New Unique: Black Sun Crest
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I know there is a bit of a discussion in the announcement but I wanted to see others' thoughts uninterrupted by other comments.
Do you see a current use for it outside of the promised synergy with super secret Act 4 Supporter Unique? I see that this helmet is for: a) People who want stronger auras but aren't concerned about energy shield b) Viper strike, poison arrow, spell, trap, and minion skills, but who don't care about energy shield. c) Pillar builds more concerned with attack speed or increase radius of skills than physical damage alone, such as elemental hit or static strike. d) Shield based builds that benefit from dex and str such as Iron Grip and Point Blank projectile builds. I think of a duelist wander for example personally =p Using the +1 gem levels for bear trap or auras. Verdict: I give the unique a 8/10 design wise. It isn't universally appealing. But I think there are clever people who will get a lot of mileage out of it either as a transition item into a real end game helmet later on, or actually as an end game helmet in and of itself. |
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The only decent thing about it is the +1 to gems, but the rest to the stats are considerably terrible. It's not that difficult to find a helm with a flat 30-50 for 1-3 stats, so this will only see use on builds that have massive amounts of stats, like 500+ str and 300+ dex, whicn is not easy. You have to ask yourself, is +1 to all gems and -40% light radius on a helmet worth more than life, resistance and high base defences?
A quick search shows that there's 53 helms on torment with at least 30 strength and dexterity, and these have the added bonus of getting life and/or resistances a long with it Last edited by aga110#6812 on Feb 2, 2015, 6:34:01 PM
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My point blank iron grip unwavering stance resolute technique MoM EB IR Molten strike Pillar of the caged god scion really really wants this. (its not hard to do a good tree for it, only downside is I'll be missing an es Shield for EB)
Inb4 loads of comments calling it shit. Reminder that this is the same community that first said "Taste of Hate is shit and does not deserve to be 1000 pointer" when they first saw it. (dont mean to imply this has that same powerlevel, though it is definitely not shit) For that matter, I wonder how long until they call the new 1000 pointer shit. I think it will easily have a use, many in fact. Very helpful unique for some builds... and like its teased in the news post, its one that can only become better as some new uniques are released. Oblivious Last edited by Disrupted#3096 on Feb 2, 2015, 8:34:59 PM
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Just found it. I really like the skin, looks good.
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15% str + 18% str from aberoth boots (if i got the name right) on a full dedicated str build will be massive imo.
You can "easily" get up to 600/800 str on a dedicated build. I like this unique, offers some interesting stuff. Peace, -Boem- Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
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Still tops it when used with Pillar. Maybe another build type can take advantage of this new helm. Edit: This new helm does open up the possibility of being able to hit 1k STR. Would make a fun ( as in wacky) build, but that is it. :P Sometimes you can take the game out of the garage but you can't take the garage out of the game. - raics, 06.08.2016 Last edited by JohnNamikaze#6516 on Feb 2, 2015, 11:46:21 PM
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" Wacky? Doon Cuebiyari says hi! A few leagues back I made an awesome RF-EK marauder, utilizing a bucketload of str to increase my HP, EK AND RF damage - This unique, along with the Aberoth Boots could make it downright crazy. Rampage league
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" I think you are trying to live up what I am trying to say. Hell, you even reinforce it by providing more details. Thank you for proving my point. :) To be honest, I do not think wacky is an insulting word. It is another way of saying bizarre. Edit: Would it had been better if I said niche instead of wacky/bizarre/crazy/etc? Sometimes you can take the game out of the garage but you can't take the garage out of the game. - raics, 06.08.2016 Last edited by JohnNamikaze#6516 on Feb 3, 2015, 1:00:27 AM
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Max STR you could get :
Three : 842 Astramentis : 116 2x ring : 100 belt : 100 gloves (meginord) : 100 chest : 50 2x doon : 140 = 1448 alberon : 18% New crest : 15% = 1925 It's 385% increase spell damage from iron will it's 240% increase damage from Doon it's 192% increase armor from Doon it's 962 flat hp Load of raw stat http://poeurl.com/zdn31Tb
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+842 to Strength
+94 to Dexterity +104 to Intelligence +92 to maximum Mana +557 to maximum Life Evasion Rating: 56 +3 Maximum Endurance Charge +3 Maximum Frenzy Charge +3 Maximum Power Charge 4% Additional Elemental Resistance per Endurance Charge 4% Physical Damage Reduction per Endurance Charge 5% Attack Speed Increase per Frenzy Charge 5% Cast Speed Increase per Frenzy Charge 50% Critical Strike Chance Increase per Power Charge 66% increased Armour 157% increased maximum Life 4.8% of Life Regenerated per Second 4% increased Melee Attack Speed 34% increased Melee Physical Damage Cannot Evade enemy Attacks Cannot be Stunned +2 to Melee Weapon and Unarmed range 12% increased Physical Damage +10 to Armour 5% increased Effect of Buffs on You 10% increased maximum Energy Shield 14% increased Spell Damage 14% increased Melee Damage 5% increased Attack and Cast Speed Enemies Cannot Leech Life From You 24% increased Evasion Rating and Armour 4% increased Cast Speed 16% increased Elemental Damage with Spells 40% chance to Avoid interruption from Stuns while Casting 12% increased Attack Speed 20% increased Accuracy Rating Ignore all Movement Penalties from Armour 21% increased maximum Energy Shield from Intelligence 169% increased Melee Physical Damage from Strength +188 Accuracy Rating 19% increased Evasion Rating from Dexterity Last edited by snakesolidx#4448 on Feb 3, 2015, 5:35:17 AM
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