So with the Evasion change in a recent patch making it so Crits can be dodged has not picking Iron Reflexes become viable? I've found that pretty much every Duelist build required it and was wondering what your opinions are.
I'm currently running without it and I find that I'm surviving nicely but I'm only in Cruel difficulty and that could severely change when I get into Merciless.
Posted Aug 9, 2012, 4:35 PM UTC
still the same. you either take constant damage or a sudden burst. besides, there aren't really that many other good nods for duelist anyways. duelist is like the awkward class of PoE.
It's still broken, until whatever new evasion thing they change comes along. Hoping .9.12 brings something to make non-IR rangers and non-pure ES Shadows less death-prone.
This is good news indeed. I dont mind ES on my shadows but a few of builds would better be served as a hybrid between the two.
If youre planning on getting really high level its very optional. Armor scales down as you level and things hit harder. Avoidance becomes nicer.. this is assuming you have huge hp though which always trumps everything else.
That's what I've been noticing with higher health you have a longer time to notice and avoid getting surrounded or getting 1hko'd I'm definitely going to make a trip to a few more of the health and regeneration cul-de-sacs in the next few levels.
I am a level 60 hardcore 2hand melee ranger (tho I swap bow to poison arrow for bosses) with acrobatics. More of a hybrid build. AMA.
There is another change/buff to evasion coming. No specifics, but it sounds like evasion will get a much deserved boost in effectiveness.
Well that makes me a happy...panda