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Oldsterman wrote:

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teslabear wrote:

Just did Uber Elder with shield v2.
Level 94, 8.1k life, spectre POB is about 1.3M each
Double curse (though temp chains doesn't do much in Uber Elder, didn't feel like moving things around for it).
Deathless, one slave driver died, chaos golem and all zombies lived. Was a very fast fight.

My gear was super cheap besides multi mod curse chest.

Care to post your gear? Curious about what I should be looking to buy for the switch to v2

I would suggest holding off on any major purchases til after Kay releases the updated v2 this weekend.

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Kazm0t wrote:

How are you guys able to use wrath, haste and skitterbord? That's a total of 135% mana reserved.

You need solstice vigil or aul's uprising to reduce mana reserve of wrath or other aura.

Swapping in spirit offering and going back to feeding frenzy instead of deathmark makes ue much easier imo.

No spectres die, for me anyway!

This is my wand setup, between flame dashing and casting Armageddon brand i have no issues controlling the squad



other gear - yeah im lazy this is as good as itll get unless v2 is amazing/tons more hp :P

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Oldsterman wrote:

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teslabear wrote:

Just did Uber Elder with shield v2.
Level 94, 8.1k life, spectre POB is about 1.3M each
Double curse (though temp chains doesn't do much in Uber Elder, didn't feel like moving things around for it).
Deathless, one slave driver died, chaos golem and all zombies lived. Was a very fast fight.

My gear was super cheap besides multi mod curse chest.

Care to post your gear? Curious about what I should be looking to buy for the switch to v2

My gear for Uber Elder using V2 shield build:

Lev 92 and I am just getting into red maps now but everything is dying nicely so far.
Nothing worth all that much has dropped for me and no exalts so sitting at about 280 chaos right now. Ill probably try getting a chest with +1 specter but 6 linking it... ug... hopefully I get lucky I guess with 200 fusings!

My stuff so far:


Wand I crafted myself. Flasks are lame but I have not really run into any problems dying much or killing stuff yet so I have not bothered with them. I hate bothering with flasks. Too much for my bad reflexes!
Thanks for the build!

i really hope build POH V2, will come? weekend is coming

What is the descent order for who is doing Slave Driver only?

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ElCatti wrote:

I also tested 2 curses and disagree at least for mapping.
Anything with on hit like Warlords/Poachers Nark/Elemental Weakness is most of the time not even applied before the monsters die bc of the delay between casting Arma-Brand or Holy Flame Totem, whereas TC will always be active for those split seconds before stuff dies if you run ahead while your spectres kill stuff.

I tested this with Poachers Mark in Blood Aqueduct and they got Frenzy charges. Poachers Mark was also recommended in earlier versions of the build so it most likely works anyway, no idea why it should be different for Warlords Mark.

TC and WM were stacked on top of EW with Blasphemy and there appeared to be a negligible difference in T13-15 clear speeds and survivability. AB is only used on rare/unique bosses too as everything below that gets melted quickly.

Didn't see the Endurance charge buff in the top bar when testing WM, it's entirely possible that it's set up incorrectly, Poacher's Mark sounds solid for max flask effect uptime and may be worth exploring.

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Btw: Pretty sure the Conductivity in your gloves does nothing, i dont see a way how you can pay the 35% mana it costs as aura.

Skitterbots were turned off when testing a curse + TC at the same time.

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DestradoImpulse wrote:

...Skitterbots is a must have aura if we are to believe that it’ll shock everything within its radius and increase our DPS by several hundred thousand. This would imply that there’s no point in running Conductivity where it may proc Shock whereas Skitterbots always will. The question for me at this point is what other auras provide a massive benefit to us to where it’s worth investing skill points and/or an anointment for less mana reserved.

Results from some testing:
It definitely appears to provide a guaranteed Chill and Shock effect and the Skitterbots are aggressive to boot!! This was visually confirmed by observing them in the field and seeing the actual Shock/Chill effect on groups of enemies.

In my eyes this means that Skitterbots is a cornerstone of the build as a guaranteed shock translates into that much more DPS.

To provide concrete numbers and context, let's assume a few things:

1) We're running T13-15 maps.
2) Raise Spectre is outfitted with Spell Echo + Minion Damage + Elemental Focus + Feeding Frenzy + Increased AoE
3) The Feeding Frenzy checkboxes are ticked/marked in PoB.
4) The EE box ticked/marked in PoB, and we haven't procced it yet.
5) AB is being ran in conjunction with Elemental Weakness + Curse on Hit.
6) "Standard Boss" is selected.

The DPS shown at this time for my character under these conditions is 396K and there's little to no issue clearing these maps. Marking that the enemy is shocked shows my DPS at 594K!! DPS then spikes to 896K when AB is procced!!

Tangential
Where it gets even nuttier DPS wise is when the Increased AoE gem is swapped out for Concentrated Effect, let's assume the same context as above:

Without shock: 609K DPS
With shock: 914K DPS
With shock and AB procced: 1.37M!!

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Baldrick wrote:

Lev 92 and I am just getting into red maps now but everything is dying nicely so far.
Nothing worth all that much has dropped for me and no exalts so sitting at about 280 chaos right now. Ill probably try getting a chest with +1 specter but 6 linking it... ug... hopefully I get lucky I guess with 200 fusings!

Look into a 30-40c 6l non spectre chest that at least has some high life. I know you're saving but after 92 that extra defense on life and armor/es could mean saving you doing 10+ maps again.



I bought this for 40c and it's probably saved me a few times. I even dropped my Bone boots for more HP/res options. There's no way I am going to try make my own 6l, but good luck to you I hope you get it. I have too many horror stories to ever do it again and I am not paying 6ex for one.

Mind you my issue now is my relatively low defensive values, I am 93 and I am getting randomly 2-3 shot sometimes with certain league mechanics. I am 6.5khp/680es.

I feel you on the exalts, 93 and only had 1 drop. I am just saving now farming t14-15s, mines and doing missions, even my poverty set-up could probably do everything bar UE.

This is me atm:



I am trying to find a Stygian belt with stats similar but its way too high of a cost. At this point I really am looking to be more defensive since I plan to grind more levels.

I am actually like 30res overcapped with commander but I don't want to spec out of it since most of my gear is no finalized.

I also am not sure if I should spec out of artful gladiator in my tree - if anyone wants to take a look.