3.6 Synthesis Arc/Freezing Pulse Totems, easy Shaperkills with less than 1-2 Ex investment!

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Fritso wrote:

Finally got enough currency to switch from dual wield rare sceptres to +1 totem shield + Shimmeron.....oh my what a buff that is. As others have said, the degen from shimmeron isn't that bad.

Stats:
lvl 91
4.3k hp
2.3k mana
5 totems
815k dps (480k shaper dps) per totem

Thanks for this build guide! Didn't think I'd love the totem playstyle this much.

Gear:

Can you explain elemental focus? Wouldnt being able to shock lead to similer dmg?
Also can you add some words to the wither totem setup?

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Fritso wrote:

Finally got enough currency to switch from dual wield rare sceptres to +1 totem shield + Shimmeron.....oh my what a buff that is. As others have said, the degen from shimmeron isn't that bad.

Stats:
lvl 91
4.3k hp
2.3k mana
5 totems
815k dps (480k shaper dps) per totem

Thanks for this build guide! Didn't think I'd love the totem playstyle this much.

Gear:

I'm probably missing something, but... Why righteous fire on shimmeron?

I can definitely say switching to Soul Mantle did a ton for me in terms of DPS. Double Kikazaru makes the curses irrelevant and Self-Flagellation increases damage too significantly to ignore. Feels like a far better setup than op's to me.

I did feel that Shimmeron with Soul Mantle was giving up a bit too much survivability. I would rather lose ~15% DPS to have much better regen. Regen was barely positive even with 5 totems down.

Really enjoying the build, first time with Arc Totems for me, just got myself a +1 shield to play with too and the damage increase was insane.

Something I was wondering though, any specific reason we aim for a Wand or Kris as our weapon (outside of uniques of course)?

Just found this sceptre and according to PoB it gives me 17% more dps compared to my previous wand.

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X3Btel wrote:

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Fritso wrote:

Finally got enough currency to switch from dual wield rare sceptres to +1 totem shield + Shimmeron.....oh my what a buff that is. As others have said, the degen from shimmeron isn't that bad.

Stats:
lvl 91
4.3k hp
2.3k mana
5 totems
815k dps (480k shaper dps) per totem

Thanks for this build guide! Didn't think I'd love the totem playstyle this much.

Gear:

Can you explain elemental focus? Wouldnt being able to shock lead to similer dmg?
Also can you add some words to the wither totem setup?

At this point in my dmg all mobs die in 1 hit and bosses in about 1 second. So the only thing left to do is buff the dps for Shaper/Elder/Guardians. Those have so much HP you're not going to shock em for much if anything at all. So Elemental Focus is a much bigger dmg increase.

For example: switching ele focus to increased crit strikes in my setup would cause me to lose 200k dps per totem. Which could only be made up if I shocked for at least 30-ish % of their HP. That's not possible against those bosses.

/edit: the wither totem is used for utility. It slows bosses, plus 2 extra totems is more dmg and regen due to ascendancy. Also, the wither totem costs less mana than the arc totems, so I can use Wither totem to spam before boss fights and build up my curses for self-flagilation dmg bonus.

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LewsTherin wrote:

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Fritso wrote:

Finally got enough currency to switch from dual wield rare sceptres to +1 totem shield + Shimmeron.....oh my what a buff that is. As others have said, the degen from shimmeron isn't that bad.

Stats:
lvl 91
4.3k hp
2.3k mana
5 totems
815k dps (480k shaper dps) per totem

Thanks for this build guide! Didn't think I'd love the totem playstyle this much.

Gear:

I'm probably missing something, but... Why righteous fire on shimmeron?

Pop Vaal Righteous Fire on boss fights for a 7 second buff of 39% more dmg.

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Fritso wrote:

Pop Vaal Righteous Fire on boss fights for a 7 second buff of 39% more dmg.

Oh, didn't notice it was vaal RF... Thanks

Any ideas how to increase my dmg and survival? Thanks

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zZDeathAngelZz wrote:

Any ideas how to increase my dmg and survival? Thanks

Yes, why are you running a curse removal flask while using 2 Kikazaru rings? Dump that flask and throw a Self-Flagilation jewel into your tree for well over 200% increased dmg.

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Fritso wrote:

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LewsTherin wrote:

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Fritso wrote:

Finally got enough currency to switch from dual wield rare sceptres to +1 totem shield + Shimmeron.....oh my what a buff that is. As others have said, the degen from shimmeron isn't that bad.

Stats:
lvl 91
4.3k hp
2.3k mana
5 totems
815k dps (480k shaper dps) per totem

Thanks for this build guide! Didn't think I'd love the totem playstyle this much.

Gear:

I'm probably missing something, but... Why righteous fire on shimmeron?

Pop Vaal Righteous Fire on boss fights for a 7 second buff of 39% more dmg.

Why totem support and multiple totem support when you get it from the soul mantle already??