Favorite Double Curse Combo?

In 1.3 I went with WM/AM via HoT which was perfect for my COC build...but with 2.0 I decided to mix things up. Since Leech was changed so much I decided to replace my LL gem on my main CoC setup with WM...and it's amazing. Constant endurance charges, life and mana leech...the sound is a little annoying but with VP it really rocks. On curse immune maps or bosses I just put in my LL gem and we're good.

I no longer have a need for AM since I'm using a Whirling Blades/PCoC/Fortify combo that gives me all I need - escape from mobs, damage reduction and power charges as needed. I'm using a corrupted Stone of Laz with +1 curses...but funny I haven't even been using a 2nd auto curse since I got rid of HoI and HoT and switched to using Grace for the high Evasion and EE to increase CoC spell damage. So far it's doing far more damage...I'm using Elem Weakness as a manual cast but I usually forget to cast it...but I should put it into my two CWDT setups somehow...

For crit ice crash, as well as most other Crit builds, a Purity of Ice, Curse on Hit, Assassin's Mark setup will sustain power charges during solo or duo play quite easily. This eliminates the need for a Power Charge on Critical gem in your main links. For a second curse, I would probably go with something Defensive in a CWDT like enfeeble. You can also get around the level restriction by using CWDT + Low level spell + curse on hit + High level Curse. So you can run a level 1 CWDT, Level 1 Ice Nova, Curse on Hit and Enfeeble/Temp chains. Either way, remember that quality on curses is generally VERY good so despite leaving the curses at a low level, you can gain some extra effect through quality on the gem.

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Gary_GGG wrote:

Also there are ways to stack multiple curses... Doedre's Damning (Ring) allows for an additional curse each. There's also Windscream, and it's possible to corrupt an Amulet to give +1 Maximum Curses, for a maximum of 6 curses.

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TheVibeOfDeath wrote:

As for my own choices when using more than one curse, if I were to use more than one I'd try to go with 5 or more curses and use all my favorites. I like to think all or nothing :P

I think I'm finally feeling inspired to sacrifice the stats on one of my rings and dig this baby up out of the bottom of my stash.


Thanks for the insights everyone!