[3.9] Pirate's Sire of Shards Fireball Miner [Beginner/console friendly]

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ARealLifeCaribbeanPirate a écrit :

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gundam0o a écrit :

Wonderful build. Just wanted to ask,how do you feel about the unique helmet Curtain Call, if I lose some dps on each fireball but get 1 more mine placed, would that be beneficial overall?

Hello! The Curtain Call gives you an extra maximum mine, which takes you from 11-12 mines at my lvl 90 tree. This will give you a little more burst damage at the start of bosses etc, but I honestly don't think it's worth losing the "extra mine per use of the skill" that you get from a Shaper helm because it's a pretty substantial decrease in your damage output while mapping/clearing.

If you get one super early on you can use it until you get a proper Shaper helm though, because there really aren't any unique items that provide substantial benefits to this build and the mine arming speed certainly isn't bad.

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Qikly a écrit :

I'm a newer player who fell in love with mines last league. I had been strongly considering making this build my league starter before the mine changes had been announced. Since those I'm a bit hesitant to league start with mines, so I'll be curious to hear your thoughts on how comfortable the build is and whether taking MoM is still viable.

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ARealLifeCaribbeanPirate a écrit :

Also I gotta update a build guide for like the 1 person who might look at it.

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vonzgred a écrit :

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ARealLifeCaribbeanPirate a écrit :

Also I gotta update a build guide for like the 1 person who might look at it.

So, make it a 2 or cross the "might" out :)

I am very interested in playing miner this league, but since I am returning from 2 year break (and need to find my bearings around all leagues mechanics that I missed - Elder/Shaper war, Beasts, Delve, Betrayal, Legion - first ) I'll start something generic, gather some lv10-20-30-40 gear (SSF) and restart after few days into your build.

The 3.8 mines rework hits this build hard, even with my "I have no idea what I am looking at" level of insight, the first thing I noticed is mana reservation change that must affect this build if it uses the Essence Worm, but I bet it's just the tip of an iceberg. The general "no aim" tactics (or rather "notactics") of this build fits my general filthycasualness and "returning" state nicely, so it will be always noob friendly no matter what, but I'd be very grateful for any consideration given to SSF in the changes you will introduce to the build.

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vonzgred a écrit :

And how do you rate single target potential of fireball mine against new Pyroclast (in fully boosted 6link endgame ofc)? I base the question on the observation, that "non-native" mine skills "waste" a socket on "convert to mine" gem, so this "waste" has to affect the damage someway.

Anyway, I thought I could do math, but I am completely lost at interpreting how many projectiles hits the target, and how often, even with no support spells, like for example icicle mine vs pyroclast mine. I remembered well that "tooltip lies" but the lies about the mines are really something else :/

How would one even go about calculating pyroclast mine DPS if the DPS is varied, depending on how long the sequence is held? And how would one even would go about calculating possible sequence length, or, in simplier words, how long can you hold a sequence in combat with a kind of boss that forces you to dodge a lot? The dmg possibilty of "put max mines on ground, start detonating and keep throwing new mines while stationary until rising detnation frequency catches up with your ability to supply mines" seems crazy high, but it's not real combat scenario, and simplified as it is, I can't even start to wrap my mind around the math of the process.

The only way to go about comparing dmg that seems doable to me is timing combat, and that's how I indeed see it done on the forum (this and this manages to kill UberElder in X minutes), but how one can come up with nonrelative objective numbers?

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vonzgred a écrit :

Too bad the client crashes so often.