[2.1] ₪ WIP ₪ ekSi ☠ Shrapnel Shot CRIT CLOSE RANGE THC

Hello everyone, i'm ekSi and i'm playing this game since the beta. I enjoy a lot doing originals builds who are still viable and also good ! I'm only HC player dont even talk to me about SC.

I'm streaming here sometimes : www.twitch.tv/tvekSi
Mainly on the evening EUROPE TIME

The challenge here was to do a Shrapnel shot build in HC but not like everybody is doing "FULL TANKY MELEE MARAUDER/DUELIST 100% SAFE". I wanted to play it Crit as a ranger and still being 99.9% safe :P

The idea is to stack % more damage/Crit chance/Crit Multi for achieve an insane shrapnel shot burst.

First Version : https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwIAAF4B0QMeBS0FtQguCIkNjQ-rES8UdRa_GYoZjhqPH0EhdiLqI9Mj9iSLJP0mlSo4LlMwfDH6MgEylDY9N9Q51D7PQzFHfkp9TP9Nkk4qUUdVS1WFVvpaGluvXWhh4mHrYqxlTWegbIxvJ3BSdO11y3X9dvd313pTeu99dX8CfyuEb4TFhs6HdonTjDaNfY1-jb-VBZcGmmqa8Zsmm42btZ2qoJ-kwqXLpuCn1K_rshm1SLvjvTa95r6nwTPBScMzwzrEosjcyqnNmM9602_TftRC2cbaweOf51To1upi62PtP-2D9tr7Cf4d_rr-yP_e

Helm : Rat's Nest OR Alpha Howl (~ 30c)
Nothing too complicated, Rat's Nest if Alpha Howl isnt needed for auras thats all :)

Chest : Lightning Coil (~ 4ex)
Why LC ? Come on dude u're better than that :)

Boots : Blood Dance (~ 20c)
Generate Frenzy Charges and having a rly great movespeed !

Weapon : Chin Sol (~ 5c)
Obviously for the 100% more damage at close range

OffHand : Drillneck (~ 1ex)
100% increased damage with SS (We need a corrupted one since we dont need the implicit pierce chance so buy cards and be lucky, I got 3% chaos res i'm rly sad)

Jewelry : Any crit / life / resists (bonus WeD / AS / Accuracy)

Belt : Any Armour / life / resists (Rustic Stash if possible)

Somes Talismans can be awesome for this build especially the Global defences one since we are hybrid EV + Armour. Otherwise %life always good or %phys damage or % physical reduction

Jewels : % life (~ 1 alch) then upgrade it with phys damage / projectile damage / AOE etc ...

Main Attack : SS + Slower Projectile + Conc Effect + AoE + WeD + PPAD

Main Attack2 : AOE SS with LMP or GMP I guess !

Aura : AA + Hatred + Purity Of Lightning + Enlighten

CWDT Setup : CWDT + IC + Increased Duration + Golem

Movement : Blink Arrow + Faster Attack + Vaal Haste + Blood Magic

Normal: Oak

Cruel: Oak / Kraityn

Merciless: Kraityn

Playing Hybrid EV/Armour WITHOUT ACRO. We gonna evade most of the hits and even when it gonna touch us we will mitigate it. With 5-6k life, depends of the gear.

So AA = 13% less phys AND 12% less fire damage
LC = 30 % phys taken as lightning damage
PoL = +4 max res lightning

Dont need to explain the synergy ... U can see it by yourself, also I dont wanna play "Phys to lightning" for keep that phys part of damage. I think if I go full lightning damage I can OS myself on reflect and since I play Vaal Pact the last thing I want is to being one shoted, till I leech I gonna survive (Only talking about Reflect). About other damages of the game those defensive mechanics seems more than okay.

258% more damage on everything (Chin Sol + ConC + Slower Proj + PPAD)
And another 59% more damage on the lightning part (WeD)

U add from that almost 200% multiplier and u have an insane dps on monotarget. We gonna have less on multitargets cause of GMP/LMP but who care's ... The damage gonna be already insane.

Thanks to Kuza, Goratha and the HighLife guild !