Build of the Week, Season 2 Episode 3 Build Submission Thread

Frozen Valkyrie



I was waiting for botw for such a long time, but before i could show my build, the patch 1.0.0 was released and changed a huge amount how the build is built.

I introduce you to my semi magic find(188+65IIR/11+41IIQ) 3,8k ES block/spell block hybrid EV/AR build with ondars guile, 3auras + tempest shield crit Freeze pulser witch.

3,8K ES (3,3k before patch, also was using Righteous fire with only , but not anymore with release)
1k mana
52% block / 69% spell block
low life with 3 auras (grace, haste, discipline + tempest shield)
~ 1,5k dps x 3
49% crit chance & 285% crit multiplier
8,6k EV with ondars guile
900AR -> (56% at lvl 82) ~10k with granite flask (some more with molten shell + 3 endurances)

Passive Skill Tree

This build was really fun before release and could perma freeze most bosses, not as much anymore, but still pretty good.

I started this build because i won a shavronnes in a lottery in Anarchy, that's when i got pretty rich, and this build allowed me to solo almost every map and get pretty good uniques/rares.

The biggest problem with this build is chaos dot dmg, especially multiple stacks of viper strike. And maybe some 4K+ hits, didn't encounter those yet though (gone as far as 70s maps).

Double ele reflect and even -max res or ele weakness is not a problem, cause i block most of my FP dmg.

This build is best used solo or at max 2 player parties and requires pretty unique/expensive gear.

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pneuma wrote:

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dzordzo wrote:

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pneuma wrote:

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That's a badass build. Have you considered DW-ing ungil's ? 55% block by default, 18% block with DW nodes easy to achieve with passives, and 180% global crit chance from the daggers. You lose some of the nice shield nodes like 12% spell block and res, but you would save a few points.

It would make block a lot easier to reach, but I can get a ton more crit chance/multi and spell damage from a caster dagger and an eshield shield. Would free up Tempest Shield as well, though I tend to use that for auxiliary damage/shocks.

Double Ungwil's would be an excellent way to level the build, though, if anyone tries to do so.

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It's really sad to see so many people ITT look at GGG as the enemy.
Who cares if your build gets nerfed? Balance soldiers on. It's not personal.

I've watched my favorite build (endurance discharge) go from stupidly overpowered (0.9.3) to balanced (0.9.4) to overpowered (0.9.6 diamond flasks) to worthless (CB, removal of diamond flasks and crit multi nerfs) and back to the overpowered state it's in now (0.9.10? when they doubled its base damage and crit chance).

Beyond that, I've played dozens of different builds and watched all of them go through similar changes.

The one thing that has remained true throughout is that GGG doesn't throw the game over the fence and give up. I disagree with some of their new content and some of their balance fixes, but it's infinitely better than most games which don't even attempt to balance things, and over time, I do feel that PoE's balance is getting better more than it's getting worse.

I'll leave off with my favorite quote.

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Chris wrote:

The "nerfs" in this patch are in response to the rest of the rebalance and so that many builds are simultaneously viable. You can't complain that there are only seven good builds and then complain when we balancing the power level :P

Please note that the argument of "just buff the other skills, never nerf anything" has this cycle:
a) Buff bad skills: now everything is easy.
b) Game is now too easy: give monsters more life.
c) Values would now have all crept up: scale them all down slightly.

After those steps, it's exactly the same as just tweaking the abusive skills in the first place.

But they don't tweak, they destroy.

Hi everyone, I would like to present you my character, Vaystar.



Vaystar is a level 86 Hardcore "sword and board" duelist based on the reave skill, and the unique property of the Aegis Aurora shield. This is the first character that i have completed near the fullest extent, I am very proud of my creation.

The aim of this build was to make a very strong character, both in PVP and PVE, with the best balance of defensive and offensive abilities. The process of theory crafting and finding the items was very fun, but also very expensive to achieve, the gear I am currently using was bought/crafted for more then 50 exalts


Main Skill: Reave

Reave is an extraordinary skill, both for single target and multi-target damage. The range of the attack with all the stacks is more than enough to hit a whole pack of monsters at the same time. The support gems i use with it are the following:

Reave - Faster Attacks - Multistrike - Melee physical damage - Melee Damage on Full Life - Increased Area of Effect


This attack scales very well with attack speed because you want to be at full stacks as quickly as possible: Multistrike and Faster Attacks are two obvious choices. I can also use Melee phys and Melee phys on full life to increase the damage because I very rarely fall under my energy shield. My last support gem is Increased area of effect.

