I am working toward switching over to Taryns and Kaom. When you make the switch over to Taryns Shiver and Kaoms, how do you compensate for the loss of all the armor and resists that were provided by the chest and shield. All of a sudden you lose a couple thousand armor and 30-50 resists. Are you just doing so much damage and leeching so much life back at this point it doesn't matter? Or how do you survive high level maps with the loss of the armor and resists?

With grace up, you still have round 5k+ armor, then utilize granite flasks then needed and you will be fine.

And if you want be flexible, with Purity up - you must have capped resists even at elemental weakness maps. Can be expensive to get resists+life and decent armor on gear, but i would prioritize resists and then slowly upgrade gear.

It doesn't have IR though

Forgot that :D Nevermind. I got like 7.5k armor as templar without IR.

hey guys take a look at my build...  cold+project+faster cast in the place of crit chance and crit power... i did a file on excel and have compared both builds...   and i believe that my build have more dps thant crit original one...  but mobs freeze then crit.. so its the only con of my build...

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYAAnEC_gSzDH0QfxRNFecWbxbzF1QZhRo4Gmwc3CKBIxgkPCSqJjwmlSepKPopTypbKrotRy-dNuk62EZxRtdJUU3YUEJVS1XGWm1dxmBtZ71tGXOzf8aBb4IegpuDOIVti4yMNox2jRyOPI9GkFWTJ5Ugm6GdgJ2unjyiAKKjpwinXKeEtAy0OLfWuJO8n8Hzxp7PZdDQ0hnUGdVP1tHbC93z3nffhOFz42rjn-Qi5Rnr7uw47SDub-988B_waw==

Sorry if this is considered rude but i am going for a freeze pulse shadow i am torn between kripps and ainlessguns build, what are the main differences and which is less gear dependent? (i have terrible luck with gear). Im at a point now where i need to decide but cant. 

If you play Hardcore you should go with this one. Aimlessgun's is somewhat of a glass cannon, having much less life and  also being able to run fewer auras because it's not EB or BM gem. He even says so: "Not a hardcore build without modification. It can be played in HC, but does not sufficiently protect you from bad play mistakes or desync", "Not a build that allows you to facetank things".

If you play Default it doesn't really matter either way I'd assume.

Thank you for the answer, well i am new to poe so i am going default for now till i feel more comfortable with the game mechanics and how everything works. I may go with this one anyway, its a ocd thing of mine just because i am not going hardcore still want to have as much defense and run as many auras as i can lol

For first character i would recommend this build because gearing is easier and more you have better survivibility.

I follow this build mostly except for the added lightning damage part because i am skeptical about whether it really shock mobs that needed to be shocked ( boss/ rare)

I am doing 1.9K dps with cold penetration and i kill things with ok-ish speed.  you dont really need tons of dps in this game as it will mostly overkill especially if you plan to solo.

Some may argue that it is ok to be glass cannon in default. But I need to point out that, it is only true when you are under 80 level, if you would like to push further than that, you need to start to invest some serious currency in modding your map. And death not only cost you the time but also the currency you invested. At that level, you'd better have a mind set like in hardcore and minimize the risk as much as possible. 

Just to let you know, even with my humble dps, I nearly one-shot myself serveral time to a pack of reflect mob, and i have 83 res and 4.5K life.

Imagine doing that with a char with way more dps, 78% res (at most) and much less hp

Thanks for the info, it is exactly why i don't want a glass cannon build. Thanks for info, im not sure about the lightning part though either, is the dps that much greater then say if u just concentrated on your ice skills and crits. 

Edit: is there a way to have this build but not use blood magic?

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Thanks for the info, it is exactly why i don't want a glass cannon build. Thanks for info, im not sure about the lightning part though either, is the dps that much greater then say if u just concentrated on your ice skills and crits. 

Edit: is there a way to have this build but not use blood magic?

You can start as Templar and start with the mana regeneration / elemental damage / mana path then take the same route  to marauder life nodes  and you take eldrich battery when you are reaching  for the shadow tree. You will then run discipline and clarity. You will miss some damage nodes from shadow tree, and you will need to plan your gear more carefully because you will need a mix of ar and es gear instead of pure Armour. It is possible that you can run fp from mana regeneration alone if your es is good enough and free up a gem slot for whatever support you would like. You may need to calculate the minimum mana/es you need to support spamming FP when planning your gear. It is completely viable. just a bit complicated and can potentially reach higher dps as you can have one more support

Edit: I also want to add that items with good hp and es are expensive

Thanks for this, nice to have my questions answered for once lol well i am now lvl 46 shadow have followed kripps build but before i go into Templar section i took the mana regen nodes near shadow and will probably get the crit chance nodes near it to help my damage out. I am running my 4 link fp with 12% q (dropped the other day spent hours leveling it lol) just off of regen and lvl 5 clarity. I have a decent amount of es but my armour is low and hp is only 900 so far so i use a skellie totem as a decoy (till i get some gear to use ice spear gmp) i know its meant to be a tank build anyway but till i have everything i need from Templar region to follow kripps build, will be playing like this. It has made me see though how aimlessguns build will be glass cannon like. 

Just wondering is Maligaro's a viable glove to use end game? Or should I sacrifice the crit chance for just more armor and health.

i am using it and it is ok. it boost my dps from 1.6K to 1.9K which is quite a lot.

I think it is a ok choice as you can use the  rings to cover your defensive needs ( they do not offer much offensive boost for this build, only cold damage and cast speed)

and this build is lacking cri multiplier in the skill tree given the high cri chance. so the glove compliment this build build quite well. 

But make sure you have your defensive side covered or you will one-shot yourself

Is this a good build for the 1 month race starting today ? 

I will mostly play solo :)

Thanks