[3.0]Dragoon's 7L Dark Pact 1,9kk DPS| 6,5K life~Pseudo tri-curse - Guardians/Tier15/Atziri

ATTENTION

For those trying tier 15 and above, you will notice in longer bosses fights that it is seems to be a bug with leech that sometimes it won't apply with dark pact , the only mitigation around it is having either higher block or adjusting your tree to get phase acrobactics

This my first time writing a build here on the forums so i apologize in advance and i welcome any kind of inputs about this build

Why Pseudo tri-curse? we use dual curses with blasphemy and along with the new threshold jewel "spreading rot" enemies take 25% increased chaos damage, just like vulnerability does for physical and its instantaneous, no need to wait for wither to build up on mobs



Pros
-Pleasing to play, very elastic dps
-Very easy to maintain charges
-don't demand aura
-mind boggling crit
-high leech
-can adjust to your taste (armor, eva or ES even dodge in rare chest goes)
-easy budget till tier 14~16
-Very good with parties, a full aurabot can more than double your damage output

Cons
-can be hard to level
-heavy flask drinker
-can't tank traps on eternal labyrinth
-mana and leech can be a problem in long fights
-need to focus on keeping the dps high in bosses
-very weak against certain bosses, especially those who moves a lot
-buid focused on things "on kill" so not a beginner build
-NOT for HC! your life is basically a rollercoaster


LEVELING TIPS

-Focus first in items with life and get life leech gem ASAP
-use the warlord mark first, along with the herald of ice to increase dps
-make your way to the tree getting all the shadow area points except the chaos and spell crit, going all the way to the tireless node, since in mid levels and links mana can give some headaches
-after life focus in getting the area radius notables and a spreading rot jewel
- when lvl 60 go to extra curse node and use assassin's mark
-getting an extractor mentis is very useful for leveling really quick!
-use a random 5L staff from cards to up till mapping
-you can use whatever you like till you get at least a 5L pledge (apep's rage, breath of council etc)





Gem SETUP

The following configuration is the one i get more comfortable with:

Main 7L (Pledge of Hands, Spell echo implicit): Dark Pact - Life Leech - Void Manipulation - Added Chaos Damage - Concentrated Effect - Controlled Destruction/Faster Casting/Crit Multi/Arcane Surge/Inc item Rarity

The CD gem increases your average damage and procs a little more of the deadly infusion ascendancy, the faster casting gem is better for leeching and the others are between these aspects with less mana cost

Last socket you can decide depending on your taste, if you dont like or dont have a Pledge then:

Main 6L (non-Pledge): Dark Pact - Life Leech - Void Manipulation - Added Chaos Damage - Concentrated Effect/Spell Echo - Controlled Destruction/Faster Casting/Crit Multi/Arcane Surge/Inc item Rarity

Curse Setup: Blasphemy - Assassin's Mark - Enfeeble/Temp chains/Warlord's Mark - Enlighten/Clarity (Optional)

Movement: Leap slam - Fortify - Faster Attacks (fourth socket free)

Utility on chest (4L+2L): Spell Totem + Blight/Wither (Jewel dependent) | Abyssal cry + Onslaught + Blind + Increased Area of Effect

utility on 4L: Vaal Haste/Grace - Increased Duration - Vaal Lightning Trap (fourth socket free)

OR for better shock mechanic 4L: CWDT - Shock Nova/Arc - Unbound ailments - Ele prolif/Immortal call (optional)
level your CWDT and main shock to your taste, since you mostly need it for map bosses you can make it higher

in the free sockets you can put any golem except for the stone golem, i prefer lightning golem to help leap and DP go a little faster, you can also put portal gem or another warcry for use when leveling or just keep it free to use Grace or Determination when facing the labyrinth/trials traps or against Hexproof maps. You can also test a leveled clarity to suit better the mana comsumption.

