[3.23] Oni-Goroshi Reave of Refraction Slayer
Hello! After getting my Leap Slam of Groundbreaking Energy Blade Totems to endgame I started dreaming up my next build. I am enamored with the Transfigured Gems and have been trying to come up with builds for many of them. So next up I have Reave of Refraction!
I'm playing in a "Guild Self Found" league, so my access to rare items is somewhat limited. Thankfully I can farm Oni-Goroshi myself :) POB Quick video of me running a T15 map I had on hand! I know the first thing I do is click on some shrines but I promise it was mostly the build and not the shrines doing the work :)
Concept
I've been wanting to play Reave for a while, mainly because of its high damage effectiveness. When I want to play a new build, I go to the Damage Effectiveness page on POEWiki and sort descending to find a skill with lots of damage effectiveness. I love big number! My original idea for Reave was to do Energy Blade but I was annoyed that Energy Blade says "70% more damage with two-handed" but Reave is only a one-handed skill. Once Reave of Refraction came out, I thought it would be a fun one to play. Simultaneously I decided that I wanted to get an Oni-Goroshi because I hadn't done the farm before and it seemed like a fun rite of passage or something. Also, combining "Phys as Extra" and "convert 100% phys" effects together seems very powerful! Finally, I chose Slayer because beeg AoE and I hadn't played a Slayer in a while.
Oni-Goroshi
I won't go into all the details about Oni-Goroshi, just the relevant ones for this build: " As well as a variety of defensive bonuses, Her Embrace gives us: * 123% of Sword Physical Damage gained as Extra Fire Damage * 20% increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed Both of these are pretty good! We just have to make sure we are Igniting enemies. " Well that'll help! Now, Oni-Goroshi is a one-handed sword and we can't wield an off-hand, not even a shield. So we'll have to make sure to account for that.
Reave of Refraction
Reave of Refraction shares the same damage effectiveness of regular Reave. The only real difference is this: " So now combine this with Oni-Goroshi - we get 123% of phys as extra fire _and_ we convert 100% of phys to a random element. So we basically get 223% of phys damage as elemental damage. That's pretty good! Combine that with the relatively high damage effectiveness, and this skill starts off with quite a bit of damage. Attack Speed is important for Reave because you'll want to build up your AoE quickly. " Once you get the engine started and you have all of your AoE nodes, your max stack Reave will hit nearly an entire half of the screen per attack.
Slayer
Since we can't do any blocking due to Oni-Goroshi, anything to do with shields or dual wielding or blocking is out. Instead, the huge amount of Leech we get as Slayer should help keep us alive. With Reave we'll be hitting tons of stuff constantly so it's really easy to stay leech capped. Brutal Fervour: " Important: do NOT take Overwhelm: " Oni-Goroshi's base crit chance is higher than 8%, so taking this actually lowers our crit chance! Impact is another useful node, the accuracy and AoE it gives makes it easy to keep hitting stuff. "
Warden
I chose Warden for this build. I'm using a Tincture that gives me Fire Pen and All Damage Can Freeze. I'm also using the increased effect of adjacent flasks with a sulphur and diamond flask. Finally, I'm using Oath of the Maji to paper over my bad gear's res :)
Passive Tree
Here's my tree at Level 93. Important highlights: * Fortify! Fortify! Fortify! Makes a huge difference in survivability and is relatively cheap to get. Also I'm using Perseverance so it's kinda mandatory! * Unfortunately, a lot of nodes around Duelist are for occupying both hands with stuff (two-hands, dual wield, shield, bow). I pretty much get zero nodes near the Duelist itself and instead branch off toward Marauder and Ranger. * That being said, Vaal Pact is a must for Leechers. Get it! big leech. * I am using Perseverance so I took a few Armour + Evasion nodes to get the Perseverance floor a little higher. * Since I'm over near Ranger anyway, Suppression is a good idea. I'm Suppression capped with minimal gear investment. With better gear mods, I could conceivably spec out of suppression a bit and get more damage. * As I'm writing this I just realized I could've saved a point!!!
Gear
* Oni-Goroshi. Obviously. Easy six link. * Belly of the Beast - I put this on to get me to a point where I had a better Body Armour and I just haven't found one yet. I feel great with >4k life and a decent amount of defenses. Not sure I'll ever take it off tbh! * Perseverance - We've had like five of these drop in the guild lol. Great item! Onslaught is good. * That's pretty much it! Otherwise I'm just getting lots of Added Phys on jewelry and other typical stuff.
Gems
Six Link: * Reave of Refraction: as far as I can tell, more than 20% quality doesn't do anything so don't bother trying to get a 23 quality gem. I just corrupted one to 21 with 20 quality. * Melee Phys / Elemental Damage with Attacks: These synergize perfectly with each other due to Oni-Goroshi and Reave of Refraction's interaction. * Rage: Rage gives us added phys damage which is very good for the build due to the conversion shenanigans. * Inspiration: I was having mana problems and then I equipped Inspiration Support and I stopped having mana problems :) * Critical Damage: I'm doing a lot of crits! Auras: * Precision, as big as you can afford * Determination * Blood and Sand (I'm always in Blood Stance, area damage yummy) * Herald of Ash - I have the green "ghostflame" MTX to match My Goddess' colors Other utilities: * Blood Rage * a guard skill (I should probably switch to Molten Shell soon lol) * Ancestral Protector * Leap Slam * Assassin's Mark/Mark on Hit I'm currently blasting T16 maps pretty effortlessly and working toward some endgame content. I've killed the King in the Mists and Catarina with this so far, currently working toward Exarch. I don't expect to have much issue with him or Eater. Overall the build is extremely powerful. I do a lot of damage and I can withstand a lot of hits. I think I have like 10 deaths total at level 93 and most of them were from me rushing levelling. I have had a number of people tell me that Oni-Goroshi falls off at high levels but I'm not feeling that at all! Último bump em 5 de jan de 2024 18:01:16
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Hello,
First of all thanks a lot for the build, I wanted to do another one with the goddess! I've got a few questions though: Oni-Goroshi only take one-handed/sword modifiers from jewels right? What would you recommend for gearing if not ssf? Maxing res and life is a basic so I wonder more about classic uniques like Daresso's Salute for the amulet and abyssus for the helm? Even Mayne kaom's heart as we don't need the armor slots anyway. And happy new year! |
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Hey mate, great build my brothers tryin it out and would love to know what you'd change on trade/sc?
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