[2.5] Elemental Blade Flurry 8k life

This is a work in progress guide. Mostly just a showcase for my relatively cheap build. There are few different ways of building the character but in the end they all function pretty much the same.

Key points:
* Aspect of carnage + vaal pact + cwdt with damage spells
* High life
* High attack speed
* Able to do all mods beside no leech ***
* Choice between dual wielding / shield charge / whirling blades
* Consistent across map mods **

** I don't like relying on accuracy & crit or pure lightning damage as its range goes from too little damage to too much damage. Can't miss mod allows us to ignore accuracy/blind/enfeeble maps. This makes trash clearing feel easier as I'll always know if one or two hits is necessary. Our defense doesn't get messed up by the evasion/block map mods. Going the tri-element route also means elemental equilibrium maps don't effect us as much (25% vs 50%resistance). Adding cold & fire damage gives a base damage that our bladeflurry will always do.

*** You can do no leech, relying on flasks. Your main source of defense is gone though so it is extremely risky. Elemental reflect is fine, even a rare inside + map mod is fine. Reflect + -max isn't though. Map mod + rare will proc aspect of carnage allowing 100% leech. -max + reflect on all monsters is really inconsistent and you usually die.

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Options:
1) High Elemental dps weapon + Lycodisae shield (all elements + anger & wrath)
2) Vagan weapon (base 1.6) with attack speed % + doryani's catalyst (all elements + anger & wrath)
3) Vagan weapon (base 1.6) with attack speed % + doryani's catalyst (lightning only wrath + HoT)
4) Vagan weapon (base 1.6) with attack speed % + +1+2 lightning gems sceptre (lightning only wrath + HoT)


Levling
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Gear I used:



Flasks:
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Life flask will heal to full from low-life, good for degen maps or tight spots in boss fights when you can't leech. Quicksilver for shield charge. Stibinite for blind + stun recovery.


Current Gear:
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Surprisingly the +1 shield added maybe 300 damage to my tooltip. Mostly just wanted it to get some more mana via higher level enlighten.
Places to improve:
* any 6L defensive chest (kitsunigi, belly, perfect form, better base rare)
* Better movespeed on boots + higher level enchant + haku WED mod
* Opal rings with WED + added elemental damage
* Higher WED on belt
* Vinktars (not really needed) / Dying Sun


Helm Enchant:
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Useful Enchants:
*Blood rage grants xx% inc attack speed
*Lightning / Fire golem effect
*Elemental Weakness effect
*Blade Flurry radius / damage
*____chief totem grants increased ___ xx% while active
*reduced cost of Anger/Wrath/HoT


Progression: RT + leveling weapon -> Vagan weapon + cheap sceptre ->
1) Alpha's Howl or 4 node cluster to use Wrath & Anger -> enlighten lvl 3 to free up slot for more life
2) +1+2 lightning sceptre and Wrath + HoT


character stats:
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Reflect
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I'm not entirely sure how I'm able to do reflect (i had forgot fortify):
75% resistance, 3% leech if recently killed, 2% leech of 15% of damage with Atziri flask = .3%, 1.1 damage taken due to beserker, 18% reflect from map mod, can't miss hits means I can't evade, 31% chance to block.

(18%)*(1-.75)*(1+.1-.2) = 4.05% leech needed to counter
If I block 31% = 4.05% (1-.31) = 2.79% needed
I get close to this with 3% + .3% = 3.3% with Atziri flask

To make up the rest when i don't block, I'm assuming I proc aspect of carnage to bump leech up to 100%.

Last edited by 50miler on Feb 10, 2017, 5:09:47 PM
Last bumped on Mar 18, 2017, 8:16:02 PM
New version with very similar tree. Uses Dyadus (440+ fire edps) and focus on fire penetration. Lightning strike for Aoe (10proj 90% pierce), and Molten strike with the new +2 proj jewels & helm enchant for some stupid single target scaling. Pretty much same gear otherwise.


poebuilder link:
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Last edited by 50miler on Mar 18, 2017, 8:16:22 PM

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