[3.13] ESSENCE DRAIN / BANE / SOULREND Occultist / Trickster Build. STARTER & UBER Elder Carry!

V 1.7 UPDATE (01/07/2020)
-POBs (all 3) updated for 3.11

I had a lot of fun with this build in Synthesis. I got lucky to get this bow and ran Soulrend in it alongside 6l bane as a ll occ. Tempted to give it a go again and play around with a lot of the cluster jewels and some other new things in the tree.

I'm horrible though, and don't think I could ever manage to craft something like that myself. Was fun while it lasted though.

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PurpleBlades wrote:

I had a lot of fun with this build in Synthesis. I got lucky to get this bow and ran Soulrend in it alongside 6l bane as a ll occ. Tempted to give it a go again and play around with a lot of the cluster jewels and some other new things in the tree.

I'm horrible though, and don't think I could ever manage to craft something like that myself. Was fun while it lasted though.

Damn that's a nice bow :)

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Angry_Roleplayer wrote:

Damn that's a nice bow :)

I got lucky and got it for four exalts at the end of the league when it was mislisted instead of the 12 exalts it should. Guy said it was fine and gave it to me since league was pretty much dead then.

I'm thinking of replicating it with Arcanist Brand + Soulrend while self casting Bane. Would be a bit of dps loss from not self casting it, but it would be mostly used as a bit of free extra dps on bosses and tough packs, and it should be more than enough.

I would love some input on the idea though. I have not looked into Arcanist Brand other than the fact that I want enough cast speed to get the activation speed up some. I don't know if investing into brands would be worth it at all either, runebinder doesn't seem like it would do anything, and the points I put into brand nodes could instead be put into caster nodes to benefit all my skills more. Anyone have any thoughts on the idea? I'd need to figure what link to drop to make the best 5-link soulrend as I can.

Hi, I'm having an axtremely difficult time matching your energy shield regen, maximum energy shield, and mana regen stats. I have nearly everything the same and also have 95% increased mana regen on my rings. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Hi, I'm loving the build so far! I just have a few issues that I'm running into. I'm not sure if it's because our gear doesn't 100% match or if it's because I'm not level 96, but I'm having a hard time with mana regen and max energy shield. Here's my PoB: https://pastebin.com/ZbcGQucq
Thank you for any and all help!!

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GreenEggAndSam2 wrote:

Hi, I'm loving the build so far! I just have a few issues that I'm running into. I'm not sure if it's because our gear doesn't 100% match or if it's because I'm not level 96, but I'm having a hard time with mana regen and max energy shield. Here's my PoB: https://pastebin.com/ZbcGQucq
Thank you for any and all help!!

Oh that's because youa re very undergeared and underlevelled

Recently lucked out with a cluster jewel that includes both notable passives Mage Hunter and Sap Psyche. Mage Hunter is ok with this build, but the Sap Psyche has me really interested for both the +20% spell damage and the Regen 1% ES if recently cursed an Enemy. Wondering if you know Curses turned into aura via Blasphemy would trigger this? If it does, it seems like one could essentially always be regening the ES.

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Axiocytus wrote:

Recently lucked out with a cluster jewel that includes both notable passives Mage Hunter and Sap Psyche. Mage Hunter is ok with this build, but the Sap Psyche has me really interested for both the +20% spell damage and the Regen 1% ES if recently cursed an Enemy. Wondering if you know Curses turned into aura via Blasphemy would trigger this? If it does, it seems like one could essentially always be regening the ES.

I think that might work, but need to be checked in pob manually

I'm extremely new to the game and someone recommended and ed/contagion build and this is where I ended up lol.

This looks like a fun build but before I press forward is it updated for 3.12?