[3.24] fezz's Toxic Rain Champion - Step-by-Step PoE Build Guide for Beginners & Casuals

Thanks for this great guide, Would of not gotten into the game without it.
First league start in this game (started about a week late because i was on a vacation)

My PoB, Any suggestions/improvments?
https://pobb.in/6kPBD8dmnXgn

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punisher34 wrote:

Ok im switching to the grace setup. And Im out of space for defiance banner. What am i missing?

By out of space do you mean gem slots? (Just slap def banner in gloves per the guide)
Or If it’s mana, then you need to finish the Uber Lab to get the final 2 champion points to get the passive which means you can run 1 banner without any mana reserving costs.

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rommie7 wrote:

Thanks for this great guide, Would of not gotten into the game without it.
First league start in this game (started about a week late because i was on a vacation)

My PoB, Any suggestions/improvments?
https://pobb.in/6kPBD8dmnXgn

Hey, thanks for the feedback.

You managed to get almost 9M Full DPS which is absoluetely crazy for a new player and I don't think there is any particular thing you have to fix/improve (other than minmaxing things you already got).

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punisher34 wrote:

Ok im switching to the grace setup. And Im out of space for defiance banner. What am i missing?

Fair question. You can either replace Lifetap Support or Increased Duration Support in your CWDT setup with Defiance Banner (but make sure your Defiance Banner is level 20 or 21).

Got myself a new bow, and some more skill points. Here is my current build

https://pobb.in/hI76Fbpa7JDL

Am I right in assuming I don't have the mana regen to support my attack speed?
Currently my Toxic rain costs 37 mana.
My flask returns 796/7 seconds = 113 a sec
When enemies are dying, it helps with mana on death, but against bosses not so much.
Should I get the -7 mana cost enchants on my rings?

edit - I think I answered my own question, have switched to this https://pobb.in/CUquhFDbKKWU

which brings my mana cost per second below my mana recovery.

Noticed that the helmed craft - +#% damage while leeching offered a nice dps bonus, i just dont know what my actual leech uptime would be and if its worth it or not

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fezz8386 wrote:

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punisher34 wrote:

Ok im switching to the grace setup. And Im out of space for defiance banner. What am i missing?

Fair question. You can either replace Lifetap Support or Increased Duration Support in your CWDT setup with Defiance Banner (but make sure your Defiance Banner is level 20 or 21).

Thanks, yeah i swapped out lifetap.


Secondly, would you mind checking my pobb and giving me advice on what to pursue next with my gear? Thanks for your hard work and concise guide.

https://pobb.in/2FrC4moU1h-T

Edit: I do have 100% spell suppresion, not 96% as indicated.

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Dazzaa88 wrote:

Got myself a new bow, and some more skill points. Here is my current build

https://pobb.in/hI76Fbpa7JDL

Am I right in assuming I don't have the mana regen to support my attack speed?
Currently my Toxic rain costs 37 mana.
My flask returns 796/7 seconds = 113 a sec
When enemies are dying, it helps with mana on death, but against bosses not so much.
Should I get the -7 mana cost enchants on my rings?

edit - I think I answered my own question, have switched to this https://pobb.in/CUquhFDbKKWU

which brings my mana cost per second below my mana recovery.

If you differ from what the guide recommends, there's always a chance you might get in trouble ;) For example: Normally, you are supposed to take both Replenishing Remedies and Arcane Chemistry which basically gives you 100% mana flask uptime (=100% sufficient mana). That being said, this comes with opportunity costs of 5 skill points, which can be annoying if you want to minmax the build, I get that.

But you seem to made it work, so that's good for you ;)

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Dazzaa88 wrote:

Noticed that the helmed craft - +#% damage while leeching offered a nice dps bonus, i just dont know what my actual leech uptime would be and if its worth it or not

DoT Damage can't leech so you will only leech with the initial hit of TR which isn't that beneficial.

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punisher34 wrote:

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fezz8386 wrote:

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punisher34 wrote:

Ok im switching to the grace setup. And Im out of space for defiance banner. What am i missing?

Fair question. You can either replace Lifetap Support or Increased Duration Support in your CWDT setup with Defiance Banner (but make sure your Defiance Banner is level 20 or 21).

Thanks, yeah i swapped out lifetap.


Secondly, would you mind checking my pobb and giving me advice on what to pursue next with my gear? Thanks for your hard work and concise guide.

https://pobb.in/2FrC4moU1h-T

Edit: I do have 100% spell suppresion, not 96% as indicated.

You have quite good gear. The only thing that your build currently really suffers from is not being Chaos Resistance capped. That would be the thing I recommend focussing on next (while not losing any other damage or defense related things, which can be tricky/expensive)

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fezz8386 wrote:

If you differ from what the guide recommends, there's always a chance you might get in trouble ;) For example: Normally, you are supposed to take both Replenishing Remedies and Arcane Chemistry which basically gives you 100% mana flask uptime (=100% sufficient mana). That being said, this comes with opportunity costs of 5 skill points, which can be annoying if you want to minmax the build, I get that.

But you seem to made it work, so that's good for you ;)

Ahh sorry for the confusion, my flask uptime seems to be all good.
It’s just I wasn’t getting enough mana from my flask during its uptime I.e. my toxic rain spam costs more than the mana I get when my mana flask was active.

Although I now see that Arcane Chemistry gives 30% extra mana recovered from flasks which would help.

Hi,

I've got a question on the damage ceiling, I assume the ~3.5-4M DPS written isnt the cap this build can achieve and can probably go higher with further investment. Am I right in that assumption?

Done with current league (have to play other games or else my backlog will go out of hand ...), which was my first league, and eyeing this build for the next one (given no changes obv., though I dont see why GGG would mess with this one) because the playstyle suits me and the guide is really well written. But I am curious how much you can push this.