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

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Thalido написал:

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kevinbrightblade написал:

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Klintisztvud написал:

Hi Ghazzy!
What do you think about the trickster ascendancy reveal?

I'm interested to hear what Ghazzy thinks too, but I'm pretty happy about it. "Swift Killer" didn't change. They rolled the old "Walk the Aether" into "Weave the Arcane" at the cost of a decrease from 8% to 6% damage reduction and losing 50% mana regen. And "Patient Reaper" got a major buff. If we include the old lead in node to "Patient Reaper", the new DoT buff went from 40% to 50%, and the "recover X on kill" bonuses are new. These recovery stats will likely balance out the changes in "Weave the Arcane".

The only other difference is that in the process of getting all 8 nodes in the old Ascendancy we would have picked up an additional 8% max mana and 4% cast speed. With the extra two points in the new Ascendancy we can grab nodes 1 and 5 for 20% DoT and 8% cast speed or nodes 4 and 5 for 25% DoT, 4% cast speed, 20% duration, and 10% reduced DoT damage taken. This second option will probably be the better of the two.

So I think that while the mechanics have slightly shifted, essentially the new Trickster Ascendancy lets us complete the build in 6 points instead of 8. Looking at all 8 points in the new Ascendancy vs the old, the main change is that we lost 8% max mana while gaining 35% increased damage. This continues the admin's strategy of making mana harder to come by while increasing the build's damage (see the changes they made to MoM last time the passive tree got updated).

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2036284

Rather bad changes for this build imo.
8% less mana, 50% less mana regen, a bit less attack/cast speed ... is less survivability against bosses. The gains are mostly towards maps farming.
The extra DoT from charges is now extra damage.

Else 20% more DoT, 20% more skill effect duration (this is a big plus!), recovery per kill (good for mapping only)

Total: The build needed more power against bosses, as it was an excellent map farmer. Got 20% skill duration and lost lots of mana and mana regen.

I will probably look for some other of Ghazzy's builds for next league.

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Thalido написал:

lvl21 ED
new abyss jewel for belt with DoT
higher %chaos dmg Breath of the Council

About the strength ... I don't have a single item with strength. I guess your problem comes from the higher level of shield charge, which you don't really need. You can use a lvl1 shield charge.

A new uberlab enchanment for the gloves would help too a bit.

Else your items are very good.
Imo CoD is an option mostly for HC. Tabula (or any armour with correct slot collors) with +1 to gems corruption and offensive jewells in skill tree is a good option for SC.

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Godelicious написал:

What did u changed to 3.2? i followed it into 3.1

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Kroxywuff написал:

I've never done a dot build before. Temp chains makes the dots "last" longer on the mob but still tick at the same rate right?

For SC do you think it's better to run despair as your single curse and then it + witchfire? Or would temp chains be better for mapping due to QOL of having your dots last longer without having to refresh as much.

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Badtwo написал:

The Final skill tree on front page, I know you said you made some changes..but there are some spots not filled out...and connecting nodes missing..Must be the fever you have had! lol

Or maybe parts aren't loading for me?