[2.1] Damning-King - Tri-Curse ED+Contagion | Super Fun | AoE Smasher | ST Melter | Atziri Viable

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Kelvynn wrote:

Looks like a lot of fun! And I just happen to have the required items.

Question: How did you deal with Atziri's curse reflect? Did you just pop curse immune flasks non-stop?

As for now blsaphmey doesn't cause curses to reflect [and I checked it also on Maelstorm of chaos map which is reflecting curses]

I reset an abandoned Witch to this build. Had to make some different tree choices, but the main features are the same. The Witch start has some very nice nodes too, stronger than similar ones near Scion, but Scion can afford 1 more jewel socket, it's probably about the same power in the end.

This is how it looks at lv 88:
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwMBA-4EBwceCPQOSA-rES0RLxGWE20UCRa_GGoc3B2-IvQkiyaIJpUo-isKLJwzhzWSOlg64T1fPydBh0SrSRNJUUrITLNN41JTUq9VrlXGVytYB1ltXEBd8l-YYeJn_GpDbAttGW6qcLt1nnaCeC98g3zlf8aCEILHg9uExYfLieCPGo-mj_qTH5MnlS6XlZf0m6GbtaEvplenm6yYtNG1SLXytzC3PriTu0286r2CvorAVMM6yAzPFc8y0B_Yvd1f34rfsOZY6QLrY-vu7Bjv6_DV8kX31_no_gr-sw==
Going to grab the last +life and +DoT nodes (lv 90), then grab the jewel socket below the Scion start (lv 93), and that should do it. Going past lv 93 is a chore anyway. Maybe go for one more jewel eventually.

I am enjoying this build a lot. It's so much fun! With the gems still being leveled and far from optimal gear (5L), I can already do high tier maps and Atziri. Lots of wiggle room with the gear choices. I had the required uniques already (not like they are expensive to get anyway), and all my stat and resist needs were covered before I got to the jewerly. The biggest issue was getting enough DEX to equip Alpha, but it's not hard to find on gear.

Observation: stuns can be annoying. Considering taking the 'avoid stun interrupt' nodes near the Witch start and dumping the ES/Mana ones. Can get mana regen on jewelry, but going to see if that leaves me with enough mana to cast ED.

Abyssal Cry: not sure if it's worth it. Exploding the packs is fun, but they expire real fast anyway. We are already actively using 4 abilities: ED, Contagion, Wither, Whirling Blades. Adding a 5th ability to the mix is too much for a casual player like me. :) I'll probably go with CWDT/Immortal Call/Inc Duration/Tempest Shield instead. With all the duration nodes we have, it should be a whole new layer of protection.

@Kelvynn your build seems nice aswell. I do however like Abyssal cry alot enhancing the AoE range and clear speed.
Well everyone can play by his own prespective :)

Added some more details to the guide.

Will make a new higher tiers [10-12] gameplay video tomorrow.

Got my witch to lv 90, dropped the ES/mana nodes in favor of the interrupt avoidance (it really helped!) and added the jewel near Scion. The only things left to get are the last +DoT node up top (91) and one more jewel near Scion (94). I see a couple of ED builds in the Witch forum but they are different. Going to post this as a Witch version of your build with a link to here if you don't mind.

Mana: with 2 of the 3 jewelry slots completely open for any good items that you can find, I just put Elreon ring and amulet with +life and +spell damage into them and dropped the mana cost of ED to 45. No need to worry about having enough mana to cast anymore!

Map mods: almost everything is good. The dreaded Blood Magic is quite welcome for this build! :) However, what to do with No Regen? Any -nn% regen is fine because our spells don't cost much (especially with Elreon jewelry) and we don't spam them. But no regen at all? I guess with a 6L chest you can swap Empower for Blood Magic. But no red socket in 5L. Swap Void Manipulation for Mana Leech perhaps?

Top tier maps: 4k life + 1k ES is fine for most anything, but is probably too squishy for some of the top bosses even with tri-curse. I haven't tried anything really hard yet because I'm still leveling the char (but with lv 17 gems I'm laughing at stuff like Necropolis or Village Ruin). That CWDT 1s Immortal Call sure is handy. :) Do you think this build will be able to do tier 15? The sheer amount of damage Daresso puts out, even tri-cursed, kinda scares me.

Wait a second... what about... a 2nd Doedre ring and Warlord's Mark in CWDT? Quad-curse?! Life and mana leech. With endurance charges, Immortal Call will be 3s duration! What do you think?

Hey Kelvynn,

Elreon ring is nice, can be useful.

For No Regeneretaion maps I suggest dropping Vulnerability for extra free mana and using an instant mana potion. Since we don't spam skills, the mana lasts quite long and when you use all the mana, you restore all of it in 1 click.

CWDT+IC is indeed an option. I personally find Abyssal Cry useful for faster killing packs and so on, it also slows the enemies so it has some type of defensive aspect.

Haven't tried Tier-15 maps yet, once I have I'll make a video against the boss.

I don't advise using another Doedre's ring. First of all, I'm not sure its working.
Even if it is, you don't have any mana left to use another curse aura.
Regardless, having a ring with resistences+high life is better.

Glad you enjoy dude!

Blast Radius (5% inc AoE radius, 20% inc AoE damage) - do we really need this? Contagion AoE damage is secondary, and 5% radius is not much. You can take the +10% DoT node near Corruption, or +10% projectile dmg node (and then Sniper with 1 more node), or just more life.

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Kelvynn wrote:

Blast Radius (5% inc AoE radius, 20% inc AoE damage) - do we really need this? Contagion AoE damage is secondary, and 5% radius is not much. You can take the +10% DoT node near Corruption, or +10% projectile dmg node (and then Sniper with 1 more node), or just more life.

You're right about the Blade Radius, I removed it.
However, I decided to go further with abandoning the AoE radius points and removed the 3 points from the beginning of the Scion tree.

Now we have more DPS and life, while slightly less AoE range [barely feeling any difference in AoE range to be honest].

link:

https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwABA-4EBwceCGcI9A5IES8RlhNtFAkWvxg8GFYYah2qHb4i9CaIJpUrCi2oM4c1kjpYPydBh0ZxSRNJUUrIS1dMs1JTUq9VxlgHWW1cQF3yX5hfsGHiZ_xqQ2wLbRluqm-edoJ4L3zlf8aCx4MJg9uExYngj_qTH5MnkzqVLpeVl_SboZu1rJixkLQMtNG1SLXytzC3PrfWu029J76AvorAVMDjwzrIDMpKytPPMtAf2L3bWd1f4YjmWOtj7-vw1fGz99f56P4Kh8unm3WezxWhLzY9napsjAW1BnBOn3p_Go1bJiLq6NZ_-wMeH0FirLzqrUo=