[3.10] Herald of Agony Mana Guardian | 2.5 Minute Sirus 8 | Deathless T19 100% Delirium
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A lot have happened with Hoag guardians since I last played it in previous leagues, new gems and other combinations giving us a lot more freedom with different setups and options elsewhere.
Here's my current setup in MHC this time around, I still got ways to go. Need better gems, craft better overall pieces and maybe swap to 31hoag eventually. I set a rule for myself to never go below 25k es now that I don't run vigilant strike anymore so it might not be possible in the end, we'll see. It's super hard to find proper items in HC so I can't really just go buy my stuff even if I had the currency. I still haven't seen a +1 gloves show up and I've had my search up for 2weeks. I self enchanted my helm. Quick stats 25.3k es 52/40block 2.6k/4.4k combat regen (10k/12k during time of need) 1.86m shaper dps deathmarked. Spider, hatred, f&s as auras. ES high! Dps lowish, nature of being in HC. Can't do dmg if I'm dead! Some might think I'm exaggerating my defenses but I've taken some 18-22k dmg spikes last couple of weeks so 25k+ es it is. I'd like to think that I still managed to find a good balance between def/dmg, some people sacrifice all dmg and go full tankmode at 30k+. I still want more dmg but it hurts inside every time I don't take that mananode on the tree. https://pastebin.com/0QcjfqBh I don't run it anymore but I'd like to give a shoutout to my two MVPs this league when I was still progressing my tankyness: chaining 25k+ VMS is such a broken combo, cant belive it's still untouched. Easy, smooth 40sec fortify. Whats not to like? Most likely saved me a couple of times when I was sub 20k es. Any 1.5speed weapon works fine, anccall takes care of the targeting, no namelocking required. Just hit the ground in the vicinity of mobs and you get fort up. edit: Someone msged ingame when I was afk and logged before I got back. Asked about budget of all this for hc, quickly summing it all up my stuff is around 300ex +-50ex in hc. You can do A LOT for way less tho, ~30ex would still give you something like 18k es and maybe around 1m dps. Super budget you can do mindspiral, atziri foible, rainbowstrides, dreamfragments and other cheap stuff with rares and such. Friend recently rerolled a guardian and had 13k es when he first entered maps with sub 7ex budget. Last edited by Lysithea#1224 on Feb 7, 2020, 2:06:24 PM
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Hey guys,
Here is two small questions : 1. I use a 3L : Raise spectre + Feeding Frenzy + meat shield But I don't really get the value of Feeding Frenzy... I see a lot of other build (HoA Mana guard) using Empower 3 there for another spectre. What have the best value in terms of DPS/DEF ? 2. I see a lot of poeple running without the GOLDEN RULE. And I don't know what to do regarding that. Should I remove it to ? I don't really get perfectly the advantage you have with it and when do you replace it ? Thank you a lot in advance, Peace ! Last edited by Qwaks#4676 on Feb 7, 2020, 1:34:09 PM
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" 1. so the feeding frezny tooltip in game doesnt explain much. i went and pulled what the feeding frenzy does for you and your minions. Minions supported by the skill will have 5-14% more damage. In addition, while you have the Feeding Frenzy buff all of your minions have 10% more minion damage, 15% increased movement speed, and 15% increased attack and cast speed [1]. Minions supported by the skill will therefore get a total of 16.5-26.4% more damage. This is what the buff does for your HoAG. 2. No keep Golden rule. it helps u be able to gain stack for HoAG on boss fights. without it u would techinally be able to get 40stacks it will take twice the amount of time. Also you wouldnt want to even think of replacing it until u are full endgame build and doing about 4mil shaper/elder dps at that point you could consider removing it and wouldstill be able to do those fights with overall good damage. |
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guys, why does my ball lightning not procking herald of agony? what am i missing?
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I talked with a ManaGard guy who used Winter Orb to apply poison. It lets you move around and not have to aim. Worked pretty well and less annoying than ball lighting.
But now I am running Hatred and Elemental Equilibrium, seems like that's not the best idea. Has anyone messed with other ways of targeting/applying stacks? I am currently using ball lighting with GMP-Culling Strike. It's slower but very easy to keep 40 HoAg up and I love the 10% boss drop, though occasionally seems like CS misses. Is there a Lighting skill that works like Winter orb? Maybe Orb of Storms? Does it have to be a projectile skill or can AOE or chaining work? Edit: Spark seems to work amazingly well on mobs as does Arc but not so good on single bosses as BL. Arc doesn't use GMP so cant be easily swapped with GMP for FastCast unless you have a white socket. Sparks can. Still testing. Orb of Storm has issues with keeping stacks. Haven't tried with fast cast which may help. Can also try poison support. I like orb because you just drop and it cast by itself.Easier to maneuver. Closest thing to Winter Orb. Tho it doesn't follow. Have not tried brand since I don't have the 4 points to get the double brand keystone. Last edited by DumpsterJedi#0350 on Feb 8, 2020, 12:00:23 AM
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" What u are misssing is a source of chaos damage. you will need to have lesser posion instead of GMP or faster cast until u get a CoN ring. |
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For flesh and blood do you use flesh or blood stance? Thx
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This build is amazing. Got to 97 for the first time ever and still having a blast! Killed everything!
Has anyone tried to swap flame dash and faster casting for something like leap and fortify? Is it scaling back the dps too much? Another 20% dmg off is juicy tho... |
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I'm 69 and followed the guide...but my Discipline and Hatred are insta cast, and can't use them at same time...why? char is open btw
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