[3.7] Essence Drain/Contagion Trickster (the best one)

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randagast написал:

greetings community!

First of all GREAT guide. This is only the 2nd league im playing this game and despite the fact that i only scratched the surface of this game i was able to kill all bosses all thanks to this detailed guide.

pob to my build is here: https://pastebin.com/ngZFdp4f


so, right now im trying to do a bit of min-maxing and here is what i thought of so far:

1) buying an Aul's Uprising with malevolence, picking mom and maybe some mana nodes like deep thoughts, arcane will, soul siphon and go for a more tankier (?) version of the build with 6,5-7k life and 1,5-2k mana (will have 75% unreserved mana with arctic armour free due to perfect form, malevolence free due to aul's and flesh and stone. That means that i will also replace essence worm for some more stats in there

2) swap some health nodes and altering the route to go for spiritual aid basically trading 400 health for 100% damage

Could the experts take a thorough look to my build and make any suggestions on my tree/gear/skill gems etc? also it feels my energy shield is kinda low compared to the ones im seeing in poe-ninja, should i go for gear with more es on it instead of throwing the majority of my currency on an aul's uprising?

thanks in advance!

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TheChosenOne_ написал:

This is my current setup. I am doing the acts right now so its not optimized but I still kill easily. Can you guys tell me exactly which gems I should use and where to put it? The guide doesn't tell us exactly where to put the miscellaneous gems and in which slot other than it telling us to "Put these wherever you can fit them in the build". If I think too hard my brain hurts so please tell me where to put all the gems at and recommend the gems I need since there are multiple gems we can choose from and choosing which gem influences our gear a little bit so please tell me what to get also like the ammmy. Thank you

I think Im gonna use the 5L weapon for a while. If this helps at all I got around 6.4ex (4ex+411c) in my stash. Btw, I just upgraded lifesprig+a random bad shield with the cane so that's why I got the tabula. I just switched and I am done for the night

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Refined_Janitor написал:

After trying legit every possible set up for ED this league, this is my final form. I really like how fun this build is. Very versatile for glacier farming/elder mapping/bossing. I enjoyed this league a lot.

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rlauren2 написал:

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TheChosenOne_ написал:

This is my current setup. I am doing the acts right now so its not optimized but I still kill easily. Can you guys tell me exactly which gems I should use and where to put it? The guide doesn't tell us exactly where to put the miscellaneous gems and in which slot other than it telling us to "Put these wherever you can fit them in the build". If I think too hard my brain hurts so please tell me where to put all the gems at and recommend the gems I need since there are multiple gems we can choose from and choosing which gem influences our gear a little bit so please tell me what to get also like the ammmy. Thank you

I think Im gonna use the 5L weapon for a while. If this helps at all I got around 6.4ex (4ex+411c) in my stash. Btw, I just upgraded lifesprig+a random bad shield with the cane so that's why I got the tabula. I just switched and I am done for the night

You're correct that it doesn't say which spot to use, but that's because there isn't anything that's mandatory. If you have Allelopathy gloves, then the blight setup has to go there.

The best thing to do, especially while leveling, is just pay attention to gear requirements to make the coloring easier. The helm will always be energy shield based, so I have my contagion setup there since getting blue sockets was easy. I also use Allelopathy, so blight had to go there. All of the recommended armors have evasion or evasion/energy shield bases, so that left my boots as the spot to get my red sockets for CWDT+IC.

With your currency in mind, I'd go for the following:
- Vertex helm
- Perfect Form (6 socket, but not 6 link)
- Allelopathy gloves
- Rare boots with the hybrid 30% move speed, 12% attack dodge mod + life/resists
- Upgraded rare rings and amulet with life, ES, resists, spell damage

All of these items can be had for a total of about 100c (depending on how crazy you get with the mods in the rings/ammy/boots). The 6-link short bow described in the guide can be bought currently for 6ex. You're very close to having enough currency for all these upgrades.

You'd then have 4-link blight in gloves as mandatory. Your helm would have Flesh and Stone, Malevolence, Arctic Armor, and one utility gem (lightning golem?). You could set 4-link contagion in your boots. For your chest, you'd have CWDT-Despair-IC in a 3 link and flame dash-faster casting-portal in the other 3-link. This is just one of many example setups though. If your chest happens to roll with a 4-link and a 2-link, and the 4 link happens to be all blue, you can put contagion there. It's just a jigsaw that you have to fit together however you can for cheap, but it's always going to depend on your specific gear. If you don't feel you need the despair curse since you use Witchfire or you don't want the golem, you can take either out for Phase Run or Vaal Grace (just to use vaal part, not the grace aura).

Those upgrades will use up all your savings. After that, save up again for a level 21 ED and level 4 Empower. That will be your next ~5 ex spent.