[Nemesis] HP EK Scion - Arctic Armor + EB + MoM - 5+ Auras

Thanks for the awesome update Khelara! I updated the OP with Rejuv Totem as a suggestion. I think your insights highlight my favorite part about this, which is how flexible the tree is. There are nodes close by to cover almost any need you might have based on how your character feels.

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Dmillz wrote:

Having Riley link his would be good, mine is useless as I'm rerolling since I died to a disconnect haha. Back up almost into Cruel as of tonight tho! Going fast.

You really don't want to see my gear, its horrendous :) I am level 70 now and literally still wearing some gear I crafted in act 2 cruel. I am about to go spend some currency on upgrades now and I need to upgrade pretty much every single piece. I hate trading so I have been avoiding it, but its definitely something I need to do.

I am close to picking up EB - if I can get the gear upgrades I need and spec out of the ele resist nodes, I'll be getting it asap. I don't even know what I am going to do with EB though - I am running out of sockets for auras!

I'm currently running Clarity-Purity-Grace-Hatred and level 5 AA. Once I get EB I'll crank up AA a lot and I think I will be able to run both Disc and Determination. If I can't get the 6th aura going, I'll switch Clarity back to mana to save on my health (I already do this for some tough progression spots).

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rileyjt wrote:

I'm currently running Clarity-Purity-Grace-Hatred and level 5 AA. Once I get EB I'll crank up AA a lot and I think I will be able to run both Disc and Determination. If I can't get the 6th aura going, I'll switch Clarity back to mana to save on my health (I already do this for some tough progression spots).

You won't be able to run both Determination and Purity unfortunately, you'll hit 104% mana reservation.

I'm new to the Scion and trying to build a tanky EH/EB melee scion. It's not quite the same as what you guys are talking about. Any advice would be appreciated.

Also what are your guys current builds?

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Dmillz wrote:

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rileyjt wrote:

I'm currently running Clarity-Purity-Grace-Hatred and level 5 AA. Once I get EB I'll crank up AA a lot and I think I will be able to run both Disc and Determination. If I can't get the 6th aura going, I'll switch Clarity back to mana to save on my health (I already do this for some tough progression spots).

You won't be able to run both Determination and Purity unfortunately, you'll hit 104% mana reservation.

Its doable. Little thight on health/mana but it can be pulled of.

You will need alpha's howl and quality gems though.

-With Alpha's Howl %8 extra our 41% worth passives will hit a total of 49% mana reduction.
--With a 20q gem you get another 10% deducted. That leave us at a 59% less mana reserved.
---That leaves 60% auras cost at 24.6
----With a lvl20 gem you get 71% of 24.6 >>> [[{17.46% per aura}]].
Purity is a 40% aura so it will cost 11.64%

Running 5 60% auras and purity gives you a 98% reservation. Not viable due mana costs of AA and skills. (while its a VERY interesting option for a melee build with soul taker, good luck getting it)

Running 4 60% auras and Purity gives you a 81% reservation. I think AA and skills can run on that 19% given that the mana pool is ample and the regeneration is generous.

You can keep clarity on blood and thats six auras. Or if youre willing to put purity on blood and give up 11% of your health you can pull it while leaing a lot of mana available, but plan a tanky set up to compensate.

That said, i dont know if alphas howl bonus applies to all auras or just the ones in the helmet. If its the latter things get dim or running purity on blood will be a must for pulling up 6 auras

Where's that extra 10% from Quality come from?!

Quality on the reduced mana gems

it gives you 0.5% reduced mana per quality grade. A 20 quality gem would give you that extra 10%.

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Khelara wrote:

Quality on the reduced mana gems

it gives you 0.5% reduced mana per quality grade. A 20 quality gem would give you that extra 10%.

HOLY SHIT. I did not know this. Damn you can easily run another aura then! I'll have to update the OP when I have time with the new math.

Oh and a recipe that is quite known but you always see someone surprised by it.

If you "sell" a lvl20 gem and a single gcp to a vendor he will give you a lvl1 gem q20. If you happen to come by extra reduced mana gems you can level them to pull this up in the future.

You can avoid spending a little fortune on quality gems that way.

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Im leveling some extra gems in unused slots.

Some gems have extremely usefull quality mods.

Life leech is one of them, we dont have vaal pact to we are limited to 20% life per second. q20 pulls that up to 40% of max life per second.

Thats another quality gem to keep in mind.

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Dmillz wrote:

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Khelara wrote:

Quality on the reduced mana gems

it gives you 0.5% reduced mana per quality grade. A 20 quality gem would give you that extra 10%.

HOLY SHIT. I did not know this. Damn you can easily run another aura then! I'll have to update the OP when I have time with the new math.

Doesn't work for auras.