[3.21] ShakCentral's Cold DoT Elementalist For Everyone

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DeadOnDeparture escreveu:

I'll echo other players regarding squishiness. I've taken CI version of this build to T14-T15 maps and I don't know if I can go with it any further.
For example: here's a clip of my latest rip.

It's T15 map without any mods that would buff monsters or nerf me. I'm at 93 scourge stacks. All my auras are up, all my flasks are quaffed. With all that I have 7.1k ES, 26k armour and 22% block and I'm resist capped. I could maybe get to 8-8.5k ES with some investment, but I doubt it would help much.

Takes me about 0.75 seconds to die here just running through regular mobs.
It this par for the course for the league? I was under impression that good characters could deal with up to 200 scourge stacks at this tier.

Again, I don't know if this is a common problem for all ES-based characters this league or if LL version is better at not dying, or if I'm doing something wrong, but it certainly feels like I'm at the limit of this build, at least some huge investments.

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AsceticPOE escreveu:

Does this build not have any defense against spell at all (except for the immortal call that the guy above suggested)? That's kind of sad.

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radagast82 escreveu:

How much better is +1 spell skill gems, compared to +1 cold skill gems for this build? I noticed it does affect more gems, like curses and some of the other gems. Of course, it's much harder to roll...

And another endgame question for craftable shields. How important are the "increased chance to block attack damage/spells" mods on shields? I imagine it could combo well with the energy recovery per block mod too...

Wicked Ward and Glancing Blows are also a thought, although I admit I don't like the idea much of 65% dmg on all blocked hits (glancing blows - it used to be 50% right? seems nerfed to oblivion rn), but I could be wrong.

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donbrawler escreveu:

Going full block after the new tree and mastery changes is just not optimal. Having a mix of sell block doesn't hurt thou. Tempest + Perfect rumis + high Armor and Molten Shell is another good combo of defensive layers for spells.

Going Full block drawbacks
1. You loose to many auras. Needs rare shield to be effective
2. You sacrifice way too many points on the tree going full block
3. You can't cap Block without GG crafted items or glancing blows.

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radagast82 escreveu:

Thanks. I am already playing with tempest shield and ofc it helps. Got a few nodes about spell damage block too, but yeah its natural that you cant get too many or you sacrifice damage and other things after some point. But its still worth looking into an optimal path for all versions of the build. I am still on CI with full energy items (no armor items), and determination is literally the only original source of armour in stats and the reason I am alive in nightmare, up to corruption ~150 or so, at least till some rare/scourged juiced t4 maps that I played so far.

Its more like a question looking into the future, as any source of further mitigation will go a long way. Pantheon helps, and specific endgame mods on gear do too so those will probably be the priority now. I didn't think of molten shell. Its a hard choice what gem to choose for that need, there are a lot of options. Steelskin / Immortal call / Molten shell and probably many more. Its all a matter of which one fits each build better. Glancing blows seems too much trouble for still taking ~65% dmg though, at least on paper.

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McLolek12 escreveu:

Hi guys!
I need help with my build. What can I do to get bigger dmg? Don't get me wrong dmg feels okay while mapping but its not that good against bosses. Here's my PoB https://pastebin.com/yjVGazaq. Upgrades that I can think off : end game wand and awakened gems.
Thanks for help
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