[3.10] Herald of Agony Mana Guardian | 2.5 Minute Sirus 8 | Deathless T19 100% Delirium

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Chaos_Inoculation this says CI doesn't work with Pain Attunement? And why take the talents that add life if you're going to set your life to 1?

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Arrgh wrote:

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Chaos_Inoculation this says CI doesn't work with Pain Attunement? And why take the talents that add life if you're going to set your life to 1?

Your first forum post! After 8 years being registered :D

Pain Attunement gets converted into

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Glancing_Blows

by a Lethal pride jewel we socket near it. That helps with our regen, from our shield, which regenerates 5% of our ES per second if we blocked recently.

The life nodes we take, are converted into mana by a "Healthy Mind" jewel socketed near them. And mana equals Energy Shield and Armour for this build.

Not to be too mean, but that all is pretty well explained in the guide...

Oh man, I hadn't seriously played in a long time (pre-Shaper/Elder/Uber), but I had some time off work, so I thought I'd give it a go. I was happy to see a build like this. I tried Sirus a few times on other characters and kept getting shut down--and super frustrated). I finally got him with this build (at awakening 0 because I'm a big baby--only died once to getting frozen and hit with multiple beams in a row). Skeletons are a really good idea like some previous posters suggested. In addition, the cannot be affected by corrupted blood is a huge help. Lastly, the Stoneflayers are really, really good. I was previously using the stone figments (from A4), and they died really quickly, but the Stoneflayers were untouchable.

Thanks so much for the build.

So I'm extremely happy with this build. It costs some money but once you make the investment and get the gems leveled it really feels super tanky and the damage doesn't feel bad at all. It's not a world beater but that's not what this build is about anyway. I am enjoying playing it a lot.

I do have one question for those of you who've played it more though, I really wanted to spend a lot of my time exploring delves but anytime I step into the darkness for even a second it just chunks my ES. On my witch I could potion up (mana and life since 40% of dmg went through mana first) and I didn't have to constantly drop flares.

I'm assuming I'm missing something with how this build is played during delves. Do I really need to be constantly dropping flares to survive while exploring or is it me just having a derp moment again? Thanks.

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Mecielle wrote:

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Arrgh wrote:

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Chaos_Inoculation this says CI doesn't work with Pain Attunement? And why take the talents that add life if you're going to set your life to 1?

Your first forum post! After 8 years being registered :D

Pain Attunement gets converted into

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Glancing_Blows

by a Lethal pride jewel we socket near it. That helps with our regen, from our shield, which regenerates 5% of our ES per second if we blocked recently.

The life nodes we take, are converted into mana by a "Healthy Mind" jewel socketed near them. And mana equals Energy Shield and Armour for this build.

Not to be too mean, but that all is pretty well explained in the guide...

I was in the beta, then took a wee break.

Part of the problem is that I'm too newbish to know what a lethal pride gem does so I probably missed the explanation.

What do skitter bots do here?

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Summon_Skitterbots

Where are the traps and mines?

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Arrgh wrote:

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Mecielle wrote:

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Arrgh wrote:

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Chaos_Inoculation this says CI doesn't work with Pain Attunement? And why take the talents that add life if you're going to set your life to 1?

Your first forum post! After 8 years being registered :D

Pain Attunement gets converted into

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Glancing_Blows

by a Lethal pride jewel we socket near it. That helps with our regen, from our shield, which regenerates 5% of our ES per second if we blocked recently.

The life nodes we take, are converted into mana by a "Healthy Mind" jewel socketed near them. And mana equals Energy Shield and Armour for this build.

Not to be too mean, but that all is pretty well explained in the guide...

I was in the beta, then took a wee break.

Part of the problem is that I'm too newbish to know what a lethal pride gem does so I probably missed the explanation.

What do skitter bots do here?

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Summon_Skitterbots

Where are the traps and mines?

Yea, just read up on Lethal pride on the wiki if it still isn't clear. Skitterbots are a straight up 18% more damage multiplier for almost every build because they shock everything near them for 18%. They also chill everything, which is a huge defensive help. Even if they are made for mines and traps, they are a staple in a huge amount of builds.

Quote from the wiki page you linked yourself:

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The Skitterbots' base Chill is a 10% reduction of Enemy Action Speed and the base Shock is 15% increased Damage Taken. This is before the "Increased Effect of Shock" and "Increased Chill Effect on Enemies" bonuses of the gem are taken into account. This makes Summon Skitterbot a versatile defensive/offensive option for many builds, not just mine/trap-focused builds.

I was just going to post about Lethal Pride. Reading about it I wasn't sure how great it would be since you're just guaranteeing 50% damage even when you block but in actual practice it feels REALLY nice. Made a big difference in not feeling like I was just having huge chunks taken out of ES. Plus the ES regen typically keeps up with it unless it's big hits.

Lethal Pride really makes this build even more lazy mode.

Thanks for keep this build current, its been great fun so far!

Does anyone have the best spectras available that I could grab? The stomping is driving me mad :).

/edit/ Got it thanks everyone!

I found a primeevil ruins at 185ish depth so guess they indeed spawn below 250. Got a nice assassin's mark ring from it that'll fund a few future upgrades. Just gotta decide on whether to go for enlighten/etc and change my anoint along with changing my belt/ring setup.

Since I switched boots to cannot be frozen/chilled, would lethal pride still be worth it? Guess it would for the block chance going up and the ES gained on block tied to it.

As for what someone else asked for darkness mining, I just stockpile flares more since I don't know either, it's just something to live with I think.

/Edit/ also managed to do HoGM with this build.

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bluesylph wrote:

I found a primeevil ruins at 185ish depth so guess they indeed spawn below 250. Got a nice assassin's mark ring from it that'll fund a few future upgrades. Just gotta decide on whether to go for enlighten/etc and change my anoint along with changing my belt/ring setup.

Since I switched boots to cannot be frozen/chilled, would lethal pride still be worth it? Guess it would for the block chance going up and the ES gained on block tied to it.

As for what someone else asked for darkness mining, I just stockpile flares more since I don't know either, it's just something to live with I think.

/Edit/ also managed to do HoGM with this build.

I'm running the frozen/chilled boots setup and I find Lethal Pride to be extremely worth it. I always felt sometimes I'd get chunked by crazily modded Bosses Lethal Pride real makes it feel like the damage I'm taking is a lot more linear. Maybe it's all in my mind but it just feels like everything is either to heal through now.