GhazzyTV - Essence Drain & Contagion (or Bane/Soulrend) Trickster [SC/HC/Uber Elder/Shaper]

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vorkosiganhs wrote:
Thx a lot for the guide. Hope you will get back your YT channel anytime soon.

Just a note in the guide: the leveling up process is not as smooth as I'd expect. Looks DoT does not scale very well at the beginning. So, if somebody interested, Tytykiller did a speed run (with all skill points) that can be used for this build. He did the transition to ES+Contagion after Act5 or 6. Full run is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re6CgQzCeWc.

Cheers.

Meh it's good enough tbh, cba to switch mid levelling. Check out ziz's "everything explained" thing where he levels from scratch with EDC, it's smooth enough
RaizQT made a long video some time ago showing this specific guide when he lvld from scratch as ED/C as well.
Guides: https://www.poe-vault.com/guides/ghazzy-guide-hub
YT: https://www.youtube.com/GhazzyTV
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ghazzytv
Maybe you should update the blighted oil section. I think "corruption" is better than the two you listed overall.
I also recommend diamond skin anoint early on.

I'm making a quick and dirty notes for levelling (as ED-C) if people are interested, I'll post it when I'm done. Mostly covers what skills to get and when, and what quests to avoid to not waste time.

edit: here's a first draft, I'll take suggestions if you have any :)
Spoiler
All acts :
https://i.redd.it/du93b2ribdm41.jpg
Vendor : check for chaos dot multi or +1 chaos gems wands, check regularly (refresh on level up)
SILVER COINS : wait for level 35
BUY 6 ESSENCE DRAINS TO LEVEL THEM UP (6 transmutes, expensive early on)

A1

Hillock kill : blight (single target help, vaal blight from side area asap) + freezing pulse
Breaking some eggs : contagion (drop freezing pulse)
A dirty job : SKIP
The Caged brute : flame dash + void manipulation
Siren's cadence : essence drain


A2

Intruders in black : summon skitterbots (better than malevolence for a long time !)
Through Sacred Ground : SKIP
Sharp and cruel : faster casting, controlled destruction (VENDOR)
Bandit : Help Alira

A3

Lost in love : Despair (self cast on rares and bosses) + malevolence (don't use early, skitterbots better)
A swig of hope : SKIP
A fixture of fate : Swift affliction (ED), efficacy (ED), intensify (contagion)

A4

Labyrinth : before kaom/daresso. Swift killer (damage++)
The eternal nightmare : Increased area support (contagion)

A5

The king's feast : SKIP
Death to purity : spreading rot

A6

CAP FIRE RESISTANCE
Bestel's epic : SKIP
The cloven one : do later possibly

A7

The silver locket : jade flask
Labyrinth : after giving fireflies to yeena. Patient reaper (damage++)

A8

Doedre : RIGHT PATH

A9

Fastis fortuna : SKIP

A10

Map to Tsoatha : SKIP
Labyrinth : before kitava. Ghost dance.

Mapping

Annoint : diamond skin -> corruption
Labyrinth : Respec ascendancy if needed (escape artist) before uber lab trials done
Bandit : respec to 2 passive points when resistances capped
Last edited by Shuggananas#4641 on Mar 13, 2020, 6:40:10 AM
POB link?
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Shuggananas wrote:
Maybe you should update the blighted oil section. I think "corruption" is better than the two you listed overall.
I also recommend diamond skin anoint early on.

I'm making a quick and dirty notes for levelling (as ED-C) if people are interested, I'll post it when I'm done. Mostly covers what skills to get and when, and what quests to avoid to not waste time.

edit: here's a first draft, I'll take suggestions if you have any :)
Spoiler
All acts :
https://i.redd.it/du93b2ribdm41.jpg
Vendor : check for chaos dot multi or +1 chaos gems wands, check regularly (refresh on level up)
SILVER COINS : wait for level 35
BUY 6 ESSENCE DRAINS TO LEVEL THEM UP (6 transmutes, expensive early on)

A1

Hillock kill : blight (single target help, vaal blight from side area asap) + freezing pulse
Breaking some eggs : contagion (drop freezing pulse)
A dirty job : SKIP
The Caged brute : flame dash + void manipulation
Siren's cadence : essence drain


A2

Intruders in black : summon skitterbots (better than malevolence for a long time !)
Through Sacred Ground : SKIP
Sharp and cruel : faster casting, controlled destruction (VENDOR)
Bandit : Help Alira

A3

Lost in love : Despair (self cast on rares and bosses) + malevolence (don't use early, skitterbots better)
A swig of hope : SKIP
A fixture of fate : Swift affliction (ED), efficacy (ED), intensify (contagion)

A4

Labyrinth : before kaom/daresso. Swift killer (damage++)
The eternal nightmare : Increased area support (contagion)

A5

The king's feast : SKIP
Death to purity : spreading rot

A6

CAP FIRE RESISTANCE
Bestel's epic : SKIP
The cloven one : do later possibly

A7

The silver locket : jade flask
Labyrinth : after giving fireflies to yeena. Patient reaper (damage++)

A8

Doedre : RIGHT PATH

A9

Fastis fortuna : SKIP

A10

Map to Tsoatha : SKIP
Labyrinth : before kitava. Ghost dance.

Mapping

Annoint : diamond skin -> corruption
Labyrinth : Respec ascendancy if needed (escape artist) before uber lab trials done
Bandit : respec to 2 passive points when resistances capped


I like the list you made though Corruption provides less DoT dmg than Hunter's Gambit & Dirty Techniques.
Guides: https://www.poe-vault.com/guides/ghazzy-guide-hub
YT: https://www.youtube.com/GhazzyTV
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ghazzytv
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Ghazzy wrote:

I like the list you made though Corruption provides less DoT dmg than Hunter's Gambit & Dirty Techniques.

I think you're mistaken, they just give chaos dot multi while corruption gives the same dot multi and 30% total chaos damage
Dirty techniques just gives boosts to bleeding and poison, while hunter's gambit gives boosts to bow
Wiki is displaying the old version of dirty techniques below the current one
Last edited by Shuggananas#4641 on Mar 13, 2020, 2:44:50 PM
Waiting for PoB update!
So keen for start with your wonderful build :)
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No pob update?
Thanks
could u make a comparrison with the occultist variants?

i imagine it would be more dmg for less suvivability?
preferably on the front page because thats prolly a thing alot of ppl want to know before creating the character.

nice build so far and thanks alot
hi all, i follow this guid and i am lvl87.

i have no currency for 6link again and not all gem at levle 20/20.

But i have really hard time also to do a yellow map tier 6.

lookin at pob i found that the three claim to be level 90, but have a lot of point more then mine (not only 3).

more, all the res are not at 75% in the pob.

If there are error in this build please can suggest me how try to recover my character Triccettolo (open profile) ty.

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