



LvL 82 Map Daresso with Abyssus -

LvL 77 Abyssal Tempest Merveil -





With the recent META really punishing my favorite play style (evasion) with global monster damage modifiers, bosses with RT, and bosses with a lot of Physical spells I decided it was time to play a reave build on the left side of the tree. Now hear me out, 1h swords on the left side of the tree with RT may not have crazy insane DPS but I wanted to live and experience some end game content!



**DISCLAIMER** I don't know who did a rendition of this build first nor do I care. This is an idea I wanted to mess around with and ran with it.



Skill Tree -



Bandits - Help Oak - Kill all - Help Oak



Links: Note my single target is the same as AoE damage.



6L (In order) Reave - Multistrike - Meleephys - Fortify - Faster Attacks - Added Fire



I use Fortify always in this build to further push my defenses. You can put it on whirling blades but honestly better to be safer than sorry.



4L - Cast When Damage Taken - Enfeeble - Molten Shell - Flame Golem



In this set up I leveled all gems. Having a high level molten shell gives a ton of a armor late game and really does make a difference. The Flame Golem in ehre is a steady way to ensure 100% up time on the bugger without having to be bothered with the recasting when they die.



3L - Vaal Reave - Hatred - Determination



Vaal Reave has no mana cost this makes up for the free socket you get from the nerf to reduced mana.



4L - Vengeance - Reckoning - Melee Phys - Added Fire



3L/4S - Increased Duration - Blood Magic - Blood Rage - Empty Socket - Riposte or whatever



3L - Blood Magic - Whirling Blades - Enduring Cry



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Here's a snap shot of my character sheet with gear posted below it. This snap shot is only with Determination Aura - With a Granite I'm sitting at 79k armor. Also note this is prior to endurance charges. I run 7, so unless I get hit by a Nullifier (rare) I'm usually way over resistance cap.









Here is my gear -







I can run abyssus without any problems because my armor is so high I never get armor pierced and the increased physical damage taken isn't noticeable at all! The only thing to worry about however is more degen from blood rage and bleeds. This is why I am running to remove bleed instant flasks.



This build is honestly one of the most simple and mindless specs out there but you won't take damage at all. It's a one click spec, keep up enduring cry on CD, use bloodrage so long as it isn't a 60% less regen map or you don't have vuln on you.



To sustain mana I used jewels paired with some mana leech. Also linked below is my third jewel. You can replace my last one with Malicious Intent for extra dps is preferred.









In terms of tree progression I went through the basic pathing out of marauder and picked up RT ASAP. I chose RT because this build would need at least 40 more points to go crit to make it semi efficient. You also lose a lot of survivability going crit. It's mostly likely better to go crit as an iron reflexes build right side of the tree if you wanted to go armor anyways. From there I went to Sovereignty so I could where Determination, you can use HoA instead for leveling for faster clear but if you're having a tough time living put on determination asap. Hatred goes on at lvl 26 no matter what. By now you should be investing in the Marauder Jewel and Templar Jewel. These two will clear out most mana problems, you won't need an elreon ring until a 6L.



From levels 60-66 i farmed Felshrine Merc for Celestial Justicar cards which allowed me to eventually get my 6L astral plate ilvl 80 (only turn it in at that level or find a friend you can trust to turn it in for you) I chaos spammed my shield and chest until what you see above!



I will be updating this build guide in the future most likely so please feel free to ask questions. This is just a bare bones guides with much more information to add! Hello all! I rarely write these type of guides up, however, with enough prodding from my twitch channel I decided to do so.LvL 82 Map Daresso with Abyssus - http://www.twitch.tv/zenocidegenius/v/9281897 LvL 77 Abyssal Tempest Merveil - http://www.twitch.tv/zenocidegenius/v/9281797 With the recent META really punishing my favorite play style (evasion) with global monster damage modifiers, bosses with RT, and bosses with a lot of Physical spells I decided it was time to play a reave build on the left side of the tree. Now hear me out, 1h swords on the left side of the tree with RT may not have crazy insane DPS but I wanted to live and experience some end game content!**DISCLAIMER** I don't know who did a rendition of this build first nor do I care. This is an idea I wanted to mess around with and ran with it.Skill Tree - http://tinyurl.com/nzrfzrh Bandits - Help Oak - Kill all - Help OakLinks: Note my single target is the same as AoE damage.6L (In order) Reave - Multistrike - Meleephys - Fortify - Faster Attacks - Added FireI use Fortify always in this build to further push my defenses. You can put it on whirling blades but honestly better to be safer than sorry.4L - Cast When Damage Taken - Enfeeble - Molten Shell - Flame GolemIn this set up I leveled all gems. Having a high level molten shell gives a ton of a armor late game and really does make a difference. The Flame Golem in ehre is a steady way to ensure 100% up time on the bugger without having to be bothered with the recasting when they die.3L - Vaal Reave - Hatred - DeterminationVaal Reave has no mana cost this makes up for the free socket you get from the nerf to reduced mana.4L - Vengeance - Reckoning - Melee Phys - Added Fire3L/4S - Increased Duration - Blood Magic - Blood Rage - Empty Socket - Riposte or whatever3L - Blood Magic - Whirling Blades - Enduring Cry------------------------------------------------------------------------------Here's a snap shot of my character sheet with gear posted below it. This snap shot is only with Determination Aura - With a Granite I'm sitting at 79k armor. Also note this is prior to endurance charges. I run 7, so unless I get hit by a Nullifier (rare) I'm usually way over resistance cap.Here is my gear -I can run abyssus without any problems because my armor is so high I never get armor pierced and the increased physical damage taken isn't noticeable at all! The only thing to worry about however is more degen from blood rage and bleeds. This is why I am running to remove bleed instant flasks.This build is honestly one of the most simple and mindless specs out there but you won't take damage at all. It's a one click spec, keep up enduring cry on CD, use bloodrage so long as it isn't a 60% less regen map or you don't have vuln on you.To sustain mana I used jewels paired with some mana leech. Also linked below is my third jewel. You can replace my last one with Malicious Intent for extra dps is preferred.In terms of tree progression I went through the basic pathing out of marauder and picked up RT ASAP. I chose RT because this build would need at least 40 more points to go crit to make it semi efficient. You also lose a lot of survivability going crit. It's mostly likely better to go crit as an iron reflexes build right side of the tree if you wanted to go armor anyways. From there I went to Sovereignty so I could where Determination, you can use HoA instead for leveling for faster clear but if you're having a tough time living put on determination asap. Hatred goes on at lvl 26 no matter what. By now you should be investing in the Marauder Jewel and Templar Jewel. These two will clear out most mana problems, you won't need an elreon ring until a 6L.From levels 60-66 i farmed Felshrine Merc for Celestial Justicar cards which allowed me to eventually get my 6L astral plate ilvl 80 (only turn it in at that level or find a friend you can trust to turn it in for you) I chaos spammed my shield and chest until what you see above!I will be updating this build guide in the future most likely so please feel free to ask questions. This is just a bare bones guides with much more information to add! Last edited by ZenocideGenius on Aug 6, 2015, 12:57:54 PM Last bumped on Mar 11, 2017, 4:58:25 PM