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bo1b
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On June 17 2017 19:59 bo1b wrote: My thoughts too, but I'm also considering a lycosidae weapon swap with spectral throw + shield charge over ball lightning. Honestly decay is just stupid lol. You want as little support skills that don't make decay better as you can. Spectral Throw needs GMP, Ball Lightning can work as is. Frost Blades work with Scepters and so does Sunder and they are both good as AoE Decay deliver but accuracy then becomes a problem. And I don't think Decay is stupid. It does about same as Detonate Dead in 3.0 ED + Contagion will still kill faster with a bit more micro needed. | ||
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bo1b
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Decay is so strong that if it gets put in the game in its current implementation it will ruin the game. Ball lightning not only has a cast time but its projectile speed is pathetic and its aoe is minuscule. In fact I'd go as far as to say that decay as a skill gem encourages you to do nothing but stack up defence as ed on a 6 link will melt bosses for free before t16. | ||
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On June 17 2017 22:46 bo1b wrote: St gmp decay will clear entire screens at at a time while shield charging around at light speed. Decay is so strong that if it gets put in the game in its current implementation it will ruin the game. Ball lightning not only has a cast time but its projectile speed is pathetic and its aoe is minuscule. In fact I'd go as far as to say that decay as a skill gem encourages you to do nothing but stack up defence as ed on a 6 link will melt bosses for free before t16. It has 50% stronger base damage than fully buffed base damage of CA. And you don't need to use a bow. Unless CA is considered broken, decay is not either. At least until someone finds a build that clears screens much faster. Run the numbers in Path of Building. It is not THAT strong. | ||
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LagLovah
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bo1b
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You just started playing during legacy right? Good to see someone theorycrafting :D The good news is that it's not actually necessary, even with a cod you'd want the points behind the mind over matter keystone as they give the most effective hp per point. So in that sense, you can farm up to it comfortably. My guess is that it will be either 10+ ex, or it will be around about the price that shavs is now. | ||
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r.Evo
Germany14079 Posts
On June 18 2017 13:18 LagLovah wrote: Do we have a beta guild? Yeah, see modnote. =P Drop charactername in here or PM me with it etc. - the usual. I'm still waiting for that third lab. =( | ||
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On June 18 2017 21:58 bo1b wrote: It will most likely be several exalts. You just started playing during legacy right? Good to see someone theorycrafting :D naw i've been playing off and on since the day the game went into open beta  | ||
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On June 17 2017 23:27 bo1b wrote: It's broken because a 3 link can comfortably clear a screen while you whirl away to a boss with an actual damage dealing ability - such as essence drain. 3 link as ST+GMP+Decay? No. That is 1500 dps multiplied by nothing except chaos damage passives. You might get it to 6000 or so dps but that is 2-3s to kill white mobs on yellow maps. Blue ones will be superslow and you will need to use your ED for every yellow mob. As a guy that just spent 50h playing a CA that switches with ED build this is not as strong as you think. But what is strong is a trapper/miner/totem bladefall+poison+decay where trap/mine/totem passives/supports give bonus damage to all 3 damage sources. And add a decay weapon on top of it  EDIT: actually it seems decay weapon does not stack with decay support. | ||
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This is best case scenario with both curses and enemy having 0 chaos resistance or physical damage resistance. Also I didn't use Cluster Traps because PoB does not know how to calculate it so it just reduces damage. I will have to try a critical hit version with an Assassin. Also I will check if the totem version is better (due to ability to constantly cast new bladefalls which result in more poison stacks). But totems have a certain penalty with Occultist due to some Occultist abilities like Profane Boom needing you to kill and not totems. With traps that is solved by enemies being killed by DoT after trap no longer exists and that is then counted as your kill and not from the trap. | ||
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LagLovah
Canada552 Posts
Pretty solid mimic of the SC baron summoner I did in legacy, has 6k life 3500 es or so, but the dps will be way higher with a viable melee spectre. Can the kitavas escape the inevitable nerf the only viable spectre strategy GGG employs? I am excited to find out! Finished the beta acts... died a couple times but mostly cause i was using trash gear and 20% res. Didn't seem too overly difficult. | ||
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EchelonTee
United States5241 Posts
the beta acts aren't too crazy, but compared to Cruel acts 1-3 it's much harder I'd say. fights like Kitava and Arakali are at least on par with Malachai IMO, which means money from rushing going to be sweeeeet | ||
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LagLovah
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On June 19 2017 14:33 EchelonTee wrote: did you see uberelite's video on the new spectres? goes over the pros and cons of each. I think some sort of Baron summer with shaper's touch will be very strong, huge EHP and the usual good clear of a summoner the beta acts aren't too crazy, but compared to Cruel acts 1-3 it's much harder I'd say. fights like Kitava and Arakali are at least on par with Malachai IMO, which means money from rushing going to be sweeeeet I watched a few things on what spectre's are available, but honestly, if its not melee based, its not worth using with a baron build. Seriously, the dps on my srs goes from 21k to 36k just by equipping that helmet, if you aren't going to use melee, there is no point in getting the extra spectre's. Also resists will be difficult with having to use bones of ulir. Not sure that's viable without some top tier gear, or using bow + quiver with str/life/res. | ||
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On June 19 2017 21:24 LagLovah wrote: I watched a few things on what spectre's are available, but honestly, if its not melee based, its not worth using with a baron build. Seriously, the dps on my srs goes from 21k to 36k just by equipping that helmet, if you aren't going to use melee, there is no point in getting the extra spectre's. Also resists will be difficult with having to use bones of ulir. Not sure that's viable without some top tier gear, or using bow + quiver with str/life/res. You can always get resists on jewels. | ||
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LagLovah
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That said my summoner is ele weak capped, but using a quiver and res boots. Baron shaper touch geoffri. | ||
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EchelonTee
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what weapon / offhand were you thinking? | ||
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LagLovah
Canada552 Posts
You can use iron will sure but feels like wasted link when you get it for free if you can use a melee Spectre. My character on legacy is named BiscoBaron. The tree will alter a bit but the gear should stay similar | ||
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