D3 spectral blade wizard in PoE?

I've been playing a spectral blade build in diablo 3 lately (with a 6 piece set, special weapon etc) and was wondering if there was something like it that could be mangled together in PoE? Spectral throw doesn't quite fit the bill, and neither does flicker strike or blade furry.
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Not sure if the 6-piece bonus does anything special to spectral blades, but I would have thought Blade Flurry would feel fairly similar...

IF you're looking for an excess of slashy animations, the closest I could think of would be Double Strike (with Melee Splash, naturally) plus a clone of yourself from Vaal Double Strike (requires kills to build up and use).
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I have yet to use double strike honestly, i typically play caster / ranged types so I will take a look at it. As to the 6 piece Delsere's set; it gives bonuses to damage reduction, increased mob damage, etc while in the Slow Time bubble (nothing even close to that in PoE except maybe temporal chains + vulnerability maybe with a fortify linked into double strike). Other parts of the build allows for insane attack speed.

So what do you think would be a good Double Strike gem setup? [DS -> melee splash -> faster attacks -> multistrike -> {not sure here} -> fortify] Maybe that sword that boosts herald of thunder? or somekind of elemental conversion? Ascendancy?
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I have yet to use double strike honestly, i typically play caster / ranged types so I will take a look at it.


Heh, but Spectral Throw, Flicker Strike, and Blade Flurry were all Attack skills, not Spell skills :P

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As to the 6 piece Delsere's set;


Yeah, I remember peeking at that now, and you have a pretty good sense of what would replicate it (Blasphemy + Vuln, Temp Chains), although I would toss Belt of the Deceiver Heavy Belt into the mix.

Most people don't put Fortify Support on their main link; they link it to a movement skill (or, if you're hipster like me, link it to a utility skill like Frenzy as well/instead), along with Faster Attacks.

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So what do you think would be a good Double Strike gem setup? [DS -> melee splash -> faster attacks -> multistrike -> {not sure here} -> fortify] Maybe that sword that boosts herald of thunder? or somekind of elemental conversion? Ascendancy?


I'd say you have two choices here, elemental scaling or physical scaling (you can still deal elemental damage with physical scaling).

If you want elemental scaling, then the sword you mentioned would work fairly well for its high attack speed- Fidelitas' Spike. I would then setup the gem like: DS - Melee Splash - Faster Attacks - Multistrike - Elemental Damage with Weapons - Added Lightning Damage or something like that (depends where your sources of flat elemental damage will come from, you'd probably want Static Electricty Viridian Jewel, and maybe replace one of the links with Lightning Penetration, or use Tempestuous Steel in main hand and Fidelitas' Spike in off-hand).

If you want physical scaling - this is what most people do - you would want something like DS - Melee Splash - Faster Attacks - Multistrike - Melee Physical Damage - Ruthless.

Another possibility if you scale enough Attack Speed from other sources is to replace that multiplier - this would also free up gem sockets for a physical conversion approach:

DS - Melee Splash - Multistrike - Melee Physical Damage - Physical to Lightning - Elemental Damage with Attacks

(you'd then convert the other 50% phys to element elsewise, such as with Hrimsorrow/Hrimburn Unique gloves.)

Overall, your best bet would probably be physical scaling; it's simple yet powerful. MPD/Ruthless and slap on a Hatred aura, grab a weapon or two with good pDPS, and you'll be good to go.
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The elemental setup makes sense, though for the pure physical route it would make more sense to swap ruthless out for brutality due to how the former interacts with the multistrike support [triggers on the 3rd use of the skill instead].

I'll looks around on some current DS build posts for ideas on gear etc though i think I may try the elemental route as I have both the Spike and the Tempestous Steel in a stash.

That covers weapons, likely using whirling blades + faster casting + fortify for movement. Maybe Astrementis as my amulet for easy stat scaling to support gems. Not sure on Helm / Boots / Armor. I'd likely use ring slots for resists + elemental damage with attacks + life properties.

Ascendancy (with the upcoming change to VP), would likely either be Slayer or Gladiator [bleed + more damage to bleeding mobs + bleeding mobs explode on death for aoe]
is flamesurge comparable to spectral blades in terms of its area and cast speed etc? Maybe even ethereal knives tbh, rather than going down the attack route.
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is flamesurge comparable to spectral blades in terms of its area and cast speed etc? Maybe even ethereal knives tbh, rather than going down the attack route.


The main reason to use DS is the super extra slashy visual, it's the closest thing to spectral blades that POE has. Granted flamesurge + chance to ignite would negate the whole accuracy thing but so does Temp Steel. As for area and cast speed, they would be pretty equal in the end after each is geared and gem linked. EK just doesn't fit the bill, plus I've found it to be more fun using EK with threshold gem and full ele conversion on an Inquisitor. But thanks mate!
Now that you've confirmed it's all about the visuals - there should be a pretty sweet Support for recreating Spectral Blades coming up in 20 days, called Ancestral Call. It causes Melee Attacks to target 2 enemies near you when you attack, and it seemed to repeat visual effects for Lightning Strike, so it should in theory also recreate those juicy slash effects with Double Strike as well. Should be pretty sweet.
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Now that you've confirmed it's all about the visuals - there should be a pretty sweet Support for recreating Spectral Blades coming up in 20 days, called Ancestral Call. It causes Melee Attacks to target 2 enemies near you when you attack, and it seemed to repeat visual effects for Lightning Strike, so it should in theory also recreate those juicy slash effects with Double Strike as well.
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oh yea? should be interesting then. DS - MS - Melee Splash - that new Ancestral Call essentially turns it into a Cleave more or less with fancier visuals.

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