You NEVER go half-retard
What brought me to theorycrafting this build?
Theory of the build
Skills
What you want to get
What you want to avoid
Passive Keystones
Random blah blah
First of all, this build is very experimental, which means I
don't have the right way to level or gear yourself up obviously dps
is vital to this build though as well as lifeleech.
How I came up with this buildI always wanted to play a CI
character and never have before. I don't like ranged characters in
this game a lot, almost every character I have is melee because of
personal preference. So I took a look at the forums and decided
there was nothing I wanted to take as base and adapt and I started
theorizing what I could use on a CI melee char. I ended up with
what you can see here.
Theory of the buildSince you go Chaos Innoculation your max life
will be 1 and your chaos res is 100%. High Energy Shield is your
main survivability so you want to sustain it properly. Since ES
recharge is delayed when you're hit you'll have to think about
something different when you're in the middle of a battle which
brought me to Ghost Reaver.Turning Lifeleech into supplying ES
instead of life makes sure you stay alive. But where to get it
from? Of course you can choose any weapon/gear with lifeleech but I
decided I'd go for a dualwield claw build. Two Claws are better
than one, right?For ES regen you have more than one option actually
I can think of three.First: Resolute technique you'll never miss a
hit, so every single hit leechesSecond: High accuracy (cap hit
chance)Third: Get high life regen + Zealoth's Oath (Life
Regeneration applies to Energy Shield instead of Life)
You'll want to combine either 1 and 3 or 2 and 3. RT + ZO gives
you pretty much a flat dps without any spikes, so reflect won't
surprise you at all and should be no problem because you'll never
deal critical strikes.High acc + ZO means you can and should go
crit.
What I wanted to create? Well, I tend to create insane
characters (referring to a lot of friends of mine) so I wanted to
be this one nonetheless insane. That's why I wanted to create a
facetank energyshield lifeleech fuck danger-kind of thing.
SkillsI used reave for groups and double strike/dual strike for
leveling, depending on whether you go for Claw + ES shield or dual
claw from the start. EitherReave + Faster Attacks + Melee physical
damageorDualstrike/Doublestrike + Faster Attacks + Melee physical
damage + Melee splash
You absolutely NEED to get a GGRR 4L which means either 2 or 4
off-color sockets on either Chest/Helm/Gloves/Boots. Remember you
wanna max ES.
Later you'll want to switch to 5L or if you can afford
6L.Cyclone + Faster Attacks + Melee Physical Damage + Melee Damage
On Full Life + Lifeleech
You can swap Lifeleech for Increased Critical Damage, Increased
Critical Strike, Concentrated Effect or Increased Area of Effect.
If you get a 6L with proper colors you may consider this:Cyclone +
Faster Attacks + Melee Physical Damage + Melee Damage on Full Life
+ Increased Critical Damage + Increased Area of Effect
Auras:Hatred obviously cold damage helps you to survive as you
slow enemies. If you go crit you can shatter your enemies for like
90% of the time.Herald of AshHerald of ThunderDiscipline obviously
the higher the ES the better
