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Elendilli wrote:
Deathadvocat wrote:This is my character for this season. I will optimize gear as I go, so you can watch every once in a while for possible improvements.

https://median-xl.com/char/AceNewSeason


I was using
Creed
Creed
(Assassin Throwing Set)

Tracker's Effigy
Tracker's Runeward
Tracker's Stealth
Tracker's Strike

Set Bonus with 2 or more set items:
+2 to Assassin Skill Levels
15% to Dexterity

Set Bonus with 3 or more set items:
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
Cannot Be Frozen

Set Bonus with complete set:
5% Chance to cast level 42 Scorpion Blade on Kill
100% Chance to cast level 13 Knife Throw on Kill
+5 to Assassin Skill Levels
-50% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+200 to Dexterity
+2 Life on Striking

at level 130 with most of the 125 charms/some of the 130 charms,
Witchhunter's Hood
Witchhunter's Hood
Cap (Sacred)

Defense: (2136 - 2611) to (2161 - 2642)
Required Level: 90
Required Strength:
250
Item Level: 1
+(80 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
10% to Strength
10% to Dexterity
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(31 to 40)%
Physical Resist 5%
(16 to 20)% Bonus to Defense
Requirements -50%
Socketed (4)

Witchhunter's Attire
(Assassin Claw Set)
(can use better helm), x2
Ripstar
Ripstar
Ring

Required Level: 60
Item Level: 60
+0.5625 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
+20 Life on Melee Attack
,
Dyers Eve
Dyers Eve
Amulet

Required Level: 100
Item Level: 120
5% Chance to cast level 5 Time Strike on Striking
+2 to All Skills
Adds 15-20 Damage
5% Life stolen per Hit
Elemental Resists +10%
Physical Resist (1 to 10)%
(I got lucky, but other options are:
Klaatu Barada Nikto
Klaatu Barada Nikto
Amulet

Required Level: 110
Item Level: 105
30% Enhanced Damage vs. Necrobots
10% Chance to cast level 40 Nova Bomb on Melee Attack
+2 to All Skills
25% Attack Speed
Adds 1-188 Lightning Damage
+650 Poison Damage over 2 seconds
Stun Attack
+(11 to 16) to Hive
Lightning Resist +(40 to 50)%
Poison Resist +(40 to 50)%
or
Beads of the Snake Queen
Beads of the Snake Queen
Amulet

Required Level: 100
Item Level: 120
4% Chance to cast level 33 Scorpion Blade on Kill
Adds 5-10 Damage
Stun Attack
+(200 to 500) Defense
(20 to 25)% to Strength
(20 to 25)% to Dexterity
+100 Life after each Kill
) with honorific boots and gloves.

The honorific items were on t4 boots and t4 gloves which can be gambled and had the following mystic orbs: Dexterity x5, maximum damage x5, magic find x5, life regeneration x5 and the final x5 mo was a mix of x5 elemental resists on one boot, and x3 faster hit recovery + x2 elemental resists on the gloves. All empty sockets are filled with Perfect Amethysts. MO your tracker gear with DEXTERITY which puts it to level 110 req then MAXIMUM DAMAGE at 130.

These two honorific items are not only incredibly cheap, great for mfing and easy to make, but they very stat and damage efficient the point where during my playthrough I noticed equipping
Wind Runner

Wind Runner
Boots

'SilElqSilGul'
Runeword Level: 100
+(0 to 1) to All Skills
50% Attack Speed
10% Movement Speed
Adds 25-68 Damage
250% Bonus to Attack Rating
(12 to 15)% Life stolen per Hit
+(171 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
made my character lose a very noticeable amount of damage. At first I was confused, but It made sense after I saw almost 450 dexterity was lost as a result of equipping Wind Runners, so don't bother upgrading your gear unless you have multiple other pieces ready.
It's also worth noting that I only had around 200 sigs at the time, so kills were slower at first and I had to kite, but as I started to approach 300 sigs then eventually 400 sigs, my damage in fauzt skyrocketed and I could just facetank through it. Sigs make a big difference when dex stacking.

Anyway the point of using the set and honorifics is just to farm Fauzt with maxed Maelstorm. I farmed from 130 to 140 pretty quickly (rank 1-2 sin) using these exact items. The set bonus is one of the reasons why you farm so fast, so don't think that mixing and matching upgraded gear will help you clear get better, because it won't in most cases... that's just how good the set bonus is.


