Group Play ?

Hi Guys
what builds you recommend for 3/5 man Group Play for smooth playthrough ?
we need a Aura bot Build necessarily ? or not ?
last season we littlebit struggle whit damage and survivability.
we dont find any builds or setups on youtube for example

People use aura bots/supports in group play because one DPS is all you need. Best way is to have one DPS ans everyone else supporting it instead going 3 DPS and competing with each other who will kill monsters.

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Aidaris wrote:

Hi Guys
what builds you recommend for 3. man Group Play for smooth playthrough ?
we need a Aura bot Build necessarily ? or not ?
last season we littlebit struggle whit damage and survivability

I had my share of party play and we tried to stack as many aura's we could to benefit both of us . You should try this (no aura bot involved) get as many mana reservation nodes as possible and DO NOT SKIP the ones that give area of effect of auras as in the next league we won't have the quality to help on that. in 3 people let's say you can get like this :

player 1:Determination,Hatred,Vitality

player 2:Grace,Anger,Precision

player 3:Discipline, Purity of elements ,Clarity

if all of you want to go heavy duty on the deff side try to fit purity of fire/ice/lightning (one each) otherwise one of you should take haste (the one that has the most mana res).

also you can overlap a lot of curses both offensive and defensive ones using Anathema unique ring (max curse limit = max power charges of the one who wares it). This way if you have a witch or shadow (that have easy access to power charges) you should be able to have at least 5 curses on bosses/uniques/rares(the one who wares them might need to get a 6l arcanist brand or 6l + ring for 6 curses)

For curses I suggest :

assasin's mark/sniper mark (depends if you guys are mostly melee or ranged eg projectiles) + elemental weakness + punishment + enfeeble + one of the other elements (the one that is most common on your damage)

This should give you guys a giga buff to dps/ehp .

To make this even better try to pick skills that are on the same element or max 2 of them for example lighting and cold for permanent freeze and high shock effect on enemies (you can do all sorts of stuff here the sky is the limit).

I hope this helped even if just a little also please mind that what I mentioned above can be achieved with little to no budget and 3 enlighten lvl 3 (that's not so hard to get) and 1 6 link

EDIT : don't forget about VAAL SMITE

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Aynix wrote:

People use aura bots/supports in group play because one DPS is all you need. Best way is to have one DPS ans everyone else supporting it instead going 3 DPS and competing with each other who will kill monsters.

This is a good idea indeed if you want just 1 person to deal damage but as you might know most of the people in this game need and want to kill monsters themselves so this might only work for people that are ok with just moving like a bot for hours and never even attacking once (i know i could not do such a thing).

You might want to have a "Ghost Buster Specialist" in your group - someone to run around, be possessed by tormented spirits and touch as many mobs as possible.

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6_din_49 wrote:

You might want to have a "Ghost Buster Specialist" in your group - someone to run around, be possessed by tormented spirits and touch as many mobs as possible.

with all the respect this is 100% contradictory with what the OP asked for "smooth playthrough" doesn't mean MF-ing and for sure not ghosting since this means waiting 3-4 minutes per map for a guy to run around the map.

500IR 50quant 1bil dps aoe build with life reservation defenses is what you all should play. you can split most maps in to 2 parts (left and right) and one person can do league mechanics and boss

league starters for this are:
Tornado shot pd to ele conversion with headhunter
Kinetic blastoid firewaller with tornado shot stat stacker
Mageblood lightning strike exploder

But it is not smart to use multiple builds, it is way smarter to go 3x tornado shot and then just give upgrades to each other from your old gear.

If you want to watch anime while doing uber maps blight explosive ballista build on 2alch budget is good.