[LHC] 2.6 Ramona's CI Essence Drain

Hi Maaarc,

when it comes to curses Enfeeble should be top priority since our build lacks in armor, evade and block. The other defence we have is ES recharge every 4 sec and ES regen.

The ES regen from ED alone isnt that big to count on, especially in breaches we need alot more.
Here Growth and Decay is important and a Stone Golem.

I wouldnt put points to Influence, it just pushes ES a bit. If you miss Curse Area rather take Leadership. If you dont need 8% resistance i would go for Path of the Savant (more ES and damage) rather than Void Barrier.

Why dont you take Coordination when you take Harrier? Both improve your Shield Charge quite a bit. Faster movement is always useful and having improved cast time is a nice bonus.

Ive made some minor changes to your Tree which should be helpful:
http://poeplanner.com/AAYAAPMTAAB334rpAkuuGyXZW20ZEVA1uacrl_RSUz1fIvRsC5MnvorK06EvtAzqug18V8ko-riTHNzr7o8apwiPRpuhGGp4L3zlWAf311Kvu03dX2f8f8YRlgcelS7w1UlRj_pcQIfLp5t1ns8V7BgsvxXXhq5WY05tpcScMkZxgwnhiB2q_kmCx_noDkhd8rcw6FomiCsKES_rYwMeH0G1SHaCyAy00Ra_D6ski8M6ieDmWJMfSRMZivsJ9toaj5u1hMU3g6brLKaQ1oRIXGvDbR0U-tL3wRcvZOffsFXWgKSycCpTfqFp2Lv8FX588JEHQnp6cAAAAAAA

With less mana reserved you should try the tri-curse setup now.

If you need survivability in HC, it is still an option to go Delirium Bow + Soul Strike. Soul Strike + Wicked Ward combo is pretty good. If you can get your hands on a legacy version, gg. ;)

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Mithradas wrote:

If you need survivability in HC, it is still an option to go Delirium Bow + Soul Strike. Soul Strike + Wicked Ward combo is pretty good. If you can get your hands on a legacy version, gg. ;)

Hi Mithradas,

Soul Strike is pretty good, I would probably only use it in a weapon swap myself.
I prefer the much larger ES available from a shield, resistances, block chance and Shield Charge myself. :)

I just wanna start off by saying that I LOOOOVE this build.

my only issue is mana, how do i keep up lol, even with a mana flask i still find myself out of mana sometimes


also, am i supposed to go zealots oath or not? the tree is buggy af for me

Hey Ramona, I saw a video made by Liftingnerdbro, in which he stated that The Consuming dark does more damage than a Delirium dagger being more effective in high tier maps.
I think that he said that because of the poison effect, but with that this build will struggle against poison immune bosses like chimera and hydra.
What do you think about? :)

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Giammafix wrote:

Hey Ramona, I saw a video made by Liftingnerdbro, in which he stated that The Consuming dark does more damage than a Delirium dagger being more effective in high tier maps.
I think that he said that because of the poison effect, but with that this build will struggle against poison immune bosses like chimera and hydra.
What do you think about? :)

Hi Giammafix,

I have a section under 'Everything else' tab and FAQ for my opinion on The Consuming Dark versus Delirium.
To summarize poisom scales higher but you need 3-4 casts of ED to apply poison for it to be the same or more damage than Delirium.
Also I do not take nodes in my tree to optimize for Poison scaling, so I would keep in mind that you would need to change points if you used it.

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RabzH wrote:

I just wanna start off by saying that I LOOOOVE this build.

my only issue is mana, how do i keep up lol, even with a mana flask i still find myself out of mana sometimes


also, am i supposed to go zealots oath or not? the tree is buggy af for me

Hi RabzH,

Glad to hear it's going really well for you!
I would consult the latest skill tree at the top of my guide, it is the only currently updated version.
Keep in mind this is the current GG or Final version of this skill tree, it may be better to allocate points else where before taking all 5 jewels.
Yes my skill trees do take Zealots Oath, unfortunately it was moved to the top left of the tree.
As for the mana issues, I recommend finding the three points for Charisma and buying a Heretic's Veil.
These two together should give you more than enough mana to work with, as long as you keep the mana flask.

Thanks for the help Ramona & Xirce,
I really appreciate it!

I changed my tree towards what Xirce posted. It is way saver now with triple curses so thanks, mana reserved is comfortable as well(over 11k ES).

Sadly the mana regeneration is too low now. ED costs 91 and Contagion 45 with 264 (with enlighten 2 for the curses) unreserved is not enough. Looking for rings now with cast speed, high es and mana regen but that will take some time.

I am really enoying the build!

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Maaarc wrote:

Thanks for the help Ramona & Xirce,
I really appreciate it!

I changed my tree towards what Xirce posted. It is way saver now with triple curses so thanks, mana reserved is comfortable as well(over 11k ES).

Sadly the mana regeneration is too low now. ED costs 91 and Contagion 45 with 264 (with enlighten 2 for the curses) unreserved is not enough. Looking for rings now with cast speed, high es and mana regen but that will take some time.

I am really enoying the build!

Hi Maaarc,

Glad to hear it!
I know the mana is a bit of a struggle, I would recommend taking the Charisma nodes and buying a Heretics if you didn't already.
The combination of these two makes the mana pool very comfortable, but you will still need a mana flask.

okay thanks for clearing that up, also id rather opt out of a heretics veil as it got nerfed idk if it still decent or not