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

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loomysh wrote:

sorry, i am new to this, but what are the advantages of using bow in this trickster build instead of other weapons?

A bow can give you +3 gems (well, +1 for all gems, +2 for support). With empower it's hard to beat the deeps. Having arcane surge on the bow is super sweet too. You can also 6L your contagion/bane set up in the chest. That said, wand/shield builds are stupid strong (went all the way to 89 using them), so you're not really missing out one way or another.

I guess another benefit is using



For actual auras instead of Bane/Contagion. I know some people might slot the setup in the boots, but this way I still keep my blight totems and CWDT setups. I'm on the fence about Immortal Call in it, but while I might not be "immortal" when it procs, ele damage mitigation is a nice thing to have I suppose.

I'm finding this build really squishy, help?

I just started mapping with this character, so I dont have the best gear but I'm ele capped

Physical damage reduction is only 2%

Evasion rating low at 1092 (12% evade to attacks)

3.5k life with 600 ES

Rares don't die quickly enough

I'm using the contagion variant

Only level 67, haven't taken MoM or the Battery nodes yet cause I dont have the ES

Have you done the merciless lab yet? That really boosts your life by a ton with the right gear. I also went 1h/shield and gained a ton of raw hp/energy shield.

Thanks for the guide,
Can somebody help me with changing armor? I'm using Atziri's and so far it feels amazing (albeit it's only 5-link hence the change).
What do you guys think about skin of the loyal? Or is Perfect Form BiS here? I have around 8ex to spend on body armor upgrade but i'm not sure that balancing resists for PF is worth it. Maybe there are some other alternatives?
here is my pob: https://pastebin.com/C2CdvBZ0

thanks for the explanation psyonix, i understand it now

Hello everybody,

Firstly, this build is great. I'm really enjoying.

At the moment I'm mapping(tier4-5'ish) and I'm still walking around with 2x lifesprig and gear that I found on the floor except my body(Carcass Jack) and helm(The Gull).

I'd like to ask what weapons do I want to use before I'm getting my multicrafted bow. Or should I just buy 2x wands(I pref 2 wands atm) with the offensive bonusses listed in the guide?

Where do I want to cover the most of my resists here, gloves+belt+boots and try to get damage on my jewellry? What would be more ideal.

My gear at the moment:


My budget at the moment is ~2ex.

Any help would be appreciated and thanks in advance!

In case someone wants to take a look at my pastebin: https://pastebin.com/j1gWP8ew

Hi, so I decided to play this build as league starter and I'm pretty much a PoE noob. I'm currently at around T7 maps but things start getting harder (getting one-shottet sometimes and sometimes single target damage is lacking). I wanted to ask you guys if you could tell me which items are a weak spot in my current setup? I know a 6L would probably go a long way but I don't have the funds currently.



I have about 30ish chaos orbs and currently doing the chaos recipe to get more.

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loomysh wrote:

thanks for the explanation psyonix, i understand it now

No worries!

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Lugel1 wrote:

Thanks for the guide,
Can somebody help me with changing armor? I'm using Atziri's and so far it feels amazing (albeit it's only 5-link hence the change).
What do you guys think about skin of the loyal? Or is Perfect Form BiS here? I have around 8ex to spend on body armor upgrade but i'm not sure that balancing resists for PF is worth it. Maybe there are some other alternatives?
here is my pob: https://pastebin.com/C2CdvBZ0

Atziri's IS awesome, I used a 5L for a while before I could afford The Perfect Form. I got that chest for 2 reasons. Being able to drop Phase Acrobatics, and boosting my evasion with uncapped cold resistance. The arctic armor things is nice too, but not really needed (I use it because why not, it's basically free). So I save myself several points on the tree, get a decent boost to evasion, and a "free" aura. Lots of benefits there!

Others could argue for Queen of the Forest and some of the other evasion-based pieces. But me personally, I think what I'm using is BiS - at least for my particular build.

Is there a particular Bow that should be used. I see mostly Short Bows...so is that the best way to go?

My gear is junk...but haven't been able to find anything relatively useful...even currency is harder this league.

https://pastebin.com/msxLrL58


Srry not sure how to link items :)

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karlomka wrote:

Hi, so I decided to play this build as league starter and I'm pretty much a PoE noob. I'm currently at around T7 maps but things start getting harder (getting one-shottet sometimes and sometimes single target damage is lacking). I wanted to ask you guys if you could tell me which items are a weak spot in my current setup? I know a 6L would probably go a long way but I don't have the funds currently.



I have about 30ish chaos orbs and currently doing the chaos recipe to get more.

Getting your labs done will be a big boost in survivability and damage. I'd also suggest trying out the Flesh and Stone gem instead of Discipline- I found it to be much better. Check out the calculator on the first page, is MoM/EB even better for you? Keep in mind that not using it frees up a lot more points to get life nodes with.

Edit: You're going to want to change that chest piece to an evasion one once you do your next lab