[3.13] ESSENCE DRAIN / BANE / SOULREND Occultist / Trickster Build. STARTER & UBER Elder Carry!

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Hey so I saw that there's a neat leveling tree set up for PoB, but when I import the build it doesn't exist there. The only tree I can see is default tree that has 119 points used. The one I imported was the max defense build. I've done CI before but it's been a while and would like to see the early tree to know I'm not going to cuck myself

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Brasolis wrote:

Currently playing this build, been absolutely destroying shit so far. Got insanely lucky last night with a Shav's drop, then 6L in 24 fuses. Even when I was running 5L bow, and a Lorica with my auras I was comfortably clearing. Will be adding another curse eventually (probably blasphemy temp chains).

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Der_Teer wrote:

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Brasolis wrote:

Currently playing this build, been absolutely destroying shit so far. Got insanely lucky last night with a Shav's drop, then 6L in 24 fuses. Even when I was running 5L bow, and a Lorica with my auras I was comfortably clearing. Will be adding another curse eventually (probably blasphemy temp chains).

I'm a relatively new player and have been playing this build in this league. I've been just pretty lost on what damage skills I like the best from the available Blight/Contagion/Essence Drain/Soulrend/Bane.

I noticed that you seem to have played this build a fair bit already and that you're using 4 of them which sounds so many to me and wanted to ask how do you use all of them in practice? I assume you're clearing mostly with bane and a little bit with Soulrend + Multiple projectiles and applying ED to big HP guys. I was wondering in what way are you using Blight in this build when it's not linked to Cast when Channeling + Soulrend?

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Angry_Roleplayer wrote:

Currently 2 versions are working best for me
6L Soulrend with GMP + Bane attached to 2-3 curses.
6L ED + Contagion (classic)
CWC seems like a mediocre setup overall, albeit working, and can be used as a 6L or with Allelopathy

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lkainn wrote:

Did anyone here try unleash with soulrend? I did some tests yesterday with unleash vs efficacy, despite having more damage with efficacy (50k dot) i feel that i clear faster and also kill bosses faster with unleash (35k dot damage).

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Angry_Roleplayer wrote:

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lkainn wrote:

Did anyone here try unleash with soulrend? I did some tests yesterday with unleash vs efficacy, despite having more damage with efficacy (50k dot) i feel that i clear faster and also kill bosses faster with unleash (35k dot damage).

I tried and didn't like it. GMP covers WAY better since it gives you CONE-like traectory and not a straight line

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lkainn wrote:

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Angry_Roleplayer wrote:

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lkainn wrote:

Did anyone here try unleash with soulrend? I did some tests yesterday with unleash vs efficacy, despite having more damage with efficacy (50k dot) i feel that i clear faster and also kill bosses faster with unleash (35k dot damage).

I tried and didn't like it. GMP covers WAY better since it gives you CONE-like traectory and not a straight line

I mean, together with GMP. My current links are Soulrend - GMP - Controlled destruction - Void manipulation - Unleash. Tooltip reflects less dps than efficacy but it seems like it does more damage. Further tests are required.