[2.3 HC] Reflect immune Slayer Blade Vortexer. Budget, Tanky, All Map Mods. Video guide included!

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victomat wrote:

Hey i made a Character on Softcore with your Build and its very fun so far :)
I have a Question: Because of the written guide, the leveling section and the video guide im a little confused about what Gem Links i should use in Combination for Blade Vortex.

I currently wear a Tabula but i allready got my 5L-Pledge of Hands ready for lvl 68 so i need to know the best Combination for BV in a 5-linked Pledge.

Also why do we get Vaal Pact if we don't use a Life leech gem for Blade Vortex?

Anyways i am really enjoying this Build :)

Thanks in Advance

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hectichippo wrote:

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victomat wrote:

Hey i made a Character on Softcore with your Build and its very fun so far :)
I have a Question: Because of the written guide, the leveling section and the video guide im a little confused about what Gem Links i should use in Combination for Blade Vortex.

I currently wear a Tabula but i allready got my 5L-Pledge of Hands ready for lvl 68 so i need to know the best Combination for BV in a 5-linked Pledge.

Also why do we get Vaal Pact if we don't use a Life leech gem for Blade Vortex?

Anyways i am really enjoying this Build :)

Thanks in Advance

Hey! Sorry you are a bit confused, I will go back and look at those sections and try to make them clearer. We take Vaal Pact because we run the lifeleech gem and curse-on-hit warlord's mark.

Once you swap to your pledge of hands and have done merciless lab I would run:

Blade Vortex-Life Leech-Controlled Destruction-Increased Crits-Poison

Until you do merciless lab I recommend increased aoe in place of one of the non life-leech gems. The build has lots of flexibility though and all the options I list in my guide are viable. However, the above setup is what I would recommend for general clearspeed and boss killing!

If you find that you want more duration/aoe, by all means use increased duration or increased aoe!

Hope that helps,

HecticHippo

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godhand456 wrote:

so quick question on vaal pact? is it mandatory? i ask cuz i hate giving up my life regen, especially in the lab. with 50% reduced reflect damage, do we really need it? thanks.

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gmofosho89 wrote:

lvl80 in Hardcore right now doing basically this exact build.

Feeling rather strong after I suited up with some pretty decently expensive gear (5L LC, some fancy boots, a nice diamond ring, etc). I'm happy with how its running. I really like how you grab int/dex/str all over the tree pretty naturally so you're always up on your stats (cept dex if you go shadow side last).

Duration with vaal skills is hilarious.

Damage is strong, the AoE is hilarious.

Probably need to swap in poison for inc effect once I do Merc lab. I could drop Inc Dur and get more damage too, probably. By the way, Lab is rather easy with this build. That 20% cull makes the last fight last a few seconds max since Izaro starts at like 33%....just need to do ~13%, your fat stack of blades takes care of that before most any of the scary stuff can happen usually.

Feels ridiculously tanky in certain situations (5k life 1.8k mana), solid clear speed, clowny levels of AoE if you go all out on it. I was telling my friend I think I could stand outside of Voll's smash and hit him once I finish Merc Lab and get 20% Bvortex. It is hilarious.

Now I'm just taste of hate dreamin and filling out the rest of my tree with life, crit, and dmg.

To the guy asking if he thought Vaal Pact was necessary: Dude try it, it made me feel way more tanky, my life would hardly ever move because of how frequently we hit. If you're in HC I'd say almost certainly required (unless you got that gangster atziri gloves)....in SC, do whatcha want!



The only con with this build is the movement skill leapslam is kinda wack since you have bad attack speed, so you gotta roll with a movement speed flask. The 20sec onslaught helps, especially in maps, so just chase the onslaught dragon the whole map and your clear speed is rather high.