[3.5] Occultist Vortex/Cold Snap ES/CI - Deathless and Safe Uber Elder and T16's

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qwerty2009888 wrote:

Whats about skill quality? If you put all the stones with a quality of 20%, then most likely you will not have enough mana for even 1 cast, where you can see the best option for placing the stones?

gem quality doesnt increase mana cost, only skill gem level do
support gems have fixed mana multiplier except bloodmagic

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mromcy wrote:

I dont see any "Gain #% of damage as chaos damage" mod in any of OP gear. Does it not work on dots? Is that a useless mod for this build?

Gonna bumb this becouse im crafting Mace/Shield and really need to know if i should craft "Gain % chaos damage" or other mods on those.

Another thing i noticed on OP's POB is that he ticks the "Crit Chance is lucky" square, but i dont see he using a diamond flask...Am im missing something? Otherwise i probably should get spell critical strike chance on shield as well to make sure elemental overload get a good uptime...

Could anyone help me with those questions?

Im having some mana issues? Is this common or normal? Can anyone take a look at mygear and tree and maybe advise me to what I could do? I have a few exalts i could use to upgrade things.

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NecropK wrote:

Im having some mana issues? Is this common or normal? Can anyone take a look at mygear and tree and maybe advise me to what I could do? I have a few exalts i could use to upgrade things.

I just started playing after a long break and was leveling with Clarity and Heralds and never had mana issues. I finally hit maps and put the proper skill gems in and took off clarity. If felt terrible. I couldn't cast when I wanted to and I was probably a bit too spammy with skills.

So a few things you can do.
* For easier content, use Clarity. Not sure what maps you are on, but for white maps, I don't need enfeeble/blasphemy.
* You need to get Shaper node. 40% mana regen.
* There are a couple other nodes that provide 20% mana regen. It's mentioned in the guide.
* You can get mana regen on gear/jewels
* Someone suggested mana gain on kill gear. I tried it on one ring (+3) but it didn't really help. Maybe +6 would feel better.
* Don't spam your skills. Though when you are clearing easy content, it's hard not to.
* And don't forget to use Flame Dash to trigger arcane surge. 0.6% regen.
* And buy a level 3 Enlighten to reduce your reserve. But that doesn't help with regen.

Excellect build mana issues were solved with Lv1 clarity + watcher's eye clarity (-to mana skills cost)

Nice build finally got 90 Hardcore using it. Got killed by portal gem... forgot to swap weapons back and got mashed and none of my buttons worked cause they were weapon swapped. Almost drunk hardcore viable!

Is the added cold damage a good mod for the weapon? Or should I take my chances annuling it and then multimodding an extra affix. Also what mods am I looking to craft with multimod? (Ignore the rest of my gear, this weapon is for a friend)

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ReSv3 wrote:

Is the added cold damage a good mod for the weapon? Or should I take my chances annuling it and then multimodding an extra affix. Also what mods am I looking to craft with multimod? (Ignore the rest of my gear, this weapon is for a friend)

it doesnt affect spells, only attack hits

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Sonidox wrote:

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ReSv3 wrote:

Is the added cold damage a good mod for the weapon? Or should I take my chances annuling it and then multimodding an extra affix. Also what mods am I looking to craft with multimod? (Ignore the rest of my gear, this weapon is for a friend)

it doesnt affect spells, only attack hits

aren't attack hits specifically stated with "adds x damage to attacks"?

Also, regardless of if the aforementioned affix is useful or not I don't think I will risk annuling one of the other mods. So with room to multimod one extra affix outside of "Trigger socketed spell when you use a skill" what is the next best mod for me to craft on the weapon?