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

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Hmm we are going MoM..and clarity and alot of mana and mana Regen...
Could we take out Vaal lightning trap for RF... ?

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MesterMark เขียน:

Hey ghazzy, looking fowards to playing essence drain, what are your thoughts on decay support, im feeling like its good for leveling. but it getting replaces at high level.

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robotuprising เขียน:

The PoB damage is possibly low because the default wither stacks is 1. Can switch skill to wither and set it to 10-20 and it'll increase the damage by a lot.

Cospri's is also a possible option for more damage in the chest slot though I think Death's Oath will do more but will be a PAIN to color. Using either one you will absolutely need the grand spectrums or your unreserved mana with a curse will be way too low.

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kayklown เขียน:

I keep seeing you mentioning Death's Oath as a softcore option, but wouldn't the colors be near impossible to get? And because of this, wouldn't something like Cherrubim's Maleficence be the better softcore option?

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Bravehood เขียน:

Why no arcane surge on anything?

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unciuchino เขียน:

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Hmm we are going MoM..and clarity and alot of mana and mana Regen...
Could we take out Vaal lightning trap for RF... ?

Had the same idea, really wanted to go RF, a 39% more multiplier to spell dmg should be juicy for just one gem slot (effectively a 7th link on ED).

I've been trying on PoB to see how this shakes out, but unfortunately the investment in tree required is pretty bad, plus going MoM we can't run a second curse in blasphemy (although we have witchfire for vulnerability). Even just one curse + purity of fire requires enlighten to have a somewhat decent amount of mana unreserved for MoM.

I think for the best possible endgame setup we will still have to go Low Life with Shav's, even though the ES gear needed will be pretty horrific (ie top rolls = expensive).

Don't know if there is a way to go RF as LL?

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Mindfreak เขียน:

Greetings, Ghazzy. As I can't simply decide what build to play, I have some questions for you. Do you think that your build will be Shaper/Uber/Guardians viable with higher budget accumulated from playing the lower budget version in 3.0? I simply love the playstyle of casting a spell once in a while and watching with satisfaction while everything melts down.

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Rompster เขียน:

Hey there,

I have a stupid question, is there any point to reapplying ED on CD (bosses), or does it make no difference if I apply another bullet towards the end of the first cast's duration?

Thanks in advance,

Rompster

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kellenlawson เขียน:

Hey Ghazzy (and others hanging out here)!

This build looks like a blast. I generally like to get inspiration from others' builds, and then try to add my own bit of flavor to make it better suit my playstyle/needs. I was thinking of adding some extra sources of sustain to this build, because I tend to do better with builds that have a bit more survivability (shit connection, and framerate spikes when I'm playing on my laptop). But I'm curious how sustain with an ED build like this usually works, as I don't see any sources besides the inherent life gained from ED itself (and this makes me a lil nervous for the previously mentioned reasons). Any feedback on my current thinking below would be much appreciated!

My plan so far was to run EB and then MoM from a cloak of defiance, and then take all hybrid evasion/es gear with life, and ghost reaver (with a warlord's mark on blasphemy). I'm planning to run the build on an old character via the respec (86 shadow)(sadly don't have the time to level a new character these days), where I have a shavronne's revelation to help out with the ES sustain from ghost reaver and the initial hits on ED. With The Aylardex, I'm looking at 47% damage taken from mana (ES with EB)-- so the current build in POB is sitting on 3.6k Life and 3.1k ES. For life sustain, I'll have a couple percent of life regen from the tree, potions, and then a few other options: [stone golem + patient reaper + stone golem helm enchant] for a few hundred life/sec, and/or [Bino's knife, lesser poison in 6L with ED, and then to be sure-- whirling blades in 4L with Poison support] for 340 life/sec after a kill.

Taking both gives me something like 650 life/sec in POB with ~70k effective DPS on ED. Is this sacrificing too much damage for sustain? What does other people's DPS look like around this level with ED? Is building for sustain totally superfluous for this sort of character?

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KankaFc เขียน:

Hey Ghazzy, how do I remove the massive "Ghazzy" banner in your MoMcalc spreadsheet?

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