[3.3] CI Wandcultist - League starter - Fast mapper - Guardians on a 5L - Shaper down

so what do u guys think...is that a good starter for the upcoming event? or do u think wandrelated gear will be too expensive?

Wander gear will be highly sought after but if you can somehow afford it early then you should be in a great position to farm exp :)

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Bristoling wrote:

Wander gear will be highly sought after but if you can somehow afford it early then you should be in a great position to farm exp :)

I too have a thing for Witches that I can't explain. I also want Elementalist to be good... and maybe we will see that with the upcoming changes to ignite and Beacon of Ruin!

I would like to do an Obliteration wander. I am not certain if this is still viable or if you can scale the explosions still. All the builds I see discussing this are from 2.x. Is there any potential for this currently?

I was theorycrafting one before making this build and I think I hit some good/ok breakpoints on dps/hitpoints but without my theorycrafted pob I can't write much about it (since it was a while ago). I'll see what I can dig up once I get home. Most likely you will get a lot lower single target then ele wqnder but also a lot more explosions which might compensate for clearing. I'll check it once I'm home and post the pastebin for you to compare it with this build.

One thing I know for sure is that the blade vortex Decay Occultist with dual wield Obliteration offers very good clearspeed. Not 100% sure but it was ghudda's build, and I think Tarke run a build like that in one of the turmoil/mayhem events if you want to look for it. Again, wander might be faster then bv obliteration but it's not something I have tested so I don't have experience with it, as PoB is good for raw numbers but things like chaos explosions cannot be calculated, only felt.

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Bristoling wrote:

I was theorycrafting one before making this build and I think I hit some good/ok breakpoints on dps/hitpoints but without my theorycrafted pob I can't write much about it (since it was a while ago). I'll see what I can dig up once I get home. Most likely you will get a lot lower single target then ele wqnder but also a lot more explosions which might compensate for clearing. I'll check it once I'm home and post the pastebin for you to compare it with this build.

One thing I know for sure is that the blade vortex Decay Occultist with dual wield Obliteration offers very good clearspeed. Not 100% sure but it was ghudda's build, and I think Tarke run a build like that in one of the turmoil/mayhem events if you want to look for it. Again, wander might be faster then bv obliteration but it's not something I have tested so I don't have experience with it, as PoB is good for raw numbers but things like chaos explosions cannot be calculated, only felt.

Thank you much. I'd love to take a look at it.

I ran across the old build which was based off Elementalist initially, then saw the BV style. BV could be better for bosses, particularly if you are able to work in Blight.

- https://pastebin.com/03CLSAfc
Ok, so this is more or less what I had, mind that this is a bit old pastebin and it was more of a rough sketch. Pretty crap Barrage single target, so I was thinking about dropping it completely and relying to KB wall hitting cheese. Possibly good clear thanks to high number of chaosplosions. I've seen an Obliteration bleed Gladiator build at some point and it had quite good clearspeed in t11-t13 map that it showcased, I hit very similar benchmarks for KB damage as Occultist but better % chance of explosion occurring, so it should be ok for fast mapping lower tiers.

Not the best movement speed or sustain (not block/regen/VP etc.), but it should still speed through lower tier maps.

I also had some BV Obliteration build in one Turmoil event, but BV playstyle didn't suit me and I finished on low level and only a 5L:
- https://pastebin.com/PUeeEht7
Finished tier 9 maps on this character but never pushed further or bothered to level it. I think scaling Decay might be a better option and that's what I would do, rather then scaling hit damage. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYQzs0Z80io&

Hope this helps, Obliteration is great for clear but unfortunately doesn't scale great as a single target option.

Interesting.

From what I have seen, yes Obliteration is more for map clearing. The boss killing isn't going to be lightning quick, but I was thinking of switching out gems for bosses to allow for better barrage damage. Not sure how viable that is going to be.

After playing around in PoB before you got back with your link, I wound up heading in a completely different direction. I play HC only (though I've been practicing with a ripped zombiemancer in standard), and I'm looking to try this out for the flashback, and I'm a little uneasy going ES.

This is what I have so far, as I said it's in a completely different direction.
https://pastebin.com/uNrtbwp7

This is getting pretty far away from your build, so I don't want to clog up your thread. Maybe better to PM if you feel like giving some feedback.

Sorry for noob question, but what is the reason to have multiple attack spells?
Can't we just use KB, or barrage is better for single target ?
Or there are some other cases where those skills must be used in pair ?

Sorry for late response, didn't have much time to go online lately. Barrage is a lot better vs single target, KB can be used for single target but only if your enemy is standing in front of a wall and your KB projectiles can bounce off of it and explode on the target.

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This is getting pretty far away from your build, so I don't want to clog up your thread. Maybe better to PM if you feel like giving some feedback.

I'm not the best person to ask about Obliteration wander in all honesty, I know it can work great in yellow tier maps or low reds, but I always preferred builds that can also do end game content :)

Hey, maybe you answered this already but what is the ideal boot enchant? Your build looks pretty interesting.