Huge shoutout to Yay and Phoenexia for their input on the build! Took me a while as I've been suffering with some inner ear issues (BPPV for those who care) but I managed to get the video out. As always PoBs will be updated over time as I get new info or have time to put additional work into the build. Hope you enjoy! Play the build this league as Vengeant Cascade is almost assuredly gonna get the nerf-hammer next league.
for the end-game setting. you can swap the armor to lioneye's vision double corrupted so it can have +4 gem levels and 6-links , because SS has AOE and Projectile tags on it. even though you cant use another curse(actually the curse on the gloves is only worth less than 7% of dps) It also has to be with the forbidden jewels to overwhelm to secure Critical Chance(DPS). As a result, You can get easier map clearing(pierce support from lioneye's) and more dps.
I have seen a zillion of these build guide videos and i swear this is the most coherent, easy to follow one in the genre. Thank you for thinking aboht what you put out at all.
Another very nice watcher's eye mod to get (in case you're like me and can't run pride yet bc you stubbornly insist on dual wield and have not enough money to get all auras running) is "gain a flask charge on crit while affected by precision". With how many times you're hitting, you will have permanent uptime of flasks even while nothing hits you (also lets you get the increased effect prefix on your flasks instead of flagellant's if you're good enough to dodge sections with nothing to hit like exarch ball or maven memory game)
Just an FYI for anyone wanting to go the high budget version. The orbs to enchant your sword will end up costing you 5-20x the whole cost of the high budget build.
You can go starforge instead of crafting sword. Its around 1div currently. Also dual weild armor stack with dreamfeather will be probably more dps and you can use different belt.
If you want another option, Replica Wings are amazing for this build as well, as you can grab both dual-wield and two-handed masteries, and axe mastery has the +40% Onslaught effect.
i would recommend ceaseless feast gloves. You hit so many times that after two attacks rares and uniques will have no defence and evasion, this also gives you permanent endurance and frenzy charges. You can skip the overwhelm mechanic since the boses wont have armour.
We would lose mark effect, intimidate, and all of the normal stats we obtain on a standard pair of gloves. We already have enough accuracy to hit through evasion, we overwhelm all phys dr just by getting nodes that are good otherwise, we have max frenzies, we could get max endurance if you wanted to run enduring cry but didn't feel like it was worth it.
Im not even at the end-game build and im already doing more damage than I have ever done in my 1.2k hours. This is by far the most fun build ive ever played. :)
Im just going through leveling right now, my only gripe atm is how mana starve you are throughout the leveling process making you need to keep an eye on multiple things at once; reloading, mana management, positioning.
I feel that 2 hand sword is a waste of skill points. instead of focusing on 1 type of sword, focus on just sword damage that buffs all. Also, top of the image that's on middle of the tree. there are 3 unallocated, each 1 gives 18% resistance to fire, another on ice and lightning. A bit to the right there are 3 unallocated that each provide 8% projectile damage. 24% in total.
Dual wield beltimer+saviour with 4 med cluster is way more dmg I instant delete the uber before need use call of steel Beltimer downside is nothing , just frostblink as boss become vulnerable But nice work
hey man luv the content... i only follow your builds ... but i cant seem to understand the brutal restraint part of the splitting steel build... all of them in the trade store seems the same... ain't seeing the wind dancer and aura options on my end.. what should i look for really ??
Hi. Does this passive tree hold up for the new league. I know it’s a bit slower to level as Ss but I can’t be bothered to spend currency to switch everything later.
Enjoying my version I made so far. Definitely would feel better with better leech or life on hit added. Using enduring cry + instant keystone currently. With that 10% instant leech mastery and life on hit node I didn't even know about, I might try those instead. As always, I certainly wish I had access to forbidden flame/flesh jewels in SSF for builds like this.
about mark effect , does that mean that using divergent mark on hit (21% reduce mark effect ) will make sniper's mark 21/20 split toward 4 instead of 5 ?
hey man having a great time with this so far, i would really like to know what auras should i make my priority and how to achieve having all of them active at the same time, for now i can only have the banner, purity of elements and determination.
Later on you'll have more RMR from your chest/helmet as well as helmet implicit and nodes on the tree. A level 3 enlighten on your big auras helps also.
