[2.5] Burning Vortex Build - Double Degen Tank Elementalist - Shaper Viable - HC or SC

Thanks for the build. It is very interesting to play =)

I made some changes to your Essence Standard League Tree, to make it suit CI for me.
How would you rate it, and what could I change? Thank you, playing this build right now and it is very fun :)

Cheers,
Boom
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMCAAFvBAcGOQceDXwOSA5cEHsRLxFQEZYV1xmKGo8bJRzcHwIfxyLqIvQo-io4KworeCymLL8tiy9vMtE0CjW5NsU3ZjeDPAU9Dz1fRUdFfkWdRlJJUUmxS65Mi0yzUWBSU1NSVkhWY1fJV-Jca13yX2po8mr6a3psC20ZbWxwu3flfEt8u3_GgpuCx4RIhq6Leo8aj_qQ1pD6kyeVLpZ0l5WX9Jitmjua4J_foS-m66cIpyu1SLaGuJO-Or6KwGbDOsNtyL_QH9DQ18_YJNkT2VvbGt9t34ri9-d06NbpAutj6-7sGO0g70vvfO-I7-vw1fMG9tr5N_no-wn7qvxM

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flamedragonxx1 wrote:

I made some changes to your Essence Standard League Tree, to make it suit CI for me.
How would you rate it, and what could I change? Thank you, playing this build right now and it is very fun :)

Cheers,
Boom

Skill Tree

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMCAAFvBAcGOQceDXwOSA5cEHsRLxFQEZYV1xmKGo8bJRzcHwIfxyLqIvQo-io4KworeCymLL8tiy9vMtE0CjW5NsU3ZjeDPAU9Dz1fRUdFfkWdRlJJUUmxS65Mi0yzUWBSU1NSVkhWY1fJV-Jca13yX2po8mr6a3psC20ZbWxwu3flfEt8u3_GgpuCx4RIhq6Leo8aj_qQ1pD6kyeVLpZ0l5WX9Jitmjua4J_foS-m66cIpyu1SLaGuJO-Or6KwGbDOsNtyL_QH9DQ18_YJNkT2VvbGt9t34ri9-d06NbpAutj6-7sGO0g70vvfO-I7-vw1fMG9tr5N_no-wn7qvxM

Hey dude I'm glad to hear you are enjoying the build. I would change the node "Sanctuary" to the node "Deflection" if you want the extra block chance and Defenses from Shield's. Another possible change is dropping "Quick Recovery" node and using "Deep Thoughts" instead. I'm not sure how effective Vaal Pact will be without testing it but that is probably the only other change I would make (for "Zealot's Oath"). The rest I think should be ok to get you started and see what needs tweaking, Removing Vaal pact is the only option I can see to make significant changes to the tree.

I'm following this build (standard league) and been having quite a bit of fun.

Due to currency limitations I'm currently a) playing self-found on the rare items, b)adopting the "extra curse via passive tree" approach, c) finding it difficult to replace the current Asenath's Mark head gear, and d) looking for extra DEX items (or passive) before equipping Southbound gloves.

At the moment though, I have one doubt: when I look at your gear (standard league) I don't find any Chaos Resistance at all. Should this not be important moving forward to end-game?

Thanks for your great guide!

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https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/SirYmp/characters

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SirYmp wrote:

I'm following this build (standard league) and been having quite a bit of fun.

Due to currency limitations I'm currently a) playing self-found on the rare items, b)adopting the "extra curse via passive tree" approach, c) finding it difficult to replace the current Asenath's Mark head gear, and d) looking for extra DEX items (or passive) before equipping Southbound gloves.

At the moment though, I have one doubt: when I look at your gear (standard league) I don't find any Chaos Resistance at all. Should this not be important moving forward to end-game?

Thanks for your great guide!

Hey I hope the build is serving you well, I think your profile may be on private I couldn't see your character's.

I didn't focus on any chaos resistance because I have Dexterity or Block chance using that Suffix slot for the most part. If you can get extra chaos res in your setup it will be nice but I didn't notice many issues with chaos damage.

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SmokinTumbleWeed wrote:

Hey I hope the build is serving you well, I think your profile may be on private I couldn't see your character's.

I didn't focus on any chaos resistance because I have Dexterity or Block chance using that Suffix slot for the most part. If you can get extra chaos res in your setup it will be nice but I didn't notice many issues with chaos damage.

Thanks for the feedback!

Yes, I have to recognize that with my current really-not-optimal-gear I don't feel hard-pressing issues with my defence/resistance in T10-T11 maps. So I will see where my self-found approach will lead me.

P.S. profile should be public now.

any changes for 2.5?

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Broly24 wrote:

any changes for 2.5?

Hey I don't see anything right now that would change the guide much. I will update the guide for 2.5 over the next week or so but I think the build is going to be very good for Breach League.

thanks for sharing the build;

i'm comparing with other pizza build and look like that your are taking only defensive node

You could argue that's everything is in the title ^^

I'm very tempted to do try to do a mix of this and other pizza build, especially that i want to avoid going ES/CI

another build that is very interesting is : https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1737832/page/1

based on the comparaison i think i ll go for your build but using flamability / increase crit instead

is the real benefit of using vortex instead of doing pizza only clear speed of maps ?

Hello sir

First of all, thanks for the build, very fun, very satisfying to play. I did not expect that much punch was possible when I saw the first Vortex skill videos. It is quite powerful without any extra god-mode-flasks.

I've started it in HC Essence but died at level 83 against Racecourse boss, which I did not know at all and I am still not sure how he one shotted me.

Anyway, still playing the build in std but I am having trouble getting über Lab done. Do you have any advice for the final battle, should I update my gear or keep persevering and try to eliminate all extra difficulties ? (last try Izaro had extra charges, he was extremely difficult to kill and obliterated me in two shots after about ten minutes of combat)

Thanks again, awesome build, tons of fun :)

EDIT: my gear, I have about 5500 life with clarity ON, and about 2800 ES