[3.16 - RETIRING BUILD] VD Brands: S-Tier Bosser, A-Tier Map! -- MURDERED BY GGG_INTERN SOMEWHERE--

how much money to i need to start this build off and be able to do sirus 8/9 , and map comfortably in t16's?

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aastr wrote:

Quick question - if I'm running Inpulsa's before I invest more into the chest, how does this build shock / prolif the inpulsa explosions?

Before Leadership's Price the ascendency Corpse Pact takes care of that.

With Leadership's Price you'd need to add Skitterbots for their shock to get back some of the lost prolif.

Respecced my occultist into this. This build is pretty fun and will take some time for me to get used to the playstyle.

I'm having a hard time following what I should be aiming for. I'm not sure when I should switch to staff, and I can't seem to see the PoB for the staff tree. Could definitely use some help with my char. Bought a bunch of gear so far for it but my char's dmg output and survivability seem to be a bit low. I know i'm missing something and need to get used to the playstyle, just don't know what to prioritize

Seems like a lot of work was put into this guide and I definitely appreciate it. Just seem to be having a hard time navigating through it.

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roeshamboner wrote:

Respecced my occultist into this. This build is pretty fun and will take some time for me to get used to the playstyle.

I'm having a hard time following what I should be aiming for. I'm not sure when I should switch to staff, and I can't seem to see the PoB for the staff tree. Could definitely use some help with my char. Bought a bunch of gear so far for it but my char's dmg output and survivability seem to be a bit low. I know i'm missing something and need to get used to the playstyle, just don't know what to prioritize

Seems like a lot of work was put into this guide and I definitely appreciate it. Just seem to be having a hard time navigating through it.

This is where I am at currently. https://pastebin.com/RRuDxWND.

A few things I would change / not recommend until you have much moolah:

1. Watcher's eye. You can replace with Fenumus' Spinnerets as boots for cheap for similar effect.

2. Grave intentions wheel / animate guardian / meat shield. Not necessary, min max thing I'm trying for omega animate guardian buffs.

3. Use a life flask instead of unbroken elixir, cheaper.

4. My cluster mediums are specific to my variant of the build, just use brand loyalty + seeker runes / grand design mediums (pretty cheap I think).

In terms of priorities:
1. Awakened spell cascade is very important.
2. Leadership's price is like half our damage, if you can fit it, get it.
3. Life gain on spell + reduced curse effect rings are very good (that plus minor god = curse immunity).
4. Cane of Kulemak is big, but now expensive I believe.
5. Two mod helmet is very nice.
6. Divergent inspiration is big, non-channel cost rings are big, sneaking in replica conq is nice.
7. Thread of hope helps passive pressure a lot.
8. Glorious vanity is huge, corrupted soul does a lot of good.
9. Desecrate lvl 21 is important. Edit. Level 20, not 21.
10. Chest piece explode helps a lot with clear.
11. Chest piece life as es is big EHP.
12. Don't forget ball lightning in CWDT.

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9. Desecrate lvl 21 is important.

But there's no difference between lvl 20 and lvl 21 besides more mana cost, stats required and slightly more chaos damage on cast? Is there a thing that lvl 21 Desecrate does that isn't documented anywhere?

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Soulravel wrote:

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9. Desecrate lvl 21 is important.

But there's no difference between lvl 20 and lvl 21 besides more mana cost, stats required and slightly more chaos damage on cast? Is there a thing that lvl 21 Desecrate does that isn't documented anywhere?

Oh is that right? Apologies for the misinformation. Just verified with PoEDB, appears I was mistaken. Will edit in my response.

I'm not sure if this was mentioned yet, but one thing to be careful about (especially if you are using Divergent Inspiration):

Don't get your mana cost of all skills linked to any Inspiration supports down to zero. If all your skills supported by Inspiration cost zero, you will never gain any Inspiration charges!

I learned this the hard way when I couldn't figure out why I was doing so little damage compared to yesterday :D

Edit: Also, don't forget you can increase the flat mana reduction of the Elreon Ring Craft by using Fertile Catalysts. With this, alongside particular nodes on the tree and Divergent Inspiration, you can get your Volatile Dead to cost 1 mana and Desecrate to cost 0, which would be the ideal costs from a mana usage standpoint while still allowing you to generate Inspiration charges with VD.

So If i want Leadership's price to work, my Int is 398 and my Str is 169, I must make my Int and Str equal?? How is that even possible? :D Or I need Leadership's price only if I go Crit? Because I'm still dual budget?

so a question since scaling cast speed is such a big thing for this build has there been anybody experimenting with Soulthirst and the souleater setup people are doing this league

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stoqnbg wrote:

So If i want Leadership's price to work, my Int is 398 and my Str is 169, I must make my Int and Str equal?? How is that even possible? :D Or I need Leadership's price only if I go Crit? Because I'm still dual budget?

Leadership’s price is definitely for the endgame dps optimization. It’s a lot easier to balance strength and int with a well placed efficient training crimson jewel.