[3.4] Say_Ten's Double Strike/Spectral Throw Melee Scion - Cheap and Easy to Play

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bravehoptoad wrote:

Hi! I'm loving your build, but I'm playing SSF so I'd like to avoid specializing in one weapon on the skill tree. What would you recommend replacing them with? I noticed all the main bleed nodes are really close for this build. Would that work, do you think, Crimson Dance and all that? By happy chance, the number points required is identical to pick up the sword-specific nodes on your tree and to pick up the handiest bleed nodes.

I went Heavy Strike instead of Dual Strike because I picked up two of the Heavy Strike Jewels. It makes for a very fast attack. I also spent a couple points picking up Spirit Void and wow--I went from having to chug mana every single fight to sticking the mana flasks in my stash. Best two points I ever spent.

Really, it's been a blast. Spectral Throw is so much more fun that other ranged attacks I've tried because of the way character movement affects the vector of the weapons. Thanks for the guide!

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Kenshiro92 wrote:

It's possible to make fast tier 13 maps with this build? This season i started play as this scion and sometimes im thinking that its pretty weak build or im doing anything wrong ;x. Kill any boss on tier 8 takes me over 1 minute :(

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DrownedBurrito wrote:

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Say_Ten wrote:

To the last couple of guys:

That usually comes down to gear and play style. If you are flawless at avoiding things and popping flasks when you're supposed to, that is going to drive you through any content. Case in point I was probably the first (going way back) 2H melee guy to kill Atziri without dying. This was before Ascendancy existed and before there were more/better melee AOE type skills.

Gear will give you a lot of damage and/or life to make things easier. I didn't design this build to be the best of the best. It doesn't mean you can't take it far...you can. But it's a beginner-friendly build to play through the content, including the endgame. I think if you're just starting to play POE, you will have extreme difficulty getting through the toughest endgame content. You really need to be on top of your shit, no matter what the build.

Good luck!

As a new player to this game I'm a huge fan of 2H builds; to me 2H is just really cool in any game. I'm currently rolling with a 2H Frostblade/Molten Strike build as my first playthrough of this game and will get into mapping and whatnot, but eventually I'll want to try out another 2H build to REALLY attempt to get into the end-game. What I'd like to know is with your experience with this game and build, are you currently able to clear all the end-game content, including Shaper? To me you'd be the person I'm looking to eventually be as skilled as after investing months or more into this game one day myself.

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kris24343 wrote:

Hello

Which Skilltree Jewels are u recommending?
Should i Invest in Enlighthment lv2 gem and getting all the 3 Auras?

Im 70lv but got only 3.5k life ;/

Great build having a blast of it my first char in this game with this build ;D

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TheZotikRus wrote:

What about bandits? Oak is ok choise, but what about Kraityn? PoB told me it will be save dmg, but also gives as some move speed. Or mb 2 points?

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texasgoldrush wrote:

Can this build easily take out the Shaper?

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Say_Ten wrote:

2 points, in a lot of cases, is like a jewel socket. if you compare what you can get on a jewel socket to what you're getting from Oak (or any of them really), it's close, but I think the Oak buff is the best for this build. Kraityn would be fine too. None of them are BAD.

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TheZotikRus wrote:

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Say_Ten wrote:

2 points, in a lot of cases, is like a jewel socket. if you compare what you can get on a jewel socket to what you're getting from Oak (or any of them really), it's close, but I think the Oak buff is the best for this build. Kraityn would be fine too. None of them are BAD.

Thx for the help! I am thinking about Vaal Pact (no hp reg,instanly leech) just 6 more points, so one more reason to help Kraityn or get 2 points.