Build of the Week: Season 2 Episode 9

please consider announcing a picture of the week
didnt read through anything here, maybe the idea is old
but my countries diablo II fansite had a picture of the week and they were nice to view even though they sucked
you should be able to count the number pictures you get as answers for this event and calculate if there will be enaugh pictures to post one every 7 or maybe every 14 days
stuff like that makes me want to play when i took a break for some days: checkin the news,viewing build of the week,...

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johnKeys wrote:

"build of the week"
or
"how amazing gear can turn even the most trivial character build into a build of the week."

seriously GGG, I think you can find better builds in this community.
yes maybe less "end-game viable" and less "GG RMT gear", but a hell of a lot more creative.

Dude.. If you play a character long enough 'unfortunately' they will have top end gear, I mean hell.. why the hell would I NOT want to upgrade if I have the currency ?

As I said this to many people already and I will keep saying it this is the reason why on my build there is a budget section because even I do not think you need high end gear to get to level 90, I just did it because I luv in investing in the character

Another thing I will keep repeating is that the reason why I created this build was to help level 80 dual claw wielders to get to level 90 or at least 85 since there are so few of them. If you want to play dual wielding its nice to have a guide so you know it would be viable for end game and if you read my actual guide you can do it CHEAPLY

I am also offended that you consider that I use RMT gear. What attracted me to Path of exile was its non pay to win elements. I use to play another game called drakensang and doing really well in the pvp getting myself a neat crown for 1000 pvp wins as well as joining one of the best pvp guilds but as I progress it soon become apparent at high level pvping it was Pay to win.. So I bite my thumb at you sir !!

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unsmith wrote:

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Charan wrote:

If they're gonna do that, I'd much rather a budget-build-of-the-week. You can do a LOT with so little in this game, if you're willing to be anything but a complete machine of destruction.

I envision a lot of new players seeing these builds and trying to replicate the trees, but falling flat on their face because the gear isn't up to snuff. That's discouraging and gives the impression that you have to have uber gear to play the endgame here, and I know that's not the case. I also know you don't have to roflstomp maps in order to have a good time playing PoE.

So yeah, let's see some budget builds!

lol, mins is budget build its not my fault I kept on playing and kept on gaining currency and hence kept on getting better gear. I have written a massive section on my guide how to create this character cheaply from 5 ex to 15 ex ( depending how much you want to spend on gems, high hp, resist gear)

but if you want to strip the meat all you need is a tabala rasa and 2 x 250 physical dps claws for 1.5 ex to 2 ex each.


I have created a progression section ( 1 to 100 points ) and a bargain gear section so if you fall flat on your face you have yourself to blame. Please read the reviews from other players who have leveled up my character up to high 80s in the 'review' section.

Sometimes in life you need to do a bit digging rather than make lazy assumptions regarding something you have no idea about.

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ninedeadeyes wrote:

Dude.. If you play a character long enough 'unfortunately' they will have top end gear, I mean hell.. why the hell would I NOT want to upgrade if I have the currency ?

As I said this to many people already and I will keep saying it this is the reason why on my build there is a budget section because even I do not think you need high end gear to get to level 90, I just did it because I luv in investing in the character

Another thing I will keep repeating is that the reason why I created this build was to help level 80 dual claw wielders to get to level 90 or at least 85 since there are so few of them. If you want to play dual wielding its nice to have a guide so you know it would be viable for end game and if you read my actual guide you can do it CHEAPLY

I am also offended that you consider that I use RMT gear. What attracted me to Path of exile was its non pay to win elements. I use to play another game called drakensang and doing really well in the pvp getting myself a neat crown for 1000 pvp wins as well as joining one of the best pvp guilds but as I progress it soon become apparent at high level pvping it was Pay to win.. So I bite my thumb at you sir !!

first of all, I have nothing against you.
and I admire your perseverance in keeping that build thread up and up-to-date all this time.
and yes I read it. most of it anyway.
lots of effort spent, and plenty of useful information.

