[3.17]⚡Velyna's Storm Brand Occultist⚡ 5M+ DPS Leaguestart | Hidden and Feared Viable

Is the new leaguestart better? I specced the old one and was just about to buy Call of the Brotherhood etc, but lost the PoB. Is it worth the investment of going the new leaguestart instead? Since I don't have the old PoB I can't compare, but I seem to get decent damage with the current setup.

Are the brands supposed to last so little time? I'm finding that with pre-ll gear, by the time I'm summoning the 4th-5th brand, the first one expires. It feels that I'm spending more time summoning brands that actually running around.

It's the Swift Brand support that is having that reduction, but it also gives a ton of PoB dps. Is investing in cast speed a good idea?

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Kyllingz wrote:

Is the new leaguestart better? I specced the old one and was just about to buy Call of the Brotherhood etc, but lost the PoB. Is it worth the investment of going the new leaguestart instead? Since I don't have the old PoB I can't compare, but I seem to get decent damage with the current setup.

Call is still good, but it's more a defense layer early game now. Having all that cold damage will feel great while running around maps.

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th30dor wrote:

Are the brands supposed to last so little time? I'm finding that with pre-ll gear, by the time I'm summoning the 4th-5th brand, the first one expires. It feels that I'm spending more time summoning brands that actually running around.

It's the Swift Brand support that is having that reduction, but it also gives a ton of PoB dps. Is investing in cast speed a good idea?

Some more brand duration comes on cluster jewels later, but the biggest thing is that once your dps is high enough you don't need all your brands out usually.

Those 2 things plus more cast speed in lategame solves a lot of this

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Velyna wrote:

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Wibbb wrote:

Liking the build, was great for leveling, but now that I am at maps I am super squishy. Anyone have any recommendations?

The life rolls on your gear are a bit low to push much into maps, and always use armor bases where possible (armour/ES for chespiece because colors though)

Getting cold damage helps a lot with defense also which is why I recommend the Mutewinds + Replica Prismweave.

What I ended up doing was getting an Agnerod which gave me 18% attack block and putting 3 points into spell block nodes when holding shield or staff that are right beside the current path on the tree. Now at 18% attack and spell dodge and things are much better for now. Will hold onto these nodes for now until LL probably.

Another question anyone have any recommendations for a Vaal skill or 2 to pop for increased single target? Right now I am just dropping an orb of storms along with the 2 brands on bosses. Have a few free gem slots that I could use to up single target.

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Velyna wrote:

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Lann91 wrote:

So how do you apply curses without triggering herald of thunder "after killing" effect?

At first you would need a hextouch + Wave of Conviction setup for this, easy to do.

Thanks, now i'm clearing maps much better! Really loving the build.

I am actually considering if getting Glancing blows is worth it. Its right there and there is an decent amount of block around the current path.

What if we start using Hydrosphere to make use of the Lightning +1 chain mastery on bosses ? Like Guardians, Sirus and so on ?



Nevermind, it doesnt work like i was thinking

Hey just a couple questions about the updated starter POB: First, you have the "vitality has 100% reduced mana reservation" passive mastery allocated but don't seem to be running vitality in the skill setup. Also, how do you deal with corrupted blood? Does golem regen + highwayman regen + flask just let you mostly heal through it?

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Sir_I_Exist wrote:

Hey just a couple questions about the updated starter POB: First, you have the "vitality has 100% reduced mana reservation" passive mastery allocated but don't seem to be running vitality in the skill setup. Also, how do you deal with corrupted blood? Does golem regen + highwayman regen + flask just let you mostly heal through it?

Fixed the mastery it was just a mistake.

Corrupted blood is pantheons+flask+regen for leaguestart yes.