Murakai's Axe & Shield Build

"

firebear wrote:

why do you have + in crit damage but you use that skill that removes crit?

pretty stupid :)

Well if you are talking about "Never get critical strikes" I understand this as you never take critical hits from monsters and not removing the ability of you doing critical strikes.

Am I wrong on this?

The skill resolute Techniques stops you from dealing Crit strikes. and for that you never ever miss hitting a mob.

Because you now do no crit strikes any points into crit passives are pointless wastes :)


Guess they should/could re-word it to "never deal critical strikes" to make it easier to understand.

"

Knoodlepot wrote:

The skill resolute Techniques stops you from dealing Crit strikes. and for that you never ever miss hitting a mob.

Because you now do no crit strikes any points into crit passives are pointless wastes :)


Guess they should/could re-word it to "never deal critical strikes" to make it easier to understand.

Oh my god. Absolutely they should clarify this skill description.

Thanks a lot for clarifying this!

I have been using this build and love it. At the moment I am only lev 23.

I have 2 questions.

1. What skills do you use most?
2. what to go for first as I level as far as passives go?

"

tribeca76 wrote:

I have been using this build and love it. At the moment I am only lev 23.

I have 2 questions.

1. What skills do you use most?
2. what to go for first as I level as far as passives go?

1.

Middle mouse button: Molten Shell
Right mouse button: Cleave (with Life Gain on Hit support gem)
Q: Heavy Strike
W: Charge / Flicker Strike (Flicker Strike is my highest dps skill atm)
E: Phase Run (good to move around when you've killed everything around)
R: Anger
T: Hatred




2. Honestly, I don't know. I'm trying to find a balance for the point distribution but it's not easy. I'll think about it later and post here.

Wow ty very much for the fast response.

I suggest going following this order:

Strong Arm
Diamond Skin (optional but I recommend using it if you don't have good elemental resistances on your equipment. Point on this skill can be removed later on.)
Resolute Technique
Agility
Sagacity (optional if you don't plan to use intelligence skills)
Shield Mastery
Hatchet Mastery
Armour Master (the skill that removes penalties from armor, not the armor increase passive)
One Handed Weapon Speed passives
Barricade
Life passives
Discipline and Training
Celerity
Swashbuckler
Armour Mastery
Remaining life passives
Remaining increased attack speed passives
Remaining shield passives
Body and Soul (the 20% increased armor is interesting, but it might not be necessary for this build).

You should add your current stats and how you play, solo, party, HC, etc.


My axe n board Hardcore constellation: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAQEBADZkywDU5OYBllomAc44iwZXD2wG5smBB76wMgsvNugMrwrHEQuB1RIhjyMXFRfWIqAewiaTIz8naBzsKYbAjyvGvMktluUrL30aSTAIfUAxk0n3NN9LPDeXCEQ3xCN_OygtVTvFZSg-wEW7PweeIUKMMVlIM6ecSM4T3EzUJgdNZqDlU09swlR55wBZ6TIBW3nBl1vZNjhyn1bUcrKlbnfyvK14TQG6euCxCXwsV3rjK2hFqg4KMMdBqpa55T-9t6LQaoTXHBLNsSBX1IvEq9E0PdfL1RfP0z_we6h2tD3L2iudojeoduj9YneQ_ny9rcPaMf9eeb_NEqyO3bR_EY6nLqLlg1t0voN84bQoKfrWxo-cyXoP-sEqs9SLZrYSqC96iY-IEVn0NCX0


I was leveling / playing with a summoner witch. Was in Chaos until he died at 61 and I was level 60. I was leeching in chaos / only killed casters.

Solo play pyramid runs currently doing and wrecking them. Ill step into Chaos when I get some better gear.

Lvl: 65 Unbuffed (In town stats)
HP:2146
Armor:4084
Endurance charges = 5

Solo play I dont even need any dps nodes than what I have.

DMG
Cleave - 2.2k (4 linked)
Heavy Strike- 4.7k (4 linked)
Shield Charge- 2k (3 linked)

My axe

Whats the fastest way to fix my skill tree if I messed up a bit?

This is what I have atm http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAQEBzbEgVxIhjyPRND3Xy9UXz9M_8Hsxk0n3ojeodnhNAbr7Wu0OqmuudsDmWG9xt7nfeOOzVytyOeRNZqDlSDOnnCKgHsItluUrzRKsjptvQkpJEHjFd88CWZsdSUAHd79tqoZbowCWxefkr9wOG85OTdOuomp1uMbozvf171eu4McREOGeRxHwiqoWdgaX1McG2zMiuLRmrg0dEa-0_xUcN-_05S0QTvZSXQvBKRcVF9aodrQ9u6_foI-IEVk-wEW7

Also, can anyone explain endurance charges?

Thank you

"

Gluscus wrote:

You should add your current stats and how you play, solo, party, HC, etc.

I will keep updating this thread regularly. I really like your axe mate, solid dps there. About your build I found resolute techniques not worth it. Everything else looks fine.

"

OneShot wrote:

Whats the fastest way to fix my skill tree if I messed up a bit?

You either use Orbs of Regret or create a new character. I recommend create a new character. These orbs are rare to find and they are not cheap to buy to other players.

"

OneShot wrote:

Also, can anyone explain endurance charges?

From what I've understand, endurance charges are temporary buffs that stack and increase your physical damage reduction per each charge. The more endurance charges you have the more physical reduction is going to happen. This can be quite useful at later levels, but for a shield build with decent block, from my perspective, these charges are not extremely necessary.