Depending on the map mods, I can switch between support gems. For example, I carry a blood magic gem to switch with melee damage on full life on 50% slower mana recovery mods, or an added fire gem to switch with, once again, melee damage on full life, on chaos degeneration maps. I can also use concentrated effect for single target dps.

My DPS tooltip with Reave is about 15000 with increased AOE and 25000 with concentrated effect.

Other Skills

The main auras in this build are grace and hatred. I also use leap small with faster attacks to travel easier

Defence

My Duelist is a hybrid character that uses both energy shield and life. This works very great because of a unique property on my shield, Aegis Aura. This shields makes it so every time I block an attack or a spell, I gain 4% of my armour as energy shield. With my 10000 armour, the energy shield gained from each block is 400. This is my main defence so I stacked the most block chance and spell block on my gear and passive tree. In the end I have 70% chance to block and 60% chance to block spells.

In total, i have 5000 life and 1000 energy shield, enough to substain a streak of unlucky hits that I didnt block.


The Gear



Stats



Passive tree


Final Notes

I'm very satisfied with my build, I have been able to complete most of my gearing objectives and been able to efficiently run high level maps with no problems.

I'd like to submit my:

Ethereal Knives Mind Over Matter Tank



Character name: ZiggyD

Full build info here: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/619533

Trivializes hardest game content?

I recently played the Poorjoy's Asylum map and fought the endgame boss to test my AA tanking power.

LMP Tentacle Boss + Vulnderability + Flammability + 150% map damage + 25% turbo = 0 damage taken!

I also wanted to test this thing called reflect everyone is afraid of.

Double Reflect map + Phys reflect pack + elemental reflect pack = 0 damage taken.


The build uses some of the strongest defensive mechanics in the game (MoM, AA, Life Stacking, IR, DoDT) and still managed to break 7-10kDPS on EK.

Trivializing your Nemesis league :D

Dyadus EE Crit Build

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAxthYYz38fLgpLmeb1I8ZLrndJ-3ZYe8OrKpXDedSWfPSIZHOVEmYb8Aans277V8_kn2QVacwducX6uXPp4QB5xQgFHH7RRo4Nuify1BHBg5Bquw4ZKNj_fGKOtgpT1fiGlUlrSdPLdKFfeQigpt35TKJYSEJ9kSBtQQabASzhO8S4RiwXcadrvAfXhN07dwjRtenCBJpogAbyHrvP5vtII9GuJMXHEMxYEvhc9DQgUnr7nF5tkHfbwUti4zPZbI4KPpOKlXGZk-YrVuv0O73o2J5FfYABg==

Uber fire damage with high crit negative res, use reave or other alternate attacking skills

Everything will burn

Not a single build in this entire thread has used concentrated effect.

Ffs it starts out at a 1.5x damage multiplier.

More damage, not increased damage. And we've had two reave builds in the thread.

Smh

I always see build of the week as nerf of the week.

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Andromansis wrote:

Not a single build in this entire thread has used concentrated effect.

Ffs it starts out at a 1.5x damage multiplier.

More damage, not increased damage. And we've had two reave builds in the thread.

Smh

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Mephasm wrote:

Character name: Valstreya

Occupation: Raining Arrows

Gems are - Rain of Arrows, Concentrated Effect, Life Leech, Blood Magic, Weapon Elemental Damage

Sorry, I had to.

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Andromansis wrote:

Not a single build in this entire thread has used concentrated effect.

Ffs it starts out at a 1.5x damage multiplier.

More damage, not increased damage. And we've had two reave builds in the thread.

Smh

Dirati (a few post above) uses Concentrated effect with his reave.

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ZiggyD wrote:

I'd like to submit my:

Ethereal Knives Mind Over Matter Tank



Character name: ZiggyD

Full build info here: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/619533

Trivializes hardest game content?

I recently played the Poorjoy's Asylum map and fought the endgame boss to test my AA tanking power.

LMP Tentacle Boss + Vulnderability + Flammability + 150% map damage + 25% turbo = 0 damage taken!

I also wanted to test this thing called reflect everyone is afraid of.

Double Reflect map + Phys reflect pack + elemental reflect pack = 0 damage taken.


The build uses some of the strongest defensive mechanics in the game (MoM, AA, Life Stacking, IR, DoDT) and still managed to break 7-10kDPS on EK.

Trivializing your Nemesis league :D

im not sure sending out your build to be nerfed is such a good idea ziggy.
i could post my IB FB Mara here, but im still in a2 cruel(i am one-shotting every single mob i touch though)
im also to lazy to type everything about the build