2.1 pure life SRS [2.1 DPS calc]

L84 Tree
L97 Tree

For Auras you start by relying on Alpha's Howl, and then you get rid of Alpha's once you have Enlighten L3, and then you get rid of Conqueror's Efficiency once you have Enlighten L4 or a +1 gems item.
Auras with Alpha's Howl
Auras with Enlighten L3 + Conq Efficiency
Auras with Enligten L4

For staff I recommend a 6L +3 fire.
SRS - Spell Echo - Empower L3+ - Minion Damage - Melee Physical Damage - Melee Splash

Replace Splash with Multistrike for single target damage, or MOFL if you can't sustain multistrike. Also use vaal clarity if you can't sustain for bursts like atziri trio.

Current L94 tree

Pledge of Hands is marginally more DPS than a +3 Fire 6L. It is also cheaper by not requiring Emp 4, and it lets us sustain with only 2 mana nodes, whereas +3 would need at least 4. This is because taking SRS from 21 to 24 is about 30% more DPS, whereas an extra support gem is 40-50% more DPS. Of course to know for sure we need GGG to release updated base SRS damage values. It may be that +3 is actually superior. I'm trying to 6L in order to test for myself. (I don't have gear in standard anymore).

For reference I estimate (against monsters with 40 all res, 60 curse res):
1.27M DPS with Pledge SRS-MinDam-Multi-Culling-MeleePhys-Culling. 122 mana/cast, 322 mana/sec.
1.22M DPS in +3 with SRS-Echo-MinDam-Multi-Culling-Splash (better than Emp 3). 93 mana/cast, 242 mana/sec.
1.30M DPS in +3 SRS - Echo - Min Dam - Emp 4 - Multi - Splash. 189 mana/cast 471 mana/sec!!!

Notice that a +3 may be superior since it's much cheaper to sustain, and only slightly less DPS. In the real world this means you will actually achieve your peak DPS more often under vaal haste. Though a mana flask can be used achieve pledge's required mana/sec. With L4 empower the mana cost because unsustainable. Another advantage to +3 is that you get to swap Splash for MPD and don't have to rely on MOFL.

Swap culling for Hypothermia or Blind for parties. Swap melee splash to melee on full life for Atziri.


+2 Auras is nice for Anger. It's mostly irrelevant for Haste/Hatred/Generosity, but nice. The 8% aura reservation is required to run 3 DPS auras. The purpose of running 3 auras is to get enough DPS for uber. I don't think Anger is necessary for mapping, but the support gems would change when Anger is taken out.


None of the stats on this item are amazing individually, but they are all beneficial, even the armor/evasion. The best stats are 40% max life, and 50% faster life recovery from flasks.

The CWDT seems useful. Phase run's 80% avoid detection has given me the opportunity to use a flask when hit while I wasn't paying attention. The rare instances when this saves you 10% exp is totally worth it for leveling past 90.

I thought about using a Kaom's, but the socket pressure is just too high with 3 DPS auras. It could be used if a DPS aura is dropped.


Playing around with a totem and self-cast curse instead of curse-on-hit. It seems clunky, so I will probably go back to curse on hit.

I recommend using Vaal Grace instead of Vaal Haste if mapping in parties or even solo. It gives me 50% dodge / spell dodge at L18.

Vaal skeles are good for almost all bosses. Especially with Vaal Grace.

You want to look for chaos res on gloves and boots. Also make sure to get MS+Dex on boots, as well as an open prefix on gloves to craft Minion Damage.



Belts can have so many useful stats. I recommend getting chaos res, increased flask effect duration, and life. Additional res, and armor are a luxury.



I like unset rings because they allow us to use nice stuff like flame dash and chaos golem. Stats to look for are life, res, mana regen. Flat mana and cast speed are luxuries. Don't try to get chaos res on jewelry. It's rare and unnecessarily expensive. I like the faster start of ES recharge mod from Leo 3. It's a prefix so your other alternatives are usually flat mana (30ish), or flat ES. The nice thing is that even with a tiny bit of ES, we still have 50% chance to avoid getting stunned when we have ES.

For amy you want life, cast speed, and mana regen. Stats are useful. Resists are a luxury.


The animation flask is very good for healing my vaal skeles during boss fights.

Use a appropriate flask depending on exiles, or warband, or monsters (dischargers, flame throwing cannibals).

Fine alternative to Rumi especially because you can spam it more

Used for noregen mods. Still figuring out the best affix combination.

L94 Tree

I use a +3 staff over pledge because it provides almost the same DPS for lesser mana cost.




Required. As is a conqueror's efficiency jewel.


You need a +1 item. Gloves/Boots are the only options here. So just buy them, get them 4soc with the right colors. Quality and corrupt. You can add links if you get +1 after.


Mana on this spec is super tight. My skill costs 76 mana and I have 77 unreserved. If you don't get +mana on your jewelry you'll need to take Deep Thoughts for 2 pts.

Thanks to wiwivgn for the suggestion.

L90 Tree.

Using an Alpha's Howl we can get enough reservation to run Haste+Hatred+Anger.

This can alse be achieved with enlighten level 5 without taking Charisma for the ulitmate version of this spec.