[3.24] 🗡The Nightblade🗡 Unholy Might : 100% phys converted to chaos

No need to apologize for the late reply. Thank you for the answer. When I mentioned that playing this while leveling taught me a lot I seriously meant it. Going through the process of actually relying on movement & manually dodging was surprisingly engaging & something I genuinely missed when I switched to boneshatter jugg. Of course that's not to say that I'm facetanking everything. Now that I understand the game more I definitely want to give this build another chance since it was really enjoyable even at the lower levels for me. There's still a lot about this game I don't understand, but what I know is that I want something that's good at fighting bosses, and I want to be in melee. A lot of people were saying that boneshatter is the best for that, but now I understand it's also because of the natural tankiness that Jugg & slayer provide for the build. Other melee builds can compete, but have to work harder at getting more survivability.

Anyway I'm rambling here, but I just want to say thank you again for the build & I apologize for the noob comments.

You're right. I think this is what people appreciate in this build : the difficult of playing melee without being a tanky. And the reward of good handling, attack speed and good DPS.

Talking about that, I'll release a new video soon, where I test Cyclone of Tumult, a good new alternative to Blade Flurry.

Hi Exiles,

here is a demo video with :
#1 : Cyclone of Tumult

Testing this new Transfigured gem, as a worthwhile alternative option to Blade Flurry.

PoB : https://pobb.in/290zJS4dJs72

Hope you like it, good luck and have fun !

i only like assassin due to aesthetic wise :( do you still play in affliction? is this viable for 3.23? im new btw but i have 30div in aff atm someone donated

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Houseofdeath12 wrote:

i only like assassin due to aesthetic wise :( do you still play in affliction? is this viable for 3.23? im new btw but i have 30div in aff atm someone donated

Yes, the build is updated for 3.23 (see first post, and also previous message, I'm testing Cyclone of Tumult). I'm not playing the build in league currently, but maybe I'll give it a try.
With 30 divines, you can do a very good version of the build.
You can test the Tinctures.

Hi Exiles,

I've continued to tinker with the build, so as to get more defenses.

I've devised this setup : Ming's Steps
Ming's Heart. High perma-Blind. 300k EHP
PoB : https://pobb.in/1Ly3fmf3_3dm

Max chaos res, high blind effect, several immunities, for a total of 300k effective hit pool (up from 220k).

Here is a demo video in a cool Valdo's Box map with pack of bosses and Gigantic Rogue Exiles :

#2 : Silent Steps

Be prepared for some tough fights !

Hope you like it :)

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In the first post, you can still find the default setup (more DPS, less defenses)

Default setup : Born In Bino's Kitchen
Bino's Kitchen + Cospri's Will + Born In The Shadows. 220k EHP
PoB : https://pobb.in/290zJS4dJs72

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they'll add the Wildwood ascendancies in core game in 3.24. This could bring powerful augs to the build thx to the Tinctures.

Good luck and have fun !

Patch notes 3.24

We have one important change awaiting in the next patch : a rework of Unholy Might.

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The Unholy Might buff no longer grants 30% of Physical Damage as extra Chaos Damage. It instead now provides 100% of Physical Damage Converted to Chaos Damage, and 25% chance to Apply Wither on Hit.

We get this buff with Overwhelming Malice notable on a medium cluster jewel (10% chance to get it on crit). In practice, we get it all the time.

On my current character, 30% phys as extra chaos dmg = 13% more DPS.
But if I replace it with 100% phys converted to chaos, I don't gain 13% but I lose 10% DPS !
Total : we'll lose 26% DPS.

Here is a temporary PoB : https://pobb.in/Q9hSbpDmhSj-
(The conversion has been manually added on the life flask)

> So we can remove the cluster jewel and gain 3pts on the tree. Or rework the build to benefit from this full chaos conversion.
If we choose the latter, using Despair is mandatory : it can be self-cast or as an implicit on the gloves.



Overall, we lose dmg but almost all our dmg now bypass ES. This is supposed to be a gain.
Also, with our fast-hitting Blade Flurry, we'll be able to apply some Wither stacks. I'd need 9 stacks of Wither to get the same as in 3.23. Seems doable, even more if we use Withering Touch support for BF. Then, we have a total of 50% chance to apply Wither on hit.

It looks promising !
So as usual, I'll have to test all this ingame, and I'll provide an updated PoB as soon as I can.

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Technical note

"Gain extra dmg" is taken into account before conversion, meaning we don't lose phys dmg as extra cold or lightning from the amulet.


We can still get phys as extra chaos with Ming's Heart amulet.


For instance : with 100 dmg, 30% phys as extra cold, 70% phys as extra chaos and 100% conversion from phys to chaos, you get : 170 chaos dmg and 30 cold dmg.

3.24 update : Unholy Might

PoB : https://pobb.in/CV39RTDIBEYT

* Unholy Might now grants 100% phys converted to chaos dmg. With Overwhelming Malice on a medium Crit cluster, in practice, we get the buff all the time.
> On the paper, we do not gain DPS but actually, almost all our dmg now bypasses enemies ES, so it feels better, especially on dangerous rare monsters.

* Withering Touch support for BF. (Replaces another support: Infused Channelling, Energy Leech or Volatility.)

* With full chaos dmg, War Banner becomes useless, so it is replaced with Precision.

* Vitality can be raised to level 20.

* Life mastery : "Count as on low-life at 55% max life."

* First has been reviewed and updated.


Hope you like this new version !

Good luck and have fun, Exiles :)