Path of Exile 1 Gameplay Help and Discussion - Strange but viable builds - Forum

I'm currently running a character through Kodr's build in HC and it does very well IMO. "I remember a better solution in an old issue of Popular Mechanics. A lead coffee cup - kept warm perpetually by a little chunk of plutonium."	Posted by somerlot#0739 on Mar 8, 2012, 12:47:39 PM Quote this Post
" kodr wrote: Did anyone try a dual wield wand character? (witch or templar I guess) edit: maybe something like that, with minions... edit2: with more accuracy, because it may be a problem to hit stuff with low dex. Really high on the skill points for my liking... Then again I don't normally get much past 65 or so before I get bored and another crazy idea pops into my head. Why no hexmaster on the first though? You're literally 1 point away from it. Then you can have both Projectile Weakness and something else, depending on what skill you're using. And that Necromantic Aegis is going to do exactly nothing for you on the second build, since you're dual wielding. Urist McDwarfy has been happy lately. He admired an exceptional ARPG recently. He took joy in slaughter lately. He has been attacked by the dead recently. Check out the Path of Exile wiki: http://en.pathofexilewiki.com	Posted by UristMcDwarfy#1339 on Mar 8, 2012, 1:39:57 PM Quote this Post
I'll list some of my more 'exotic' builds as well - since I do not play chaos, I cannot provide evidence of their 'viability' - but they work very well in merciless. Even though I usually drop my chars in merciless and start anew, the following builds are planned with 81 available skillpoints in mind (lvl 70 + 12 quests). Acrobatics Wand Ranger http://poezone.ru/skilltree/#sT main attack skills: Elemental Hit, Enfeeble, Tempest Shield (just for the additional block chance) weapons: wand, dex-shield armour: dex features: high evasion, high block-chance, dodge, ranged damage; multiple projectiles Elemental Hit; Point Blank Archer; drawbacks (not considering dps/survivability in chaos): somewhat RNG dependent survivability; (without the unique amulet) barely any defense against spells; Double Strike Marauder http://poezone.ru/skilltree/#qD main attack skills: Double Strike, Flicker Strike, Blood Rage weapons: 2h sword armour: dex features: 5 frenzy charges, 2 swings per attack; Double Strike applies on hit effects twice; high frequency life gain (life on hit/reg/leech); lots of health; drawbacks (not considering dps/survivability in chaos): single target damage only; Double Strike's damage is inferior to Flicker Strike; Explosive Arrow Witch http://poezone.ru/skilltree/#qB main attack skills: Explosive Arrow, Elemental Weakness, Projectile Weakness weapons: bow armour: str/int features: delayed but potentially massive aoe fire damage; damage drastically increases with each additional monster in close vicinity to each other; no dependency on bow-damage; drawbacks (not considering dps/survivability in chaos): glass cannon; off-screen elemental reflect aura rares getting caught/wandering in (delayed damage); Lightning Strike/Tempest Shield Witch http://poezone.ru/skilltree/#f5 main attack skills: Lightning Strike, Tempest Shield, Discharge weapons: 1h mace, wallshield armour: str/int features: lots of lightning damage; power charges on melee crit; lightning damage per power charge; high blockchance, lightning damage on block; drawbacks (not considering dps/survivability in chaos): Lightning Strike doesn't scale well with lightning damage passives (conversion + projectile penalty); few spelldamage (Tempest Shield)/melee physical damage passives (Lightning Strike) -> potential scaling issues; Str/Int Fireball Witch http://poezone.ru/skilltree/#qA main attack skills: Fireball, Molten Shell, Infernal Blow weapons: 1h mace, 1h dagger armour: str/int features: aoe fire damage; longrange/closerange playstyle; lots of mana; drawbacks (not considering dps/survivability in chaos): str/int armour + eldritch battery provides no energy shield at the expense of damage migitation; only 15% block via dualwielding; Wand Duelist