[3.23 UPDATED] Bergerbrush's Beginner Friendly Death's Oath Occultist

Anyone done this build but as MF? Wondering about damage and if it will feel OK against map-bosses and early league progressing. Found some vids but they don't go into damage that much.

Man, act 1 is miserable without any damage nodes or gear on league start. A few of the gems aren't available for witch, so plan accordingly (Added Fire, Momentum, PC, Herald of Agony to name a few).

I found Frost Bomb not doing much damage at all with spell cascade, so I'm not sure that's worth it. I'll probably lean into an unsupported FB with HFT+Added Cold and FP->Added cold/light on Brutus/Merveil.

Sell everything UNID, you need a lot of transmutes.

PC felt pretty good right away in Act 2, even with under-level flasks and before the first flask nodes. I imagine it'd be good to great from then on through early maps.

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meep_42 wrote:

Man, act 1 is miserable without any damage nodes or gear on league start. A few of the gems aren't available for witch, so plan accordingly (Added Fire, Momentum, PC, Herald of Agony to name a few).

I found Frost Bomb not doing much damage at all with spell cascade, so I'm not sure that's worth it. I'll probably lean into an unsupported FB with HFT+Added Cold and FP->Added cold/light on Brutus/Merveil.

Sell everything UNID, you need a lot of transmutes.

PC felt pretty good right away in Act 2, even with under-level flasks and before the first flask nodes. I imagine it'd be good to great from then on through early maps.

Cold vortex as leveling maybe? Frost bomb, creeping frost etc

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meep_42 wrote:

Man, act 1 is miserable without any damage nodes or gear on league start. A few of the gems aren't available for witch, so plan accordingly (Added Fire, Momentum, PC, Herald of Agony to name a few).

I found Frost Bomb not doing much damage at all with spell cascade, so I'm not sure that's worth it. I'll probably lean into an unsupported FB with HFT+Added Cold and FP->Added cold/light on Brutus/Merveil.

Sell everything UNID, you need a lot of transmutes.

PC felt pretty good right away in Act 2, even with under-level flasks and before the first flask nodes. I imagine it'd be good to great from then on through early maps.

Yeah, act 1 leveling is complete ass haha. I don't really know any way of making it much better though, since you rarely get any damage nodes that early on in the skill tree. And if we did, we would have to reskill even more D:

So yeah, it basicly is a struggle in act 1. And as soon as you get PC you fly through the acts easy :)

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YaBwoiFelix wrote:

Anyone done this build but as MF? Wondering about damage and if it will feel OK against map-bosses and early league progressing. Found some vids but they don't go into damage that much.

I have videos from the past where I did MF, and I also had a MF setup last league. It is decent, and you can do "somewhat" juiced T16 maps if you play smart and still have high leveled gems and everything that is required for the build.

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Spacecom wrote:

I need a build for 3.22b release.

working on it my brudda

3.22 Updates

Build Guide once again updated to have correct information for current League!

Leveling Section has been updated with new Skill Tree's for Act 1-10 if you level with Poison Concoction! This also comes alongside a new Leveling Guide PoB of course!

There were no changes to the Build since last league, so it will be exactly the same as it was in Crucible League, where I played this build and once again got it to level 97 without any issues what so ever!



Here are all the PoB's for the 3.22 Trial of the Ancestors LEAGUE!

Leveling PoB: https://pobb.in/tQTLxLsIoZ8O

Stage 1 PoB: https://pobb.in/kGZERyU372_s

Stage 2 PoB: https://pobb.in/54PEI6F-7tmG

Stage 3 PoB: https://pobb.in/YFXJq6n6erYq

Min-Maxed Endgame Bossing PoB: https://pobb.in/GzBcmbSZT8lQ

Min-Maxed Endgame Mapping PoB: https://pobb.in/PrFUDHQxg1Gl

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Bergerbrush wrote:

Yeah, act 1 leveling is complete ass haha. I don't really know any way of making it much better though, since you rarely get any damage nodes that early on in the skill tree. And if we did, we would have to reskill even more D:

So yeah, it basicly is a struggle in act 1. And as soon as you get PC you fly through the acts easy :)

Yeah, I don't see any real way around it either other than to group up and let someone carry you lol. I'm mostly solo, so I'll have to struggle for damage and beg for gems early but I'll manage.

Cheers on the nice guide, though!

Actually -- maybe it's better to go through the spell damage starter nodes to Arcanist's Dominion, then through Heart and Soul and over to the Ranger area, respeccing out after Fatal Toxins (you should have enough points by Act 4). This will slow down your transition to PC until the middle/end of Act 2, but it may be faster? Plus it will give you a little more time to get the transmute/alts you need for gems.

I'll give it a shot.

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meep_42 wrote:

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Bergerbrush wrote:

Yeah, act 1 leveling is complete ass haha. I don't really know any way of making it much better though, since you rarely get any damage nodes that early on in the skill tree. And if we did, we would have to reskill even more D:

So yeah, it basicly is a struggle in act 1. And as soon as you get PC you fly through the acts easy :)

Yeah, I don't see any real way around it either other than to group up and let someone carry you lol. I'm mostly solo, so I'll have to struggle for damage and beg for gems early but I'll manage.

Cheers on the nice guide, though!

It's managable alone, just takes a little bit longer^^ I usually get by act 1 somewhat fast, but not as fast as I do with other chars and other skills :D