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How much life should I be aiming for. I feel kind of squishy. I have about 3.7 life at level 73.

Thanks so much for this build, just killed uber elder with it :))

Did it with that crappy gear :D :

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Juvarith wrote:

Thanks so much for this build, just killed uber elder with it :))

Did it with that crappy gear :D :

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Hey! A couple questions..

It looks like you switched out Herald of Thunder and added clarity to your build. Would this help a lot with the mana regen problems I am having?

Also you have the Clear Mind Cobalt Jewel, which gives 60% increased spell damage if no mana is reserved.. Doesn't clarity reserve mana? Is this just for the mana regen stats?

Thanks!

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Dkm23 wrote:

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Juvarith wrote:

Thanks so much for this build, just killed uber elder with it :))

Did it with that crappy gear :D :

Spoiler

Hey! A couple questions..

It looks like you switched out Herald of Thunder and added clarity to your build. Would this help a lot with the mana regen problems I am having?

Also you have the Clear Mind Cobalt Jewel, which gives 60% increased spell damage if no mana is reserved.. Doesn't clarity reserve mana? Is this just for the mana regen stats?

Thanks!

I believe he's using just Vaal clarity.

If you're having mana regen problems, try using Lavianga Spirit mana flask.

How good or bad would be using 2x shimerons?

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Dkm23 wrote:

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Juvarith wrote:

Thanks so much for this build, just killed uber elder with it :))

Did it with that crappy gear :D :

Spoiler

Hey! A couple questions..

It looks like you switched out Herald of Thunder and added clarity to your build. Would this help a lot with the mana regen problems I am having?

Also you have the Clear Mind Cobalt Jewel, which gives 60% increased spell damage if no mana is reserved.. Doesn't clarity reserve mana? Is this just for the mana regen stats?

Thanks!

I was using HoT before i got Wrath, same goes for clarity was using it before essence worm. Now im using only vaal clarity in longer fights. Also lavianga's spirit help with all mana problems.

What kind of jewel should I be getting for the passive tree?

can someone tell me why hes using chaos dmg node >? thx ! :)

If I want to use GC for bosses what would I need to change? Is it enough to swap arc with GC?

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emaster wrote:

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ExponentMach wrote:

Used this build as my betrayal league starter and took down Shaper and Uber Atziri deathless last week. (For tough bosses, I swap out Quicksilver and silver flasks for wise oak and Blood of the karui) This is a tremor rod variant using Loreweave and runs 2 5Ls (Arc mines and lightning spire trap). Once I 6L my Tremlr Rod, I will put in added lightning and Ele focus and remove minefield support and attempt Uber Elder. Damage is amazing despite having almost no damage on any of my gear pieces. That’s the power of arc mines

Do you think Tremor Rod worth it? I'm also running it, 6-linked, and also lightning spire trap in 6-link body. I noticed that there is a significant delay between first mine detonation and a second one (enabled by Tremor Rod), so if I put mines fast it feels like old mines do not detonate fast enough and are overwritten by new mines. And I also noticed that I rarely use lightning spire trap, because most bosses are too mobile and throw speed is quite slow, so throwing it might actually kill me (with this build you better not stop running even for a second). So I thought using weapons as suggested in this build might actually improve the damage quite a lot without.

I think that delay is due to mine arming time because even if you can detonate twice, you stil need to rearm it before it can be redetonated. If you feel like you are placing more mines than you are detonating due to the high Mine laying speed provided by tremor rod, consider getting rid of minefield support since it is merely a ~22% more multiplier and it makes you hit your minecap a lot faster and go for controlled D, Ele focus or even just added light/cold. Tbh I’ve not tried the rare shield and weapon combo because I like using a lot of uniques in my build (gives me the false impression that my build has been Min maxed as long as I have max rolls on the unique items). I’ve done a comparison before and rare shield and wand would give something like 200% Crit Chance, 200% Spell Damage, ~35% more multiplier (due to tremor rod penalty) and some life on the shield which is a lot more upfront damage (possibly more than doubling your dps) but let’s not forget tremor rod allows double detonation which is effectively doubling your damage and also the insane amount of mine laying speed which just feels SO GOOD for mapping. I really wanted to try tremor rod with curtain call (astralmentis, cyclopean coil, QotF, garukhan’s flight) but the use of way too many uniques make sure it really tough to make a reasonably tanky build and I imagine I would be deleted by syndicate members in red maps half the time if they ever landed a hit on me.