100% Reduced Mana Reservation

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LtTrog wrote:

im interested in the synergy between prism shield and alpha howl for the sake of a low life build
(for my sporker) im not sure on the math though, could I use say a purity and clarity with reduced mana and get low life?

obviously id not be taking the blood magic passive and the reduced reserve next to it.

this means id not be able to take a spell damage/crit shield would it be worth it?
how many reserved nodes would i need to take?

the other way id hit low life would be a BM gem/reduced manna/purity combo and id still want to use alpha howl for mana auras.

ideally id like to use haste, clarity, discipline, grace and a purity is that even possible with out taking BM passive and the manna reseved near it?

I'm currently running 10 aura's. You'll probably be interested in this thread for ideas:

[1.0.6] 10 Aura Low Life Support Culler
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/680357

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olop4444 wrote:

Math time!
Maximum number of auras possible:
9%*5 = 45% (Purity of Elements/Ice/Fire/Lightning, Vitality)
6%*2 in Prism Guardian = 12% (any 2 60%)
12%*3 elsewhere = 36% (any 3 60%)
Clarity* ~=~ 2%

*(440*0.71=312.4=>313; 313*0.6*0.46=86.388=>87 which would probably be around 2% of 4350 life)

For a total of 11 auras at just around 95% life reserved. Of course, your survivability would be quite atrocious in this case.

I humbly beg to differ. See the thread "[1.0.6] 10 Aura Low Life Support Culler"

Just to add my 2 cents:

I (had) all the mana reserve nodes from the tree along with alpha's howl and two 71% reduced mana gems supporting 5 auras: Grace/Determination/Hatred/Discipline and Clarity.


I dig the idea of getting more auras out of BM through Prism Guardian, however, this character is CI so I don't have that luxury since she only has 1 life to live.


I did, however, before going CI had her use BM for clarity as it was the best way to keep enough mana during leveling and run as much aura gems as I could.


Interesting notion on the Prism guardian stuff, might try that out when the patch rolls out because I prefer to run a Support Build in parties. It makes the other players use other auras we might be missing and you could feasibly have one of every aura present within a party of even 2-3 players!