So you think you're tanky do ya?

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xMustard#3403 a écrit :

but ya i was also planning on upgrading my belt, once i got the currency. that way i could replace some of the chaos cores for more armour applies to elemental. stuff like that

budget is also always a factor though. i don't have 400 divines to drop on a BiS helmet so you're always compensating something. either resistances, armour applies to ele, hp, or just armour values.

even if these changes are improvements its way expensive. like i say my poison pathfinder died less in nearly as hard of content (farmed expeditions as well) and it was done on probably 1/4 of what i've spent on this character already


just as an example, these are the types of things i face all the time

Spoiler

minus max, crit, extra cold, some effectiveness, poison, and all damage contributes to poison, poison on hit, tons of spd, quad damage. just bonkers

PS didn't even get a logbook from that, but i did survive it with those changes
dropped giants blood and using my old mace for specifically that encounter too

Lotta life


https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2661125440

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2661118058

Just browse or whatever. I did a wierd xhest thing as well on one of them


Cant really control what mods show up but I grabed two t15 8 mods and then did the tablet setup you had a page or 2 back.


3rd one
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2661151362

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Mashgesture#2912 a écrit :

Lotta life


https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2661125440

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2661118058

Just browse or whatever. I did a wierd xhest thing as well on one of them


Cant really control what mods show up but I grabed two t15 8 mods and then did the tablet setup you had a page or 2 back.


3rd one
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2661151362

ya so i do a significant amount more damage than you do in the videos, BUT i did make some changes (just quick not super thought out ones so far) and i must say, you were right.
i feel much tankier now and my damage didn't fall off as much as i'd thought. i must have had way overkill damage before.

instead of losing 80% damage for 30% more tank, its more like i gained 80% tank for losing 30% damage. probably more than that actually, but practically not much. bosses instead of 1-2 shotting them, i can now kill in 4-5 hits but thats still very fast and easy

so now i will look to optimize my passives and gear a bit more than the quick throw together i did just to test the difference
i will keep a bit of focus on QoL though, like having the atk spd/movement speed weapon swap passives for when i use resonating shield. it just makes it much smoother, moving much faster (which is defensive as well).

also having over 100% reduced slowing effect of debuffs is massive too. i don't care about temp chains, chilled ground, chill at all.


before i could use only resonating shield to clear and wouldn't need to even cast fortifying cry unless i was against a rare or boss. now resonating shield doesn't feel great to clear with, but just use to deliver fortifying cry. so i'll probably keep that going and just go full utility on resonating shield. since i won't be clearing with it anyway, might as well benefit from its free hits in other ways

so i appreciate the time you took to respond and post videos and advice. i apologize for responding harshly against your criticisms, as they were in fact within reason

Look into banners for a swap

It’s a lot of dps, tank, and utility you can get

so i've swapped my build up and i think this is my final setup

essentially, i had 100k+ armour, something like 200k+ applies to ele, 3900 life and everything and running ridiculous content, and yup i would still die.

i had it setup where fortifying cry was nearly the only way i would do damage, and there were a couple times when i would stop using resonating shield to cast fortifying cry that i would just get 1 shot.
again when you're talking about 6-8x damage modifiers against things, im not confident any build could survive stuff like that.

however while you're actively blocking ALL damage is blocked, no matter what. so long as it isn't a bosses telegraphed wind-up ability, its all blocked. you just take stun buildup based on the damage that would have been dealt.

i got thinking, active blocking is the way to go. made some changes to my setup so resonating shield is my main skill that i can always use and literally never put down and boom, now i never die.

my offense now is based on Deadly Resolve support, which mirrors RS's skill gem level (except corrupted level doesn't count for whatever reason) and does an absolute bonkers ton of damage.
i just run around resonating shield casting, and if it kills things great, otherwise if anything hits me they get nuked. herald of ash to benefit from the overkill damage for pretty decent clear speed.

deadly resolve actually seems sleeper OP. it would probably be really good for a bleed build as well since it has good base damage, a massive damage effectiveness and a massive multiplier right out of the gate. maybe something i'll shoot for next league.