[3.0] Support 10 Auras + 2 Curse [ AURA BOT ]

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JujiKabane wrote:

Just a few questions about this setup:

You said a while ago that you didn't have room to run an animated guardian setup, but you are using a gem socket for portal skill gem. Considering a stack of 40 portals takes exactly one inventory slot, could you not easily swap this quality of life gem out for a substantial increase in party dps from DB+LC guardian?

Also you've decided to use Dying breath over EE and Prism Guardian. But, with a Conqueror's Efficiency in one of your jewel sockets you can run additional auras while still using Shaper's Seed and only dropping clarity.

48+17=65+24=89+8=97
[genrosity-elighten-anger-wrath-hatred-haste:Shav's][discipline-vitality-grace:Prism Guardian][p.ice-p.fire-p.lightning-elighten:Alphas Howl]
[blasphemy-enlighten-curse:EE]

This leaves both boots and gloves open for your vaal skills, and by dropping clarity you have a slot open for animate guardian to increase your support buffs with DB+LC

And finally, what are your thoughts currently on using the Necromancer ascendancy for this build instead of occultist? You would lose some survivability and a potential curse in return for 30% skill effect duration to buff your vaal skills (Mistress of sacrifice) and 110% increased damage and 55% increased attack/cast speed (commander of darkness).

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JujiKabane wrote:

That's why I didn't mention minions when talking about the necromancer tree. It's the aura stacking and increased duration that offer benefit. Considering your massive amount of auras, you can give all allies in your party up to 110% increased damage and 55% increased attack/cast speed from the Commander of Darkness passive. This stacks on top of all the bonuses they are currently getting from the auras themselves. You can also increase the up-time of all your vaal skills by an additional 30% with Mistress of Sacrifice, which in many cases would allow faster clearing parties to have permanent up-time. This along with adding a guardian setup will increase the damage bonuses you give a party by far more than going occultist, at the expense of some survivability. Can you explain how these bonuses that have nothing to do with minions and specifically fall in line with the style of build you are playing are useless?