[3.26] 🗡The Nightblade🗡3.27 : Ascendancy rework

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Hyo#7822 написал:

Hi, New player here, Trying out this build as I learn the game, Wanna just ask on the reasoning behind adding in points for Projectile damage and Speed for blade flurry? Tyvm!

Hi !

You must be referring to the two points west to the tree. Proj dmg is not useful for this skill, but the two nodes lead to a customized cluster of jewels that adds importants nodes on the tree.

But you won't see this cluster on this website or on most character profiles opened in navigators. To correctly display it, you need Path of Building to open this link :

https://pobb.in/20RlIhA7-rzF

Hope this will help. Do not hesitate if you have more questions.

Thank you!! Appreciate it alot!

3.27 : rework of the Assassin !

https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/1odu401/in_327_the_assassin_has_received_a_long_awaited



This looks amazing !

100% inc Elusive effect, up from 50% : lovely !

The buff to Power Charge chance is ok, but not a game changer (we already have max Power charges 100% of the time).

Opportunistic receives a massive buff : 35% reduced dmg taken (up from 20%) is really good. Together with Born In The Shadows stolen from the Saboteur via Flame/Flesh jewels, we get 50% reduced dmg taken. Imagine that, halving dmg taken !

I like the idea of a choice between the Knife In The Back and For The Jugular, even though we lose bonus against enemies on full-life (which was not powerful anyway. Bonuses against enemies not on low-life are definitely better.)
At first glance, I'd choose Knife, to get a stronger start against bosses.

But Deathmarked could be good : level 30 Assassin's Mark grants +59% crit multi against cursed enemy.

Shadowed Blood will open possibilities to make builds with bonuses while bleeding/poisoned/burning etc.

I'm sure some of you will want to go full poison build.

Overall, this looks very very good for us !

On second thought :
I'm tempted to remove the Power charge node, in favour of Shadowed Blood. A purely defensive node is rare enough and Unaffected by Damaging Ailments (poison, bleed, ignited) is very powerful.
The recoup on Phys dmg is also good, as it will help us with the debuff of Petrified Blood.

With Shadowed Blood, I can remove 4 points of Tolerance cluster, and instead take dmg nodes, or even some block (19% chance from Feline Swiftness, for instance)
But first, we'll need to see the changes on the skill tree.

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By the way, here is a new demo video for the build !
... except this time, I haven't made it.
No, this is from fellow player Josías Aquino, who plays a variant of the build : Blood Rage, Void Sphere, Poacher's Mark and the beloved Unshattered Will shield.
So here it is, The Nightblade vs The Hidden.

And you can check a whole series of Aquino's videos with the Nightblade on his channel. Maven's Invitations, the Elder Guardians, the bosses from Synthesis, etc.

that's less damage taken now not reduced

Oh right.

35% less dmg taken is better than 25% reduced, all other things being equal. 25% less = 25% reduced, with no other less/reduced modifiers taken into account.

In 3.26, if we count 15% reduced from Born in the Shadows :
15% reduced + 25% reduced = 40% reduced = you take 60% of dmg.

If we add the 14% less from Infused Channelling :
60*(100%-14%) = 51.6% reduced dmg taken.
= take 49% of dmg.

In 3.27 :

15% reduced, 35% less and 14% less = 85*65%*86% = 47.25%
= take 53% of dmg.
So it's actually inferior, damn.

Damn you, GGG, for forcing me to do maths in a video game !

3.27 patch notes

"Spell Suppression now prevents 40% of Damage from Suppressed Hits and Ailments they inflict (previously 50%)."
Ooch.

If we want to play in the new league, we'll need Cyclone much more than Blade Flurry to clear the Breaches. Which is a good thing, because Cyclone and Cyclone of Tumult have been buffed : they now deal 20% more Damage at all gem levels.

All daggers types gain +0.5% base critical strike chance. Good thing, especially for early game. For instance, our beloved Bino's Kitchen now has 8.5% base crit chance, up from 8%.

Now, we'll need to see the new 10 Bloodlines.

With more infos about the ascendancies, I think we can choose :
1- Mistwalker, for Elusiveness
2- Knife in the Back or For the Jugular (I'll need to check PoB numbers)
3- Opportunistic
4- Can be Unstable Infusion for the Power Charges. Or Shadowed Blood (more defense). Or a Bloodline node.

Bloodlines nodes

The easiest choice for us is Oshabi's bloodline. Besides, she is not a difficult boss.
The most obvious choice is of course Vivid Cat : "Elusive has 50% chance to be removed from you at 100% effect, 50% increased Stealth while Elusive" + 20% inc Elusive effect from the small node.

The Wild Bear can be good, too : "+20 to Maximum Rage, Lose all rage on reaching Maximum Rage and gain Adrenaline for 1 second per 10 Rage lost this way" +2 Rage on attack hit. In a few sec, you gain max Rage and then you get 5 sec of Adrenaline, which is pretty cool.

From Lycia, Bitter Heresy is very valuable : Malediction on enemies, 20% curse effect and 30% phys as extra chaos dmg (for me, this is 15% more dmg). You ignore the debuff from the Profane Ground thx to Mistwalker (take no extra dmg from crit).

The most awesome, and thematically fitting, would be Hallucinogenic Tendancies, from Delirious Bloodline : dash backward, summon a misty clone at your previous position which, when killed, will debuff enemies (30% inc dmg taken, deal 30% less dmg).
But let's be honest, this build cannot finish the Simulacrum :/

Finally, Huntleader from Farrul's can be good, depending on the numbers : summon spectral tiger on crit, each tiger grants crit chance and atk speed.

I'd be glad to hear your ideas and suggestions.