Storm Call Blocker build

A Storm Caller Tank build that doesn't heavily focus on Storm Call, each of the three main skills, MS, TS, SC, plays a significant role both offensively and defensively.

Features
65% block rate, 75% with The Anvil.
75% spell block rate.
Bulletproof (against dogs, titty bitches, chimeras, ...)
Shocks enemies / leeches life when they hit you.
Burns large packs and strong phy dmg bosses effectively with Molten Shell, and leeches life on explode.
Hurts strong enemies with concentrated Storm Call.

Primary links

L1, Storm Call
(boss)
- Life Leech - Faster Casting - Lightning Penetration - Concentrated Effect
(map)
- Life Leech - Faster Casting - Lightning Penetration/Concentrated Effect - Increased AOE
(degen mod, requires another chest armor)
- Life Leech - Faster Casting - Lightning Penetration - Reduced Mana

L2, Molten Shell
- Life Leech - Chance to Ignite - Elemental Proliferation

L3, Tempest Shield
- Life Leech - Elemental Proliferation - Reduced Mana

Curses
Elemental Weakness
Conductivity

Auras
Clarity
Discipline (increases max mana)

Other skills
Flame Totem - Culling Strike - Increased Item Quality, socketed in Moonsorrow for blinding/culling bosses.
Arctic Armour (level 1)

Bandits
Normal - Oak's 40 life
Cruel - kill all
Merci - Oak's endurance charge

The old passive tree level 80:


Recommended passive tree level 83, higher life, uses a Blood Magic gem in the Storm Call link, no Discipline aura



Cons
Low armour.
Low HP, unless replacing some lightning dmg nodes with life nodes.
Life regen rate isn't high, few chaos resistances are required.

Video

What you saw in the video was my respecd Marauder with 3 wrong bandit quest rewards, a Witch can access mana regen nodes easier. Gems were level 16, Storm Call did 1.2k avg dmg with 0.27s cast time.

Gear


The build is not perfect, I'm still working on it, the goal is higher life, or able to use high level Arctic Armour, but either one will be very gear dependent, requiring a 6L chest armour linked with Blood Magic and overhauled passives; or high ES armor pieces.)

Took me a while to figure out your acronyms. Unless you only have one hand, it won't take you 5 minutes to write them out in words. Do us a favour

"

hoyke wrote:

Took me a while to figure out your acronyms. Unless you only have one hand, it won't take you 5 minutes to write them out in words. Do us a favour

Modified, but I have to say the build isn't quite newbie friendly, it is more like a composition of fun stuffs.

Why u say this build is bulletproof? what makes this build a bulletproof one?

And more over:

- Why are you using ES based gear even if u don't have any single es node?
- How do you play in ele reflect map? Why aren't u running Purity of Lighting at least in reflect maps?
- Is life leech really mandatory on storm call? the delay of the skill, even with reduced duration is huge, making the leechin alwos worthless
- Why not using Iron Will instead of reduced mana on Storm Call?
- Is Blood Magice usefull? with a boosted Clarity you can regenerate enough mana to cast in withour BM