Optimal 2 hour Race Passive Trees for each class

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kendo3 wrote:

what have you found works best for Brutus? do any of the ice spells slow him enough to be of use? don't want to get close enough to use ice nova, so thinking either firestorm or storm call as you can cast those and run while he walks into them

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jstq wrote:

i 3 shot him with flameblast in 10 seconds

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TheuberClips wrote:

After messing around with Shadow, it looks like Flameblast-Fire Trap is most optimal. Glacial Cascade seems to be the best skill to use until you get Flameblast.

So you go:

Hillock - Freeze Pulse or Fire Trap (imo Fire Trap is best start)
Hailrake - Whichever you didn't take from Hillock.
Glyphs - Storm Call
Brutus - Glacial Cascade
Cavern of Wrath - Added Cold (put on GC)
Sins - Flameblast
Weavers - nothing, the supports are useless (melee splash for ruby ring if needed)

Once you get added cold on GC, you're done with FP. It becomes better damage and it's 180% effectiveness due to hitting almost all mobs twice.

Once you get Flameblast, GC is pretty much useless. Would suggest putting added cold on Fire Trap just for a little extra damage on it.

Tree: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYA3nfVTxXn-_Xwa7Q4c7PlGYw2pLFQQuWOLUedYxzckye0DEZxgwlVSyaVf8YnqS-dFvMmPA==

Order: Spell damage, elemental damage, Blaze, extra fire node, 3x 4% cast speed, int/str.

You can choose to get int/str earlier if you get a good sceptre you can't use, be warned of Quartz as you'll be 1 str short of using Quartz unless of course you use a Heavy Belt (which isn't a bad option tbh, it's still life but less than leather)

After that: Go straight for Harrier. Then, go for Physique if you want it. Otherwise choose between 3% cast speed nodes or life nodes.

I get 30 str node for hybrid dex/str gear, really helpful instead of just getting pure eva gear with high dex and you get some life for it. It also opens up more possibility of move speed boots. You also get more Sceptres. I would say skip this if you get a Citrine Amulet.


EDIT: With this, getting 5m consistently should be possible. The record for Shadow will probably be along the lines of 5.6-5.8m unless someone finds searing touch which has potential for a 7m+ run.

My current record has a lot of mistakes and a lot of bad vendor RNG in act 2 so I wasted a lot of time in town. Also, no movement speed until sins 3.

As a side note, it seems 10% movespeed saves an upwards of 4-5 minutes getting it off the vendor or Hillock, from there to getting to Sarn.