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

"

matiasgil wrote:

"

teig_ wrote:

So, I feel like I've upgraded a lot and use a lot of what's going on in Velyna's mid-range LL PoB, and I've been working on upgrades, but I feel really, really squishy. I often lose 3/4 my health on a hit, damage isn't up to snuff...feels like I'm missing something. Can someone check my PoB and tell me what I can improve on?

https://pastebin.com/dpVAvLyt

Yeah me too, i've already invested a couple of exalts on the build and i still cant do confortably t13 or t14, and bosses are reaaaally hard. I regret choosing this build.

If you have followed the right POB (and not using Ele overload or Control Destruction with Crit nodes for example) then you should have plenty of clearing DPS to leech fast enough to keep pretty much 100% ES at all times - at least that was my experience.

Of course you still need to avoid big attacks and you definitely need to keep moving until you have at least one brand attached and leeching - you die really quick if you charge into a pack or get hit at range and are not leeching.

In my case I leveled to 96 solo on a 3-4 ex budget (which you could buy for much less now for the early gear I was using) with no barely any deaths on just maps, delve and Heist. In fact most of my deaths were bleed where I just hadnt noticed I was bleeding out my ES till I suddenly died with no enemy's in sight!

Follow the POB, keep moving and dont worry about being too defensive as long as you are leeching. If your not leeching then keep away from all damage!

If you do that then it doesnt take long to gear up to well rolled t16, A8 Sirius and scourge 10 T16 maps.

So i made a video, just killing some bosses, Sirus, A8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pCh6HruGD8
Did not record any map clearing, if it does not have ele reflect, i run it.

This is my second league, and build i've played, and i like it much more than the last one (it was spectre, never gonna play a build again where your "dps" can just die and you can not get it back during the fight).
I don't have crazy god-like dps, or tankiness, and not sure if i can ever get to that level, but i don't mind it, it's fun to play for me. Don't know how much the gear cost me overall, but the most expensive thing i sold this leagure was a 6ex sword from betrayal, first week, and thats it, so i don't really have any super-high-end rare, i can not afford any :D.

pob: https://pastebin.com/Dz9RcAJh

"

Dorfy wrote:

Follow the POB, keep moving and dont worry about being too defensive as long as you are leeching. If your not leeching then keep away from all damage!

If you do that then it doesnt take long to gear up to well rolled t16, A8 Sirius and scourge 10 T16 maps.

Really good advice, one of the biggest advantages of brands is mobility.

Hello!
Now that I've reached the point where every stat point matters, I'm having a little trouble figuring out what's better and what's worse. Could I get some suggestions on what I should upgrade next? Seems like the "god" tier PoB is triple my damage, where does all this extra damage come from? Thanks!

(I even managed to get an enlighten support gem to drop and am currently in the process of leveling it, lucky me!)

Hello!
After re-rolling two times before I even reached red maps I decided to follow this guide.

This is my PoB: https://pastebin.com/vAL19uVX
My profile should also be open, if you want to have a look there instead.

I got to level 98 myself, pushed to 100 in 5way legion.
With Scourge as a league mechanic I felt that a higher ES pool wouldn't save me, so I just went for more damage to freeze everything before it even touches me.
Occasional death's from random projectiles happens, or if you can't read and roll reflect maps and 'monster speed can't be lowered below base value(meaning you can't freeze them).

I'd say the build works more than fine, and anyone following this guide and not cutting too many corners are gonna have a good time, and be able to do most fights w/o any problems. I've done everything except 'The Feared'.

A big thank you for a solid and fun build. Much recommended!

Any tips for getting that dope Fenumus' Weave with the corrupt? It easily gives me 20% MORE damage. Best I can think of is just buying up a ton of them and just Vaaling until I get what I'm looking for. Otherwise, I have to save up 20ex, and RNG is not being awesome for currency (nor is it ever, honestly).

"

teig_ wrote:

Any tips for getting that dope Fenumus' Weave with the corrupt? It easily gives me 20% MORE damage. Best I can think of is just buying up a ton of them and just Vaaling until I get what I'm looking for. Otherwise, I have to save up 20ex, and RNG is not being awesome for currency (nor is it ever, honestly).

There isn't any good way to go about it except corrupting them. I wouldn't even recommend double corrupt since price would spike and potential brick if you get Ele weakness + other curse.

Cost of corrupting a pair on avg is something like 1200c
4 Vaal Outcomes, 1/20 chance for ele weakness, Buying gloves for avg of 15c
so 4x20x15=1200c

What I did was buying Spell crit, ele weakness, cast speed Hand of the High Templar gloves instead. Roughly 5% less DPS during flasks, but the same without flasks.

This is because I'm way over cap on crit chance with Bottled Faith up, so consult PoB before outright listening to me!

Did anyone try to craft a good wand / sceptre for this build (pre-god / god tier)? I wonder how'd you go about it, cause finding one on the market doesn't seem that easy.

Hi,

How can you activate Disciplice, Wrath and Hatred together in your shied ?
Event with the increased mana efficiency granted by the passive skills, i get Hatred 38.46% life, Wrath 38.86% life and Discipline 26.92% life = 104,64%...
One of them can't be activated...

Are you short on mana or life?

Since you said you put Discipline, Wrath, and Hatred in your shield I assume you followed the forum post rather than PoB. But if you look into PoB you will find that the gems in the shield are actually Zealotry, Wrath, and Hatred in your Prism Guardian shield, and make sure you have both Mana and Life efficiency tree nodes.

Hope that helps.