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

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Soulravel wrote:

Which frees up more mana? Self-control with 80% increased mana reservation efficiency for discipline with its 35% default mana reservation or Uncompromising with 50% increased mana reservation efficiency for determination with its 50% default mana reservation?

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TsuDhoNim wrote:

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Mugungo wrote:

How do you handle out of combat damage?

As with most things in POE the 5head answer is.... "Just don't get hit".

I can't say I've noticed it being a big problem on this build, high life pool and life flask seems to be enough, but I do remember it being a huge issue the first time I played a LGOH sustain character so possibly a big part of it is just getting used to that playstyle?

There's a few options you could look at to combat it:

- Drop Light of Divinity and the two ele nodes closest to it.

- Drop the Watchers jewel socket

- Grab divergent inspiration and pick up the mana cost nodes at Righteous Decree

- Reroll the minus mana on rings to -7 for both

- Drop the replica conq

All of that would allow you to get to a 3 cost Desecrate and free VD along with freeing up a jewel socket and 3 passives at the cost of going -20 int. With room to fertile catalyst the Desecrate down to 1 if you wish.

(I'd be doing all that even if not aiming to tackle the sustain and simply to grab more damage)

From there there's a few options:

- Watchers Eye with unconditional regen rather than the current life leech mod

or

- Kitava's Teachings an option for higher sustain if you're willing to put some effort into keeping some corpses up (could swap the DD in your CwC for Unearth or just get used to spamming brand recall to trigger desecrates)

- With the free passives grab a 10% life mastery (larger health pool helps) and/or a 2% life regen while moving mastery for unconditional sustain
- Won't help sustain but hard not to suggest grabbing the crit multi mastery :P I'll justify it with "dead stuff can't hurt you with degens"


- Leech enchant on boots can be swapped for a less or different conditional life regen enchant

- Lowering the strength requirement with dropping int leaves you open to upgrading that Sapphire ring to a better one with lower attribute demands (be sure to watch the range on your Heavy Belt blessing so you know the range needed on the ring)


For anything where you're expecting to hit degens or out of combat damage you could also drop Herald of Ash (limited benefit anyway when you don't need the clear benefits with inpulsa) and put a higher level Vitality in. Not ideal, but an option.




Complete aside:

How do you find the uptime on Cinderswallow?

I'd have thought without the charge regen from ignites it'd be a bit nasty, but outside of bossing that might not be a huge factor.

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Cryotron9000 wrote:

Endgame content hot off the presses, bossing with DD:

Deathless Feared simultaneous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lo4900Cum0

Maven (one death at the very end lol)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaDJWKQIJ5g

I did Simulacrum but could only get to wave 27, just didn't have enough damage to kill the bosses. Stupid monster level 75 in that area.

I was also able to do a Chayula's Flawless Breachstone but didn't record it. I did a Blight-Ravaged map as well, but that was just carried by the tower strategy, the build doesn't even matter.

Last thing to try is an Unrelenting Emblem Domain of Timeless Conflict. I expect to be able to kill things, but this build is not great for farming rewards in that encounter.

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tghero wrote:

Okay, so I basically looked at one of primaeva's characters and mimicked the tree, lol.

My question now - how do you sustain life exactly beyond the life on spell hit ring(s)? Just faced a boss in T16 and got absolutely rolled even with determination. My POB if anyone wants to look...gear is obviously still in progress.

https://pastebin.com/2Qc4g2gr