Miscalculated, ACTUALLY: 84m-123m dps

Building a Strength-stacker usually costs hundreds of divines just to feel okay. We break down how start your first stacker with a Reliquarian using Astramentis for easy attributes and Terminus Est for innate Frenzy sustain. If you have 0 div, my Poeninja will have a history of a league start with flicker if you're interested in a zero to hero.

• Minimum level 84 Scion

• About 70-90 d

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Astramentis: +60 all attributes

This helps meet attribute requirements, allowing sole investment in strength gear, making it much cheaper to start and get going.

Terminus Est: Gain a Frenzy Charge on Critical Strike.

We can use the Iron Fortress(Chest) instead of Farruls fur or Precursor Emblem Ring since we have innate sustain.

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#Showcase

Nightmare - Ziggurat 8 mod, harvest Map

Wave 15 Simulacrum AFK

Overview

Ascendancy: Reliquarian

Pantheon: Solaris / Tukohama

Damage Scaling: Spell Damage + Chaos Damage + Strength + Crit + Attack Speed

Skills:

• Flicker strike: Main attack

• Whirling Blades: Mobility

• Berserk: Buff

• Blood Rage: Buff

Auras:

• Precision: Increased Crit Chance and Accuracy

• Arctic Armour: 20% less Physical Damage Taken

• Sand Stance: 20% less Damage Taken

• Purity of Elements: 35% all elemental Resistance, Ailment immunity

• Determination: +1000 armour, 50% increase armour

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Stat Category | Base Value | ||

----------------------- | ---------- | -|-|

Attack Rate | 10.12 | Strength | 2,377 |

Crit Chance | 88.09% | Dexterity | 214 |

Crit Multiplier | 543% | Intelligence | 161 |

Hit Chance | 100% |

Hit DPS | 125,477,455|

Mana Cost per second | 91.07 |

Life Cost per second | 12.65 |

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| Life | 6936 |

| :--- | :--- |

| Armour | 30,506 |

| Effective Hit Pool | 216,859 |

| Max Phys Hit | 29,690 |

| Elemental EHP | 54,579 |

| Chaos EHP | 43,295 |

| Block | 68 |

| Spell Block | 71 |

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Frenzy Generation

To sustain infinite Flicker, you need a Net Positive (+2 gain vs -1 cost).

Source 1: Quality Flicker Gem: 25% chance on hit.

Source 2: Terminus Est (Ascendancy): 1 charge on Crit.

For this variant, You must generate two charges per activation.

|Support|Hits|Logic|Result|

----------------------- | ---------- | -|-|

|Multistrike|3|3 rolls at 25% + Crit|Sustained|

|Greater MS|4|4 rolls at 25% + Crit|Guaranteed|

Total: 2 charges per activation (Net positive = Sustain!)

• With MultiStrike support To consistently sustain flicker you need 75% minimum Crit Chance without a Tincture.

• with Greater MultiStrike support it can be 55% minimum Crit Chance without Tincture.

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Damage Scaling

This build converts Strength into three separate scaling values:

Keystone Interaction

Item/Affix | Base Value |

----------------------- | ---------- |

Iron Fortress (Chest) | Strength instead grants 3% increased melee physical damage per 10 strength. |

Iron Will (Passive Tree) | Strength's damage bonus applies to spell damage |

Crown of Eyes (Hat) | Increases and Reductions to spell damage also apply to Attacks at 150% |

Replica Alberon's Warpath (Shoes) | 1 - 80 Chaos damage per 80 strength |

Normally, 10 Strength gives 2% Melee Physical Damage.

Iron Fortress bumps this to 3% per 10 Strength.

At 80 Strength, you get 24% increased Melee Physical Damage.

Iron Will: This keystone makes Melee Physical Damage from Strength also apply to Spell Damage.

Your 24% Physical bonus is now also 24% increased Spell Damage.

Crown of Eyes: This helmet makes Increases to Spell Damage apply to Attacks at 150% of their value.

24% x 1.5 = 36% increased Attack Damage.

Total: 1 - 80 added Chaos / 36% Increased attack / 40 Life per 80 strength.

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Keystone Interaction 2

We use Unholy Might to convert our damage and exponentially scale it via Wither.

Source: Overwhelming Malice (Cluster Jewel) grants Unholy Might on Crit.

Unholy Might: 100% Phys-to-Chaos conversion + 25% chance to Wither on hit.