@Big Ducks nice thanks, for now I'm finishing campaign and using a holy chain mail as 6link I was lucky to find a divine so I geared myself (sort of) for now, I guess I'll start maps with my current setup and build from there up.
Insane build. Crazy damage. The mid build is actually not 10-20 divine. Just the sword craft cost me 20 divine maybe more. And the rest of the gear cost me fortunes to craft using all the deafening essences. Essences are not cheap these days. But it's worth it at the end, I melt bosses.
I rolled RF Jugg for my league starter and once I build up some currency (and find the time) I'm definitely going to roll this build! I played your Poison BV build close to when I first started playing PoE and I loved it. Thanks for another great build guide!
question for you. Pohx has a really nice resource for RF, including a loot filter. I really like this shattering steel build, but honestly I'm pretty bad a determining what should and shouldn't be on a useful lootfilter. Do you have any loot filters, loot filter advice for this build, or just overall loot filter advice? maybe another video you've done? thanks for the content, man
I am new to the game and picked this build and holy shit was this an intense learning curve. Lmk if anyone wants to play, looking for people to teach me how to map
needing help : splitting steel says it has a 60% chance to impale on hit. but the in-game offence data says i have 75% chance to impale with main hand hits. So what does it mean to reach 100% chance to impale? Do i need to get the number at 75% to 100%? Thanks
is there any advice on getting call of steel to work faster? I find myself needing to push it 2-3 times just to get steel back, is there a cap on the amount of keystrokes per second? feels like garbage with this huge delay
Can someone enlighten me pls? I'm using fury valve with vengeant cascade.. but my splitting steel still shows "fires 1 projectile". Also, my splitting steel shoots 1 projectile.. i'm expecting that it will be 3x projectiles in one attack. Am I missing something?
Thank you so much for the video. Do you think playing it with 2 axes instead of 2h sword makes any sense for this build or would you not recommend this at all? I have good 1h axes laying in my stash and was wondering if I should give it a shot.
Jesus Christ, are all the people in this community masochists?! Just enjoy what the game is offering you - which, to be quite fucking frank: is not much!
Let's hope I'm getting over every single projectile build using it, basically forcing you to play or loose way too much damage. They need to just make a percentage of the projectiles return.
Absolutely loving the build so far. Still on the Terminus version, haven't made enough currency to go for the mid gear build. But im just wondering. what would you change to go dual wield instead of 2handed?
I think, I need to put this build on my bucket list. Not sure if I'll play it this league. My (close to) immortal Pathfinder is just too much fun and I really want to max it out to also get the damage where I want it to be. But this is definetely a strong contender for next league start if they don't nerv it and why would they. I don't see anyone else playing it.
@@Duoprism i don't see the point of bringing vengeant cascade good for 1 league and then nerf the shit out of it. Don't forget that they nerfed the passive tree this league but we have the crucidle tree to over compensate for the lose, but next league we'll not have that
low ehp fol melee champ. in intro we see how he lost 60-70% hp per hit, how to integrate bloodnotch+immutable force? my pathfinder with 3k hp (65k ehp) can got more hits and stay alive without life flask
Great guide. I never played steel skills before and I'm considering it for this league. How's the map clear? Doesn't it lack heralds/explode/chains? I wanted to spec in legion passives - can it break these fast enough? Won't Fury Valve make gameplay clunky/awkward?
wouldnt tanu ahi be good for this build since you are constantly healing from leech and you would almost get perma adrenaline at least when you are taking damage so you can heal from leech
Huge shoutout to Yay and Phoenexia for their input on the build! Took me a while as I've been suffering with some inner ear issues (BPPV for those who care) but I managed to get the video out.
As always PoBs will be updated over time as I get new info or have time to put additional work into the build. Hope you enjoy! Play the build this league as Vengeant Cascade is almost assuredly gonna get the nerf-hammer next league.
but wat if you use lancing steel for boss kills ?? is it not better ??
Surprised to see you get anything out with your health, glad your not too ill to enjoy things :-) stay well.
is this going to be valiable in 3.24?really want to try spliting steel this league. Im bored of bow builds
for the end-game setting.
you can swap the armor to lioneye's vision double corrupted so it can have +4 gem levels and 6-links , because SS has AOE and Projectile tags on it.
even though you cant use another curse(actually the curse on the gloves is only worth less than 7% of dps)
It also has to be with the forbidden jewels to overwhelm to secure Critical Chance(DPS).
