[3.4] ELE CLAW INQUISITOR | Farm Shaper on 3Link! + UberElder, UberAtziri | very Budget friendly!

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PincheRed wrote:

Really torn on replacing my weapon. I currently have a claw with 330 epds, but a bad base. Can feel the reduced leach and it's keeping me from going with the non VP tree.



Is it really worth the 15ex to replace with a Imperial base? I also have this started, not sure if it's worth a slam:

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Alibangbang wrote:

You have 3 exalts and 476 chaos.

On topic, I read if you scour a shaped item it retains the shaped mod? If it's true, then spend scours and alchs til you roll better, and Bob's your uncle.

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robin_nerf wrote:

Like Pantheon's, gems, gear ?

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Sparhawk2014 wrote:

I couldn't find a search function to search within this thread, so my apologies if this was asked before...

Why is Orb of Storms kept at lvl 1 and 0 quality? I accidentally upgraded mine to lvl 2 already :)

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robin_nerf wrote:

Is there any mandatory recomendations for swapping anything before Guardian/Shaper-fight ?
Like Pantheon's, gems, gear ?

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Merdento wrote:

So I started this build at the beggining of the league because I wanted to play BF, so the many changes during the first week kinda pissed me off a little bit, but boy it turned out amazingly well, Im having a blast with this build, BY FAR the hardest hitting one I've ever played, I melt Uber Aritzi like its a tier 5 boss, so Im gonna contribute here with my opinion on it.
This is my current gear, nothing too crazy but I had to spend several exalteds on it.

Spoiler

Im using the non-vaal version of the build because using a life on hit claw (with 320 edps, AS and crit). I think the leech is almost not necessary at all and you gain a lot of dps and life because of the extra jewel sockets.
My next invesmets are probably going to be on a +3 proj rats nest (15ex ouch) and then probably improving my jewels (they are just too expensive) or maybe getting some lvl 21 added lightning or Heralds, I'm not too sure yet.
I managed to overcap my resists while using a Biscos (so I can use a full dps neck for bosses)and a Tombfist without any resists on my jewels so I'm not planning on changing any other piece of gear, even tho they are not too amazing.

Pros:
- Incredible amounts of DPS, I've never melted the Shaper or Uber Atziri this incredibly fast.
- High survivability because of the life on hit on the claws, it is almost impossible to die as long as you are hitting things unless you get 1shoted in a nasty mods map.
- With the proper gear you can run any mods out there without much complication except Ele reflect (well, you could run Ele reflect but it is slow, tedious and extremelly risky, I wouldn't do that).
- Really fun to play and impressive looking.

Cons:
- Very low evasion (Im around 5k now) which means you can get a hard time in hard hitting maps with mods like hexproof. If you make some investment in your character you shouldnt die too much tho, but its not very tanky.
- Not the best in terms of clear speed. You have HUGE amounts of damage but because how Molten Strike works it doesnt feel like you are clearing at top speeds.
- It's an FPS destroyer, I have a decent computer but if you don't, you might want to play something else.
- Even tho the guide says "budget friendly", I don't think you can do a decent character without spending several exalteds on it considering the price of some important items in the build (the shield is a robbery compared to what it was last league)

Personal notes:
The Claw:I think it is very important to choose a Gemini Claw over any other because it has mana+life on hit. This enables you to run no regen and no leech maps without even noticing it. I tried many kinds of different bases and I think at least the Imperial base is very important for the build, but the Gemini Claw was the best performer for me by far.

The Gloves: Regarding the gloves, I started the build using maligaros, but I felt I needed some life so I switched to some cheap spike gloves with ele damage, later on I switched again to Tombfists with 2 abyssal sockets with decent life+3ele damage jewels on them. The damage boost with this gloves were AMAZING, plus you have intimidate and decent life on them if you use the proper jewels. My 3 jewels are life + 3 decent elemental damage rolls.

The Tree:If you are going to use the non-vaal build, you need to consider that you will lose some INT (30 or so), which you need to get from gear or an extra +30 INT node in your tree. Right now I have 30 int on my claw and my boots and I don't need INT anywhere else. In the other hand, if you have some life on hit in your claw you will NOT need vaal pact at all and you will gain a lot of dps by using the non-vaal pact build.

The gems:About the gem switching, I don't even switch any gem for T15 or lower bosses, I go as it is with the AC and AOE and the bosses melt anyways. When I'm facing strong top tier bosses like Elder, Shaper or Uber Atziri I switch AOE for Conc effect and after some testing I think switching AC for Damage on Full Life give a huge boost to your single target DPS without having to worry at all about your positioning.
I also switched Blood Rage for Ancestral Protector because I don't think AP will gain a lot from those links and by having Blood Rage on my claw I can remove the degen debuff if I need to by tapping X in a second.
About the Enlighten lvl 3. You don't really need it, most of the time I was using Flame Dash instead of it, but using it gives you some extra quality of life in certain moments. I eventually switched my flame dash linked with a 20% portal and a faster casting to a %cast speed sceptre in my secondary weapon for cases when I need to use it, and added my enlighten to my build just to test it out.

Conclusion:
The build is very fun to play, it clears well, it destroys every single boss you encounter in 5 seconds and it looks amazing. It is kinda expensive to make it really good but I think its worth it.
Im very happy with it, it is by far the strongest build I've ever played allowing me to kill Uber atziri deathless within the first couple of weeks of the League.

I can only thank the autor of the guide for the good job and the constant updates to the guide, I played a lot of builds that promised me millions of DPS and never delivered at all. I wasn't expecting this kind of damage in this build and its hard to say how much DPS I do but I'm gessing its in the millions.

Im sorry for the long text, I was bored today and needed something to do, I hope at least it helps someone to try the build out.

Thanks for your time.