[0.11.6] Noperative's REAVER - CI/Crit/Dagger Build! 54k Reave DPS! 75k Single Target!

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CrystalTrees escreveu:

I am a new player looking for a build that is practical, fun and most importantly cheap (can be made with found gear)

is this a build for me? any response is really appreciated, i am looking to play anything except a witch, and i will play any type of gameplay.

is a crit dagger build viable for me being a completely new player?

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Noperative escreveu:

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CrystalTrees escreveu:

I am a new player looking for a build that is practical, fun and most importantly cheap (can be made with found gear)

is this a build for me? any response is really appreciated, i am looking to play anything except a witch, and i will play any type of gameplay.

is a crit dagger build viable for me being a completely new player?

For a fully map-viable build, no.

You can do somewhat self-found since many of my items were crafted and found, but I had a lot of currency behind me from previous characters as well.

In general, the build relies on using the advantages of a CI build to maximize damage and in return maximizing survivability. However, to do the full CI transition just takes a lot of money for a melee character. You won't be able to do it cheaply.

On the other hand, if you just stay life-based for a very long time you will eventually accumulate the currency to transition to CI. This is not very fun though, the build will feel quite gimped compared to the CI variant.

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hiddy escreveu:

If you were to give a rough estimate, how much currency would it take before the build becomes map viable? Not looking for exact numbers, but is a 6L required or can it be done with a 5L? Would it take 1, 5, or 20 exa? How would you break down your investment in gear? like 30% weapon 50% chest 20% rest? Just looking for rough estimations here :)

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Noperative escreveu:

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hiddy escreveu:

If you were to give a rough estimate, how much currency would it take before the build becomes map viable? Not looking for exact numbers, but is a 6L required or can it be done with a 5L? Would it take 1, 5, or 20 exa? How would you break down your investment in gear? like 30% weapon 50% chest 20% rest? Just looking for rough estimations here :)

To start it off life-based in maps, you only need a 4L and a couple of chaos per piece of gear to get acceptable life and damage to do low level maps. It won't be anything spectacular and you won't be able to easily kill bosses.


My first start on this character as CI used this much currency:

2 ex for rainbowstrides
2 ex for dream fragments
~100 alts total to roll all my flasks
~fished out a random ring and ammy from my stash to use with physical dps stats and resists
2 ex for 5L ilvl 78 saintly, rolled to 600 es with ~40 chaos
~used self-found dagger with barely acceptable dps stats
10 chaos to roll a 400 es hubris
2-3 chaos to roll resists on es gloves
self-found shield with ~400 es

So overall, the most expensive parts to get were about ~7ex for my chest, rainbowstrides and dream fragments. Once I got those it was just looking for whatever drops I could scrounge together and crafting what I could not get myself.

If you cannot buy the chest (I am often told how hard it is to get a chest for my build) then it is acceptable to buy an armour/es chest with about 400 es and just 4L it to start mapping.

The overall amount I spent on my build after the initial phase, you can see the final products on the guide:

~30 ex on dagger, also a few attempts at eternal exalting it (total: 36 ex)
~Initialy 3 ex cost of saintly, later 6L'd it with a 10 ex lottery and exalted it twice afterwards (got str and block stun trash) (total: 15 ex)
~Exalted hubris twice for int and fire roll, (total: 2 ex 10 chaos)
~bought an archon for 3 ex, later exalted twice (total: 5 ex)
~bought shav's ring at a cheap price (total: 2 ex)
~found a really good amulet and ring from just alching every accessory I found in 75+ maps
~bought maligaros at 20 chaos
~3 ex for rustic sash

Total spent: ~65 ex

As you can see, at least half of my money went to acquiring the best dagger I could find. Afterwards about a quarter goes to a good 6L chest and then the shield and helm. The rest is just a few things I cobbled together over time with money laying around and waiting for deals. Rustic sash is a recent addition as it was as well-rolled as it could get.