Sword & Board + Spectral throw ranger - thoughts?

Seeing as I'm returning to the game after several months, I get a free respec on several level 60ish characters, ranger being one of them.

I really like spectral throw, and I have a very good unique shield, so I wanted to build something around that.

The goal here is:

* 1H weapon & shield for high defense and block chance (I have the 40% block shield with 3% life leech)
* High survivability - Mix of evade, block and armor for defense
* Good base mix of INT/STR/DEX ensures versatility
* Lots of mana regen / mana pool% nodes for use with clarity

Future nodes will likely be way more life% so I'll have to work around that as I level up.

Thoughts?

Here's the build:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIBr-sB0f4JJyGVyMSi35hiWiSd0359df66eK5I7j3iG60Dh5Vmt9PXyxrb-WMV8DpYBH6HGQX5o4qbJjIBshnPemHrelPo1usUzeqXBi2DGYqbtcM6Vi2sf1M1bWy1SLGz7UFte1VLjDaNv3lIIQO7fGXx

Cheers!

Gotten quite a few views but no comments. If this a crap build, I need to know :) I've been gone for a long time, so yeah...

You could check out Nugiyen's stream, he is currently playing with a sword and board ST ranger. He went up into the shadow tree for crit nodes and got iron reflexes as well.

Thanks Jitte, I'll be sure to check that out.

You gave me a few ideas to update my tree though. Moved some things around to give me access to a few critical hit chance nodes, without using up many more points, and also opening access to some good future nodes:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgIBr-sB0f4JJyGVyMSi35hiWiSd0359df66eK5I7j3iG60Dh5Vmt9PXyxrb-WMV8AX5o4qbJjIBshnPemHrelPo1usUzeqXBi2DGYqbtcM6Vi2sf1M1bWy1SLGz7UFte1VLjDbveucK3IJ46_zFtxc4llz5gOHiXiaV

i dont think u can just ask us if nothing is good. first off all understand what gems u want to use. then tell us the main goals in the skill tree that u want to get. then build the skill tree. dont just put random points there... (im a reall noob so dont take me serious)

Gems I want to use are Spectral Throw + LMP for main attack.

Want to run Clarity and another aura (the one that adds evasion) hence why I selected plenty of mana / mana regen nodes.

It's really not a complicated build, but I've never played around with that side of the tree much, specially in regards to spectral throw. Hopefully all my physical damage% nodes apply to its damage, that's probably my biggest concern.

i really dont think u need clarity.
what weapon do u want to use?
cause for example, if u want to take 1h sword. u can go to scion's side of the tree. and go for evasion and swords poionts. like:
Iron reflexes
Iron Grip - so that the bonus str will go to the Spectral throw too
mmm again dont take me serious but i think the witch's of the tree (the side u chose) os for energy shield

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Sholow wrote:

i really dont think u need clarity.
what weapon do u want to use?
cause for example, if u want to take 1h sword. u can go to scion's side of the tree. and go for evasion and swords poionts. like:
Iron reflexes
Iron Grip - so that the bonus str will go to the Spectral throw too
mmm again dont take me serious but i think the witch's of the tree (the side u chose) os for energy shield

Any 1H weapon that I can use, basically. I'm trying to avoid using a specific type in order to leave my options open. Because of the stat spread, I should be able to use almost any weapon I find.

Clarity is a must. I know because I have a level 30 scion right now and without it, I quickly run out of mana with spectral throw and LMP.

Iron reflexes, I'm not interested in because I want evasion / block / armor all combined for defensive capabilities. As for Iron Grip, it's way on the other side of the tree and I consider it outside of this build.