[2.0] THOR'S RAINBOWNUKE: DO ALL MAPS, UBER ATZIRI, AND EXPLOSIONS!

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iSo1iD wrote:

Herald of Thunder is not an aura, but a buff, so its not affected by increased increased aura effect, but is influenced by increased buff effect. However, Herald of Thunder does benefit from reduced mana reservation as "reduced man reservation" is not specific to just auras, but applies to any skill that reserves mana. So if connected to a level 20 reduced man, and assuming you have both the 60% less and 14% reduced reserved mana nodes, you will only reserve 7% life (rounded up) with Herald Of Thunder. Without reduced mana gem, Herald of Thunder reserves 9% of life (Rounded up). Yet then again, it can still be possible to not have sufficient life or gem slots to run this effectively in the build without sacrificing something like an empowered gem. Although i am curious, as it takes a level 23 gem to upgrade the bonus max element resist, from a corresponding purity gem, from 4% to 5%. So are you running level 21 purity gems plus level 3 empowered, or level 20 purity gems with level 4 empowered, or are you utilizing a plus one to geme item with level 20 purity gems and level 3 empowered?

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tackle70 wrote:

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iSo1iD wrote:

Herald of Thunder is not an aura, but a buff, so its not affected by increased increased aura effect, but is influenced by increased buff effect. However, Herald of Thunder does benefit from reduced mana reservation as "reduced man reservation" is not specific to just auras, but applies to any skill that reserves mana. So if connected to a level 20 reduced man, and assuming you have both the 60% less and 14% reduced reserved mana nodes, you will only reserve 7% life (rounded up) with Herald Of Thunder. Without reduced mana gem, Herald of Thunder reserves 9% of life (Rounded up). Yet then again, it can still be possible to not have sufficient life or gem slots to run this effectively in the build without sacrificing something like an empowered gem. Although i am curious, as it takes a level 23 gem to upgrade the bonus max element resist, from a corresponding purity gem, from 4% to 5%. So are you running level 21 purity gems plus level 3 empowered, or level 20 purity gems with level 4 empowered, or are you utilizing a plus one to geme item with level 20 purity gems and level 3 empowered?

Current gear

Current tree

There's most likely a way to fit it into one of the variants of the build - possibly the one in the OP with blood magic - but I'm not going to all the expense of changing my gear and passive tree around just to get a few extra % of DPS.

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tackle70 wrote:

Alrighty... I'm declaring this one done. Dinged at 96 after 209 maps and sold enough from my shop to buy all my gem upgrades. Said a while back I'd post new screenshots with level 21 gems, so here we go... never thought I'd see the day I made a build that was packing 80-90+ exalts worth of gems.

21/20 Arc DPS

21/20 Discharge DPS

Defenses; 23 Purity of Fire/Lightning & Discipline

Final gear/gem setup

Final tree @ level 96

There are really no further upgrades that are meaningful to the gear that I can see, apart from mirror gear that I'll never be able to afford. Could theoretically get a level 21 Vitality and a level 4 Empower but that's a huge amount of cost for completely insignificant benefits. The only real upgrade that's not crazy expensive would be to get a Romira's Banquet and land some sort of useful corrupt.

Maps are a joke at this point as long as you avoid -max. Ele reflect or no regen are really dangerous but doable. All other mods, along with all map bosses, are faceroll. Regular Atziri is faceroll. Uber Atziri should be doable without much trouble but I have no means to test since 100% of my wealth has been invested in maps and gear, and I cannot afford Mortal sets.

Taking a break from endgame PoE for a while... see you all in Act 4!

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iSo1iD wrote:

Does the slightly increased mana cost from using level 21 gems play a factor in the mana/life (BM) sustainability of the build, or is the difference minimal?

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Kalif_Lyx wrote:

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iSo1iD wrote:

Does the slightly increased mana cost from using level 21 gems play a factor in the mana/life (BM) sustainability of the build, or is the difference minimal?

the increased mana costs on most gems are 0 or + 1 mana, which is for most gems below 0,5% increased cost, so it should not have any major impact on any build. in this case, the lvl 21 gems are in the mjolnir and therefor cast for free anyway. to trigger them ,he uses a lvl 9 lightning strike ;)

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tackle70 wrote:

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Kalif_Lyx wrote:

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iSo1iD wrote:

Does the slightly increased mana cost from using level 21 gems play a factor in the mana/life (BM) sustainability of the build, or is the difference minimal?

the increased mana costs on most gems are 0 or + 1 mana, which is for most gems below 0,5% increased cost, so it should not have any major impact on any build. in this case, the lvl 21 gems are in the mjolnir and therefor cast for free anyway. to trigger them ,he uses a lvl 9 lightning strike ;)

This is correct - there's no change in mana cost for this build for socketed gems or auras, so I didn't have to worry about it.

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BenMey wrote:

I have considered running a mana version of the build but I notice you can't run haste. The increased Move speed and attack speed seem too good to pass up.