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

Thanks for this amazing guide, build feels great to play and I enjoy it soo much

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Keax321 wrote:

Thx for the work on this build, but it changes every day, dont know how i must change the tree every day, i dont have enough respec orbs on act 7.

facts, i already changed it once and now i am nearly out of respecs but i do not have enough to fix it yet again and then i also have to account for the midrange tree which is totally different so even more regrets will be needed later on once i get geared -.-

rather annoyed about this tbh cause i hate when guides change a after i am already far into the build i do not have the time or patience to fix things all the time now a days. but i am willing to try fixing again before i just give up and drop the build or the league lol, things leave a bad taste in my mouth when they happen more than 2-3 times over the years.

That being said i do enjoy the build and is my first time playing brands so it is something different for sure

I just went low life, probably a bit too early, missing enlighten gem to run all auras, but crafted a poggers wand and got the clusters for cheap, gets a lot more tanky once you transition, I can face tank T14 bosses with the amount of ES regen.

Updates to PoB mostly done, other than making the LL transition a bit cheaper hopefully.

Then I will fix the gearing section

How do i run Wrath, Herald of Ice, Herald of Thunder, Clarity and have enough mana for CWDT? Is the golem included in that CWDT? It gets really mana heavy that way

The build uses ghost reaver, where does the leech come from? I might be stupid for not seeing it

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Halpatihoo wrote:

The build uses ghost reaver, where does the leech come from? I might be stupid for not seeing it

Im using the mastery where u get light/cold dmg. U can also get the 0.3 spell dmg right next to ghost reaver.


The thing im starting to struggle a bit with is mana regen while having all auras active.. Got 85ish unreserved mana and with the amount i regen it isnt enough to to brrr zoom :(

Works well on maps, I do feel like the damage lacks on single target and the build might be a bit low on survivability. Did I make a mistake somewher? I am still missing double corrupts and the small cluster, but other than that I think my gear is 85% what it should be

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Works well on maps, I do feel like the damage lacks on single target and the build might be a bit low on survivability. Did I make a mistake somewher? I am still missing double corrupts and the small cluster, but other than that I think my gear is 85% what it should be

hey, i was going to start this build and have a couple of questions for you if you don't mind :)
The lack of survivability - how often do you die and what kind of content kills you most?
ST damage should be ~2m per brand, isn't it enough for A8, Maven etc?

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forfun142857 wrote:

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Works well on maps, I do feel like the damage lacks on single target and the build might be a bit low on survivability. Did I make a mistake somewher? I am still missing double corrupts and the small cluster, but other than that I think my gear is 85% what it should be

hey, i was going to start this build and have a couple of questions for you if you don't mind :)
The lack of survivability - how often do you die and what kind of content kills you most?
ST damage should be ~2m per brand, isn't it enough for A8, Maven etc?

I mostly die after pressing V, entering demon realm and trying to go pew-pew. Also I did try A8 Sirus but I died and didn't get him to 50% - that's mostly because I am old and too slow to press buttons and dodge stuff. I have no idea what by damage in POB is as I suck at configuring it (No clue what settings to pick :D). But yeah no problems in terms of damage on T16 maps, just on high-end single target bosses.

Could be that the immortal call in the updated POB solves my issues of dying suddenly (Still using the old steelskin one)