[3.10] Talamoe's 💪 Strength Stacking 💪 Blade Vortex Chieftain | 2400+ Str |

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Also, after around 1.4k strength and 10k es is the best and only way to scale for there the jewels?

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Snarky85 wrote:

Did some blight maps with aoe/explode setup, works well enough. I kinda hate doing them but it is very possible.

Tried one without aoe or explode, cannot recommend.

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Also, after around 1.4k strength and 10k es is the best and only way to scale for there the jewels?

If you don't have the jewels, it is a big factor. How does your character look right now? For my character, I have the feeling, I can easily invest 50+ ex into every single slot for meaningful upgrades.

- Shaper/Warlord Amulet with %attributes, %strength, flat strength. %ES + max ES. Damage per strength, +1 all phys gems. For the ultimate amulet, turn into Three-Rat Talisman with Jorgin after annointing. Probably not going to happen.
- Crusader-slammed temple rings with 25% ES + flat strenght. Resists, other attributes. Mana as last prefix. Currently trying to craft those, cannot recommend xD
- Hunter Two-toned or Sorcerer boots with flat strength, %attributes, as much movespeed/res/es as you can get. Possibly Tailwind. Maybe Cannot be Frozen craft.
- Hunter Heavy Belt with t1 strength + %attributes. ES and Mana. Open suffix to craft more strength.
- Enchanted Hubris. Either 7-link route with Essence of Horror + elder base for massive Vaal RF. Or just craft with strength essence for as high ES as possible. Or fossils for -9 fire res nearby. Too many options.
- Double corruptions on Shaper's Touch and Geofri's.
- Clarity Watcher's Eye is massive. Emperor's Might and Mastery are really great too, if you have way too much currency.

But if you don't have the basics yet, yes, getting those Efficient Trainings, Might of the Meeks and Brawns does make a huge difference.

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appologies wrote:

what more can i do to get better boss damage?

• You can do a gem swap, you don't need unleash on bosses. Swap in intensify for a massive damage boost, if the tiny aoe doesn't bother you (with 2 AoE weapons, it is still quite sizeable btw)
• Progidal Perfection and Arsonist are great 2-pointers to get on the tree for more damage. Can maybe remove the duration cluster. I personally don't feel like it is needed all that much with unleash, and against bosses you're permanently casting anyway. Also do you need the big int node with Astramentis? Just taking it for the ES doesn't seem worth it.
• A second Might of the Meek near Berserking would probably be good. You can replace your Maelstrom Hope with the Brawn. Can also eventually take the strength nodes to Duelist start area to make more use of the Might of the Meek.
  
• You don't have Combustion in your setup, I believe. Add it to Wave of Conviction.
  
• On your shield, you could get some more damage. It can get +1 physical skill gems or up to 100% increased fire damage. Hard to get with high strength and big ES ofc. If you just want damage, dual-wielding weapons could be the solution, but that would obviously sacrifice some defenses.
  
• Elemental Weakness gloves would obviously be more damage than Temporal Chain ones.
  
• Awakened controlled destruction
  
• Generally, just get some more levels on your character and gems.
  
• Your rings are fairly weak, could easily get some better ones here.
  
• Maybe a Wise Oak over Rumi's? Don't need to balance it, but you're not that far off, if you get matching rings, you could easily do it.
  

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Snarky85 wrote:

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appologies wrote:

what more can i do to get better boss damage?

• You can do a gem swap, you don't need unleash on bosses. Swap in intensify for a massive damage boost, if the tiny aoe doesn't bother you (with 2 AoE weapons, it is still quite sizeable btw)
• Progidal Perfection and Arsonist are great 2-pointers to get on the tree for more damage. Can maybe remove the duration cluster. I personally don't feel like it is needed all that much with unleash, and against bosses you're permanently casting anyway. Also do you need the big int node with Astramentis? Just taking it for the ES doesn't seem worth it.
• A second Might of the Meek near Berserking would probably be good. You can replace your Maelstrom Hope with the Brawn. Can also eventually take the strength nodes to Duelist start area to make more use of the Might of the Meek.
  
• You don't have Combustion in your setup, I believe. Add it to Wave of Conviction.
  
• On your shield, you could get some more damage. It can get +1 physical skill gems or up to 100% increased fire damage. Hard to get with high strength and big ES ofc. If you just want damage, dual-wielding weapons could be the solution, but that would obviously sacrifice some defenses.
  
• Elemental Weakness gloves would obviously be more damage than Temporal Chain ones.
  
• Awakened controlled destruction
  
• Generally, just get some more levels on your character and gems.
  
• Your rings are fairly weak, could easily get some better ones here.
  
• Maybe a Wise Oak over Rumi's? Don't need to balance it, but you're not that far off, if you get matching rings, you could easily do it.
  

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appologies wrote:

duuuuuude, thank you so much. also, with the int node, i dont have enough int to use the shield/helm without it lol. for now i guess. i took an efficient training out to fix that i suppose.