As a result, You can get easier map clearing(pierce support from lioneye's) and more dps.
I have seen a zillion of these build guide videos and i swear this is the most coherent, easy to follow one in the genre. Thank you for thinking aboht what you put out at all.
Another very nice watcher's eye mod to get (in case you're like me and can't run pride yet bc you stubbornly insist on dual wield and have not enough money to get all auras running) is "gain a flask charge on crit while affected by precision". With how many times you're hitting, you will have permanent uptime of flasks even while nothing hits you (also lets you get the increased effect prefix on your flasks instead of flagellant's if you're good enough to dodge sections with nothing to hit like exarch ball or maven memory game)
Just an FYI for anyone wanting to go the high budget version. The orbs to enchant your sword will end up costing you 5-20x the whole cost of the high budget build.
It’s been awhile since a proper big ducks build guide, well done
I like that you said early what is different this time that makes it strong.
Finally something different I can try out.
Thanks for this
Dude, if it was not for you, Zizaran and Ghazzy i would struggle as hell with this game. Thank you.
been playing this ssf. got an eternal struggle on my first kill, no dice on perseverance yet though. been having a lot of fun.
You can go starforge instead of crafting sword. Its around 1div currently. Also dual weild armor stack with dreamfeather will be probably more dps and you can use different belt.
What would the dreamfeather variant look like? Interested to see that, love some dreamfeather action.
If you want another option, Replica Wings are amazing for this build as well, as you can grab both dual-wield and two-handed masteries, and axe mastery has the +40% Onslaught effect.
i would recommend ceaseless feast gloves. You hit so many times that after two attacks rares and uniques will have no defence and evasion, this also gives you permanent endurance and frenzy charges. You can skip the overwhelm mechanic since the boses wont have armour.
We would lose mark effect, intimidate, and all of the normal stats we obtain on a standard pair of gloves. We already have enough accuracy to hit through evasion, we overwhelm all phys dr just by getting nodes that are good otherwise, we have max frenzies, we could get max endurance if you wanted to run enduring cry but didn't feel like it was worth it.
Thanks very much, i have followed since the BV poison assasin.
You always have the best note section.
My god, this is so good. Really like good old times, high quality build content from duck!
Delirium hands lol - your favorite, Ducks! Great vid. Keep it up.
Wow what a great guide! Love seeing all the details and step by step instructions much appreciated!
Im not even at the end-game build and im already doing more damage than I have ever done in my 1.2k hours. This is by far the most fun build ive ever played. :)
Im just going through leveling right now, my only gripe atm is how mana starve you are throughout the leveling process making you need to keep an eye on multiple things at once; reloading, mana management, positioning.
I feel that 2 hand sword is a waste of skill points. instead of focusing on 1 type of sword, focus on just sword damage that buffs all.
Also, top of the image that's on middle of the tree. there are 3 unallocated, each 1 gives 18% resistance to fire, another on ice and lightning. A bit to the right there are 3 unallocated that each provide 8% projectile damage. 24% in total.
This is the greatest build guide, thank you so much for the "off-meta" build guide
Dual wield beltimer+saviour with 4 med cluster is way more dmg
I instant delete the uber before need use call of steel
Beltimer downside is nothing , just frostblink as boss become vulnerable
But nice work
you got a pob? or is it basically the same with just the dual wield?
Do you have pob mate? :)
Thank you for this very thoughtful build guide!
Love this content! Do you think you can make a video on crafting that sword? I'm more of a visual learner! Would really appreciate it!
dat moment when you already got lots of the items you need for this build by farming on another character
FrostBlink has been Meta for awhile. Good to see Ducks with an upload over 60k
such a high level of pob, amaizing work, keep up.
what is the price? For 100 div can you face tank?
hey man luv the content... i only follow your builds ... but i cant seem to understand the brutal restraint part of the splitting steel build... all of them in the trade store seems the same... ain't seeing the wind dancer and aura options on my end.. what should i look for really ??
wheres the resistances on items in the POB? im kinda lost
Nice -build thanks ! Having Touble to get the Intelligence and Strength ... any hints ? ATM skilled 2 Times Intelligence in the Passive Tree ...
