[3.12] Hasunic's ED/C CI Trickster | Glancing Blows | Leaguestarter | Ailment Immunity | 1H + Shield

(0.27*1.2*1.3*1.3+0.27+0.27*1.2*1.3*1.4)*0.70 = 98.5%

This is with the reduction notes from soverign, The reduced mana reservation at Chaos Innoculation and Charisma

30% reduced mana reserved

27% spellslinger reservation (That's a level 12/13 spellslinger - You get 1% less per 4 levels)

5link ED: Spellslinger + Void Manipulation + Controlled Destruction + Efficacy

2link C

5link SR: SpellSlinger + Void Manipulation + Controlled Destruction/Efficacy + Lesser Multiple Projectiles.

Do you think the GB version of ED/Contagion is dead then? We lose 6-7 passives, no?

I might start the league with your POB and then transition into some spellbow version

So basically it looks like playing Spellslinger is still perfectly viable up to T10 maps but will just feel a little worst to level now? Was watching Zizaran simulate a run last night using just void manipulation on ED and SR leveling and it still seemed pretty fast tbh.

Tempted to still just start this for the league on ssf just for the insane clear speed, although I tried your Toxic Rain build very late in league and it feels pretty good to play too.

tbh, no it's not dead. I think it's going to work great as a leaguestarter.

I'm torn myself. I played ED so much last league and I realy want a smooth leaguestart... But the fact that I played ED So much kinda makes me want to try something else, lol.

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Rootsmann wrote:

For example the 2 ex pob costs about 7 ex when you need it (first week of the league): 1 ex for Vertex, 1 ex for transcendent mind, 4 ex for a 6 link and one more ex for corrupted Empower lvl 3 + corrupted Enlighten lvl3 + all the rest of cheap gear/gems.

The annoying part is economy changes and "budget" uniques often stop being budget. I remember times nobody was buying vertex / atziri's step / kintsugi and these were "budget league start options" but nowadays they aren't.

The "true budget" option would be "get a 6-link chest, any cane of unraveling or 2 wands with +1 chaos skills, and life+resist rares preferably with evasion" but does anyone want to see "hobo gear" POB?

Thanks for the clarification Hasunic.

I asked those question because you put

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You NEED the following links (And you will hit about 98-99% mana reserved with sovereignity cluster)
4link ED: Essence Drain + Spellslinger + Void Manipulation + Controlled Destruction
3link SR: Soul Rend + Spellslinger + Void Manipulation
2link C: Contagion + Spellslinger

in the Note of the new PoB.

If I understood your answer well, we both agree that it's not a good setup for early yellow maps when you get Soverignity.

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Viktranka wrote:

The "true budget" option would be "get a 6-link chest, any cane of unraveling or 2 wands with +1 chaos skills, and life+resist rares preferably with evasion" but does anyone want to see "hobo gear" POB?

I'm pretty sure I'll buy a corrupted shit rare 6 link body for 30c when I reach T1 maps and be proud of my Hobo setup :D

Edit: that is if I solve the spellslinger mana reservation equation that I'm trying to figure out thanks to Hasunic. Because if only have the mana for a 5 link, that will be a different start for once :D

You can also use a 5link Ed, 2link c and a 3link Sr if you use 28% reservation spellslinger supports, the 4% reduction node at Vi and the reduction nodes at the beginning, charity

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Hasunic wrote:

You can also use a 5link Ed, 2link c and a 3link Sr if you use 28% reservation spellslinger supports, the 4% reduction node at Vi and the reduction nodes at the beginning, charity

Dis gonna be good.

So hype.

I'm confused here.

Are we using three spellslingers while levelling up, or only two?

I'm talking about at character level 28 and up. Afaik, we need to manually cast Soulrend & Frenzy, so there may be mana issues.

Did I miss something?

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Right, the notes assume we have both mana reserve reduction clusters enabled, but that's not going to be the case...