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Coatesy wrote:

Overall do you think the pledge of hand or wand + shield build is better?

Pledge of Hands if you want to stick to Slave Drivers.

Wand + Shield if you want to try other spectres.


I tested Pledge with Lightning RVAs, SGs and FSs. Didn't feel good at all. There's a noticable lack of DPS due to not having frenzy & power charges.

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Zatch573 wrote:

Any solution for elemental reflect maps with slave drivers ?

You have two options:

1. Reroll - SDs will instagib themselves because they do 1mil+ DPS.

2. Use Crazed Drivers - they do physical damage instead of lightning, but they have a base 800dps (vs 4800dps for Slave Drivers). It's not terrible, but will just take a lot longer to kill anything. You can get them from Act 10 control blocks.

guys i need crafting advices.
for helm should i just go multi craft then craft hp some resist etc. or spend some currenty to fossil craft to get +3 minions and more hp?

for armor any safe way to get rid of lightning res?. idk if item stays as rare after prefixes cant change >> scource.

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zenrom wrote:

There are different in gem setup for wand/shield and Pledge. Do you optimize each gem setup for each gear set or the gem setup for the Pledge is better?
For example: Is flesh offering or bone offering better for slave driver?

The gem set up is optimised for each build.

Wand + Shield doesn't use Bone Offering because it is Acrobatics based ('free' 40/30 dodge, but 30% reduced block chance). So that 33% chance to block is reduced by 50% via Mistress of Sacrifice, and 30% because of Acrobatics. So I went with Flesh Offering to pump more DPS.

Pledge build is block based, so Bone Offering suits it. It's more for your safety than the spectres.

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CelciusX wrote:

guys i need crafting advices.
for helm should i just go multi craft then craft hp some resist etc. or spend some currenty to fossil craft to get +3 minions and more hp?

for armor any safe way to get rid of lightning res?. idk if item stays as rare after prefixes cant change >> scource.

I would multicraft so you can be sure of what you're putting on. Fossil crafting can give you rubbish stats along with your +3.

I'm almost certain it will become magical (blue). But that's not a bad thing! You can then beast craft -> imprint magical. Regal/restore imprint if bad regal. It'll be costly though. Better than annul 50/50 -> brick.

so i finally made atziri uber (spent like 1ex on fragments lol)
nevere come back there more with spectre build ...

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kayella wrote:

All solo.

For Basilica/Cathedral I took out all the support gems and just had single gem SDs (they still do a lot of damage). Just run around and avoid the boss until all the statues have moved. It'll take 5mins?

The hardest challenge for me is the Armala. The fox keeps burning the web stacks :(

Yeah I done it today, remove all supp gems, dmg him carefully till low life then kite on arena edge and voila )
On Orchard challe I died six+ times, after 3 maps done, roll it blue with +projectiles
Idk how but Armala was done solo, in first try, I remove all supp gems stay in left lower corner almost near entrance, dodge purple beams/grid and "catch" webs debuff then just cast brand on her.
Atziri-80 done too, deathless, and even all Drivers alive. I test run simple Atziri eight times for practice and in hope Ignorance drop, no luck, just buy it for 35c ) don't forget swap Inc AOE on ConcEff on Atziri + Ruby flask ofc )

Sad Aul's Haste now only for 45ex /
I can recommend "cheap" variant with Grace (6ex+) and stay with wand+shield, now have 57% evade, with VGrace cap dodge 75/75.

Well I did my first deathless lvl 83 Catharina minutes ago, almost lazy, without Aul's, with flasks from standard build. My Necro's life was threatened like only once. Magnificent build, never felt so tanky and powerful at the same time.

Kay, how did you found out about Slave Drivers? How do you theorycraft your builds? This all correlations between life/mana/ES, MoM, EB's, block vs dodge seem so overwhelming even for old aRPG player like me

Just two questions for this great build,


Is precision used for critical strike chance?

Then leveling up precision is bad idea?

I feel like 1 level precision is a bit of lame, no bonus for radius.


Could I know why use bone offering?

I think pledge build has enough minion defence and it consumes corpes.


Thanks!

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k_anak wrote:

Just two questions for this great build,


Is precision used for critical strike chance?

Then leveling up precision is bad idea?

I feel like 1 level precision is a bit of lame, no bonus for radius.


Could I know why use bone offering?

I think pledge build has enough minion defence and it consumes corpes.

Thanks!

It's not for the minions; it's for your necro. The spectres already do a lot of damage, so it's a good idea to focus on your own safety.

Bone Offering + Mistress of Sacrifice = 17/17 block chance for your necro. Add in Rumi's Concoction for 20/10 block and the 18/0 block from Pledge, and you have an overall 55/27 block.

Precision is linked to Generosity, so it's getting 40% increased area and 39% increased effect. It also gets 20% increased area & 10% increased effect from pathing to Sovereignty. It ends up giving them 60% increased critical strike chance for a small amount of mana reservation at level 1. You can drop it if you want to.