2.3 Fakener (budget fake Mjölner) build - Trickster Version

Hey guys, i'm rolling this build and right now I only got a 5l chest, I wonder if I should get a devotion's or a 6l chest first. I'm running blasphemy + warlord's mark btw.

I am just running the two Elreon rings and clarity and I don't run out of mana ever it barely dips below like 30 mana even on single target. My mana pool is like 48 or something after all those auras on. Probably something I should do to be honest hadn't really thought about it removing those nodes since I'm over crit capped on cyclone. I haven't honestly had any issues with any map I've done so far, earlier I linked a village ruin clear with boss damage mods and I cleared them easy as. 13k+ ES with Vaal discipline up is amazing.

I'd personally buy a devotion because it's survivability as well as damage. Where as all you gain is a higher crit chance with a 6l and no defensive bonuses.

why is cyclone lvl1?

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Baader420 wrote:

why is cyclone lvl1?

Levelling it up has no benefit to us as its only used to proc our discharges. If you level it up it will cost more mana which is bad, for no real gain.

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Perrydtf wrote:

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Baader420 wrote:

why is cyclone lvl1?

Levelling it up has no benefit to us as its only used to proc our discharges. If you level it up it will cost more mana which is bad, for no real gain.

Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards, so like cyclone. Why doesen't he benefits from higher damage from cyclone?

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Perrydtf wrote:

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Baader420 wrote:

why is cyclone lvl1?

Levelling it up has no benefit to us as its only used to proc our discharges. If you level it up it will cost more mana which is bad, for no real gain.

Why do people still think this? Its a fixed 12 mana cost now ever since 2.1.0.

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Baader420 wrote:

Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards, so like cyclone. Why doesen't he benefits from higher damage from cyclone?

Because you have no physical damage, so there's no point to leveling it up. You gain like 100 dps by leveling probably lol

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Unspec wrote:

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Perrydtf wrote:

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Baader420 wrote:

why is cyclone lvl1?

Levelling it up has no benefit to us as its only used to proc our discharges. If you level it up it will cost more mana which is bad, for no real gain.

Why do people still think this? Its a fixed 12 mana cost now ever since 2.1.0.

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Baader420 wrote:

Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards, so like cyclone. Why doesen't he benefits from higher damage from cyclone?

Because you have no physical damage, so there's no point to leveling it up. You gain like 100 dps by leveling probably lol

There's also no point in not leveling it up. you can sell the gem when it hits 20 and put in a new one.

I need a good deal of advice for this build. Some starter questions are:

Is this worth pursuing if I don’t think I will get a 6L Voll’s? Assuming a 5L Voll’s is much better than 6L of something else.

Can someone provide me a roughly prioritized list of 20% quality gems to get? Figure I may as well start out on the right track at level 1.

I have a blank Vagan dagger (Royal Skean), what’s the proper way to craft it? Is there a more budget variant if this isn’t the ideal weapon to spend a ton crafting on?

Seems like general consensus at this point is CI is better than Hybrid, are there any specific leveling suggestions for this beyond pick up CI after ~5k ES.

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Shamaniax wrote:

too much text...

I've been away from Fakener like 3 or 4 days, a cause of Voltaxic LA, but this is how it was:

8135ES (lv19discipline - no % ES on rings)
90,64% cyc crit (+9% from assasin mark ~100% crit with 7 pcharges)
89,25% spell crit (+9% from assasin mark ~100% crit with 7 pcharges)
320% spell crit multi (i dont have any crit multi jewel)
30500

Never needed Clarity, 1 jewel with +2mana on hit, warlord when i didnt have volls. Also never needed Purities. Did Atziri at 78 with 6k ES and no purity.

I am doing this build from scratch, not sure how resists will look with this gear but probably not too shabby.

Would it be possible to replace the one mana cost ring with a jewel so i can use a decent resist ring instead.