GhazzyTV - Essence Drain & Contagion (or Bane/Soulrend) Trickster [SC/HC/Uber Elder/Shaper]

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Mungu написал:

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dunaeri написал:

Does the cane of unravelling have a place in the 3.1 version of this build?

I was wondering that myself as well.

What about the Impresence (Chaos) amulet? https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Impresence_(Chaos)

PoE wiki showing me a broken link and I'm on limited time atm due to the "race"!
Anything that grants spell dmg and/or DoT or Chaos DMG is a good choice, keep in mind that getting a 80%+ spell dmg rare dagger is not very expensive so if it's better than that go for it.

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OniAkumaYubokumin написал:

Should I use Essence of Delirium Dagger + Breath of the Council once I can get currency or should I stick with Dagger/Breath of the Council + Rathpith Globe (shield).
That said, which one is really better: Breath of the Council or EoD dagger?

I would say BotC as it helps you maintain efficiency of the "rotation" the build is doing vs bosses.

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Odd_the_king написал:

Hi.

Need some basic noob / first time play tips.
I have experience with diablo II + I have played this game to act II one time for a few years ago so got the basic.

I am now a level 42 trickster. Have gotten to Occultist's domination in the passive tree and picked up Walk the Aether. I have gotten to act 4 to the Crystal Veins.

Things are going okay and I dont need any big help with progress so far, but I tend to spend to much time om items / sockets and what gems to use, because its hard to deside what you should use.

I have gotten most of the gems, but at I guess I dont need to use so many at this point of the game.
So to save time on what to look for, what should I consentrate to get on my way to level 50 and 60?
Any special socket / links or items with resistance or other things?

Basic items / gems I got:

3 socket wand with 11 % increased spell damage:
ESSENCE DRAINE
Void Manipulation
Controlled Destruction

2 socket shield with 11 % increased spell damage + critical strike for spells + maximum energy shield + 3 % to all resistance
CONTAGION
Arcane Surge (level 3, also got level 9 on hold)

3 socket gloves with alot of armour, +16 dexterity and fire and cold resistance
WITHER
Spell Totem support
Increased Duration

And I got Clarity in my boots. And other basic items for helm, belt, rings and amulet.

I use most ED and Contagion on clearing and sometime wither (totem). Do I need a sword or anything for Shield Charge?
When should I be looking for that? And what weapon to wear? What support gems should I try to add to ED and Contagion? Many small questions but need only some tips and guidance.

Ozon

Hey,

The support gems in the guide are listed in order of efficiency, you basically want to look out for a 4L for your ED setup other than that you use what you can get your hands on depending on how many sockets you have available to you during the lvling process.

Make sure you keep a keen eye on your resistances as well as life numbers as you progress after act 4/5 as not being capped on res will start be very punishing.

Shield Charge can only be used whilst you have a shield equipped and not wielding a wand (must have be without a weapon or the weapon has to be a melee one such as a spell dmg rolled dagger is prefered, however, if you have a good spell dmg wand you can use that and simply use Flame Dash instead as your movement spell).

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LynXx_ написал:

Is it still worth respeccing into LL at some point?

As a trickster, I personally don't think so no. As an occultist, yes, without a doubt.

Hey nice guide! I had an ED occultist last season (no my main character though), and I loved it so I'm giving trickster a try this season and I'm loving it (lvl 55 actually).

In PoB the Contagion setup includes Increased Duration instead of Arcane Surge. Is there a reason?

Thanks for the guide!

Is there any way this could be converted into a chaos wander, i havent been playing very long and im just wondering. If you could give some points on how, if it is possible, that would be awesome. Thanks!

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Sverrath написал:

Hey nice guide! I had an ED occultist last season (no my main character though), and I loved it so I'm giving trickster a try this season and I'm loving it (lvl 55 actually).

In PoB the Contagion setup includes Increased Duration instead of Arcane Surge. Is there a reason?

Thanks for the guide!

Both setups works, it's about a matter of personal taste, I prefer the Arcane Surge setup.

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sh1ttycheese написал:

Is there any way this could be converted into a chaos wander, i havent been playing very long and im just wondering. If you could give some points on how, if it is possible, that would be awesome. Thanks!

Well...
You'd have to start with removing all the damage over time sources to change for nodes that actually benefits wanders. Personally, I've never created a Wander build so I will have to say that I don't feel confident enough to give you a proper tree or suggestions for how to make it work without fully researching beforehand which I sadly don't have time to do atm. :/

I see, thanks for answering :). What about using the Scpeter and a Dagger at the same time?

I can't understand one thing, what to do with this build now, i have around 50k dps and i don't how to get more. There's 0 potential in this build, just in one moment you'll stop at 60k dps and it's over. Auras can't give you damage, weapons can't give you damage, just one day you'll take all nods with damage, you'll take botc, globe/delirium dagger and it's over. T10+ map clearing speed is insane slow, yellow enemies die for 20+ seconds, 0 ideas how to kill atziri or shaper. What i'm doing wrong?

Here's a link to my cane of unravelling for you to review. Still farming mats to get some decent sockets on it. It's... interesting.

The impresence looks really strong. Its like a permanent witchfire brew. With the difference, that the blasphemy-despair has quality and the curse effectiveness of blasphemy quality. So we go Doubleblasphemy and we have one more flaskslot.

Hey Ghazzy,

I was wondering how important the skill duration & Potency of will nodes are?

Thanks!

The amulet really looks interesting. Especially as I always felt that there are no outstanding amulet options for this build. Yes sure, a rare with spell damage, but nothing really stood out. This option can really be interesting. Problem probably will be: good luck getting this amulet in the chaos version with +1 curses ...

The staff also seems a good option, though a rare crafted +3 chaos staff will probably still be better (no idea how obtainable the new staff is). There are currently only 2 6S available on poe.trade and no 6L. Let alone the right colours...

@OniAkumaYubokumin: you can't wield a dagger and scepter at the same time (at least I think you can't, not 100% sure any more now that I think about it). But anyways, typically a good shield with spell damage is the better option due to the def stats it provides in addition.

@Kane2077: as with all spell based builds, this one scales well with gems and only to a lesser degree with items (compared to attack based builds). That's why you might feel it stops at 50k, though there are ways. In the previous league, I think I reached approx 90k and there were still quite some (quite expensive, but so are high-end attack based builds) ways to go significantly higher. In particular incr. chaos dam rings, spell damage amu (see above), a +1 corrupted Skin of the Loyal (price at end of league was 1 mirror...) or a +3 staff. Or simply more levels (I was only lvl 93) -> grab more offensive nods / jewel sockets.

With all the new items this league, I think I will be able to get to higher levels of DoT dps - only constraint being whether I find sufficient time to play :)

@Notashotasu1: I think they are quite important. As mentioned by Ghazzy in the context of BotC, they will allow you to maintain the rotation much more easily. And not dropping the DoT in difficult fight means more damage.