[3.10] Herald of Agony Mana Guardian | 2.5 Minute Sirus 8 | Deathless T19 100% Delirium

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AlextazY wrote:

Guys I'm new to whole Herald of agony area and would like to ask for some tips to improve...

Almost level 91 10.5k es

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Ok so how do I apply more virulence stacks on bosses without adds? Currently can hold 25-28 with constant casting and overall single target dps increase.. clear is amazing I must say and facetanking most of mobs is fun.

don't forget about the Golden Rule gem. Stacks of virulence on you count as well.

Also if you are having a hard time hitting things with Ball Lighting (like I was), make a switch to GMP. I hit things all over the place and make keeping the 40 stacks very easy in almost any fight.

Really loving the build, super chill and beefy. Just wondering if I could get some recommendations of where to go from here? Seems like upgrades from here get pretty expensive. Also, how do I get rid of golem but keep onslaught? Cheers!

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Imthetweety wrote:

Really loving the build, super chill and beefy. Just wondering if I could get some recommendations of where to go from here? Seems like upgrades from here get pretty expensive. Also, how do I get rid of golem but keep onslaught? Cheers!

To get rid of Golem and keep onslaught, you need to buy a level 21 Raise Specter gem. Once you get that, your Raise Specter will jump to level 25. At level 25 you can raise 3 specters.

With Death Attunement notable allocated, you can then add a 4th specter.

Once Agony Crawler procs, that gives you 5 minions and the onslaught buff.

In terms of upgrades, I am at similar level to you in terms of gear.

I am targeting Level 21 HOA, Empower level 4, Lethal Pride gem and Raise Specter level 21 as my 4 most important upgrades. Those four run about 7-9 exalts so I am saving up.

Trying out the skelly version right now. The biggest problem I noticed is, how on earth do you guys keep your minions alive without spirit offering? Carnage chieftains dont survive rare maps and the skeletons are also having quiet a hard time with stuff like metamorphs.

the difference between spirit/flesh offering with regard to survivability seems like a critical point to me.

So a big dumb-dumb question here, but why choose Ball Lightning over a channeling skill like Storm Burst?

Storm Burst is plenty capable of keeping virulence stacks at maximum even against a single target, and as a channeling spell it comes with the added benefit of having 8% less damage taken from both Physical and Lightning damage types thanks to Infused Channelling support.

It seems to me atleast to be the superior choice for a build that's supposed to be as tanky as possible, so why not run with that?

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JoKeRoNe wrote:

Trying out the skelly version right now. The biggest problem I noticed is, how on earth do you guys keep your minions alive without spirit offering? Carnage chieftains dont survive rare maps and the skeletons are also having quiet a hard time with stuff like metamorphs.

the difference between spirit/flesh offering with regard to survivability seems like a critical point to me.

Before i get 4 spectres from delve i use 8 zombies, they more easy to resummon but yes they die like a shit and its a pain to sustain them in boss fights. After u get this unkillable spectres from delve you forget about problems like this.

Hey, can I get some Stoneskin Flayer's from one of you guys who have the Delve area? At 200 so far and no luck on my end! >.< IGN: Hoozii - Thanks!

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Hooorang wrote:

Hey, can I get some Stoneskin Flayer's from one of you guys who have the Delve area? At 200 so far and no luck on my end! >.< IGN: Hoozii - Thanks!

I'm online for a little before work for Spectres.

Just swapped to skeletons cause i was getting bored of hoa, but for some reason my zombies/golem keep dying. Any advice?

thanks for making a guide for the build. but every item is ridiculously expensive. The memory helm with herald 20% mana reserved is 100+ ex!!!