The Headbang Gang 2.0 - Raging Spirits madness - now with cheap version + leveling guide

4:10 Gorge run submitted to the contest using a low dps version of this build.

just made this hoss on the 1 month race.

pretty hilarious how awful this spec is leveling. Then when you get some gear it just destroys everything

lol this is funny :D

So I was thinking about MoFL yesterday while doing some 76 maps. The thing is, when you're fighting tough content your minions will be hit. OTOH when you're fighting easy content, you will smash it regardless of whether you use MoFL or AF. For me this justifies AF (or minion damage) over MoFL.

Also just noticed your comment:

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sherkhan wrote:

Just a matter of small hits vs large ones on the phys part - makes a huge difference when the base hit is so small.

An average monster has 983 armor. Considering armor reduction I get about 219k DPS with my spec. Ignoring armor reduction gives 227k DPS. It doesn't make a big difference, because a lot of our DPS is elemental, and 983 armor isn't a lot in relation to spirit DPS.

I think I'll have missed it somewhere in the early pages of the thread, but why are we not using both Faster Casting + Spell Echo?

Something like SRS+FC+SE+MP+Multistrike+MinionDamage/Empower.

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DLimited wrote:

I think I'll have missed it somewhere in the early pages of the thread, but why are we not using both Faster Casting + Spell Echo?

Something like SRS+FC+SE+MP+Multistrike+MinionDamage/Empower.

Sherkhan's post is very good, so understand that. But in essence the point is that added fire adds more damage after elemental weakness and EE are considered.

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sherkhan wrote:

Interesting points. Are you running with bars up in your maps? Basically, I'd like to know whether the damage is binary or not (i.e. whether you see skulls with half-bars). Easy way to do this would be to turn off any other minions you're running and scan the green bars during bosses.

What do you think average AR is for 75+ bosses? Also, on that 983 number - what color and what level? I should google some more.

I'm not sure. I would love to test but my map pool is small so I usually run groups. Does anyone know what prices for 74, 75, 76, 77, and 78 are in standard?

The armor rating of 983 is for white mobs, from wiki.

In unrelated news, academy boss' book storms seem to be entirely ground based. SRS seem to be immune to him.

been rolling SRS in HC1M, just died #27 with 84lvl



Tree link

4100 life, 1100 armor
haste hatred wrath clarity

killed by JV boss with 2 power charge, got oneshot'd by crit ek
too ballzie.

clearspeed was fine on 75's maps

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MatrixFactor wrote:

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DLimited wrote:

I think I'll have missed it somewhere in the early pages of the thread, but why are we not using both Faster Casting + Spell Echo?

Something like SRS+FC+SE+MP+Multistrike+MinionDamage/Empower.

Sherkhan's post is very good, so understand that. But in essence the point is that added fire adds more damage after elemental weakness and EE are considered.

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sherkhan wrote:

Interesting points. Are you running with bars up in your maps? Basically, I'd like to know whether the damage is binary or not (i.e. whether you see skulls with half-bars). Easy way to do this would be to turn off any other minions you're running and scan the green bars during bosses.

What do you think average AR is for 75+ bosses? Also, on that 983 number - what color and what level? I should google some more.

I'm not sure. I would love to test but my map pool is small so I usually run groups. Does anyone know what prices for 74, 75, 76, 77, and 78 are in standard?

The armor rating of 983 is for white mobs, from wiki.

In unrelated news, academy boss' book storms seem to be entirely ground based. SRS seem to be immune to him.

I play with the bars up and I have seen my skulls at less than full HP. They can definitely take damage and not die.

It seems to me the best setups would be SRS + SE + MPD + Minion Damage/Multistrike + AF/Empower.

BTW this is pretty painful to level solo haha I am running Flameblast for now at lv32.

What links were you running though? I am playing in the new league and am starting with basically nothing. Going to try SRS + Minion Dmg right now though and see how it goes! I feel like I really just need more cast speed to get more of them out.

Here's a video of a easy map mods academy boss fight.