2.1 Conta/Ess Drain = The Purple Puragu : cheap and effective Atziri killer/mapper (SC/HC)

I'm running a Dodge build and I'm fairly happy with it so far. Just did a Wasteland map with some of the most horrible modifiers without getting killed. Temp Chains, Enfeeble, 60% slower regen and something else I don't remember. I've done Double Bosses on Courtyard and that was pretty exciting as well.

I get to rush face first into large stacks of mobs and just blow them up with Abyssal Cry, so damage is rarely an issue, except for isolated high level bosses, but those aren't terribly common.

All in all, Dodge isn't too hard to gear for, but you run into a few issues. You do less damage, since you can't run low life builds. Your shield is going to be somewhat disappointing, since you can't get Evasion and Spell damage at the same time and ES is worthless with Dodge.

I do 22K DPS with my ED and I have 5.1K EHP

Was just wondering if i could substitute some stats on armor/rings/neck for MF gear? instead of making a whole new character, could i just swap pieces accordingly?

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xBeWarned wrote:

Was just wondering if i could substitute some stats on armor/rings/neck for MF gear? instead of making a whole new character, could i just swap pieces accordingly?

You can always sacrifice stats for MF, but obviously the defensive side will be lower. If you go MF, make sure the gem is on the spell that hit the mobs first :)

Ok so Im finishing soon cruel and wanted to share some observations.

Tried in normal essence drain and contagion, packs were dying quick but due not enough mob density I switched to blade vortex and finished very fast normal. Did not change in tree anything was using 4l Blade Vortex and everything melted in seconds (even bosses) so Im really recommending this skill for early leveling.

In cruel I decided to switch again to ED/Contagion. The only difference is Im using daggers instead wands because I love Whirling Blades for movement and just cant play with Lightning Warp, feels so slow compared to WB.

Anyway I have alot of fun with this build really, move to pack contagion/ed boom with abyssal, whirl to another pack contagion/ed boom.

Or run in circle gather 3 packs, contagion/ed move forward and dont look back, everything will die anyway. Very satisfying :)

EDIT;
Also forgot to mention putting golem on cwdt is brilliant. On my other characters I selfcast them and they always die in seconds and resummoning them is pain in the ass.

Hi mate, I m wondering if it's possible to create a build around your concept but extremely tanky.
So I thought something like this:
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwYAAW8DHgPuBAcFtQZwBx4NfA5ID6sRLxFQEZYTbRQJFdcWvxslHU8dvh3ZHwIfQSLqIvQkiyaIKPoqOCsKLKYsvzOHNAo1uTbFN2Y3gzqtPV9CS0NUSRNJUUmxS65Ms06fUlNSr1ZjV8lcQFxrXfJfamf8aoxsC20Zb4R1nnaCen9_xoLHhEiFxYauh8uIQongi3qP-pMfkyeVLpeVl_ShL6LZpuunK6ebrUqw2LQMtNG1SLcwu02-isHFwuzDOsNtyAzIFMrTzxXQ0NfP2VvdX9-K377i9-ZY6NbpAuq662PsGO-I8NX0cfVv99f5N_no_xw=?accountName=Kagari&characterName=TobitaShinchi

Gear will be (on std), saffel's legacy, stone of laza with some add block chance (still didn't count very well), in order to get a good block spell char with high res always up, our beloved skyfort, the rest of the gear would be completely eshield, as much as possible, don't know about gloves maybe maligaro legacy.
Ofc from the tree we can convert some eshield nodes into any dps nodes, do you think it could be strong enough for tanking and kill?
Ty

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ForteBraccio wrote:

Hi mate, I m wondering if it's possible to create a build around your concept but extremely tanky.
So I thought something like this:
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwYAAW8DHgPuBAcFtQZwBx4NfA5ID6sRLxFQEZYTbRQJFdcWvxslHU8dvh3ZHwIfQSLqIvQkiyaIKPoqOCsKLKYsvzOHNAo1uTbFN2Y3gzqtPV9CS0NUSRNJUUmxS65Ms06fUlNSr1ZjV8lcQFxrXfJfamf8aoxsC20Zb4R1nnaCen9_xoLHhEiFxYauh8uIQongi3qP-pMfkyeVLpeVl_ShL6LZpuunK6ebrUqw2LQMtNG1SLcwu02-isHFwuzDOsNtyAzIFMrTzxXQ0NfP2VvdX9-K377i9-ZY6NbpAuq662PsGO-I8NX0cfVv99f5N_no_xw=?accountName=Kagari&characterName=TobitaShinchi

Gear will be (on std), saffel's legacy, stone of laza with some add block chance (still didn't count very well), in order to get a good block spell char with high res always up, our beloved skyfort, the rest of the gear would be completely eshield, as much as possible, don't know about gloves maybe maligaro legacy.
Ofc from the tree we can convert some eshield nodes into any dps nodes, do you think it could be strong enough for tanking and kill?
Ty

I think this skill is very versatile and can be built in a lot of different ways. I tried RF for exemple and it was really safe, with higher damage. Full block can also work i'm sure :)

Hi, did you start thinking about ascendancy? Trickster looks fine for patient reaper and shadow form isn't it? But do we really need the shadow form? Maybe it's allow us to swap some defensive to offensive node. Or did you go Assassin with smthg to trigger Noxious strike?

I think Trickster is the only viable option for this build.

going ascendant with deadeye, and occultist and pathing out from scion would be a good option for this build

going ascendant with deadeye, and occultist and pathing out from scion would be a good option for this build