[3.24] 🗡The Nightblade🗡 Unholy Might : 100% phys converted to chaos

Petrified blood always scares me. Just how tanky can this build realistically be with 2.6k unreserved life?

Also, there was a bug with blade flurry sometime ago where you couldn't turn your character properly whilst channeling it. Has that been fixed?

Thanks in advance. Daggers are intriguing.

Hey, I skipped this league due to nerfs and uni work but I really wanna try this out for 3.16 keep up the good work mate!

I've been spending a lot of time pre 3.16 reading builds to see which build creators are the most proactive addressing all of the changes as it gives me confidence the build is taken seriously.

Your passion for this build really shows and it makes me stoked to try it. Great job!

Thx for your kind words, gents ! ;) That's very encouraging for me.

I think the Nightblade won't disappoint in 3.16 :)

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Moridin79 wrote:

Petrified blood always scares me. Just how tanky can this build realistically be with 2.6k unreserved life?

Also, there was a bug with blade flurry sometime ago where you couldn't turn your character properly whilst channeling it. Has that been fixed?

Thanks in advance. Daggers are intriguing.

I've read several times about this bug where BF would lock on an enemy, preventing you from changing target. But honestly, I've never experienced it. You target a pack, the AoE hits everything, that's all.

About Petrified Blood, I was very skeptical at first, just like you.
"How can you survive with half of your life ??? Are you crazy, GGG ? This will work MAYBE for a char with 8k life !"

But then, I gave it a try and it does work really well.
Because you take only 60% of hits upfront, with the remaining 40% taken as DoT over 4sec. So that's 40% less dmg taken upfront, which is huge. Then, you have 4 sec to counter the degen with leech and flasks.

You can check this video I've done in Delve 750 (beginning at 3mn35). See how Petrified Blood allows me survive against the screamers. I should have died three times at least !

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Crit multi scaling with Elusive effect

I was talking with a fellow player and he told me that PoB doesn't calculate properly the crit multi bonus from Nightblade support.
The wiki says it scales with the effect of Elusive :

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The critical strike multiplier from Elusive from Supported Skills also grants +x% to Critical Strike Multiplier for Skills Supported by Nightblade is tied to the Elusive buff itself, which means the amount of critical strike multiplier gained will scale with Elusive's current buff effectiveness.

PoB doesn't take this scaling into account.

So I've checked ingame and the effect does scale.

Numbers :

My base crit multi ingame is 408%.
The support is supposed to give +138% crit multi while Elusive = 546% total.
But I actually go up to 715%.
715-408 = +307, instead of +138.

307/138 = 2.22
That's the Elusive effect.
So it does scale. PoB misses 307-138 = 169% crit multi.

Now, one of the Masteries for dagger clusters grants +40% crit multi for skills supported by Nightblade.
If this scales, it would give not +40% but smth like +100% !
This is huge !

This bonus decays over time with the Elusive effect. But if you have 2/3rd of this bonus on average, it's a lot more DPS than what PoB calculates.
I'm going to put Withering Step on space bar (rather than War Banner) to better control the refreshment of the buff.

Hey thanks for the detailed response. Looking forward to playing the build.

Edit: Is the pob finalized for 3.16? Thanks again.

Knowing myself, I will be fiddling with the PoB up until the last minute.
(I was searching a way to use Magebane, but it's not worth it if you have fewer than 600 DEX).

But yes, you can use the PoB I've posted, it's viable. (I've put it at the top of the first msg).

PoB 3.16 beta : https://pastebin.com/PyNnv13C

Appreciate the detailed build information and continuous updates.

I was curious what your opinion is on alternate skills? I'd like to give the updated Ambush gem a shot (really get that dagger wielding backstab assassin fantasy in) but channeled skills such as Blade Flurry cannot be exerted by it. Do you think your build could be rigged to function with something like dual strike?

Yes, a true Ambush and Assassinate build ;)
Where you put all the juice against enemies on full life.

> Divergent Dual Strike : 100% inc dmg
> Critical Mastery : 150% inc crit chance (probably not necessary, we already have Backstabbing on the tree)

With Ambush and the Ascendancy, the first hit would deal twice as more dmg (quick PoB simulation).

You would need Melee Splash and/or an explode chest.

Hi,

Here is my last video for 3.15, where I do some intense farming in 150% quant maps, with a pre 3.16 setup, including Purity of Elements :

#5 : The Shadow Walk

I hope you like it and see you in 3.16 ;)

Minmaxed PoB in Std, with Secrets of Suffering and Magebane (requires a lot of DEX to be worthwhile) : https://pastebin.com/FtsFrVDg

Also, here is a basic tree (end of the acts), with the notables step by step :



Good luck and have fun :)