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On September 14 2016 23:50 ticklishmusic wrote:


How does that interact with the BM gem?

There was a quad curse BV build that used it, seemed cool.

On September 15 2016 00:03 clusen wrote:

Are you sure it wasn't using Apep's Rage to get the manacost?

On September 14 2016 23:51 HolydaKing wrote:
Using PCoC but not Increased Critical Strike Chance looks like a bad idea. So do #2 but depending on the crit chance either dmg or crit chance gem, the later is extremely strong nowadays imo.

You can also get power charges with CWDT + PCoC + Blade Vortex (+Crit Chance) fairly well once you are close to enemies, but you likely rarely are so it's probably no big help.

On September 15 2016 00:47 -Archangel- wrote:

I have done the math, having all 5 PCs on gives me more total Crit Chance than using Increased Critical Chance gem so since I can only use one in 5L I chose PCoC to make sure I can easily generate PCs. Base crit chance for my Windripper is 8.8% which works better with 250% bonus to crit that 1.9% bonus to base and 100% bonus (that is at lvl 20). With 5 PC on I got about 70% crit chance.

If I can find another good way to generate PCs I would switch that with Increased Critical Damage so that high crit chance gives me a good damage boost. That is why I was thinking using Assassin's Mark and my Victario's Acuity but wanted to keep generating Frenzy Charges as well so Blood Rage is only other option (I could also use Frenzy but I would need to switch between that and Elemental Hit all the time which is irritating).

As for using CastWhenDT with BV, well my character wants to get hit as little as possible being a squishy Evasion/Acrobatics character. Also Deadeye part of my Scion Ascendancy gives me a damage boost when I am far away from enemies.

On September 15 2016 00:59 r.Evo wrote:

* PCoC doesn't belong in your main link. You can use it e.g. in a 2nd Frenzy / GMP / PCoC / Inc Crit setup or something akin to Frenzy GMP CoH Curse PCoC if you want to be really lazy and a bit wasteful with a 5L.
* Right now your 2nd 5L (Blink Arrow+Faster Att+Ice Golem+Blind+Improved Minion Life) is completely wasted.
* Your Life on tree is way too low. 150% is the utter bare minimum I'd recommend for SC.
* EV/Acro does not imply a squishy character, in a nutshell it (esp Acro) gives you the most mitigation you can get for a very small investment, you do need to back it up with HP pool though.
* Drop Essence Sap wheel for a 0.4% Mana/Life node in the Vitality Void wheel. Mayyyybe get another 0.4% node if you really, really need it but odds are you won't.
* Lethality Wheel you poeplanner.comwant to go via the right since Crit Multi is your biggest damage boost.
* Survivalist Wheel should be dropped asap, connect via Nullification/Sniper area instead.
* The Power Charge on the right is a complete waste. Even if you take the jewel socket it's 3 points for 50% crit compared to e.g. 100% crit for three points from the King of the Hill Wheel.

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True Strike is another of those clusters that aren't crazy efficient, same for Berserking and Graceful Assault (use Silver flask instead). After the above (7pts more than what you're at but the idea should be clear) you want to push for Frenzy charges most likely. Odds are also you need to drop something somewhere for an Accuracy wheel unless your gear is pretty gud.

On September 15 2016 03:26 HolydaKing wrote:
In this league single target damage might be more important than ever before. Without even looking at the tough new bosses, rares mobs with 2+ Essences often survive more than map bosses... Except for the higher tier ones maybe, but I also haven't seen 4+ Essence mobs, they gotta be extremely tough.

On September 15 2016 02:56 r.Evo wrote:
Yeah that looks a lot cleaner as well. You want to move through Fury Bolts at Duelist in the long run and drop the Cloth & Chain nodes but it's fine if that takes a bit.

For Power Charges your pretty much only options are PCoC in a seperate setup (sure you can use it in your main skill but it will always be the spot where you're missing really easy damage otherwise) or something like Herald with Curse on Hit Assassins Mark. You can also do the latter and then still have a Frenzy/PCoC setup for bosses specifically.

What I meant as lazy version would be e.g. Frenzy, GMP, PCoC, Curse on Hit and then in your case Ele Weakness. Generates Frenzy+Power Charges and you'll feel better about using it from time to time since it also curses. =P

If you don't want to use Frenzy at all then you'll need a BBB 3L somewhere (Curse on Hit setup) and it gets awkward quickly for bows. Technically Blast Rain is a thing for singletarget but I'm not sure if you actually feel the need for more singletarget and how it works with your setup, haven't used it in a while. Links would be something like Blast Rain, WED, Conc Effect, Inc Crit, Faster Attacks.

On September 15 2016 19:00 -Archangel- wrote:

OK, I took your advice and done this now:
6S5L: Ele Hit+Faster Attacks+Weap Ele Dam+LMP+Increased Critical Damage AND 1S Arctic Armor
5S5L: Frenzy+GMP+Increased Critical Chance+PCoC+Blind
4L: Blink Arrow+Faster Attacks+Improved Minion Life+Ice Golem
4L: Cast on Damage Taken+Ice Wall+Increased Duration+Vaal Grace
4S2L: Spell Totem+Elemental Weakness AND HoI AND HoT

My tooltip DPS with 5 PC and 3 FC on is 18 000. Probably much much more when adding base damage of Elemental Hit into the equation.

I changed the passive tree to be like my last link, got 3000 life now at lvl 77 and I still got gear slots I can improve with more life (and the ones I improved the goal was to trade for 50+ life, next round of upgrades is going to look for better rolls)

Getting used to using Frenzy all the time is going to painful now since I spent last 20-30 hours just using Blink and Ele Hit with Spell Totem for tougher resistant enemies. But it is the most efficient way of getting both charges maxed from 0.
I put Blind on Frenzy since I am sure to be using it in boss battles to top up my charges so I might as well Blind those bosses :D

Good news is that I am not going to have overlapping curses anymore. Bad news is that those curses gave me some more life, mana and hit chance/crit chance. If I will have problems surviving, I might switch my Ice Golem for Stone one.

On September 15 2016 20:17 HolydaKing wrote:
Looks better, however Spell Totem + Ele Weakness sounds weird. I'd rather cast the curse myself then... not a good solution imo. Also 3k Life is still rather low, but if you play really careful you can probably be OK for most.

As for the guys saying Vortex is great yesterday and the day before, I assume Vortex works best non crit right? I saw a few builds on the forums. Crit builds were usually focusing on the initial dmg so they don't pick EE, while non crit builds mostly use Pyre and EE. Would need to respec if I wanted to try the later I guess.

On September 16 2016 00:46 Meta wrote:
Hey guys, I got back into this game with Essence league, having not played since 2013, and I have to say WOW what a game. The progress they've made in development in the past 3 years is absolutely astonishing considering their income is from cosmetic skins only. GGG have really made something special. This game blows every Diablo out of the water.

Anyway, I made a BV Pathfinder after doing a bit of research because I'm not a special snowflake and I can handle shamelessly copying a flavor of the month build. Can anybody tell me what the benefits are of joining the TL guild? Me and two of my close friends all rolled new characters together on the league start day and we pretty much just play together, but we've been wondering what the whole guild thing entails. Are there in-game perks? Just a bit of social interaction?