[Nemesis] HP EK Scion - Arctic Armor + EB + MoM - 5+ Auras

Actually I forgot you haven't taken IR yet. Another thing to mention is that you weren't making use of enduring cry as either, which would even further increase physical reduction.

Edit 2: Don't drop IR. It's awesome.

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Dmillz wrote:

Actually I forgot you haven't taken IR yet. Another thing to mention is that you weren't making use of enduring cry as either, which would even further increase physical reduction.

Edit: Upon some research into armor and damage reduction I think it might actually be worth dropping IR late-game if you can have around 4k armor without it. The reason being that trash mobs that do physical will basically never kill you late-game, and a huge boss (Kole/Vaal...etc) hits so hard that your armor is essentially useless anyways. Might be something interesting to try out...

I actually run with VERY low armor and don't run into ANY issues. With a level 18 Q 20 AA I take 0-50 damage per hit from trash mobs in normal maps, more from modded maps (obviously 99% extra fire damage does some damage), but overall I'm running with about 1300-1400 armor (without flask) and I never drop below 3000 health (I have 3200 health now). I run at about ~3000 evasion and 28% block chance, 32% with Tempest Shield up. Between the dodge and the block it's a 60% chance to evade / mitigate incoming damage. I actually face-tank Kole pretty easily. His ground smash hits for about ~1800-2000 through AA, but my EK cast speed / life leech regens me to full before he can hit me with it again (it has about a 1-1.5s cast time) if I feel like I might die I have the runspeed to move out of the way pretty easily even if I get hit with TC from the casters around him. I will admit I haven't done Vaal in quite some time though.

I'll be posting a few videos tonight showing off the build if you want to link them in the OP. I have a full Domi kill, and a full farm of dunes map with some decent mods on it, both show off the efficiency of the build very well.

Thanks again for the build idea.

Videos here:


Lunaris 3 + Piety: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ex3QbGeugY&feature=youtu.be#t=1m30s
Domi Kill (only takes about 3 minutes for all minions + Domi)- http://youtu.be/CC_tSMRfAWM
Dunes run (4 minutes) - http://youtu.be/HsUK0X7e3Cc (Not yet live about 15 -20 minutes til it's set)

Fair to say the build is pretty versatile.

im almost lvl 83 and i like it more and more
my new beauties


actually yesterday i realized im an idiot cause i run discipline in may alphas howl but it turns out the only reason i run discipline anymore is to be able to run discipline:)
so i switched to purity of lightning+haste+grace in my alphas and hatred+clarity in my shield and that decision means more insane survivability

with aura effect passives my light res is 80 and i donteven need to tell u guys how important that in nemesis
so phys res : 7k armour + lvl 17 AA
fire res: 75 + AA
light res: 80
cold res: 75 + frozen immun + chill avoid
finally i can focus on my chaos res

half regen maps are a pain in the ass sometimes with high level AA
but i use qual lightwarp with qual reduce duration so when i move no mana drains at all
but i still switch faster proj for mana leech if i really need to

Added the videos, thanks Demonskye! I think there is a lot of potential with dropping Grace and instead running MoM. I will update the OP with my finding ASAP, but I'm pretty sure just not running grace and using that mana for MoM will be quite a bit better for survivability.

Edit: Only drop Grace if you have 700+ unreserved mana and MoM. On tough maps drop another aura instead of Grace.

I've been looking at this build and this is what I came up with



My gear

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5400 hp, 7k armor, 7500 dps, 80all res

can faceroll most of the game but after watching your vids it seems you would get destroyed if you attempted any halfway decent map 75+

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shivix wrote:

I've been looking at this build and this is what I came up with

Spoiler

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgAABH4EswX5CGcMfRB_FE0V8BcvGDwZiho4Go8a2xzcHRQj9ij6KaUtgy2oMZ41kjbpOlg62DrhQYdFnUZxSn1N2E3jTipVxlXWVi1W-lpIW69k52aeZ6Bvnnqqf8aApIFvgh6Cx4MJhxmHdohCiPGMdo9GkFWTJ5M6lwaa4Ju1njyiAKZXpwinhKxZrH-xkLQMtz631riTvSfAGsHFwzrEosaeykrPZdDQ2wvbWd0N42rnY-vu7DjuDu_w8h3yRfba-WP56PrS-wn8xf4K_o8=

My gear

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5400 hp, 7k armor, 7500 dps, 80all res

can faceroll most of the game but after watching your vids it seems you would get destroyed if you attempted any halfway decent map 75+

Why would a level 77 run a level 75+ map to begin with? Second what makes you think this build would get destroyed?

Edit: Your build is pretty solid and similar to mine. You take less aura stuff/cast speed and pick up a bit of extra hp.

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Why would a level 77 run a level 75+ map to begin with? Second what makes you think this build would get destroyed?

Meh my fault, I didn't mean 75 literally I was just using that as an example. However, judging from him dropping to ~30% in a 66 map means that if there was any negative roll -max, ele weakness(mods that help you build a map pool) ect.. the character in the video's would be dead. I just don't want people to think that 1400 armor is ok for any type of endgame if you don't plan on dying.

Armor is good. have plenty of it and don't risk losing say grace for something dumb like haste if you plan on staying alive to even see the endgame

Don't get me wrong the build is sweet but putting out disinformation will get people killed

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shivix wrote:

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Why would a level 77 run a level 75+ map to begin with? Second what makes you think this build would get destroyed?

Meh my fault, I didn't mean 75 literally I was just using that as an example. However, judging from him dropping to ~30% in a 66 map means that if there was any negative roll -max, ele weakness(mods that help you build a map pool) ect.. the character in the video's would be dead. I just don't want people to think that 1400 armor is ok for any type of endgame if you don't plan on dying.

Armor is good. have plenty of it and don't risk losing say grace for something dumb like haste if you plan on staying alive to even see the endgame

Don't get me wrong the build is sweet but putting out disinformation will get people killed

You are absolutely correct. I will definitely explain better that when I mention dropping Grace, I mean only if you are also running Mind Over Matter. And in hard maps it would be best to drop a dps aura and run both Grace and MoM. When I mention dropping Grace for something like Haste this is meant to only be done on easy maps! However if you do have 700+ unreserved mana MoM will actually provide a better amount survivability than Grace will.

Even with MoM you would be surprised on how hard roas with dmg mods chunk. I would go as far to say that ziggyd's build is bad in comparison just for the sole fact that he don't run grace constantly. You WILL die if you run stupidly low armor, even if you think the content is easy. All it takes to get ripped in this game is a dsync or a bad situation. Farming or not make sure you are 100% even with contant you think is "easy" because when you're leaning back in your chair looking at the resurrect button all that will be going through your mind is "damn i wish i had X or Y on"