[3.7] LL RF Scorching Ray Guardian | 19K ES | 52k Armour|1.5 mil dps| Uber Elder & HoGM DEATHLESS

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mrpilhas wrote:

Hey man, having a blast with this build. Lvl 91 yesterday and so far it's been a smooth, fun experience. I can still upgrade some stuff, but so far, Im sitting at 14k ES. I don't know how to link my gear so will just let a pastebin for my pob. (https://pastebin.com/7wR0kKkw)

Leveling was probably my worst experience in this game so far, but I only have myself to blame there. Should have planed it better. Switching was smooth, if you follow OP tips. Gearing was cheap. Spent like 1 exa to get it started, and 80c was for Chayula. I got some better rolled uniques so you can do it way cheaper.

Been farming t15s with it, on a 5 link most of the time (6l my shav yesterday :D) lvl 19 gems without quality.
Everything I will say here it's based on my experience so far in t14s and above.

Damage seems low on some ocasions, specially killing some yellows but most of the times it is because of EE procs. Don't know why but I can't proc it reliably with shield charge. It doesn't proc fortify as well it seems. Would love to have another way around this, because most of the times it just seems I'm setting things more dificult to me, by raising enemies fire resistance.
Not saying that damage is bad, is really good when it works and it's probably something Im missing. Did all guardians yesterday without much problem, they just melt, and most fun is, they just tickle you. Phoenix was the most problematic. Still trying to understand how you facetanked that bish on damage mods. He just melted me. Will try shaper today :)

Another thing is the area of your RF. With conc efffect you have a tiny rf, things melt in less than 1 second but you have to travel more to do the killing. With Inc aoe, you cover more space, but damage is lower, so sometimes you need to wait a bit for things to die. I've been trying a midle term, with efficacy, and it's been working, but would love to cover more space for some more clearing speed. Thinking in getting those 3 witch area nodes. What are your thougts?

Doing league mechanics is ok. At high level maps, you will not open all mobs, and while you are searching for the goodies, when you find a good one, most of the times you have not time to burn it all the way (specially with that EE thingie). But when you do, yellows are easy to tank. But honestly, who cares. Just do what everyone is doing, farm those monoliths in t4 and t5s. Go to an open map, spin your SR, and it's money in the bank.

Thank you again for this great build. If time allows me will try to push all the way. Hope this helps other players. Cheers

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mrpilhas wrote:

"You have added fire damage to spells on your mace so your storm brand does part fire damage, thats most likely what is messing up your EE"

Feck. Im so dumb. I was so excited of having found this sceptre for 1c that I skipped that thing. And I feel kinda bad now. Back to my cave. Thanks mate eheheh

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mrpilhas wrote:

"I did the same thing when I changed from Doon's to a Opal Sceptre.

There is a easy path:
Crafting your own staff rolling essences or alts+regals, 'till it gets a good dmg or str/int roll, and then use 2ex for multi mod.
It will be ofc not cheap, but it is definitive.

Remember that spell damage does not add damage to your RF, just SR."

Yeah, I'm back to doon for the moment. Did some maps and the difference was immediately noticed. Changed my filter to pick some sceptres. I usually have terrible luck with crafting...

While searching for some sceptres I had this idea: going Spiritual aid, instead of those DOT points in the shadow area, and getting one of those sceptres with +90% minion damage. Pathing is on the way, and those sceptres are usually cheap.
It's probably more damage, but we lose some ES and regen. Sure OP already thought about it since build is solid :)