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confused about blade fury build
questions:
1. i sometimes see people trading for fools/eviceration claws. is this for a blade fury build?
2. if you dual weild claws, are both weapons' mods applied to the blades? in other words you could use fools in one hand for AR and something more damage-oriented in the other. or is it right hand only?
3. would fortitude be a good choice for this build or does off-weapon %ed not work correctly with blades?
4. it seems that blade fury has a fixed attack speed and doesnt rely on ias. what is the rate of attack in frames? is it pretty fast? is it a zeal-style attack or do the blades come out together?
5. can more than one blade hit a single monster? in other words, is there a "shotgun effect" whereby standing close to a target administers more damage, or is it one blade max?
6. does blade throwing slow down when you are chilled? or is it a "cast" skill and so chilling doesnt affect attack speed?
7. as seen below, i intend to use a whole lot of +AR items. the build guide recommends holy freeze but it seems that this build is crying out for blessed aim. but would a visionary hat and blessed aim and a demon limb in stash be overkill? how much AR is sufficient? 3k? 5k? 10k?
8. can monsters block blades like any other physically-administered attack?
9. does crushing blow suffer the ranged penalty or does it work fully?
heres how i plan to set up my build:
i already have a 5 os eth berserker axe, and i have a gul and some other runes lying around, so i can have a vex inside of a week hopefully. this means death, woot. everything else should be cheap to get, except for one thing...
death berserker axe
fortitude dusk (already have)
angelic amulet
angelic ring
angelic ring
trangs belt (for no freeze)
gores
cleglaws gloves (slow, knockback, AR)
cleglaw's shield (AR)
on switch
lawbringer (for decrepify!)
and - rare circlet with this mod: +% Attack Rating (Based On Character Level)
Available on
Visionary + (1 Per Character Level) 1-99% To Attack Rating (Based On Character Level) Helms(35), Missile Weapons(35)
finding a decent circlet with visionary mod might be hard. but i think it could really make the build rock. the guide i read on this board has the character use guillaume's, but with death and gores i am already at 65% crushing blow and about 55% deadly strike at level 80 i think attack rating would be more useful at this point. i could also just make a duress instead of using my existing fort to reach 80% cb.
with 2xangelics and cleglaws, i would have a raw boost of about 3k AR at level 80, and then +80% of that from visionary mod for 5500 or so. this 5500 in addition to whatever steel charms i can find and my dex should give me a pretty good chance to hit even before blessed aim or demon limb come into play.
before you say "an extra 800 AR from cleglaws 2 item bonus is stupid," i think the slow target and knockback is also very appealing for this build. it would seriously put the brakes on crowds and dangerous boss packs. without holy freeze i think knockback, slow and decrep are a key part of this build.
all comments and especially answers to the 9 questions would be appreciated.
i guess in writing this i talked myself out of using a visionary hat because guillaumes really is a lot better. but ill leave that part in as food for though.
questions:
1. i sometimes see people trading for fools/eviceration claws. is this for a blade fury build?
2. if you dual weild claws, are both weapons' mods applied to the blades? in other words you could use fools in one hand for AR and something more damage-oriented in the other. or is it right hand only?
3. would fortitude be a good choice for this build or does off-weapon %ed not work correctly with blades?
4. it seems that blade fury has a fixed attack speed and doesnt rely on ias. what is the rate of attack in frames? is it pretty fast? is it a zeal-style attack or do the blades come out together?
5. can more than one blade hit a single monster? in other words, is there a "shotgun effect" whereby standing close to a target administers more damage, or is it one blade max?
6. does blade throwing slow down when you are chilled? or is it a "cast" skill and so chilling doesnt affect attack speed?
7. as seen below, i intend to use a whole lot of +AR items. the build guide recommends holy freeze but it seems that this build is crying out for blessed aim. but would a visionary hat and blessed aim and a demon limb in stash be overkill? how much AR is sufficient? 3k? 5k? 10k?
8. can monsters block blades like any other physically-administered attack?
9. does crushing blow suffer the ranged penalty or does it work fully?
heres how i plan to set up my build:
i already have a 5 os eth berserker axe, and i have a gul and some other runes lying around, so i can have a vex inside of a week hopefully. this means death, woot. everything else should be cheap to get, except for one thing...
death berserker axe
fortitude dusk (already have)
angelic amulet
angelic ring
angelic ring
trangs belt (for no freeze)
gores
cleglaws gloves (slow, knockback, AR)
cleglaw's shield (AR)
on switch
lawbringer (for decrepify!)
and - rare circlet with this mod: +% Attack Rating (Based On Character Level)
Available on
Visionary + (1 Per Character Level) 1-99% To Attack Rating (Based On Character Level) Helms(35), Missile Weapons(35)
finding a decent circlet with visionary mod might be hard. but i think it could really make the build rock. the guide i read on this board has the character use guillaume's, but with death and gores i am already at 65% crushing blow and about 55% deadly strike at level 80 i think attack rating would be more useful at this point. i could also just make a duress instead of using my existing fort to reach 80% cb.
with 2xangelics and cleglaws, i would have a raw boost of about 3k AR at level 80, and then +80% of that from visionary mod for 5500 or so. this 5500 in addition to whatever steel charms i can find and my dex should give me a pretty good chance to hit even before blessed aim or demon limb come into play.
before you say "an extra 800 AR from cleglaws 2 item bonus is stupid," i think the slow target and knockback is also very appealing for this build. it would seriously put the brakes on crowds and dangerous boss packs. without holy freeze i think knockback, slow and decrep are a key part of this build.
all comments and especially answers to the 9 questions would be appreciated.
i guess in writing this i talked myself out of using a visionary hat because guillaumes really is a lot better. but ill leave that part in as food for though.