[3.25] MoM Crit Power Siphon Totem Hierophant

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zorker wrote:

Probably not. With Phantasmal Ballista we get 10% chance for return anyway.

Return as a mechanic is kind of bad with Snipers Mark since the projectiles split outwards and from that position return to the totem. They might miss the enemy on the return. That is sth. I tested in detail for 3.21 and is the reason I suggested not using Snipers Mark in 3.21 when using Vengeant Cascade.

👍 Good to know!

I have three other questions. Firstly, is being Stunned an issue in the build? We don't have the biggest life pool so stunning hits could be happening pretty often... Is keeping enemies at bay + stun recovery flask suffix + Major Pantheon Brine King enough?

Another thing I'd like to know is related to the new league's tattoos.
There is a type that "Adds 1 to 7 lightning damage" per node replaced and goes into +10 intelligence nodes.
Would it be worth losing 10 intelligence (= 5 base mana in a mana-dependent build) for 1-7 added lightning damage to our totems?

And the last thing is Life Recoup, you allocate the Infused Flesh cluster in Witch area in the lvl 100 version of the build. Is that an important part of the build at that stage or just something nice to have?

Nice build man, going to try it out in 3.22. Berserk / Lightning Coil version is still going strong

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TheEighthPanda wrote:

Firstly, is being Stunned an issue in the build?

If you have not played a ballista totem build on hierophant yet I cannot emphasize enough how insanely quickly the totems get placed. Gameplay wise you tap the totems while moving forward. That is done to ensure totems firing as soon as possible as enemies get in range. Since you do not get into melee combat at all stun is not an issue.

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TheEighthPanda wrote:

Tatoos?

Intelligence is accuracy for us which we need too. In 3.22 rolling accuracy on the wand might actually be desired. We have a lot of flat added lightning damage from Arcane Cloak, Mind of the Council and at times from Sigil of Power. The lightning damage ones might be just to small of a buff to be even worth using.
Thing is. GGG has probably added hundreds of those. If some of them are physical damage taken as lightning or chaos or sth else that might be worth using for sure. But we need to wait and see what is available.

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TheEighthPanda wrote:

And the last thing is Life Recoup

Just some leftover points you can put whereever. In the end you can starting tinkering with the build on your own. Pick what you might need etc.

Would it be possible to get the PoBs merged into a single guide link? It would make following the guide easier

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CBFTW wrote:

Would it be possible to get the PoBs merged into a single guide link? It would make following the guide easier

The idea is to load the leveling PoBs not in Path of Building but on pobb.in (just click the link) and have each pobb.in in its own browser tab. There is no need for PoB itself for leveling.

Thank you for your previous answers.

What about helm enchants? Is the Arcane Cloak life regen the one we should be chasing? I assume it's good with Kaom gloves for rage?

I am a huge advocat for the life regen enchant yes. Without the berserker gloves that enchant will give a ton of life regen.

The big ticket item the build has to buy is the Impossible Escape for Iron Reflexes. It was kind of expensive last league. As long as we do not have that we can still switch to Lightning Coil. All we loose is Berserk.
As long as we cannot afford that jewel we can still switch and keep using Breathstealer which has the Panopticon annoint.

Without Berserk the strength requirements are way better.
If you are struggling on dexterity you can keep Blood Rage at a lower level and use Assassins Mark instead of Snipers Mark.

I want to try sth. new myself this league aswell. I will test not using a KB setup any more. Instead my current plan is a CWDT setup with Enfeeble (The Mark only applies to 1 enemy. Enfeeble will cover the rest.), Tornado (just some added damage from time to time with totems firing into the tornado) and Creeping Frost (10% chill). All at low level.

I am currently experimenting with some left side ideas. But we will see.

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CBFTW wrote:

Would it be possible to get the PoBs merged into a single guide link? It would make following the guide easier

https://pobb.in/7p0BdKbvzvlH all trees at once + early league/endgame item setups

I'm too lazy for leveling skill setups migration

any of the new support gem useful?

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Sazzbot wrote:

any of the new support gem useful?

Sadly no :(

Arcane Cloak and Mind of the Council give flat added lightning damage with no min/max range. It would be amazing on a build that has low to high lightning damage. Sadly we don't.

Return is not good enough too. We have no shotgun mechanic to abuse making it worthwile.