Hey man i hope you feel better !
Thank you for the video guide.
Do you by chance have the atlas tree that you use please?
Will a starforge infernal sword work on this build ? The Sword that does shock on critical
Super high gear lvls and a lot of investment, right got it 9:04
Dude, nice one. Sub is in....will try that the next few says i think.
Hi. Does this passive tree hold up for the new league. I know it’s a bit slower to level as Ss but I can’t be bothered to spend currency to switch everything later.
What pantheons work best with this build ?
@bigDucks i like your character skin ! what cosmetic do you use ?
Update this for the new league PLEASE !!!
Hello, you think its possible in ruthless ?
Enjoying my version I made so far. Definitely would feel better with better leech or life on hit added. Using enduring cry + instant keystone currently. With that 10% instant leech mastery and life on hit node I didn't even know about, I might try those instead.
As always, I certainly wish I had access to forbidden flame/flesh jewels in SSF for builds like this.
@Big Ducks do you think this build is still viable? without crucible tree but with support gem retorun proj.
Thanks for the video,
this is another very cool build guide.
I will play the build anyway. 👍
Can you use headhunter with this or is the high end belt just the best option?
Is this any good without vengeant cascade or not worth playing until you have the annoint?
The sword with the fractured phys damage mod seems uber rare?? or i'm i searching wrong
about mark effect , does that mean that using divergent mark on hit (21% reduce mark effect ) will make sniper's mark 21/20 split toward 4 instead of 5 ?
Great JOB!
does point blank work with your build?
Do any of these guides work in Standard, but removing the crucible crafts and adding maybe even a legacy addition here or there?
hey man having a great time with this so far, i would really like to know what auras should i make my priority and how to achieve having all of them active at the same time, for now i can only have the banner, purity of elements and determination.
Later on you'll have more RMR from your chest/helmet as well as helmet implicit and nodes on the tree. A level 3 enlighten on your big auras helps also.
@Big Ducks nice thanks, for now I'm finishing campaign and using a holy chain mail as 6link I was lucky to find a divine so I geared myself (sort of) for now, I guess I'll start maps with my current setup and build from there up.
Tweaked to do a slayer version. Should be fun.
Insane build. Crazy damage. The mid build is actually not 10-20 divine. Just the sword craft cost me 20 divine maybe more. And the rest of the gear cost me fortunes to craft using all the deafening essences. Essences are not cheap these days. But it's worth it at the end, I melt bosses.
I rolled RF Jugg for my league starter and once I build up some currency (and find the time) I'm definitely going to roll this build! I played your Poison BV build close to when I first started playing PoE and I loved it. Thanks for another great build guide!
how are there so many auras in this build? surely you can't keep them all up??
have you tried starforge on this? more accessible
Great video!
question for you. Pohx has a really nice resource for RF, including a loot filter. I really like this shattering steel build, but honestly I'm pretty bad a determining what should and shouldn't be on a useful lootfilter. Do you have any loot filters, loot filter advice for this build, or just overall loot filter advice? maybe another video you've done? thanks for the content, man
I am new to the game and picked this build and holy shit was this an intense learning curve. Lmk if anyone wants to play, looking for people to teach me how to map
i should use thet duelist guy right?
if I wont be lazy i will give a shot this build. I really want to play Melee. Good guide Duck.
This isn’t melee…?
needing help : splitting steel says it has a 60% chance to impale on hit. but the in-game offence data says i have 75% chance to impale with main hand hits. So what does it mean to reach 100% chance to impale? Do i need to get the number at 75% to 100%? Thanks
you need to get 25% to get 100%
how much of a difference does an ezomyte blade base make vs exquisite blade? I just can't find one with the correct fracture
Its not a MASSIVE difference besides the crit chance, it will be significantly harder to scale crit than with an Ezomyte blade.
is there any advice on getting call of steel to work faster? I find myself needing to push it 2-3 times just to get steel back, is there a cap on the amount of keystrokes per second? feels like garbage with this huge delay
You get more Steel shards back if you are pulling impales out of enemies.
Can someone enlighten me pls? I'm using fury valve with vengeant cascade.. but my splitting steel still shows "fires 1 projectile". Also, my splitting steel shoots 1 projectile.. i'm expecting that it will be 3x projectiles in one attack. Am I missing something?
