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

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lordaverage42 wrote:

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Mecielle wrote:

On another note: Tested both "Time of Need" and "Bastion of Hope" in the endgame. Imo "Time of Need" is far superior. I barely notice the lost stun immunity, but I do notice the huge recovery from "Time of Need". Has saved my ass in those much more difficult boss fights many times. Maybe before this patch Bastion of Hope was the better choice, but know, after they buffed T15-16 maps and bosses Time of Need truly shines.

Hm I think I have to agree. At least it feels like a much nicer playstyle especially during tough metamorphs where sometimes waiting for recharge (and theres often map mods slowing down recharge etc) can be troublesome, Time of Need enables you to get out of bad situations before they even become bad situations quite often as well as directly saving you if the timing works out. Much less worrying about ignites and bleeds etc that cancel recharge. I'll have to keep playing with it to see if the stuns end up messing with me but definitely a nice ascend choice.


edit: while ele reflect is almost never a concern, if you have enough density such as with the sextant mods for little convert mobs and a juiced up map with ele reflect it is possible to burst yourself down lol cause BL is strong in that scenario even with our low dps

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Mecielle wrote:

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lordaverage42 wrote:

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Mecielle wrote:

On another note: Tested both "Time of Need" and "Bastion of Hope" in the endgame. Imo "Time of Need" is far superior. I barely notice the lost stun immunity, but I do notice the huge recovery from "Time of Need". Has saved my ass in those much more difficult boss fights many times. Maybe before this patch Bastion of Hope was the better choice, but know, after they buffed T15-16 maps and bosses Time of Need truly shines.

Hm I think I have to agree. At least it feels like a much nicer playstyle especially during tough metamorphs where sometimes waiting for recharge (and theres often map mods slowing down recharge etc) can be troublesome, Time of Need enables you to get out of bad situations before they even become bad situations quite often as well as directly saving you if the timing works out. Much less worrying about ignites and bleeds etc that cancel recharge. I'll have to keep playing with it to see if the stuns end up messing with me but definitely a nice ascend choice.


edit: while ele reflect is almost never a concern, if you have enough density such as with the sextant mods for little convert mobs and a juiced up map with ele reflect it is possible to burst yourself down lol cause BL is strong in that scenario even with our low dps

I was kind of nervous about the stuns too. But as our minions don't stop attacking when we are stunned, that usually means one of our Spectres gets a hit in and taunts (Meat Shield Support) the mob away from me. The problem with stuns is not the occasional random stun. It is getting stunlocked. And that hasn't happened yet with the taunt from Spectres. But yea, gotta wait and see, it is only 10 regret orbs to respec after all.

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Furywrath wrote:

Hey, im interested in trying this build out. But atm im sitting on 35 ish ex, is this enough to make it t16 viable? I see that circle of nostalgia and watchers eye with clarity mana as es alone is about 35 ex and empower + enlighten lev 4 is a other 12 ex. Can the build manage t16 with out them? If not il continue to grind, just managed to enchant my ilev 100 elder bone helmet with spectre atk/cast speed. So might try to craft that one up and sell for a tidy lump of currency as well.

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Furywrath wrote:

Yea my bad, saw earlier that CoN was at 14 ex+ must have boched my search.
Cool il get at this build to day then, cant wait to try out HoAg never used it. Any levling tips? Or just usual twink gear + HoAg from 16?