Blood Steel Champ - Still Fine More Tanky?

[@XR190190]

Don, just wanted to thank you for this build ! I used to be a double strike champion back in the days, did a transition to slams the last leagues and couldn't find a proper champ build that gives me this "omg i love it" feelings... UNTIL i find your build ! Really loving it, smotth clear, incredible bossing with lancing ! Once again, thank you !

[@fallengabe]

Can’t wait to try this out at the start of the league tyvm

[@snowblind85]

Would it be worth it to try and add determination for the extra armor since we got around 10k as this without losing a lot of damage? Getting randomly ganked is scourge verse.

[@ukdnbmarsh]

this is the biggest overhaul since i started playing about 3 years ago (3500 hours)

[@thirtysilver33]

They changed a ton of nothing. If you really look at the old tree and the new -- it isn't any different. Sure, you may move something, call it something else, replace a mechanic with another that seems completely different but the same; all remains the same.

[@dantetaranto4434]

That build carryed me hard last league. Totally gonna try it again!

[@Xebtria]

given no nerfs hit this build, I am planning to do this in 3.17. what would be good alternatives to dreadbeaks if those are not easily accessible and/or very expensive early on for some reason? (as intermediate step between terminus est and savior/paradoxica)

[@DonTheCrown]

oddly enough gonna say that this build doesnt really hold up to my gold standard anymore and unless it gets a buff in the incoming patch the video will be about the death of the build xD also dreadbeak is the budget option

[@Xebtria]

@@DonTheCrown Oh that is very sad to hear :( Care to elaborate, why it isn't gold standard anymore? damage or tankiness? or is it the gameplay of steel skills?

[@DonTheCrown]

@@Xebtria gold standard is like wrecks sirus on no gear, doesnt really do that anymore =/ was a bit of a struggle dps wise since theyve swung -30% damage every patch for like 3 patches

[@Xebtria]

@@DonTheCrown OK, very sad to hear, I did not expect dps to be the issue... 🙁 Are there any alternatives on the horizon? Or is it too early to tell until there are changes announced?

[@miflofbierculles5117]

Now this looks really tanky, definitely going to leaguestart this to get some real thiccness. We allready have boatloads of sustain, but some life gain on hit rings would be awesome. Also a vitality with lgoh and impale watchers eye would be perf, unaffordable though. Do i see this right that our only source of blind in pob is paradoxica? With this much evasion, blind is huge for defense and the -evasion is allways nice, but it is not mentioned in the notes for paradoxica. Any reason why we are not using an anomalous blood rage for bossing besides price (I have no idea how expensive this is)? Frenzy and hydrosphere seems a bit clunky, same for rage and berserk, uptime won't be really possible during bossfights. Berserk gives us boatloads of damage but it only lasts 6s. Btw, you can turn on saviour reflections under skills, you have to check "include in full dps", this will give you the dps with the amount of reflections you set as full DPS damage at the bottom of the left side.

[@707Wiinniiee707]

1 queston on the build, how do you generate Rage ( what do you link it with ?) Really good build

[@jksmellie]

Chain Hook + Hydropshere on weapon swap. Use Hydrosphere then spam Chain Hook on that. Only useful on fights with a decent setup phase (aka Conquerors, Sirus, Maven fights, etc).

[@707Wiinniiee707]

@@jksmellie Thank you !

[@EnjoyGengar]

this build is still op yep

[@forsaken8382]

how generals cry bf zerker compare to this?

[@SF_Savitar]

Wayyyy sqeeshier and less dmg on budget

[@user-gp7ks3gv7q]

Yo Don how to like the same vid more than 1 time ?

[@ataulfo6668]

Well, this is the only build that get me to complete the whole end game, so must be good xD thanks!

[@phatschtuff]

Lancing/Splitting - which one should be used with GMP (if any)?

[@DonTheCrown]

gmp is only good for lancing, im using double crit still instead

[@goblinmule5151]

Any cluster jewel setups that would be worth going for?

[@Tom_Rose]

Not much, Only one is a super expensive 8 cluster physical/attack one: Feed the fury Fuel the fight Martial Prowess It's really strong and provides dual leech, but it'll be very expensive and only worth it because it adds another jewel socket really easily

[@guiduzinho]

Has anyone tested the Grace variation yet? Thinking about going for it :)

[@DonTheCrown]

yeah its been pretty decent, explode sometimes in like 100+ scourge like most others

[@drayquan23]

Thanks! :D

[@ofsoundmind28]

Thank you sir I tweeted at you yesterday, I woke up and you made the video! 😱

[@Kondzitsu]

is blind important for paradoxica?

[@DonTheCrown]

its nice but not necessary

[@antwnhs213]

Get some blind on gloves,it helps a lot.

[@DonTheCrown]

@@antwnhs213 blind got massively nerfed this league sadly

[@pathofexile7529]

For algorithm.

[@kelva1304]

algorithm feed

[@123backwards]

Sorry don, the build is a snooze fest as a starter, Crafted a 540 dps 1.81 aps Still yawned, so dps meh at maps, just because slow attack speed