[3.25]💥Lahkesis Queen of Chaos"Essence Drain/Bane"[LowLife] 💥💥

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Hi all.

What is MINIMUM PoB ED\Bane DPS for Shaper\Guardian?

Played 2kk DPS Ranger, want to play ES\DOT Build.



Upd.
~200k is enough.

OK patch notes are out. ED and Bane remain untouched (thanks to Contagion taking that hit). Makes sense because with the fall of Contagion ED just doesn't seem to exist anymore so even if its DPS is good, it's not gonna get used. This means that boss DPS will remain the same for these 2 gems, and probably better with other skill tree changes.

Hello!
I think I want to leaguestart as this, is that possible? I wanna do ED-bane since I didn't play Bane in synthesis (I played soulrend). I'm rather beginnerish, is this build still good for me?

I see a few things I think about. Is ES reliable to leaguestart (especially as beginner perspective)? How would I go about this?

I read about another bane build that used Cane of Unraveling, and Vixen's Entrapment, which I think sound nice for the build. Are they expensive? Approximated price? Would they be good options to use as I farm to craft?

Is Low Life expensive? Shavronne's Wrappings aren't the cheapest right? Approximated price?

Is Vile Bastion a good node to consider?

Will this build and guide be updated rather early

I really thank you for making a good guide and build like this! I wish you the best leaguestart.

PS: Here is a link to the other Bane guide I looked at: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2452117

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PotionBlade3363 wrote:

Hello!
I think I want to leaguestart as this, is that possible? I wanna do ED-bane since I didn't play Bane in synthesis (I played soulrend). I'm rather beginnerish, is this build still good for me?

I see a few things I think about. Is ES reliable to leaguestart (especially as beginner perspective)? How would I go about this?

I read about another bane build that used Cane of Unraveling, and Vixen's Entrapment, which I think sound nice for the build. Are they expensive? Approximated price? Would they be good options to use as I farm to craft?

Is Low Life expensive? Shavronne's Wrappings aren't the cheapest right? Approximated price?

Is Vile Bastion a good node to consider?

Will this build and guide be updated rather early

I really thank you for making a good guide and build like this! I wish you the best leaguestart.

PS: Here is a link to the other Bane guide I looked at: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2452117

today atleast i'll upate the build keep ur eye in the thread

lowlife is endgame setup u have to go for it Shavronne's are chep this days

1. Shav's wrappings is not gonna be cheap at league start.

2. There is quite some buff to Cane of Unravelling staff, so a 6L will cost exalts after some weeks in, and league start will be higher than that. But you can at least 5L it, but I'd say obtaining the more budget Short Bow is going to be better. If you use a staff, you're forgoing the quiver slot, which gives a lot of flat ES (Soul Strike quiver).

3. League starting is possible, and if ES items/gears are hard to obtain, the build can go life-based, even though that means forsaking some auras. However, ES is not in a particularly good state, so gearing will be cheaper than life-based builds. Remember, any builds that rely on certain uniques to shine will not be league-starter friendly as they usually need those unique items to really shine through leveling through acts and getting to high tier maps. Using as many rare items means you have leeway in what stats to pick (to cap resists) and what amount of ES to get.

4. Low life is the end goal so obviously it's not going to be obtainable with everything for just some dozens of chaos. It'll be in exalt-tier stuff if you want at least 9000 ES (which is enough for endgame but can still die in extreme situations/reckless play). The build itself is not a facetank build, so you need to understand the capacity of the build tank what and not to tank what. A cheaper option is CI, but this means the pathing on skill tree will probably be a bit different, as you'll need to path to a bit more offensive nodes to make up for a bit of dmg loss from low life. And whether this is worth it or not, I'm not sure yet because skill tree is not out, but it's highly viable.

5. We don't need Vile Bastion, which only benefits cold DoTs versions of Occultist. Withering Presence is the final node after completing Uber Lab.

6. The build is in progress of being updated (about 85% done). I'm a co-writer of the guide since 3.7, and I'm helping the guide creator finish up some other things.

Guide is updated and ready for 3.8

i hope they will do anything with the bow/quiver problem. i really like 2h staff for style, but the bonus i can have from quiver is always good with no drawback. i can roll the same stuff on my bow, i really dislike this

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Nagelhirn wrote:

i hope they will do anything with the bow/quiver problem. i really like 2h staff for style, but the bonus i can have from quiver is always good with no drawback. i can roll the same stuff on my bow, i really dislike this

whats bow/quiver problem with u mate

I think the only reason one would go for staff is to get Fortify, as now Leap Slam can be used with staff. However, our attack speed is non-existent, making Leap Slam very slow and Leap Slam itself does not have the teleport effect like Flame Dash, so Flame Dash as a movement skill definitely outdoes Leap Slam. I really want to get Fortify somehow into the current gem setup, but there's just no gem slot open for this. Another problem is, like 2h swords, staves give no option for the quiver slot, so one is forced to use a bow instead. I don't see any benefits bow has that staff also does. A bow outperforms any staffs, at least for this build.

As of now the build needs more defense rather than offense.
I have some ideas, using Sand Stance + Dread Banner in replacement of Temp Chain aura. However the problem is that we use spells and no attacks so won't get Fortify pretty much. Blind from sand stance is amazing, but it won't protect us against spells aside from giving -11% less damage taken from ranged mobs. Arctic armor is also decent but it requires us to be stationary for the fire and physical mitigations and also has a duration of slowing enemies. Other than these, not much other defensive utilities come to mind.