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

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ixireaperixi wrote:

Im considering rolling this at the start of the new Legacy leagues. I am enjoying it in breach so far.

Any idea if the proposed double dipping changes (which i think affect chaos damage) will affect this build in any way?

Those changes wont come with 2.6, but with 3.0.

I want to say thanks for the creator of the amazing build. Its starts work from really very cheap budget and have decent space to raise. The key of this build imo is 3 things that not so hard to get:
1) lvl3 Empover and lvl20 Essence Drain corrupted gem. You can buy it for about 8 and 4 chaos
2) Swift Killer from the Ascendancy Nodes
3) +1 lvl Tabula Rasa. I got mine for about 0,5 exalted
With that setup u ll have amazing DoT damage that can work until tier 12-13 maps very well.
For the Defencive stats I hardly recommend Heretic's Vell Mask with Temp Chains and Enfeeble curses (with nodes on additional curse) and combo of cheap 3 Flasks: unique Witchfife Brew (8 chaos), Rimi's Concoction (2 chaos) and Jade Flask of Reflexes. U can run them almost permanently and it get you about 30k Armour with Iron Reflexes.
My current gear:


lvl4 Empower and 21 Essense Drain was hard to get but it pays off.

I'm a novice. Prompt whether to play this build to 2.6.0? Excuse me for my bad english

This is what I am planning on doing for my SSF league starter. I hope not a whole lot has changed!

The big question is, what will happen to aoe of contagion? There is no other change as far as I have noticed.

AOE of contagion is gonna be a bit smaller next league but not a huge nerf. But everyone thinking about if they should play Trickster or Occultist: Trickster is fine for clearspeed until redmaps- Trash is still gonna die nicely with frenzy charges up but the boss dmg of Occultist is significantly higher from my Experience (played a SSF trickster up to level 92 on BHC last league) and the higher I got in maps and doing breach bosses the more I wish I had taken Occultist :(. Cant underestimate the -res chaos aura on bossfights + you almost never have your charges up long enough for the boss to die unless you have BIS gear.

TLDR: Want Clearspeed? ->Trickster Worried about Single Target DPS? ->Occultist

Added 2.6 update notes in the first comment below the guide!

I am now answering questions on the build guide threads again!
(Finally time allows me 2 :D)

is essence drain viable for endgame content in this league? How does it do against bosses ?

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Flintx wrote:

is essence drain viable for endgame content in this league? How does it do against bosses ?

Oh it's more viable than ever tbh. With the help of "Essence of Delirium" you skyrocket your end game DPS and you handle bosses with adding that Vaal Lightning Trap to make them smoother :)