Best way to use mind over matter?
" Add arctic armour to the mix along with good health and mana regen and you are pretty much immortal. Keep PoE2 Difficult.
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Trying a utility Scion at the moment:
Keystones: EB, MoM, Iron Reflexes, Elemental Qeuilibrium, Static Blows, Wispers of Doom Skills: Artic Amour, Grace, Determination, Molten Shell, Clarity, Devouring Totem, Blind Attributes: High Evasion (converted to Armour), Shield, High Life, Insane Mana & Mana Regen --> I will be invincible, giving shock stacks & and -50% Mobresistance to my team in addtion to 3 slows (2 curses & artic armour). Blind migrates damage too :-) All this just to keep my friend alive who dies constantly in Nemesis league... Last edited by Supp0rtguy#3250 on Nov 20, 2013, 2:59:44 AM
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I'm trying to decide if I should take blood magic, MoM, or neither on my new ground slam marauder. My build has enough life and crazy life regen as I plan on using the blood magic support gem if I do not get the keystone.
With Blood Magic
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAAdwCcQSzBS0UTRRxGS4aOCECIVUn1SftKvY1kja6OQ462DrhPC1AoEGHQapE50d-SshM_03YTeNQUFRJVbVYY18_YEthIWVNaHRqO26qdO13YngNeu97jIFvhNmE74dqiPGMdozPkFWQbJSgnjyeuZ7NogCmV6cwp4SoGKloqW6plKvFrFmvbLXytz653b6KwQTEWMT2xYrGrsbY0EfUj9pi3D3fv-Lq51LnY-w47w7wH_Iv8kXynPPd9kj3vvno_gr-jw==
With MoM
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAAdwCcQSzBS0UTRkuGjghAiFVIWAn1SftKvY1kja6OQ462DrhPC1AoEGHROdHfkrITP9N2E3jUFBUSVW1WGNfP2BLYSFlTWh0ajtuqnTtdPF3YngNeu97jIFvhNmE74Uyh2qI8Yx2jM-QVZBslKCePJ65ns2iAKZXpzCnhKgYqWipbqmUq8WsWa9stfK3PrndvorBBMRYxPbFisauxtjQR9SP2mLcPeLq51LnY-w47w7wH_Iv8kXynPPd9kj3vvno_gr-jw==
The skill trees are really similar, but it comes down to what will be the best for my char. I plan on using blood magic on my abilities via either keystone or support gems because I have 3% life leech and 8.4% max life regen so if I do spend life I will get it back very quickly. I cannot decide if I want to get the keystone and save myself the support gem slot for a different support or if I should go with MoM for the survivability. If I go with MoM for the survivability I will also probably get Anger or Vitality auras and maybe Clarity to keep my mana coming back up. What are your guys' thoughts? |
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" 40% mana regen on the tree is not enough to really use MoM effectively, even with Clarity. I wouldn't use BM either, though, as the keystone is godawful with the current state of auras. Read my book! The world ending in every way anyone ever thought it might end, all at once. First few chapters are available online for free.
http://www.amazon.com/The-End-World-Know-ebook/dp/B00CZ21JAQ |
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My intent is to use the mana I have available and MoM to take the edge off of incoming damage as I won't really be utilizing my mana pool if I get blood magic support gems.
MoM w/ added mana regen
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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgEAAdwCcQSzBS0UTRkuIQIhVSFgJ9Un7Sr2NZI2ujkOOuE8LUCgQYdE50d-SshM_03YTeNQUFRJVbVYY18_YEtgbWEhZU1odGo7bmluqnTtdPF3YngNeu97jIFvgziE2YTvhTKHaojxjHaMz5BslKCdgJ48nrmezaIAplenMKgYqWipbqmUq8WsWa9stfK3PrndvorBBMRYxLjE9sWKxq7G2NBH1I_V-Npi3D3i6udS52PvDvAf8i_yRfKc8932SPe--ej-Cv6P
Made a sample build real quick with more mana regen if you think that it will be crucial for MoM. Another option I have wouuld be to take neither BM or MoM and use the mana pool for Anger and Vitality. |
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" Even if u get hit hard it doesnt cancel artic armor if u have enough mana to run it anyway... Last edited by slemenik#1532 on Nov 20, 2013, 9:47:22 AM
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" Yeah, I think the Duelist mana nodes are enough. The max mana boost will really help it too. Keep in mind that running MoM with most of your mana reserved isn't actually bad for armor-based characters since you'll be taking lots of little hits so MoM will mostly be mitigating those. Read my book! The world ending in every way anyone ever thought it might end, all at once. First few chapters are available online for free.
http://www.amazon.com/The-End-World-Know-ebook/dp/B00CZ21JAQ |
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I have a duelist running MOM with IR and it is working great. Just started ACT 2 Merciless. I did die once to brutus, but it could have easily been avoided if I didn't try to face tank him full time.
The only other problem I had was Cruel Dominus. |
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If only there was a Gem you could run to cast a spell whenever you took damage, you could attach mana leech to it and resolve a bit of the problem.
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" Cast when Damage Taken + spell + mana leech? tempest shield + mana leech + high block molten shell + mana leech rather obvious combinations ;) |
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