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

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swimhigh wrote:

Eridoo
Could you check my char please? What should I improve expect helmet?

Your gear looks good, depending how much currency you have you could get double influenced apothecary gloves with elevated phys dot and another good mod like cull or +max block. On your boots you could get chance to gain onlsaught and drop the onslaught flask OR bleeding deals damage % faster - getting them together is almost impossible to find and my boots are the only thing that annoys me because my hunter slam gave me ignite instead of bleed.

Other than that you could rearrange your tree a bit and add a full cluster setup with 1 large/2m medium/1 or 2 small, you can look at mine for an idea of decent notables and look for small passives that help fill out your res/block/life etc.

EDIT: also a better chest with -mana cost and fix your flasks

EDIT2: There's also small things like catalyzing rings or looking at some alt quality gems.

Thanks for advice sir!

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ShirakFaeryn wrote:

Off-topic, I really miss how lacerate used to feel. Was my favorite skill, and has some amazing MTX.

Nostalgia ;/

I leveled one Lacerate bleed glad this league - hit lvl 97, and it's lvl 100 viable build still, but you can feel those nerfs in comparison to those glorious times of Heist or Ritual :/
And SST bleed we have here does those things related to bleed currently just better (mainly because it's easier to reach higher damage and of it being a ranged build).

As a replacement for lacerate this league we can go to Shield Crush - very similar play style, but a bit closer to enemies - feels more "personal" ;] Also leveled it to 97, and while SST is meta, Shield Crush is definitely an underdog this league - really solid stuff.

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artisanix wrote:

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ShirakFaeryn wrote:

Off-topic, I really miss how lacerate used to feel. Was my favorite skill, and has some amazing MTX.

Nostalgia ;/

I leveled one Lacerate bleed glad this league - hit lvl 97, and it's lvl 100 viable build still, but you can feel those nerfs in comparison to those glorious times of Heist or Ritual :/
And SST bleed we have here does those things related to bleed currently just better (mainly because it's easier to reach higher damage and of it being a ranged build).

As a replacement for lacerate this league we can go to Shield Crush - very similar play style, but a bit closer to enemies - feels more "personal" ;] Also leveled it to 97, and while SST is meta, Shield Crush is definitely an underdog this league - really solid stuff.

I actually league started and played the first 5 or so weeks of this league on PS4, and played shield crush for most of that time. I like the idea of it, wish it would scale just a little harder on single target compared to SST, but visually it's just...meh. I loved lacerate for the whole package: It looked cool, it sounded cool, it applied bleed, and had some range to it. Shield crush had a lot of the same stuff, but didn't quite hit the mark on a couple of those for me. Maybe after next patch and some MTX comes out for shield crush I might like it more.

my build so far

wondering if theres a reason some of the higher versions use accuracy sword... is it just for the passive point back?

im thinking of going another large cluster and losing the top right of my tree, i see a few people tried that any ideas?

i think im going to re-make my helm as i need 15 int to gain another passive back

besides that i could go for some crazy malevolence watchers? is there any obvious problems with my build/gear as i see it seems to have progressed in this thread

Eridoo
What is your opinion about flask setup and enchants?

Considering trying out SST has anyone here played/tried out using headhunter with SST does it feel good or is a simple stygian overall better?

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GekoOnMars wrote:

Considering trying out SST has anyone here played/tried out using headhunter with SST does it feel good or is a simple stygian overall better?

Belt doesn't define this build, that slot is quite flexible.
Use HH if you have it, Ryslatha is also good, use Stygian if you need to fix resists, etc. Though offensively for general mapping HH is probably the best, but the build can do great without it anyway.

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hipposaver wrote:

wondering if theres a reason some of the higher versions use accuracy sword... is it just for the passive point back?

besides that i could go for some crazy malevolence watchers? is there any obvious problems with my build/gear as i see it seems to have progressed in this thread

If you like to use Shield Charge then Runic Axe is bis base! The reason why I went a sword and NOT an axe was that I can't stand Shield Charge. One of the most annoying movement skills in the game that gets stuck on any object etc.
But anyway, if you want to use Whirling Blades, then a sword is the way to go! That's the simple reason!

Thanks for the 40/40 bro loved the build.