[2.2] Dual Strike Claw Viable? Need help.

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illusion1976 wrote:

pretty much ALL dual wield melee builds are dead now, 2h melee or ranged/caster are the way to go sadly, a bummer as i love dual wield.

I think if that were true, then there wouldn't be any successful dual-wielding builds out there. Just because they aren't posted here, doesn't mean they don't exist...

To the OP; seems like you haven't played in a while: As far as gems go, I'd recommend cyclone simply because it's still an amazing boss killer and can help you avoid stuns.

CWDT is really nice, and I would recommend using Immortal Call if you go the End charge route. Some people are running CWDT with Arctic Breath and GMP for the chill effect. You could run a decoy totem, skeleton totem (brotem), vaal summon skeletons. There are a number of different options for damage mitigation now. Having a Lightning Strike setup on a 4L might not be the worst idea to play around with if you ever need to spam anything at range.

If you end up getting an amulet with +1 curses, you could also run Temp Chains and Enfeeble with Firestorm and Curse on Hit. That would be huge for your end game survivability.

If you end up staying Champion, I'd recommend Daresso's Defiance chest piece to rack up end charges as well as gain Onslaught briefly when hit. Atziri's Step is also not a bad option for boots, as it provides a nice amount of evasion and some spell dodge, which could work decently in conjunction with any spell block you might have.

Thanks for all your input.

I've planned my build out a bit different now till lvl 80.
Everything after get can go into life, accuracy, dps, block. Basicly anything I need at that time.

I'm still going for the reduced mana reserved nodes as I think getting Arctic Armour is still a very good Aura for this type of Melee char.

Skilltree
http://www.poeplanner.com/AAAAAwQHuR0V7Irw6UbKkITZxLhHfr02ZU2-p2BBY3AR1VeXQzHawXTtBS1670CgIWB08SmlwYvbpwlY0_yBQTXvOu0uU9NvGNsUdVuvDY2HduOfSn2QCvzF7g6jiiP2TZKNfTB8UUeNvwW1wuy0xRX9ijhkr0X0b1dirGyMnarDOio4Nj1tbLVID6sWvyaVYeIB3HfjqW7AGngNtfI1kv4K_o9N4_JFOuGmVzGe2L1vOzfU7T-xsxutDHOVZgOH0359df661fgZivsJ9toajySL7FyElIlxe9RiFyyU

Basic summary of the build at lvl 80
- Strength: 173
- Dexterity: 323
- Intelligence: 94
- 176% Increased maximum life
- +13% additional block chance
- +370% Physical Damage
- +68% Attack Speed
- 11% Effect of Aura's
- +3 Jewel Socckets
- + Buffs from Ascendancy points
- No life regen but instant life leech (alot)
- 0,8% Manaleech

Gem setup
Chest: Dual Strike + Melee Splash + Multi Strike + Melee Phys + Faster Attacks/Added Fire
Claw 1: Hatred + Herald of Ash + Arctic Armour
Claw 2: Whirling Blades + Faster Attacks + Reduced Mana
Boots: CWDT + Enduring Cry + Immortal Call + Abysall Cry
Gloves: Open for curse
Helmet: Flame Golum + Blind + GMP + Culling Strike

Always open to improvements as I'm not really up to date with all the (new) gems.

Ascendancy points
Unstoppable Hero -> Fortitude (4 points)
Inspirational (2 points)

Hey mate
I was playing Dual Claw Dual Strike in the Talisman League with Bringer Of Rain and 2 Phys Claws
on level 75 i got 35 K DPS and 16K evasion with Grace and Hatred and 7 Freny Charges ( I was playing Shadow Class) and I used insta life leech and it was immortal.So I think its CHEAP and VIABLE. I can easyly improve my dps from Flasks and some more levels. The whole gear was about 20 C. Dont you think 75 lvl with 16 k evasion and 35 k dps is fine for 20 chaos build?