[3.5] Soul Mantle Dark Pact Totems - League Starter - All Content

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nbminh5595 wrote:

Why did you replace Firestorm with Fire Blast? I tried and I felt Fire Blast is hard to hit with totem. I used Firestorm until 49. Did I miss something about how to use Fire Blast?

And when I got to level 49 it felt pretty easy with a 4L Soul Mantle. Thank you for the guide.

I've played it myself and had no problems with Flameblast, but someone else already said that Firestorm felt better for the same reason.

The build at that point is at that awkward spot where Firestorm's damage falls off because the skill tree isn't optimised for it, but Flameblast doesn't have quite enough cast speed to feel good.
There are other skills you could use aswell, but I think these are the best for budget leveling (because of Nycta's Lantern and threshold jewels mainly).

I might change it to Firestorm though. Do you think it would still feel ok to level if it did half the damage? Inputs from others would be nice, too.

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superbomb1967 wrote:

I know I came off badly in my rant. I am new to the game, so please forgive my ignorance. The point I'm trying to make is if I look up a build for something I want to play that build. Spamming firestorm (for example) or some other unrelated skill until late levels just doesn't sound right to me. I think I'm looking at this game from the point of view of a different game and need to adjust my perspective.

MY apologies to the OP. Thank you for your input.

You can level with Dark Pact, but it's a terrible experience unless you have access to expensive uniques, so I chose not to.

I get the reason for you rant, but you should've taken a closer look first. The build (not just my guide) is pretty well-known and has been featured in Build of the Week and several league-starter videos.

It does scale well with upgrades, but is also very strong on a low budget. I have to put in endgame items because people want (and have) to know what to upgrade, but I'm keeping the bullshitting to a minimum when it comes to affordable gear.

hi, this is my gear but I cannot do minotaur/hydra without dieing, what I'm doing wrong?

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Silence3000 wrote:

hi, this is my gear but I cannot do minotaur/hydra without dieing, what I'm doing wrong?

Your gear is (more than) good enough.

Is this your first time doing guardians? You should start with easy mods, because on bad maps they are by far the hardest bosses in the game.
Knowing the mechanics is important for those fights, you can watch Engineering Eternity's or my videos on them. Minotaur should be the easier boss out of these two.

About your gems:
• Definitely get your IC/CWDT/Enfeeble setup to the level shown in the guide. It's important to be at low level so it triggers as often as possible. You can leave increased duration at level 20.
• Turn off Haste if it's causing problems at all. It makes you lose more than 1k "Life", which bad for survivability. I've never meant it to be a permanent aura, but as an option if someone's looking for other auras. A lot of players misunderstood this, so I changed that part in the guide a while ago.

I think Firestorm and Nycta's Lantern are enough to get you to level 49. 1 cast from totem and 1 from you, and the monsters died really fast. And Firestorm has AoE and better hit rate than Fire Blast in my opinion.

Hi

I am very new to this game.I would like to follow this guide as it looks like something i could like. But when i click on the "Build link's" It says i am using an older version of the skill tree.

Am i doing something wrong?.

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Aardevark wrote:

Hi

I am very new to this game.I would like to follow this guide as it looks like something i could like. But when i click on the "Build link's" It says i am using an older version of the skill tree.

Am i doing something wrong?.

Nothing's wrong, that message just appears everytime when there is a patch, even if it doesn't change anything in the skill tree.

I get this question almost every patch, it's quite annoying having to change the links even though there's no difference :/.

Been using your chill build for quite a while, started with harbinger and went on from then :)

Just wondering why my DPS is way below any of your PoB builds, could you check and give me feedback what I would need to change ASAP?

Thanks very much

https://pastebin.com/E1W2UDwX

hey! I've been following this build, but recently I'm feeling really squishy... could you help me out? I'm somewhat new to the game, and this is only my second char I do trying to follow a guide... I'm not sure where I went wrong

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FazNyk wrote:

Been using your chill build for quite a while, started with harbinger and went on from then :)

Just wondering why my DPS is way below any of your PoB builds, could you check and give me feedback what I would need to change ASAP?

Thanks very much

https://pastebin.com/E1W2UDwX

-Change Wither to 15 stacks
-Set totems to "cast on player"
Here's the adjusted pastebin: https://pastebin.com/mNUrLiU0

My pastebin also uses Concentrated Effect.
The rest is pretty much about improving your character (see the FAQ).

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henriquearoeira wrote:

hey! I've been following this build, but recently I'm feeling really squishy... could you help me out? I'm somewhat new to the game, and this is only my second char I do trying to follow a guide... I'm not sure where I went wrong

You need to set your profile to public or I can't see if you're doing something wrong.

Check if you have these things:

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Mind over Matter (passive skill), using only Clarity to reserve your mana.

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Get basic gear using mostly rare items:
• Cap your elemental resistances (75%).
• Try to get a good (at least 40) life roll on every item that can have one.

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3 Link Gem Setup
Cast When Damage Taken (Level 1) - Immortal Call (Level 3) - Enfeeble (Level 5)

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SHEPUUURD wrote:

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FazNyk wrote:

Been using your chill build for quite a while, started with harbinger and went on from then :)

Just wondering why my DPS is way below any of your PoB builds, could you check and give me feedback what I would need to change ASAP?

Thanks very much

https://pastebin.com/E1W2UDwX

-Change Wither to 15 stacks
-Set totems to "cast on player"
Here's the adjusted pastebin: https://pastebin.com/mNUrLiU0

My pastebin also uses Concentrated Effect.
The rest is pretty much about improving your character (see the FAQ).

Thanks for the very quick reply! Appreciate it very much.

Still a quarter of your dps wow, well I got to change my weapons and the jewels (though here the market seems f*d) :)

Edit: Oh and maybe I just changed to Conc. Effect and got 70k DPS added.. Thanks!