GEAR

The main item is a pledge of hands, great efficency for this skill but beware of suicide if you dont focus on the mobs

for the rest of the items, focus on life, res and whatever you like, i am currently doing a mix of eva and armour
the upside is that we dont need a 6L chest piece!












keep in mind that against bosses your dps will be much lower since a big chunk of the damage comes from the crit multi "when full life" of the ambush, assassin point, so till you cull him you need to keep alive for at least 5 seconds, the writhing jar plays a nice role here maintaining the dps and giving a nice leech buff due to the curses

if you dont like the jar, use a jade, quartz or stibnite



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Here's hoping for the nerf to never come for this skill :>

my journal:

update 1: uploaded some photos and updated some trees
update 2: normal atziri down with 5L pledge, no luck getting those mortal pieces :/
update 3: testing rare tier13+ maps
update 4: testing higher block and rumi's interaction with flask passives
update 5: got my acuity :D going towards the final gear, made some mistakes with uber trio but i think i can do deathless uber atziri till end of the league :P
update 6: testing now MoM+ BM/Red. mana gem , this setup requires the warlord's mark but way more tanky, can do now tier 14 and 15 "easily"
update 7: got my pledge 6L, rushing to guardians and shaper
update 8: after dying twice to minotaur, i decided to respec some points to go full health again and completing brine king pantheon, now i can facetank him though the fight takes a little more time than i expected
update 9: i think i found the "sweet spot" for life at 6,7k with the other life nodes near the staff area. now the guide features leveling trees and endgame gear that i got in harbinger league (seriously, this build can farm better than many other DP builds)
update 10: remade the dream setup with more realistic items and stuff, explained a little more of pantheon and gems
update 11: uploaded one vídeo of chimera fight, my gameplay was subpar actually sry

Allelopathy Gloves for this build would be awesome i think.

well they sure are nice, but not for a life version
i will try compile a CI/LL version for this build too with heretic's veil and other things too

Hey so I'm doing something similar, going to take some of your ideas but how are you sustaining without warlords mark? Don't see it in your gem recommendation list.

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projarrod wrote:

Hey so I'm doing something similar, going to take some of your ideas but how are you sustaining without warlords mark? Don't see it in your gem recommendation list.

life leech gem and boot enchant...

it's still something that i am still testing in higher tiers, since you need more power charges than anything its better to leech a crit damage in higher maps, you won't suffer from any mobs except some bosses, but this build is not one made to facetank things.
but i recommend using warlord's on lvling this build till you get the enchanted boots and a pledge to increase the overall damage and leech, remember to take your flasks whenever you need and use soul of ryslatha or overflowing chalice to keep the charges up

in the cospri variant you can swap to warlord's mark and take off the leech gem and get other enchant on the boots

just a quick update that i finally get my hands on an acuity, now it only remains the final rare chaos rings, boots and if i am Lucky enough a +1 curse ammy, and of course after getting the 6L pledge

funny thing is that bosses like the enraged rhoa on bog is harder than the tier 13 bosses, i will make a guide of how to play with this build with more detail, but i will probably change the entirety of the shock mechanic needed for the bosses

about the mana costs, probably arcane surge is the most cost-efficient for the build, since the other gems make the mana comsumption go very high without warlord's mark

and i take back about what i said about uber lab, if you know your way against the traps you can make profit like the others but i advise getting at least 5,8k life for safety

to avoid traps just shamelessly use two brightbeaks with leap slam or the following blink arrow setup i your sidearm:

having some fun with the Hunter proph :D
at least i know how high i can get with a headhunter :P

Your dream build is 2 points inefficient, Here is a fixed link for you https://pastebin.com/J2x9yjny

you can use those 2 points for another power charge if you like or the 3 spell crit nodes in the upper left. Or you can spend 3 points to go back and grab the socket again and get a second spreading rot (best dps) https://pastebin.com/M3dJNyA3

Also you can drop the 5 nodes on the bottom left for a socket using the intuitive leap jewel to get access to frenzy charges for more of that sweet dps using this link https://pastebin.com/nJXD7gBd
It does cost you ~300hp though.



Let me know if i messed something up though.

thanks for pointing the intuitive leap possibility, i know about the 2x spreading rot but it would be the last thing to put in the tree and i am thinking on closing the optimal tree at lvl 93

for the power charge node, its actually better to have LESS power charges in order to cap the max charges faster and proc the deadly infusion ascendancy against bosses

finally, the reason i dont take the upper route in the tree is because of dexterity requirement for some things like a leveled vaal haste/grace that i am still testing and that i wished to test MoM a bit
but your idea to get the upper path is something that i concur to put in the end

lemme know what you think about it