Play as Rigwald - Dual Strike Savagery/Command

Hello all! Wanted to share a (hopefully?!) original build that I created this past weekend based on the unique weapons dropped by Rigwald. If there is interest in this build, I will update this guide w/ screenshots of DPS, MTX and gear. If you would like to see Rigwaldina in action, I stream at twitch.tv/dzjustin on weekends and a bit on some weeknights around work and parenting.



Check it out here: https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/dzjustin/characters including the current skill tree @ level 79.

View the "full build" skill tree:

Goals
1 - Cosplay as Rigwald.
2 - Achieve high synergy between skills.
3 - Cost less than an exalt to get going (strong, but room for improvement). The expenses are Taste of Hate, 6L instead of Bringer and unfortunately the Savagery/Command prices, even identified, seem to have gone up.

TL;DR
* A little over 70k tooltip DPS w/ auras, charges and flasks up, wearing Abyssus.
* 4.8k health so far w/ Abyssus. We also have leech, good block chance and Iron Reflexes.
* Tooltip does not include bleed and poison damage. Enemies bleed on hit, then have a 25% chance to be poisoned on hit while bleeding. At our attacks-per-second, this is basically guaranteed bleed and poison. In addition, the tree gives us 70% increased DOT and 20% increased duration (which also increases Blood Rage, Temporal Chains and Immortal Call duration). Temporal Chains also prolongs the bleed and poison effects. Synergytcaular!
* Dual Strike, because we need to attack w/ both weapons to achieve synergy. Unfortunately, this means no Reave. Luckily, Melee Splash was buffed and feels less horrible.



Required Gear
Rigwald's Command - http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Rigwald%27s_Command
Rigwald's Savagery - http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Rigwald%27s_Savagery

You must use both of them.

Links
Spoiler

Bringer mode: Dual Strike + Melee Splash + Multistrike + Added Fire/Life Leech
Chest mode: Dual Strike + Melee Splash + Multistrike + Melee Physical Damage + Faster Attacks + Added Fire/Life Leech

We also use:
* Hatred
* Herald of Ash
* Flame Golem
* Whirling Blades
* Leap Slam
* CWDT + Immortal Call + Increased Duration + Temporal Chains


Jewels
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You want Jewels that have your preferred/affordable combination of the following:
* 1H Phys, but not weapon-type specific
* 1H Attack Speed, but not weapon-type specific
* Max Life
* Block/Spellblock (including DW variants)
* Increased DOT

I've underlined the jewel mods that can result in less expensive jewels. Because we use two weapon types, we want generic phys/aps to buff both of them. And the DOT mod seems to make melee jewels cheaper, which we're fine with.


Bandits
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Oak, Kraityn, Kraityn


Improvements
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* - (Optional) Good corrupted Asenath's Touch for better Temporal Chains uptime?
* - (Optional) Fit Rigwald's Crest into the build for wolf-generation. Style points!


Hardcore?
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I don't recommend a melee ranger in Hardcore, generally. I'm looking at you, Daresso. But the build gets a lot of health and uses IR, so it should be viable. I would recommend a Reave build like Zizaran's, however, as you get to attack at a greater distance.
Last edited by dzjustin#4399 on Jan 25, 2016, 1:58:09 PM
Last bumped on Sep 11, 2016, 10:26:14 AM
Updated DPS after grinding some Tropical Islands. Added a vanity pic of the current Bringer Moose Mode and a pic of the Dual Strike tooltip w/ Taste, Promise and 5 Frenzy Charges (max, at least for a few more levels).
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I fixed the setting snafu. Profile should be visible now. Sorry about that, and thanks for the kind words of encouragement.
Updated cosplay screenshot, build progress and tooltip screenshot.
make this build great again. i want it! please update skill tree
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hzanubis41 wrote:
make this build great again. i want it! please update skill tree


Ranger is not the base for Rigwald sadly.
Champion or Gladiator are clearly the basis.
Glad as pre-wolfman. Champion as post wolfman.

Lacerate is also the clear skill of choice now. Literally, works with only axe/sword. its MADE for savagery/command.
most of the nodes on stats/gear are still relevant.

http://poeplanner.com/AAMAAVhBQU1FQWlBQWZia2RGZXlLOE1TQ3NLdS1wMlZOdlRaSGZvVFpZRUZqY0JIVlY1ZERNZHJCZE8wRkxYcnZMbFBUYjdfVlU3dkRNMW9hUko0aFlNR0wyNmNKV05QOGdVRTE3enJ0VFA5T0tpUFRqMkJicncyTmgzYmpuMHA5X01XM0Y0RGg0bDQ0bGhYMllua0FCdTRPbzRvajlrMlNqWDJ4c3h1dEJMRjdGQXh6bFdZRGg5Ti1mWFgtdWlTZFlscHhzTWp3TUh4UlI0Ml9Yb3ZkNTRPOUJiWEM3TFRGMi1kSEJ0RFF6LW5yanBQOExnZy16NzNtTjlUdFAxNFQ3MDVoVXNWVDNESkllSkxRRXVGaXJHeU1uYW9NOHFYTEZIVVkyeTRqazVtN251M1hCbkJPbjNwX05qM3JZN1ZJQlR4QW9BNUR6VjhHaXlEamt2ZjRBbF9hQ2lZPQAQQUFBQ0FBZlFBUUgwQVFBQQAA

62 block/spellblock.

Use a knockback flask.

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