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BOB: Berserker, Obliteration, Blade Vortex



My idea behind this build was to have a cheap league starter that focused on area of effect while still being able to deal with most/all bosses, Turns out it's good enough to kill the Shaper.



Obliteration takes care of the AoE aspect, it scales with monster life.

Cloaked in Savagery in combination with vaal pact takes care of the other (especially with Blade Vortex because they will stay while you are not casting)





Now for the guide part, first lets go over why this works.





Obliteration, when you kill an enemy they have a 20% chance to explode per wand dealing 25% of their life as chaos damage. This can be scaled with increased damage, increased area damage, increased chaos damage and more damage from the Berserker passive skill Aspect of carnage.



Ok, so why blade vortex?



Well it was buffed, that's one reason. The more important reason is that Obliteration itself grants 15% of physical damage as chaos damage and it has a nice amount of spell damage on the implicit per wand.



For those that are curious, yes, it works with Bladefall too but Blade Vortex clears a lot faster and is a lot saver due to constantly leeching without having to cast.









Passive skill tree



Level 82



Right now before 3.0 hits, the passive tree on the site is not yet updated. the life nodes in the witch area will replace the stun avoidance cluster.



Take the 2 point jewel sockets last and try to find jewels that have + %life and any %damage mod asap for the 1 point jewel sockets.



Which Ascendancy points to take first?

I took Cloaked in savagery first because i didn't feel like i needed the damage early on while 100% leech with vaal pact trivializes a lot of content.





Bandits



Kill all.



Unless this is your league starter as in, level to 80 and use the currency obtained to roll your real build, you can kill Alira which is going to be a huge quality of life as you're getting 111% (mixed) elemental resists which almost takes care of a third you'd otherwise get on gear and the mana regen is nice as well.









Itemization





Weapons



I Prefer using two of them. there's not really a reason to use something else as your second weapon or a shield



They run for an alchemy and are the only requirement for this build. Chances are that for the first one or two days they are around 10 chaos

Well obviouslyI Prefer using two of them. there's not really a reason to use something else as your second weapon or a shieldThey run for an alchemy and are the only requirement for this build. Chances are that for the first one or two days they are around 10 chaos





Helmet





Wands do not have a good movement skill and Lightning Warp is a bad choice due to skill duration on the passive tree so movement speed is everything. It also helps a lot with the dex requirement for your gems



A slightly more expensive item, it's not required but does make the build a lot better

Wands do not have a good movement skill and Lightning Warp is a bad choice due to skill duration on the passive tree so movement speed is everything. It also helps a lot with the dex requirement for your gemsA slightly more expensive item, it's not required but does make the build a lot better



chestpiece



Still best in slot for this build, allows us to use both Vulnerability and Temporal chains, which both improve our damage and Temporal chains adds defense.



You can use a tabula till mid level maps and do fine.

Still best in slot for this build, allows us to use both Vulnerability and Temporal chains, which both improve our damage and Temporal chains adds defense.You can use a tabula till mid level maps and do fine.



Other usefull uniques



The Covenant

A good budget alternative, better than a Tabula but not as good as Cospri's



You can use The Jeweler's Touch on it for an easy 5l (effective 6l) you gain a bit more life and free up the need for Mana. you can drop Vaal Clarity and add Vaal Lightning Trap Which gives close to the damage of what would otherwise be the sixth link.

Since you lose the +1 curse from Cospri's, drop Temporal Chains





A good budget alternative, better than a Tabula but not as good as Cospri'sYou can use The Jeweler's Touch on it for an easy 5l (effective 6l) you gain a bit more life and free up the need for Mana. you can drop Vaal Clarity and add Vaal Lightning Trap Which gives close to the damage of what would otherwise be the sixth link.Since you lose the +1 curse from Cospri's, drop Temporal Chains



The rest of the items are just rares with life/resists and if you can fit it in, chaos damage on rings (from essences)







The rest of the items are just rares with life/resists and if you can fit it in, chaos damage on rings (from essences)







Jewels

Look for anything with life, increased damage, increased physical damage, increased area damage, increased spell damage and increased chaos damage.





Gem links.



