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I don't really like the marauder line in this build. It gives:

38% life
1.9% life regen
12% all res
30% reduced crit damage
+30 life
+50 strength

I'm thinking instead of something like this:

Blender + mana

It drops the marauder tree. Instead I pick up a life node cluster by the ranger tree, some life/evasion nodes by the ranger, and the mana nodes in the duelist area. In total, this gives:

44% life
42% evasion
40% increased mana
40% mana regeneration rate
+12 life
+10 Intelligence

The mana is important because its very hard to maintain attacks with mana leech when its capped at 12.5% per second. The alternative is to use blood magic in which case DPS suffers. I don't think ill be affording soul taker any time soon.

Any thoughts?

is this build good in pvp?

Or anyone know a good pvp build using soultaker?

How viable is this build in Nemesis? What changes to CWDT would need to be made for HC characters?

anyone here who is playing this build and doing high lvl content? (maps lvl 76-78)?
I am having troubles with the Academy boss ( Arbiter of knowledge) and Crematorium (Maegera) amd also the unique Gravicious in 77 lvl map (cant remember name).
I have 4.6 k hp, 77 all resist, 8.6 k damage with cyclone, I leech from 0 to max like in 1.5 second. I am getting one shotted sometimes by those bosses....anyone got any tips? swap one weapon for Saffels Frame to get the spell block?

any help appreciated

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Starlight85 wrote:

The mana is important because its very hard to maintain attacks with mana leech when its capped at 12.5% per second. The alternative is to use blood magic in which case DPS suffers. I don't think ill be affording soul taker any time soon.

Any thoughts?

I agree with this for sure. I went up into the Templar tree instead for the the life/damage/increased aoe(which is awesome) personally but I still picked up those mana nodes in the duelist area. I am finding that with the BoR I am constantly out of mana even though I am leeching a ton, it just isn't leeching fast enough because of my low mana pool.

sorry if the question has been asked a lot already, but can you sustain the mana with dual strike with high att speed weapons? or is blood magic/ soultaker a must?

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BlackSacrament wrote:

sorry if the question has been asked a lot already, but can you sustain the mana with dual strike with high att speed weapons? or is blood magic/ soultaker a must?

Since I don't have BoR yet, I'm using 5l chest - there's no problem to link mana leech there. Also some mana leech from gear could help, 2-3% is enough for DS.

Right i dont think the issue is not leeching enough, because i assume my dps will be very high, its just that with high attack speed, the mana regen from leech isn't going to be fast enough with a low mana pool. (assuming running grace+ hatred)

What are your thoughts on the new 2H dual-wield axe?
http://imgur.com/d0qr3m3
Immediate thoughts: Can't use soultaker, but can use khaoms with 6L if I were to drop BoR (could also use it and BoR to get a 7L cyclone and 6L dual strike). Also lets you run more dmg with 2H and axe nodes. Lose out on whirling blades (anything else?)

Also, do you think marauder is the most ideal class for this build? At extreme end-game, marauder would let you invest in the dmg nodes next to it at the cost of 1 less point due to having to invest in the 8% mana node in the duelist area.

(6 points for 75% dmg and 20 str, although I went 5 points for 65 dmg and 20 str). Are there any better investments at such an extreme level?

Final question: Do you think the ranger start nodes (damage, evasion, life%) are worth it for 8 points? (See above build).

How does this compare to a cyclone facebreaker build say something like http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQAAdwB5wJxBLMFLRLhFCAUTRkuGjIaOBv6Jd8n7SmlLdIxnjWSNug26TrYQKBGaUd-SshN2E3jTipPfVBHUFBRYFRJVw1YY1ivWfNfP2BLYSFlTWaeapNuaW6qcH1yqXTteA1673zZgFaBb4M4hNmE74cpiPGMdozPkFWZK5uDnjyeuZ7Nn8uiAKQZplenMKeEqW6rxaxZrKq18rZBud29gb6KvqfAD8AaxtjSIdJN1I_V7dlh4urjaudS7DjvDu988i_z3fZI97760v6P



New 2h sure looks interesting but losing whirling blades? Nope.