells have 100% chance to hit! No need for accuracy there!)
• +Do make a balanced build utilizing only 60-70 points!
• +Do look for synergies between skills!
• +Do post your build using [ url] tags! An unclickable build is a bad build :(

• -Don't go purely into offense or defense!
• -Don't stack purely into one statistic!
• -Don't post a build using all 111 points!
• -Don't forget that skills cost mana, have a plan!

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TheRabbit303 wrote:

Welcome! Thanks for joining me here today, I'll be your instructor, Rabbit. Please hold your questions until the end of the presentation, thank you.

Now, let's get started. Why are we here today? That's simple, we want to create a passive tree build with a Templar!

First off, there are several things to keep in mind:

• You get 1 passive skill point every time you level.
  
  • Currently, game content spans levels 1-60.
    
    • The recently announced end-game includes content up to level 70.
  • This means you can reasonably expect to reach level 70, but you need to be end-game ready by level 60.
• You get 1 passive skill point for 2 different quests during each difficulty, you also have an option during one quest to get Life, Mana, Resistance, or an additional passive skill point.
• This means that your character should be end-game ready by the time they have 71 skill points (59 level ups, and 12 quest points)
• You will never reach level 100, so creating a build utilizing all 111 points that the online tool allows you is inappropriate.

The current end-game of Path of Exile is hard. There are many monsters that will hit you at least once. Thus, it is your best interest to design a character that is capable of surviving one or more hits!

Another thing to keep in mind is the method that the game calculates your damage. Without getting too much into the details, if an item, passive, or ability has the keyword "Increases" consider it adding to your damage multiplier. If the keyword is "More" consider it to multiply your existing damage.

Everyone loves bullet points!
DO:

• +Do increase your offense and defense!
• +Do spread out your offensive points between physical damage, elemental damage, and attack speed!
• +Do pick up accuracy so that you can actually hit things! (Spells have 100% chance to hit! No need for accuracy there!)
• +Do make a balanced build utilizing only 60-70 points!
• +Do look for synergies between skills!
• +Do post your build using [ url] tags! An unclickable build is a bad build :(

DON'T:

• -Don't go purely into offense or defense!
• -Don't stack purely into one statistic!
• -Don't post a build using all 111 points!
• -Don't forget that skills cost mana, have a plan!

Now, let's get into the specifics, shall we?

The templar is an excellent starting point for players that want an elemental damage character. The largest elemental damage nodes are near the templar. The templar area also includes all of the staff nodes, making the staff a viable choice.

Generally a templar would do best wearing intelligence/strength armour, and picking up passive skills that boost armour and energy shield. Another alternative is the staff weapon that has an innate ability to block attacks.

Here are some example Templar builds:
Elemental Damage (Archer) 71 point build

This build is not perfect, but includes offense and defensive capabilities, and has a clear design goal. This would be an excellent start for a new user.

I'll now open up the floor to questions...


Yes, you, back there, go ahead....

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Bluetick24 wrote:

This positively the dumbest build ive ever seen. Tried it as a newbie until 39, when I realized you get ) drops as a templar required for this build. They should ban you from the forums (or you could do us all a favor and jump off a bridge). Thanks and FUCK you for wasting 20 hrs of my life.

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Bluetick24 wrote:

Just hope no one else wastes their time with this crap build. He completely fails to take into account the fact that there are ZERO skills awarded for this build.

Also reveals a major flaw in the game; while its theoretically posssible to build these kind of nonesense builds, the devls didnt take it into account and dont give you the necessary skills to play it.

If the Devs cant make the basic game playable, they fail, badly. In this respect, D3>POE by years. And D3 blew, lawl.

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Bluetick24 wrote:

This positively the dumbest build ive ever seen. Tried it as a newbie until 39, when I realized you get ) drops as a templar required for this build. They should ban you from the forums (or you could do us all a favor and jump off a bridge). Thanks and FUCK you for wasting 20 hrs of my life.