[11.2] 7k LS DPS/ 70% BLOCK CHANCE/ 90% DMG REDUCTION/ 6 AURAS/ TANK !!! TEMPLAR

edit: Added some screens // update for 72 lvl

edit2: Still sorry for my terrible english :<

edit3: Hey, gonna add soon more expensive version of the build with Bringer of the Rain. Currently im over 10k LS dps with it and 78% block chance but downside is lower % of reduced damage :( only ~80%. Gonna experiment with this build as soon as i get to 80 with different skills and items!

Hi,

This is the build that shows melee can be tanky as hell and still do quite a dmg.
Im posting this after checking this build up to 70 lvl and after doing many piety runs with smile on my face while facetanking all her efforts (90% ls resist is nice <3 topaz flask).

Char can faceroll content to Merc Piety really easly and sometimes i can even go afk while mobs are trying to kill me :D Its fun to see him alive when i get back from lets say toilet :>

Had to make such build coz friends needed good tank! Dischargers are too weak, same with sparkers and both of them are almost core of every good party :) Ofcourse without decent TANK this all falls apart. Thats why templar is ONE OF BEST choices to go if your party needs a good tank.

Enjoy:

Build is pretty simple and rolling to 40-60 with melee can be also done easly. On 40 you should have something like this :



Quests also help alot to get enough points fast to roll to smething like this on 60 lvl:


On 70 lvl that im currently on build ive added more dps and more survivability :)


Im planning to get to max 80 lvl and give it some more hp boost coz right now its only 2.2k with gear ill post later on :) Hp actually isint a problem coz even Merc Kole hits me for 1/3 hp pool with crit.

Im really mad at GGG for capping damage reduction to 90%, coz with flask it would be possible to get mby 95+%.


This is my gear im currenty using, checking sockets gives some review about auras:

Wrath, anger, determination, tempest shield, purity, hatred.



Notable items:

The Anvil - 10% block chance and 3% max block chance is huge ... It gives more EHP then real 3x 6% hp you could get on tree and doesnt use this POINTS ! Also + life/mana is really important to the build self. (With Perandus it gives even more then 78% block chance)

Covenant - helps setting up auras like wrath and anger while using wepon elemental damage gem it gives huge bost.

Wurm Molt - This belt is really nice but if someone had better rings then i do, then it can be changed to something better. (Im using it to get more leach and inteligence)

Lionseye remorse - Just best defence shield in game :S Ive bought mine for 12 fusing and i think its great :S

Crest of Perandus - This is in my opinion best block chance shield ingame that and it costs only 1 alch >_>
If i had better 5l armor that actually gives good amount of armor (2k+) i would stay with this shield :)

"Someone" said such bad words:

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So Kripparian says melee "sucks" in late game...

This made my day cause with this build im fine with KILLING and FACE TANKING STUFF... Doing maps also FINE, chating with friends in middle of monsters or drinking coffee.

But how it works ?

ANVIL and Tempest shield with LIFE LEACH support gem is all you need! Someone said that 15 lifeleach is sh##, but combining it with 35/40 from anvil gives 55 life per block which is huge when big packs of blue/white mobs hit you. Lets say you would get 10 successful blocks - its 550 hp and while supporting it with life leach and hp regen AND flasks, its just not possible to die that easly :)
Only hard hitting bosses like Kole can be exception here but HEY:
90% dmg reduction gives ALOT combined with endurance charges. Like i said Kole is not able to kill me and i have only 2.2k hp O_O

Sayin range is better because it doesn't have to take this hits equals to this *

* We can say that everyone can tank -> he just have to stay in City! :D

HOW THE DAMAGE LOOKS ??

Lightning Strike with 5l:

LMP + Multistrike + Lightning Strike + WED + Faster Attacks:

Cost: 68 mana

Screens of dmg and stats:)



Add to this debuffs such as projectile weakness and ls dmg stacking and we got over 20k dmg :)

Ive chosen LS as main dmg source mostly because of mace ive found while lvling, it gives nice bost of 35% ls dmg that is actually better then 20% attack speed boost.

The reason to roll this tank is fact that its cheap ... Beside this 5l armor it has nothing expensive on him.(Dont know why 5l armors are so expensive now >_> but ive bought mine for 2 gcp few weeks ago).

