Awakened spell cascade for volatile dead
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i asked this in chat but people kept saying different thins. does this gem help with single target or not really? i am playing occultist with profane bloom so i dont care about getting better clear just single target. this gem is 25 div so i only want to buy it if it really boosts my single target
and a bonus question,is single target really bad for this skill in generel? i noticed that nobody is playing this build. currently my VD is lvl 27 and the single target is terrible. or does vd not scale with gem lvl? Last edited by Lyutsifer665#1671 on Oct 7, 2023, 11:52:02 AM Last bumped on Oct 7, 2023, 6:22:35 PM
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The correct is answer is ofc: It depends.
As always in this game. Normal cascade creates 3 VDs whereas the woke version can create 5 VDs but that depends on the availability of corpses. Which means you have to utilize desecrate, which generates 5 corpses by default. So in theory it should match up with woke cascade just fine. However in reality in does depend on how you build it. If you do selfcast, then it will always be in synch and therefore result in 5 VDs instead of 3 and that means its a solid 40% more dmg buff. If you are using CoC or CwC shenanigens its not that easy, because you have to make sure the cooldowns are always in synch and if they arent, then you wont get as much dmg out of it - its still an upgrade tho. VDs base dmg has been nerfed a looong time ago and really isnt that great. But you can use things like battlemage or potentially spellblade or both in case they do stack to buff the base dmg. Which is why Disintegrator and Martyr of Innocence used to be THE weapons to play VD. Especially Martyr is great, if you go for the CoC route and rely on Vengeance built into the staff to trigger a 2nd 6l VD setup and thus potentially double the dmg, IF you can generate enough corpses fast enough. Im not quite sure why you went Occ, it does pretty much nothing for the build. Sure with a curse on hit ring plus profane bloom the clear is nice but just spamming a bazillion VDs will have the same result while also increasing the single target dmg. Both, Elementalist and Necro, should be way better options than Occ and since your chars are hidden, Im a bit lost here. Maybe you pulled off something I cant think off right now but honestly I dont think Occ is going to beat Ele or Necro under any circumstances. Last edited by Orbaal#0435 on Oct 7, 2023, 12:37:29 PM
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i was following this build guide...well its not really a guide. doesnt explain anything
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3168342 so should i switch to necro or elementalist? if you compare his POB would the DPS be better ? Last edited by Lyutsifer665#1671 on Oct 7, 2023, 1:41:36 PM
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No this is the one variant thats actually better if you do play Occ.
Havent seen a Consuming Dark chaos conversion build in ages, so it wasnt on my radar. Now the build isnt terrible but I can see why you are struggling, even tho I know nothing about your gear. At first glance I can spot 2 potential issues. One minor and one pretty huge, pretty much build bricking, issue. 1. 20 VDs are being simulated but CwC has a cooldown of 0.3 sec, resulting in 3 casts per sec generating 5 corpses each. Divergent Desecrate has a 60% chance to spawn 1 additional corpse and even if thats triggers all the time, it would still only result in 18 VDs - not 20. Thats not that big of a deal tho. 2. 15 Wither stacks. This build can do it but only thanks to the corrupted Int node (Ritual of Shadows) near the Corrupted Flesh keystone. If you dont have that specific corruption, this build is essentially gimped. Because now you have to wait for your Ascendancy to stack 1 Wither per sec, which will obviously take 15 sec and if you dont have those stacks, well you dont deal dmg. If you remove the 15 stacks in the config VDs dmg drops from 13M to 6.5M. So thats half the builds dmg gone and if you have to wait 15 sec to get it going, well then bossing will feel terrible. Knowing you are also missing out on woke cascade, the amount of VDs be much lower than the 20 VDs (but really 15-18) this PoB is simulating. Which means you would generate 9 VDs per sec. The missing corruption (so zero Wither stacks) plus only 9 VDs instead of 20 would bring the dmg down to 3M, even if all the rest of the gear was the exact same. You prolly miss out on some more stuff and you might end up dealing some 2M pinnacle boss dps, deprending on what exactly is missing. But yeah, no surprise it feels terrible. Edit: He actually has the Ritual of Shadows corruption twice and I bet this builds needs it. 2nd is in the Templar start area. Better get the exact same Timeless jewel or busted. Thats pretty much the build enabling item in this case. Last edited by Orbaal#0435 on Oct 7, 2023, 1:56:25 PM
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aw man i had no idea. i bet that jewel is even more expensive than awakened spell cascade. i'm really annoyed at myself for choosing a build that has no info with it. i should know better
how do i search for the jewel with the same number as he has? |
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" got one for 40c now i have both ritual of shadows nodes. i will run a map and test it |
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Wrong jewel...
Thats Ahauna not Doryani, so you will get the wrong corruption on the keystone and miss out on a ton of ES. |
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" ah yea is see now. anyway single target is still the same even with the jewel so i must be doing something wrong. is there something wrong with my gems,or the order they are in? |
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Post your PoB.
This is way more complicated than need be |
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