[2.4 HC MELEE] MASSIVE AOE DAMAGE + HIGH DEFENSES: CI CRIT PHYS LACERATE / BLADEFLURRY PATHFINDER

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Birky wrote:

Heyo!

Do you have any replacements for dying sun, taste of hate and vinktars?

Instead of taste of hate, you gonna use
which boots your dps quite alot.

Vinktars and especially dying sun are bonus on top, if you are very rich.
They are not needed to make the build strong.

For Defenses (in order of usefulness):

And dont forget:

Thanks for the fast response! I can't seem to find what order the ascendancy talents are chosen in :)

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Birky wrote:

Thanks for the fast response! I can't seem to find what order the ascendancy talents are chosen in :)

I added an order for ascendancy passives under "The Passive Tree".

Hi would this build work for the start of the new league? I really want to level a spare ranger for standard and play something different! Is there a life version of this for ranger?

Some background of my play style...I hit the league hard and level fast into maps typically the first 3 days. My goal is hit level 90 and then make a cast on death assassin that can 1 shot all the boss tier 1-15... I do not plan to do guardians or shaper and this lacerate ranger would be my map clearer and my cast on death will deal with hard bosses.

also why vaal pact when you have no leech except .29 on a ring? is that your only form of leech? i guess vinktar is why?

Hey Ezcompany. The reason you have vaal pact and tons of leech, is the convert version of vinktars. (20% of your overall phys dmg is converted to lightning) And then the other stat is 20% of your lightning dmg is leeched as life during the flask effect.

Doing this build as life based should be more than fine, at least in sc league.
You could even take more dmg notes in sc.

Using blade flurry instead of lacerate now, is a viable option too.
Its more damage.... but better wait till patchnotes hit and see what is nerfed / buffed.
The passive tree, gear and gem links are gonna be the same like for lacerate.

How about play this node as assassin?

Are there cons?

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StarSiriusAn wrote:

How about play this node as assassin?

Are there cons?

Assassin is very good for phys bladeflurry / lacerate. Most likely the best choice, if you want most damage possible.
But pathfinder is alot safer and therefor more suited for hc leagues.

I played this build with blade flurry in BHC to 100, tuned the tree a bit for dagger because i wasn't able to get my hands on a really good sword.

I posted my gear/tree and a quick video showing gear and a map clear in BHC below.




T13 Atoll clear and build showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJI3bzQ10Cs

Overall probably one of the fastest, safest and most versatile builds that i know of in BHC but ofc a lot of currency also goes into this kind of character.

What was your reasons behind your ascendancy points