[2.3 Build Guide] Lurifaxx's Soul Ward Occultist! [HC/SC/Atziri Viable]

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sheeeeeeets wrote:

Trying to find a build that costs a decent chunk in this new league since I have some currency to burn now. Want something tough and most map mod viable, and this or the ED version of this look right down my alley.

That being said, whats the better way to go? CA or ED for faster kill times? Which one is all around better?

Since ED has built in "REGENERATE X% life", wouldnt that be good paired with Zealots Oath to regen ES quicker?

Just a few questions I have. Pardon my newbness, as I have never stepped into the Chaos Damage or CI realm yet :)

GOALS: Have an Uber Lab runner, fill out as much of my Atlas as possible, perhaps attempt Uber Atziri and kill her. Will this build suffice?

Your skill tree will be roughly the same for ED or CA. You will have a slightly better map clear speed with CA i think, but your chest will host ED for single target. The profane bloom node makes wonders with CA <3.
Uber lab is a joke with this ES regen, but the single target will be lower than a dedicated ED build with low life dual/tri curse i think. Uber atziri is doable but it will be kinda slow so you would need to rely on the ES regen and good positionning.

I'm really surprised with the setup so far. I always wanted to try this quiver with wicked ward and this is one of the safest toon i had in a while. I sold the gear of my 9K hp explosive arrow jugg and i feel even more solid here.

I hope this thread is not dead...
Could You add some trees with 30/60/90 points please? For noobs like me suddenly 109 points is black magic... thanks...

Im sitting at 19k DoT, same gear and tree minus 21CA and lvl 4 empower. Hard to believe my DoT is so low only missing 2 levels...

Still only 24k DoT - Why is my sheet damage 8k lower than yours?

Only thing I can guess is the nerf to the pierce gems multiplier. How can I make up 8k dps....

Still only 24k DoT - Why is my sheet damage 8k lower than yours?

Only thing I can guess is the nerf to the pierce gems multiplier. How can I make up 8k dps....[/quote]

I have 23.6K, i failed some support corruptions, so i should be around 24K aswell. I don't understand where the difference comes from either.

Gear :



Rainbowstrides because the mana is awesome, and headhunter because it's fun, free up stat points and i don't have a good crystal belt yet.

Passive :

Level 92 in Softcore Essence league. I could have reached lv94 but... from 91 on the xp penalty is fuckin bad and sometimes this build cant prevent some stupid deaths. The freeze problems is always there, even if i have an antifreeze granite flask up.

With empower lv3 and CA lv 21 i have 21k dps + concentrated effect which isn't visble on tooltip. The problem is that this dps isn't really good against fast monsters. Temporal chains mod is a very very bad mod for this build coz this build is already slow in its movements; and the base movement speed on monsters, especially unique monsters, is insane.

This is my gear:



I go with Death Door's for easy farming of the uberlab... also in maps is great, coz bleed (like every other non-chaos degen) is quite dangerous for this build. I plan to use even Auxium to erase the freeze/chill problems. And i plan to change the chest and the gloves (dunno if i'll be able to afford a better helmet with the 40% CA enchant, though it only gives 1k dps... i hoped it would have improved better the damage).

Of course i plan to buy an empower 4. But, before, the best thing to do to increase single target dps against unique bosses, is to buy another 6l bow with the decay mod (essence of delirium) and +1 to socketed gems: you put in ED. This should double (probablyn something more than double) the damage against bosses, whenever you hit the boss with ED while he is in the CA area, while the cost is greatly lowered compared to the cost of an empower lv4 (around 12ex right now).

Right now, with crappy gear, i have 13.3k es and i have killed all guardians, even with bad mods (sometimes i've died once, but only because i didn't knew their skills). When i'll get this bow, and the gems to use with, im gonna test it with Uber Atziri and then i'll try to kill the Shaper.

If i had time to play, i'll probably have reached again 40/40. Though, im quite busy because im preparing to get the law degree soon.

Could someone please tell me the proper order of which nodes to go for as you level this build up?

Thanks.

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Kagari wrote:

Still only 24k DoT - Why is my sheet damage 8k lower than yours?

Only thing I can guess is the nerf to the pierce gems multiplier. How can I make up 8k dps....

I have 23.6K, i failed some support corruptions, so i should be around 24K aswell. I don't understand where the difference comes from either.

Gear :



Rainbowstrides because the mana is awesome, and headhunter because it's fun, free up stat points and i don't have a good crystal belt yet.

Passive :




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Then I bet you its the nerf to pierces multiplier. It went from 29% more to 19%more at lvl 20. Thats 10% less damage.

Also, I've been scoping a CA damage enchant helm, but Im dead broke after getting a 4 empower and 21 CA. Selling stuff in standard is slow going...

hi there.
I want to try this build and wanted to ask if you can post a skill tree for leveling.
And can I use Coustic Arrow for leveling or is it better to use lightning arrow and other skills.
I bought a silverbranch bow is it viable for andgame if i level it up with the propecy it gets a +1 bow and +1 gem lvl so its +2 for the CA skill.

thx in advance

So I reached level 93. Killed uberatziri quite easily without top-end gear: i died to the vaals coz they do a multiattack that permastuns and i didn't go with Eye of Chayula or Valiryum (my fault here); the ascendancy notable and the antistun enchant are worth nothing. Not to mention that, sadly, i dont have stun recovery from gear... I'm searching for a good chest but there aren't so many chest with 800+es, so i'll have to craft myself probably.

Tried the Shaper. Well... i think this build can't simply do it. Not enough damage even with 21k CA (+ concentrated effect, which isn't displayed) + 24k ED damage over time + decay mod from the second bow. Not to mention the buff from the totem, which against the Shaper is usable in some right moments.
The problem is that he does a ball which explode and release a PERMANENT dot, that will be deadly if the fight goes for too long because they will be at the center of the fight area, which is the only safe place to be with Zana with her wall.