Well, I’m at 3140 paragon, have completed a GR 148 and I’ve switched my build from Shadow Strafe to old reliable, Natalya’s. I could get a 149, but the game is lagging out for some reason.
One thing I don’t understand is why more people don’t use my build when it comes to running Nat’s especially if you’re on a computer and can use the numlock trick.
I mean, I sort of do understand it since the build everyone else uses with Nat’s is about 3 Tiers stronger but when you’re doing 150’s anyway, that 3 Tiers is nothing.
Anyway, in my build, I use Esoteric, BotT, and Stricken as my gems.
My skills are:
Shadow Power/Gloom on numlock
Vengeance/Dark Heart on numlock
Fan of Knives/Bladed Armor on numlock
Caltrops/Bait the Trap
Spike Trap/Custom Trigger
Evasive Fire/Hardened
I also use Dawn over Nat’s Slayer and equip Nat’s Ring over CoE.
Since, I don’t have to max out Cooldown to use Vengeance, I can replace some cooldown rolls with Area Damage which helps make up some of the difference between Nat’s Slayer and CoE/Dawn and Nat’s Ring.
Then I can stand in the middle of most mobs, especially if I have the Protection Shrine Effect and hold down Spike Traps, tap Caltrops occasionally, and tap Evasive Fire to detonate the Spike Traps.
I mean, there’s mobs you have to avoid sometimes, like too many Slasher Lacuni will wreck you and you have to dodge Dark Berserker swings. And Unburied can mess you up too. But other than those you’re pretty safe as far as standing in the middle of mobs.
It’s super easy and not clunky at all as long as you’re using the numlock trick and I much prefer my build over the one everyone else uses.