[2.5] Ascendant Chaos Flurry

Currently, updates for this build are on hold. 2.5 patch will not affect this build and imo is still very strong.



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An adaptation of the assassin blade flurry builds with reduced assassin benefits but with some of the pathfinders benefits.


Pros
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* Really to Super fast clear speeds
* Semi-Perm upkeep of flasks with minimal management (most t1-t15 bosses die within one rotation of flasks)
* Healthy life pool of around 5.5khp (can be increased to well above 6k with a few passive tree changes)
* Flexible last two ascendancy points to start anywhere on the map for either more damage or survivability
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* Get to play scion again :)
* Not super expensive (Current gear including legacy voidheart >=30ex)
* Reflect proof


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* semi-gear dependent (Semi-difficult league starter)
* Charges (flask, power, frenzy) during extended boss fights. Mostly Shaper.
* Must channel inner Mathil level mechanics sometimes to dodge big hits (Abyssus)


Videos
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Coming Soon


Abstract
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Tried out bloodlust support in exchange for either inc/conc aoe or added chaos. Legacy voidheart always causes bleed so works well with bloodlust, however, I am not sure of the interactions with a non-legacy voidheart. Also, I use the Broken Faith shield for additional leech and the "gain % of physical as chaos damage" along with the ~30% "increased damage when you have no energy shield" increases the damage of blade flurry substantially.

I also tested out a corrupted rat's nest with "socketed gems are supported by cast on crit" to run WB>FA>Molten Shell>Curse or BM. This combo seems to work well, and will try again when I can get a corrupted abyssus version. This would allow me to drop blasphemy+curse and run arctic armour.


Gear
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*For jewel-> %Chaos damage and %Life are the essentials.


Passives
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*Re-Updated passive tree*
Turns out going into the left side gives us important flat +life which overall is better than %life and the AoE cluster is quite nice to have.
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Last edited by skuluta on Dec 8, 2016, 12:06:12 PM
Last bumped on Feb 12, 2017, 5:26:35 PM
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Weird, just redid the link to the build and should be working now. Thanks for bringing it up :)
is Voidheart ring required or mandatory for this build?
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uswh0le wrote:
is Voidheart ring required or mandatory for this build?


Yes, but it doesn't have to be a legacy one. A decently rolled non-legacy one should work just fine.
bandit?
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biskevin wrote:
bandit?


Currently, oak, passive, passive.

However, I recommend grabbing pcharge from merciless.
tried out this build today - seems like a really strong char, but how are you dealing with mana? I have huge problems with my mana.
https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/ententrainor/characters
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ententrainor wrote:
tried out this build today - seems like a really strong char, but how are you dealing with mana? I have huge problems with my mana.
https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/ententrainor/characters



I grab one node from the right side where Essence Sap is.
Is it just me or is the skill tree separated from both scion and shadow starting nodes?

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