[1.2.0] Master Of Minions - No limit DPS

Video
first 30-50 seconds to build up army, from 1 min on you can see the real power of the build.
Sorry for low quality but my laptop can't keep up.



I would like to present you with this Marauder biuld I am playing since new patch (1.2.0).
I started this build out of curiosity after the recent changes to the passive skill tree but it ended up being much more powerful than I expected, so I kept perfecting and improving it and now I do run endgame maps without too much trouble.

The build is quite restrictive and expensive for the average player, it works around several items and skills that are mandatory if u want to obtain the best dmg and survivability:

Dominating Blow


Soul Taker


Block with Stone of Lazhwar and Rathpith



Current Passive Tree (lvl88)



Skills


Auras


Current Stats


Current Gear



Advantages of the build

- Unlimited damage.
- Your dps is always scaled to minions, meaning there is not much difference on clear speed on maps 70 vs maps 78.
- High survival rate: not only block helps but consider that monsters will be busy with your minions too, u get less attacks against.
- You get mods from rares, which is awesome.
- It is Fun as hell!

Disadvantages

- Low single target dps: if you endup alone versus boss, consider skipping it.
- First few kills takes a bit of time and attention until u get to 15-20 minions.
- You need quite a bit of Intelligence to wear Rathpith, not easy as Marauder.
- You need to have a fast PC to hold 50+ minions at a time

and finally, if u a fan of Lord of the Rings..


I hope you like it, your comments and questions are very welcome!
Will add more information in the next days.

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ketunreika escreveu:

what do you say about using a 6-L lightning coil with this build?

Would probably be ok, however consider the advantage of the Endu charges + leech + dodge of the Daresso: you receive less hits than kills so u keep charges much longer.

It looks like the new Three has some extra nodes for increased skill effect duration, it doesnt look like you have taken potency of will in the skilltree?

Could this build be made without soultaker and instead take reduced mana cost nodes?

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GunHulk escreveu:

It looks like the new Three has some extra nodes for increased skill effect duration, it doesnt look like you have taken potency of will in the skilltree?

Could this build be made without soultaker and instead take reduced mana cost nodes?

yes, I did take Potency of Will, forgot to update the link. :P
Regarding your second question, I doubt it is possible. Even if u go for reduced mana cost nodes and you lower down to an acceptable level the skill cost, u have to sacrifice something else like ur single dps nodes or life or block etc...I found soul taker to be the best compromise.

Are you sure you don't want to give this build a try? Am I the only one enjoying it?

Attack
6L
Dominating Blow + Multistrike + Weapon elemental + Added Fire dmg + melee phy dmg + splash

Need to ask something about your links mate cause i'm slightly confused or just missing the obvious. Why are you using a weapon elemental gem as a mostly physical dmg character?

If I did miss something, i'm sorry for that. It just boggles my mind.

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Vandenreich escreveu:

Attack
6L
Dominating Blow + Multistrike + Weapon elemental + Added Fire dmg + melee phy dmg + splash

Need to ask something about your links mate cause i'm slightly confused or just missing the obvious. Why are you using a weapon elemental gem as a mostly physical dmg character?

If I did miss something, i'm sorry for that. It just boggles my mind.

Added fire dmg + Weapon elemental stacks on ur weap and minions.
But I will be willing to explore different possibilities as long as it benefits my and minions DPS, any suggestion?

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sfrattini escreveu:

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Vandenreich escreveu:

Attack
6L
Dominating Blow + Multistrike + Weapon elemental + Added Fire dmg + melee phy dmg + splash

Need to ask something about your links mate cause i'm slightly confused or just missing the obvious. Why are you using a weapon elemental gem as a mostly physical dmg character?

If I did miss something, i'm sorry for that. It just boggles my mind.

Added fire dmg + Weapon elemental stacks on ur weap and minions.
But I will be willing to explore different possibilities as long as it benefits my and minions DPS, any suggestion?

Yeah but its a percentage of a percentage. Its barely noticeable. Can't you just take faster attacks or something? It should add a lot more dmg. Don't know much about minion builds but running weapon elemental on a non elemental skill can never be good. Also WED only raises the dps of a portion of your total dps where faster attacks raises your total dps. Also since you have multistrike, you get a lot more out of the 'more' multiplier. (Looked it up just incase, faster attack also works on your minions)

EDIT: Would like to say outside of this that I do think your build is great and you seem to have a lot of fun with it. Went for a FB dominating blow once, tons of fun. Should try it again with a soultaker sometime I guess.

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Vandenreich escreveu:

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sfrattini escreveu:

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Vandenreich escreveu:

Attack
6L
Dominating Blow + Multistrike + Weapon elemental + Added Fire dmg + melee phy dmg + splash

Need to ask something about your links mate cause i'm slightly confused or just missing the obvious. Why are you using a weapon elemental gem as a mostly physical dmg character?

If I did miss something, i'm sorry for that. It just boggles my mind.

Added fire dmg + Weapon elemental stacks on ur weap and minions.
But I will be willing to explore different possibilities as long as it benefits my and minions DPS, any suggestion?

Yeah but its a percentage of a percentage. Its barely noticeable. Can't you just take faster attacks or something? It should add a lot more dmg. Don't know much about minion builds but running weapon elemental on a non elemental skill can never be good. Also WED only raises the dps of a portion of your total dps where faster attacks raises your total dps. Also since you have multistrike, you get a lot more out of the 'more' multiplier. (Looked it up just incase, faster attack also works on your minions)

EDIT: Would like to say outside of this that I do think your build is great and you seem to have a lot of fun with it. Went for a FB dominating blow once, tons of fun. Should try it again with a soultaker sometime I guess.

Thanks, yes this build is really fun. I have tried lots of them including Infernal Blow, RF, Molten etc... this beats them all IMHO.
Regarding Faster attacks, I did some test with it before going for elemental and the multiplier was giving me less dps. However I did not manage minions in the way I do it now, worth another try probably.
Thanks for the suggestion.