Hey, could you post the skill tree of the mealsin you used?


@elendilli: I was wondering the same, skill distribution for a maelstrom sin?


sry for late response. didn't open forums in a while. discord is easier to find me just @ in median xl channels

max maelstrom 25pts
1pt wychwind
1pt void gazer
max way of the gryphon 25pts
max way of the phoenix 25pts
max way of the raven 15pts
max prismatic cloak 15pts
max mediation 3pts (mael is very high manacost)
1-5pts freedom (hit the best fhr frame you can manage)
1pt shadow refuge
max shadow rush 6pts
1pt queen of blades
1pt into perfect being always + remaining points into perfect being 2-20pts

This was around level 130 using the full
Creed
Creed
(Assassin Throwing Set)

Tracker's Effigy
Tracker's Runeward
Tracker's Stealth
Tracker's Strike

Set Bonus with 2 or more set items:
+2 to Assassin Skill Levels
15% to Dexterity

Set Bonus with 3 or more set items:
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
Cannot Be Frozen

Set Bonus with complete set:
5% Chance to cast level 42 Scorpion Blade on Kill
100% Chance to cast level 13 Knife Throw on Kill
+5 to Assassin Skill Levels
-50% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+200 to Dexterity
+2 Life on Striking

set.
Tracker's Strike
Tracker's Strike
Flying Knife (Sacred)

Throw Damage: (181 - 199) to (246 - 264)
One-Hand Damage: (131 - 142) to (193 - 205)
Required Level: 90
Required Dexterity: 473
Item Level: 1
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
15% Chance to cast level 6 Knife Throw on Striking
50% Attack Speed
Adds 40-100 Damage
+(140 to 170)% Enhanced Damage
+(41 to 50) to Dexterity
Socketed (2)

Creed
(Assassin Throwing Set)
mo as much %ed on the weapon as possible to put it close to 200% ed. If you still have room, add some %mana steal mo's if you still have mana issues OR deadly strike for more damage.
Relic (ATMG Sentry)
Relic
Required Level: 75
3% Chance to cast level 30 ATMG Sentry on Kill
+(2 to 5) to ATMG Sentry
+1 Mana on Striking
helps solve most of these mana issues as well.

For the rest of the armor pieces, mo x5 Dexterity to every piece followed by x5 Maximum damage. This will make the level requirement be 130 after both dex and max dmg mo's are applied. If you feel like your damage is enough, instead of x5 Max dmg mo, you can do x5 magic find mo's.

Fill all your sockets with Perfect Amethysts after you cap your resists.

Lastly, remember that the amount of signets you have eaten will impact how much damage you deal. Since this is a dex stacking build, the more signets you have eaten, the more dex you have and the better your clear becomes which is why there is not that many points in perfect being since this is strictly for farming fauzt from 130-140. I suspect some of you will face difficulty tanking the mobs in fauzt, but once you acquire signets as you disenchant sets/uniques for sigs, it will feel smoother and farming will become very quick if you have followed the outline i listed above. Of course if you have difficulty, me or other users in discord will be happy to point out what the issue might be.
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Get rid of shadow bite. Get sky murder as well as stormcrows relic.
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Bonus to Defense. The +% to Character defense thing.
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BoneZone wrote:Get rid of shadow bite. Get sky murder as well as stormcrows relic.


I‘m actually using both atm. As I‘m not using any switch gear I‘m using sky murder for mob clear and shadow bite for bosses.
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Well since there is a new EWD base there is a way to build a pure elemental throwsin.
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How do you get more life? im stuck at 10k ish without investing points into vitality and swaping dex gems/runes for vit or craft jewels?
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peilis wrote:How do you get more life? im stuck at 10k ish without investing points into vitality and swaping dex gems/runes for vit or craft jewels?


Complete all life and %life trophy challenges.
Use flat life small cycles on your wormhole.
Use the Trophy Set helm/ammy combo with as many trophies to boost the flat life from the set.
Lottery your armor for max life (lottery is not lucky).

12k life is pretty good to aim for after doing at least the challenges and wormhole. Trophy set and lottery are always optional.