[3.0] Legasi's Masterpiece - Trivialize Bossfights! Shaper Deathless! Boss Guides inside! HC

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Legasi wrote:

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Dr1v3r_13 wrote:

First of all, thank you for your build. I was looking for such strong tank build, since my last inciner went down with The Awakening update.
I just have one question - how did you get so much DPS? I mean, i did all the passive tree (93 lvl), have +/- such gear, but didn't get even close to your level. What is my problem? Thank you for your time.

Yep, pretty much what lostsinner said. The only difference is the gem levels. I didn't expect it to make that much of a difference though.

Well, gem gives around 10% more damage per level on firestorm, so that's a fairly large gap between yours and him, a level 18 compared to a level 21.

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LostSinner666 wrote:

pretty sure it all about q and lvl of gems
3.872 average with cons effect w/o legacy consuming
2408 with inc aoe

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Legasi wrote:

Yep, pretty much what lostsinner said. The only difference is the gem levels. I didn't expect it to make that much of a difference though.

I didn't expect that lvl and q will give such a big boost. Well, it will take a little time to reach q20 + lvl20 and we will see. Thanks!

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zbzszzzt123 wrote:

Well, gem gives around 10% more damage per level on firestorm, so that's a fairly large gap between yours and him, a level 18 compared to a level 21.

I think supporting gems will affect too :) I want to believe in this :D

Hey, I've been considering switching over to Vaal Pact, which requires some changes in the tree. Here's what I'm thinking of atm (level 91):

Current tree: http://poe.rivsoft.net/508847602 (same as yours but I took Melding over Quick Recovery for a bigger Energy from Within).

New tree: http://poe.rivsoft.net/628741690 (two more points if I want to go through Shadow DoT nodes and keep the third socket).

That would require two more levels though, and I'm not sure what would be the best nodes to drop for the time being. I'm not sure if Shaper+Skittering Runes is worth anymore as I'm not benefitting from regen, but I might be underestimating the significance of curse effect. Or I could live without the third jewel for the time being, probably keeping the 39% damage one:

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Dr1v3r_13 wrote:

I didn't expect that lvl and q will give such a big boost. Well, it will take a little time to reach q20 + lvl20 and we will see. Thanks!

Level on damage spell gems is extremely important. A level 20 gem is always my first purchase after hitting dried lake, it only costs a few chaos if you're starting late in the league.

Great build - tried out a power charge variant as an Assassin. Fun and fast paced, and just got me my first Atziri kill (new player alert, haha).

what class for ascendancy ?

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nero68 wrote:

what class for ascendancy ?

Occultist for defence and offence really.

I guess you could go Elementalist since Elemental Conflux is pretty strong, but it's not really worth it in my opinion

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Rivx wrote:

Hey, I've been considering switching over to Vaal Pact, which requires some changes in the tree. Here's what I'm thinking of atm (level 91):

Current tree: http://poe.rivsoft.net/508847602 (same as yours but I took Melding over Quick Recovery for a bigger Energy from Within).

New tree: http://poe.rivsoft.net/628741690 (two more points if I want to go through Shadow DoT nodes and keep the third socket).

That would require two more levels though, and I'm not sure what would be the best nodes to drop for the time being. I'm not sure if Shaper+Skittering Runes is worth anymore as I'm not benefitting from regen, but I might be underestimating the significance of curse effect. Or I could live without the third jewel for the time being, probably keeping the 39% damage one.

Yeah, I don't think travelling to skittering runes or even sanctity via righteous decree is worth it anymore. Also, only hex master seems not worth it either. I'm not a fan of skilling pure dot nodes like entropy because any direct damage increase also profits the resulting dots.

This is how I would do it:

VP EO Tree

Maxed VP EO Tree

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Dyneth wrote:

Great build - tried out a power charge variant as an Assassin. Fun and fast paced, and just got me my first Atziri kill (new player alert, haha).

Gz on your first Atziri kill! Yeah, you've definitly not seen many builds if you think this playstyle is fast paced ;) No worries, there's a lot to learn still!

But going Assassin seems like a huge waste to me. The last thing this build needs is more damage. I wouldn't trade the Occultists defense and utility bonus for any other subclass ever. It's just soooooo good.

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nero68 wrote:

what class for ascendancy ?

The same as described in the guide...

Seriously, I'm getting tired of being asked questions about topics I fully covered in the original post...

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Legasi wrote:

Yeah, I don't think travelling to skittering runes or even sanctity via righteous decree is worth it anymore. Also, only hex master seems not worth it either. I'm not a fan of skilling pure dot nodes like entropy because any direct damage increase also profits the resulting dots.

This is how I would do it:

VP EO Tree

Maxed VP EO Tree

Why not Hex Master? You mean the curses become too weak to support them? Hex Master seems to be mostly about duration, I guess CWDT procs often enough to make it not so important.

Why do you keep Quick Recovery? A mistake I suppose?

The Entropy route only a couple points than via stat nodes (and has a bit of effect duration), and I'm sure if Void Barrier is worth taking considering there are plenty of 6% ES nodes we can get.. unless you're short on resists.

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Legasi wrote:

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Dyneth wrote:

Great build - tried out a power charge variant as an Assassin. Fun and fast paced, and just got me my first Atziri kill (new player alert, haha).

Gz on your first Atziri kill! Yeah, you've definitly not seen many builds if you think this playstyle is fast paced ;) No worries, there's a lot to learn still!

But going Assassin seems like a huge waste to me. The last thing this build needs is more damage. I wouldn't trade the Occultists defense and utility bonus for any other subclass ever. It's just soooooo good.

I definitely agree - I just came back after a break, had a legacy dagger that dropped for me in talisman league and wanted to give it a go on my already lvl 70 shadow after seeing some potential with power charges. For anything more serious than normal Atziri I imagine that I would need substantially better ES (8k on the shadow in somewhat mediocre gear). I definitely plan to level a witch up soon and try this build. Thanks again for posting - definitely had fun experimenting with it on my assassin!

Hi all!

Started the build yesterday in PHC. Still haven't decided what I want to do in late game. VP seems too good to pass up for survivability but on the other hand strong temp chains + enfeeble is ridiculously good.

Leveling to act 4 Normal was a joke. Will see how tough final bosses will be.

Will report my progress :)

Thanks for the build!