How vital is Pandemonius if we assume I'm not going past red maps (i.e.: to Guardians and beyond)? I have the currency to put the build together with the exception of that amulet. It seems like the build would do fine without it and that it's primarily for single target damage and safety. Is that right?
It's a great upgrade but not at all mandatory. You should be just fine!
CheeQu - why don’t you think running blood rage for the Arakaali pantheon proc (50% boost to life gain on hit and life leech rate!) is worth running?
Isnt it hard to tune attack speed with that? In maps you will have frenzy charges, in some bosses not, in end gme bosses surely not.
True, I generally keep it tuned for maps, and I generally use a lower level blood rage for maps vs end bosses. But it does mean you don't need lightning golem or whatever other source one can use for ias to get to 3.7.
Still thinking about whether it's worth it or not, so lots of play testing.
I"m starting to think we want to use a watchers eye... like 1.5 % damage leeched as life on VIT. This is all damage from chest and sword and vortex setup... and better than warlords on hit which has to hit first and has 80% reduction on boss. Better than just LL in sword...
Something like...
done uber like 4x and each time it's a life leech issue that kills me not insta gib not no mana/OOM. I've never done it deathless. But maybe I just suck at this fight.
Anyway we use this jewel then we can run a damage multiplier in sword like cold pen ...
With 2 mana gained on hit viridian jewel we can reserve almost all our mana and run
HoI, Vit and enfeeble with no mana issue..
Thoughts?
If you want to use a watchers eye, vitality 30 life gained on hit would easily be better, since it stacks on TOP of the normal leech.
Did you check the Atziri gloves
Are they really worth the investment?
Havent played with them a lot yet, but the double leech is very nice. They are very expensive though so it's the last thing Id buy if at all. Only if you want to get the build to the highest level. It's not going to be a huge difference.
What do you think I should upgrade next? Im working on getting Vorici into Research atm so i can white socket my loreweave, gonna give the flame dash setup another try. The mana on hit on rings is very nice imo.
Where do you socket your frozen trail jewel on the tree to get the 40 intelligence in radius? I can't seem to find anywhere on the passive tree to get that bonus.
btw you dont need to have 40 intelligenece allocated, it just has to exist in the radius.