The Bringer of Rain/build question

Bathe in a sea of blood


Edit: That has a nice ring to it, someone should theme a unique after it.

I'm kind of getting exciting thinking of a build with that and facebreakers. 4-linking frenzy, multistrike, melee splash, lifesteal on that helmet. Running enduring cry and discharge.

Yeah, no matter how much I wish it, the only viable form of Melee Physical dps is Facebreakers..

2H Physical or 1h phys+shield, just doesn't come close... (Except for Flicker/LightningStrike, but those are more efficient as CI, which this Helm can't make use of for obvious reason.. :P)

*Impatiently waits for melee buffs...*

I'd just use the middle 3 items

Infernal blow + melee splash + increased AoE = GG offense

Dessarro's shield + 15% shield + templar shield nodes = GG defense

for amulet just use a good +phys damage + hp one instead of carnage heart

The problem with infernal blow + melee splash is you kill yourself to elemental reflect pretty easily.

with facebreakers ... forget about this
because the % its gives you cant compete with the % of raw physical damage amplifiedd by
you would need something with Phyz dmg like these
and that has attack speed, life,accuracy

mains uniques you need:
Meginord's Girdle
The Bringer of Rain (check)

you need to find items with :
Life
adds x-XX physical damage
accuracy
Life leech
Attack speed


here are items that look like

I agree. I'm currently finishing merciless on my facebreaker guy and the only critical piece is a Meginord's Girdle and either this helm or Abyssus. Things like Broadstroke add very little damage. Likewise, do not get any +%phys damage passive nodes on the skill tree. They are pretty much worthless. You are far better off getting more life nodes. Your damage won't be a problem, surviving in permanent melee mode will be.

I recommend a decent shield instead of a quiver, because this build requires a huge amount of defense if you're going to map.

-DrFrosty

Good stuff, lots to work with, thanks all! For now I think I'll just use the helm with my 2h build since I don't have a good chest anyways. Guess we will see what happens when the melee changes come.

Just out of curiosity, do you know what the melee changes are?

I would like to ask what does the 15% block chance mean.
Is it +15% block chance?
Is it 15% base block chance and whatever +% u get from passives add multiplicative?
Is it 15% block chance max limit?

thanks for reply