Marauder - [2.5] RotSS Chieftain (budget) ZERKER (endgame)! (UBER LAB/T16+/uberATZIRI) IGNITE THE ATLAS! - Forum

" wimpy_tuna wrote: " Mrowen70 wrote: Why the CHIEFTAIN? - 15% IGNITE CHANCE + 35% MORE DAMAGE TO BURNING ENEMIES. Mix this in with your swords and you are going to see why it's so important to be chieftain. - Extra resists, strength, armor, and general tankiness! We need those resists! - Between the fire damage, leech, life regen, and overall synergy with our unique choices, chieftain was by far the best ascendancy choice for full conversion of physical to fire with the blade flurry skill. Its not MORE Multiplier but increased. way less important :) im glad you brought this up! i have actually swapped to berserker to test it out, since i can use ele weakness + FLAMMABILITY and drop warlords mark. ill be updating the guide as i go! you might wanna edit your original post since it is not accurate.	Posted by Mrowen70#6886 on Dec 24, 2016, 11:21:01 AM Quote this Post
" Mrowen70 wrote: " wimpy_tuna wrote: " Mrowen70 wrote: Why the CHIEFTAIN? - 15% IGNITE CHANCE + 35% MORE DAMAGE TO BURNING ENEMIES. Mix this in with your swords and you are going to see why it's so important to be chieftain. - Extra resists, strength, armor, and general tankiness! We need those resists! - Between the fire damage, leech, life regen, and overall synergy with our unique choices, chieftain was by far the best ascendancy choice for full conversion of physical to fire with the blade flurry skill. Its not MORE Multiplier but increased. way less important :) im glad you brought this up! i have actually swapped to berserker to test it out, since i can use ele weakness + FLAMMABILITY and drop warlords mark. ill be updating the guide as i go! you might wanna edit your original post since it is not accurate. the initial post is based on a more budget approach. chieftain is going to outshine berserker in budget, and especially in hard core. zerker is for pushing DPS as high as it can go and not until you have some currency to really push the envelope in my opinion.	Posted by wimpy_tuna#2184 on Dec 24, 2016, 11:23:43 AM Quote this Post
added t15 core run	Posted by wimpy_tuna#2184 on Dec 24, 2016, 1:14:57 PM Quote this Post
updated guide to reflect berserker ascendancy and frenzy charge from merciless bandit quest, as well as taking blood rage in your CWDT Vortex setup as the 3rd gem. (potentially swapping out CWDT for increased duration and reduced mana) added more vids also. Last edited by wimpy_tuna#2184 on Dec 25, 2016, 12:34:42 AM	Posted by wimpy_tuna#2184 on Dec 25, 2016, 12:34:20 AM Quote this Post
Would this work if you swapped Blade Vortex for Blade Flurry? I'm not 100% used to the mechanics of channeling skills. Obviously swapping in necessary skill gems.	Posted by IAmShiny#2348 on Dec 25, 2016, 4:50:52 PM Quote this Post
" ImShinyy wrote: Would this work if you swapped Blade Vortex for Blade Flurry? I'm not 100% used to the mechanics of channeling skills. Obviously swapping in necessary skill gems. BV is based around spell physical damage, so some nodes that just benefit melee damage aren't going to work with it. however, if you just scale physical damage nodes and fire nodes you could definitely make it work. you'd also want cast speed over attack speed, among a few other changes. Last edited by wimpy_tuna#2184 on Dec 25, 2016, 9:07:11 PM	Posted by wimpy_tuna#2184 on Dec 25, 2016, 9:06:15 PM Quote this Post
UPDATED guide with non dual curse setup / tree. running hatred and herald of ash now Last edited by wimpy_tuna#2184 on Dec 26, 2016, 7:13:46 AM	Posted by wimpy_tuna#2184 on Dec 26, 2016, 7:13:36 AM Quote this Post
Thank you for the build, i really like the concept and i'm leveling zerker atm. Can't wait to get mapping and doing uber labs with those nice swords =) CWDT with blade vortex is pretty awesome combo, blade vortex procs ignite which procs the heal from swords so you autoheal when taking damage. At the moment i use inc duration which allows more vortexes to be on simultaneously but im planning to test curse on hit combo too with double curse, one with blasphemy and one from blade vortex proc. Last edited by Visardi#1786 on Dec 28, 2016, 4:42:04 AM	Posted by Visardi#1786 on Dec 27, 2016, 4:30:57 AM Quote this Post
What gem would you recommend taking out if you only have a 5 link?	Posted by rikar#1365 on Dec 28, 2016, 1:30:50 PM Quote this Post
" Visardi wrote: Thank you for the build, i really like the concept and i'm leveling zerker atm. Can't wait to get mapping and doing uber labs with those nice swords =) CWDT with blade vortex is pretty awesome combo, blade vortex procs ignite which procs the heal from swords so you autoheal when taking damage. At the moment i use inc duration which allows more vortexes to be on simultaneously but im planning to test curse on hit combo too with double curse, one with blasphemy and one from blade vortex proc. that is a GREAT idea! i love it! keep theory crafting! i'm currently playing my assassin because i wanted to see how far i could push CI (i had 2 tuko shield drops, so i was pretty flush, also 6l'd a vaal i flipped) but i will 100% be coming back to this build in the next league	Posted by wimpy_tuna#2184 on Jan 2, 2017, 3:25:26 PM Quote this Post