The Anvil costs something like 4-6 gcps. Lioneseye Remorse same and rest costed me few fusings :) (Yes few fusing, many dont like it but trading is part of this game also :< )
Covenant is not a mandatory thats why ill not count it to costs (im rolling only wrath and anger to boost infernal blow).

IMPORTANT!! Dont let ppl scam you because "only end game gear is worth alot".

And here is full build summary:

100 points build:



Keystone
Resolute Technique: Your hits can't be Evaded
Resolute Technique: Never deal Critical Strikes
Stats
+220 to Strength
+50 to Dexterity
+100 to Intelligence
Life
2.9% of Life Regenerated per Second
126% increased maximum Life
+60 to maximum Life
Mana
40% increased Mana Regeneration Rate
Physical Damage
112% increased Physical Damage with One Handed Melee Weapons
88% increased Physical Damage with Maces
22% increased Melee Physical Damage
Elemental Damage
40% increased Elemental Damage with Weapons
31% increased Elemental Damage
Lightning Damage
10% Chance to Shock the enemy on hit with Lightning Damage
Resistance
+38% to all Elemental Resistances
+2% to maximum Fire Resistance
+2% to maximum Cold Resistance
+2% to maximum Lightning Resistance
Attack Speed
4% increased Attack Speed with One Handed Melee Weapons
Accuracy
20% increased Accuracy Rating
Endurance Charge
+1 Maximum Endurance Charge
Armour
147% increased Armour
Energy Shield
80% increased maximum Energy Shield
Critical Strike
You take 30% reduced Extra Damage from Critical Strikes
Shield Block
23% additional Shield Block Chance
Movement
2% increased Movement Speed
Misc
18% increased Effect of Buffs on You
12% of Block Chance applied to Spells
10% reduced Enemy Stun Threshold with Maces
55% increased Defences from equipped Shield
20% increased Shock Duration on enemies
40% increased Block Recovery

Looks nice, would like to see a video though!

You shouldn't advertise your dps as 27k when it's only really 5400. The only build this method for calculating damage really works on is Freeze Pulse, since all 5 projectiles actually hit the same target. With LS each enemy will never be hit by more than 1 of the projectiles.

Also, Melee Phys support gem does not affect the damage of the projectiles. You should definitely use Weapon Ele Dmg instead.

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Tyronis3 wrote:

You shouldn't advertise your dps as 27k when it's only really 5400. The only build this method for calculating damage really works on is Freeze Pulse, since all 5 projectiles actually hit the same target. With LS each enemy will never be hit by more than 1 of the projectiles.

Also, Melee Phys support gem does not affect the damage of the projectiles. You should definitely use Weapon Ele Dmg instead.

Hey, thx for feedback, but melee physical damage isint there to get more damage, it helps to sustain mana for ls spam.
With weapon elemental damage ls hits almost 6900 dmg, but also costs a lot more(74 mana). This would force me to drop one aura that is unacceptable :)

And to the ale dmg read whole post again that it clearly says 27k aoe dmg with 5400 single target. Also with bosts its almost 15k single target that is still huge with such survivability. (With weapon elemental damage and buffs it goes over 20k on single target )

Happy to help.


Edit. Ill add video same as screens when ill be back home aka vacations :)
Stay in touch

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CookieMonster86 wrote:

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Tyronis3 wrote:

You shouldn't advertise your dps as 27k when it's only really 5400. The only build this method for calculating damage really works on is Freeze Pulse, since all 5 projectiles actually hit the same target. With LS each enemy will never be hit by more than 1 of the projectiles.

Also, Melee Phys support gem does not affect the damage of the projectiles. You should definitely use Weapon Ele Dmg instead.

Hey, thx for feedback, but melee physical damage isint there to get more damage, it helps to sustain mana for ls spam.
With weapon elemental damage ls hits almost 6900 dmg, but also costs a lot more(74 mana). This would force me to drop one aura that is unacceptable :)

And to the ale dmg read whole post again that it clearly says 27k aoe dmg with 5400 single target. Also with bosts its almost 15k single target that is still huge with such survivability. (With weapon elemental damage and buffs it goes over 20k on single target )

Happy to help.


Edit. Ill add video same as screens when ill be back home aka vacations :)
Stay in touch

In the title you say "27k LS DMG" which implies the tooltip dmg is 27k.

