[3.13] Storm Brand Necro. Retired no longer. All content viable and Whiskey Proof™

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I wonder if plopping in a Militant Faith and converting the Pain Attunment node to the Agnostic and then grabbing Zealot's Oath would make you even more tanky?

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will agnostic and zealot's oath work with my shield that recovers 5% ES per block

Agnostic: Your maximum energy shield is 0

Mmmmhhhhhhh ? Am i not understanding Agnostic or would you just shout yourself in the foot going Agnostic on a ES build?

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Rootsmann wrote:

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I wonder if plopping in a Militant Faith and converting the Pain Attunment node to the Agnostic and then grabbing Zealot's Oath would make you even more tanky?

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will agnostic and zealot's oath work with my shield that recovers 5% ES per block

Agnostic: Your maximum energy shield is 0

Mmmmhhhhhhh ? Am i not understanding Agnostic or would you just shout yourself in the foot going Agnostic on a ES build?

my gears and nodes and gems are about leeching energy shield with fast recovery so i was abit confused when i was suggested agnostic so i thought it maybe could work, ie, recovered energy shield is transferred to hp if it works like eternal youth.

Yea the low life thing is brutal. I am working on a way to fix it, although I am not sure how I can with our dumpstering the dps.

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zDonFrank wrote:

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Rootsmann wrote:

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I wonder if plopping in a Militant Faith and converting the Pain Attunment node to the Agnostic and then grabbing Zealot's Oath would make you even more tanky?

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will agnostic and zealot's oath work with my shield that recovers 5% ES per block

Agnostic: Your maximum energy shield is 0

Mmmmhhhhhhh ? Am i not understanding Agnostic or would you just shout yourself in the foot going Agnostic on a ES build?

my gears and nodes and gems are about leeching energy shield with fast recovery so i was abit confused when i was suggested agnostic so i thought it maybe could work, ie, recovered energy shield is transferred to hp if it works like eternal youth.

Not sure if your question ever got answered, but no, Zealot's Oath only works on life regeneration, not life recovery, so the affix on your shield would do nothing if you're using Agnostic. There is absolutely no way to use Agnostic to your advantage if your build relies in any way on ES--it's one or the other.

which helmet can replace if i dont find that helmet ?

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shadow2A wrote:

which helmet can replace if i dont find that helmet ?

Crown of inward eye. Or a rare with defensive stats.

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StuckOnHer wrote:

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f1rstborn wrote:

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ph3l0n wrote:

I have improved this dramatically. I am currently at 24m dps at level 91.

27m dps with 1 brand or 33m dps with 2 brands.
10k mana
Exploding Mobs (or tons more dps) / Tailwind / 30% Movement speed. It has it all. This is a screen clear build.

The only downfall is the lower life but we get more ES and I can't get RF to stay on without wrecking me.

https://pastebin.com/0AxySWyn

Edit: How do you have Energy Shield all over your gear but in the video you posted you have none? You also have more life.

That's gorgeous! I changed your config a bit. Added shock effect 15%. Added wave of conviction (to simulate corrosive elements). Changed to shaper/guardian for dps calc. Landed at 28M dps which is a fair bit more than mine!

To answer your question, I use Agnostic to leverage my mana as HP regen. It regens so much, I can have RF on with 100% up time without burning to death.

hi ph3l0n, finally u post it (im ur awak cwc buyer xD). i paste ur pob with f1rstborn tweak, its got amazing dps! but kinda glasscanon i think with mom effective life around 4k. is it safe enough? what do you think bout it f1rstborn?

I like it as a glass cannon alternative for necro. The question that has to be asked, how is it different than a LL hiero? Lower DPS and lower EHP but stronger defensive layers. I'm toying with a middle ground that doesnt use 3 large clusters, so it retains more EHP with extra damage. Will definitely credit him if we go that route!

So I have hit my final form: https://pastebin.com/DzUtWmcX

Gems:
Removed Clarity
Moved RF to non Empowered Link
Added Animated Guardian to Empowered for: Culling Strike / Fortify / Extra Movement Speed / Extra Crit
Added Stone Golem for: Extra regen / AoE Taunt

Tree:
Ditched some DPS nodes.
Added More life Nodes to be at 3,000+ life You can go higher if you arrange your jewels to have life on them.

Gear:
Ditched Runesmith and put Crusader on Neck since we are getting 6 brands from brand loyalty.
Ditched Spore gloves and kept Explody Mob Gloves
Ditched Fortify in 6liink since everything dies before I can get into melee range and I am getting it from Animated Guardian.
Removed 1 Doryani's Large Cluster and went with Prismatic Heart to make gearing easier for resist balancing.


I am absolutely demolishing Juiced T-16s. Full Delirium? Why not? It isn't even fair. Nothing lives longer than a second. Brand attachment range is disgusting and off screens packs with Explody Gloves. I am not even using RF at this point. I need to do some bosses to see if it is even needed, but the DPS is so disgusting that I insta-phase bosses.

If anyone decides to go down my path, it gets expensive REALLY quick. I am into this build over 100ex. So keep that in mind if you decide you like my build. I will most likely post my own thread with this build since it is such a deviation from the current one. Hats off to firstborn for coming up with this though.

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ph3l0n wrote:

I will most likely post my own thread with this build since it is such a deviation from the current one. Hats off to firstborn for coming up with this though.

The mechanics in your version are exactly the same, you have shifted stuff around but it's in the end it's essentially the same.

Why not just ask to include your variant in a section of this guide for a three cluster version with Animate guardian? It's often done and is well suited for those variation you made. Since you don't introduce new mechanics, just having your PoB after reading the guide is enough to understand your changes.

How you get exposure wave of conviction in your bulid.
Pob showing Wave of Convicion lvl 20.
Cant find extra space for this skill.
Thanks