[3.24] Holy Flicker Strike Necro [League start > All content] All challenges done. Adjusting build

Don’t think its worth it, I only infused my gear with a little bit or rarity + using Rarity Support gem.
Can’t say I feel much difference.

Tried out build from last league with max Quantity. Same result.
It seems like after the loot nerf, quantity and rarity is pointless if you just do juiced maps.

There is still a case that you will find a loot goblin, but those typically benefit from rarity more than anything, and if you want – you can include a fair bit of rarity into your gear at almost no cost in survivability or damage.
Increased Rarity Support needs few words about it too. It’s a gem that you would slot in instead of Increased Area of Effect in your clearing setup. So you won’t lose any damage but you will lose convenience. Depending on the map you run it can make a huge difference in speed.

Speaking of maps – there are no good maps this league to run. The build benefits from tight and narrow maps, or open maps that has relatively condensed amount of enemies. Toxic Severs, City Square etc.
This league it would be Waste Pool ( not that great as it can generate some messed up middle path), Underground Sea (prolly best map to run on any build right now, but can also generate lots of dead ends) and Cemetery (that is a little bit to wide for my likings).
Atlas passives of my choice were – Blight, Harvest, Ghosts, Ritual, Metamorph. And double altars.
Blight felt pretty damn nice, scarabs very cheap, spawns about 10 rare monster on average, including god-molested ones. Blighted maps felt like a waste of time but you get a lot of them and can just bulk sell. I didn’t. Can’t be bothered. Overall I really liked Blight and will prolly roll with it next league if I will even play it.
Harvest didn’t feel great. I don’t craft myself – the build doesn’t need any crafted items. Selling juice is too bothersome. But it’s a good money if you sell it, and Harvest is extra area with extra rares, so its decent.
Rituals feel great. Seems like if Rare monster dies inside of the ritual, when revived it has Archnemesis mods randomized. So its extra shot on getting loot goblins on top of fair bit of good rewards from rituals. Not too taxing on the mind, you just kill, press ritual, then kill again. Love it.
Metamorph gives you a chance to preserve some juicy Archnemesis part to respawn it again. It didn’t really work that well, I got 1 divine and 1 6L that way. Not great. Prolly gonna cut it out. However, the node that gives 20% chance to spawn a random metamorph is decent – it an extra 3-5 rare mods on a low effort.

All above is related to narrow maps. If I were doing open areas – Legion + Expedition would be no brainer.

This is what you need to more or less handle semi-juiced t16
https://pastebin.com/TnTepSu4
Basically it can be split on 2 parts. Damage and Survivability.
Damage:
1) You need Awakened Brutality. Every monster has some sort of AN mod that gives physical damage reduction.
2) Asenath gloves carry hard. Tried to swap to full DPS gloves – the difference is night an day. You want explosions. They scale super hard with minion damage and Spiritual Aid.
3) Meat Shield and Less Duration instead of Are of Effect. Add some damage before you can afford to use AOE. Will slow down your clear, but at least you won’t need to stop for 20 seconds on every rare monster.
Survivability
That one got hit a lot harder…
1) The best thing to have is Bastion of Elements. It made such a huge difference because its extra 2400 life that recovers ever 5 seconds. Its negates about 80% of AN mechanics as well as 100% of Strongbox mechanics and random on death effect and big hits that may come through your block.
Its insanely strong. And insanely expensive.

Its impossible to get it fast. But the sooner you get it, the better. Having it allows you to use Dawnbreaker and mitigate physical damage more effectively.

Before that – I think stick to Magna Eclipsis. It has a worse version. But its still feel better than life on block.

2) Glorious Vanity. Not bad to have early on. Even without Skin of the Lords/Loyal – it’s a solid 800 ES.
3) Recoup. Its amazing. Again – because it feeds of your Guard skill, your ES and your Elemental Aegis. Before damage even starts hitting your life – you already regen a ton. Its costly to include and comes from suffixes on rings. But this build can fit it in, as you are good on resists.
4) AG and Specters.
Changes to unique items lets us bust out early AG. Daresso’s courage makes your AG survive even when its low level. Sin Eater makes sure you will never die to ignites.

Specters is interesting topic. This league people been experimenting a lot with those and finding new options.
First of all – the two specters you want all the time is They of Tul and Demon Harpy. This is no brainer.
Demon Harpy is 40% more DPS.
They of Tul is just insane at keeping you alive. You take reduced damage, have chance to not take damage, it summons totems that distract enemies into attacking them. It has a 10% Chill aura.
The third specter has a high competition. Options are:
1) Frenzy monkey – permanent 12% DPS.
2) Ruins Helion – 40% reduced damage taken (non-permanent, but active when it matters most of the time.)
People also use Primal Rhex Matriarch – but its absolutely terrible for this build. Just trust me on that one and don’t use it if you ever did.