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

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forfun142857 wrote:

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?

Damage is fine for A8 yea.

Catching a bunch of medium hits without IC+end charges being up is what will kill you.

Or big sustained phys hits like minotaur.

I'm struggeling with Mana, i only got 59 unreservered mana and can only run level 1 cwdt setup and the stone golem needs to be seperate. How can i fix it?

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Traces666 wrote:

I'm struggeling with Mana, i only got 59 unreservered mana and can only run level 1 cwdt setup and the stone golem needs to be seperate. How can i fix it?

Deep Thoughts node, with 10% reduced mana cost mastery. And Presage.

Are you using Zealotry though? Shouldn't be yet

I'm using Herald of ice, Hearald of thunder, wrath and clarity as auras. Im just leveling Zealotry. i only have 75 unreservered mana atm.

might go for the other notes in passiv tree and try it with presage etc.

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Velyna wrote:

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Traces666 wrote:

I'm struggeling with Mana, i only got 59 unreservered mana and can only run level 1 cwdt setup and the stone golem needs to be seperate. How can i fix it?

Deep Thoughts node, with 10% reduced mana cost mastery. And Presage.

Are you using Zealotry though? Shouldn't be yet

I am also struggling with mana and was looking at Deep Thoughts, I don't think you have it in either the levelling POB or leaguestart though, unless I am missing something?

So I'm done with the main part of the build. Here is my ninja (https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/bwcloud/Cpt_LindtLindorTruffles?i=4&search=class%3DOccultist%26item%3DShavronnes-Wrappings%26skill%3DStorm-Brand%26sort%3Ddps) if anyone is interested. Right now I have ~1.6m shaper dps and can play all map mods (except hexproof bc 2 points aren't worth) - so T16 map monsters are insta down/ shattered. I play T16 Scourges on ~80stacks deathless. Don't want go higher bc of dmg spikes. Didn't played with new patch with monster dmg nerfs. So with patch higher stacks should be easy possible.

I can highly recommend that build except the part with Lioneyes shield and Cerberus. The prices are too high at league start. Where at 100c for each Cerberus and shield. Better skip that for dual wielding 2 good wands. Even right now you can get 100 crit, +1 gem, 15% cast speed wands for under 30c (I got my wand for 80c and that wand is huge atm).

I chose more masteries over cluster (will switch at lvl 94). There are no more clusters left which give you are better benefit bc brand masteries are rly good. I would choose lightning/ cold cluster to blind enemies.
Right now I love the masteries together with the reflect/ curse pantheon. You can have easy 40% chaos, reflect immune and 80% curse reduction. Together with stun immune, freeze immune, shock immune while at max PC and ignite immune on mana flask that build just rocks. Whish I could find more sources of defens layers like fortify.

Next investment will be 3 stats watchers, gloves with curse on hit, ES shoes (craft aspect of the spider) with enlighten and ofc awakener gems.

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Wiem wrote:

I am also struggling with mana and was looking at Deep Thoughts, I don't think you have it in either the levelling POB or leaguestart though, unless I am missing something?

It will be, final version going up today of the leaguestart tree.

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Velyna wrote:

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Wiem wrote:

I am also struggling with mana and was looking at Deep Thoughts, I don't think you have it in either the levelling POB or leaguestart though, unless I am missing something?

It will be, final version going up today of the leaguestart tree.

Perfect, thank you for all your work on this!

PoB's use old prism guardian, with the new reservation text, we cant fit precision like its setup in pob

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Leemyungbak wrote:

PoB's use old prism guardian, with the new reservation text, we cant fit precision like its setup in pob

I think this was a reservation mastery issue and fixed now