[2.2] Occultist (Contagion + Essence Drain) Beginner starting build

Any advice on dealing with mana?

"

Uhhdopted wrote:

Any advice on dealing with mana?

You have my gear and items listed on the previous page, check it up, no problems with mana whatsoever -that remains true even while I had a 3 curse setup with Heretic's Veil and a total of ~170 unreserved mana (note: a 3 curse setup required Enlighten AND Charisma nodes).

That being said, while using a 3 curse setup I did have a mana flask on me just in case I needed to spam occasionally.

In total, after level 65 - 70 you should have no mana issues whatsoever.

"

djnat wrote:

"

Summoner wrote:

What would you suggest instead then? Empower's outside my budget/time to play.

Are you sure? Empower, if you search for a corrupted lvl 3 one, will cost you about 1-1.5 ex (or even less, if you get a lucky trade).

If I had an EX to blow, I'd probably either sell it for chaos to get several 20C upgrades to 5C items or to buy a better base item to 5L later this week after I've accumulated enough fuses from Voricci. A single gem's way down the bottom of my not going to happen list.

"

Summoner wrote:

If I had an EX to blow, I'd probably either sell it for chaos to get several 20C upgrades to 5C items or to buy a better base item to 5L later this week after I've accumulated enough fuses from Voricci. A single gem's way down the bottom of my not going to happen list.

Okay, then you should think about slower projectiles or less duration as your 6th gem in the ED setup.

The levelling trees need updating?

"

SpookedMuffin wrote:

The levelling trees need updating?

All of them are up to date.

Would projectile weakness be a good offensive curse to consider or is vulnerability definitely better?

"

acc1986 wrote:

Would projectile weakness be a good offensive curse to consider or is vulnerability definitely better?

This... this is not crazy, if anyone can corroborate this I'll be very thankful.

I haven't personally tried, but reading the forums some days ago I found that projectile weakness didnt increase the ED dot damage taken by mobs.

I have to make some tests myself to be sure of this. I'll post results when I have some free time to try.

"

djnat wrote:

I haven't personally tried, but reading the forums some days ago I found that projectile weakness didnt increase the ED dot damage taken by mobs.

I have to make some tests myself to be sure of this. I'll post results when I have some free time to try.

"

acc1986 wrote:

Would projectile weakness be a good offensive curse to consider or is vulnerability definitely better?

I tested myself on a friend and Projectile Weakness does NOT affect ED dot, just the initial hit wich is pointless. Stick with Vuln.