[3.3] 1.2m Shaper Atziri's Reflection/Coward's Legacy Arc Totems [Uber Elder Down]

The playstyle is pretty simple: in boss fights, drop as many totems frequently to keep curses on you for Self-Flagellation bonus (while letting them sit to DPS when you get to a nice number of curses). Keep Arcane Surge up by casting Conductivity. Cast Vaal Haste when it's up and Vaal Clarity when you take damage and your mana pool dips low to defense.

For clearing, simply keep dashing and drop 1/2 totems and keep going to maximize clear speed. This build isn't top tier speed like BV, but it's pretty damn fast.

Note: My gear is far from ideal, and with more money, you can easily push this a lot further than I did. Most of my money went into the shield and then I was broke!

Why Atziri's Reflection and Coward's Legacy? Simply, you get the benefits of being on Low Life without experiencing the side effects of Vulnerability, and to boot you always have one free curse on you for Self-Flagellation. Soul Mantle obviously gives you other curses. One other fun interaction: Panicked flasks always give you FULL, INSTANT HEAL of about 2-3k. This is actually, more or less, your sustain plan - yes, you have life regen + blood rage combo as well as tons of mana regen for MoM, but in the end, basically healing to full at an instant is pretty OP (especially when combined with the Soul of Ryslatha Pantheon, which also is always active and gives you a 60% recovery boost).

Why Kaom's Roots? Simply, you're giving up two sources of life on your gear (Shield and Belt), so the build ends up being a bit light on max life and squishy for my tastes. You don't actually need the Gem Sockets (everything else is gravy). You move fast with Shield Charge, so movespeed doesn't matter. And also, being immune to Freeze is sweet (and Kaom's Roots make Uber Elder WAY easier, trust me). I don't actually have the boot enchant yet because Uber Lab is trolling me, but ideally this should be 2% regen.

Why my weird dagger? Honestly, I could probably do better, but it was cheap. You will need about 50 dext SOMEWHERE from an item - Amulet is a pretty safe bet for this. Attack speed on a dagger is a MUST for clear speed - don't underestimate how much it helps Shield Charge (in combination with Blood Rage, zoom zoom).

Other Options: If you want to increase your DPS, an easy way to do so is to instead Equip Essence Wurm and put a Wrath in there. This actually is a MASSIVE increase in damage - but you'll need to likely get boots that have resists on them (unless you have godlike resists on your Helmet/Gloves, in which case, more power to you). I just didn't feel I needed more damage.

Body Armor: Arc/Added Lightning Damage/Controlled Destruction/Lightning Penetration/Increased Critical Strikes/Elemental Focus

Weapon: Shield Charge/Faster Attacks/Fortify

Shield: Vaal Clarity/Increased Duration/Vaal Haste

Helm/Gloves: Conductivity/Level 11 Arcane Surge/Increased AoE/Spell Cascade

Helm/Gloves: Immortal Call Level 4/Cast When Damage Taken Level 2/Blood Rage Level 6/Enfeeble Level 5


Notes: Blood Rage can be higher level and self cast, I'm just lazy. It gives you movement speed and combos with Immortal Call and Pantheon Soul of Arakaali to give you more life regen, which works well with your boot enchant, which should be 2% regen). Also, my dagger gives me faster attacks, so I have a lightning golem in this slot for increased DPS

Kill all. No other options - you need the skill points.