PoE Double Strike Build 3.25 – Path of Exile: Settlers of Kalguur

Double Strike is a versatile and powerful melee skill in Path of Exile, known for its ability to deliver rapid, high-damage attacks. In this guide, we’ll explore how to build around Double Strike effectively, utilizing its strengths to clear maps and tackle end-game bosses with ease.

Double Strike Skill Mechanics

Double Strike (Level 20):

  • Type: Attack, Melee, Strike, Physical
  • Mana Cost: 13
  • Attack Speed: 80% of base
  • Attack Damage: 409.6% of base
  • Effectiveness of Added Damage: 409%
  • Quality: +20%
  • Requires: Level 70, 155 Dexterity
  • Skill Effects:
    • Performs two fast strikes with a melee weapon.
    • 25% chance to cause Bleeding.
    • 20% chance to deal Double Damage to Bleeding enemies.

Double Strike excels at dealing consistent physical damage with the added benefits of causing Bleeding and dealing double damage to Bleeding enemies, making it a formidable skill for both single-target and AoE scenarios.

PoE Double Strike Build 3.25

Building a Double Strike Character

Key Skill Interactions

1. Bleeding: The innate chance to cause Bleeding with Double Strike can be further enhanced with support gems and passive skills, amplifying your damage output significantly.

2. Increased Attack Speed: Maximizing attack speed ensures that you can deliver more hits per second, taking full advantage of Double Strike’s high damage potential.

3. Physical Damage: Scaling physical damage will directly enhance Double Strike’s base damage, making it essential to focus on physical damage modifiers.

Passive Skill Tree

Focus on Nodes that Enhance:

  • Physical Damage: Increase the base damage of Double Strike.
  • Bleeding: Enhance the chance and damage of Bleeding effects.
  • Attack Speed: Improve the frequency of attacks.
  • Critical Strike: Boost the chance and multiplier for critical hits.
  • Life and Evasion: Ensure survivability through increased life and evasion.

Ascendancy Choices

1. Gladiator (Duelist):

  • Blood in the Eyes: Provides a high chance to cause Bleeding and increased damage against Bleeding enemies.
  • Gratuitous Violence: Bleeding enemies explode, dealing damage to nearby enemies.
  • Outmatch and Outlast: Grants physical damage reduction and increased physical damage.

2. Slayer (Duelist):

  • Endless Hunger: Life leech effects are not removed at full life.
  • Brutal Fervour: Increases life leech rate and damage.
  • Headsman: Provides more damage and increased area of effect for skills.

Support Gems

Main Skill Setup:

  • Double Strike: Primary damage skill.
  • Support Gems: Brutality, Melee Physical Damage, Multistrike, Maim, Ruthless.

Utility Skills:

  • Ancestral Protector: Increases attack speed while active.
  • Blood Rage: Grants increased attack speed and life leech.
  • Summon Stone Golem: Provides life regeneration.

Gear and Accessories

1. Weapons:

  • Dual Wielding: Swords or axes with high physical damage and attack speed.

2. Armor:

  • Body Armor: Focus on life, resistances, and increased physical damage.
  • Helmet, Gloves, and Boots: Prioritize life, resistances, attack speed, and physical damage.

3. Accessories:

  • Amulet and Rings: Look for increased physical damage, attack speed, life, resistances, and critical strike chance.
  • Belt: A Stygian Vise with high life, resistances, and increased physical damage is ideal.

Flask Setup

1. Life Flask:

  • Instant Recovery: For emergency healing.

2. Utility Flasks:

  • Quicksilver Flask: Increases movement speed for repositioning.
  • Lion’s Roar: Grants increased physical damage and armor.
  • Basalt Flask: Provides physical damage reduction.
  • Atziri’s Promise: Increases chaos damage and provides life leech.

Combat Strategy

1. Engaging Enemies:

  • Use Double Strike to apply Bleeding and deal initial damage.

2. Maximizing Damage:

  • Activate Blood Rage for increased attack speed and life leech.
  • Summon Ancestral Protector for additional attack speed.

3. Positioning:

  • Utilize Quicksilver Flask and strategic movement to stay out of harm’s way while delivering rapid strikes with Double Strike.

Example Build

Gladiator Double Strike Build:

  • Focus: Increased physical damage, attack speed, and Bleeding effects.
  • Key Passives: Blood in the Eyes, Gratuitous Violence, Outmatch and Outlast.
  • Support Gems: Brutality, Melee Physical Damage, Multistrike, Maim, Ruthless.

Conclusion

Double Strike is a highly effective skill in Path of Exile, capable of dealing massive physical damage with rapid strikes. By focusing on enhancing physical damage, attack speed, and Bleeding effects, you can create a powerful character capable of clearing maps and taking on tough bosses. Equip your gear, activate your skills, and dominate the battlefield with Double Strike in Path of Exile 3.25.

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