League Starter Builds for Synthesis

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Hollycz wrote:

definitely not a melee coz it sucks, i always wanted to do chaos build but didnt rly like playstyle coz of all the support skills for single target and slow projectiles or whatever

You weren't using ED properly then.
Realize; its damage is not based on its hit so much as its degen. So you could use Chain, various extra projectile skills, and have no damage reduction for the extra projectiles.
The same goes for all DoT skills (Fireball, burning & caustic arrow, ect). You ignore the hit damage and focus on the DoT so you don't worry about the damage reduction of the multi-proj and chain supports.

With a DoT focused ED, a preparatory cast of contagion, entire screens simply melt. You could spend the next several seconds just trying to find anything but corpses. And with Obliteration (as a stat stick, back in the day) you might not even find that for a large portion of a crowded map. Just hear a lot of pops.

ED, Decay, Faster Cast, Faster Proj, LMP, Chain
Contagion, Enhanced Duration, Increased area/Coc Eff
Spell Totem, Faster cast, wither, multi totem
Curse on Hit, ball lightning, LMP, Despair.

Yep, a lot of button mashing, but devastating. Single target is kinda gimped because of the number of greens in your six socket that are difficult to support single target ED.

When patch notes are released I will update the OP and add several builds that people have suggested as league starters

What build would you guys suggest for an extremely beginner player?

OneChieftainTwoTotems

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nikolaynikolov797 wrote:

What build would you guys suggest for an extremely beginner player?

I really liked storm brand hierophant with MoM.

-7k+ ehp isn't too hard to reach
-life leech from tree, mana leech available with gear - but your mana regen can be enough until yellow-red maps
-brands let you apply and then focus entirely on dodging. Big for safety and also big for learning!
-brand recall for instant repositioning of brands while running gives it respectablish speed (not a speed farmer but not a potato either)
-works well from lvl 12 all the way to uber elder/Aul (i killed both with the 95 hiero in my profile)

you guys think Ele hit will still be good?

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Gamercop wrote:

What are you guys going to be playing to start the league off for Synthesis. The typical arc traps, or molten strike? Or is there something being released with Synthesis that would give us other viable options? What are your guys thoughts?

Dunno, i don't make "starters". I know how to build, so i just play the build that i really wanna play since the get-go and it will perform well even without gear. Yeah maybe not so smooth in the start as a starter, but i never use starters.

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Melanholic7 wrote:

some fat zombie build. Cant play other builds after trying this, its so much more pleasant to play safe when ur hero is fat and all u need to do - just dodge boss attacks, and minions will do the rest...
but its very hard to choose proper minion :( Thought i will do Agony crawler - but its kinda clunky on clears, im not feeling it on testing,sadly. Zombies are very stupid too (their ai), was kinda sad playing them, but still viable and cheap. Golems builds are expensive and imho only flame golems clear nice. Spectres? Maybe, but spectres with good dmg are still kinda swuishy and not tanky enough,imho. Checked video from full build notcheap guide - and even shaper was close alot of time to kill one or two of them, seems like a headache for me :( Will think...
I would play storm brand but i already did previous league (amazing build, loved it), so cant repeat it :(

from what i've read, dancing dervish scion necro/pathfinder will solve all your problems
clearspeed is faster than any other minion build
dervishes are unkillable + summon skeleton spam
kaom's heart, blood magic, huge hp, regen can be 1k/sec if you want
dps would be 600-700k shaper (without skeletons), quite reliable.
cons: you need to stack a lot of gnastly eye jewels

Storm "braindead" brand.

Think I'll probably try Cyclone-Trickster-dual poisoning claws-Bane-HOA as my 1st of the league