[CB] Low Life Wander Build (Updated 6/12/2015) More ES/Survivability and DPS
Posted Jun 12, 2015, 7:29 AM UTC
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Seems sub optimal relative to what it was pre nerf. I'll pass on low life attack based builds. Thanks for demonstrating.
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no problem. yea, i made this build before the blood rage nerf and i have basically spent the past week or two trying to adapt/make it work. The degen is pretty rapid but vaal discipline really helps nullify the degen effects as well as provide me with a way to deal with reflect mobs
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This is an updated guide for my low life wander build. I had made a lengthy video last night and I have now recorded a new video guide half the length as well as fine tuned my gear and introduced new gems and tips that will help with survivability. The video will explain the changes I have made as well as the reasoning behind it. I feel much more confident with this updated build guide! Thanks for watching!
Character/DPS Stats:
Kinetic Blast dps= 48063 (With 3x Frenzy and 6x Power Charges)
Power Siphon dps= 48259 (With 3x Frenzy and 6x Power Charges)
Chance To Hit= 85%
Chance to Crit With Power Charges= 77.4%
Total ES= 5702
Total ES with Vaal Discipline (level 15)= 9723
Total Reduce Mana reserve from tree+jewel= 36%
Links:
Wand: Blood Magic+ Herald of thunder, -- Hatred
Helm: Vaal Discipline+Increased Duration, Summon Ice Golem+Minion Life
Shield: Wrath, Haste, Anger
Chest: 4L- Kinetic Blast, Weapon Ele Damage, Greater Multiple Projectiles, Phys Projectile Attack Damage
5L-Kinetic Blast, Weapon Ele Damage, Greater Multiple Projectiles, Phys Projectile Attack Damage,Increased Crit
Damage
6L-Kinetic Blast, Weapon Ele Damage, Greater Multiple Projectiles, Phys Projectile Attack Damage,Increased Crit
Damage, Pierce
Boots: Power Siphon+ Phys Projectile Damage+ Weapon Ele Damage, Blood Rage
Gloves: Herald of Ice, Herald Of Ash, Curse on Hit, Assassin's Mark
(i put in Discipline in the extra 6th slot in my armor)
Gear:
Wand: High phys dps (180+)/Local Crit(10%+) /Attack Speed(1.4+ aps)
Helm: 300 ES helm with resists. (accuracy would be a huge plus)
Shield: Prism Guardian
Chest: Shavronne's Wrappings
Boots: 125+ ES boots with 25%+ move speed (resists, stats a plus)
Gloves: ES gloves with 250+ accuracy, resists, and room for life or mana leech craft
Amulet: flat phys roll, strength, crit/multi chance, %max energy shield (or room for max% es craft)
Rings: Resists, flat phys, accuracy, life/mana leech, attack speed, room for max %es craft
Belt: Rustic Sash or Chain Belt with resists, es roll, weapon ele damage
Flasks: you can use all utility flasks, preferably with Surgeon's Roll (gain 1 charge on crit)
Tree: http://poeurl.com/zplPrXI (use JSON's offline tree builder and paste link in there)
Screen Shot of Tree: http://i.imgur.com/qnwFmqx.jpg
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How do you handle Reflect-Maps and Stun-Lock-Rhoa-Charges? I can't imagine it feeling fluid with such a low ES-Pool. Also I wouldn't call 5.7k ES exactly "huge".
Seems like Lowlife-Wander ist pretty much done with the changes to Bloodrage...
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Hey, nice to see you still tweaking the build. Especially the now higher ES looks much more respectable! You should try it out with an ES shield as well. Knowledge is power after all. Or if you have already, let me know your thoughts on that. I'm fairly sceptical towards low life attack builds in general in 2.0 though. I think it will be more reasonable to go CI or life based for most if not all variants come 2.0
Thanks for the post.
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Using a regular ES shield isn't really possible with this build. It's the only way to give specific gems Blood Magic (the keystone, not the gem!). Unlike the gem, Prism Guardian doesn't give the linked auras a ~200% mana multiplier which is huge for low life builds because it doubles the amount of auras you can run on life.
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It is definitely possible. I've barely seen Prism guardian be used at all for low life builds, but rather a rare ES Shield, usually with spell damage (of course only if you use Crown of Eyes).
Edit: It definitely doesn't double the amount of auras on life. In 1.3 it gives you 1 more (2 auras for the cost of 1). In 2.0 it's better since you no longer need reduced mana, netting you 3 auras for the cost of 1.5)
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Good point. Hadn't thought about the combo with crown of eyes, that would definitely make it worth sacrificing an aura or two. And of course the ES boost ist huge, a rare ES shield can give you 400 ES and there's the option to get shield defence nodes to further boost that.
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with the new buff totems in beta. have u tried dual ranged attack totem for your KB?
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Kinda telling that in CB you can make a life piscator's full ele build with more eHP and more dps that can run ele reflect maps, double reflect maps and handle triple reflect situations.
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I think something is seriously wrong with your build. I just tested my dead HC character (many many life nodes) with a full dps gem setup. FA+Crit+GMP+WED.
35k damage fully charged and my only auras are wrath and HoI. I also don't have any aura nodes. I also have 90% acc and crit chance. I also path to VP. I was doing just fine with 20k tooltip and pierce/leech instead of crit/wed
Your auras have greatly increased effectiveness, and you use 5 more than me (3 of those being in a +1 item).
You should be able to more than double my values with a lowlife setup.
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Since theres only a few days left, i went ahead and tried another approach to this build and specc'd out of the left side of the tree removing those reserve nodes and those 3 es nodes and spec'd it towards vaal pact and unwavering stance. I have about 20k less dps but it seems survivability is a little better. also dropped prism guardian for a 450 es shield. Now I'm sitting at like 6133 ES and am running wrath, discipline, hoi, hatred.
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Are you sure hatred is better than anger?
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Well anger does give me about 2000 more tool tip dps. I ran both gems in a few runs each to compare the effectiveness with one versus another. I have come to the conclusion that with anger I have stronger single target dps, however with hatred I have better aoe dps. It seems like hatred and hoi synergize well with one another. Since I am also using the Chill of Corruption jewel, using the hatred aura provides me with more consistent shatters which allows me to recharge my Vaal Discipline more often. I would run anger instead of hatred if i were in a high cold resist map, but in general terms I would probably go with hatred for more frequent shattering.
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can you link your tree now
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So this is a rip low life showcase right? cause it seems horrible.
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Shivronnes wrappings.
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Please stop demonstrating things in the Aqueduct.
My wander had roughly the same clear speed as this video with a 8k DPS Kinetic Blast. Pull out some 77+ maps to showcase your build on and we can have a better idea of the strengths and weaknesses of the build.
dude, the point was to show the new mechanics I have incorporated into the build. I made a video last night of me running a rare 76 map with ease. I decided to skip doing a map for this build demonstration for the purpose of reducing the video guide time (my last guide was over 30 minutes long!). I will gladly record a rare 77 map to show you how effective it is.
In addition: pls show gameplay before explaining how the build works, most will skip to gameplay right off the bet anyway.
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