[3.10] Bashtart's SPARK INQUISITOR * farming like a god! :)

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Clayton1403 wrote:

just hit lvl 60.. its fun so far.. but i think i am doing not enough damage..

can you please check my char (profile) and give me some tips what to look for, to make the next 20 levels go smooth ?

and as i understand.. once i switch to spark.. I'll have to respec the tree ? The first few points to A.Bonds have to go , right?

Hi, there I checked your gear and the first thing i noticed is your weapon which does exactly nothing at for spells... get a zepter with elemental damage and other mods for spells.

I saw have many mods which say like "adds ... dmg to attacks" which will not give us anything because we don't use an attack ... we use a spells. Also change more or less all your jewels because they are all giving dmg to attacks.

I hope this helps a litte... you also can go to my profile and see how I geared so far.

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Loaric wrote:

Hey,
I am doing this as my first build in Abyss, levelling is very fun, nice build.

Two questions though:

1. When do you take Mind over Matter in the skilltree? In the levelling section it isn't skilled into until the final skilltree

2. Why is your cast when damage taken setup such low level? I always level it up until CWDT goes off when 40% of my live is taken away by one attack.


Thanks for answering!

1. MoM is really powerfull but also dangerous because it is like dropping down your pants when you receive a big hit and have instantly no mana. So that is the reason why I take it late... I think to properly profit from it you either need a mod "% of damage taken is gained as mana" or the mana reggen from Pious Path.

2. I keep it low because then it just procs more often and spreads our curses to all enemies arround what gives us great bonus defense.

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bashtart wrote:

2. I keep it low because then it just procs more often and spreads our curses to all enemies arround what gives us great bonus defense.

The curses in your helmet currently are not triggered because their level is too high!? Or do i miss something here?

Sorry if this has been asked before, but i couldn't find it. Why are you taking Sanctify and Pious Path over Instruments of Virtue and Augury of Penitence? Those are insane dps boosts and the other require you to stand on consecrated grounds but normally you run around most of the time

heyhey,
just switched to spark yesterday. I have huge survivability problems and I think, that many other followers of the guide are feeling the same!? My gear is really crap, but I think with 3,4k life and atziris flask I shouldn't die a lot in T1 maps?! It is a little bit hard. Is something wrong with me or my char? Would appriciate if you could owerview my char :D

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/ententrainor/characters

atm my gear is optimized for max resists and dex for bv. tooltip spark dmg unbuffed is 13k

edit: sorry, i have forgotten to say that I am dying to bosses mostly. If I am not dying to bosses I am dying because my leech is damn bad or I am OoM... :D

edit2: I am dumb...should be more careful and kill mobs on distance, skip a few bosses und should focus on more mana/life.^^

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Bisrob wrote:

The curses in your helmet currently are not triggered because their level is too high!? Or do i miss something here?

Yeah while leveling I cast them manually.

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dakkieee wrote:

Sorry if this has been asked before, but i couldn't find it. Why are you taking Sanctify and Pious Path over Instruments of Virtue and Augury of Penitence? Those are insane dps boosts and the other require you to stand on consecrated grounds but normally you run around most of the time

Last season I had Instruments of Virtue and Augury of Penitence but with the nerf of vaal pact I decided to change it. The life&mana reggen are now part of main defense and sustain.

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ententrainor wrote:

heyhey,

just switched to spark yesterday. I have huge survivability problems and I think, that many other followers of the guide are feeling the same!? My gear is really crap, but I think with 3,4k life and atziris flask I shouldn't die a lot in T1 maps?! It is a little bit hard. Is something wrong with me or my char? Would appriciate if you could owerview my char :D

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/ententrainor/characters

atm my gear is optimized for max resists and dex for bv. tooltip spark dmg unbuffed is 13k

edit: sorry, i have forgotten to say that I am dying to bosses mostly. If I am not dying to bosses I am dying because my leech is damn bad or I am OoM... :D

Last saison with just picking vaal pact everything was a bit easier... I guess you get oom because you get a big hit and MoM just takes it all. You need something like "% of damage taken is gained as mana" ... so you could spec into battle rouse for now. Maybe even speccing out of MoM for now...

I definitly would take 1-2 or two life, life/mana hybrid flask until your char is stronger.

Also try to get pantheon Capture Herald of Thunder in Arcade Map 50% increased Recovery of Life and Energy Shield if you've stopped taking Damage Over Time Recently. When your take a hit cwdt procs and will end the dot of blood rage and will activate this.

Try this out and let me know... unfortunately I am not high enough yet to test it out myself... and when I created the no vaal pact version of this build my char was already good geard and high level.

I would also think about getting enfeeble in your cwdt instead of warlord's mark.

Hey, thanks for answering so fast.

I have more questions:

Do you think taking the mana nodes behind MoM is good? Maybe instead of Coordination or 5% life nodes?

Do you have +1 curses somewhere? Right now only enfeeble or warlords mark gets applied to enemeies on the CWDT setup. Am I doing something wrong

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Loaric wrote:

Hey, thanks for answering so fast.

I have more questions:

Do you think taking the mana nodes behind MoM is good? Maybe instead of Coordination or 5% life nodes?

Do you have +1 curses somewhere? Right now only enfeeble or warlords mark gets applied to enemeies on the CWDT setup. Am I doing something wrong

Yeah on the windscream boots +1 curse... do you have problems with one shots atm? If not spec out of MoM until you have Pious Path.

Oh yeah another thing you could try is... vaal clarity to sustain mana in bossfights.

I haven't specced into MoM yet. I am level 68 and don't haven't done merciless lab yet, just asking because most builds I see that take MoM also take the nodes behind it. I am not having any problems with oneshots at the moment.

I will try playing without MoM for a bit and then specc in to see what the difference is I guess.
I think MoM without perferct form (AA mana reserve) is also not that good, so I am waiting until I have some more uniques.


Thanks again for answering.

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Loaric wrote:

I haven't specced into MoM yet. I am level 68 and don't haven't done merciless lab yet, just asking because most builds I see that take MoM also take the nodes behind it. I am not having any problems with oneshots at the moment.

I will try playing without MoM for a bit and then specc in to see what the difference is I guess.
I think MoM without perferct form (AA mana reserve) is also not that good, so I am waiting until I have some more uniques.


Thanks again for answering.

Oh sorry I confused you with the guy I was discussion a similar topic atm. Yeah I think the are good... but I would take them later.

Hi!
Quick question, why do you level Ancestral Call Support in your off-slot? Do you plan on using it later, and if so, with what gems?