Eckalina | SC | FARMBUILD [Amazing dps and IQ/IR] | Dual Spark | Low Life Mode - RF |

If you're dropping vitality then you may as well put haste back on. Since it sounded like you were able to do run 4 anyhow.
I haven't looked into Inner Force with the new buff yet but if you drop vitality Inner Force will hurt a bit more since it'll increase the RF burn?

I am just barely not able to run 2 auras off life (with BM) just yet. Most gems are lvl 19 now and my BM is at 18.

Seriously, all the people on forums saying to just level a gem to 20 then vender for 20% and level again are nuts. I'm at lvl 83 (nearing 84) and nothing is level 20 yet. Of course I don't group either since most people I had played with moved on so my xp gain is lower. I've found it easier to actually use GCP. Heck, the ratio is nearing 20:1 gcp:exalt anyhow. Paying an exalt (over time) to get my gems to 20% is worth it to me especially since a couple started at 10 or higher.

For now I just recast each zone with malachai. Until I hit some level 20 gems.

I used this sheet which was created by someone in this thread (I'll have to look back for the name)


Inner Force does add 100-200dps and doesn't increase the burn from RF all that much at all. The difference will be specifically if you can cast haste or not.
I would go from 2199 to 2322 (removing 20% lightening damage passives in order to add inner force). My RF burn went from 147 to 178 BUT because the auras are buffed my regen went from +174 to +167 which is negligible.

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Madcow1120 wrote:

Seriously, all the people on forums saying to just level a gem to 20 then vender for 20% and level again are nuts.

They are not. Aside from spark and rf, all gems this build is using benefit greatly from having quality and at level ~10 should have broken even with the old lvl20 gems, if not surpassed them already. Now I don't know where you farm but I picked up two gems 4 days ago and got them to level 18 already. Sure, it'll take me another week or two to get them to 20 but at level 18 they are fully functional.

As far as haste goes, I'll do some testing in the next couple of days. Results may vary, though, as it depends on how many mana nodes one grabbed and how much +mana you got on items.

Edit: Screw haste. If I get 106 mana on gear, grab 3 8% mana nodes and the 12% mana node, I can run haste again and have 110 mana to work with. Out of almost 1k total.

I don't have a shavs yet since as I gain any small amount of currency the price seems to rise twice as much so I mostly farm Lunaris. Whenever I initially level I tend to run some maps ranging from 68-70.

If it took a week or 2 to level then fine but I've been playing this character for 2 months and still not at level 20. It is a good point though that it doesn't take long to get it to level 12 or so but then slows down. For that I'd rather pay the 20 GCP (though some of my gems started with some quality) than to spend another 2 months leveling them.

Yeah, losing Haste drops about 100-150 dps but keeping it on is not likely worth it. If only prism guardian had more ES or life regen then we could use that. I'm stuck with casting malachai anyhow until RM and BM level at least 1 more.

Looking at tretiak101's post I derive this:

Edited for correcting my math.

If you use a lower level clarity say level 10 which is 240 "mana". You can run haste and clarity off blood so long as you have 759 life (assuming level 20 BM and RM gems) leaving 2 life left.
(240*1.96)*.71 = 334 : (40*1.96)*.71 = 55.7% : (759 * [1-55.7%]) - 334 = 2 life remaining


Mana can run vitality, purity and discipline. With level 20 gems for all, assume you have 650 total mana you'd end up with having 216 mana for casting.
80% * .71 = 56.8% : 215*.71 = 153 : (650 * [1-56.8%]) - 153 = 128 mana remaining

I don't have level 20 gems but try that out. As you mentioned, leveling a clarity to 10 should be quick. You could level a little more too depending on your total mana. Makes getting Prestdigitation great as you get 8% mana then mana regen and cast speed. Mana regen will be important (unless you spam the unique flask anyhow in which case you likely already use a lower level clarity and the setup doesn't change).

Nevermind

For anybody concerned or annoyed with having to carry around the mask to recast every map, I thought I'd share this info.

I'm working with just one lvl18 blood magic and am able to run all of my aura's and leave me with enough mana to function. here's my current set-up:



leaves me with 26hp and 228mana.

no switch necessary, and no stupid mask in my inventory :D

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Leonidas313 wrote:

For anybody concerned or annoyed with having to carry around the mask to recast every map, I thought I'd share this info.

I'm working with just one lvl18 blood magic and am able to run all of my aura's and leave me with enough mana to function. here's my current set-up:

leaves me with 26hp and 228mana.

no switch necessary, and no stupid mask in my inventory :D

Yup, I have the exact same setup. Greatly recommended!

How much life u guys have that u can roll 2 aura's on life?cause i'm using eye of chayula and that -20% maximum life make it impossible.I kinda want to remove it but that stun immunity is also good.

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Madcow1120 wrote:

I don't have level 20 gems but try that out.

Done. It works.

I got 51 mana regen with a lvl10 clarity gem and 48% additional mana regen from items.

Edit: I don't think this is possible with chayula at all. Unless you get a ton of extra hp on gear which will hurt you if you ever drop chayula.