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

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Miggaletoe wrote:

I can't figure out where your block chances are coming from. I have a pretty similar tree and am very far below ya, especially for spell block. Is there something I am missing.

1) Glancing Blows

2) Bone Offering + Mistress of Sacrifice Ascendancy.

3) Mystic Bulwark? The node below Counterweight?

Take a look at Abhorrent Interrogation unique gloves, as well as Volkuur's Guidance unique gloves. It offers a fairly significant damage boost, and gloves are not a high impact spot from a damage perspective. Losing the mana sustain is the biggest thing, and we are working on other ways around that. Just slotting in Abhorrent Interrogation was worth about a 20% DPS Increase.

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SoulGambit wrote:

Take a look at Abhorrent Interrogation unique gloves, as well as Volkuur's Guidance unique gloves. It offers a fairly significant damage boost, and gloves are not a high impact spot from a damage perspective. Losing the mana sustain is the biggest thing, and we are working on other ways around that. Just slotting in Abhorrent Interrogation was worth about a 20% DPS Increase.

Weird, I did a new PoB and slotted in Abhorrent + Wither stacks - jumped by 28% damage. When I reloaded the PoB it was gone. Could you test on your end? Is it negating Malachai's Artifice? But EE is lowering and not 'penetrating', which should work!

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SoulGambit wrote:

Take a look at Abhorrent Interrogation unique gloves, as well as Volkuur's Guidance unique gloves. It offers a fairly significant damage boost, and gloves are not a high impact spot from a damage perspective. Losing the mana sustain is the biggest thing, and we are working on other ways around that. Just slotting in Abhorrent Interrogation was worth about a 20% DPS Increase.

Utility wise, Breathstealer was one of my Ultimatum favourites because of how often you were locked in an Arena with tons of rares. They give you HH-levels of ES (exceeding 10k sometimes). But not very useful for bossing. Cast speed and an Assassination anoint could bridge the damage gap a little.

Could you describe the order of pressing the buttons and the mechanics of skill rotation? There are really a lot of them, and I'm not very comfortable yet.

I do:

Immortal Call on Left Click
Travel Skill on middle mouse
Cyclone on left click

Desecrate Brand on Q
VD Brand on W
Recall Brand on E

Hold down left click and then right click for general purposes. Alternate Q and E until you have four brands. Start dashing in to packs while Cycloning. Press E to keep Brands following you (this doesnt interrupt cyclone) until they expore. Then repeat placing brands (which does interrupt cyclone).

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primaeva wrote:

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SoulGambit wrote:

Take a look at Abhorrent Interrogation unique gloves, as well as Volkuur's Guidance unique gloves. It offers a fairly significant damage boost, and gloves are not a high impact spot from a damage perspective. Losing the mana sustain is the biggest thing, and we are working on other ways around that. Just slotting in Abhorrent Interrogation was worth about a 20% DPS Increase.

Utility wise, Breathstealer was one of my Ultimatum favourites because of how often you were locked in an Arena with tons of rares. They give you HH-levels of ES (exceeding 10k sometimes). But not very useful for bossing. Cast speed and an Assassination anoint could bridge the damage gap a little.

Hey Primaeva,

Did you break down how you crafted that helmet anywhere? Thinking of giving it a go but not seeing a way to improve odds other than just spamming essence(and a lot of them).

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Miggaletoe wrote:

Hey Primaeva,

Did you break down how you crafted that helmet anywhere? Thinking of giving it a go but not seeing a way to improve odds other than just spamming essence(and a lot of them).

I was looking into this, and if you can get good suffixes you can use harvest reforge prefix with a 1/14 chance of hitting conc effect. Not great odds, but a lot better than just hard spamming essences!

I weirdly had a lot of issues with survivability. I am trying to swap to a shield build with true block. I have 69% Block right now, with a reasonay clear path to 75%. Just need to sell off some of my old gear. I plan to use a +75% Damage, ES recover on block shield and Doryani's Scepter. I'll let you know how it goes.

Notably the PoB damage is still in the 6m-8m range. Tempest Shield will be good for this build too, since it translates into recovering like ~26HP, ~5 Mana, ~20 Energy Shield every time you block.

I dont have Watcher's Eye, so I need to slap Aspect of the Spider on to something before I actually test. ES on hit is essential.

I will note that going shield *really* helps your resistances.

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Miggaletoe wrote:

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primaeva wrote:

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SoulGambit wrote:

Take a look at Abhorrent Interrogation unique gloves, as well as Volkuur's Guidance unique gloves. It offers a fairly significant damage boost, and gloves are not a high impact spot from a damage perspective. Losing the mana sustain is the biggest thing, and we are working on other ways around that. Just slotting in Abhorrent Interrogation was worth about a 20% DPS Increase.

Utility wise, Breathstealer was one of my Ultimatum favourites because of how often you were locked in an Arena with tons of rares. They give you HH-levels of ES (exceeding 10k sometimes). But not very useful for bossing. Cast speed and an Assassination anoint could bridge the damage gap a little.

Hey Primaeva,

Did you break down how you crafted that helmet anywhere? Thinking of giving it a go but not seeing a way to improve odds other than just spamming essence(and a lot of them).

Page 58 has how to craft the helm. Be warned I'm about 20 ex deep and have only gotten this far