Shadow - GhazzyTV - Essence Drain & Contagion (or Bane/Soulrend) Trickster [SC/HC/Uber Elder/Shaper] - Forum

" PerkyPsycho wrote: Leveling -> Save your currency. Get some high life gear and make sure your resistances are capped. 3L essence drain in Lifesprig is good enough up to act 5-6. (note - you can't use shield charge with wands). At level 50 use Heartbreaker until you acquire level requirements for end game weapon. Mapping for 80c -> Buy Breath of the Council, maybe Rathpith globe. Cap resists. Use High life and high mana items (you need lot of unreserved mana for MoM). You can do all that that for less than 40 chaos. Helmet example (awesome print screen abilites :D :D). 95 life, 47 mana and 2x 35+ resists for 1 alch. Luxury items (90+ chaos): 1. chaos impresence 2. death's door - if you are bored of drinking remove bleeding potions 3. 6L - belly, cloak of defiance, +1 tabula, skin of the loyal, +1 active skill gems shaped chest 4. empower level 4... Hey, thanks for the response. I got stuck trying to find some gear in poe.trade, seems all i can find is overpriced stuff or at least i think it is overpriced, im currently lvl 52 and need to cap my resists, im pretty new and try to play really safe because im in HC. cant find stuff like this at a reasonable price: for example i just put a lvl cap on the gear and search for this mods for the shield: Last edited by toscomvl#4127 on Apr 6, 2018, 6:58:46 AM	Posted by toscomvl#4127 on Apr 6, 2018, 6:57:50 AM Quote this Post
" PerkyPsycho wrote: Without shield you gain more damage but lose 100+ life, 60+ mana, mana regen and some resists. If you equip rare chest instead of the shield, you are still one item short. Ok so current setup: BotC 93% chaos damage 10% AOE 40% chaos duration Shield 74% spell damage 87 life 61 mana 63 resists Tabula +1 +1 gems And the 2 handed setup: Staff +1 gems/+2 chaos gems 65% spell damage 10% cast speed 40% mana regen Rare Chest 120 life 80 mana 110 resists So what am I missing here as far as stats go? The +3 to chaos gems should outweigh the drop in % damage, and I actually end up with more life/mana/resists. I take your point that going from shield charge to another movement skill will be slightly slower map speed, but you should make up for it by clearing bosses more quickly and safely. Especially since we're talking about t12+ maps, guardians, etc. Has anyone actually done the 2 handed version? What chest piece and movement skill setup did you use? Last edited by kevinbrightblade#5644 on Apr 6, 2018, 8:21:39 AM	Posted by kevinbrightblade#5644 on Apr 6, 2018, 8:21:02 AM Quote this Post
Why are people trying to max out this build when the Indigon ED Trickster is superior in all ways? This build is now only useful as league starter to map fast and get currency until you can afford switch to Indigon one. Then you max out that one to do end game content and bosses. Last edited by Torin#1843 on Apr 6, 2018, 8:55:54 AM	Posted by Torin#1843 on Apr 6, 2018, 8:55:01 AM Quote this Post
You dont need life that high at level 52. I can give you few leveling items for free if it helps. @kevinbrightblade yes, you're right, you could do that. @torin I dont know. This build is useless now. In fact, every mana spending caster build without indigon is sh*t. Last edited by PerkyPsycho#7667 on Apr 6, 2018, 10:34:08 AM	Posted by PerkyPsycho#7667 on Apr 6, 2018, 10:33:50 AM Quote this Post
So, noob question... If i go death's oats, i just need to get MoM on tree right?	Posted by danmsdog#5934 on Apr 6, 2018, 5:35:20 PM Quote this Post
" Torin wrote: Why are people trying to max out this build when the Indigon ED Trickster is superior in all ways? This build is now only useful as league starter to map fast and get currency until you can afford switch to Indigon one. Then you max out that one to do end game content and bosses. I agree with you and am approaching this build the same way but maxing out this build is immensely cheaper than Indigon ED. I will be saving up for that build as well but this is a fine substitute in the mean time.	Posted by Stonetony#2399 on Apr 6, 2018, 8:21:23 PM Quote this Post
probably a spupid question but why use vaal lightning trap with CWDT. wont work right cause its a vaal gem and its a trap	Posted by beerbreath51#4338 on Apr 8, 2018, 9:58:16 AM Quote this Post
you are right cwdt doesn't work with vaal skills. Its there just because there is a slot and inc duration makes the shocked ground last longer.	Posted by Hangman69#0296 on Apr 8, 2018, 10:19:18 AM Quote this Post
For anyone feeling like they're not getting value out of the vaal lightning trap... I can strongly recommend replacing the trap and increased duration with a Chaos Golem and minion health. It makes bosses way easier between the distraction and physical damage reduction. If you also take the Solaris and Gruthkul pantheon choices, you have a surprisingly high amount of physical damage reduction for no investment. Last edited by kevinbrightblade#5644 on Apr 8, 2018, 3:25:49 PM	Posted by kevinbrightblade#5644 on Apr 8, 2018, 3:22:52 PM Quote this Post
" PerkyPsycho wrote: Shield charge is faster movement skill than leap slam is. Especially if you use fast attack speed weapons like brightbeak. Damage mechanics is same, killing speed is also same since trash mobs will die equally fast if you hit them with 70k or 100k damage. Shield charge is better defensively, for dodging stuff and positioning. Without shield you gain more damage but lose 100+ life, 60+ mana, mana regen and some resists. If you equip rare chest instead of the shield, you are still one item short. Using +3 skill 2hander pros and cons: + more damage which means faster boss kills - less mobility - less stats - less surviveability - less xp per hour Since the main highlight of this build is high experience per hour 2hander makes it clunkier and less efficiant so I consider it as a downgrade. By far the best upgrade for this build is going a 6l +3 staff near doubles your damage. Add a kaom's heart to that and gg. Ofc shield charge is better for movement but getting used to flame dash isnt that bad either.	Posted by Olympiacoz#0523 on Apr 8, 2018, 9:53:28 PM Quote this Post