Plaguemancer || Beacon of Corruption Degen || EZ Red Maps || Golems?!?!

Currently in the beta 3.0, at lvl 60, it feels like the poison degen is not working or it is heavily nerfed. I couldn't even finish a T1 map

Nothing has changed as far as i can tell from the passive tree between the two versions. I know for me the boosted spectre life provided quite a bit of extra damage and if i recall correctly you can only have 4/8 lab points right now. If damage is really that bad its probably broken though tbh.

not really playing the beta right now, kind of waiting for just the launch or until some new skills/support/uniques etc come out.

I rolled it first wave of beta and didn't notice issues, but I didn't really put it heavily into maps (it's not the fastest clear and I'm basically lazy). I can try it again here and see what's up. Some questions about your experience:

Was desecrate res'ing at the monster level of the map? Desecrate being underlevel really bogs down the build (as a starter you get +dex everywhere so as to keep Desecrate as high as possible). One of the balance changes made may indirectly nerf the build - if they doubled map bosses HP while leaving trash hp unchanged it's gonna feel VERY slow without significant wither. Were you running 4L or 5L? and what ascendancy points did you get. 8 points is obviously gonna be ideal.

ya, if bosses get double HP the build will have an indirect nerf. But between zombie changes and barren helm a good amount is made up there if you run 6L zombies in a staff. I am actually theory crafting plaguemancer style w/ dark pact. should be interesting to see the skeletons w/ beacon of corruption chaining dark pact with wither CWC.

With the new minion life change, I'm looking forward to run this beacon build
However, one thing bothers my mind, does beacon scale with party?
Need solid answer here, thanks!

no it wont

The new Bloodbond and Wraithlord uniques are great items for this build.

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Kyokuji wrote:

The new Bloodbond and Wraithlord uniques are great items for this build.

Yeah Bloodbond + Minion Life buff + Wraithlord must be pretty nuts for this build. Curious as to how it's fairing

I haven't tried it out this league since the changes but I don't know if these uniques are going to be enough to make up for the double boss life that was implemented a while ago. I would swap to a clayshaper + shield though right off the bat and swap to a rare amulet. Maybe ill work up a PoB and see what happens.

I am more happy about the desecrate changes honestly as that improved the clear speed of the build.

So started leveling up a new plaguemancer. Build has a lot more life and a lot more defense planned. With abyas jewels and gear fhanges it also has a lot more damage.

Still unsure how it will perform in reds since I have not ran it with since double boss life but I think a 20Q despair + wither + blight damage buff + wrathlord should be more then sufficient. Darkness belt Is a huge boost, scourge is ideal if I can decide how to maintain the hit damage boost. Might settle for something more consistent.

Overall the number are starting to look very promising.