[2.2] [Berserker/Deadeye] Life Voltaxic Spark - No Crit - BloodMagic - VaalPact - 80k DPS!
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Wouldn't projectile damage be worth more than elemental/lightning b/c of double dipping with poisons?
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" This is true. However at a certain point it starts to make very little difference because the double dipping on the poison DoT will really only matter against bosses. At that point I'd say cast speed matters more because you'll be applying more stacks of poison on the boss AND dealing more damage from the increased number of Sparks you're sending out. From my experience doing Tier 10/11 Maps, I've realized damage is the least of my worries. The bosses melt even with the increased monster life map mod. If anything the life would be more valuable which is why I stressed the 200%+ life portion of the tree. If it really matters to snakkz's tree above then I'd remove Storm Weaver, Trickery, a 5% life node from my previously suggested tree and use those nodes to take the Chaos damage nodes next to Coordination. Snakkz's original tree had: 143% increased Projectile Damage - double dips 54% increased Chaos Damage - double dips 26% increased Elemental Damage 182% increased maximum Life +12% to Chaos Resistance +22% to all Elemental Resistances 16% increased Cast Speed 39% increased Spell Damage 5% increased Attack and Cast Speed This new suggested tree to make up for the loss in double dipping damage has: 56% increased Projectile Damage - double dips 130% increased Chaos Damage - double dips 26% increased Elemental Damage 192% increased maximum Life +30% to all Elemental Resistances +32% to Chaos Resistance 27% increased Cast Speed 65% increased Spell Damage 5% increased Attack and Cast Speed So -11% chaos/projectile damage but +11% cast speed, +26% spell damage, +10% life, +20% chaos res, +8% all res AND 1 more jewel node where you can stick in a +projectile & +chaos damage jewel for the same number of skill points. I'd say it's worth it. I'll link the new tree in my previous post. Thanks for pointing this out though; I wouldn't have remembered and wouldn't have made these changes otherwise. |
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Why not use Essence worm ring?
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" Honestly never even thought about it. It'd make capping your resists tougher. If you can cap your resists and still use Essence Worm then go for it. |
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" Wow Castor, big thanks for the good and constructive feedback :) I am working on the skilltree myself atm, but I really like your changes :) I found another tree I am liking better then yours, better then mine and better then all the others I have seen tho. What is even better with it is that I dont loose the art of the gladiator with it either. Last edited by snakzz#1547 on Apr 6, 2016, 2:49:03 AM
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What are the pros/cons for going with blood magic vs mana?
From what I can tell blood magic loses some dps with no auras but gains survivability with blood magic/vaal pact? I've never used blood magic so I'm just wondering what the upside to going this build over say Ziggy a build would be, thanks! |
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I'm also curious about the pros and cons of bloodmagic over mana, I imagine the 35% life compared to arctic armor and 60% clearmind damage boost compared to herald helps (although to be fair clearmind is probably closer to a 20-35% damage boost if you have a good double/triple damage jewel)
Probably frees up a couple sockets from the 2-3 auras and a possible mana flask freed up, any other pros or cons? |
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" Berserker is 10% MORE damage, Deadeye is 50-80% INCREASED damage (which translates to about 12%-20% MORE damage), so the difference is not that big. I did Cruel Lab (with considerable difficulty) right after Merciless A1, but when I got Berserker, I sailed right through Merciless until I hit level 64 on Marketplace Sewer and could equip Voltaxic. Then things really accelerated, Piety, Dominus and Deshret fell in quick succession, will start mapping today. I am using Q20 Spark which has 40% Projectile Speed and am wearing a sweet so the extra projectile means less to me. I now agree that in general Deadeye is the way to go, but if you can afford a Q20 Spark and +2 Spark helmet Berserker works as well. One big disadvantage of taking Berserker/Vaal Pact first is that some of the Merciless Trials are no fun when you have no regeneration. Dear Maligaro, I left my head in San Francisco, I lost my legs in Peru My liver and kidney are on holiday in Sydney And I am sending my Heart to you --- Love, Malachai Last edited by Flapdrol#5373 on Apr 6, 2016, 5:20:41 AM
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Wow, all the vaal sparks enchanted helms are so expensive, I will never be able to afford one :(
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" Last edited by Uberness#3168 on Apr 6, 2016, 6:28:50 AM
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