[3.15] Essence Drain 6.6 Mil DoT DPS | Very Beginner Friendly
" Crafting newb here. Can you craft 'cannot roll caster modifiers' instead of multimod before the slam? save yourself 2 ex? Last edited by Crabous#6323 on Aug 8, 2021, 5:16:25 AM
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"If you want risking ex-slamming a suffix... And there's a lot of suffixes that are not attacks: resists, dexterity, increased stun duration... |
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I have almost every item and skils but in path of building, my dot damage is 150k. Not even close to guided build. What might be the problem ?
My build: https://pastebin.com/WyWfSZMX |
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"One problem is you have lvl 1 empower. I know it's expensive this league, buy try to get lvl 3 corrupted one (cheaper) and lvl the lvl 1 in your weapon swap. You have unnatural instinct that's worth 5ex while empower 3 is worth 1ex. Another problem is you have a 12 passive cluster. If you got an 8-passive one you could pick growth&decay wheel for bigger benefit than 12% increased damage (after the nerfs getting sources of multiplier is more scarce and more important). Third problem is your bow is really weak. You should at least aim to roll +1 to socketed gems prefix and craft the 35% chaos damage over time multiplier from the bench (veiled suffix), this is another situation where multiplier > inc damage (spell damage in this case). That pob is also not resist capped on fire and cold, hopefully you plan to fix this. Your wither totem should be linked with multiple totems and faster casting or increased duration (4-link total) and used on bosses, if you have problem keeping it up, you can use spreading rot jewel and channel blight to apply wither but then you need to be mindful of positioning. You also don't seem to have arcane surge anywhere, I don't know why you have void manipulation linked to contagion when contagion isn't there to do damage only to spread essence drain. The guide says you should have arcane surge there. You could also have it linked to essence drain instead of empower if you can't buy a higher lvl one for now. Your pob is also missing flasks. I imagine there's supposed to be witchfire brew there, but now that flasks' uptime got nerfed you can just have despair self-cast somewhere, it's another damage buff you're missing in your build. Keep in mind all builds got nerfed in 3.15 so the damage nowadays is generally lower. But you have some easy changes you could implement there. Bigger change is crafting a +3 bow but that's 10ex+ cost. |
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" Viktranka already touched on most of the points, but I noticed a couple other minor changes that could help out. I included estimates of the % DPS increases below: Flasks - 70% A Witchfire brew with +% DoT and sulphur flask are the two that impact DPS. Bow - 25-85% (+1 socked gem level and +2 socked support level) Damage increase will depend on how much of an upgrade it is. Empower Gem Levels - 27% A corrupted lvl 3 gem will still be a 19% damage increase and will be significantly cheaper. Swift Killer (ascendency) - 21% Switching from escape artist to swift killer will give you a a large DPS increase if you can maintain frenzy charges via blight channeling. VS -> AS - 15% Swap void support for arcane surge in the contagion link Zealotry - 15% Will require reservation reduction and decreasing clarity level until you get better gear. I suggest you pull the points from Soul Thief and Archanist's Dominion. Growth and Decay - 10% Will again require skill points 4 skill points. You can recover some points by switching to a lower gem cluster jewel and dropping Lord of the Dead if needed. Watcher's Eye Prismatic Jewel - 10% This is prohibitively expensive (10+ ex), but is a notable damage increase so I figured that I'd include it. Medium Jewel Socket - 2-10% If you keep the same cluster, you have an empty medium jewel socket where you can equip another +% DoT jewel for a bit more damage. DoT passive - 1% There's a dex passive near the beginning of the tree that can be swapped for a nearby DoT passive giving a minor DPS increase. Other Improvements (no DPS increase) - Cap resistances - Add multiple totem support to wither link - Intensify support on contagion link |
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Thank you very much for your detailed reviews guys. I will make the improvements on the issues you focused on.
Cheers! |
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Hi folks. I wanna return to ed contaigon and wanna know if it is viable after that whole nerf massacre. Ty guys
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"Define viable, empower 4 + bow alone will cost you around 20ex... Just cuz GGG stealth nerfed drop rate of empower / enlighten / enhance this league. You might wanna consider using your second 6-link for blight to boost single target damage because ED alone will be low without much investment. Also league can be quite rippy, so keep that in mind. For example if you get mobs cull below 20% hp and you play low life with most life reserved, you die. If you get monsters always crit, or always apply bleed you can get easily destroyed. And ofc immune to chaos is not doable. So you have to be fairly careful what you do. |
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I've hit a bit of a brick wall in higher tier red maps (T14+). I'm often just instantly melted by groups of enemies or one-shot by bosses. What improvements can I make to help my survivability?
PoB link: https://pastebin.com/RGQNmnU6 Last edited by fiveaxis#4808 on Aug 14, 2021, 5:47:59 PM
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Hello, can someone help me out with a question I have? I am still a noob in POE and I have problems with the "grab Wither, Spell totem and 5 Essence Drain and level offhand".
Does this mean the second loadout that I switch to by pressing X? But how would I level 7 gems when the max would be 6 slots in the second loadout? Thanks! Last edited by NandoTheNoob#1566 on Aug 14, 2021, 3:04:50 PM
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