[3.5] Death by a Thousand Cuts - Frost Blades & Blade Flurry Raider
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Well, Scourge adds more DPS than ToA but it's not by much if PoB is to be believed. Sort of a marginal gain. 2k more DPS if I swapped both my ToAs for 2x Scourge. Not worth spending 100c IMO unless you have min-maxed every other aspect of the build.
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" Heres my
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Last edited by evenson#2428 on Dec 30, 2017, 6:03:17 PM
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I just got my first Shaper kill with your build. I'm pretty pumped. I died some silly deaths and when shaper died, i died as well with my last portal used. Got the kill at least.
If anyone could advise me on what to improve gear wise, besides the molten strike helmet enchant. I started late last season and I find it hard to intuitively see what is an upgrade. I want to be able to kill Shaper a few more times and while practice will make it easier I also want to improve my gear. Thanks for a fun and good build. Edit: Forget the jewel im using, besides wildfire ones, in the passive tree. Last edited by Roxc#7358 on Dec 30, 2017, 6:35:09 PM
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Hi, I have a similar setup except some changes here and there. In my case I'm using blasphemy with assassins mark mostly so I can curse bosses consistently. Charges are up all the time when mapping, just with the CoH setup, but at this point of the build general monsters in maps evaporate in seconds anyway, so I thought that being able to curse bosses could be better. The thing is, by using blasphemy I can't use Hatred, so atm I'm using HoA and HoI.
So, do you think it'd be better in terms of dps on big bosses like guardians and such dropping the curse and HoA in favor of Hatred? I don't really know how to use Path of Building to check that myself. I also link my gear so you can check. I know that there can be improvements in some rares (and 6 linking that belly ofc), but right now i've got the 3 res at the same value so I can't change some things without messing up everything else. My dream was getting that sweet mod on the shaper ring with curse with assassin's mark on hit, but no such luck yet. Last edited by gochan#0288 on Dec 30, 2017, 6:34:09 PM
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Ok so i upgraded my gear a little, swapped one ToA for scourge. Tooltip went down 3k. That's a little bit sad, tho wolfs on map are cool. Onslaught support rarely gives onslaught linked with herald of ice imo. Also bought a pair of gripped gloves sadly w.o atk speed. When i was looking for gear to upgrade, it was extremely expensive for what i've gathered so far to fulfill my needs in resistances and stats. At this moment, items that would be satisfying for me are 1 ex+ for every slot, and those are cheaper ones. Also, can't get rid of carnage heart because of it's stat boost. Cool thing is that this build doesn't require too much currency to get started, molten strike has suprisingly (for me) high damage, and frost blades 4L one shots 70% of mob packs on map. Here is my gear atm:
And just for fashion check out how cool imp set + celestial hood + harbringer eyes and flames are lookin on ranger: http://puu.sh/yR4j6/d62c7ef4d0.jpg Sorry for any mistakes in message. Cheers! Last edited by _Nektre_#5880 on Dec 30, 2017, 6:36:44 PM
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" It's the best damage gain unique claws. I don't have it, as you can see, because I don't feel like it's worth the money. " Grats on the Shaper kills. As far as upgrades go, it'll be a little difficult to find one that's affordable. Getting crit multi on amulet and WED% on the last of your Opal is the only thing that comse to mind. It's better to save up for the enchant after that point, as nothing else you pay for will remotely come close in terms of an upgrade. Last edited by CynthiaCrescent#4617 on Dec 30, 2017, 7:45:03 PM
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" Bosses have significant curse effectiveness reduction. It's not worth running Blasphey for bosses. |
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Just did red tier elder and guardians with ease. Got a terrible watchers eye. Feels bad.
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So here is my gear guys. (pob = https://pastebin.com/PgcSAzd9). I'm open to any kinds of suggestions for improving my overall build. Got a lightpoacher's +2 molten strike for extremely cheap and decided to ditch my stark until I save up for +3. Other than that my build feels pretty good, haven't made it to tier 14 yet but I'm on my way there. Someone mentioned the scourge claw, but it drops your crit chance by a fair bit, so not really sure if spending 100c on those is a great idea. Frost blades - 186k/312k Molten strike - 216k/161k All res 109% for wise oak. My tree and gear is overall kind of different to the op's build as I'm basing my build both on this and mathil's. edit : managed to get a lucky flip and have a +3 lightpoacher now Last edited by ZebberZ#6441 on Dec 31, 2017, 11:02:15 AM
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My gear is above, I've been trying to find a way to fit Atziri's Step into the build to no avail. Just can't cap resists while using Atziri's Step. I don't feel like changing the rings or amulet as the amulet alone cost like 70c and the rings 30-40. Any ideas or should I just let it go? |
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