[3.16] LL VD Spellslinger | 8.2 k ES | 75%Block / 75% Spell Block | not recommended anymore

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zzang написал:

As of a recent reddit post. Necromancer nerfs have been confirmed.

Lets hope they are more targeted towards spectres that destroy the game harder than this build ever could while doing it on zero cost budget with just gem levels.

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6_din_49 написал:

Yes! GGG is going to nerf our beloved Corpse Pact passive because of these pesky spectre summoners, who are using it to have their OP spectres do even more damage. I suspect some of them are using Spellslinger to trigger desecrate/offerings/wave of conviction/elemental equilibrium/curses, and other stuff that makes their broken spectres even more powerful. They are clearly going to get nerfed next week.

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6_din_49 написал:

In case necro ascendancy gets nerfed badly, anyone tried this build as assassin?

Tankiness wouldn't be the same, but dps should be a lot higher. As assassin, we should be able to get ~100% crit chance, free power charges and perks like movement speed, free culling strike, reflect immunity, elusive, etc. Even poison can be quite good, if we are using "Volkuur's Guidance" gloves (fire damage can poison).

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6_din_49 написал:

Ok, tried with my own gear and skill tree setup, as assassin. Did not change the gloves, but calculated with 5 poison because wand does physical damage which can poison because of "Toxic Delivery" + "Noxious Strike" ascendancies.

Here's the pob: https://pastebin.com/uAuV8Jki


Result:
- 50% more dps (lost the free shock, but got a lot more via crit chance/multiplier)
- 10% less energy shield (from 8460 to 7887)
- lost ~26% block/spell block chance from bone offering (probably can change Arcane Swiftness cluster with something else)

The rest looks pretty much the same, according to POB. Not sure if the balls would be triggered less often because we lost the attack/cast speed from Corpse Pact.

If we add the "Volkuur's Guidance" gloves, I think the poison damage can be quite massive. I'm sure there's a lot of room for improvement.

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Made some juicy upgrades thanks to Harvest.

(the 2% fire res on the large cluster is on purpose)
Managed to perfectly balance all resists for the wise oak.

https://pastebin.com/u8Y0cWgu

adding to some nice stuff on standard, the build is shaping up perfectly.

Fingers crossed we survive on Monday :)

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zzang написал:

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6_din_49 написал:

Yes! GGG is going to nerf our beloved Corpse Pact passive because of these pesky spectre summoners, who are using it to have their OP spectres do even more damage. I suspect some of them are using Spellslinger to trigger desecrate/offerings/wave of conviction/elemental equilibrium/curses, and other stuff that makes their broken spectres even more powerful. They are clearly going to get nerfed next week.

I think you are wrong there. The pesky summoners require their gem slots for all their minion and aura setup like scaling Hatred almost into infinity. But nice try though.