GhazzyTV - Essence Drain & Contagion (or Bane/Soulrend) Trickster [SC/HC/Uber Elder/Shaper]

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Faendris a écrit :

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Blood_Sail a écrit :

Pretty fun build, but the damage is really poor compared to many other builds. Not enough to kill rares in one cast of ED with a 6L, even in a T12. I even added a second wand for more damage, and same deal. With higher tier maps, it rarely takes half of their health. Even with Contagion spreading everywhere, it doesn't really matter if you can't break out the good (rare) targets. Having to stop and use Blight for single target isn't an option for this league. If you can't keep moving, it's lost time and currency.

Sell your 6-link queen, buy a bow (see posts above) and your problems are solved. I can easily break all mobs out of stasis on T16 maps.

I thought about it, and is something I am considering. Honestly though, it makes me hesitant. Most builds shouldn't need an 8 ex 6L bow, with a 5.5 ex gem to be able to do average damage in high tier content. I feel I might be better off investing in another build than trying to prop this one up. The only thing keeping me going at this point is just the satisfying explosions as Contagion spreads through the initial Legion packs.

At this point this is just deviating from the guide entirely going that route. I honestly should have known better, when someone claims Uber Elder/Shaper in a build guide, but has not posted any video of them doing that content. That's on me though.

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ThuperAwethome a écrit :

so it seems the consensus is to go with a bow? I have around 340k ED dps on my current dual wield wand setup..can anyone using a bow share their numbers? Tried to plug in a bow on pob but it kept giving me lower dps than my current set up.

Your first 6 link should be your bow, period.

Make sure the skill is socketed in correct slot in your pob if you want accurate number of your essence drain dps in your pob.

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Just wanted to say thanks for all that detail Fuzzy, helped me out a bunch..got a bow now and am doing much much better. Had to move some stuff around but happy I did it.

I'm doing the CI version of this build, and since it doesn't use eldritch battery, I'm having mana issues on bosses, does anyone have some solutions to this, except for a mana flask and clarity?

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Blood_Sail a écrit :

Spoiler

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Faendris a écrit :

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Blood_Sail a écrit :

Pretty fun build, but the damage is really poor compared to many other builds. Not enough to kill rares in one cast of ED with a 6L, even in a T12. I even added a second wand for more damage, and same deal. With higher tier maps, it rarely takes half of their health. Even with Contagion spreading everywhere, it doesn't really matter if you can't break out the good (rare) targets. Having to stop and use Blight for single target isn't an option for this league. If you can't keep moving, it's lost time and currency.

Sell your 6-link queen, buy a bow (see posts above) and your problems are solved. I can easily break all mobs out of stasis on T16 maps.

I thought about it, and is something I am considering. Honestly though, it makes me hesitant. Most builds shouldn't need an 8 ex 6L bow, with a 5.5 ex gem to be able to do average damage in high tier content. I feel I might be better off investing in another build than trying to prop this one up. The only thing keeping me going at this point is just the satisfying explosions as Contagion spreads through the initial Legion packs.

At this point this is just deviating from the guide entirely going that route. I honestly should have known better, when someone claims Uber Elder/Shaper in a build guide, but has not posted any video of them doing that content. That's on me though.

Your essence drain gem is only at level 18 btw.

This is a really good and fun build. Question @ Snowing, how are you running Malevolence, Grace, and your other aura. Or are you switching depending on the situation?

Not sure how to share my gear in chat line, but I'm basically running a few cheap uniques I either found myself or decided to buy with the 10-15chaos ive picked up so far, but nothing endgame. I just picked up my first exalted, at lvl 50, and I'm wondering what i should invest in first? Thanks :S

Can someone tell me what do i change in regards of dps?

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Faendris a écrit :

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everdream2k a écrit :

what results do you archieve on Domain ? You allready mastered a 4/5 faction battle with satisfiying results?


and may i ask about your hideout tooltip dps ?

I want my gear fully optimized before I start doing 4/5 way battles - they just require so much investment that I want to get the best possible results. I can not report on this, yet.

My tooltip ED DPS in hideout with no flasks is 46.626 (this is the number given in the "offence" tab). The dps given by mousovering over the skill on the skillbar is 438.387. Not sure why they are different by almost an order of magnitude.

Do you think there is enough room in this build to reach those numbers which are need for a satisfied experience?

As you can see, my current gear is not bad at all ( still much room to improve) but i see no land on 3 faction battles. Only got 5 kills or so...

Thats why iam currently hardly considering to reroll to a build, which suits more into this aka some TS or cyclone build.

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Crazyfen a écrit :

Can someone tell me what do i change in regards of dps?

Spoiler

Buy a cheap hybrid ES/EV 6 link non-corrupted chest. You can find these by putting '1' in the evasion and es value, and '0' in the armor value, on poetrade. The colors on the sockets do not matter, because you can easily get 2b-2g-1r on that type of base with a few chromatics. Scour the chest and slam a shrieking essence of greed on it. Buy an empower 1 and use it as your 6th link. All of this should cost under 50 chaos total.


Next step would be to save up 6-7 ex and buy/craft the meta bows that everyone is using. If you do not know the mods you need on this bow, you can check out my character. This is prohibitively expensive, but it should be your first >1ex purchase, because it will be have the most impact on your DPS in terms of investment.

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Ckwiesr a écrit :

Would anyone mind taking a look at my tree and gear and let me know what direction I should head in? I'm not sure, but I feel sort of confused by the phase acro while stacking ES route, and I want to make sure I'm doing it right.

I know that I need to replace my helmet, which is what I'm going to do ASAP, I was riding the resists for a while and honestly haven't been having too many issues, but I'd like to take the build to the next level while farming up some currency and fill any gaps I might have.


https://pastebin.com/e9ffDhV8

Still need a bit of help if anyone can offer it.