[3.16] Forbidden Rite Totem
" A minor detail but that basalt flask seems odd to me. You’ll get bleed, it will trigger and taunt enemies to attack you. Also in general more armour probably doesn’t help the build much? |
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Wondering how you guys are using the Mark skill? Do you spam it through the map or just drop it on elites or bosses?
I know the gloves will apply the second curse directly just wondered about the mark before the gloves come into play. |
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I mostly use it on tougher battles, won't lie.
Update from my side, as I go along a total newb to this more complex style of building. I put some attention into my flasks and it helped a ton, given the changes to flask mechanics this league, e.g. "activated when (frozen)" is basically like having "cannot be frozen" mod from my experience. I did some other flask management and am really into this as it takes the pain of constantly pressing flask buttons off of my hand. I also notice a big QOL bonus from Ancestral Reach > Sleepless Sentries. With the chaos resist buff from Ancestral Preservation, I really think Ancestral Reach is a good pairing for at least one of the medium clusters as it hugely improves how often you die. Until, that is, you can afford: Asenaths : ~5ex (min) * https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Expedition/m0OeT6 Wands : ~2ex (min) Viridi's " ~1ex (min) https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Expedition/n7JzL0VU0 And these are the cheaper components. If you look at the OPs build, you'll see that a huge part of his damage is from jewels with crit multi / totem life. This is one of his/her jewels: Rarity: Rare Ghoul Prism Viridian Jewel -------- Item Level: 55 -------- 10% chance to Avoid being Shocked (implicit) -------- +12% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier 12% increased Totem Life +12% to Cold and Lightning Resistances +18% to Critical Strike Multiplier while Dual Wielding And this is the closest comparison I could find. I couldn't actually find one for sale - at all - with his/her stats (or greater). The closest I could find with reduced stats is below, coming in at a lowly 12 EX: Item Class: Jewels Rarity: Rare Brood Bliss Crimson Jewel -------- Item Level: 83 -------- +10% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier 12% increased Totem Life +17% to Critical Strike Multiplier while Dual Wielding -------- Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. -------- Note: ~price 12 exalted ^ Note that this is significantly less valuable than the OPs single jewel, as it's missing both the resistance bonus and implicit, and has less total crit multi. I would imagine OPs jewel would sell for 20 EX (or more, as it's the only one that exists?). If you wanted his/her entire setup, I would guess you'd be looking at multiple hundred Exalted orbs - if these items were even for sale. ;) So for everyone who might be like me getting into this build - just know what you're getting into. I say this as a newb, tbh, since I usually play the easy league starter builds and barely make it to yellow maps. This time I wanted to go a bit deeper and this was/is a great build to get there. I'm really enjoying it and want to start working on league challenges to get my portal with it. This is not a cheap build, at all, and if you don't put some focus on QOL while farming you will die a ton. I don't care how expert you are. Without some QOL or the above gear, arbalest / constraint mechanics (Valara / Brine King or other tight arenas) will ruin your day unless you are so cautious that you move like a glacier through maps. Also note that your survivability also takes a HUGE hit as you level your gear up to Uniques. Anyways - game on! |
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" The belt is hard to beat, but you might want to get Whispers of Doom anoint on your amulet for an extra curse before if you just want more damage. If you feel that you need more damage while clearing, you could try to play with Concentrated Effect permanently if you have enough AoE. Also, your wands could easily be better. To fix resistances, the easiest way is jewels, but you can also get some pretty good amount of damage there too. Your boots and ring could have much more resistances. You can get a pair of boots with 130% res, 30% ms and life for like one exalt. Also, make sure to get critical strike enchant on them. " You want 21/20 in total for the extra autoproj. So, if you have +1 on wand, you don't really need to go for the corruption as it can get quite pricy. But if you want the extra damage from 21, then yea you might want to level a few more and try to corrupt a 21/20. Overall, you won't be able to tell the difference. " I just use my Arcanist Brand on bosses or in situation where I'm forced to wait, like Expedition chain-explosion. If you don't want to use Whispers of Doom, you could drop the Arcanist Brand setup and just use the Temporal Chains from Asenath. Mark are a pretty big source of damage tho. Last edited by loloppe#7398 on Aug 17, 2021, 3:20:20 PM
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Damn, bought today base medium jewel because I accumulated alot of alts and after like 370 alts plus some aug/regals I got:
Last edited by Asag#1815 on Aug 17, 2021, 3:48:26 PM
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" rip, probably woulda abeen cheaper to buy |
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" You crazy, you know how much these run?? 2-3ex last time i was crafting them, looked just now and cheapest is 4.5ex... That was just the two passives, the resist all is probably 2nd best behind life Last edited by skempf85#1821 on Aug 18, 2021, 4:12:58 AM
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It's nice to have the extra totem life but I find myself spamming them so often to keep curses self inflicted that they rarely die even in juiced maps . Seems like a over investment to me.
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" What? Those jewels are like 5ex. 370 alts is around 82c. How its cheaper to buy them? Also I like to craft my own stuff even when its not always cheaper. | |
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