[2.6] EK NOVA Pathfinder/Occultist Millions of DPS. UPDATED w/ Leveling Guide!

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7fmonster wrote:

this might be a noob question, but how you acquire life leech? i cant find any node that gives life leech

Warlord's mark, atziris flask, vinktars flask

I wanne try this build out, do you have or can you add a Lvling tree?

How would you feel about the use of a soul strike quiver and roth's reach as an occultist, to take advantage of the ES recharge and additional free chain? Ive never run a build like this, but love the concept. I started out trying to run a poison EK nova trapper in this fashion with Coated Shrapnel unique jewels, but I may go this route.

Would it make sense to go for point blank and mana leech nodes? I am using warlords at the moment, but its my only curse. Without it I can't keep mana up at all. I guess I could try and get a +1 curse corruption, but looking for a way around it. I would lose a decent amount of chaos damage, but there are also good proj damage nodes by leech wheel that might make up for it. IDK

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AngelsBane wrote:

How would you feel about the use of a soul strike quiver and roth's reach as an occultist, to take advantage of the ES recharge and additional free chain? Ive never run a build like this, but love the concept. I started out trying to run a poison EK nova trapper in this fashion with Coated Shrapnel unique jewels, but I may go this route.

you can level w whatever you want

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Would it make sense to go for point blank and mana leech nodes? I am using warlords at the moment, but its my only curse. Without it I can't keep mana up at all. I guess I could try and get a +1 curse corruption, but looking for a way around it. I would lose a decent amount of chaos damage, but there are also good proj damage nodes by leech wheel that might make up for it. IDK

Mana leech nodes? Those are only for attacks afaik.
Point Blank is too far away on the tree. And it would add some damage for sure, but probably not worth 8 skill points

Actually, maybe as a gem swap for bosses - instead of Pierce. definitely not for clearing..

I've edited the thread, added a leveling guide.

Currently level 83, haven't found any maps higher than t7 but everything is a breeze so far.

I'm currently running the flaskfinder version of this build and I love it.

I got couple suggestions to share:

I'm running a Intuitive Leap jewel in the gemslot under Melding. It's actually very nice to grab overcharged and have a somewhat decent frenzy charge generator. I also used it for PC generating before I got my Skyforths today and it did wonders, but still need the leech enchant on it I think (Vs hexproof).

My plan is to grab a Void Battery in near future and go for 7 PC but not sure about gems. Would you drop Added Chaos for maybe Critical Damage? And eventually what do you want to drop for lvl 4 Empower?

With Skyforths and only the 20% spellblock + +1 curse amulet(50% spellblock), I think with legacy Rumis you can still get to max block/spellblock, which is very nice.

I've been spamming shaped strands/dunes with double beyond lately and it's been pretty good. Fast runs and insane aoe damage. As long as things dont 1 shot me I always outheal all the dmg within 1/10 second and keep rolling, loving it atm!


Also curious if the stun avoidance from 500% mana with a mana pool of 1500 is reliable? Or will it be low for absolute endgame? +1 curse Chayula is another option but theyre still going for about 5ex+ atm and abit expensive and you give up a big chunk of spellblock.


I suggest vaal clarity + vaal haste for mapping like this because you will pretty much always have uptime on vaal clarity (increased duration gem) and dont have to worry about mana issues, even with the cheap wand I'm using currently.


Also a silence immunity corruption on Ring of Blades is something you want for endgame, so you can always attack mobs and leech. Had couple stupid deaths to that.


Wanted to also add that I think the potential with this build and going to LL later will be insane. But it requires some decent ES pieaces. 450+ ES head with EK dmg/vuln curse. 550+ es shield, double 20% ES on rings and ultimately maybe A HH or +1 Preence of Chauyla. I stil lthink reaching 10k ES is very viable and you can add 1-2 big dmg auras on top for the damage scaling, especially if you plan to run Void Battery.

It's going to be fun to see how far people take the build this league. Keep up the good work!

Thanks for linking the build. I'm playing my first ES char (shadow trickster) and I'm loving it so far. I couldn't get the links I wanted though (low money due to lack of trading mb) so I been using a 4L all game without poison. I never had a problem with it though cos I'm doing more than enough dps for everything so far (haven't been to high tier maps yet). I was wondering if I could compare numbers to people who went poison? at lvl 70:

I'm running a 4L EK-added fire dmg- pierce - echo with hatred and getting 19k tooltip and 24.5k dps with 4 power charges (planning on making it 6). I also got the uniques Bated breath belt and Brinerot Whalers boots for leveling and as a stand in till I can get better which also improves dps. Its instant gibbing everything so far so I'm perfectly fine not running poison yet.

I imagine people going flaskfinder would easily out dps me but wanted to see how it compare.

Using a bv - curse when hit - warlord's mark - PWoC to keep up max endurance charge and power charge 100% of the time.

Also does anyone have any ideas for what to use for 5L/6L? I had thoughts about sticking with the elemental stuff and going physical to lightning + elemental focus but prob wouldn't work.

Also afaik point blank wouldn't work cos its for projectile attacks only.

Around T8/T9 maps, I was starting to notice myself getting stunned a lot more often, finally I picked up Valyrium at level 89. I recommend doing this much earlier.

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Manlir wrote:

Also does anyone have any ideas for what to use for 5L/6L? I had thoughts about sticking with the elemental stuff and going physical to lightning + elemental focus but prob wouldn't work.

Added Chaos Damage and Controlled Destruction should be the 5th and 6th links, respectively. I've updated the guide to replace Increased Critical Damage.

Increased Critical Damage appears to give about 1% more dps than Added Chaos Damage in Path of Building, but having the flat added chaos will give you more consistent dps than the crit multi.



Also, with the shit range on Blasphemy, and the awesome range of EK nova, I am very tempted to use Hatred instead (which would make Ice Bite functional for me again as I'm missing cold damage) - but Temporal Chains adds so much more damage than Hatred. At 500k dps, Temporal Chains adds 250k, while Hatred adds 50k. 5x as much damage.

Obviously, a pair of corrupted Curse Enemies with Temporal Chains on Hit gloves are ideal for us.


I also found a wand for a few chaos that adds more damage than Apep's, without the mana fuckery.



level 89 path of building dps:

link to characters page, find char "unluckyshn"

Following your build at the moment, wouldn't the gull be better option as a lower ES roll?