[Mind Blast] Sin

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Entering Hell difficulty i decided to MaX Venom next and pump points into Vitality
*lot beefy monsters have 40% phys resist, and you need some other dmg source
to keep up clear speed
**i guess u will need around 115dex for elite base claws;
besides that - on Hell diff (for progressing) i see Vitality, and resist capped as priority.

Random spawn Rifts will be Your exams - are u tanky+dps'er enough on your ilvl/clvl.
*Item/Character Level

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Sadly i have to admit fail with The 8olvl Challenge

tried few setups, tho just when i was gathering 80lvl+ bases before crafting
i overlvld (exp on maps was going so fast i just realised i was almost 82lvl :P)

Atm using Uniqs:
*Switched Greater Soul to Andariel's
Mahim-Oak Curio amulet - combat speeds10% and dmg
Bloodfist - makes skills cost life instead of mana *using Amn runes in weapons now
Skin of Vipermagi - was lucky to find first core item when passing River of Flames
rest gear is focussing on stats:
+3 to Physical Skills
+% Physical damage
+% increased Critical Chance
+% increased Critical Damage
Faster Cast Rate

Stats lvl86:

Str 165 - i upped Vmagi chest but i think it was a mistake making it a bit heavy
Dex +300 - pumping all points there to increase Critical Damage %
Vit 200 - i have 2000+ hitpoints atm with capped resists, some up to 80%
Ene 50~ (not putting any points there)

MindBlast dmg 6k
Crit Chance 70%
Crit Damage 230%

Managed to get souls from Map bosses 75,77,80
85lvl map bosses will take major HP/Resist upgrades

focusing now on getting my Crit chance to 100% and further rising CritDmg multiplier

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Took me a while to find more efficiency from Skill Tree:P

I quit using Blade Shield, Venom.
Instead I maxed Tiger Strike and Combo Mastery in Martial Art tab - both increase dmg per active charges.
*Making it a wind-up type of use - it doubles Mind Blast's damage
+adds a single target skill (Tiger Strike/melee), which Shadow tree lacks.

At maximum active charges make MBlast 6k into 15K dmg + multiplied by 250%crit modifier
so it's a major DPS+ / charges last 15sec, so have to re-wind after that time
bit clunky but doubling dps output worth imo.

To be continued...