but truth be told, I just don't see anything overly "wild" or creative in your build.
no special tricks or clever use of mechanics. no "spark of insanity". and there are many builds that do.
you just took a very commonly-used build - pretty standard really - and made it good with uber-gear.
but it's a lot more "gear of the month" than it is "build of the week".

and as a side note, your "budget" option still isn't "budget" for most players, including myself.
you know how many Exalts I have, after playing this game for more than 1.5 years?
4.
if I just sell-off all my accumulated gear in all leagues - legacy stuff and all - maybe I'll hit 30-40 Exalts, but I think that's about it.
some people play this game as an aRPG, rather than a trade simulator.
well as an aRPG and especially for solo, self-found - it sucks.

I'd play a fun build that can't even reach maps any day, over one that's boring and mediocre until you uber-gear. and I know I never will uber-gear because I try not to trade, hate mindless grinding over and over (and over), and RNG probably has something personal against me at this point, otherwise it's just ridiculous.

EDIT: and don't be offended - I call everything that's shockingly expensive "RMT grade gear".
so far, after all this time, I don't even know how a 6-link looks like.
300 physical dps fast claws? yeah. no way.

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iamstryker wrote:

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GeorgAnatoly wrote:

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iamstryker wrote:

Maybe I should rewatch the video but I don't see how that was a budget BoTW. He was using a 6L chest and two very high end claws. Thats not that cheap.

Edit: Oh and every single one of his main attack gems were 20/20. So budget...

Varying claws will only effect efficiency. A 6L is hardly needed for this build to work nor are the 20/20 gems. You could use a naked account and start using this build as early as completing the quest sharp and cruel in act 2 normal. The passive tree used is very typical and allows for a lot of variances based on gear and preferences.

Of course I knew that. The build is certainly possible, i've done similar stuff in the past myself. My issue is that the build running is not cheap and the cheaper version that doesn't use a 6L, high end claws, and perfect gems is going to do much less damage and not be nearly as impressive in the end game.

Edit: I would prefer to see a video of someone who is around lvl 70-80 using a 5L with average level gems and nothing else super great. Clearing good maps with that set up would be more impressive.

I assumed you knew that stuff. I actually wrote that for any noobs who might have read your comments and became dissuaded from trying the build. I agree with you edit as well.

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johnKeys wrote:

first of all, I have nothing against you.
and I admire your perseverance in keeping that build thread up and up-to-date all this time.
and yes I read it. most of it anyway.
lots of effort spent, and plenty of useful information.

but truth be told, I just don't see anything overly "wild" or creative in your build.
no special tricks or clever use of mechanics. no "spark of insanity". and there are many builds that do.
you just took a very commonly-used build - pretty standard really - and made it good with uber-gear.
but it's a lot more "gear of the month" than it is "build of the week".
so much so, that if I just go ahead and copy your build - and I never do, because I play custom - then use the kind of gear I have available, I'll probably get slaughtered as early as Act 3 Cruel.

and as a side note, your "budget" option still isn't "budget" for most players, including myself.
you know how many Exalts I have, after playing this game for more than 1.5 years?
4.
if I just sell-off all my accumulated gear in all leagues - legacy stuff and all - maybe I'll hit 30-40 Exalts, but I think that's about it.
some people play this game as an aRPG, rather than a trade simulator.
well as an aRPG and especially for solo, self-found - it sucks.

I'd a fun build that can't even reach maps any day, over one that's boring and mediocre until you uber-gear, and I know I never will because I try not to trade, and RNG probably has something personal against me at this point, otherwise it's just ridiculous.

I think why GGG used mine because

Generally most build of the week all have pretty high 'barrier to entry' as well as being 'range'

You can practically use my character at level 35 and being melee is nice variation from the other BOTW

It is not very creative but efficient. People were having trouble getting dual claw from level 80 to 90 hence I created a guide so people can efficiently get to high levels and that was the purpose of the build. We have already had quite a few creative builds sometimes I feel beginners would just like to play a simple, fast, close combat build which is what my build is about and hence why GGG has picked it and to be honest there actually isn't too many dual claw builds on the forums which is another reason why I created mine.


