[3.1] RAIDER Tanky Crit Reave/Blade Flurry Dagger/Claw AR+EV+Block NO MIRRORED GEAR

Glad to hear everyone's enjoying it :)

Any suggestion how to fast lvling this build?

Simply start using Reave as soon as possible, which is from level 12 :)

Since the Awakening patch, there are nice unique leveling daggers, can be bought for 1 alch:
Daggers:

Claws:

Added to the guide:
Full list of required gems by colour:
Melee Physical Damage x2
Multistrike
Added Fire Damage
Fortify
Herald of Ash
Reckoning
Endurance Charge on Melee Stun
Increased Duration
Blood Magic x2

Reave
Faster Attacks
Increased Accuracy
Hatred
Grace
Vaal Reave
Vaal Grace
Blood Rage
Whirling Blades
Ice golem

Increased Critical Multiplier
Tempest Shield
Increased Area of Effect
Minion Life

I have hard time choosing the off hand for Claw:

Soul taker can:
*Add aditional herald / Artic armour since you need no mana [can use Blood magic for things like Golem etc].
*Give you extra points since u no longer need the mana leech node from tree.

Death's Hand gives you:
Unholy might & Power charges.


I assume Death's hand is better but i'd like more professional comment.

The main idea of this build is to carry Lioneye's Remorse, it is the main source of tankiness. Doual-wielding will give you more dps, ofc, but will result in a significant survivability loss. Effectively, you would be playing a completely different build, since this build is focused on block chance with a shield and high armour along with high evasion.

Been using this build for a while and quit around cruel act 4. It's a tough one to level with if you don't have the items for it. Went to make a molten strike build and leveled that one up pretty quickly and easily. No problems there at all. Found out that the clear speed of molten strike is rather low but i got tons of good items while leveling it to 80+ so i sent them to this character and have been having a blast! Will make some vids once i get some time. Cool stuff, great idea. The best thing about it is that using vaal reave means that every reave you use after it is huuuuge as long as you keep those 8 stacks up. Problem with the build is that it's low on health.

Can't tell if this build is viable end game tbh,I'm level 73 atm and the clear speed is pretty meh with a 270 DPS dagger running hatred and herald of lightning (curse on hit+assassins mark to gain power charges) and the clear speed is very meh,however my crit chance isn't very high and I might need an 8-9 crit dagger instead of a 6.00 one.

The survivablity of this build is abysmal,very low hp but maybe thats because I usually play HC and not SC,so maybe 4k hp is normal in SC.

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Firestrike9 wrote:

Can't tell if this build is viable end game tbh,I'm level 73 atm and the clear speed is pretty meh with a 270 DPS dagger running hatred and herald of lightning (curse on hit+assassins mark to gain power charges) and the clear speed is very meh,however my crit chance isn't very high and I might need an 8-9 crit dagger instead of a 6.00 one.

The survivablity of this build is abysmal,very low hp but maybe thats because I usually play HC and not SC,so maybe 4k hp is normal in SC.

That means you're doing something wrong (or you're just using a 4-link, which wouldn't be the first time someone complains about dps then reveals he's using a 4L lol).

I have almost 5k HP, check the video.

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ComradeSerge wrote:

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Firestrike9 wrote:

Can't tell if this build is viable end game tbh,I'm level 73 atm and the clear speed is pretty meh with a 270 DPS dagger running hatred and herald of lightning (curse on hit+assassins mark to gain power charges) and the clear speed is very meh,however my crit chance isn't very high and I might need an 8-9 crit dagger instead of a 6.00 one.

The survivablity of this build is abysmal,very low hp but maybe thats because I usually play HC and not SC,so maybe 4k hp is normal in SC.

That means you're doing something wrong (or you're just using a 4-link, which wouldn't be the first time someone complains about dps then reveals he's using a 4L lol).

I have almost 5k HP, check the video.

tested some high level maps,with this setup theres no way you can avoid dying reflect is a huge issue and you can't go vaal pact because you leech so little and when you're not leeching blood rage eats your HP,add whirling blades with blood magic and you have to use pots every 10 seconds.

my gear:


Ignore abyssus I was testing damage.