[3.10] Sovyn's Lazy Pally - Tanky Templar with Max Block

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Hierokliff wrote:

so far 0 granite flasks, which is odd

If you want to push things along, you can burn some alts to make one with this vendor recipe: 1x Ruby Flask (of Iron Skin), 1x Sapphire Flask (of Iron Skin), 1x Topaz Flask (of Iron Skin)

Or, A set of 5 Earth Drinker can be exchanged for a random unique Granite Flask. Farming areas for the cards:
This item can be acquired in the following areas:

The Vastiri Desert
The Oasis
The Foothills

Level 61-62 areas.

Sounds like you are getting the new game down.

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Sovyn wrote:

Uber Setup

Since many players enjoy this build so much that they wish to take it to Shaper or level 95+, here is an all-out unlimited budget setup. This one focuses more on surviving the hardest encounters in the game and is extremely hard to kill. Mind over Matter, Elemental Overload, Consecrated Ground, and significant life and mana leech.

Gearing as above except the weapon will be Varunastra and we will socket a Red Nightmare near Elementalist. You'll also want to drop Herald of Ash and run only Hatred to make more room for MoM.

Tree

Pastebin for Path of Building

I am currently using Scaeva as my weapon, and was thinking of purchasing a Varunastra. I notice the DPS for Varunastra is lower according to Path of Building (I use perfect rolls for comparison). Is there a reason why you choose Varunastra for your Uber setup? Would we be taking advantage of the "all one handed melee weapon type" notables?

Also wondering if "-xx Physical Damage taken from Attacks" on Immortal Flesh belt and amulet corruption is enough to mitigate the "xx% increased Physical Damage taken" on the Abyssus?

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tkensei wrote:

the DPS for Varunastra is lower according to Path of Building (I use perfect rolls for comparison). Is there a reason why you choose Varunastra for your Uber setup? Would we be taking advantage of the "all one handed melee weapon type" notables?

Also wondering if "-xx Physical Damage taken from Attacks" on Immortal Flesh belt and amulet corruption is enough to mitigate the "xx% increased Physical Damage taken" on the Abyssus?

Yes, check the tree for uber setup. Main reason is we don't need the ranger area to get good damage as it's all closer to templar start as we move away from crits and into elemental overload instead. Uber tree has a lot more survivability with high leech and MoM. This setup is to rival other high end builds for killing the optional endgame bosses. DPS is similar to normal budget setup.

It would depend on the size of the hit, big hits imm flesh might be not a noticable diff, small hits, it'll be better. This is because abyssus is a percentage, imm flesh is flat. You won't need abyssus to do good damage endgame, just levels to complete the tree and the recommended gear.

Thanks, I did not notice there was a tree for the uber setup. Would the Elemental Overload and Mind Over Matter work for a non-Varunastra setup also? And I'm not seeing where we get Consecrated Ground and is it needed?

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tkensei wrote:

Thanks, I did not notice there was a tree for the uber setup. Would the Elemental Overload and Mind Over Matter work for a non-Varunastra setup also? And I'm not seeing where we get Consecrated Ground and is it needed?

Check the ascendancy nodes on the uber tree. It helps. You could get those nodes on the regular tree but you wouldn't be max block. Also there is no point to crit multi then. I balanced the builds differently. Use one then respec to the other when you have a pile of ex saved up - that's what I intend.

Amazing work..ty++;)

Is Glacial Hammer viable for this build? Thank you!

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GudAction wrote:

Is Glacial Hammer viable for this build? Thank you!

Absolutely! It just won't kill monsters as fast as the recommended skills. Doesn't matter what the tree is, Hammer is just not a DPS skill. Not every skill can be the best. It'll provide a small amount of additional safety over the other non-ranged skills though.

Hey Sovyn,

Awesome guide, I've read it quite a bit and after coming back from a multi-year hiatus, decided to follow it to get back into the game.

I'm trying to decide the gear I'll go with for this particular character - I have a decent bit saved up, enough, roughly, for a decently geared version of the currently proposed 'premium' setup. Do you believe the Aegis/Energy Shield gear to be superior to a standard armor/life/The Surrender build?

Thanks for keeping this updated for everyone!

Hey, Sovyn!

I played this build a while back using scaeva and aegis, got a question though.

I made a pretty nice 6L elder block staff in standart and want to incorporate this uber build to use it, only problem is i don't really know how lol.

Any advice you could give would be super appreciated. also, how can i link the item in the forum to show you?

Thanks and hope you're having a great day man!