Shadow - [2.1 Talisman] Tri-curse Essence drain/Contagion, budget build - gameplay videos - Forum

This is a budget essence drain / contagion combo build, it uses cheap uniques to give it that extra bang for buck

Uniques used are:

Doedre's Scorn
Maligaro's Influence
Doedres Damning
Doedre's Tenure

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Videos
pier map
ledge map
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Gear

Uniques:

Rares:
Most of my rares are in bad need of upgrade, but you get the picture

Explanation:
Doedre's Damning is used for the extra curse, which combo's with Doedre's scorn for increased damage.
Victario's influence is used to reduce the curse-aura cost, combined with passives you can support up to 4 curses if you choose to, plus it also increases the curse aura size for QOL.
Doedre's tenure is a cheap and effective way to a nice damage boost, since cast speed does not affect your damage.
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Skill Tree

Level 72
level 85

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Skill Gems / Links

4-link: Essence drain + controlled destruction + rapid decay + void manipulation

4-link (In malgario's influence): blasphemy + enfeeble + vulnerability + temporal chains (+ optional 5L with another curse)

4-link: Contagion + Rapid decay + increased area of effect + void manipulation

2-link: wither + increased area of effect (+ optional 3-link with increased duration)

optional extras I use: chaos golem (tank/damage reduction), lightning warp (movement)

Currently I'm only using three 4-links, and one 2-link, thus leaving some space for you to improvise. The spare 4-link you can setup some kind of CWDT + molten shell type deal, or some kind of enduring cry/immortal call combo if you so choose; I leave it up to you.

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Bandits

oak (or kill)
kill
kill
It's okay to kill oak in normal for the skillpoint early on, however late-game you will want to respec to oak for the HP

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Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

immune to reflect
cheap to gear
curse stacking for party play
decent clear speed
tri-curse is very strong; enfeeble+temp-chains is super strong

Weaknesses

curse immune enemies
terrible on curse-immune maps
contagion/essence drain doesn't really work that great in parties
contagion/essence drain can be clunky - if you enemies don't group up nicely for you it can be a hassle
not much fun to level with to be honest!

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Please ask any questions you like, and I hope you learned something useful from this guide :-)

"there is no spoone" - The Matricks

Last edited by Zeekin#4930 on Dec 18, 2015, 6:34:04 AM