GhazzyTV - Essence Drain & Contagion (or Bane/Soulrend) Trickster [SC/HC/Uber Elder/Shaper]

Whats the best new solution for CWDT and Immortal Call for this Build?

Which build is better, normal one or Chaos Inoculation one? I could'nt decide, can you guyz help me?

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Arkhandar wrote:

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DerAlbtraum wrote:

i got 1 question for contagion


why faster casting over intensify?

Better question : Why Spell Cascade instead of Intensify ? It's much smoother with it and the spreading is way more efficient.

Hi there,

If there are any questions, Ghazzy would prefer you guys to ask questions directly on Twtich where he can address your queries more readily!

So on the choice of spell cascade, it is his personal preference (although intensify is arguably better).

"Spell Cascade is already stacking increased AOE, hence there is a huge diminishing return on things like increased AOE stacking. So the difference between using intensify and spell cascade is very very small, as spell cascade copies over to 2 different areas over the original one."

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Fresh2000 wrote:

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DamagePlanX wrote:

I have a few quick questions. First, I heard that in 3.7 ED+Contagion has pulled ahead of Bane. Is that true? I'm using Bane to level, is there a good time to switch back to ED+Contagion? Is it based on some sort of break point?

Also at what point does a 4L become more powerful than a +1 blue chaos wand for Bane or ED+C

hey,

did you find answer to this? I am wondering same and I can see every top league guy plays with ED+C actually. When I initially got Bane for sure damage is better and leveling is smoother, but I wonder if I should get back to Contagion.

And if I would stay with Bane why not drop ED and go soulrend instead... But again first time playing with ED so not sure anything about soulrend vs ED.


@Ghazzy would love to see updated tree to 3.7

Hi there,

If I didn't get Ghazzy wrong, Bane is still perfectly fine for your general clearing. Same as for Soulrend, it is fine as well and down to personal preference.

However when looking at this league specifically, it is as though "It was made for ED/Contagion". The ED/Contagion spreads across the mobs when you activate the monlith and this allows you to clear them at an insane speed. (But based on personal encounters, there are some situations where the walls/doors may disrupt your contagion spread. But nonetheless the potential to clear the entire monolith in an open area is insnae! You may do a search on some ED/Contagion videos to understand its mechanics, its really fun! (This applies to delve as well where you clear a few screens of mobs with a single ED/Contagion cast xD)

I think someone posted a couple of posts earlier on the decision to switch from ED/Bane to ED/Contagion -> that is when you have a fast enough cast speed. I do agree with this as it makes the casting of contagion and ED a smoother process. Else it'll feel clunky and disrupts the flow.

Personally, i've dropped Bane entirely as ED/Contagion was a much more pleasurable process with monoliths. I don't really rush through the game and hence the decision to drop bane. If you really want to get to end game in the quickest time possible, i'd say just use bane and speed clear all the way before switching to ED/Contagion

Hope it helps Exile!

Thanks for your answers !

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ThePrestiger wrote:

Which build is better, normal one or Chaos Inoculation one? I could'nt decide, can you guyz help me?

Does anyone know anything about this?

How do you guys play?
ED + Cotagion, ED + Bane or ED + Contagion + Bane?

I would like to go with the third one buy I can't fith those in my jewel slots.

How do we deal with Chaos resistence in Alva temple? It feels slow, is there a change we can make in order to do this specific content? Do temple room bosses always have this resistence?

Hey all, trying this build as starter, and I have some basic questions.


1) what's the right way to cast things? contagion then ed? and totem with wither on boss?

2) is the leveling way so much different from the 3.6 video guide on the first page?

3) is hyrri's ire so much better than queen of the forest?

Thanks all in advance


edit: i saw a lot of people considering zizaran trickster ed over this one, is his so much better?

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WingsOfDomain wrote:

How do you guys play?
ED + Cotagion, ED + Bane or ED + Contagion + Bane?

I would like to go with the third one buy I can't fith those in my jewel slots.

Im no POE expert, so idk if this is the optimal setup but im messing around with the 3rd option myself. What i did was put my Totem setup in my helm and bought a 2nd helm for a bane setup. Then i just put my totem helm on when im going into a boss room and the bane for just mapping.

Pretty much: auras/flame dash in my weapon, blight in my gloves, ED in my body, contagion in my boots, CWDT setup in my shield. Then totem/bane in the helm. Thats how i fit them all in.

I havent seen one for sale yet with decent stats and i havent tried it but in theory, you could get a shaper helm too and add some shaper mods to you bane (thats why i chose to put it in my helm). Like socketed gems supported by lv.20 AOE or something. I plan on trying that out for a psuedo 5 link.