[INV #2 SHADOW] ST COC AB+Arc, WHO DOES #2 WORK FOR? +Alluring Abyss!

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thraenus wrote:

Good to know. Thanx for all that. One more question tho, do you really bother to cast all the auras every time you enter an instance? I don't think i can do this. To use blood magic to run 2 auras on life you seem to need to get another mana reduce node. Am i correct?

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reaperpi wrote:

With that dagger... have you considered dropping life leech and adding something like crit dmg? I think you would increase you dmg output a good deal by throwing in something like increased critical dmg...

Of course its HC

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startingova wrote:

If I were to go CI using Chayula in place of Lazwhar and using strides to make up for the loss in spell block, do you think it would work out?

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muir wrote:

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startingova wrote:

If I were to go CI using Chayula in place of Lazwhar and using strides to make up for the loss in spell block, do you think it would work out?

It wouldn't make up for it, you'd be around 96% of your attack block which would be 54% w/ any Chayula or 58% if you have a 4% corrupted one. I think the difference between 70 sp block and ~56% is fairly large maybe offset by the larger ES pool.

However, you'd also be spending 5 more points to go into CI so you'd have to sacrifice something else.

You wouldn't want to sacrifice damage or attack speed because w/o low life you're going to be very very slow (~3.x aps vs 5 aps... yes blood rage is worth this much) and you won't have PA.

You'll also need more strength and dex on other gear w/o Lioneye's. To top it off you'd only be able to run 4 auras which means even less attack speed, no evasion, AND giving up huge max resists on at least one element.

So overall just nowhere near as effective.

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startingova wrote:

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muir wrote:

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startingova wrote:

If I were to go CI using Chayula in place of Lazwhar and using strides to make up for the loss in spell block, do you think it would work out?

It wouldn't make up for it, you'd be around 96% of your attack block which would be 54% w/ any Chayula or 58% if you have a 4% corrupted one. I think the difference between 70 sp block and ~56% is fairly large maybe offset by the larger ES pool.

However, you'd also be spending 5 more points to go into CI so you'd have to sacrifice something else.

You wouldn't want to sacrifice damage or attack speed because w/o low life you're going to be very very slow (~3.x aps vs 5 aps... yes blood rage is worth this much) and you won't have PA.

You'll also need more strength and dex on other gear w/o Lioneye's. To top it off you'd only be able to run 4 auras which means even less attack speed, no evasion, AND giving up huge max resists on at least one element.

So overall just nowhere near as effective.

Well let's say on a budget without Shavs, which 4 auras would you run? And CI would cost less points for me as I do not intend to take the flask effect nodes as well as PA (scrubcore<3). I can't link the gear I intend to run as I play on Garena server but I do have a 8xxEV/683ES chest, T1Crit/APS Ambusher with sufficient attributes and accuracy on my accessories. Would you think that's enough for me to at least enjoy the build? Oh and on a side note, why do you choose LMP over GMP?