[3.10] Gryph's Volatile Dead Necromancer || Fun, Medium Budget, Tanky, Millions of DPS

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Gryphenprey wrote:

CWDT - Ball Lightning - Combustion - Awakened Curse on Hit - Enfeeble - Assassin's Mark

Enfeeble over Flammability?

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Gryphenprey wrote:

Ball lightning is a pet skill for me for the on hit recovery effects that I like to use. This can easily be either Purifying Flame or Wave of Conviction.

No, ball lightning is obviously the best skill for this application since it hits very often multiple nearby monsters. Best way to proc the watcher's eye +x ES on hit and also is most consistent for the curses and has a bigger range than purifying flame afaik.

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thanks Gryphenprey for the awesome build, i did few test runs to get vd+des going, was workin out great, crafted 2 fire wands and was mostly one shotting as i went, just gotta try to remember to pick up every wisdom scroll to have enough alt shards to craft :D

gonna be one of the most solid league start for me since i started playing

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Regozai wrote:

thanks Gryphenprey for the awesome build, i did few test runs to get vd+des going, was workin out great, crafted 2 fire wands and was mostly one shotting as i went, just gotta try to remember to pick up every wisdom scroll to have enough alt shards to craft :D

gonna be one of the most solid league start for me since i started playing

Yeah the wands are very important for league starting. I also keep finding myself dropping spell cascade from VD for a while so that I can 1-shot packs reliably.

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Rootsmann wrote:

Enfeeble over Flammability?

When you have so much damage that it doesn't matter...I'd rather take less damage. :)

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HHLupus wrote:

No, ball lightning is obviously the best skill for this application since it hits very often multiple nearby monsters. Best way to proc the watcher's eye +x ES on hit and also is most consistent for the curses and has a bigger range than purifying flame afaik.

Let me rephrase my non-caffeinated half-asleep self's statement:

Wave or Flame can be used here if you are starved for sockets AND don't have any on hit recovery mechanics. Otherwise Ball Lightning is indisputably the best.

I feel like both myself and my computer are up to the task of taming this build. I've done CWC VD before which is okay but this seems to really take it up a notch and will do absolutely fine with the increased life pool of bosses especially when it comes to the Metamorph mechanic.

Any chance you'll have a POB (maybe leveling tree) up and running before the league goes live for CWC variation?

Wouldn't crafting the staff and getting a watchers eye be really hard next league in 3.9 cause shaper and elder will be harder to farm?

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Messerschmitt wrote:

I feel like both myself and my computer are up to the task of taming this build. I've done CWC VD before which is okay but this seems to really take it up a notch and will do absolutely fine with the increased life pool of bosses especially when it comes to the Metamorph mechanic.

Without spell Cascade it's actually not TOO bad. Which is why I originally went with that method.

And yeah, damage is absurd. Never was worried about the DPS output. I did a 2-man HP Uber Elder in under 90 seconds with this--Which is basically instantly phasing him.

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TwiztidTragedy wrote:

Wouldn't crafting the staff and getting a watchers eye be really hard next league in 3.9 cause shaper and elder will be harder to farm?

Yes. Buuuuut, shaper influenced staves won't be that hard because the scarabs can be used for influence and boosted drop rates. iLvl needed is only 75 for level 20 CWC Support.

Watcher's Eye is superfluous and not a necessity to function.
The mana mod can be crafted onto jewelry which should be plenty and we have access to before that.

For ES on hit, see the gear section under boots. Fenemus Spinnerets give up to 20 ES on hit vs enemies affected by your Aspect of the Spider.

And Watcher's eyes WILL still be available anyways, they're just going to be a bit rarer is all. Overall I'm not too concerned.

I was also curious if you will be creating a leveling guide for the CWC version as well before the league drops tomorrow? Would be greatly appreciated!

I'm a big dummy and like to see things laid out before me.

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Messerschmitt wrote:

I was also curious if you will be creating a leveling guide for the CWC version as well before the league drops tomorrow? Would be greatly appreciated!

I'm a big dummy and like to see things laid out before me.

Page 44 has some stuff on it that you'll find useful. I'll work on adding it all into the leveling section though. I've just been answering the questions as they come. hehe.