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Tyronis3 wrote:

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CookieMonster86 wrote:

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Tyronis3 wrote:

You shouldn't advertise your dps as 27k when it's only really 5400. The only build this method for calculating damage really works on is Freeze Pulse, since all 5 projectiles actually hit the same target. With LS each enemy will never be hit by more than 1 of the projectiles.

Also, Melee Phys support gem does not affect the damage of the projectiles. You should definitely use Weapon Ele Dmg instead.

Hey, thx for feedback, but melee physical damage isint there to get more damage, it helps to sustain mana for ls spam.
With weapon elemental damage ls hits almost 6900 dmg, but also costs a lot more(74 mana). This would force me to drop one aura that is unacceptable :)

And to the ale dmg read whole post again that it clearly says 27k aoe dmg with 5400 single target. Also with bosts its almost 15k single target that is still huge with such survivability. (With weapon elemental damage and buffs it goes over 20k on single target )

Happy to help.


Edit. Ill add video same as screens when ill be back home aka vacations :)
Stay in touch

In the title you say "27k LS DMG" which implies the tooltip dmg is 27k.

Lol dude are you blind ? It says DMG not DPS... Even your signature states 17k+ DPS not DMG alone :S
Not sure if troll or just stupid >_>

Post clearly states dps is 5400 to 6900 and aoe dmg is 27k+...

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CookieMonster86 wrote:

Hey, thx for feedback, but melee physical damage isint there to get more damage, it helps to sustain mana for ls spam.

Unless you constantly use LS in melee range, I don't see how the "Melee physical damage" gem helps you sustain mana. Its a 140% mana multiplier gem that adds 0 damage to your projectiles. If Weapon elemental damage is too costly for you, you should then consider using Added Fire Damage, a 130% mana multiplier gem that will increase your projectiles damage and will reduce the mana cost of your LS.

Btw, I also agree Tyronis. You shouldn't advertise 27k dmg or dps while your tooltip dps is 5400. Sorry, but its simply misleading. My own LS ranger is doing 15k tooltip LS dps and when I saw your post title, I was like "wow", how is he doing it, Its almost twice my dps ! Then I realized that your dps was actually 3 times lower than mine...

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Velkor wrote:

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CookieMonster86 wrote:

Hey, thx for feedback, but melee physical damage isint there to get more damage, it helps to sustain mana for ls spam.

Unless you constantly use LS in melee range, I don't see how the "Melee physical damage" gem helps you sustain mana. Its a 140% mana multiplier gem that adds 0 damage to your projectiles. If Weapon elemental damage is too costly for you, you should then consider using Added Fire Damage, a 130% mana multiplier gem that will increase your projectiles damage and will reduce the mana cost of your LS.

Btw, I also agree Tyronis. You shouldn't advertise 27k dmg or dps while your tooltip dps is 5400. Sorry, but its simply misleading. My own LS ranger is doing 15k tooltip LS dps and when I saw your post title, I was like "wow", how is he doing it, Its almost twice my dps ! Then I realized that your dps was actually 3 times lower than mine...

Thx for this tip i didnt know that projectiles don't have physical part in them also mana cost for ls is little smaller then i thought with WED :) I think ill stay with it now.

Didnt know also ppl still mislead flat dmg with dps :) Ive experimented some with BotRain and max dmg i could accomplish for now with it was like 11k with mace and shield(but 78% block chance and 80% reduced damage).
So please if you have some build that does 17k dps with mace and shield post it on forum :>
Many would be happy as hell!

Thank you for the guide!

1. You went RT with a crit weapon
2. You went RT with lightning strike without getting both static blows nodes
3. You use LMP and Multistrike together on LS, so your projectile physical damage is bad.
4. You didn't use WED on LS, so your elemental damage on LS is bad (your guide says you use WED, but your armour has MPD equipped?).
5. You didn't get iron grip, so again your projectile damage is bad.
6. You got infernal blow for (???).
7. You didn't get both 10% shield resistance nodes.
8. You went for some sub-optimal damage nodes (ones next to marauder area, and templar starting elemental damage nodes).
9. You went for the big body and soul wheel purely for armour and resists (bad).
10. 126% increased max life is really low for endgame.

So many things wrong with this build.