[3.9?] Sidefx Frost Blades - Hyped for Support +

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DeadAllDayEveryDay wrote:

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TheBrainTrain wrote:

Anyone else noticing that the Fight for Survival gems are not adding the cold penetration they should be? I thought it was stated in this thread that you don't actually need 40 dex in the radius... I'm only hitting 36% cold penetration which is exactly what my cold pen gem currently provides.

you need 40 dex in the jewel radios (allocated or not) ...
You also should be looking in your character Offence window not hovering over your skill in the skill bar.

sorry guys i have not been replying as much today been pretty busy. Also I will look into what you posted a couple post ago with gear/tree. thanks!

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Aldora_the_Summoner wrote:

Personally, while leveling I specd into the Vitality and Spirit Void cluster early on and have never had any problems. Later on Soul Rake in the claw cluster will give you 0.8% of attack damage leeched as Mana. For me right now I have 14K on my tool tip without any frenzy charges up and times that by 0.8% means I'm leeching 112 mana each time I hit. That's just with the main hit too. You'll receive more from the projectiles, more from your Frenzy charges, more when you Crit. The only reason you might have problems is if your accuracy is low and you're missing your targets.

Thanks for the detailed answer. I hadn't noticed that Soul Rake cluster had mana leech on it.

Would not PPAD give us more dps than Faster Attacks?

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lussiano wrote:

Would not PPAD give us more dps than Faster Attacks?

For AoE maybe. This build has weak single target DPS though and this gem wouldn't do much for that

Pls add end game talent tree for dw.

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Daron wrote:

Pls add end game talent tree for dw.

the tree is there. the 113 point one,

If u have time could u possibly add a 60 or 85 point tree. I'm very new to game and having trouble deciding which nodes are the more important ones. Either way thanks for the guide, its been a fun build to level this far

Just reached level 74 with the build and I'm enjoying it a lot. Too bad we don't have mana to use Whirling Blades at will. Also, I'm not sure about the best sixth gem for us: Increased Critical Strikes or Increased Critical Damage? What about Added Cold Damage?

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lussiano wrote:

Just reached level 74 with the build and I'm enjoying it a lot. Too bad we don't have mana to use Whirling Blades at will. Also, I'm not sure about the best sixth gem for us: Increased Critical Strikes or Increased Critical Damage? What about Added Cold Damage?

Add critical DMG will give u more dps early and critical strike CHANCE give u more dps late game

added cold dmg doesnt give so much dps after all tests i decide to use frost blades> WED> Phy Dmg> MultStrike> Increase critical chance> cold pen

i have 90k dps in HO

about whirling blades i have the same problem in lvl 90

Lvl 79 right now.

At lvl 80 I'm going to get the 3rd jewel socket.

I aready have 2 Fight for Survival jewels allocated, so what stats should I look for on rare jewels?

I'm at 4.3k life and I managed to get high life on almost all of my pieces of gear, but I doubt I'll reach 5k+ (let's see...). Well, with that in mind, one of the stats I want on a jewel is increased maximum life. The other 2 (or 3) stats are the problem.

I've never played a pure elemental build before, but as we convert physical damage, getting more is always a good thing. I'm at 8 attacks per second completely unbuffed, 89% chance to hit, 73% crit chance unbuffed and 333% crit multi.

With that in mind, I assume could use jewels with:

% increased attack speed
% increased attack speed with one handed melee weapons
% increased attack speed with claws
% increased physical damage
% increased physical damage with one handed melee weapons
% increased physical damage with claws
% increased cold damage
% increased damage
% increased critical strike chance with cold skills
% increased critical strike multiplier while dual wielding

Any other stats we should look for? From those ones, what should I prioritize based on the stats I have?

Would appreciate any tips to help me improve this nice build. Here's my gear: