Duelist Level 30+- Build - Dual Wield Iron Reflex Unwavering Stance - Need opinions/dev advice !

Alright, this is my current build and I'd like opinions and advice on it.

Build goal:
Dual Wielding Fast Attack Speed Precision(high hit%, medium dps) / Not Dying.

Playstyle:
Always hitting with fast attacks, means a lot of ailments, mana and life steal, I'm however a little wreckless so I'd die suddenly in a bunch of enemies. It's not a problem anymore and I still got no problem whatsoever in act 3. I use Cleave/Dual Stike for mobs and Viper Strike/Dual Stike for bosses. Although not mentionned often here, Viper Strike does the job for me, good debuff and chaos damage helps IMO.

Keystones:
Iron Reflexes, Unwavering Stance

Notable Stones:
Leather and Steel, Master of the Arena, Dervish, Water Dancing, Acceleration, Maximum Frenzy Charge, Maximum Endurance Charge

Passive Tree:
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQAmy0XHVeXYEER1b6n7-NjcNJNwA_V7WqTtkFaGiyFdPEY20OcDq0ppSFgQKDvTii1YIhhUp_LouoS4WEhhO-bg1PfWNuE2Q==

Tree progression:
I started out aiming for the Acceleration, Dervish and Leather and Steel stones, then bridged out to the left to gain dps adding the Water Dancing and Master Of The Arena stones. With the attack speed I had, the Master of The Arena stone has been a game changer.
Levels later I was annoyed at the unpredictable ways of evasion, I went for Iron Refexes, gaining a Maximum Frenzy charge along the way.
The first thing you notice about Iron Reflexes on a high evasion build is: You get hit. Yes, this is a fact, but it makes it way more manageable. Most of the time, people die out of surprise health drops, stuns of freeze, so this was good for me since I could see my health drop.
Then I made a decision to go for Unwavering Stance, which is a well suited combo for IR. It costs a lot to sprint there, but I switched the bridge from above the sword skillset to the dexterity stones under it. Since I don't want to specialize in any kind of weapon for now, this route is full of potential.
This is my build so far and it was also made in order to make a change if anything turned bad, since I have a great variety of skills within 3 stones.

So These are my reasons so far, and I wonder if I should go Blood Magic with more HP or not? I feel like not having anything for your intelligence is a waste, but could be good for someone who has toooooons of hp.

Right now, only freeze could surprise-kill me, I'll work on it with equipment.

I was thinking about, in order: Berzerking, Diamond Skin; only 1 pt for each, then spending the 4 next on Armor, Armor, Steel Skin, Arcance efficiency right next to unwavering stance. Then maybe the next 2 on Ambidextrity, which looks terrifying also.

I think about going for weapon kind specific skills only after level 45 or so, what about that?

High speed means you don't need to focus as much on precision. It's the confusing nature of duelist, having alot of IAS means alot of hits so missing even 40% of the time isn't a big deal if you are attacking 6-7. So don't worry too much about accuracy, just try to keep it around or over 70%.

Your goal is not dying yet you have no life nodes, armor isn't a flat DR it's based off in coming damage and if the in coming damage is too high your armor doesn't do anything so the entire damage goes to your life. If there isn't enough you'd be one shot. That's why the majority of builds you'll see take every life node they can grab.

High attack speed comes at big cost. There's no mana on hit, so you'll need high mana regen or alot of mana leech. Mana leech is through your damage, which generally fast hits do small damage, just they do alot when done frequently. Right now you have no mana. You didn't say any intention of getting BM but didn't get mana flows. One of these two things needs to be done, either get BM and stack regen with life leech or get mana flows and possibly somemore mana else where.

The 2% block is probably better than 8% to armor and evasion. Then again, you don't need either and could save 5 points totally with my next point which is:

Why did you take an extra frenzy charge if you aren't using frenzy or blood rage?

i close after i saw 0 hp nodes.

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Sebash6 wrote:

i close after i saw 0 hp nodes.

glad you contribute to the duelist forums. Not sure how anyone will make due without your input.

To surive maps u need at least this 4k hp/10+k arm AS A MELEE, even more cuz vaal can one shot u with smash.
Got 82lvl and i know what means hp and dmg.
No offense.. but ok let him go full dmg build and watch how he die in merci/maps.

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Sebash6 wrote:

To surive maps u need at least this 4k hp/10+k arm AS A MELEE, even more cuz vaal can one shot u with smash.
Got 82lvl and i know what means hp and dmg.
No offense.. but ok let him go full dmg build and watch how he die in merci/maps.

Look, I'm new and I don't mean to have a perfect build, I was dying a lot and that's why I went for IR, it's better now, but I guess the general concensus is that I would need to back all that by HP.

I would do something like that for 52 points left:

Wow thanks, don't you think ambidextrity is a really good asset for a dual wielder ?

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQABS0OrRHVFHUXHRjbIWAotSmlMgk1hjiWOrM67UCgQ5xHfkp9U99Xl1jbW69gQWBLYIhhUmVNZ6B07XTxeu-E2YTvh3aQCpkrmy2bg52qnrmfy6vFtxe5zb2BvqfAD8HY0k3dDe9O_MU=

This is my current setup and im doing 1400 dps with 1400 life and max resists at level 45.

Not this again. I have always shot down Iron Reflex builds. My reason is simple. You are a Duelist who has both Strength and Dexterity. Use it. The Armor and Evade, armor pieces are good when you get the Steel Skin and Leather and Steel nodes. I have around 45% Physical Damage reduction and 52% Evade thanks to that system (with Grace on).

If that doesn't satisfy you, get Plate Mail and use the Armor Aura. There is a Unique Plate Mail chest piece in the game that has no sockets but, gives you +1000 life. That may be hard to get due to prices right now so if you can't get a hold of that I have seen some Yellow chest armor pieces with 900 Evade and Armor. That is a lot when stacked with Grace.

Here is how I would build a Dual Wielder. I trade 3 Life Nodes to get this build but, I still have 9 in place plus 3% Health Regen (4-5% with Endurance Charge) and 2% Life Leech to back the build up. Check it out.

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgQBmSu9gavFR35lTYTZbmnEuNX4vqfv42NwNJPSTcAP1e1Y21Pfm4OE73Tteu9gSwUtQKAhYHTxnrkY20OcwYus6tP8704otSjb3-8dymCIVamXtKy64dq_1USesHPstvH0U7sl3xv6pBlbr90NOrOQCvzFZ6CHdkp90O73o2J5Ady-ingNC2F5aMEEVbWezdIhVw3ZYWoeqBjyL2o7IPBE5xznud3vDudSVElfP_ZIjM9QUFhjxtg9_Hy4KS6RzrvtF-r7RSThtxc4llivRmk26GSjg3yoB2eAeEkYTRIgXovP-IcppzD3vg6tFHU67TIJ