[3.5] Say_Ten's Melee Shadow - Murder Everything Cheaply

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Say_Ten wrote:

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lulin220 wrote:

Awesome build! Currently level 46, very enjoyable.
I have a question. Can I use Blade Flurry in this build?

thought that was in the FAQ but maybe not since it was only very big when it first came out. yes, you can swap dual strike for blade flurry. also get rid of multistrike and add a different complimentary gem such as Inc AOE or Conc Effect. also you wouldn't need Might and Influence.

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Asellia wrote:

As someone who's never had the most amazing amount of time to learn the game, I was wondering-- I take it there's no 'better' way to get those unset rings cheaply? People want amounts way higher than I have for unset rings with the right stats.

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Xzandro wrote:

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Asellia wrote:

As someone who's never had the most amazing amount of time to learn the game, I was wondering-- I take it there's no 'better' way to get those unset rings cheaply? People want amounts way higher than I have for unset rings with the right stats.

I recommend that you buy gear in waves. At first you should build up your defenses a little bit. Like high life and resistence rolls. For example for boots: look for ones with 3x 30+ res & 70+ max life. You dont necessarily need the movement speed for now.

For Unset Rings I started with 60+ life and flat phys damage ones and one more resistence, which should be rather cheap.

Weapons: Bloodseeker (main hand) | Wasp Nest or Touch of Anguish are very cheap options which I had for quite some time.

Stat values in the starter post are ideal ones and best in slot items (not only for this build), and people know that. So you need to make trade-offs for now until you are stronger and get currency faster.

If you are confident in using websites like poe.trade, you should create live searches that notify you for decent items.

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Say_Ten wrote:

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dgmsti2012 wrote:

Any viable swords for this build?

i had a UGM 2007 STI LTD, #407/800. sup.

also, yeah, as long as you take care of potential leech issues, you can use rapiers with implicit crit multi that have high crit chance and additional crit multi and at least 300pdps. rare swords, that is.

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Asellia wrote:

Thanks for that- I don't know how to live-search, but I do poe.trade a lot. I have Anguish, and Wasp Nest- so far the build seems good, and at the moment the unset rings are my issue- I'll need to figure out if I can get them with two 40% resists, because at the moment i have a triple 30-35% belt, and wont be at 70 otherwise. I may go for 20-30 on the rings, and then try to find a jewel with resists I need maybe since my life is still only 4000, and id like to not die too much. I got as much life on stuff I have as I could afford(My boots actually have 100 life, id go for more resists on em cuz thats low, but finding another with that much life feels unlikely- but ill peek around.). Thank you for the advice though- I was unsure if 'ideal' meant BEST POSSIBLE, or BEST POSSIBLE for start of endgame, cuz I found higher than listed (Including boots with 100 like said- at least I dont think boots said 100)

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higgsbson wrote:

Thank you for this build. As for someone who enjoyed Diablo 2 for so long and a new player of the game (This build is my first ever character), it brings back memories and at the same time learn the in depths of this game enjoyable. Keep it up dude +1 for you from melee lovers like me \m/

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dgmsti2012 wrote:

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Say_Ten wrote:

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dgmsti2012 wrote:

Any viable swords for this build?

i had a UGM 2007 STI LTD, #407/800. sup.

also, yeah, as long as you take care of potential leech issues, you can use rapiers with implicit crit multi that have high crit chance and additional crit multi and at least 300pdps. rare swords, that is.

I toy with the idea of getting a hawkeye as a track car haha, had an old bug before this one. Thanks I will look into messing around with some swords!

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Xzandro wrote:

*SNIP*