death knight "Arthas" build
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this is my tentative death knight build, he uses minions, cold/lightning, and massive 2H hammer damage. I wanted to go with 2H swords, but it is so much easier to get at the 2 large clusters of mace passives from the templar area. also i needed enough points left over from the tanking side to spend at the witch tree and minions. I'd appreciate any suggestions on passives, or active skills and gear! my basic PVE strategy is: summon zombies and skeletons, run in and destroy with the hammer, using cold and lightning for crowd control. at lvl 17, my skills are looking like: L-click: double strike Middle mouse: some aura, maybe hatred or wrath, or a curse like vulnerability R-click: lightning strike Q: summon zombie w/ increased life W: summon skeletons w/ increased dmg E: glacial hammer R: sweep T: ideally frost nova or freezing pulse w/ lesser multiple proj. and added cold dmg. so far this templar is destroying everything, it's a shit show. It's also really fun to play because i can shift between different play styles as the flow of combat changes, and I'm finding certain aspects of the build to be nice complements to one another. For example, the 2-handed hammer isn't as tank-worthy as mace/shield, but with all these minions as meat shields the enemies don't crowd me and i can take advantage of huge DPS and stun chance with the hammer. also, if i get overwhelmed and lose my minions, and don't have time to recast them? i can frost nova/sweep (w/ chance to flee, maybe?) and f*** up everything long enough to get out of the fray, then turn and shift-attack the lightning strike like a ranged lightning bolt :D and when i get to a boss, i just hold down the glacial hammer key and watch it get pulverized, it cracks me up. I am a long time D2 player, pretty new to PoE, and haven't gotten a character past lvl 30 yet. My thought with the passives is to focus on 2H hammer damage, minions, and casting, and pick up things for tanking along the way like body and soul, some life and energy shield. At ~lvl 60 this passive build puts me nicely right next to a number of great node clusters, like energy shield, mana, cast speed, 2H crit, more elemental damage, and not too far from the REALLY big mace node a little south of my left-most passive point. |
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+1 for your imagination, mate! :)
I've got balls of steel
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" +1 aswell. You will be needing LOTS more HP/ES however unless you have extremely godly gear. IGN Suojata
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dude this build is fantastic.
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"this :) |
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Thanks guys, yeah this is fun :) here's a respec for lvl 60:
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUBAuMEswVbDhQPVBEtFE0Z6Ro4KpgsnDKJMtE62ERyRUdG10myTdhX4l3Ga9t35XyDgW-ExIp0i4yMdo6-kFWePKcIp4SpaLUEuJPAGstDzfrZC97B4XPkrevu7DjtIPqAogDwH4RIPI4Bb1fJNAp9GOyKGF0HpYIQ37A= I removed the minion damage cluster and trimmed a couple other things, and went for more character life and that giant ES cluster. i figure minion life is more important than minion dmg here, since my templar will be dishing out a lot of damage. and at lvl 17, I can make a beeline for the ES cluster and get there in 6 levels, and dump the next 5 points into 40% ES. that, plus those life passives i missed really close to my starting point...that should protect me much better through higher difficulties. thanks for the suggestion CNKalmah. Also, here is the build through lvl 90: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUBAuMEswVbDhQPVBEtFE0Z6Ro4KpgsnDKJMtFEckVHRtdJsk3YV-Jdxmvbd-V8g4FvhMSKdIuMjHaOvpBVnjynCKeEqWi1BLiTwBrLQ8362QveweFz5K3r7uw47SD6gKIA8B-ESDyOAW9XyTQKfRjsihhdB6WCEN-wKPqCx9P7qH1akWqsFvmIOJ2KWfOsqlHmtC9BP3Kp9zKBK9-ylIdYPZ7FKU-Cm93zYG2f3zwF73w62J2A It's HARD to decide when there are so many good passives only a point away! I like that this build is not too far-reaching: aside from the minion nodes, my path is basically right next to a bunch of relevant passives for my char, and if i see weaknesses coming out as the levels progress, i can easily spec into those without changing my whole path. this game is bad ass :) |
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Not optimal but def a fun looking build.
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I have been toying around with this idea since TCB and have yet to see some1 post somehting like this haha. I have made specs for all classes to see which would be the best and it falls under mara-temp-witch sadly i dont like templars cuz im super picky about char looks and animations but every time i crunch the numbers it is usually the most balanced. Even with minions taking most dmg i believe you def stats a still a lil low and with out minion instability their losing out on a lot of their dmg this is a templar one i made not to long ago that uses sword because i find those the most pleasing to use haha idk if this is the exact build i just remade from scratch real fast to float ideas around with ya. I went to the bottom because there is super great 2hand and tank nodes there but ultimately this type of templar build would work best with staves or a mace :(
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUABVuLjOFz7SBG113G3fO1BGBt5CJFR52AKU8abDLRgziFfYKbpqy4k-98FE0WQIhA6-6nCM36qWgEs6IAZp6QMyj6j0bZC3yDGF2BbzKJAnFxTYLH0NAqmBEtnjx35Vfims9Bh5uhz2X6gI6-TdhDY3q4SOdVxiycjHa3Ma6TFm9Jslj1tfIC453EqW4HpWvbeA2CEH0Y37DsilivNug6UoZgVgTuFKCdnCdhUjIJG6qI7W1KgTrT-6h9WpFqrGCIKLXvTkCgBS1gS3rvdO3EWCfVVamXtKy6 |
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WOW, those are great ideas...minion instability will be epic for this guy \m/
and those other life nodes you chose, and the second Body and Soul i didn't even know was there...badass. this'll be much more solid. at 65: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUBAuMEswVbD1QRLRRNGF0Z6Ro4KpgsnDKJMtFDY0RyRUdG10jnSbJN2FfiWPVdxmBtZp5r23FNd-V8g30YgW-DOITEinSLjIx2jr6PRpBVms-boZ2AncSePKIApwinhKlotQS3MbiTwBrN-tDQ2Qvd897B4XPkrew47IrtIO988B_6gA== at 85: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUBAW8C4wSzBVsHpQ4UD1QRLRPMFE0VUBZvGF0Z6Ro4KpgsnDKJMtE0CjyOQ2NEckVHRtdI50myTdhP81H5VcZXyVfiWPVdxmBtZp5r23FNd-V8g30YgW-CEIM4hEiExIp0i4yMdo6-j0aQVZrPm6GdgJ3EnjyiAKcIp4SpaKpStQS3MbiTwBrLQ836z2XQ0NkL3fPewd-w4XPkrevu7DjsiuzL7SDvfPAf-oA= |
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" NP man what lvl are you? and what is your current build? also do u feel like anything is lacking? I.E not enough minion dmg, low self dmg or low def? |
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