3.9| Stress-Free PoE - CURSING CI |SSF the Atlas w/ 1 Button & Any Gear|Dungeon Crawl PoE!

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PrincessOfAsgard wrote:

Cheers, Wrecker_of_Days!

This is sort of a double post from your old thread for this build so don't bother answering to both! ;)

Anyway, thank you once again for your lovely and detailed reply! Also thanks for having a look at my items and stuff. Your advice was really helpful aswell! I'm a bit busy at the moment which is why I only managed to answer you know.

So as you recommended I refunded the Ghost Reaver node and since I did that it seems to be going more smoothly. My ES recharge rate is at 3415.2 now so twice the amount of what it was before. It should be sufficient. As I said, it seems to be going more smoothly now that I've refunded GR.

I also got rid of the Spell Echo support gem and swapped it with Increased AoE Support. Or do you have any other suggestions instead? I need to check the build again.

Also, moving around while spamming Vortex sounds good. I try to apply what I call my "shark technique": circle the (groups of) enemies and surround them with Vortexes. I used to flame dash into larger groups of enemies and set off Vortex amidst them but that seemed to get my witch killed way too easily. I now prefer the shark technique.

So yeah, your input definitely helped a lot! I would love to further expand my test stage on more advanced maps but now with the CotA-update Zana and the map device are gone and I got a "Pickinf up the Pieces" quest from that dude Kirac and I have no clue what to do next / where to go / how to get to the "Fallen Courts". That's just a tiny bit frustrating. But I didn't have the time to look it up yet so I will do that right after I posted. Also how am I supposed to purchase the Vorici decoration I've been longing to get now that Zana is gone? Such a bummer! xD

Anway, cheers a lot, mate! I will have a look at the newest version of this build and see what I am going to try next for metamorph challenge league. I hope you're having a good time! Take care! ^^

I'm glad it worked for you!

Ya, Arcane Surge or Hypothermia work well as a 5th socket for Vortex.

Your Shark Technique sounds awesome! I'm going to do it because the "title" is awesome :).

Thanks for the great post! I haven't touched 3.9 much. So I don't have any answers for you yet there. But it'll come. I'll be more informative after more gameplay ;).

Thanks again for your kindness :).

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Wrecker_of_Days wrote:

I'm glad it worked for you!

Ya, Arcane Surge or Hypothermia work well as a 5th socket for Vortex.

Your Shark Technique sounds awesome! I'm going to do it because the "title" is awesome :).

Thanks for the great post! I haven't touched 3.9 much. So I don't have any answers for you yet there. But it'll come. I'll be more informative after more gameplay ;).

Thanks again for your kindness :).

Nah, you are most welcome! I'm glad it worked, too! I swapped Increased Area Of Effect Support with Arcane Surge. It seems like a good choice. As for Hypothermia I would have had to change the socket colors of my chest armor. But I don't want to mess it all up, so I'll just keep Arcane Surge. It's the one you recommend anyway. ^^

Ah, I found the entrance to the Fallen Courts btw! It seems I just didn't go east enough in Oriath to make it pop up on the map. But it's definitely there and now I have Kirac in my hideout and the map device is back aswell. Yay!

So cheers, mate! Have a good week! :)

I am liking this build a lot. I am only in white maps heading toward yellow and my worry is that you have to be hit for your curses to trigger. I worry about red maps and endgame where the things that hit you are going to hurt a lot. Tonight, I will test out converting temp chains to an aura with blasphemy and see if that makes a difference. With Metamorph bosses, there are a lot of things that you do NOT want to be hit with.

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Ninyu wrote:

I am liking this build a lot. I am only in white maps heading toward yellow and my worry is that you have to be hit for your curses to trigger. I worry about red maps and endgame where the things that hit you are going to hurt a lot. Tonight, I will test out converting temp chains to an aura with blasphemy and see if that makes a difference. With Metamorph bosses, there are a lot of things that you do NOT want to be hit with.

Hey Ninyu!

I'm glad you're liking it! The build does great in endgame maps. I use it all the time :). Here, this is my Cursing CI playlist. Hopefully, it gives you some reassurance. All the maps I've done with this build for the last while are T16, 15, and 14. I think you'll do great as you progress through the endgame. Obviously keep upgrading your gear too.

Though the build revolves around curses, think of curses as a bonus. You'll see that enemies are cursed a lot, yet, even when they aren't, they still die quickly.

Feel free to make whatever changes you want though. Play your way.

Hi Wrecker,

Great guide as usual. I had a little trouble at league start, but it's doing much better after my third ascendancy and some better gear.

I have a question about the passive tree. On the southeast side of the tree, after taking "Fangs of the Viper" which provides chaos damage and Dex mostly, you continue to head south and take the other energy shield passives in the "Void Barrier" cluster. I was wondering instead of heading south, if you considered heading west instead and took the Damage Over Time increases at "Entropy." I know Energy Shield is important since its our only life, but the "Entropy" increases seem pretty big.

Cheers.

Hello!

Thanks for the build, having a lot of fun.


I had two questions :

1) as someone who's never played a build with CI before, how much ES should I aim for before switching to CI?

2) Why didn't you take Light Eater? ES leech and damage on full ES sounds alright, or am I missing something?

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wicked_potato_PoE wrote:

I had two questions :

1) as someone who's never played a build with CI before, how much ES should I aim for before switching to CI?

I would say that about the amount you would a life-based character expect to have life. I took CI before reaching act 8 because of the chaos damage ground effect left behind by dead zombies. My energy shield was somewhere between 2000 and 3000 back then.

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wicked_potato_PoE wrote:

2) Why didn't you take Light Eater? ES leech and damage on full ES sounds alright, or am I missing something?

If I understood Wrecker_of_Days correctly, it is, because this build focuses on the damage over time of Vortex. Damage over time cannot leech because I doesn't hit.

Which anointment do you all use for your amulett? Arcane Guarding (chance to block, increased spell damage, increased energy shield from shield) sounds awesome, but Entropy (more damage over time) as well.

Unfortunately, good old Cassia has become very rare since going core and thus her oils, too. One needs teal, black oil for Arcane Guarding. Sepia, amber, crimson for Entropy.

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Wrecker_of_Days wrote:

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Ninyu wrote:

I am liking this build a lot. I am only in white maps heading toward yellow and my worry is that you have to be hit for your curses to trigger. I worry about red maps and endgame where the things that hit you are going to hurt a lot. Tonight, I will test out converting temp chains to an aura with blasphemy and see if that makes a difference. With Metamorph bosses, there are a lot of things that you do NOT want to be hit with.

Hey Ninyu!

I'm glad you're liking it! The build does great in endgame maps. I use it all the time :). Here, this is my Cursing CI playlist. Hopefully, it gives you some reassurance. All the maps I've done with this build for the last while are T16, 15, and 14. I think you'll do great as you progress through the endgame. Obviously keep upgrading your gear too.

Though the build revolves around curses, think of curses as a bonus. You'll see that enemies are cursed a lot, yet, even when they aren't, they still die quickly.

Feel free to make whatever changes you want though. Play your way.

adapt the playstyle. try placing vortexes before spawn and running around dodging mechanics. you'll still be hit by smaller mechanics, triggering the curses, but should not be dying. while you may not be able to land a vortex directly in the middle of the boss, survivability should not be an issue. also, if metamorphs are too hard, you can try tuning down the boss encounter difficulty.