Don't go for broke trying a str stacker. If you really want to try it out go for the Champion variant first. This has a higher gear ceiling than the champion but needs more investment to get going.
@@omeririk00 True - can try Champion with Impale scaling (Impale chance paradoxica + Watcher's eye) - will be a bit squishier + slightly less damage but it should be a good starter version
Oh... somehow my layout isn't accurate. You do want -2 explicit mods to force a 2 mod blue item with 2 fractures. I also noticed the layout is missing the influence corpse - don't forget that either :') I would just drop the preserve corpses for them
Dual Strike is still very strong. For strength stacking Battlemage's Cry was changed so that was a bit of a nerf. I think a better version of the build might be Uberdan's endurance charge stacker version with Nebuloch. He plays as Jugg, able to facetank basically everything and uses Trauma support to help ramp damage - here is his old pob: pobb.in/JCPoABbWh8HW That gear might be extremely expensive with how many melee players will be around this league tho
Not sure if Dual Strike of Ambidexterity is the best skill choice here as the only thing you get out of this skill is the offhand attack time since your main weapon literally has no base damage for the %more damage with main weapon. If attack speed is your main concern of this build, you could simply use Double Strike of Momentum...
Paradoxica doubles the flat damage being added from your boots - and then that gets further amplified from the Dual Strike of Amidexterity gem - it's definitely the strongest combo for melee at the moment and most likely going to get nerfed a bit next league
@@criticap-jo9dl That is how it works though. Alberon's adds flat damage to attacks - which Paradoxica doubles, which then gets multiplied the skill gem. The same interaction works with Ephemeral Edge's flat added lightning damage which is another popular variant of the build
trying to understand how to craft the helmet, isn't it possible to start with a redeemer influenced base rather than warlord (it looked like thats what alk did, seems like the redeemer helms are cheaper), then you elevate mana efficiency on that and use awakener's orb to put the warlord acc mod on it. does the awakener orb guarantee the acc mod when you do that though?
You can start with either - you just need to make sure that you have 1 of each elevated mod with no other influenced mod. When you awakener orb make sure to keep the fractured base, and the result will always be a helmet with your fractured life, strength, and both of your elevated mods. The risky part of this craft is that your prefixes have a small chance to fill up preventing you from finishing the item
I made a league start guide for Boneshatter Slayer - I'd recommend following that. You can switch to Dual Strike probably around level 90 and it would feel smooth if you have the gear th-cam.com/video/jYUtCdSob1k/w-d-xo.html
I've been watching my favorite streamer use this recently and it's great to be able to play just like them
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Gonna try this out, been looking for a excuse to try out the new dual strike, thanks!
Don't go for broke trying a str stacker. If you really want to try it out go for the Champion variant first. This has a higher gear ceiling than the champion but needs more investment to get going.
@@omeririk00 True - can try Champion with Impale scaling (Impale chance paradoxica + Watcher's eye) - will be a bit squishier + slightly less damage but it should be a good starter version
already played this in affliction. somehow i had like 300m dps, but i wasnt hc tho. and we had TWWT and charms.
This is really helpful! For the grave craft, do you not need the two -explicit modifier corpses to force the life/strength?
Oh... somehow my layout isn't accurate. You do want -2 explicit mods to force a 2 mod blue item with 2 fractures. I also noticed the layout is missing the influence corpse - don't forget that either :') I would just drop the preserve corpses for them
Any thoughts on this with the melee buffs in 3.25? Not planning on SSF, so should be able to gear nicely too
Dual Strike is still very strong.
For strength stacking Battlemage's Cry was changed so that was a bit of a nerf. I think a better version of the build might be Uberdan's endurance charge stacker version with Nebuloch. He plays as Jugg, able to facetank basically everything and uses Trauma support to help ramp damage - here is his old pob: pobb.in/JCPoABbWh8HW
That gear might be extremely expensive with how many melee players will be around this league tho
Not sure if Dual Strike of Ambidexterity is the best skill choice here as the only thing you get out of this skill is the offhand attack time since your main weapon literally has no base damage for the %more damage with main weapon.
If attack speed is your main concern of this build, you could simply use Double Strike of Momentum...
Paradoxica doubles the flat damage being added from your boots - and then that gets further amplified from the Dual Strike of Amidexterity gem - it's definitely the strongest combo for melee at the moment and most likely going to get nerfed a bit next league
@@NeverJax That is not how it works. "% more Damage with Main Hand Weapon" is a local multiplier to weapon only.
@@criticap-jo9dl That is how it works though. Alberon's adds flat damage to attacks - which Paradoxica doubles, which then gets multiplied the skill gem. The same interaction works with Ephemeral Edge's flat added lightning damage which is another popular variant of the build
trying to understand how to craft the helmet, isn't it possible to start with a redeemer influenced base rather than warlord (it looked like thats what alk did, seems like the redeemer helms are cheaper), then you elevate mana efficiency on that and use awakener's orb to put the warlord acc mod on it. does the awakener orb guarantee the acc mod when you do that though?
You can start with either - you just need to make sure that you have 1 of each elevated mod with no other influenced mod. When you awakener orb make sure to keep the fractured base, and the result will always be a helmet with your fractured life, strength, and both of your elevated mods. The risky part of this craft is that your prefixes have a small chance to fill up preventing you from finishing the item
@@NeverJax much appreciated, this level of crafting is new to me
Is there also a leveling path for it? Would be great thanks for the great video!
I made a league start guide for Boneshatter Slayer - I'd recommend following that. You can switch to Dual Strike probably around level 90 and it would feel smooth if you have the gear th-cam.com/video/jYUtCdSob1k/w-d-xo.html
Are you manual casting Focus?
Yep! It’s on second skill bar
how this build deals with mana problems I don't get it
One of my clusters has mana leech, otherwise pick up a mana leech node and don’t reserve too much mana - use a lower level precision
@@NeverJax thanks a lot, subscribed!)
if u spent that much for crafting all the gear, freaking divine for str rolls... 1 above min roll T1 str... its a shame for those items
I actually ran out of currency after I finished the gloves so I just yolo'd the ubers
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