Elemental Buzzsaw & Static Strike - Solo the entire game, quickly and cheaply 1.1.0 update

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renroval escribió:

Is lightning coil really necessary for this build? I feel like getting acrobatics/phase could add more survivability but it requires so many skills point though and you are playing with a lot of RNG for it...

Also why do people go down the heart of oak path and not go to the right of ballistic mastery and save some skills points as well as reach some health nodes?

Also, anyone ever think of using an the unique unset ring for the auras? +5 levels.

Also how good this is build compared to Flubby's? His DPS is insane compared to this. Can this build ever get that high?

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Madcow1120 escribió:

Summary for those looking for some answers

1. ATTACK SPEED > eDPS on Sword. Been asked a million times. Which is better? The foil with higher attack speed. >2.0 and some elemental dps is better than one with less attack speed and more eDps. poe.xyz foils with 2.0 or greater attack speed, sort by aps then look at elemental dps. Tri elemental is nice.

2. DPS COMES FROM AURAS NOT WEAPON. Wrath and Anger provide tons of flat elemental damage. That damage used with the high attack speed from your weapon (and nodes and Haste) provides your dps. The elemental damage on your weapon is only a bonus to the main damage from Wrath and Anger.

3. Haste is an amplifier. Like any attack speed node on the tree it lets you attack faster per second. DPS damage per second.

4. Alpha's HOWL. adds +2 to wrath/anger and 3rd aura of choosing (generally haste). wrath and anger are our DPS (see #2) so this is huge. BUT it also allows us to hold a 5th aura because of the global reduced mana. Alpha's Howl is a massive benefit and really the only expensive gear needed to run this build. That's RUN not OPTIMIZE.

5. WHEN CAN I SWITCH TO 1H vs 2H? Once you get Anger and Wrath and preferably Reduced Mana then we have our DPS (see #2). This is likely when you will be able to switch. To do so you need a faster attack weapon.
Example:
This is GREATER THAN

than this with this build at level 49 with level 10ish anger/wrath and level 4 rm

6. MUST I GET LIGHTNING COIL? Pre 1.1 it was not needed. The scion life wheel gave us more life with less passives and so a 5-6L evasion chest with life on it was great. This is still somewhat true. I haven't tested but may recommend the following based on my experience with this build which I have at level 88 through domination/standard and have solo'd all bosses except haven't tried atziri yet (do to playing ambush).

.....6a. IF you have a lightening coil or can easily get one (you have the currency and already have alpha's howl) then go ahead. 5L is fine for this build.
.....6b. IF you don't have one and don't have the currency then grab Acrobatics and I'd suggest Ondars. Look for any evasion chests with life on them. Higher evasion obviously better.

You can respec out of acro and ondar if/when you get a lightning coil. then use that for life/attack whatever, Up to you.

7. WILL THIS UNQIQUE WEAPON/THAT UNIQUE WEAPON WORK? Does it have greater than 2.0 attack speed? If not then No.

8. CWDT/ENDURING CRY/IMMORTAL CALL. If you like. This is optional. Being evade some hits get through and if they are physical they will hurt. You need life pool to soak them up. If you feel lacking in life then perhaps this helps.

9. WHAT DO WE WANT ON GEAR? Rings/Amulet/Belt need 2 things. #1 LIFE, #2 Weapon elemental damage/resists. A lot of people are concerned with dps. DPS this DPS that. DPS will come, especially with leveling gems (See #2), life/resists is what keeps us alive and keeps us moving forward.
Sword needs Attack speed over everything else.
Shield you want LIFE, Evasion and resists of course.

10. Try to keep resists maxed. Really, this should go without saying.

11. Does STATIC BLOWS? up to you. The build is not in stone. It is flexible. I've personally found it unneeded.

12. SHADOW/RANGER/SCION???? Which do you like more? Spec ends up pretty similar all around. I do think maybe ranger may have the better end tree but not by all that much and that too is debatable.

13. I just wanted 13 things. Actually, I like to run a ST-IIR-Culling-LMP (which means it uses a little mana) so I can cull with IIR large bosses like piety or map bosses.

Our sword is the delivery system. Our auras are our weapon.

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renroval escribió:

But what is better overall? Like OVERALL...getting lightning coil or acrobatics in terms of survivability?

Also, 5L lightning coil or Tabula Rasa? Which would be better to use until you can get your hands on a 6L rare/lightning coil?

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renroval escribió:

But what is better overall? Like OVERALL...getting lightning coil or acrobatics in terms of survivability?

Also, 5L lightning coil or Tabula Rasa? Which would be better to use until you can get your hands on a 6L rare/lightning coil?

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Daarknight escribió:

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Madcow1120 escribió:

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I agree with everything except Ondar's. I can think of a few instances where it would be OP but I prefer Phase Acrobatics along with the extra 10% dodge you get from the points on the way. Now, if I could hit 90%+ hit chance without RT, Ondar's would be sick for reducing Reflect.

"Our sword is the delivery system. Our auras are our weapon." ...Funny Stuff.

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renroval escribió:

It's so hard to cap/overcap lightning resist with lightning coil though. I figured a Tabula Rasa would be better with more DPS which means faster clears?

Hmm...