Wither: -6% per stack (-90% Enemy Chaos Res) by hitting 30 times per second.

| Support Gem | Attacks/Sec Needed | Hits/Sec Generated | Time to Max Stacks |

| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |

| Greater Multistrike | 7.5 | 30 | 2.0 Seconds |

| Multistrike | 10.0 | 30 | 2.0 Seconds |

Wither: Disappears after 2s, so attack speed is necessary.

Total: -90% Enemy Chaos Res.

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Keystone Interaction 3 (Optional)

Rathpith Globe: 5% increased spell damage per 100 life. Our build ran range from 6000-7000 HP.

~6500 x 5% /100 life = 325% increased spell damage.

Crown of Eyes: This helmet makes Increases to Spell Damage apply to Attacks at 150% of their value.

Total: 325% x 1.5 = ~487% increased Attack Damage.

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Defense Scaling

From Pantheon

• 9% reduced Physical Damage Taken, after 3s

From Auras

• Arctic Armour: 20% less Physical Damage Taken

• Sand Stance: 20% less Damage Taken

• Purity of Elements: 35% all elemental Resistance, Ailment immunity

• Determination: +1000 armour, 50% increase armour (Optional)

From Items

• Shield: +1200 Armour and 6% Physical Damage Reduction

• Gloves: +900 Armour

• Chest: +1550 Armour

• Boots: +350 Armor

• Jewels: +1 Endurance charge per second if hit, Stun Immunity

From Flasks

• Granite: +1500 Armour and 55% increased Armour

• Any: 65% reduce effect of curses

From Passive Tree

• Armour Mastery: 30% Reduced damage from Crits

• Critical Mastery: 30% Reduced damage from Crits

• Leech Mastery: 5% leech is instant

• 5 Endurance Charges

Keystone Interaction

With the Juggernaut Ascendancy, we sustain endurance charges.

Immortal Call:

• 15% less damage taken per endurance charge removed up to 5.

• 35% less Elemental damage taken

Immortal Call will trigger whenever we take 2100 damage. Our leech and 5% Life on block will regain our HP back inflating our EHP values for 2 seconds.

Stat Category | With Immortal Call|

----------------------- | ---------- |

Effective Hit Pool | 323,568 |

Phys Max Hit | 137,834 |

Fire Max Hit | 97,150 |

Cold Max Hit | 74,944 |

Lightning Max Hit | 74,944 |

Chaos Max Hit | 43,295 |

This mechanic will prevent HUGE hits, but only after you have taken 2100 damage first. This is only up 50% of the time. It has a 1.5 second cooldown after Cooldown Recovery Support and 20% Quality.

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Keystone Interaction 2

Our shield provides 5% life gain on Block.

We get about ~6500x0.05 = 325 life every time we block a hit.

This mechanic allows us to AFK in maps with our high life pool.

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Items

| Slot | Item / Description | Price |

| :--- | :--- | :--- |

| Weapon | Paradoxica(Chaos resistance + Attack Speed + attributes or bloodrage | 5d |

| Shield | Rare (Life Gain on Block + Str + Life + Attack Speed/Phys Reduction/Resistance | 5d |

| Helmet | Crown of Eyes or Corrupted(90% mana res) | 10c or 10d |

| Body | The Iron Fortress 6 link| 1d |

| Boots | Replica Alberon's Warpath | 30d |

| Gloves | Rare (Strength + Life + Res + Chaos Res) | 3d |

| Belt | Rare (13-15% Increased Strength implict + Life + Res) |3d |

| Rings | Rare mirrored (80+ Strength + Res + attack speed or life) |3d |

| Amulet | Rare (13-15% Increased Strength implict + Str + Life + Res) + annoint |3d + 2d |

| Unique Jewels 1 | 2x Split personality (Str with dex or int or life) | 1d |

| Unique Jewels 2 | Forbidden Jewels(Juggernaut) | 1d |

| Unique Jewels 3 | Light of meaning(Chaos Res) | 2d |

| Unique Jewels 4 | Lethal Pride(5% strength(3 at least)) | 1d |

| Rare Jewels | Life / Crit Multi One handed / STR| 3d |

| Cluster Jewel Large | 8 passive Feed the Fury + Martial Prowess + (Calamitous) x2 | 2d |

| Cluster Jewel Med | Overwhelming Malice | 30c |

| Flasks (Utility) | Silver / Diamond / Granite (Armour/Crit/Curse Effect) |1 d |

| Flasks (Tincture) | RoseThorn(Attack Speed) |1 d |

| Flasks (Life) | Bleed |1 d |

| Runegrafts | Gemcraft(+1 all Skills) + Treachery(15% mana res) + Stability(3 rolls to spell block) |1 d |

| Skills | Greater MultiStrike + Enlighten| 11d + 2d |

| | Total | ~ 85 d |

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Notes: To get 50% more damage(123m dps), swap out Granite flask with Bottled Faith, and Rare Shield with Rathpith Globe.

