[2.6] The Curse Whisperer - Tri-Curse CI Whispering Ice Elementalist - Viable for Everything
" You forgot the 'if you've killed recently' part ;) It's an option, an inferior version of Berserker's stun immunity while killing. But it does make you less safe against some bosses and in maps with lots of mods. You will need to bring certain flasks to certain fights (e.g. the Writhing Jar to the Chimera) and take extra care in other places that you never worried about with US (e.g. maps with Merveil). It's not really dissimilar to replacing WM aura with Flammability or replacing LL gem with another DPS gem. It's trading safety for DPS. It works in some situations, for example in this league you may want more clear speed to blow through easy maps for that insanely boring 10000 tier grind. Just don't forget about that trade if you do it. If you find yourself dying at high levels and getting frustrated about losing hours of xp - it's not the build that's unsafe and it's not you that lack skill, it's just the choice you've made that's generally not worth it if you don't want to die. And you can always revert that change and go with more safety and less frustration. Saving 1 minute per map and then losing several hours to a death that would not be even possible with the main version of the build... In my experience, as long as leveling it still one of your goals, you don't want to trade any safety for DPS. Last edited by Kelvynn#6607 on Jan 16, 2017, 2:17:15 PM
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" as someone who went with the boot enchant route instead of going US and who just dinged lvl 97 this weekend, I never felt like getting stunned was the reason for my deaths or rippy situations that I just barely survived. my rips were mostly to volatile from dangerous mobs in maps with insane rolls. (e.g. a -max double extra damage vulnerablilty volcano map where a volatile devourer spawned next to me, underneath precast icestorms... nothing I could have done there. and I had over 10k ES...) but other than that, I agree: it's trading a marginal amount of safety for a marginal amount of dps/clearspeed. Last edited by Black_Gun#7476 on Jan 16, 2017, 2:18:04 PM
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" Buy a 15% Int Black Sun Crest. Get a chest with higher ES. Those would be my first two concerns. Then go for ES boots. U MAD?
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" Thanks, that was helpful. |
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Last edited by jabberjabber2#3150 on Jan 16, 2017, 2:39:47 PM
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" Don't forget about Astramentis. Actually you can't go further without this thingy. May God have mercy upon my enemies; they will need it.
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" RIP. Wasn't paying attention. _phlv_ is correct. Forget what I said, and get an Astramentis. Then focus on the other stuff. Astramentis is absolutely 100% the best thing you can do. U MAD?
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Thanks _phlv_ and Docbp87. I was trying to stick to a 2ex budget, and seems like that's enough to get me an Astramentis and not much more lol.
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So I was following this guide and the leveling guide recommends taking CI and infused shield at level 33 when in fact it seems significantly better to instead of spending the 3 points on taking the infused shield node to go and grab Arcane Focus with the same 3 points. You get 2% more maximum energy shield as well as a less relevant but still nice higher recharge rate. Am I missing something here?
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" immunity to chaos damage, which will otherwise fuck you up since you'll be running around with low life and high ES?! ;) Last edited by Black_Gun#7476 on Jan 16, 2017, 5:06:10 PM
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