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

Yeah, despite the nerf to Bane, I expect this is going to be my league starter.

aswelllllllllllllll

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apemancometh wrote:

Pardon my Noobness, but the concept with ED/Contagion is to cast Contagion on a pack and then hit them with ED, and this will spread around the screen when they die?

I have never played this type of build, therefore trying to get my head around it.

Yes, you are exactly right. That's the general concept. Of course, the more monsters stacked together, the more you can chain this effect (which is exactly the reason why people are hyped about it for legion monoliths)

So, what changes might we expect in this build for 3.7?

Less focus on ES?

Shield Charge, since it can be used with wands??

It looks like it wasn't really impacted much by changes to the tree.

hope we gonna see a updated thread as soon as possible <3

I used to play Essence Drain way before Bane used to be a thing.
And while Bane looks nice, it doesn't have the spreading mechanic of Contagion/Essence Drain, right?

Wouldn't the spreading mechanic be very powerful given the league mechanics, to give it precedence over Bane?

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WingsOfDomain wrote:

Wouldn't the spreading mechanic be very powerful given the league mechanics, to give it precedence over Bane?

Exactly this will probably be a reason for a bunch of people to start with ED+Cont this league. "Automatically" clearing the legion "shells" will be awesome.

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baru_monkey wrote:

So, what changes might we expect in this build for 3.7?

Less focus on ES?

Shield Charge, since it can be used with wands??

It looks like it wasn't really impacted much by changes to the tree.

Shield Charge with Fortify might be a really good option now to buff our defenses (since we lost some with the Trickster nerfs)

Is this going to be updated with the 3.7 skill tree?

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xsnowingx wrote:

Is this going to be updated with the 3.7 skill tree?

You can probably play it "as is".

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cybertier wrote:

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xsnowingx wrote:

Is this going to be updated with the 3.7 skill tree?

You can probably play it "as is".

I think there are nearly no changes in the tree ;)