Seriously I also only been playing it for like a year and a bit but then again I can stack my character with 250+ iir and 100+iiq and farm dominus without any issue.


You just need one lucky drop and BANG you are 10 to 50 ex richer or even if you just sell off your 1 to 3 ex uniques you can make 10 to 15 ex in a month or two.

Edit : I was making an ex every roughly 2 to 3 hours of playing by just collecting alts
and selling 300 for one ex

I think to get the most out of the game you have to do everything..

Trading, ARPGing,MFing since you need to reach the higher levels to get the
really good uniques since they are the one that sell for alot.. Its a snow ball effect.

I think by completely cutting one element you are really limiting yourself and your build

but for 'end game' you really should really have around 10ex ish but to be honest you can
just get a couple of pdps claws ( 250pdps) and a taba rasa for 5 to 6 ex. I basically got up to level 85 with equipment that cost this much and only after level 85 i started seriously investing in my gear cause it was just sitting their doing nothing.

As I said before I would consider this a 'fun build' but it depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for a simple, efficient,fast, melee with low entry to barrier and flexible to mix with a whole range of uniques than this build is for you, if not keep on walking, lol

You may be right about the below man, but what do you think about the drop rates? I feel like siege axes are 40 percent or more of the 1 handed weapons that drop in 66-73 maps(what most people farm the most of)

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demivion wrote:

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CorranHorn wrote:

I just did the above BTW to make sure i wasn't full of it.

2 Claws between 280 and 320 PDPS BO on Standard league our of 89 weapons... i think my point is valid.

The point's valid but you are forgetting a few things which mitigate it some:

1) how many people are chancing hundreds of siege axes trying to get soul taker? TONS. This generates a disproportionate amount of rare siege axes in the marketplace

2) how many people who find a 300 pdps claw realize that it could be worth something and try and sell it? The average line of thought goes something like this: "hmm this claw looks decent but claws don't sell because no good claw builds exist, vendor trash."

I bet just as many 300 pdps claws drop as 300 pdps axes or swords... it's just people's mentality screwing up the final ratio of weapons that make it to PoE.xyz for sale.


There weren't that many fast atk speed, high crit, low DPS daggers in existance until CoC came around and people realized they were worth selling...

Buyouts, and you forgot to limit the DPS range, and a good portion of those are 400+ dps or mirrored claws, which 95 percent of the player base could never afford.

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ninedeadeyes wrote:

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CorranHorn wrote:

I just did the above BTW to make sure i wasn't full of it.

2 Claws between 280 and 320 PDPS BO on Standard league our of 89 weapons... i think my point is valid.

Hi there.. I count around 18 claws between 280 to 320.


http://poe.xyz.is/search/ikukitozutokuo


To be honest i only recommend getting 250 pdps claws since anything over is super over price and you don't get that much damage more.

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CorranHorn wrote:

Buyouts, and you forgot to limit the DPS range, and a good portion of those are 400+ dps or mirrored claws, which 95 percent of the player base could never afford.

To be honest I feel most 300 pdps claws are over price. ( 7ex to 20 ex) Generally more towards the 12 ex whilst 250pdps is much more affordable and realistic.

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ninedeadeyes wrote:

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Bobbyblind wrote:

Dunno, feels like a cheap 5L Reave build with Bloodseeker works just as well. But the totem trick is really neat.

I'm not 100% if it is enough damage because bloodseeker does only 200 pdps for end game but yeah then again it won't be a dual claw build if you use reave which is probably the main point of the build, lol

Yeah, but i'm still reaching 19k dps on a 5L alone and pretty crap gear (no quality on gems either). And it feels like 19k reave DPS is just as efficient as his 40k dual strike dps, watching that video. I might be wrong though. Point is, I prefer reave, it feels like you're not sacrificing a gemslot for melee splash.