[3.15] Spectral Shield Throw Bleed Gladiator - tanky & fast mapping - good scaling - all content

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paLe1337 wrote:

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Dofolo wrote:

They are buffing SST, again!

I ran this several leagues as a starter, and it always does great ... wasn't planning on 3.15 with it, but looks like throwing shields is back on the menu :D

Sounds pretty good. Maybe some day a hit based SST will be viable :D.

Also with the new Bash skill able to Shotgun. That could be a Single Target swap setup.

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MajorSadist wrote:

We just need to apply our bleed stacks so I doubt its worth a swap or build rejig to include it. I just hope the numbers on the buffed SST are good and that they didn't nerf the support gems too hard if at all.

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paLe1337 wrote:

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MajorSadist wrote:

We just need to apply our bleed stacks so I doubt its worth a swap or build rejig to include it. I just hope the numbers on the buffed SST are good and that they didn't nerf the support gems too hard if at all.

Yes. The Bash thing will do nothing for this build.

That's why i wrote Hit based. I tested a lot of different Impale SST Characters last seasons. It's nearly playable, but can't keep up with the cheap gearing and playstyle of the Bleed version. But maybe with some new buffs and the Bash for Single Target :)

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Iwfen wrote:

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paLe1337 wrote:

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MajorSadist wrote:

We just need to apply our bleed stacks so I doubt its worth a swap or build rejig to include it. I just hope the numbers on the buffed SST are good and that they didn't nerf the support gems too hard if at all.

Yes. The Bash thing will do nothing for this build.

That's why i wrote Hit based. I tested a lot of different Impale SST Characters last seasons. It's nearly playable, but can't keep up with the cheap gearing and playstyle of the Bleed version. But maybe with some new buffs and the Bash for Single Target :)

can you refer a elemental variation for sst?

ty

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Spectral Shield Throw was used almost exclusively with its threshold jewel, Divide and Conquer, at high levels. Because of this, we've changed the skill to naturally have behaviour similar to what Divide and Conquer applied. It will release all projectiles each time it chains (making it far stronger than before with sources of additional projectiles), and comes with a number of chains. While reviewing this skill, we've made changes to all skills that deal damage based on Shield Defences, greatly boosting their damage. These skills no longer gain critical strike chance per energy shield, a mechanic that was used very rarely. Instead, the Divide and Conquer threshold jewel has been reworked, and is now called Seething Fury. Seething Fury provides bonuses to critical strike chance and multiplier to Shield Charge, Spectral Shield Throw and Shield Crush, based on the Energy Shield from your Shield, making this an option for builds that do want to use Energy Shield based shields with these skills.