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

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claudioER wrote:
Hello, can someone look at my character and tell me what specifically I need to improve my damage and have enough ES and mana to go MoM and EB? I have like 5ex but I have never really gotten this far in maps and I feel lost.


Chaos gems scales very high damage with the level of the gem

But I have a level 20 essence drain, does my contagion level matter?

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Schattenlord92 wrote:

Have a look at 'The Porcupine' div card ;)

I don't want a short bow. But thanks.

Crafting a +1 to gems and +2 to support gems bow is only useful when you own a lvl 3 or 4 empower gem right?

with my Perfect Form this guy gives like 700 evasion





i just know if I annul this in order to add cold resist its gonna kill the chaos damage or life lol.

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royvisser1990 wrote:

Crafting a +1 to gems and +2 to support gems bow is only useful when you own a lvl 3 or 4 empower gem right?

i got my lvl 3 empower for like 20c. If u can afford to multimod you can afford a level 3 empower.

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WingsOfDomain wrote:

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Schattenlord92 wrote:

Have a look at 'The Porcupine' div card ;)

I don't want a short bow. But thanks.

You want a short bow because of its low dex requirement. The stat (dex) requirement of any item determines how likely it is to roll off colors and you need 3 blue and 1 red sockets.

Play around with this calculator

https://siveran.github.io/calc.html

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IchiMorghulis wrote:

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WingsOfDomain wrote:

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Schattenlord92 wrote:

Have a look at 'The Porcupine' div card ;)

I don't want a short bow. But thanks.

You want a short bow because of its low dex requirement. The stat (dex) requirement of any item determines how likely it is to roll off colors and you need 3 blue and 1 red sockets.

Play around with this calculator

https://siveran.github.io/calc.html

It's not really hard if you use the socket-trick, I already have a 3B2G1R recuve bow, just not 6L.
I would have liked a maraketh bow, but they have high dex requirements.

So, after playing cyclone and doing all content in the game I want myself a superfarmer - ED it is (want to get my first headhunter and reroll a bit later).
Currently have 25EX + 500ish chaos to spend on a new build, any tips on what to spend on and why?

del

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Amoreternum wrote:

Sorry for the maybe stupid question, but why would one use a bow for this kind of character? Not too experienced with this game but would two wands or daggers or one with a shield not make more sense to use?

Because chaos based build don't stack crit-multi/crit-chance like other non-chaos build. We can only stack "increased damage" stat on our gear. "Increased damage" stat is additive.

Each time you level up your essence drain you will gain an equivalent of 10% "more damage", the stat is multiplicative. I did a test in pob, my dps gain from 10% "more damage" is equivalent to 50% "increased damage".

Those +1 multimod bow will give you +4 extra level, that's equivalent to 200% "increased damage". Good luck stacking that on your other gear.

For example, look at the imaginary jewel i crafted below. You need 6 of them to achieve the same dps gain as +4 levels of essence drain gem.

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Armageddon Scar
Cobalt Jewel
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11% increased Damage over Time
11% increased Chaos Damage
11% increased Damage
7% increased maximum Life