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Murked

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Ah thanks Krassus that probably explains it. The possibilities that exist when you start digging into the skill tree and gem combinations are what really draw me into PoE. Then you get a unique (Hi2u facebreaker) which fundamentally changes how you play and build your tree.
Yea, that's the problem. I'm running a Molten Strike build and a lot of the passives I'm taking support it.I just don't know a lot about the game yet. I did, however, get a pair of Facebreakers with like 780% unarmed damaged or something crazy. I was thinking of perhaps changing my build to utilize those.
 

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Just swap molten strike out for infernal blow and you're good to go with FB.

Should be relatively the same passives. Minus any weapon specific phys dmg nodes.

Could be a baller and go Dominating Blow too.
 

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Well really your build should be 2 pronged or 3 if you are doing crit

1) focusing on +phys dmg (molten strike scales off of that)
2) +% weapon damage to axe, sword

You dont NEED to be using Molten strike but it scales off of phys and has an AE component for free kind of like Reave. You could very easily swap to another skill if you wanted you would just need to make sure it AEs or factor in using a melee splash gem.

The key to molten strike DPS is high phys dmg weapon + resolute technique keystone (far left, if you arent doing crit). You also want to make sure in this order you get these gems to link to it - Multistrike, Melee Physical Damage, Added Fire Damage
 

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Dont forget point blank and conc effect on molten strike. Straight up double dmg. Herald of fire for overkill burn. Can link Curse on hit vulnerability/flamability to herald of fire so the burn curses the mob for a more multipler on the burn dmg.

Melee phys dmg scales molten strikes initial hit but not the resulting projectiles, keep that in mind. Increased physical projectile dmg will scale it. Phys damage with weapons isn't the same as Melee Phys dmg.

Additionally you can "shotgun" the projectiles, so linking it with conc effect gmp weapon elemental dmg (taking the point blank passive keynote) will hit one mob with 18 x 110% *More* dmg projectiles.

Read this formolten strike details
 

Korrupt

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Can you spell echo a vaal gem? I used Vaal Cyclone last night on a 76 map, that was fun it basically pulled the entire area into me and blew me up lol
 

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I don't think so Krassus, if you can I'll end up spell echoing Vaal Summon Skeletons all the way to the bank.

You can however spell echo Enduring cry to bypass the cooldown and get double charges.

If Multistrike and Spell echo bypass vaal gem costs, that'd be op as hell, I'd immediately build a multistrike vaal doublestrike character.
 

Caliane

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yes. supports work on vaal skills.

cyclone is an attack though, spell echo won't work.
And spell echo would require multiple charges of souls. which most cant do.
 

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What are you linking with your skels? Im going to buy DD and that tonight for me.
I have my summon skeletons linked with my zombies in my tabula rasa - Melee Phys - Faster Attacks - Multi Strike - Melee Splash

The main benefit of tabula rasa now that the snapshotting is gone is that I carry gems like Minion Life/Minion Totem Elemental Resistance/Minion speed for certain situations.

For instance on Piety/Dom I swap out melee splash for minion ele resist/minion dmg etc (depending if I'm running generosity purity)

Swapping zombie supports on the fly is the new meta.

Vaal summon skeletons = Increased Duration / Minion Dmg / Faster attacks ( I don't run vaal summon skeletons anymore / Regular summon skeletons are OP as fk 50% more dmg than they used to do)

Instead I run vaal haste with 90% passive skill effect duration increase + generosity + increased duration

Vaal haste + Flesh offering = ultra-mega-god zombies.

Last edit: oh I forgot, I hotswap in lifeleach if I need zombies to be ultra-sustain in like a dom or beyond boss fight.

Tabula Rasa is god for summoners with the new no-snapshot ruleset.
 

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I have my summon skeletons linked with my zombies in my tabula rasa - Melee Phys - Faster Attacks - Multi Strike - Melee Splash

The main benefit of tabula rasa now that the snapshotting is gone is that I carry gems like Minion Life/Minion Totem Elemental Resistance/Minion speed for certain situations.

For instance on Piety/Dom I swap out melee splash for minion ele resist/minion dmg etc (depending if I'm running generosity purity)

Swapping zombie supports on the fly is the new meta.

Vaal summon skeletons = Increased Duration / Minion Dmg / Faster attacks ( I don't run vaal summon skeletons anymore / Regular summon skeletons are OP as fk 50% more dmg than they used to do)

Instead I run vaal haste with 90% passive skill effect duration increase + generosity + increased duration

Vaal haste + Flesh offering = ultra-mega-god zombies.

Last edit: oh I forgot, I hotswap in lifeleach if I need zombies to be ultra-sustain in like a dom or beyond boss fight.

Tabula Rasa is god for summoners with the new no-snapshot ruleset.
Summoner Hotswapping. Of course. It's so obvious. Why didn't I think of that?

Murked go facebraker + dominating blow + increased duration + added fire + melee splash + multistrike and I think faster attacks. Also wear herald of ash + curse on hit + some curse. Now stack movement speed gear and physical damage gear. Whenever you run into a mob scream "FIGHT FOR ME" and enjoy your makeshift horde army. It won't last through end game but some builds deserve to be played just for SCIENCE.

Also Quill Rain + Explosive Arrow + Reduced Duration + chance to ignite + increased burning damage + conc effect + elemental prolif. Stack fire, elemental damage passives (NOT weapon elemental passives), and burning. If Herald of ash works with it then herald of ash + increased burning? + curse on hit + flammability.

That might actually be a viable endgame build... hmm...
 

Murked

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I currently have Molten Strike linked with Faster Attacks, Blood Magic, and Elemental Damage I think. I don't have Multistrike yet or I would use that. Perhaps I'll tinker with it tonight and see what works. I have the point blank keystone so don't need to gem it.

All those are great but I don't have the gems to make it happen lol.
 

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Conc effect + GMP or LMP seems super important for a pointblank moltenstrike setup Murked. Make sure to check Vagan (level 3) for multistrike gem for 1 regal. (1.5 chaos) roughly 33% of the normal going rate in trade chat. Can pick up conc effect for 1-2 chaos in trade chat. GMP LMP for 1c. etc. If you were in beyond the guild stash has some of these gems already.

If you're having trouble getting Chaos for trading, 18-20 alts/chromes go for 1 chaos - 1 regret goes for a chaos - 2 alcs - 2 fuse - 8 jeweler - 160 id scroll
 

Murked

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I've got 5 Chaos and 1 Exalted, I just don't know enough yet and don't want to waste them haha.
 

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Nice 1 exalt is about 20 chaos. Hang onto that buddy, exalts are pretty rare.

Get some gems with those 5 chaos.
 

Selix

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I'd hang on to that exalt pretty hard. The chaos you'll find again one way or another.
 

Caliane

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man vagan can go fuck himself.

seen him maybe 7 times, failed 5.
Level 4 everyone else. (save zana) and that shitlord is still level 1.
 

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In which economy? I traded an exalt for 27 chaos on Rampage last night.
you got a pretty stellar deal then, 27chaos was like the price for exalts a year ago.

Now that chaos are more valuable because of masters recipes exalts are worth a lot less.

Also the 20chaos price is for beyond.