[3.12] Hasunic's ED/C CI Trickster | Glancing Blows | Leaguestarter | Ailment Immunity | 1H + Shield

I got the two Chaos Augments I needed to finish off my wand and the build is going really nicely! Only 530k DPS, but I have 9.4k ES and it's so tanky. Just cleared Oshabi fight, not having done it before. Thanks again! I've learned so much from the detailed PoB.

I had a couple of questions after playing for longer...


1. I've capped block now w/o tempest shield. Could you recommend a replacement?

2. If you have time, could you say a bit more about switching to 4L ED + 6L Blight? (I have read the notes on crafting for 4L ES.) It's esp the gem links I'm not sure about. Or would you not recommend the switch with this build due to the low mana?

Char at https://pastebin.com/sShYtiSF

Yes ofcourse.

Switching for 4link ED + 6link blight you need the following:

30% More Damage Over Time for socketed gem gloves (Delirium Essence crafted)
and +1 Aoe or Projectiles gems / 20-25% elemental ailment avoidance gloves

or

30% More Damage Over Time for socketed gems gloves (Delirium Essence Crafted) and +1 AoE and +1 Projectile gem gloves and either 30-35% elemental ailment avoidance chest or a dodge small cluster with elemental ailment avoidance.

Best links for 4 link ED:

Efficacy + Controlled Destruction + Void Manipulation

Best links for 6 link Vaal Blight

Infused Channelling + Efficacy + Controlled Destruction + Void Manipulation + Swift Affliction

If you are having a hardtime sustaining your mana, you can invest 3 points into Prodigal Perfection after you get Insightfullness or try to use a Clarity :)

Awesome! Thank you.

BTW, I just killed Sirus A7 using this char and a BL Miner,* and got a Thread of Hope. Thank you again! I only killed Sirus A0 for the first time 3 weeks ago. Using your guide has taught me so much about the game. It makes such a difference to have a SSF guide written by someone who has actually played 100% in SSF.

* Only switched to the BL Miner in final phase because I still can't handle the 'DIE' beam -- my reactions are not as fast as they used to be. I have been trying to get Corrupted Blood immunity on a jewel but with no luck.

Now I'm going to use some of your alternate trees to put in the thread of hope...

Edit: could I trouble you for some more advice? With Thread of Hope I have 2 spare Passive points, and should get ~3 more as I level. I don't have a large cluster jewel, and AFAIK there is no way to farm one, so I'm not sure where to put the points. I'd be grateful for any advice. (NB. I don't have the crafts to switch to 6L Blight yet -- hopefully before league end.)

PoB is at https://pastebin.com/dGwVjk9u

Gz! Very nice :) is it very large? Because that's the best one, but you will lose some block and resistance.

Just pick a nearby jewel socket / extra ES / extra damage. It's not rocket science and it doesn't matter too much if it isn't the most optimal way of spending points

Cheers. Yup, very large. I divined several times. I had to use every last augment I had saved to sort the resists out, but I'm now over 10k ES and at 630k DPS. I'm about to Chaos Aug a prefix and suffix onto my amulet -- keep yr fingers crossed for me!

Edit: Hmm. Maybe I should get the suffix first, then get two prefixes and remove life. Or, I have just the one Hunter's exalted orb and it's tempting to use it here to get a Hunter Amber/Citrine Amulet and sort out my Strength problems. Decisions...

Yeah.... I mean, do you have a Hunter hubris circlet? Otherwise it might be worth using on that, considering how easy it is to craft a -9% chaos resistance helmet in Harvest.

You can always just take 30 str from the passive tree if you have issues, or change your current hunter amulet into an onyx by selling the amulet + 1g + 1r +1b gem and then recraft.

You just have to hit +1 intelligence gems, and then you finish the craft with Harvest.

Hunter Hubris Circlet: great idea, thanks! Just to check, if I use the Hunter's Exalted Orb it won't change existing mods? I have T1/T1/T2 Defence so am really keen not to mess with it!

> change your current hunter amulet into an onyx by selling the amulet + 1g + 1r +1b gem

Oh neat! The wiki doesn't list that particular recipe as preserving influence, so I didn't realise this was possible. Thanks!

No it will just add a new mod (If you have free suffix its either - chaos res, % intelligence or elemental conflux) - You can remove all the elemental confluxes with remove fire/light/cold, but u cant remove the % intelligence, then you would have to use a "reroll an item keeping all prefixes" from harvest.

Yeah it's a pretty neat vendor recipe, I use it quite often on bad amulet bases.

You can do the same with a influenced Iron Ring and make it into a Cold/light/fire res ring :)

Got the -9 to Chaos Res --- thanks for the suggestion. Also a T1 Chaos Res, which will be useful as I am 7/8 of the way to getting Shavronne's Wrappings for the first time. I want to see if I can break 1M DPS before league end.

This build is really great for playing in a relaxed fashion now - the ES leech from ED makes such a difference.