• Bottled Faith: up to 150% increased Critical Strike Chance and Enemies take 10% increased Damage.

• Rathpith Globe: 5% increased Spell Damage per 100 Player Maximum Life

Since we are stacking Str, life becomes an easy multiplier for damage, however, sacrificing defenses minus ~5k phys max hit making our max hit 25k.

We will lose the Life on Block, the modifier needed to AFK in maps.

• Greater Multistrike isnt necessary to get it going, but great for scaling dps later on.

• Prioritize Resistances before you get attack speed... at least 70%.

Skills

| Setup | Gem Links | Socket Colors |

|:------|:-----------|:----------------|

| Main (6 link) | Flicker Strike(Ruthless/Void Manipulation) 🟢 Advanced Multistrike 🔴 Volatility 🔴 Close Combat 🟢 Fortify 🔴 Crit Multi/Chance 🔵 | 🟢🔴🔴🟢🔴🔵 |

| Auras (Main) | Flesh and Stone 🔴 Arctic Armour 🟢 Purity of Elements 🔵 Enlighten 🔵 | 🔴🟢🔵🔵 |

| Auras (Life) | Precision 🟢 Arrogance 🔴 Enlighten 🔵 | 🟢🔴🔵 |

| Automated Defense | Immortal Call 🔴 CWDT 🔴 Lifetap 🔴 Cooldown Recovery 🔵 | 🔴🔴🔴🔵 |

| Movement & Mark | Whirling Blades(lifetap) 🟢 Assassin's Mark 🔵 Lifetap 🔴 Mark on Hit(lifetap) 🟢 or Blood Rage 🟢| 🟢🔵🔴🟢+ 🟢 - 🔴 |

| Burst Buffs | Berserk 🔴 Determination 🔴 Enlighten 🔵 | 🔴🔴🔵 |

Notes: If we do not meet the Crit Requirements or you feel that flicker strikes are not sustaining, replace Increased Crit Multiplier with Increased Crit Chance

TO fit more Buffs like Berserk and Blood Rage, we need lifetap support imbued into Immortal Call/Whirling Blades. These can cost up to 10d.

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Build Links and Content

Nightmare Map - Ziggurat 8 mod, harvest: Map

Wave 15 Simulacrum: AFK Simu

Poeninja: Poeninja

POBin(84m dps, AFK): https://pobb.in/qrPHi0nAZ77z

POBin(123m dps): https://pobb.in/o4A0aoezuqZe

POBin(Level 84 Tree): https://pobb.in/QdkpcZ75eEt2

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Notes

How to meet Intelligence and Dexterity requirements

Skill Tree

On your passive tree, by temporarily sacrificing damage ~5-10%, you can get over 100 dexterity or intelligence depending on your needs

Attributes mastery: 5 int/dex/str per allocated mastery passive or 5% attributes.

This one node can get you 50+ int/dex.

Proficiency/Hardknocks(Passive Tree): +30 dex/ +30 int

Spend 2 passive nodes, get 30 dex/int.

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How to meet Resistance requirements

• Tattoo(Moonwarden): 6% to Cold Resistance / -10 dexterity

• Tattoo(Firewalker): 6% to Fire Resistance / -10 Strength

• Tattoo(Stormrider): 6% to Lightning Resistance / -10 Intelligence

• Gloves: 1 Line Res + 1 Line Chaos Res

• Rings/Amulet: 3 Line Res

• Belt: 1 Line Res + 1 Line Res/Chaos

• Shield can optionally have res.

We can swap the Resistances ie. Lightning -> Fire via Horicrafting Station.

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How to meet Mana Reservation Requirements

• Runegraft of Treachery(Tree): 15%

• Ascendancy(Tree): 15%

• Enlighten(Skill): 2%

• Mana Mastery(Tree): 12%

• Total mana: 850

Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions, always looking for new ways to scale!