Official Blender Post! Lets theory craft for 1.2! 123k Cleave DPS!

Well... this was my first build on Nemesis. I died at around 70. Ripped again today on another character, but found this before:



Any others doing this build in Nemesis? How are you doing? Especially without Soul Taker. I don't know if I'll ever get a Soul Taker. Plus, haven't they nerfed them on Nemesis?

Soul Taker isn't really needed with this build. It's nice but not necessary, as stated in the OP. For Nemesis, it's even more nice since it means you don't hit yourself for hundreds of health every time you swing, and the chill, but otherwise it just lets you not run BM which = more dmg.

It's nerfed in every league. The permanent leagues (standard, HC) also have LEGACY soultaker, which is the old (pre-nerf) version of it. These no longer drop anywhere in the game in any league however. They also go for ridiculous amounts of currency in these ladders, and are more or less completely unrealistic (e.g., same as Legacy Kaom's).

For those who are not using Soul Taker with this build: How do you keep casting Dual Strike without running out of mana?

I've tried stacking mana regen but doesn't seem to be enough. Or are we forced to use Blood Magic if we can't get our hands on a Soul Taker?

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rayfox wrote:

For those who are not using Soul Taker with this build: How do you keep casting Dual Strike without running out of mana?

I've tried stacking mana regen but doesn't seem to be enough. Or are we forced to use Blood Magic if we can't get our hands on a Soul Taker?

Yes, especially if you are using BoR no amount of mana leech will be able to keep you afloat. I am sticking with running 2 auras (grace / hatred). And using blood magic for dual wield / cyclone (haven't decided which one I like better with blood magic gem yet)

You COULD run a hybrid flask. But I found that to be more of a pain in the a** than its worth vs running a blood magic gem.

If you don't have Soul Ripper (like me) then i would advise:

IF you do have BoR just use Blood magic gem:

This setup gives me 20k Dual Strike buffed with 220 DPS axes.

If you don't have BoR then:

5L: DS+MS+MeleeS+AddedPhysical+BM
6L: DS+MS+MeleeS+AddedPhysical+FA+BM

This is enough for early end game content. Once you have BoR you can farm Dominus if you want or do early maps. I am yet to see higher level maps but hope to get there soon.

I am planing on farming Dominus one night all night and hope to drop better weapon as running with two 220 axes is getting on my nerve :P

Protip: Don't use Blood Magic, skip hatred and use an Added Fire Damage gem instead. 2% mana leech on a ring/amulet will sustain your mana along with a regular ole mana flask. I land at approximately 19k Dual Strike DPS with Hatred/Blood Magic and 20k with Added Fire Damage. This is of course only relevant if you play solo because Hatred will help teammates too.

My gear for reference.

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Starlight85 wrote:

Any thoughts?

to me it looks solid enough but i just feel like for build like that, you are wasting skill points on mana that you can resolve with one gem. Lower your DPS because of this, but then improve it by investing those points into DPS passives like Duality.

That's my take on it....

I have a BoR and I too had some slight mana problems. However these are easily negated by having 1 hybrid flask on your bar, as well as getting a higher base mana pool so it leeches quicker. Golfik, running a BM gem is a huge investment for something that can be taken care of through flasks and a couple passive points/stats on gear. It also has the downtime of costing a lot of hp which lowers your life leech amount. I can blow through 450hp/second using Dual Strike, this is a lot considering that on top of this you gave up a damage gem for it.

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Dmillz wrote:

I have a BoR and I too had some slight mana problems. However these are easily negated by having 1 hybrid flask on your bar, as well as getting a higher base mana pool so it leeches quicker. Golfik, running a BM gem is a huge investment for something that can be taken care of through flasks and a couple passive points/stats on gear. It also has the downtime of costing a lot of hp which lowers your life leech amount. I can blow through 450hp/second using Dual Strike, this is a lot considering that on top of this you gave up a damage gem for it.

Whats your HP and your LL ?? When i am attacking something my life stays full unless i am getting hit hard by mobs. I have never seen my life go down that quick like you are saying it is. If you are blowing thru 450hp a second, how much mana do you go thru a second when you add Added Fire Damage gem ??

Is this a good build for nemesis league? Looks pretty fun.