[2.0] [Tempest] Atziri Farmer - RF Iron Will Block Incin

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Can you update your items you currently are using please

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@Cybil, when you gain three more levels, are you going to take the nearby 5% lifenodes/4% lifenodes that have been neglected?

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@Cybii, I'd consider taking the bottom route from Mara to Duelist and avoid the upper arm. You can save 3 points and route them in the Templar area to nab the jewel socket and some elemental damage, changing the path up top slightly through the elementalist ring. It cuts 10 str and 10 int, and loses one 4% life / 3% res node but picks up damage and res above without losing a jewel. Puts light of divinity closer for consideration. I'm not sure if the 4% life loss is immediately justified for HC when you already do plenty of damage, so may be a more SC consideration.

I'm also eyeing soul of steel just above bloodless, the flat 4% might be worthwhile if we can find wiggle room anywhere, but it's a tight tree, lots of synergy.

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Cheers for the suggestion dude. Defo see the synergy. Giving up life for damage is kinda meh, and as you stated might be a more of a SC thing to do, especially since, again like you stated, we do plenty of damage already. The thing is, were kinda tight on Int unless you have some GG Elreon rings, both em having Int on em, or one with a high Int roll, along side one that requires dex, or i guess another alternative is getting Int from your gear somewhere. I'm rebuilding the character and tree slightly different, and you definitely piqued my interest with Soul of Steel. Cheers for the suggestion again.

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Flat reduction when you already have high armour is probably going to do more for you the closer you get to the cut off curve. I don't know the numbers to find the break point.

I'm not seeing any other ways to improve efficiency, either, but dropping the reinvested points in Templar elementalist and going for more survivability, losing a jewel socket in the process gets you the 4 points for Soul of Steel. It's probably worth considering for flat physical reduction, which 2.0 is heavy in, if you don't need the +8% resists and you can stand losing a jewel socket. It's almost the same as just having another endurance charge up (plus a meaty 30% armour...), so an alternative may be +1/2 endurance charges if you can somehow reliably get more than 4 in a shout, but without sp.echo support, this is less likely.