EnCHANTing fist

[Desmodeus]

So decided to replay PoE1 again and remembered that some months back I and @Boeroer was talking about novice suffering and found my scraps with basic build idea of fist fighting chanter. But I kinda forgot quite a few things so decided maybe I should run it here for some advice as I quite forgot why I set it up as it set up xD

Race: Dwarf - Mountain
Attributes: MIG21/CON7/DEX17/PER10/INT15/RES8
Origin: Living Land - Colonist
Skills: 2 Stealth - 3 Athletics - 4 Lore - 1 Mechanics - 14 Survival
Chants: 
	1.At the sight of his comrades & Bull the blade, Blunt the point
	3.Blessed Was Wemgridh, Quickest of his tribe
	5.One Dozen Stood Against the Power of Saint
	7.Lo, their Endless Host, the Harbringers Doom
	9. The Dragon Thrashed, The Dragon Wailed
	11.Aefyllath Ues Mith Fyr
	13. They Shielded Their Eyes 'Gaints the Fampyr's Gaze
	15. With All Your Strenght Slay the Beast

Invocation:
	1. But Rany Daret's Ghost, He Would not Rest
	2. The Thunder Rolled Like Waves on Black Sea
	4. And Hel-Hyraf Crashed Upon the Shield
	6. At the Sound of His Voice, the Killers Froze Stiff
	8. Rejoice, My Comrades! Two fingers of Daylight!
	10. Oh, but Knock Not on the Door of Urdel and Gurdel
	12. Rise Again, Rise Again, Scions of Adon!/Bride
	14. THeir Champion Braved the Horde Alone
	16. Called to His Bidding, the Ancient Instruments of Death

Talent:
	2. Novice suffering
	4. Weapon Focus: Peasant
	6. Vulnerable attack
	8. Two weapon style
	10. Runner's Wounding Shot
	12. Veteran's Recovery
	14. Savage attack
	16. Apprentice sneak attack

Story telants:
	* Song of Heaven
	* Gift from the Machine
	* Galawain's Boon
    * Dozen's luck
    * Wild Running
    * Second Skin

Weapons: 
	1. Fists(33-37 damage per strike prior to resting bonuses and buffs)
	2. Danulya + hatchet->Danulya(Durgan Refined, Burning Lash, Legendary) + Unlabored blade

Equipment:
Head: Maegfalc Skull (Of Might +4 )
Neck: Cape of Master Mystic( +12 deflection, invisibility on crit )
Torso: Robes of Tidebringer(Durgan-Reinforced, of RESOLVE +2, Legendary)
Hand: Gauntlets of Swift action (+15% attack speed)
Rings: Gwyn band of Union (+4 int) + Thorn Ring (+3 dex)
Legs: Sandals of Forgotten Fryar (+2 unarmed damage)
Belt: Bountiful healing (healing bonus)

 

[Boeroer]

Maybe because Chanter doesn't have a lot of dmg bonuses which don't work well with Novice's Suffering/Sandals of the Forgotten Friar anyway (because fists have such low base damage, 3-8 iirc). But he has lashes and a MIG boost (Mith Fyr and Champion for example) which work well with it because the bonus dmg from Novice's Suffering scales with Might (and lashes are not calculated with base but overall dmg dealt). 

Only thing is: why Savage Attack and Apprentice's Sneak Attack then? They would add very little damage to your fists' attacks: 1.1 additional dmg per strike for Savage Attack, 0.83 dmg for Appr. Sneack Attack. So maybe those two talent points can be spend on something more useful? For example Outlander's Frenzy which could be used to gap the time between combat start and The Champion invocation?

 

[Desmodeus]

1 hour ago, Boeroer said:

Only thing is: why Savage Attack and Apprentice's Sneak Attack then?

Absolutely no idea why xD I think I had some idea when written it into excel sheet but just can't remember any reason. I also found my old DAO guide for arcane warrior I never finished xD

Hmmm... maybe it is a better choise. And also Superior deflection

Wonder how I should setup chants here. Mith Fyr+Lo? Myth Fir should overlap fully IIRC

[Boeroer]

Yes, something like that.  

With such high MIG maybe even Mith Fyr + Dragon Thrashed would be good. With enough INT they still should overlap I guess?

[Desmodeus]

9 hours ago, Boeroer said:

With such high MIG maybe even Mith Fyr + Dragon Thrashed would be good. With enough INT they still should overlap I guess?

I think I tested this and its around 0.3 seconds gap with 2 third tier chants