[2.3] "Vulcan's Exemplar" Crit Dual Strike Slayer with Bino/Catalyst by fiqst

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hello,

This build looks very interesting and I want to try it ou.
But is it possible for you to post a few lower level skill trees so I know how to build mine duelist.


I'll try my best in the next day or so to make it, but it will be untested.
So many strikes within one breath.
But only one strike needed, for certain death.
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fiqst wrote:
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hello,

This build looks very interesting and I want to try it ou.
But is it possible for you to post a few lower level skill trees so I know how to build mine duelist.


I'll try my best in the next day or so to make it, but it will be untested.



oke, thanks for the effort.
Added a levelling guide to the main guide, but you can read it here:

Levelling Guide


21 points - Build foundation

54 points - Stacking Life

We have the following stats:

82% increased maximum Life
2.5% of Life Regenerated per Second
25% block
25% to all Elemental Resistances
8% to Fire Resistance

At this point, no specific weapon nodes are taken and no playstyles are established.

From here its a choice between 2 paths:

- You take Resolute Technique and have more equipment and playstyle choices. Equipping BoR and any 2x 1h weapons is a good option. We can save currency for critical gear and a decent rare dagger (or Bino's).

- Go straight into critical pathing and build DPS, providing you have the equipment to back it up.




RT pathway
80 points - Completing the Ranger tree

94 points - This is the end of the RT path, not a single crit node taken!

From here we drop RT and build in crit and hopefully have the equipment to back it up. Follow the main tree in the guide to complete.

The order i'd follow is:

1. Twin Terrors
2. Swift Precision
3. Disembowelling
4. Deadly Precision + Cruelty


Crit Pathway

83 points - Taking all the major crit nodes

97 Points - Completing the Ranger tree

From here we travel the final route up the Templar pathway, collecting Athleticism, the Purity of Flesh wheel and finally the Holy Fire wheel



So many strikes within one breath.
But only one strike needed, for certain death.
Last edited by fiqst on Nov 8, 2014, 7:52:16 PM
bandits ?
Bandits

ALL
OAK (18% phys)
ALIRA (1 power charge)

added it to the guide
So many strikes within one breath.
But only one strike needed, for certain death.
New version of the build added:

triple buff auto-curse build


I overlooked the auto-curse combo of HoT-CoH-curse at first because i wasn't dealing lightning damage.

I have since learnt that the "adds #-# lightning damage to attacks" in the HoT gem is enough damage to shock enemies on crits. As it turns out, this combo is now the number 1 way to curse enemies will soon be a permanent part of this build.

I will test at Atziri to see the feasibility of it at end game

i also added blind to the HoT but the gem is too low level to see the effectiveness

key changes:
- added HoT-CoH-AM-blind to the gemsetup
- Dropped the Holy Fire wheel (increased burning damage) and chose Sovereignty instead to accomodate the extra buff
- HoT requires more INT than any other gem, so i had to pick a +30 INT node
- mana is now 84% reserved and leaves 83 mana, i have to be more careful about being OOM
So many strikes within one breath.
But only one strike needed, for certain death.
Rewrote the guide and made the following changes:

- replaced faster attacks for WED. i knew WED offered better DPS, but i was concerned about reflect. After some tesing i came to the conclusion that reflect is still manageable.

- Introduced a HoT auto-curse 4 link set in both versions. I took out the Holy Fire wheel and selected Sovereignty to accommodate the reserved mana.

- made new screens with new dps values:

The Normal Set
199k dps with full charges
142k dps with no charges
295k max solo dps

The Advanced Set
420k dps with full charges
303k dps with no charges
626k max solo dps
So many strikes within one breath.
But only one strike needed, for certain death.
So i leveled my duelist to 51 this weekend and im really liking it so far.
It sucks that i don't have the currency to buy a bino's. Im hoping i can find a dagger that will help my until i get one.
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So i leveled my duelist to 51 this weekend and im really liking it so far.
It sucks that i don't have the currency to buy a bino's. Im hoping i can find a dagger that will help my until i get one.


The tree has zero weapon specific nodes so any 1h weapon can be used. So claws and swords could work in the meantime. Good luck!
So many strikes within one breath.
But only one strike needed, for certain death.
"
fiqst wrote:
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So i leveled my duelist to 51 this weekend and im really liking it so far.
It sucks that i don't have the currency to buy a bino's. Im hoping i can find a dagger that will help my until i get one.


The tree has zero weapon specific nodes so any 1h weapon can be used. So claws and swords could work in the meantime. Good luck!


I know im useing rapiers atm

I got to 53 so i can use my new dagger, now i have 9.5k dps :)
Last edited by DutchWarbandit on Nov 11, 2014, 6:14:01 PM

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