[3.16] Caustic Arrow/Death's Oath Occultist [Life based Chaos Autobomber]

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Yokox3 wrote:

Hello again!

I am looking to further improve my current build, what are the other items that i can change or add into the build to increase my damage output?
(Still leveling the character as i go)

POB: https://pastebin.com/6xYChJ2a

Feel free to check my PoB for some endgame ideas.
910k Death Aura Sirus DoT with 9 wither stacks, 4.4kk for CA, 5700HP, 20k armour w/o flasks.
https://pastebin.com/JT2QUVbc

How does this build even sustain life on boss fights ??
Almost no life regen/on hit.
Almost everything linked up to lifetap.
You barely sustain enough life to no suicide to death's oath.

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LordDuckiie wrote:

How does this build even sustain life on boss fights ??
Almost no life regen/on hit.
Almost everything linked up to lifetap.
You barely sustain enough life to no suicide to death's oath.

2% life gain on kill, 200-300 HP regen, life flasks, 80-85% chaos res - more then enough for most situations.

But the pob only states 114hp regen pr sec. Also in a boss fight, hp pr kill does not really matter hehe.
And if your flasks run out during ie. Sirus, what do you do then?

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LordDuckiie wrote:

But the pob only states 114hp regen pr sec. Also in a boss fight, hp pr kill does not really matter hehe.
And if your flasks run out during ie. Sirus, what do you do then?

Dunno what PoB you are talking about, my version has 208Hp regen under DO degen.
2 flasks are more then enough for Sirus or Maven, you can go even with 1 life flask, or use pantheon for life flask charge gain, if boss fight is too long. Normal DoT DPS kills phases nearly for 5 sec, also you don't need to stay at place with this build, so mobility is the key.

You can run enduring cry as an extra regen. Also use the life mastery 2% regen while moving because you'll be moving most of the time. Could also spec into either the recoup nodes or "flask gain charges every x second" notes or try to fit vitality in.

Talking about OP's PoB

Also guessing yours is MUCH more expensive hehe

my 5 cents, i cannot make a long review, but a couple of points. i am not an expert in this game, so take everything with a grain of salt.

this is by far the best mapping experience build I had (but hey, i'm only playing 2 leagues), the fastest one for sure, faster than SO minion specters (from 3.15) and araakali.

it struggles with single target, but once you get the max level of arrow and support gems - you can comfortably do content (sirus, etc).

i did struggle with simulacrum over wave 25 (with almost best in slot gear). I imagine it is doable, but you have to carefully balance out damage vs survivability, I did not balance out and was a bit of a glass paper with too much damage.

if we compare it to spectres last patch zoom-zoom speed - death aura is very comparable if not faster.

if we compare this build to araakali with a squire - death aura is a faster mapper and more pleasant to play, even with all the quality of live spiders summons.

for simu 30, maven and feared i'd rather play araakali spiders because it's a faceroll, the single target damage is absurd.

for delve i did depth 500-510 as the final stopping point after each it became to feel a bit time wastefull, mobs had too much HP, really. i did kill 2-3-4 auls in that depth? it was a bit challenging as he charges a lot so i had to do magic with CA.

mageblood vs headhunter = both are good for maps. if you do stacked nem3 - hh is probably better. for general content and stability mageblood is. i'm playing with mageblood.

I would not recommend going for cane of kulemak and blight buff for damage, there is no point as things pop just as good and i think bow and quiver are just better especially for simu 20+ when you have to really spam it. i kinda have both so i just change my weapon set.

As it is the end of the league and most people are not playing anymore, I believe this thread will become alive once people start looking for builds for the next patch.

As of right now, I am the 1# Death Aura in SSF Scourge, I may record a video explaining how to get every piece of gear and what to farm and which order (to help other fellow SSF players).

For those looking to try this build next league: I do recommend this build (it can do almost everything and does not rely on any unique - except the Death's Oath, which is easy to farm yourself), especially for mapping. I do NOT recommend playing this build if you want to farm bosses, it has bad single target DPS and your first Maven/Awakener fights will take a while.

In my current setup, I have 100% spell suppression, 90% Phys. reduction, 50% evasion and elemental damage mitigation through the Xibaqua jewel (and 80% max chaos res) and a bunch of regen/life on kill. It is VERY tanky. It is possible to sacrifice some defence (e.g. spell suppression nodes) to get more DPS (open another set of cluster jewels). It is also possible to get some more mana nodes and run Grace on top of other auras (Malevolence, Determination, Banner, Blasphemy curses).

So far, cleared every Maven invitation (Feared is quite tough, others are fine), killed Maven, Uber Atziri, Uber Elder, Awakener 8, Chayula, Cortex, Legion 5-ways, Mastermind.

The build is probably not suitable to do very tough content (Nemesis3, Pure Chayulas, Simulacrum 30) unless you have an extremely high investment.

Overall, decent league starter and fun build. Possible to run without any investment and the core item is very easy to farm yourself. However, it does take some time and investment to get a reasonable single target DPS.