Acolyte of Chayula - League Starter/SSF - Off-Meta - Hexblast Monk to get to Endgame (and beyond)

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LibraExAnima#1943 wrote:

Do you have any support recommendations for contagion and co? Unless I overlooked it for the leveling part you didn't include such suggestions ^^

Also, maybe kinda noob question; Why Siphoning Wand? Do we use the weapon skill?

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Kobyjoe#5354 wrote:

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LibraExAnima#1943 wrote:

Do you have any support recommendations for contagion and co? Unless I overlooked it for the leveling part you didn't include such suggestions ^^

Also, maybe kinda noob question; Why Siphoning Wand? Do we use the weapon skill?

Hello! Thanks for the questions.

Contagion - Persistence and Hinder support gems work great. The reasons for this is because Contagion doesn't deal a ton of damage, so you want to just spread around and improve the debuffs it has as much as possible.

Essence drain - Swift Affliction, Controlled Destruction, Intense Agony (on packs, not on bosses), Minion Pact (if you run minions) and Arcane Tempo are all perfectly fine.

Enfeeble/Despair - Magnified Effect, Decaying Hex and Impending Doom here.

I'll have to look over the guide again. We want a Mana Drain wand, not a siphoning wand - I might have an error there. The reason for this is it becomes an insanely excellent heal for us once we get Mind over Matter.

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LibraExAnima#1943 wrote:

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Kobyjoe#5354 wrote:

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LibraExAnima#1943 wrote:

Do you have any support recommendations for contagion and co? Unless I overlooked it for the leveling part you didn't include such suggestions ^^

Also, maybe kinda noob question; Why Siphoning Wand? Do we use the weapon skill?

Hello! Thanks for the questions.

Contagion - Persistence and Hinder support gems work great. The reasons for this is because Contagion doesn't deal a ton of damage, so you want to just spread around and improve the debuffs it has as much as possible.

Essence drain - Swift Affliction, Controlled Destruction, Intense Agony (on packs, not on bosses), Minion Pact (if you run minions) and Arcane Tempo are all perfectly fine.

Enfeeble/Despair - Magnified Effect, Decaying Hex and Impending Doom here.

I'll have to look over the guide again. We want a Mana Drain wand, not a siphoning wand - I might have an error there. The reason for this is it becomes an insanely excellent heal for us once we get Mind over Matter.

Thanks for the swift answer :) The part with the wand is probably my fault, I might've misremembered :D Alright, Mind over Matter didn't occur to me, that makes perfect sense ^^

Do you have suggestions regarding socket enhancement priority? Also quick note for (semi-?)new players; You can use a Vaal Orb on a skill gem to get an extra socket, however it won't allow you to raise it's quality so it's best to 1. use it on a skill that already has 4 socket slots and 2. bring it up to 20% quality beforehand (Where it makes sense). Be warned however that Vaal Orbs can also reduce quality, reduce socket slots, lower the level. Best second thing that can happen is raising the level by +1 ^^ That way you can get 5 socket slots on a gem without spending a fortune or having biiig luck.

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Drunkpension#7102 wrote:

Hi, I can't figure out what kind of Mana Siphon I'm talking about, I haven't found anything that can give leech mana, except for killing enemies or from physical attacks. What exactly should mana leech give us?

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LibraExAnima#1943 wrote:

By the way I found out you can slot vitality and clarity into Into the Breach with no additional cost :) This should help^^ Once GGG finds out they'll probably make the Node a toggle with spirit cost, so use it while you can, but don't build around it :D

Also I'm currently running Pierce on ED and Chaotic Freeze on Contagion, saved my ass many times by now and the Pierce helps in general I feel like.