Great in mapping and bossing, sucks in blight tho
Thank you so much for the video. Do you think playing it with 2 axes instead of 2h sword makes any sense for this build or would you not recommend this at all? I have good 1h axes laying in my stash and was wondering if I should give it a shot.
How much are we expecting to spend for the expensive build ?
Mirrors>?
check the pob, it's not hard to figure out that he is using very good rares, but not god tier items
build is under 120 divine
@@sanmaru5555 New to game, dont know prices yet sorry :(
Thanks for the help :)
Could Work in ruthless?
is it ssf friendly i like playing alone and i don't like trading
GGG will not nerf Vengeant Cascade, they will REMOVE it... soon...
Sure its to fun
Jesus Christ, are all the people in this community masochists?!
Just enjoy what the game is offering you - which, to be quite fucking frank: is not much!
GGG removes everything fun so
GGG : build diversity!!
vengeant cascade : YES!
GGG : HAHA! NO
Let's hope I'm getting over every single projectile build using it, basically forcing you to play or loose way too much damage. They need to just make a percentage of the projectiles return.
That impossible escape went from 120c to 10div, now its back down to 6div.
and terminus goes for 35c - 1div lol
how to get onslaught when the gem not exist eny more?
Absolutely loving the build so far. Still on the Terminus version, haven't made enough currency to go for the mid gear build. But im just wondering. what would you change to go dual wield instead of 2handed?
think I know what I'm gonna mess with next once I get tired of LA deadeye
Im not getting any endurance charges from outmatch and outlast, is this normal or am I missing something? :(
u dont have an offhand
its only for frenzy charges
@@iosgamertool8741 oh crap, I thought 2 handers counted as both main and off hand. thanks!
@Xilus405 there is a unique that does that but it's pretty meh like most uniques
Did anyone see in the pob what to do about the bandits
if u look at the Configuration menu it's set to kill all
How about reflect maps?
Life Gain on Hit is so seriously overlooked by most players.
do you have this on poevault?
was it nerfed?
How is this in 3.2.2?
unrivaled guide quality. love these video and the builds, thanks for the great content
This guide is 11/10.. everything explained perfect..
What do You think about playing it on ssf? Is it viable?
sold! great vid
I think, I need to put this build on my bucket list. Not sure if I'll play it this league. My (close to) immortal Pathfinder is just too much fun and I really want to max it out to also get the damage where I want it to be. But this is definetely a strong contender for next league start if they don't nerv it and why would they. I don't see anyone else playing it.
Vengeant Cascade is what makes this build ridiculously strong vs investment and that is definitely getting nerfed.
@@Duoprism i don't see the point of bringing vengeant cascade good for 1 league and then nerf the shit out of it.
Don't forget that they nerfed the passive tree this league but we have the crucidle tree to over compensate for the lose, but next league we'll not have that
Nice vid as always. Is this build ssf friendly or naw?
Not particularly for scaling, you would need to find perseverance to make it function.
low ehp fol melee champ. in intro we see how he lost 60-70% hp per hit, how to integrate bloodnotch+immutable force? my pathfinder with 3k hp (65k ehp) can got more hits and stay alive without life flask
with enough currency u can do this with any skill :D
Great guide. I never played steel skills before and I'm considering it for this league. How's the map clear? Doesn't it lack heralds/explode/chains? I wanted to spec in legion passives - can it break these fast enough? Won't Fury Valve make gameplay clunky/awkward?
It's a projectile skill with Vengeant Cascade. The map clear is unethical.
Ive been hitting the cap on my starter and looking for something tanky, this might be it
and for the helm enchant
AOE is the best one.
The More AOE = The More Shotgun
divergent pride gives nearby enemies - phys damage reduction :)
We are capped on Overwhelm for the most part, physical damage reduction cant go below negative so only so much is worthwhile
wouldnt tanu ahi be good for this build since you are constantly healing from leech and you would almost get perma adrenaline at least when you are taking damage so you can heal from leech
Vegeant Cascade will be deleted next season. Thats for sure.
Love the wording considering splitting steel was never good in the first plaсe xВ
Hey now, it was always a good clear skill :^)
Reached maps with arc, is it worth continuing pursuing or should i transition to something else?
joga o fino do fino, da ate parry
nice build, however I HATE totems