2.4 Blade Vortex - essence league (Crit CI Assassin - HC/Shaper Viable -- Faceroll content)

Change Log

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-Made thread
-Added T8 AN video




Pros

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-Trivialize Content
-Satisfying build to play
-lots of effective life
-Shaper, Uber Atziri, and Uber Lab Viable
-Not that expensive (beast fur shaw is not required)
-Not very link heavy
-Very flexible


Cons

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-hard to get dex/str needed
-hard to cap resistances
-can be expensive
-Reliant on Flasks for Stun immunity (until you get the lab enchant for stun immunity on kill)
-Requires 2 unique items (Kiara's determination and Essence Worm)
-Fails vs Hexproof/reflect maps


Gear @ lvl 78

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Gearing
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These two items are your mandatory unique items for this build. The Essence Worm lets you run 3 auras and the Kiara's determination lets you mitigate the stun and freeze from being CI. Other than that, the other Uniques are all optional. Basically, you cap your resistances, then get as much Dex/Str as you can up to 160 dex and about 100 str then you can stack ES on top of that. Currently, I am sitting at 8.6k ES with some more ES nodes to pick up and some room to grow up to about 13-14k.

The more ES you have the more you can deal with some of the harder content in the game. You should also be trying to get the boot enchant from the lab that allows you to have a % stun immunity on kill. This is mainly a quality of life peark of the build, but it is something you will want to aim to get when you have Uber Lab on farm.


Links
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Blade Vortex-> Controlled Destruction -> Inc AoE/Conc Effect (conc for bosses) -> Spell Echo -> Increased Critical Strikes/added chaos -> Added Fire/Poison

Cast when damage taken -> Immortal call -> inc duration
Vaal Discipline -> Inc duration
flame dash/shield charge -> Faster casting/faster attacks -> (Fortify if using shield charge)

Aruas
Discipline, Hatred (in essence worm), Warlords -> Blasphmey



Tree
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level 100
https://goo.gl/sMu1h0

current tree (crit CI with Double energy from within)
https://goo.gl/QpcLXD



Bandits
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Kill all
Kill all
Power Charge


Leveling
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From level 1 to level 12 use something like EK or Freeze pulse to level
Once you get Blade vortex swap over to it in a lifsprig if you can and get faster casting and added lightning
You can use this setup into maps with faster casting being replaced with spell echo and Added lightning being replaced with controlled destruction.

36 point tree
https://goo.gl/Jhb6ZF

Can also take the blood siphon nodes if you need the extra life.

63 point tree
https://goo.gl/01ORYc

80 point tree
https://goo.gl/4AZez3

Right before swapping into CI

102 point tree
https://goo.gl/NVYYry



Videos
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Last bumped on Nov 3, 2016, 7:56:39 PM
maybe put a power on crit on the main link or a second link would be better, the effectivness of unstable infusion is really sucks. also with that little mana left, it would be really hard to stack enough blade before you going into the boss room, not to mention some bosses are not easily to be hit or can be cursed so you can leech the mana.

your mana recovery must be really high to sustain enough blade on the boss room. But thats only my suspection.
Last edited by fljsdbd on Oct 19, 2016, 9:40:14 PM
which order did you take your ascendancy points in for normal/cruel/merc/uber?

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