http://poezone.ru/skilltree/#qC main attack skills: Power Siphon, Frenzy weapons: dual wands armour: dex/int features: 4 frenzy charges + 4 power charges; multiple projectiles; manaleech; drawbacks (not considering dps/survivability in chaos): gear dependency (attacks alternate between wands); Obviously I tend to value 'playstyle' ('committing' myself to an idea) higher than maximizing dps/survivability in the first place. Edit: redistributed some skillpoints. [The Prison] Crawl a text-based dungeon - http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/26299 Last edited by Azhubham#4599 on Mar 11, 2012, 3:46:03 PM	Posted by Azhubham#4599 on Mar 8, 2012, 2:40:53 PM Quote this Post
" Wittgenstein wrote: I have made a similar build to Kodr's, except I also have pets (so i do less direct damage then he would). The only "ranger" skills I chose were the ones directly under the middle of the web, the first cluster of arrow passives and the one across from it that raises projectile damage and gives a boost to strength. Would you mind posting your build?	Posted by maxwolfie#3438 on Mar 8, 2012, 4:23:04 PM Quote this Post
" UristMcDwarfy wrote: Really high on the skill points for my liking... Then again I don't normally get much past 65 or so before I get bored and another crazy idea pops into my head. Why no hexmaster on the first though? You're literally 1 point away from it. Then you can have both Projectile Weakness and something else, depending on what skill you're using. And that Necromantic Aegis is going to do exactly nothing for you on the second build, since you're dual wielding. heh, you're right :) didn't reall think much about it. PoE forums ignore list script: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/162657 0.4: added "ignore" button. ignore list is now saved locally.	Posted by kodr#0209 on Mar 8, 2012, 4:23:58 PM Quote this Post
I dunno how strange this might be but i built a Fire Charger Templar. I use molten shell, endurance charge, and sprint around slamming mobs and exploding. It worked very well all the way up in till chaos, but at level 58 currently i just get hit to hard to be effective.	Posted by Deleted on Mar 8, 2012, 4:36:42 PM
" UristMcDwarfy wrote: Pretty much all of my builds are strange. Some are probably even viable, depending on your definition. http://www.youtube.com/user/UristMcDwarfy?feature=mhee Thanks a lot for your youtube-link Urist! I like the background music :) [The Prison] Crawl a text-based dungeon - http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/26299	Posted by Azhubham#4599 on Mar 8, 2012, 4:57:56 PM Quote this Post
Made a dual wielding claw ranger with 0 +hp/evasion passives before i lost in a HC duel. I think everything is viable right now. Next build gonna be a build with no passive skills at all.	Posted by iiss#0202 on Mar 9, 2012, 5:16:24 PM Quote this Post
I adore unorthodox builds. Characters I have: - Discharge Marauder (holy balls OP) - Explosive arrow Witch (holy balls OP) - Phys damage wand Ranger (focusing on aspd and frenzy) - Phys damage wand Marauder (focusing on strength and Iron Grip) - Viperstrike and Tempest shield tank Ranger (meh at higher levels) - Shield Charge Duelist (ungodly amounts of movespeed) - Dual-strike, powercharge, sceptre Witch (no idea, I just wanted to see a witch in heavy armor) - Frost Wall summoner Templar (fucking with enemy AI is fun) Not really sure what else I want to make, but each of these was an absolute blast to play.	Posted by pneuma#0134 on Mar 9, 2012, 8:53:13 PM Alpha Member Quote this Post
Hi there, I'm trying a "bo martial artist" but i don't really know where to go. I just love the idea... Like the monk in Dark Age of Camelot, if you know this MMORPG. Maybe i should wait the sixth class. I think the templar is the best looking character so far, but the duelist introduction video is the way i want to go (i mean the cinematic part of his presentation, not the ingame one where he fights with swords). Any idea ? Last edited by Tchey#4444 on Mar 10, 2012, 2:13:58 PM	Posted by Tchey#4444 on Mar 10, 2012, 2:04:25 PM Quote this Post