[2.6] Essence Drain (Work in Progress)
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Hello there Chaos-Fans!
Are you in love with chaos skills like me ? Then follow me on my trip to make Essence Drain great again! (Warning: Bad english incoming) Build Theory:
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The goal is easy. Cast Contagion on a group of enemies and then cast Essence Drain (ED) on one of the enemies in the group. When ED kills an enemy that is infected by Contagion it spreads his own remaining time of the dots of Contagion and Essence Drain to enemies surrounding and that can chain.
Current Build 18.03.2017 - 16:15 Current Live Tree (Please understand that this is NOT the final tree but the one I am currently live at. I am also a VERY poor player, so don't expect any Build demanding gear that costs a few exalted orbs.) Leveling:
Optional Starter Gear
Level 1 - 12
To level from 1 to 12 use Freezing Pulse or if you have 2 Lifesprigs you can use Blight too. When you hit Level 12 get Essence Drain as Quest Reward from Nessa.
Level 13-31
We now have access to the most of the gems we need.
Chest: Essence Drain - Void Manipulation - Rapid Decay - Controlled Destruction If you have a Tabula and at least one Elreon Jewelry you can add Slower Projectiles Wither Totem: Wither - Spell Totem - Faster Casting Contagion: Contagion - Faster Casting - Void Manipulation Trees:
Passive Tree Part 1
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMAAQceEZYbJSL0PV9LrlJTXEBsC20ZdZ5_xofLj_qTJ5Uul5WX9KebzxXZW9-K6QLw1Q==
If you don't like taking the Manareg + Energy Shield you can also start with Spell Damage
Passive Tree Part 1 (Alternate Spell Damage)
Passive Tree Part 2
https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMAAQceDkgRLxGWE20UCRslIvQmiCsKPV9LrlJTXEBd8mwLbRl1nn_Gh8uP-pMnlS6XlZf0p5u3MM8V2VvfiukC62Pw1Q==
Bandits:
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Kill them, all the time.
Ascendancy
Occultist
1. Wicked Ward 2. Vile Bastion 3. Profane Bloom 4. Void Beacon or if you're into cursing Malediction Current Gear:
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If you have the currency: Buy yourself one or two Elreon items to negate the mana costs. Try to use a Citrine Amulet to get the needed strength and dexterity. Current Gems:
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We now have access to the most of the gems we need.
Chest: Essence Drain - Void Manipulation - Rapid Decay - Controlled Destruction If you have a Tabula and at least one Elreon Jewelry you can add Slower Projectiles Wither Totem: Wither - Spell Totem - Faster Casting Contagion: Contagion - Faster Casting - Void Manipulation Current Status:
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I just defeated Malachai. Died once because I thought I could tank that one hit... well I couldn't. Else the fight was no problem at all. Onwards to Cruel!
Just killed Brutus. He went down in ~12 seconds, see Videos. Entered Act 3 Cruel and did normal Labyrinth. Videos:
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If you have any questions, suggestions, complaints or anything else, just post them here in the thread. I'll try to answer them as good as possible. TwitchTV: http://www.twitch.tv/akumanotsubasa Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AkumaNoTsubasa Please use http://pobb.in for your guides instead of pastebin! Last edited by AkumaNoTsubasa on Mar 18, 2017, 3:44:15 PM Last bumped on Mar 18, 2017, 12:47:32 PM
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Good luck! Tho you should play on Hardcore.
Last edited by APCY on Mar 17, 2017, 2:59:53 PM
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Iam also doing ED, this is what i got so far
Its pretty good, but kinda sucks too in a way i dont like the "feel" of it, (i had kinda looove bladefall / stormcall alot, being able to like paint the screen) or blight feels cool but it doesnt hit, thats lame, - so blight doesnt give that essence of delirium effect, or curse :/ thats lame as hell... but i want PURPLE!! PURPLE SCREEN!!! PURPLE EXPLOSIONS!!!! and the Occultist portrait is awesome! Iam CI with ~7600 ES right now.. I use essence of delirium wand - decay debuff and I use Obliteration for purple explosions, asenaths touch to proc Profane Bloom explosions --- I use a contagion, spell totem, faster casting, increased AOE and I have wither, spell totem, faster casting, increased AOE - for harder yellows / rogues / bosses currently using Essence drain - pierce - void manipulation - controlled destuction - spell echo spell echo not really worth it huh??? but i CANT STAND casting soo slow LOOOL ... i guess "Feel" holds me back sometimes HAHA I think Essence drain - chain - void manipulation - controlled destruction - ???? is better ... the more ppl hit = more ppl hit with the essence of delirium decay, and more ppl that can purple explode purple explodes count as hits and do the decay also my current gear lamer current gear i love the explosions from Obliteration, but a shield is kinda smarter lol maaaybe this ? i dont have strength for it my passive tree https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMBAAFvBAcHHgdjB6UJqg5ID6sRLxFQEZYTbRQJFX4V1xa_FvMYXRslHRQdTx8CIvQkiyTYJjwmiCsKLJwsvy0fL50y0TW5NsU870SrRUdJE0myS65Ms1KvVa5WY1xrXfJfKmjybAttGXOzdoJ88H_GghCESIVthq6J4It6jDaPRo-mj_qRB5J0kx-TJ5UupwinK63xtNG1SLcwu027_MBmwJrDOsNtxvfIDMu91YHYJNlb2fzfit-w4vfmWOaB6QLrY-vk6-7sGPBr8NX3wffX-tI=?accountName=CaoMengde&characterName=SixShadowDarknessCaller Last edited by CaoMengde on Mar 17, 2017, 4:02:05 PM
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" Thanks for your input! Yes, Essence Drain is a slow spell, but it always was, so that is not a real problem for me. My only fear is, that the AoE nerf hit Contagion too hard but I will see about that. 2 Patches back I ran Essence Drain until the first T3 - T5 Maps or something like that. It was a good feeling when a map had big mob groups and ED + Contagion ripped through them... Lovely. Obliteration is something I am considering too, but my hope is to find a Breath of the Council as it has mods that look perfect for this build: More AoE, More Chaos Damage, longer dots... As helmet I very hope to find a Heretics Veil, but I highly doubt I'll have have that or BotC ever on my hands... My luck is just... well... baaaaad. TwitchTV: http://www.twitch.tv/akumanotsubasa
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looks like this is better, guess i dont totally know what iam doing
LOL i have a stupid amount of cast speed https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1835679 breath of the council ONLY drops from the pale council map - its prophecy end game it cost me 60 chaos orbs to buy from poe.trade essence drain gets damage + DoT damage from spell damage buffs.. idk why this person doesnt take spell damage, its better than the chaos damage buffs isnt it? Last edited by CaoMengde on Mar 17, 2017, 5:10:53 PM
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You can, of coourse, take the spell damage nodes, then your starting tree looks like this: https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMAAQceEZYfxyL0K3gsnC2LPV9Eq1JTVa5cQGwLbRl1nn_GghCHy4-mj_qTJ5Uul5WX9KebzxXfsPDV
I took the ES nodes to be more safe when switching to CI later. :) TwitchTV: http://www.twitch.tv/akumanotsubasa
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I'm respeccing from a blight build to an essence drain one, level 89 at the moment, you may look at mine in my character tab on my profile :)
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Until now it works quite fine. Normal was not a problem, just died a few times because I was to lazy to walk... whoopsy. Now I am in Act 2. Hope it stays like it is :)
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