[3.12] Aziire's Splitting Steel Champion - Impale Explosions! | League Starter
" I would suggest finding another build for hardcore. This build is very glass cannon early with great clear and poor single target. Act 4 and 5 were tough with that Chamber of Innocence fight or whatever it is being particularly brutal. The build is much better after the fix and at higher level but I wouldn't play it hardcore. | |
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I appreciate the updates and feedback on how this build is faring. So far I'm doing good into Act 3 long as I remember to call of steel. Hopefully I can get some buddies to assist in act 4/5.
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" For the mana cost thing on single target, some -mana cost anywhere helps a lot. I got the replica conquerors efficiency which grants -9 mana cost, and never really run out of mana anymore on bosses |
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" For the most part I'm sure it works just fine for Shattering Steel. I haven't played with it though so I'm no gonna say that it is designed for it or as effective. Use Poeninja and eye up the passive trees and look at whether they are similar enough for your tastes. " Honestly one of my first times dabbling in Impale as well. I imagine they might have their own individual Impale? Not too sure. Regardless I have since opted for a Lancing Steel 4L so I have removed him personally. Could definitely test this out though, Multiple Totems sounds gangster. " Lord of Steel makes it feel far better but the whole Call of Steel aspect is still very active and a little much at times. Definitely not an easy thing to get use to and can still feel clunky even after hours of play. " Definitely worth the sacrifice. The gameplay is so much smoother with is. " It isn't really on par with other end game skills as they can get up and running for much cheaper. The skill is fun in its own regard though and definitely a very wild playstyle from usual. It's bossing isn't really that great but you can take everything. They are just more of a fight rather than walking in and rolling them. " No it is considered a Split. In order of priority projectiles follow this order of operations: Split > Pierce > Fork > Chain > Return. I referred to it as a pseudo like chain ability as when they Split the projectiles Split towards enemies rather than randomly. " This is a double edged sword. Sure it is good and even better with Shattering Steel however you lose the ability to Impale for 4 seconds. We can also apply up to 7 Impales so we lose those additional 3, as well as the damage that comes with it with our Ascendancy point Master of Metal. " Maybe avoid the build than. The bosses are definitely more of a fight than a pub stomp. Takes me a few minutes to take down 3+ Watchstone Conquerors for context. " You're English was understandable dw :D. Sadly there is no way to automatically cast Call of Steel. Although it would be amazing if so. Replied up to Page 9 for now, will reply more later :D | |
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Anyone to tell me what should I improve to get my boss dmg to any desirable level? Sadly this gear can't even let me kill Izaro im uberlab, also lancing steel feels ultra terrible atm and leveling it up to 20 doesn't seem like increasing it's dps significantly. | |
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Thanks for the build! No need to apologize for the shortcomings with a new untested skill. Really fun for fast clearing just hoping we can find a way to improve single target. Lancing steel change is ok but hard to aim at times with all the spell effects going on. Does anyone have any feedback on how the Terminus Est 2 hander version compares? Seems like most of the higher level people are using that.
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Terminus est seems fine for mapping, but I can't see it making bossing any easier. It just doesn't have enough damage. If you can get your dex up high enough, a foil + The Saviour seems like the best way to go. Beltimber Blade + The Saviour also seems very strong if you can put enough distance for Far shot to take effect.
This is the level 85 PoB I'm currently testing: https://pastebin.com/FfMZ1ctg Only expenses are Beltimber Blade and The Saviour, just assuming you have a six link and life/resist on gear. Some basic flasks. I'm using Pride instead of Herald assuming that Watcher's eye is the end goal. |
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I got a Saviour and I've been comparing Splitting to Shattering on Gladiator and they're both decent with it. Shattering better at single target, Splitting at clear.
Splitting is fantastic up to ~T10 unoptimized on gladiator so I don't see any reason why an optimized champion couldn't farm T16 with Saviour/Paradoxica or Saviour/Beltimber or whatever. Without Harvest crafting it's gonna be a pain in the butt to get there when you can just do a Facebreaker build for 1/5 the cost instead. Has anyone tested the "return" mechanic with Vengeant Cascade? |
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Can confirm Saviour works great in this build - it would appear the clones have either infinite shards, or refresh their own shards when you do. I never see them firing zero shards. Just gotta be careful because if you're eager with Whirling Blades, you'll get the wrong clones. I wish we had a better way for Fortify tbh; Jealous that Shattering Steel get the Fortify on hit Helm Enchant! EDIT: Actually what's even more funny is you can abuse Saviour for some fun things: Example is in Delv, when I arrive at a monster spam I can let my two clones spam Splitting while I spam Call of Steel - It's infinite shard explosions. I'm interested to try this with Lancing on bosses. Last edited by Archernick on Sep 24, 2020, 10:18:45 AM
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The only thing that you lose from Master of Metal from using Call of Steel is the damage bonus per hit (6-12). The impales still last 7 hits and you get the armor and chance to impale.
Quick question, if I have 140% chance to impale does that mean i have a 40% chance to impale twice with a hit or is the extra mean nothing. |
