[3.10 HC] Apep's Darkpact Totems are BACK (original build 3.1-3.3)

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Orion72 wrote:

Re Dream Fragments:

Wanted to comment on this and forgot in earlier posts. This unique is potentially excellent, though it will need to be balanced with very high flat life on other gear pieces in order to show its true power. That said, all by itself, this ring may be worth as much as 600-800 EHP and should not be underestimated. Good idea!

-O

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Johansenn wrote:

Do we still take the totem damage/attack nodes at late levels now that we go for the resistances early on?

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Orion72 wrote:

Well, I finally got the FAQ up at the end of the original post. Feel free to take a look and let me know if you feel I either missed or got wrong anything important. At this point there are plenty of you with at least as much time played in this build as I had. Which is awesome. :>


Re Battle Rouse: You could build a tree that went through this area and into marauder to make the build even more tanky, and I experimented with this kind of a set up at one point. I determined that I preferred, in the endgame, to be slightly less tanky (around 11.5-12k EHP as opposed to 13k+) and get enough damage nodes to boost the overall damage by around 20%. 12K was still enough to tank an ordinary slam from Shaper. I'm pretty sure that even 14k wouldn't be enough to tank his slam if it were a crit. (better not to get hit at all in that way, but I don't have it down quite yet.) Build felt better at 11.5-12k EHP with the extra damage.



-O

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Mathorg wrote:

Thanks for the build. im trying something pretty similiar and this is giving me good input (the guide and the discussion in this thread).

I have 2 questions, which i know OP has not testet directly, but maybe someone has experience, or can at least give me his opinion based on theorycrafting.

1: In this thread is mentioned that Totem life increases the damage, but not by much. This makes me kinda confused. Isnt all totem life in gear/tree combined like a "more" multiplier for total DPS? Shouldnt this make the Spire of Stone pretty much a BIS Jewel?

2: With 3 Totems firing at an insane speed and pure chaos damage this is pretty much all you want for a poison build. Anyone done any math or has any experience with this build focused on poison?