[3.19] Donkster5' LS Champ - Still great! Leaguestart to endgame SC and HC. Updated 8/18

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Bl0rk escreveu:

Hey, me again! x)
Got this unique drop "shadows and dust", it seems to me, though, with a noobs eye, that these are good for this build?
- 30% increased global critical strike chance
- +30% global critical strike multiplier
- Creates smoke cloud on rampage
- Gain Unholy Might for 3 seconds on Rampage Rampage
- 130% Increased evasion rating and energy shield
- 0.2% of physical attack damage leeched as mana
Is it good or just a waste, and should I focus more on defense? (saw they were cheap on trade)

Edit: Saw your latest video, seems like the unique gloves is a no :P

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Disdain escreveu:

Wanted to break from the meta, so really went to town and invested heavily in this build.

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/Disdain/characters/sdisdain



HP is lacking a bit and trying to sort out jewels and quality of life, just need a few more levels to make the points work.

Not sure if I'm missing something, but despite 50k armour, 40k evasion, spell suppression cap, endurance charges, chaos res, I do not feel tanky at all. Uber Elder was tough and damage just felt lacking, with 75~ ex investment I'm wondering if it's worth just dumping it back into something else at this point.

HP is lower than I'd like, but can break 5k with a few more levels. But balancing it all out, this is one of the tankiest builds on paper I've ever had, but just isn't returning the investment.

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Donkster5 escreveu:

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Disdain escreveu:

Wanted to break from the meta, so really went to town and invested heavily in this build.

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/Disdain/characters/sdisdain



HP is lacking a bit and trying to sort out jewels and quality of life, just need a few more levels to make the points work.

Not sure if I'm missing something, but despite 50k armour, 40k evasion, spell suppression cap, endurance charges, chaos res, I do not feel tanky at all. Uber Elder was tough and damage just felt lacking, with 75~ ex investment I'm wondering if it's worth just dumping it back into something else at this point.

HP is lower than I'd like, but can break 5k with a few more levels. But balancing it all out, this is one of the tankiest builds on paper I've ever had, but just isn't returning the investment.

With that investment, you should be wrecking everything.

I see a number of questionable gear choices, and your passive pathing at the beginning goes the wrong direction. I can’t see all of it as I’m on mobile at work. Gear - with replica farrul’s, the perseverance belt is a waste of an item slot. You don’t have a conductivity on hit ring and instead have snipers mark’s with mark on hit. You use multistrike, which is okay but sticks you in to an attack for longer, it also does less damage unless your crit chance is for sure 100%. You have no static strike setup.

All in, you aren’t really following the guide at all. Details matter at endgame.

PoB please, and i’ll try to help when i can.

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Disdain escreveu:

Thanks, this is really helpful. I'll make some changes this evening and see how it goes. Static strike / conductivity seem to be the big ones, need to still balance spell suppression.

Perseverance belt seems super strong in PoB, with both high armour and evasion it's significant amount of % increase, not sure how a decent stigian would be better (again, unless im missing something obvious) plus full uptime onslaught seems an all round strong slot.

And thank you, really - love the guide and style, just struggling to make it work as I think you intended!

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erdamus escreveu:

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Disdain escreveu:

Thanks, this is really helpful. I'll make some changes this evening and see how it goes. Static strike / conductivity seem to be the big ones, need to still balance spell suppression.

Perseverance belt seems super strong in PoB, with both high armour and evasion it's significant amount of % increase, not sure how a decent stigian would be better (again, unless im missing something obvious) plus full uptime onslaught seems an all round strong slot.

And thank you, really - love the guide and style, just struggling to make it work as I think you intended!

It seems you've already started making some changes, and I hope you can stick with the build.

One area of your build that is really holding it back is the flasks. Well-rolled flasks will feel doubly impactful for you if you keep using Perseverance. Get granite and jade flasks with 50%+ increased armor and evasion suffixes, and a diamond flask with a 50% increased critical strike chance suffix (or Bottled Faith of course).

Ideally they'd have flask charge on crit prefixes so you can sustain in boss fights, but anything is better than their current state.

Your starting nodes that path through physical attack damage offer very little since you're dealing almost entirely elemental damage. Switch over to the other side with attack speed, life, and defenses:



I'm also not too sure about your cluster setup. It doesn't seem to give much value, especially if you're not going Secrets of Suffering. If you unspec out of the cluster, you can path towards Claws of the Magpie and use your anointment on Tenacity while also picking up more life on the tree.

You can also cap spell suppression without having to use Magebane, a much preferable option that reclaims some evasion rating and skill points.

Here is a small rework of your flasks and tree with more life, armour, evasion, and damage, although there's still probably better ways to go about things: https://pastebin.com/BQbHdC4K

Just having more life will help more than anything in degen-heavy fights like Uber Elder. If you're still struggling, switch your pantheon to Soul of Arakaali. Pick up Rampart on the tree and the mastery for reduced damage over time taken. If you path towards Claws of the Falcon, Lethe Shade is nearby.

You may also want to shuffle some skills around. If you're using Frost Bomb regularly for anti-regen, you should unlink it from Less Duration. I'd also drop Second Wind from Flame Dash and put in Whirling Blades to zoom around with.

Blood Rage is pretty optional as the degen is annoying, but attack speed also equals movement speed when you use Whirling Blades. Ancestral Protector is another reliable boost on bosses. If you can remember to press it (I can't), then get Vaal Molten Shell as well. Lastly, Withering Step for elusive effect refreshing.

For future upgrades, you can stick with Perseverance if you want to. I ended up using it all league in Scourge as the life, res, and 500%+ increased damage were a nice package.

Besides that, your next claw upgrade is probably going to be pretty pricy. You'll want to focus on upping your crit chance if you're not using Secrets of Suffering. Your chills and freezes are the safety net of your ailments, and the non-damaging ailment effect crit mastery will let your shocks ramp higher.

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Kyostarlet escreveu:

it is possible to improve more the DPS? I am thinking of folowing this PoB... That DPS is enough to do almost all contents?