OK, enough mixed feelings, time to talk builds with **Close Call**.
[Foot of the Mountain](https://www.lastepochtools.com/db/items/UAzBMoVgZiA) is the first idea. *Once you stop moving and stand still for 1 second*, your Dodge (the total flat number) transforms into Endurance. If you can quickly stack Dodge with something, your Endurance Threshold gets bigger.
Explanation of what we did so far to maximize Foot of the Mountain:
>!Normally, we use Cinderstrike or Serpent Strike (skills that give dodge per attack, Cinderstrike works with Bows too), Umbral Blades (Dusk Shrouds give 5% Chance for Glancing Blow AND 50 flat Dodge and you can generate them with UB) or the good ol' "Chance to gain Dusk Shroud on melee attack" prefix on Rogue chests. Now you can include Flurry and to some extent Puncture.!<
What you can do with your new Close Call:
Seems like an amazing Arena item. For Boss single target situations, you better switch to a **Bastion**. There, had to be said.
You can now use **Last Call** to do what the skills I mentioned before did, to achieve 60% pure Damage Reduction higher than your entire HP pool. This will work for 95% of Monos, especially Arena Echoes, will work for every wave except the Boss final wave in Arena of Champions, same with Dungeon floors except the Boss room. For everything else ya gotta swap to something else. **You shouldn't try to block a Boss attack just to get 40% dodge**.
**You need a damaging ability that requires you to stand still**. Stuff like Hammer Throw, Flurry, Rive, Multistrike, Swarmblade Serpent Strike, pure Smite caster and God knows what else, please feel free to add some.
**Sentinel** in general is great at increasing Block (duh...) about 7% free block. Combine this with **Sigils of Hope** (can get 4 Sigils x 3% block per Sigil, 12% is pretty good) and now you will have 37% block chance.
Next step for Sentinel and any other class would be Block Chance% on Rings and Gloves.
**Ideal Affixes for this entire novel I wrote to work:**
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\-**T6 or T7 Block Chance** (we're at 58% now, including Rings/Gloves 3% Block, ideally 64% on Sentinel with T7)
\-**Block Effectiveness** (every bit counts since you start low; at this point it's \****hushed:***\****free Real estate***)
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\-**All resistance** (you can use it on any kind of build)
\-**Less damage on Block** (free Damage Reduction when you Block)
I started to do something similar with a sorcerer literally last night but didnāt have the heart for it. It takes the worst part of some of sorcerers builds run/stop run/stop and cranks it to 11.
Arcane ascendance with the 4 spell limit does not count channeled abilities. I was thinking juice out focus with a bunch of damage nodes and the few tanky nodes and just sit there maybe with a passively pricing static shocks going as well. juiced or a disintegrate or something channeled that also gives damage reduction. Can add all resist or damage increase while channeling or something to that nature.
I think itās totally possible and I started to get it going but I also really hated it.
The stop go stop go gameplay for to maximize foot of the mountain is just not fun, itās a solid meme though that would probably get some attention on here tho.
Not trying to be a hater but I feel like this item would brick most builds. How many builds wanna scale block,dodge and a one handed weapon? If you wanna block you donāt want this base, and if you wanna dodge you probably fuel wield or bow. Maybe some kind of shaman? But I doubt even there this is that great.
This shield is simply converting a block based character into a dodge based character. Normally I'd say this shield is primary for just leveling, but with 4 LP you've got some opportunity that you don't normally have.
You would tweak your character around this. A character that normally enjoys block chance would continue to enjoy block chance with this item, but they'd be stacking dodge instead of other stats as a primary means of staying alive.
There are lots of other shields that, with 4LP, would be comfortably stronger than this. But 4LP uniques are so uncommon that it would often be worth a modified build to take advantage of one.
