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

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waggypants wrote:

PSA it is very easy to get comfortable curse reduction in this build since the rings we are looking for with the +life gain on spell hit very often comes with 35-40 reduced effect of curses on you. this new mod has a caster tag and is very easily rolled with harvest caster reforge, and the rings that come for sale will sometimes have these two mods together.

This + the pantheon of Yugul upgraded gives us 65-70% curse reduction thats is very comfortable, and when you have your sulphur flask running it is curse immunity

Yeah i KEPT stressing that people were being trashed by 3.15 partially because Flask Curse changes were screwing them over, and telling people exactly how to roll these rings with Harvest, too. OF course, Reddit would have rather blamed GGG for their builds getting one-shot. The curse reduction mod is essential for anyone seriously looking to push map content, Scourge doubly so.

Getting ready for the transition!

I snagged this Cane as it seems the best bet for heavy Scourge - it loses 100 crit mult, but I am hoping Fortify is changed to a more palatable threshold so the Phys damage + Accuracy + rapid hits can get it back to 20 stack. Otherwise, may have to fit Whispers of Doom + Enfeeble in to really tackle stuff like T19 Scourge.

I finaly got more confortable with mana and brand managment, yet I still feel I lack some dps and I can't find where is the PB. I have still some gems to level up but the problem seems to be elswhere...

I Pmed you IG, hope you find some little time to get a look at my PoB.

Idk if my choice of weapon is good or if I need more levels to make it count. I might try your weapon set up to see if the dmg are better.

My link to pob : https://pastebin.com/fmvEbKcN or you can go directly to my char i guess.

See you rolling!

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thib112 wrote:

I finaly got more confortable with mana and brand managment, yet I still feel I lack some dps and I can't find where is the PB. I have still some gems to level up but the problem seems to be elswhere...

I Pmed you IG, hope you find some little time to get a look at my PoB.

Idk if my choice of weapon is good or if I need more levels to make it count. I might try your weapon set up to see if the dmg are better.

My link to pob : https://pastebin.com/fmvEbKcN or you can go directly to my char i guess.

See you rolling!

From what I can see, you have really a low amount of unreserved mana, and even with clarity I don't think your casts per second can keep up. on top of that, most of the damage from the build (afaik) is from the corpse explosion from the lvl 100 desecrate (lvl 21 gem).

I also see that you don't have inspiration linked to your desecrate, that might be a really good idea, to keep mana costs even lower.

Here is my pob, with the relevant configuration selected (I'm running frenzy chest, so you can disable frenzy if you want)

https://pastebin.com/qd4gaNDd

Edit: I also see you haven't done your last lab yet, which is really needed for the offering on yourself, it makes a world of difference

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thib112 wrote:

I finaly got more confortable with mana and brand managment, yet I still feel I lack some dps and I can't find where is the PB. I have still some gems to level up but the problem seems to be elswhere...

I Pmed you IG, hope you find some little time to get a look at my PoB.

Idk if my choice of weapon is good or if I need more levels to make it count. I might try your weapon set up to see if the dmg are better.

My link to pob : https://pastebin.com/fmvEbKcN or you can go directly to my char i guess.

See you rolling!

Ahaha this is the key change to make:



Other than that, I highly recommend you switch to the Beginner PoB now posted on P1 with dual-wield EO - otherwise, if you choose to stick with crit, spec Nimbleness ASAP.

Drop Herald of Ash for Discipline for tankiness that will last you to T16. You should be pretty ok for clear with Inpulsa. Also, as above poster said, 100% do the Lab... Offering really keeps you and your minions up much better!

Also, level 16 Arcanist Brand man...!

Ok thanks guys!
I'll look into it tonight and tell you how it goes.
Indeed the elem overload might change a lot.
For the Lab, I know I absolutely need it but I can't find my last trials...
I will try to get them on the global 820 tonight also

I'll let you know if all the changes makes it better!

Thanks again!

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thib112 wrote:

Ok thanks guys!
I'll look into it tonight and tell you how it goes.
Indeed the elem overload might change a lot.
For the Lab, I know I absolutely need it but I can't find my last trials...
I will try to get them on the global 820 tonight also

I'll let you know if all the changes makes it better!

Thanks again!

OH MATE!

You only need to find one trial now!

Then you use the Offering of the Goddess on the stone and that's it.

It's a new thing they just introduced ^_^ Happy gaming! Enjoy your 40% more DPS ahahaha

Not sure if asked but is there a pob that goes beyond level 92?...or is level 92 max potential of build...build just looks interesting...

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xmasbby78 wrote:

Not sure if asked but is there a pob that goes beyond level 92?...or is level 92 max potential of build...build just looks interesting...

Oh, with new masteries you definitely have a huge incentive to go 100 now.

I've had a very slow week 1 due to medical reasons but I will be theorycrafting very hard next week to figure out what are some of the optimal L100 PoBs.

In general, I am going to assume that people want to do 150+ - 180+ Scourge comfortably and fast.

With 123 passives, it would look like 1 Elemental Cluster for Smoke Cloud on Kill, Automatic Exposure, and then a medium Curse cluster for Culling Strike. The other slot is to be used for your Watcher's Eye or a Life + Crit Mult Jewel. Leech is not really necessary with dual on-Hit.

More defensive players can opt for more block + spell block and drop Glancing Blows for a truly tanky character.

Super defensive players will go for a Shield on top of all that.

In general, the 3.15 PoBs accounted for most of the min-maxed DPS, mix that up with our mastery choices in 3.16.

Do allow me a couple of days to really start pushing true endgame and Uber Content :( It's been a very game-less week for me.

For your reference, Sirus A8 down (lost 1 portal) with the Beginner PoB on page 1 (EO, no Awakened Spell Cascade, etc).

It can comfortably kill Conqs in 30~ sec and Drox in about 1m.

Since fortify is out, what would you replace the fortify support with in the cyclone setup?