[3.25]juju's Shockwave Totem Guide || King of Sanctum || Blight || League start || Boss and mapping!

Sick, thanks for the reply. ATM I think I should probably just run conc effect since there's the random bosses and shit that spawn in the maps (plus I'm still running Jun and the syndicate rares can be tough), but I'm playing around with both.

Luckily I had +1 totem shield from running Storm Burst Totems. Can't wait to see how far I can take this build, though I just wish they'd add MTX for it LMAO (or to Storm Burst for that matter)

edit: How do you get increased ES recharge? I assume since it's totems you can't leech ES in any way, just died a couple times due to trying to blast thru the map and not realizing I didn't have enough mana/ES to recast totems. Only have about 600 ES right now, could be better

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tiamatria#7764 wrote:

How do you get increased ES recharge? I assume since it's totems you can't leech ES in any way, just died a couple times due to trying to blast thru the map and not realizing I didn't have enough mana/ES to recast totems. Only have about 600 ES right now, could be better

I will make detailed FAQ about mana/es later also (sorry been lazy to update guide but i will make it 100% finished before 3.26)

I would advice having +700es if using 6-link and have 'regen 150es per second while rare/unique nearby' craft/jun mod on belt or chest. On ES boots and gloves you can get 'increased Energy Shield Recharge Rate' but you should not need those if you have +700es and 150es regen craft mod. More es = smoother!

at the state where i can kill guards in 2-4 seconds. unfortunately the occasional guard hit can one shot me(i say occasional but it happened more than i like).(following the sanctum ralakesh without mageblood setup)so resolve is no longer an issue but rather getting one shot is. i still have ways to level up and still have to quality my gems, use tattoos, and get a rational doctrine though. so should i keep going until i just glass cannon my way through?(still could get one shot) or improve my defenses somehow?

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granddaddy69#5682 wrote:

at the state where i can kill guards in 2-4 seconds. unfortunately the occasional guard hit can one shot me(i say occasional but it happened more than i like).(following the sanctum ralakesh without mageblood setup)so resolve is no longer an issue but rather getting one shot is. i still have ways to level up and still have to quality my gems, use tattoos, and get a rational doctrine though. so should i keep going until i just glass cannon my way through?(still could get one shot) or improve my defenses somehow?

With sanctum setup you should be able take one or two hits max (that should be enough) Anyway looked fast on your setup and put quality on steelskin/automation/more duration gem. Get lvl 21swt gem (should be cheap on settlers) and most importantly get 100% phys to cold convert. Pick 40% from mastery and try get more on implicits.

Anyway this looks more a skill ussue. Sanctum is kinda hard if you dont know what you are doing and think about totem placements and how you run tought rooms. Sanctum is a learning curve and you improve a lot the more you do sanctum. Going to write more about this later.

things
- get instant recovery when low life flask mod.
- 100% phys to cold is needed or you lose a lot of damage
- quality up important gems
- try to learn sanctum and every time when you die ask yourself could you something differently to avoid death (its how i learned)
- sleepless sentry medium cluster for free onslaught (watchers eye mod dont work with totems)

edit: also use normal flame dash for better control

with skill issue i dont mean it as insult. What i mean is that when you go from 1->10 10->20 20->50 50->200 200->1000 sanctums you will get so much better at it by time

oh no worries lol i know it is a skill issue, because at times i get too comfortable and mindless, with how easy it's gotten to kill guards. i ran poison SRS before this which was Tanky af but the damage took time to start up so i had to play slower than i like and got hit a lot.ill take note of the things you mention and improve them. gonna take some time since all my currency is drained but should be fun. thank you.

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granddaddy69#5682 wrote:

oh no worries

with the basic ralakesh gear you have im pretty sure when you just get 100% phys to cold all guards will die 1-2shot and under 2seconds. Especially if have AG on ^^ So yeah that will help too. having +2500life is usually enough but obviously more=better

only tankier real sanctum runner would be hexblast with high es/life. Would say SWT is the second best as tanky/dps but SWT is so much smoother anyway.

Well, I dropped ralakesh boots off a breach boss in a T11 map so I've mostly made the swap to VB+malachai+badge+ralakesh (Still need 6L replica restless ward, timeless, good rare gloves, and RMR clusters) but I had a few questions pop into my head:

1: What would you suggest my upgrade path is from here? I assume it's a 6L replica restless ward, then timeless jewel. I don't quite understand why the build drops hypothermia supp for power charge on crit supp since you always have max charges due to ralakesh boots? https://pobb.in/e9YPydKaxQwT

2: Empire's Grasp gloves reverse knockback, so is there a world where this build would run those gloves and hilariously farm Blight where the mobs literally can't move? I assume the mobs would eventually just kill the totems but it seems like a cool idea lol

3: is it absolutely mandatory to run AG/spectre for sanctum? I hate both, and the idea of having to buy stuff that could potentially just disappear, especially in a PL where the market is so small for good AG gear/spectres

again thanks for the sick guide and all the help <3