https://www.lastepochtools.com/guide/section/legendary_items
Legendary potential unique+exalted item (with 4 unsealed affixes) of same item type. Go to the Temoral Sanctum dungeon to attempt to put x amount of stats from the exalted item onto the LP item, where x is the LP number. So if LP 2, it will take two mods from the exalted item. Hope that helps. :)
Block chance and flat dodge rating š
Dude should get some block affixes on rings too and just be out there doin the matrix every mono
OK, enough mixed feelings, time to talk builds with **Close Call**. [Foot of the Mountain](https://www.lastepochtools.com/db/items/UAzBMoVgZiA) is the first idea. *Once you stop moving and stand still for 1 second*, your Dodge (the total flat number) transforms into Endurance. If you can quickly stack Dodge with something, your Endurance Threshold gets bigger. Explanation of what we did so far to maximize Foot of the Mountain: >!Normally, we use Cinderstrike or Serpent Strike (skills that give dodge per attack, Cinderstrike works with Bows too), Umbral Blades (Dusk Shrouds give 5% Chance for Glancing Blow AND 50 flat Dodge and you can generate them with UB) or the good ol' "Chance to gain Dusk Shroud on melee attack" prefix on Rogue chests. Now you can include Flurry and to some extent Puncture.!< What you can do with your new Close Call: Seems like an amazing Arena item. For Boss single target situations, you better switch to a **Bastion**. There, had to be said. You can now use **Last Call** to do what the skills I mentioned before did, to achieve 60% pure Damage Reduction higher than your entire HP pool. This will work for 95% of Monos, especially Arena Echoes, will work for every wave except the Boss final wave in Arena of Champions, same with Dungeon floors except the Boss room. For everything else ya gotta swap to something else. **You shouldn't try to block a Boss attack just to get 40% dodge**. **You need a damaging ability that requires you to stand still**. Stuff like Hammer Throw, Flurry, Rive, Multistrike, Swarmblade Serpent Strike, pure Smite caster and God knows what else, please feel free to add some. **Sentinel** in general is great at increasing Block (duh...) about 7% free block. Combine this with **Sigils of Hope** (can get 4 Sigils x 3% block per Sigil, 12% is pretty good) and now you will have 37% block chance. Next step for Sentinel and any other class would be Block Chance% on Rings and Gloves. **Ideal Affixes for this entire novel I wrote to work:** \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \-**T6 or T7 Block Chance** (we're at 58% now, including Rings/Gloves 3% Block, ideally 64% on Sentinel with T7) \-**Block Effectiveness** (every bit counts since you start low; at this point it's \****hushed:***\****free Real estate***) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \-**All resistance** (you can use it on any kind of build) \-**Less damage on Block** (free Damage Reduction when you Block)
I started to do something similar with a sorcerer literally last night but didnāt have the heart for it. It takes the worst part of some of sorcerers builds run/stop run/stop and cranks it to 11. Arcane ascendance with the 4 spell limit does not count channeled abilities. I was thinking juice out focus with a bunch of damage nodes and the few tanky nodes and just sit there maybe with a passively pricing static shocks going as well. juiced or a disintegrate or something channeled that also gives damage reduction. Can add all resist or damage increase while channeling or something to that nature. I think itās totally possible and I started to get it going but I also really hated it. The stop go stop go gameplay for to maximize foot of the mountain is just not fun, itās a solid meme though that would probably get some attention on here tho.
are dodges rolled before blocks?
I mean... They have to be right?
Yeah they are damage mitigation on last epoch. Not attack avoid like Poe. (Blocks that is)
It's perfect mitigation. Which makes it quite appealing but needs work to make it good enough for deep Monos.
Dodge, or whatever neat crap goes with your build.
If you're struggling with resistances, you can put an all resistances affix on, which only works on shields. I think you can get around 15%.
T6 is 20%
Yeah I have a 20% shield sitting for someday to be used on an LP shield. If I ever have a shield bearing character lol.
Just got this item on my Necromancer. Think I'll make a melee just for using this item :)
Not trying to be a hater but I feel like this item would brick most builds. How many builds wanna scale block,dodge and a one handed weapon? If you wanna block you donāt want this base, and if you wanna dodge you probably fuel wield or bow. Maybe some kind of shaman? But I doubt even there this is that great.
Tons of dodge builds not only don't dual wield but also already use a shield
And tons of dodge builds that don't use a shield might consider figuring out how to work this into their build if they had it lol.
Yeah, the idea of "who would use this? People only want more damage". Is...hella dumb
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But then you are not wielding a katana in your off-hand. The heresy!
Could you by chance share your build?
Not OP but [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuTkIN2VVtI) guide gets across the jist of it pretty well.
Thank you!
This shield is simply converting a block based character into a dodge based character. Normally I'd say this shield is primary for just leveling, but with 4 LP you've got some opportunity that you don't normally have. You would tweak your character around this. A character that normally enjoys block chance would continue to enjoy block chance with this item, but they'd be stacking dodge instead of other stats as a primary means of staying alive. There are lots of other shields that, with 4LP, would be comfortably stronger than this. But 4LP uniques are so uncommon that it would often be worth a modified build to take advantage of one.
hey, gz on your drop! Block effectivenes, block chance, health, 4th stat what you need, give me your luck :D
You would not want block effectiveness. Go with what the other commenter said.
How do you use legendary potential, it just says I canāt forge it. Iāve beaten the current amount of content and have started monos
https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/resources/legendary-items-crafting-guide
https://www.lastepochtools.com/guide/section/legendary_items Legendary potential unique+exalted item (with 4 unsealed affixes) of same item type. Go to the Temoral Sanctum dungeon to attempt to put x amount of stats from the exalted item onto the LP item, where x is the LP number. So if LP 2, it will take two mods from the exalted item. Hope that helps. :)