[2.6/3.1] Shaper down on budget 5-link - The Debuffing Pizza (Tri-Curse CI Elementalist Flameblast)

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Draconianpr wrote:

on the scepter the only thing that matters is cast speed and elemental dmg % right?

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jacob1818 wrote:

Great build!

However, at level 75, I can't ever sustain mana, mostly on bosses.
I have a 6L and FB costs 27 mana (with a couple reduced mana cost gems).

I also have over 50% mana regen on gear.. and it's still really bad.

It's pretty much -> cast one FB 10 stacks.. wait another 8-10 secs (if mana pots are down).. cast another.

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loonger wrote:

Use one Elreon ring with at least -7 mana. And use a Saturated mana pot like the one posted in the Gears session.

Normally one single 10-stack FB is enough to take down most bosses. In case you encounter a hard one, you can start using the Saturated mana pot right after you start casting the first FB. The calculation is listed in the Highlight Session. One pot should be sufficient to support long enough.

You can also try to use Reduced Mana Cost support for the 6th link. You probably won't feel any "lose" in DPS. But you will feel a substantial Quality of Life improvement.

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EFSpooner wrote:

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jacob1818 wrote:

Great build!

However, at level 75, I can't ever sustain mana, mostly on bosses.
I have a 6L and FB costs 27 mana (with a couple reduced mana cost gems).

I also have over 50% mana regen on gear.. and it's still really bad.

It's pretty much -> cast one FB 10 stacks.. wait another 8-10 secs (if mana pots are down).. cast another.

Do you guys use an elreon ring?
In 5L I have 15 mana cost with a -8 mana cost ring and the nodes OP took on tree, which is easily sustainable with manaregen and the occasional flask

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Villes wrote:

Hi, is a "Damage Over Time" affix on jewels worth looking for?
Does it scale with burnig damage?

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loonger wrote:

Look for ES and Intelligence on gears. Int. is a great stats for this build. It gives great boost to final ES. And it gives flat mana & mana regen. Ele. Weak. cap is very convenient as well but not mandatory.

On the 6-link setup screen shot OP used a chest with less than 500ES lol. The rest gears were the same to those posted in the Gears session.

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Wermine wrote:

Elemental Overload gives "40% more Elemental Damage if you've Crit in the past 8 seconds." But we have Controlled Destruction Support, which gives us "100% reduced critical strike chance". So my normal crit chance is 5% (weapon says 6,50%) and if I equip "85% increased critical strike chance for spells" shield, my crit chance rises to 5,1%. Is the Controlled Destruction really the best support gem for us? What if we pick something else and stack a little bit crit? Elemental Overload gives the same "40% more Elemental Damage" as the Controlled Destruction. Or does 5% crit chance interact with our skills so we actually crit every 8 seconds nevertheless?

Edit: Well Orb of Storms doesn't have that support gem, so its crit chance with my shield is 10,1%. I guess that might trigger Elemental Overload on bosses easily. And I guess we don't need EO on trash mobs anyway. So it's good idea to keep Controlled Destruction and still stack a bit crit chance?