[3.3] Unstoppable Gladiator 78% Max Block/Spells. Best Low Budget League Starter
" For INT I take Ancestral Knowledge point and then some more from jewels (or gear, usually rings). About DEX, you just need some points and you can easily get them from jewels/gear too. |
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" I don't know about your tree and jewels. Link them if you want that I take a look. First thing to do is exchange WED with Added Fire Damage and then try to get Q20/L20 gems (Cleave most important, you got just L16). Steel rings with essence craft (Contempt) could increase your damage a lot too. |
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" If you use Static Strike is not worthy because SS is single target damage and explosions are not considered attacks, so no AoE modifiers apply. If you use an AoE skill like Cleave, then is worth going that way. |
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" A near perfect Soul Taker is about 1-1.5 exalted on league now. And you will get around +20 PDPS from it. I suggest you go first for two Steel Rings with essence craft (contempt) that will boost your damage a lot. Then, go for Soul Taker, because is a good improvement too. |
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" If you don't have a good 6L rare chest, I strongly recommend you to use BoR. Damage will be really low. Using Aegis with just 200 ES is unworthy too, because you need a good ES pool to replenish to improve your survivability. Helm and Chest are the main source of ES, so, using Devoto's is another problem. |
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" - Amplify: worthy, but not if you use Static Strike, because is single target and explosions are not considered attacks, so no AoE modifiers apply. - Totem: best DPS from Protector, but just a few more. I prefer Warchief because of the smash-smash-smash :) - Life: should be around 5K-5.5K at level 90. Maybe you take too many damage nodes before going for life, I strongly recommend you pick life first and then damage. Plus, life on each piece of gear is really important. You need at least 4.5K life to be comfortable. |
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" Gratz on your first Atziri kill, glad to read you liked the build! |
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" Truth is that I don't like Lacerate, but I think that same setup as other physical damage skills should apply: Lacerate + Multistrike + Added Fire Damage + Inc. AoE / Conc. Effect. If things are similar to Cleave, then I guess you should go all the time with Conc. Effect (of course, having already Gratuitous Violence). Please, share your experience with Lacerate after you give it a try. Right now, I don't recall any good opinion about that skill with this build on high tier maps (+T13). |
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Well, just realized that today, this post reaches 40 pages of Q&A since Essence league began. Just one month and a half ago... Thanks to all!
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mas_mariano, no thank YOU for taking the time to make the guide, and still answer questions for this long. Thanks for the reply to my question aswell, it helps a lot. You mention using contempt essence on steel ring, I am wondering though, what is your opinion on the essence of hysteria? for rings it gives 10% of your physical damage as fire! Again, thanks for all your hard work :)
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