[3.25] Splitting Steel Gladiator - All Uniques, Cheap League Start, Explody Mapping
" Cool! Glad to hear you'll be playing this. Yeah, you can get by with Hatchet Master, if you don't mind not having perma Onslaught, but having it be perma just feels a lot better. So, I still recommend a double-corrupted Thrillsteel overall, but... If you want the absolute highest DPS helm, it would probably be Abyssus, which makes you squishier. Another good option would be Devoto's for the Attack Speed, Movement Speed and Chaos Res, which would be very nice if you're just focusing on mapping. Taking a look at PoB, I would also recommend giving the new helmet "Blood Prince" a try; too bad it has that reduced max life though... If you wanna go Spell Suppression that should be fine too; maybe take a look at "Elevore" that gives you life recovery when you Suppress Spell Dmg. GL Last edited by corosou#7048 on Apr 5, 2023, 10:14:41 AM
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" I don't know how it would be beneficial. Never used that item, so I don't quite understand how it works with a purely physical crit build :O |
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" It basically let's you apply Brittle without doing Cold Dmg, massively increasing your Critical Strike Chance. Add it to your PoB and set Brittle to "6" in Config Page, then check your Crit Chance; can probably even drop Crit Chance Support. Check my 3.19 Splitting Steel Jugg which was using it and Paradoxica: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3303536 GL EDIT: Caveat is that you need STR/DEX to be the same number, which is tricky, but not impossible to pull of. Last edited by corosou#7048 on Apr 5, 2023, 10:28:14 AM
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" Right, I see. Just compared using brittle and it loses by -1% over using Ashes of the Stars. It also really screws the mana over and forces out Flesh and stone so infact it's actually massive downgrade of 20m combined DPS. Moreover, the mana expenditure/regeneration barely balance out and not being able to fully utilize the attack speed can be another source of DPS loss. Balancing the stats seems like a hassle I don't wanna deal with xD Still, the crit build is gonna be like a bit past mid league and I think your build is a better starter. Tinkered with the build a bit, setting gems to lvl 21 and switching some variants and shuffled some passives: https://pobb.in/tQNichIobrMD 137m combined DPS. GGG said that most skills will have special nodes, here's hoping that SS gets something juicy. Would be amazing if Twin Terrors/Blade Master/etc., show up in the trees (I saw Testudo, so I imagine that they probably will) and the build can take more life nodes. 200m DPS? Yes please! Last edited by corneredreality#0349 on Apr 5, 2023, 11:11:25 AM
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" Hi just wondering what weapon were you using in those 2 videos? It looked like a 2 hander and not replica Wings of Entropy ? |
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" Hi, Those were using Atziri's, here's a vid of 2 more kills with Replica Wings: https://streamable.com/j3ukh5 44% More Monster Life on that last kill too:  GL Last edited by corosou#7048 on Apr 5, 2023, 1:06:24 PM
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" Yeah... Leadership requires building around it, but it's also much much cheaper than a GG rolled Ashes. Either one will work, so go with whichever you prefer. And yeah, relying on Precise Technique makes this a very easy League Starter to get going with. I would be very surprised if Steel skills didn't get some luv in the Crucible trees too; especially considering that Splitting/Shattering were part of the very short list of skills that were balanced. Either way, things are looking great for this setup, and I'm really looking forward to see what all we'll get out of Crucible! GL |
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Well, so much for getting excited about what Splitting/Shattering get from Crucible trees.
We got an absolutely useless piece of crap mod...  Wtf, what an astronomical bummer :/ https://poedb.tw/us/Weapon_passive |
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" LMFAO, ES Shattering Steel? This has to be a joke. Found some goodies: --------------------------------- +2 to Minimum Endurance Charges +2 to Minimum Frenzy Charges -2 to Maximum Power Charges + +1 to Minimum Endurance Charges +1 to Minimum Frenzy Charges -1 to Maximum Power Charges --------------------------------- Corrupted Blood cannot be inflicted on you 50% increased Effect of Exposure on you --------------------------------- Attack Hits have 20% chance to Maim you for 4 seconds Immune to Exposure --------------------------------- Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 3 Empower --------------------------------- Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 3 Enlighten --------------------------------- I'm sure I missed some good or better ones... Trigger Level 20 Stance Swap when you Attack with Perforate or Lacerate lol wtf, this better have a 6s internal cooldown :O Looking at everything a bit closer... they really hyped it in the reveal, but these seem sort of disappointing tbh. Dunno what I was expecting. Perhaps this isn't the full list? In the gameplay reveal one of the nodes hovered over said "Allocates Testudo", this is not in the lists. Last edited by corneredreality#0349 on Apr 5, 2023, 2:17:33 PM
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" Thx ) I'm sure everything is fine, was just hoping for something a bit more interesting, like Ice Spear and Ball Lightning got with Return. Anything useful, but ES?? Though, it's also weird this info is already available for data mining... so not sure about how true it is. Let's hope not. EDIT: Ya, could also just be partial info as you said, good point Last edited by corosou#7048 on Apr 5, 2023, 2:23:03 PM
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