[3.2] HoWAbout Occultist. Shaper/Uber Elder, Minotaur flaskless on 1L!!

can you tell me about what gems to level with? is it just molten strike?

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Giammafix wrote:

where do we have to put the second wildfire jewel? I can't figure it out

Under the scion start, where you pick +lighting +cold resistance nodes.

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klaymored wrote:

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Giammafix wrote:

where do we have to put the second wildfire jewel? I can't figure it out

Under the scion start, where you pick +lighting +cold resistance nodes.

right thank you :D

leveling as hybrid is pretty hard tbh...
should I take vaal pact right now at level 60? the guide says that but I don't know if it's suitable for the early merciless and uber lab runs

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Giammafix wrote:

leveling as hybrid is pretty hard tbh...
should I take vaal pact right now at level 60? the guide says that but I don't know if it's suitable for the early merciless and uber lab runs

I had no life regen on gear when I was hybrid, so I took it.

For Uber lab you'll probably go in after you transition to CI, so you shouldn't worry about that. Personally I did Merc lab on day 2 with CI as well, because Profane Bloom at this stage isn't that important IMO (I don't have curse on hit yet).

You can, in fact, transition to CI as long as you have enough points to take VP + GR + CI together and you have around 4k ES. This should be enough for early mapping and it carried me to the 100 delve depth as well. Sin Trek is very useful for pure ES, I still use them.

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klaymored wrote:

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Giammafix wrote:

leveling as hybrid is pretty hard tbh...
should I take vaal pact right now at level 60? the guide says that but I don't know if it's suitable for the early merciless and uber lab runs

I had no life regen on gear when I was hybrid, so I took it.

For Uber lab you'll probably go in after you transition to CI, so you shouldn't worry about that. Personally I did Merc lab on day 2 with CI as well, because Profane Bloom at this stage isn't that important IMO (I don't have curse on hit yet).

You can, in fact, transition to CI as long as you have enough points to take VP + GR + CI together and you have around 4k ES. This should be enough for early mapping and it carried me to the 100 delve depth as well. Sin Trek is very useful for pure ES, I still use them.

alright I'll do that ty! :D
another question, how much unreserved mana do you have while running herald + discipline + purity?
mine is still under 100, it seems to me that the op had like 180 unreserved in his videos

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Giammafix wrote:

alright I'll do that ty! :D
another question, how much unreserved mana do you have while running herald + discipline + purity?
mine is still under 100, it seems to me that the op had like 180 unreserved in his videos

Only 65 ATM. Should be more when I upgrade gear. You can temporarily increase it by picking up Reduced Mana reservation node below CI. Also it will be higher when you get better resists and drop purities for Discipline + Wrath. (squeezing Herald of Thunder would require Enlighten).

Bumping and posting progress.

Build was finished on Day 3, the only mandatory piece of equipment that's left to find is corrupted Shaper's Touch with curse on hit.

Delves feel pretty comfortable, although I'm still not deep enough to judge properly, only 110 or so depth.

Gear:

How does this hold up vs https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2184746 (MS version)? More dmg but less survivability / immunities?

Also curious if we could fit in Incandescent Heart, I really like that 25% ele conversion.

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foojin wrote:

How does this hold up vs https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2184746 (MS version)? More dmg but less survivability / immunities?

Also curious if we could fit in Incandescent Heart, I really like that 25% ele conversion.

Good question, because I actually planned to do this build next to compare it to this one.

From the first look BF on Jugg without any additional help like explosions (HoI/Inpulsa/Haemophilia etc) would suck for clear. MS *will* feel better due to great amount of attack speed. Right now Shaper's Touch adds around 3.5k flat accuracy to my Witch, you can imagine that's going to be extremely beneficial to Jugg.

Occultist seems more balanced however, while Jugg gets bonuses to attack speed only, Occultist gets 2 curses, Malediction, explosions from Profane bloom. Jugg mitigates physical damage like a champ, but Occultist has more flat ES and quality of life features like stun immunity and Vaal Discipline every 4 sec after recharge (+can be paired with real Vaal Discipline, which will re-proc the ascendancy for total of approx 8 seconds of self-recharging shields under damage).

So with Jugg we get more fast-paced gameplay and great phys mitigation (Mino, Uber lab farming), with Occultist we get a balanced approach to both damage and defence.

This is only a speculation from my part however, so keep that in mind.

P.S. 6-link Incandescent Heart is MUCH more expensive than 6-link 86+ Vaal Regalia. I suppose it could be used when you have Clarity Watcher's Eye and you don't really need that huge ES pool, then you could use IH.