read this thread for fun, cheap, survivable build ideas!
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The Covenant Pulser
This build use Freezing Pulse as its main skill and the Covenant Robe as a mandatory unique item. For this reason, I call it the Covenant Pulser. Link for the detailed Guide: Skill tree at level 82: Gear:
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Build Description: Defense
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The Covenant Robe provides blood magic as well as Energy shield. So, at its core, the build is a life + energy shield build. As a side bonus, the build pick up many dexterity and evasion nods (including Ondar's Guile) in the East side of the tree. So, in the end, the character focus on life, energy shield and evasion gear. At level 82, the character has about 2400 life, 3200 energy shield and 4000 evasion.
Evasion allows the character to avoid approximately 37% of melee attacks as well as 75% of all projectiles attack (Thanks to Ondar's Guile). Life leech linked with the main skill (Freezing Pulse) allows the character to easily heal self-inflicted damage (blood magic) as well as healing up incoming chaos damage. In addition, the passive Heart of the Oak provides 1% life regeneration per second. The large energy shield pool absorbs most of the damage. When taking damage (including self-inflicted damage), the shield cannot regenerate normally. However, in those situations, the Shavronne revelation ring (4% es regeneration per second) as well as the Voidbringer gloves (20 es per kill) allows the character to keep regenerating, albeit at a slower rate. Finally, the shield provides 26% chance to block. Auras
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Being a Blood Magic Build, picking up % aura is out of the question. Among the flat mana cost auras, the only useful ones for the build are Discipline and Grace. Both are used and are well worth the life cost.
Offense
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The main ability is freezing pulse. Socketed in a 5L Covenant, the support gems are : Faster Casting, Lesser Multiple Projectiles, Life Leech, Increased Critical Strikes and Added Chaos Damage (provided by The Covenant). DPS is around 6000. Using Lesser Multiple Projectiles means you can hit monsters for 3 times the sheet dps, so 18 000 dps.
Having so few auras (2) and a main skill that is both efficient at killing single targets and groups has some advantages. There are lots of available sockets for secondary skills. Here are the one I use : Flame totem : Supported with Faster casting, Increased Critical Strike and Increased Critical Damage (socketed in the +1 to elemental skills gloves) Fire Trap : Supported with Concentrated effect and Fire Penetration (socketed in the +1 to fire skills shield) Arctic Breath Trap : Supported with Fork, Trap and Added Chaos damage. All tree skills benefits from most of the build's strenght : lots of projectile damage passives, lots of critical chance/dmg passives, lots of +elemental dmg passives. Curses
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Since elements other than cold are used (Fire for the Flame Totem and Fire Traps), Elemental weakness is the preferred offensive curse.
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fun to play: It is definitively a very fun build to play. Killing speed is fast. The traps and totem provides lots of versatility.
survivable: Very sturdy. Both the Large Health Pool, life leech, high evasion, decent block% and freezing abilities helps survability. cost-effective: Most expensive pieces of gear are the Shavronne ring (3.5 exalted) and the Voidbringer gloves (3 exalted). Both of these items aren't mandatory though, particularly the gloves. The only mandatory unique is The Covenant 5L and that can be bought for less than 6 gcp. Together, the other pieces of equipment can be bought for less than 4 exalted. So, a total of approximately 11 exalted. But very possible for less than 5. So, giving the survability and fun factor, I'd say its very cost-effective. Shadow : Covenant Pulser (504561) Ranger : 12 charges Frenzy Archer (65154), Dual Claws Elemental ST (709126) Witch : Self-Cast Arc Tanky Witch (770185), AoF EK/Bear trap (863970) Templar : Frenzy + AB/Fireball "Cast on Crit" Wander (611200) Marauder : Death Oath Staff User (498864) Last edited by Velkor#2803 on Oct 2, 2013, 9:32:45 AM
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time to pick a winner! Alva: I'm sweating like a hog in heat
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Bump n stuff.
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this thread is now a build-guide center and idea center for all players to read and try out!
also, although there will be no more prizes for now, if you have a cool build you would like to share with the Path Of Exile community - you are more than welcome to add it here :) Alva: I'm sweating like a hog in heat
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Cool Contest, John, and cool winning build pick. Not one I would have ever though to try on my own. Congrats, Yalani.
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Wished I was a finalist. :3
Grats Yalani, your build looks very interesting. May try it out one day when I have the chance and gears to make it happen. Sometimes you can take the game out of the garage but you can't take the garage out of the game.
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Great contest, awesome entries!
Using Arc as damage skill + Mines. Pretty nifty, does it maybe profit of the new uniques? Will bookmark this thread for inspiration purpose. :P |
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thank you guys, for your entries and kind words :)
bump for views. hopefully, new (and not-so-new) players read this and get new ideas. Alva: I'm sweating like a hog in heat
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" I just realized this build concept could be even more fun with the new Scion class. Seems like that would be an almost ideal use for it as the shield block nodes are pretty evenly scattered around the entire tree. |
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