Blade Vortex - Controlled Destruction - Echo - Concentrated effect - Added Chaos Damage Efficacy



Swapping Echo for Void Manipulation will be substantially more damage per blade but i prefer Echo to build up stacks quickly while mapping



If you're on a 5l, drop Echo or Efficacy



Blasphemy - Temporal Chains - Vulnerability

This grants both defense and offense





Cast When Damage Taken - Immortal Call - Vortex - Increased Duration

My gem levels are - 3 - 4 - 1 - 20 in that order



A very common defense setup, Vortex creates a large area of effect chill which slows monsters, on top of Temportal Chains.





Flame Dash - Faster Casting - Arcane Surge



While we mostly use movement speed for mobility, Flame Dash is very useful for crossing gaps, ledges etc. and to get out of something bad quickly. With the addition of Arcane Surge it also adds cast speed, damage and mana regen





Utility links





Vaal Haste Vaal Clarity- Increased Duration



Vaal clarity is mostly used for pre stacking 20 blades before going face to face with a boss, It doesn't take too many souls that it hurts Vaal Haste



If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to reply to this thread.







To answer the question of, "why are you still using poison after the 3.0 patch?"



I've tried a few things such as crit, non crit elemental conversion or just noncrit altogether and all the options seems about equal or worse. crit elemental versions certainly can get more singletarget damage but have to be inquisitor (removes the budget immortality) and can't really use Obliteration (removes the budget clearspeed) The build has taken a large hit in single target damage by the poison nerfs but it's still a great league starter and does very respectable damage endgame.For Path of Building users, here's the pastebin to import it https://pastebin.com/eVmnHsjM My idea behind this build was to have a cheap league starter that focused on area of effect while still being able to deal with most/all bosses, Turns out it's good enough to kill the Shaper.Obliteration takes care of the AoE aspect, it scales with monster life.Cloaked in Savagery in combination with vaal pact takes care of the other (especially with Blade Vortex because they will stay while you are not casting)Obliteration, when you kill an enemy they have a 20% chance to explode per wand dealing 25% of their life as chaos damage. This can be scaled with increased damage, increased area damage, increased chaos damage and more damage from the Berserker passive skill Aspect of carnage.Well it was buffed, that's one reason. The more important reason is that Obliteration itself grants 15% of physical damage as chaos damage and it has a nice amount of spell damage on the implicit per wand.For those that are curious, yes, it works with Bladefall too but Blade Vortex clears a lot faster and is a lot saver due to constantly leeching without having to cast.Right now before 3.0 hits, the passive tree on the site is not yet updated. the life nodes in the witch area will replace the stun avoidance cluster.Take the 2 point jewel sockets last and try to find jewels that have + %life and any %damage mod asap for the 1 point jewel sockets.I took Cloaked in savagery first because i didn't feel like i needed the damage early on while 100% leech with vaal pact trivializes a lot of content.Kill all.Unless this is your league starter as in, level to 80 and use the currency obtained to roll your real build, you can kill Alira which is going to be a huge quality of life as you're getting 111% (mixed) elemental resists which almost takes care of a third you'd otherwise get on gear and the mana regen is nice as well.Look for anything with life, increased damage, increased physical damage, increased area damage, increased spell damage and increased chaos damage.Swapping Echo for Void Manipulation will be substantially more damage per blade but i prefer Echo to build up stacks quickly while mappingIf you're on a 5l, drop Echo or EfficacyThis grants both defense and offenseMy gem levels are - 3 - 4 - 1 - 20 in that orderA very common defense setup, Vortex creates a large area of effect chill which slows monsters, on top of Temportal Chains.While we mostly use movement speed for mobility, Flame Dash is very useful for crossing gaps, ledges etc. and to get out of something bad quickly. With the addition of Arcane Surge it also adds cast speed, damage and mana regenVaal clarity is mostly used for pre stacking 20 blades before going face to face with a boss, It doesn't take too many souls that it hurts Vaal HasteIf you have any questions or suggestions feel free to reply to this thread.To answer the question of, "why are you still using poison after the 3.0 patch?"I've tried a few things such as crit, non crit elemental conversion or just noncrit altogether and all the options seems about equal or worse. crit elemental versions certainly can get more singletarget damage but have to be inquisitor (removes the budget immortality) and can't really use Obliteration (removes the budget clearspeed) Last edited by Eleziel on Aug 4, 2017, 2:52:02 PM Last bumped on Feb 2, 2018, 9:22:01 PM