GhazzyTV - Essence Drain & Contagion (or Bane/Soulrend) Trickster [SC/HC/Uber Elder/Shaper]
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Hoping a kind soul would have a quick look at my gear and suggest where would be the best for me to continue to improve.
I feel like I need to get 3+ enlighten so I can add discipline or grace to boost defences. For damage, with charges and flasks up I'm around 450k dot. With decent non-ailment multiplier jewels selling for 4-13 ex, I'm not sure where else I could boost the damage as well besides gloves.. would love to hear suggestions! (my profile should be open for viewing)
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Last edited by Denezen#5942 on Jul 9, 2019, 1:35:17 AM
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No RNG method of crafting +1 base for the bow. Cost Around 1.6ex(current rate of exchange).
1. Buy 6 The Porcupine, 5c each. 2. Chrome it, shouldn't take more than 60 chrome(12c in value) to get the right color. 3. Transmute and alt the bow until you get only 1 affix magic bow. 4. Regal and annul it twice to remove all affix(34c). 5. Craft "Cannot roll Attack Modifiers" suffix on your bow(1ex). 6. Now use the beastcraft "Add a Prefix, Remove a Random Suffix". Buy the recipe Farric Wolf Alpha if you don't have it, 25c. There's only 1 possible outcome if you block attack modifiers.
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 Spamming alt is cheaper though if you manage to hit it in less than 40 alt and annul it successfully on your first try. |
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I was wondering.
I have only started playing this game last wednesday, and decided to give this one a try. This being the second character, I finished act 10 and did a first map on a witch. So I'm a complete noob since I haven't done anything with delves, more maps, let alone try out crafting. Can anyone explain to me, what I should be doing build wise/item wise? I can't really afford much at all as a newbie and it seems like this build really needs a lot of the gems/links to work correctly. I noticed that after finishing act 3 I'm suddenly doing a lot less damage than before, also incredibly squishy. |
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" I'll only answer things I feel comfortable with, being a rookie myself. For now, aim for a wand and shield combo with +% spell damage and +% cast speed, bonus points they have +xx chaos damage to spells. Try to get a cheap 5-linked chest (either looted yourself or bought on poe.trade) and make sure the 5 sockets are linked together (I did that mistake on my very first character and wondered why my damage was piss poor). If by any chance, you have around 15 chaos orbs to spend, you can get a tabula rasa which is a 6-linked chest piece with white sockets (meaning, you can put every kind of gem you want in them with no regards to the color restriction) at the cost of 0 defense/affix) Do not hesitate to use jeweller's orbs/fusings/chromes to get the desired colors, sockets and links on your boots/gloves/helmets as it is very easy and cheap to get the combination you desire (but don't try to get for example 3 red sockets on ES gloves, ES items favor blue sockets, EVA favor green and Armour favor red, the more off-color sockets you want, the harder it will be). Try to get capped in resists as you take a -35% to all elemental resistances at the end of act 6 (?) and 10. It is imperative to get at least 75% fire/lightning/cold resistance. Chaos resistance, not so much. Rings with passable resists and life can be bought cheaply on poe.trade for 1 to 2 chaos. Good luck |
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" Tricky without knowing your budget, but areas for upgrades would be: - Swap the dagger out for a wand with chaos damage/non-ailment chaos DOT multi - Gloves - e.g. fingerless silk would give you inc spell damage implicit. Could also look at Allelopathy for blight. - Belt is awful. Shouldn't be too expensive to get a leather belt with some life and couple of decent res rolls. - You can buy level 21 corrupted essence drain/blight gems for a few chaos each - decent dps upgrade for you. - You could look to buy a 6L chest (maybe corrupted) to get a 6L ED. - You don't need 2 mana flasks (or any really). - Getting an insta bleed flask would be a nice QOL upgrade. - Get a spreading rot jewel. - Your rings need replacing - and the craft on the ghoul circle does nothing for you as ED isn't an attack. If nothing else, aim for life and res, then anything else that benefits the build (at the cost of more currency, of course). - Get some upgrades and do uber lab - it isn't hard with this build as long as you don't rush and take care with traps etc. If you need currency, look at farming low tier maps (e.g. T2 glacier). Anything you can run quickly (couple of minutes per map). You can quickly accumulate currency (and sell things like legion frags if you want even more $). |
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" Dug this post from a while back, it also has some good tips for getting started. You don't need to worry about crafting if you don't want to, but it has some good guidelines which you could follow. |
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" Thank you for this, it does seem like my biggest problem right now is the jewels being wrong. Well, linked incorrectly, I'll try to change it here and there. Seeing that I'm still using swords too despite not actually using them. |
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can someone tell me what i should focus on/replace next?
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" Isn't the break-even point when you spend 1ex, 25c, and 2 annuls worth of alterations/annuls? But your point still stands that it is on average almost definitely cheaper to craft it the guaranteed way you just outlined. Great guide. :) ~ twitch.tv/animeprincess ~ everything was beautiful and nothing hurt ~ Last edited by xsnowingx#1952 on Jul 9, 2019, 9:56:07 AM
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" Craft your helmet with aberrant fossils, or aberrant+pristine combo. Don't settle for a roll unless it includes "-9 chaos res to nearby enemies". Buy a Perfect Form, which is cheap if its not 6 linked. Craft 6 sockets and craft either a 4 link, and then use 4link contagion, or a 5-link if u like to run a 5 link contagion. Try putting faster casting and efficacy on your totem gloves, because you probably want to hit max wither stacks and I doubt you are getting that right now. ~ twitch.tv/animeprincess ~ everything was beautiful and nothing hurt ~ Last edited by xsnowingx#1952 on Jul 9, 2019, 10:03:15 AM
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