[2.2] Low Life Tri-Curse Poison Essence Drain Occultist - Uber Viable, 10k+ ES, 40k+ DoT dps

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gm08872 wrote:

Why not get the pierce nodes on the far right to get 100% pierce

the OP has not participated in 2.3, and as a result the build has not been updated for patch 2.3.

Does anyone here have experience with this build in Prophecy league? I wanna know if it can farm uber lab with ease or not and how fast can it burn down Izaro in each phase with a geared out character (5/6l shavs, 20/20 gems, etc)

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Buks wrote:

Does anyone here have experience with this build in Prophecy league? I wanna know if it can farm uber lab with ease or not and how fast can it burn down Izaro in each phase with a geared out character (5/6l shavs, 20/20 gems, etc)

I followed this build and I am level 86. check my previous post on page 9. Basically i have yet to pick up the shavs and go low life. my gems... look for yourself, heres my stuff.


All this gear is self found except for the chest that I bought for 4 fuses and the chayula I believe. I linked the chest just recently after using it for 14+ levels. Lucky try lucky link, wouldnt have spent more than 20 fuses. I spent most money on the energy from within jewel that was like 5c lol.
I'm currently sitting on 1ex+~300c for my shavs. Haven't gotten very lucky dropping this league.
I dont agree with what @rileyjt said. This build can pretty much ignore traps and even afk in some of them. if you just run through you wont have a problem at all. it is faceroll. why?
because of the wicked ward ascendancy+ 10k ES + recharge delay reduction.

I did Atziri a couple times and it's super easy. Uber Izaro is harder because theres more shit that can hit you, but when you pick up enough damage I believe you can kill him almost instantly. Did him and I'm only at 1/4 of OP's dot. currently like 11k/40k.

I recommend picking up 20q gems and leveling those since they are really dirt cheap.

Gear list:



So I started this build and realized I would be way too poor to pull anything together this league. I quickly rolled a Juggernaut lab farmer, and that brought in all of the gear you see before you. Currently waiting on a Shav's to sell to get the level 4 empower, but past that I should be locked in at each slot for the rest of the league.

It's pretty fun, but after the tankiness of the Juggernaut, I just end up feeling sort of squishy. I'm at 9k ES flat after picking up my Boots and Gloves, and can't see myself affording anything better this league. Tree is kinda borked due to having to grab strange nodes while I was gearing, haven't gone back and compared it to the OP's in a while. The pierce nodes sound amazing from a QOL perspective, I'll probably spec out the jewel by the Curse/Mana/Duration nodes below scion and move them over to Ranger jewel + pierce.

I suppose I'll wait for my gems to finally hit 20/20 and see how ED feels with the extra level on it. getting close, just farming Atziri now for the challenges. How have you all been doing so far?

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gibtuck wrote:

I suppose I'll wait for my gems to finally hit 20/20 and see how ED feels with the extra level on it. getting close, just farming Atziri now for the challenges. How have you all been doing so far?

Your gear is very good.

Consider that if you can get (in the future) a lvl 21/20 ED + lvl 4 Empower your damage output will go up about 36%. And it's a lot.

The lowlife occultist version of ED does very good damage, but it's a bit squishy, you are right.

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djnat wrote:

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gibtuck wrote:

I suppose I'll wait for my gems to finally hit 20/20 and see how ED feels with the extra level on it. getting close, just farming Atziri now for the challenges. How have you all been doing so far?

Your gear is very good.

Consider that if you can get (in the future) a lvl 21/20 ED + lvl 4 Empower your damage output will go up about 36%. And it's a lot.

The lowlife occultist version of ED does very good damage, but it's a bit squishy, you are right.

Thanks! Yeah that's the goal, I have never Vaal'd a 20/20 gem before ever, so I have 5 19/20 Essence Drains that will hit 20 this weekend. The empowers I think are a bit to pricey to Vaal, so I'll just purchase. That is a ton more damage though, maybe I'll put together a video once everything is up and running.

Could someone pls post tree optimized for 2,3? Is witch best option for this build or something changed?

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Asag wrote:

Could someone pls post tree optimized for 2,3? Is witch best option for this build or something changed?

There are basically 3 ways to play this build. You can go life based, low life or CI.

All of them have their pros / cons.

For a life based version, Ascendant is probably the best choice.

If you go lowlife you are aiming at maximum damage output, so I'd say Occultist outperforms both Trickster and Ascendant.

If you go CI you want survivability, so Trickster is the best option by far because he is near to be unkillable.

Have 6L shavs in stash so will go probably low life. Is the tree from first post still good or need some tweaks?

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Asag wrote:

Have 6L shavs in stash so will go probably low life. Is the tree from first post still good or need some tweaks?

I'd probably add Arcane Vision (1 point spent) and Piercing shots (5 points spent), to have 100% pierce, and remove Hex Master (i find it very inefficient, 20% curse radius isn't really required and 10% curse effect is low for 3 points) and the jewel socket near it.