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

Any advice on bosses at around level 40? they are getting stronger and my gear isnt quite there yet. I always have a lull in the game around this level. I am killing everything really easy...bosses are my problem..as damage is too slow. Tips? Advice?

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Badtwo написал:

Any advice on bosses at around level 40? they are getting stronger and my gear isnt quite there yet. I always have a lull in the game around this level. I am killing everything really easy...bosses are my problem..as damage is too slow. Tips? Advice?

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Hi Ghazzy,

thank you for all the respones. I am glad you liked the idea with colour coding the gems. The overview is much better and it is easier for new players.

One more question: Is there anything to do again interruptions? I am often infight and when I try to cast ED the mobs are hitting me and I got interrupted...Mostly this happens if I whirl to fast..

Thank you

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marki890 написал:

Hi Ghazzy,

thank you for all the respones. I am glad you liked the idea with colour coding the gems. The overview is much better and it is easier for new players.

One more question: Is there anything to do again interruptions? I am often infight and when I try to cast ED the mobs are hitting me and I got interrupted...Mostly this happens if I whirl to fast..

Thank you

Hey,

My pleasure I do my best to keep up!

Apprecaite the feedback, any feedback is more than welcome to make sure the guides I create for the community caters to at least most people :)

Try to stay back but also using the Major Pantheon god "Bring King" can help you avoid getting chain stunned at least.

I know it's quite a bit of work but it would be amazing for beginners if you could write down the stat priority for each item (for which bonus you should look out in weapons for example)

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Khazicx написал:

I know it's quite a bit of work but it would be amazing for beginners if you could write down the stat priority for each item (for which bonus you should look out in weapons for example)

It's been asked before, the problem is that the stat priorities changes depending on the stats of the other items.

For example in the end-game you want to reach 75% all elemental resistances, or 109% if you wish to be elemental weakness capped. Now if you get 2 items with tons of fire res the fire res priority is VERY low on the rest of your gear, vice versa for other res rolls. Same goes for attributes, once you hit the desired Dexterity and/or Strength/Intelligence to fully sustain all your support gems then there is 0 need for those stats which means the rest of your focus goes on Life / str (because it gives life).

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marki890 написал:

Hi Ghazzy,

thank you for all the respones. I am glad you liked the idea with colour coding the gems. The overview is much better and it is easier for new players.

One more question: Is there anything to do again interruptions? I am often infight and when I try to cast ED the mobs are hitting me and I got interrupted...Mostly this happens if I whirl to fast..

Thank you

Most annoying thing about this build, and it's because ED is SOOOO slow to cast. Few things I have been doing to mitigate this:
1. Cast ED first, then pop contagion second. Contagion is a must faster casting spell.
2. Check out my boots, I got 80% avoid stun if killed recently enchant, plus the boots have 22% as an elder mod.
3. Since I have stun taken care of, now I'm using Soul of Lunaris maxed out for more dodge/avoidance.
4. Use Ghost Dancer & Shade Form ascendancies, more dodge and evasion.
5. Dont whirl right into packs. Move between casts so that you manually avoid projectiles.

Hey, first I wanna say thanks for the guide, I really enjoy playing it. I just did the first Lab run at lvl 28 and it was really smooth. But I have some questions about the mechanics in this build.

I am starting to put Skill Points into Frenzy Nodes, but I realized I don't have any way of generating them right now, since I didn't get Swift Killer yet. Should I skip these nodes and pick them up later when I did my 2nd Lab run and got Swift Killer, or do you recommend me picking up a Skill Gem to generate Frenzy Charges? I could use Poachers Mark with Blasphemy, but I don't know how well that would work with the curse dropping immediately since I'm just dashing through packs and dropping Contagion here and there, and it won't help with bossfights (although I didn't have problems yet) because I won't get a lot of kills unless there are adds.

Also, the only reason we're using a dagger in this build is to use Whirling Blades, correct? Becuase a Wand would provide a lot more damage output if I'm not mistaken.

And lastly, does Increased Area of Effect on Contagion increase the "spread-range" of the spell, or only the initial cast area?

Edit: Forgot something, since this is impossible to test for me (I'm very over-leveled right now, everything just dies instantly). When Contagion and Essence Drain spread to a new target, do they get the duration left on the previous target, or do they get get the base duration on the cast' spell?

ED Trickster Leveling Gear

Hey Ghazzy, this build is my absolute favorite. Having run it 3 times to lvl 90 I'm thinking at this point these items should be added to the front page as good leveling options:

Weapon: Heartbreaker Skean (spell damage, mana, culling strike for spells) Costs less than 1 Chaos. This can take you from level 50 to until you can afford a BotC.

Helm: Geofri's Crest (+1 to gems, all resists, chaos resist) Costs less than 1 Chaos. I run the Wither grouping here since the contagion group is on gloves and 1) the vaal lightning trap is used less often than Wither and 2) Immortal call level doesn't matter. Of course there are better rare helms, and the Geofri's Crest resist rolls are capped at 20, but I've used this from lvl 50 into end-game for multiple leagues.

Amulet: Atziri's Foible (Mana, Mana %, Mana Reg, Reduced Attribute Requirements). 1 Chaos or less. Since the mana nodes behind MoM have been reduced, this moved wayyy up the rankings for amulet choices. For the first 60+ levels, this amulet will ensure you take full advantage of MoM and die less frequently. It also allows you to level all gems without taking additional strength or dexterity nodes. By the time you hit end game and are looking at sacrificing life/mana/resists for bisco/rathpith/atziri slink you'll need to swap this for a rare ammy with resists, but until then this is a solid leveling amulet.

Ring: Le Heup of All (% Increased Damage, All Attributes, Item Rarity, All Resists). ~ 5 Chaos. I've been running one of these for every league with no regrets. The IR, resists and attributes are nice, but the damage boost can make leveling ridiculously easy when you're still working on getting all your gems set up or don't have some of the other damage boosting pieces. Depending on the resists roll you can make a case for this into end-game as well. So the first chaos I spend after a tabula rasa is normally here. It just gives everything you could ask for except life and mana, which I focus on for the other ring slot. A decent roll on Le Heup of All plus a Life/Mana/Resists second ring can take you all the way to level 90.

Note that item prices are as of 1-2 weeks post league start.

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It actually wasn't checked but 1 item in the list was..maybe it works now? One more question..there are a few gems/spells I still have to get re: level req. But I am wondering on this >>> Cast When Damage Taken, Immortal Call, Increased Duration, Vaal Lightning Trap, does it need to be Vaal trap to work? because the way I have it set up right now with plain LT it isn't working..or maybe I am misunderstanding how CWDT works.