[3.7] Essence Drain/Contagion Trickster (the best one)

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rlauren2 เขียน:

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frostzor27 เขียน:

I saw in PoB that you use a shaped hubris circlet... but I didn't get it. What shaper mod should I look for? +1 to AoE?

Yeah, the Shaper helms can roll the hybrid prefix +% AoE/Socketed Gems supported by level # Increased Area of Effect. The extra AoE is always appreciated, and it saves you one gem slot on your contagion setup in a build that is pretty socket starved.

That said, getting the ED or Despair enchant on the helm and then also hitting the Shaper AoE mod alongside high ES and -9% chaos from the dense/aberrant fossil crafting would be insane. The Shaper base is uber-luxury, don't be afraid to ditch it.

I see. But since I gave up getting a HH I have like 40 ex that I might try to improve...

Any opinions on my gear? You guys think I can beat any content with my current gear? Any suggestions on improvement? I got 4.4k life and 2.5k shields btw.

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Valolrak เขียน:

During a bad streak, which can go on much longer, without any ex, divines, or annuls, the number is only 150C/hour. Most of the time it feels like the loot is much less than what streamers reported early league days. I started the league very late.

I had some more amazing runs, then my luck hit a wall, and it was slow going for many many hours, but goal finally achieved. ED/C Farming Glacier. Best drops: one corrupted gem for 3exa, sold two Chayula Pures obtained from It That Fled, for almost 5exa. Other than that, just a whole lot of work. It would not have been possible if not for the two pieces of gear listed after Headhunter, Seven-League boots for more speed, and Bisco's Heavy Leash, for Rampage. Well, it would still have been possible, but so slow that I would not have had the patience.



EDIT: oh, my. It is a different game after obtaining HH. I had no idea. So much fun. I replaced gloves with "Null and Void" so I have both Rampage and Headhhunter stacks.

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MajesticG เขียน:

Do you guys generally run bane and contagion at the same time?

Personally I run ED + Contagion + Bane + Blight (on Totems) - yup all four abilities!

It's all about damage layers. Since all of the above are "damage over time" skills, there is no point in spamming any of them. You want them all to run (almost) to their full duration then re-apply them. For me that immediately suggests the right way to do it is in a casting rotation. And if you look at the DoT lengths on each ability, you will find that casting all 4 spells (with one on a totem) is a great rotation.

This is versus bosses or tough enemies ofc; Bane on its own will melt all trash while you are leveling.

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TheChosenOne_ เขียน:

Any opinions on my gear? You guys think I can beat any content with my current gear? Any suggestions on improvement? I got 4.4k life and 2.5k shields btw.

Look at your ascendancy. Read what it says about helmets.....and replace your helm :P

Can anyone explain to be me why builds like these favour using Arcane Surge to support the spells. Seems sub-optimal. Is it for the mana regen?

And has anyone tried: Blight + Cast When Channeling + ED + <any 3 chaos support gems>?

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GhostlightX เขียน:

Can anyone explain to be me why builds like these favour using Arcane Surge to support the spells. Seems sub-optimal. Is it for the mana regen?

And has anyone tried: Blight + Cast When Channeling + ED + <any 3 chaos support gems>?

Arcane Surge Support grants the Arcane Surge buff. The buff is global and gives 10% more spell damage and 10% increased cast speed. Tossing it on Contagion just provides easy access to a huge DPS and QoL boost for basically no downside. The mana is nice, but it's a distant third in terms of utility for us. I haven't seen many builds recommend linking Arcane Surge to ED directly, but the only benefit there would be that you could level up Arcane Surge a bit higher, but it's better to just use it on Contagion or Flame Dash.

If you want to push for some high end boss DPS, I would run Vaal Blight + Cast While Channeling + Soulrend + 3 support gems in your 6-link chest while leaving your 6-link ED in the bow. Then you have contagion, auras, and utility setups in your gloves/boots/helm.

Sorry for the newbie question. I notice sometimes my contagion spreads to multiple packs across another screen/room (chaining to different packs), but sometimes it only affects one pack. How does this occur ?

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DamageIncorporated เขียน:

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TheChosenOne_ เขียน:

Any opinions on my gear? You guys think I can beat any content with my current gear? Any suggestions on improvement? I got 4.4k life and 2.5k shields btw.

Look at your ascendancy. Read what it says about helmets.....and replace your helm :P

Damn, I forgot about that. That would help a lot? +15 max energy shield compared to the max or close to max energy shield would make a huge difference?

Is this better?




I cant afford one with high health too but my evasion went from 8.8k to 12.7k and chance to evade attacks from 36% to 44% and es+life is higher now from 4.4k life/2.5k es to 4.2k life/3.1k es