[Possible 3.0 Update Coming SOON!]"Dbum's Occultist Essence Drain/Decay with a F***ing Bow!"

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tipicozzy wrote:

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dbum wrote:

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tipicozzy wrote:

Nice build guide man, gonna try it myself! :D But one question, what should i take from Uber Lab, what would be better Malediction or Vile Bastion? Ohh and can i farm Uber Lab? :)

Malediction is great if you can find a way to run tri curse as CI. Otherwise I grabbed 2 8% ES nodes.

Dbum

I was thinking to get Malediction and not spec into Whispers of Doom, what do you think about that?

Definitely a option, then you could use those points for more es or dmg.

Dbum

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anone wrote:

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dbum wrote:

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tipicozzy wrote:

Nice build guide man, gonna try it myself! :D But one question, what should i take from Uber Lab, what would be better Malediction or Vile Bastion? Ohh and can i farm Uber Lab? :)

Male diction is great if you can find a way to run tri curse as CI. Otherwise I grabbed 2 8% ES nodes.

Dbum

The Witchfire brew flask comes to mind.

I was actually thinking of doing this the other day.

Absolutely a very viable option!

Dbum

Fixed the lvling trees with Eldrich Battery....lol dont know what I did there.

Updated current gear/tree

Dbum

Hello, does Zealots Oath stack with Essence Drain? I asking it be couse Google say "no". May be it was fixed in the last patch. Please clarification the sinergy.

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vannov wrote:

Hello, does Zealots Oath stack with Essence Drain? I asking it be couse Google say "no". May be it was fixed in the last patch. Please clarification the sinergy.

Every enemy hit with ED will restore a portion of your life, but in our case ES.

If I'm mobbing through maps quick and I get hit, my ES charges up really fast because of it.

In case of emergency I use Vaal Discipline as well.

Little update on this build.

I'm currently lvl 85 and everything is going really smoothly.

I got Voidwalkers few days ago and they work like a charm. I added 20q Phase Run for extra synergy, which basically replaces my quicksilver flask.

I also managed to get a lvl.4 Empower for extra DPS. Kinda wish I used the Decay essence on my bow now instead of Essence of Woe but oh well.

Current DPS sitting at 28k. Racing through maps at 70% MS with increased projectile dodge and 80% invisibility (Phase Run).

I honestly cannot stress enough how useful Phase run is for this build!

My items for those interested:



Still looking for some better rings and belt. Possibly better chest as well since my ES is a little lacking. (7k with discipline)

This is EHC btw. :)

really nice build, i'm gonna roll this for sure.
i find this strange though:

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*Can grow into much more power with Shavs, Heretics Veil, +1 Curse Eye of Chayula
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*End Game (Uber) Lab - 2 x 8% increased energy shield or if you want +1 curse Malediction.

why the hell would someone spend several exalts on a +1 chayula when you can get Malediction at the expense of another 8% es node?

about your lvl90 tree i noticed that if you skip the 3*6%es nodes in the unnatural calm cluster and the 16% spell damage at the which starting point you can take 3*6%es nodes in the scion wheel and grab path of the savant for a net gain of 20 mana and 20int (4%es).
i don't agree on skipping the the aoe cluster in the witch area, your contagion is going to be really small with zero aoe from the tree and your clear speed is going to suffer for this reason, i will gladly give up a damage cluster in order to grab that. i also really want to include the flask cluster as well and skittering runes. the chaos damage cluster under CI and written in blood will need to go in order to get them (or something else, i plan to get this to lvl95 so i have more wiggle room).

also i see you got lucky and only got 2 prefixes and 2 suffixes on the bow allowing you to craft +1 gems at the cost of 2 exalts (cannot roll attack mods with lvl8 cata and then slam an exalt on it for 100% chance of getting +1 gems), i would put leo's 10-20% reduced damage taken from dot as the finishing mod.

reserved

I'm lvl66(low i know) but i have problem with mana, i only have 70 to cast spells and my dmg is kinda low(need better stats on my bow). This is my gear so far, what should i do? Thanks!

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dolan_grey wrote:

why the hell would someone spend several exalts on a +1 chayula when you can get Malediction at the expense of another 8% es node?

A lot of people skip it because they don't want to take profane bloom, because its interaction with ED sucks big time. However if you're taking PB like OP apparently did, I feel you definitely also *have* to pick Malediction. PB is a downgrade to ED build that you'll only consider taking because you need +1 curse badly.

Completely agree with everything else you mention in your post fwiw. Although I would also prefer pathing to Whispers of Doom through witch area and skipping ZO (you can use the ZO flask and you really don't need it with SS quiver anyway). That way you'll get to keep those chaos damage nodes and even have some points to spare.

One option is also to path down from "Path of the Savant" then go left from Scion starting area for Intuitive Leap jewel which allows you to get the 25% duration, 15% and 5% curse effect and two 5% AoE nodes. That's what Poedan did in his ED build. The pathing is a little rough, but still probably the best way to go if you want more AoE than what you get from Witch area.