You can’t not play the current version. LE won’t let you “log in” without being on the current patch.
I run it without the Flawless Defender/Shield Crafter nodes and just auto cast Ring of Shields. RoS gives so much defensively it’s worth it to me. I put 3 points in Dark Nexus in the Warpath tree to generate more mana passively. This works well for me, I tend to Volatile Reversal anytime i see my mana jump down for the autocast.
Yea I don’t use Moving Forge or Reckless Spin in the Warpath tree. Those points seem better spent elsewhere.
Yes I do. 0.8.3e now
I guess what i was trying to get across…
@Defiance - where does it say it only gives health to shields? Where does it say it gives health at all? Just not sure on this one. I’m probably missing something altogether.
@Phoenix Strike - this is where I have to put some faith into Boardman that he knows that ignite does not scale well with this build. And I imagine as a physical damage over time build it makes sense at first glance anyway.
These builds are not min maxed. There just base builds that you can expand upon that are already capable of beating all content.
Questions like these and testing there results is a good thing and what I hope you do with the build as you play it!
Is there anyway around Reckless Spin? Or do I just need to slam resists on my gear? Cause it seems a lot lol
Edit: Just read your above reply, good point. Maybe ill just play around with it.
Does anybody have a good advice where best to find the Valdyr´s Chalice? I hope it is not a random drop
Level 85 atm. Following Boardman’s gear, & affixes except I use a winged helm for the crit avoidance and I do not have the unqiue chalice yet and I have only made it to wave 75 in arena sooo I have some work yet to do, but…
I’m not using Reckless Spin or ANY of the skills to the right of Unchained. ATM.
So no forged weapons being summoned and none of that armor shred business.
I am not 100% on this but as I understand it…
Armor Shred is only good for the melee hits and does nothing for the bleed effect which this build is focused on.
So using those points elsewhere (as in putting 5/5 into Unchained) is possible. And the increased movement speed is VERY nice.
Soooo somebody PLEASE correct me if I am the dumb kid in the classroom asap.
It’s a random drop. I am still looking for it. But that’s the fun amirite?
Armor shred helps for hits but not for the bleeds correct
Up next is thoughts on not summoning the forged weapons via the Warpath skill nodes.
How much does this affect the damage/build.
Or are we just speccing into it just cause we can?
Certainly they do some DPS and I assume they can apply bleeds. But is it significant?
I can’t really tell a difference and maybe that’s all that matters but I’m also not running lvl 100 stuff yet.
Correct on both accounts as I stated in the video 
Definitely unspec and try some other nodes out and play around 
Hey! Hey! Hey! I watched your video! (I just have selective hearing.)
Edit: yea I suspect I will be spec’ing back into the forged weapons for late game after the build comes together more.
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So the reign of dragons boss…*note I do not have the unique chalice yet & lvl 87…tried 6 times to kill him, switched back to the Warpath/forge weapon spec - killed him without issue.
Soooo…staying with Boardman’s Warpath skill spec atm.
Those forged weapons do add noticeable DPS imo.
Not a huge data pool of 7 fights with that dragon but enough to keep as is for now.
How do you have your Warpath set up if you don’t mind my asking. Because, I want to get way from Reckless Spin, tried a few different ways but I still manage to mana starve myself.
I specced out of the entire chain to Moving Forge.
That gives you 7 points (8 with unspeccing Reckless Spin too) to max out Unchained and fill in the other nodes to the left as you see fit.
It was really nice I liked it. More mana (3/5 Dark Nexus) and movement speed is the bomb.
But for now I went back to B’man’s Warpath spec as noted.
Ah okay. Thank you so much for the info.
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Since this has been a topic I’ll share my deep, deep, little girl, emotional feelings completely unsubstantiated by any facts, figures, or data.
I flip-flop a bit on the Warpath skills. Nothing new to see here.
**Lvl 91, still no unique chalice.
I’ve specced/respecced half a dozen times taking note of whether or not the forge weapons and -30% resists are worth it. I think in a boss fight or two the forge weapons are nice, a bit of extra DPS/bleed/aggro, but the overall extra movement speed & AoE is even nicer.
You get an extra point in Forge Guard tree by removing Folded Steel too.
And you don’t have to worry about that dang -30 resists.
Just for my Warpath tree:
-Teh Stabbie
@Firos, unique chalice dropped for me. Got to empowered timelines, fired up The Last Ruin mono (which gives increased chance of unique relic drops) and it dropped in first quest echo.
Yay for me but more importantly, yay for 11th hour and LE for having a way to semi-target random drops. Very nice.