[LHC] 2.6 Ramona's CI Essence Drain

finally reached level 93! I'm enjoying this build, I've done corrupted T14 and T15 maps with dangerous mods deathless, farming bosses like kaom and the wolf king like they were voll in dried lake! :D
it feels very safe with the correct positioning

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Giammafix wrote:

finally reached level 93! I'm enjoying this build, I've done corrupted T14 and T15 maps with dangerous mods deathless, farming bosses like kaom and the wolf king like they were voll in dried lake! :D
it feels very safe with the correct positioning

Hi Giammafix,

Thanks for the update!
Glad to hear all is going well for you!
I hope this build will continue to bring you success.
(💮=◡=)

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Ramona wrote:

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Giammafix wrote:

finally reached level 93! I'm enjoying this build, I've done corrupted T14 and T15 maps with dangerous mods deathless, farming bosses like kaom and the wolf king like they were voll in dried lake! :D
it feels very safe with the correct positioning

Hi Giammafix,

Thanks for the update!
Glad to hear all is going well for you!
I hope this build will continue to bring you success.
(💮=◡=)

sure, I'll update as soon as I'll finally get some decent gear to do atziri runs, guardians and endgame bosses :)

ps: I think that the Brinerot Whalers, though they don't pierce at 100% like Voidwalkers do, are a very good alternative option (mainly for bossing maybe). They provide very high energy shield and projectile damage, a good lightning resistance, movespeed and total safety in shocking ground mods! :D
currentyl using a pair of Rainbowstride, but will give them a try when I'll find some with good rolls

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Giammafix wrote:

ps: I think that the Brinerot Whalers, though they don't pierce at 100% like Voidwalkers do, are a very good alternative option (mainly for bossing maybe). They provide very high energy shield and projectile damage, a good lightning resistance, movespeed and total safety in shocking ground mods! :D
currentyl using a pair of Rainbowstride, but will give them a try when I'll find some with good rolls

Yes I think Brinerot Whalers are better than voidwalkers for bosses since you don't need pierce. I will use them only for Shaper and Uber Atziri. But for mapping, pierce helps a lot.

btw, I think your tree is not optimal, If I were you, I would respect the path to Occulist's Dominion except the starting 16% spell damage node for 5 points and use these 5 points to get two jewel sockets, which should give you more stats. One jewel socket near vaal pact for two points, the other one cost three points and you have a lot of choices where it is.

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hupple wrote:

Yes I think Brinerot Whalers are better than voidwalkers for bosses since you don't need pierce. I will use them only for Shaper and Uber Atziri. But for mapping, pierce helps a lot.

btw, I think your tree is not optimal, If I were you, I would respect the path to Occulist's Dominion except the starting 16% spell damage node for 5 points and use these 5 points to get two jewel sockets, which should give you more stats. One jewel socket near vaal pact for two points, the other one cost three points and you have a lot of choices where it is.

I'm mapping pretty easily with 50% pierce, it slows down a bit but overall it's fine, in party there always will be people with higher burst damage than this build. It's just a personal preference, pierce is more comfortable for higher clearspeed :)

Good objection about the skill tree. Other than the socket near vaal pact, it's an interesting choice to consider the socket near Harrier, for three points, two of them providing 12% increased spell damage. Doing some math, I think that to benefit of those respecs, I should have two jewels with 4 useful mods on each, not only to compensate the damage and cast speed lost, but to add some ES and maybe more damage, attributes, resistances, faster start of es recharge, etc.
otherwise I think that having just 3 useful mods on these jewels may help anyway, but it's not a big deal as it seems :)
I'll do this respec for sure as soon as I get my hands on some good jewels :D

Don't underestimate the 20% chance to Avoid Projectiles while Phasing mod on Voidwalker. It's an amazing form of defense while mapping, especially in the highest tiers.

I died at lvl 68 because i removed a 40% lightning res ring and forgot to put it back, now i'm going to try this build again but i was wondering if i can do this build with a trickster instead? what are the pros/cons if yes?

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Malbec wrote:

I died at lvl 68 because i removed a 40% lightning res ring and forgot to put it back, now i'm going to try this build again but i was wondering if i can do this build with a trickster instead? what are the pros/cons if yes?

Hi Malbec,

Unfortunately I have not played a Trickster myself with Essence Drain so I cannot give a very detailed answer.
I would consider Trickster to be the only valid alternative to Occultist.
I have thought a few times about making one for this build, but I constantly find myself deciding it's simply not better.
If you prefer the defenses and utility that you gain from Trickster, by all means make one.
I personally find it lackluster in my comparisons.
I know from friends that have made Trickster ED to try something different, they have not preferred it to Occultist.
Again this is simply my opinion and I think it is mostly preference in playstyle, but I do not find Trickster at all more appealing than Occultist.
I would argue that it is honestly just a worse ascendancy to choose overall.

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Ramona wrote:

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Malbec wrote:

I died at lvl 68 because i removed a 40% lightning res ring and forgot to put it back, now i'm going to try this build again but i was wondering if i can do this build with a trickster instead? what are the pros/cons if yes?

Hi Malbec,

Unfortunately I have not played a Trickster myself with Essence Drain so I cannot give a very detailed answer.
I would consider Trickster to be the only valid alternative to Occultist.
I have thought a few times about making one for this build, but I constantly find myself deciding it's simply not better.
If you prefer the defenses and utility that you gain from Trickster, by all means make one.
I personally find it lackluster in my comparisons.
I know from friends that have made Trickster ED to try something different, they have not preferred it to Occultist.
Again this is simply my opinion and I think it is mostly preference in playstyle, but I do not find Trickster at all more appealing than Occultist.
I would argue that it is honestly just a worse ascendancy to choose overall.

Fair enough! Going Occultist then.

Thanks for the reply. <3

What do you think of the "Ascent from Flesh Chain Belt"?

It has nice ES, some Resists, is very cheap and provides phasing on ES recharge.

That should work well with "Voidwalker Boots", you dont need a kill first to get your 100% pierce. On top of that it has some extra dodge, movement speed and evasion as a nice bonus.

I would post a link to the item but i have no idea how to do that. :)