Path of Exile

Chris said:

Using a 3rd spellslinger could work though, I didn't think of that.

What's the difference between Barrage and Frenzy/Barrage Support? I have the frenzy version and never used the barrage version.

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Prior to trigger wand I had this:

Spellslinger - Volatile Dead- Spell Cascade - Inspiration
Spellslinger - Desecrate - Spell Cascade
Spellslinger - Wave of Conviction - Inspiration - Combustion
Barrage - Inspiration - Curse on Hit - Elemental Weakness

That way you get Inspiration stacks off Barrage, which adds (35% MORE Elemental Damage) to both WoC and VD.

By using Barrage only version, you do not get Frenzy Charges.
Once I had Trigger wand, was able to go to Frenzy - Barrage Support - Inspiration - Anything.
Then move the WoC / Bone Offering / Curse into the trigger wand.

Personally I like the Inspiration in the 4L / 5L chest over Detonate Dead.
You get more balls, about the same DPS, and you probably only need one item with -# to mana cost of skills.

With my current set up, I constantly have 5 Endurance Charges / 3 Frenzy Charges / 5 Inspiration Stacks.

So I was planning to try low life Spellslinger. Is this life version better?

AladainAF said:

Fantastic post.

Do have a question though, on the amulet I have, it has +1 Minimum End Charge, which I find rather worthless, and can craft 6% more damage per end charge, which seems much more reasonable.

Is that something you'd do as well, or is the +1 minimum really that much more defense? Seems kinda worthless for this build but I didn't want to overwrite it without a second opinion. during fights, I'm always going to be at 5 either way. The +1 only seems to help if I happen to get hit without 5 charges on.

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I ran minimum charges last season but no reason to now with enduring and battle cry notable.

Deathwing said:

Sacrificing your only source of pops seems like a heavy tradeoff.

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I never felt I needed pops with CoC VD. Plus you run herald of ash which is not a pop per se but it does splash well.

But I’m pretty sure that area of effect scaling Ice nova build is gonna be aids on bossing. Maybe not.

Yeah. I thought it looked lower than that. But I was doing it in my head. I was thinking it’d be more like 4M which yeah is fine to clear everything easy.

What's this bleed earthquake build? PoB/guide link?

Brikker said:

What's this bleed earthquake build? PoB/guide link?

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the guy looks like he needs a bath but I’ve seen some of his other builds.

Anyone know exactly how the interaction between Wyrmsign and +1 min end charges on all 3 jewelry items works? I've seen vague comments about it working as expected, but I don't see anyone on poe.ninja actually using it.

AladainAF said:

Is that something you'd do as well, or is the +1 minimum really that much more defense? Seems kinda worthless for this build but I didn't want to overwrite it without a second opinion. during fights, I'm always going to be at 5 either way. The +1 only seems to help if I happen to get hit without 5 charges on.

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I would remove the +1 minimum personally. Damage seems way better when you have like +99% uptime with End Charges already.

Thanks for the help on Spellslinger VD, got the 3rd lab down finally and got the self cast offerings.

With a 3rd Spellslinger casting Bone Offering I didn't realise you get so much life on block you can face tank, I'm really survivable now! I just don't have the mana to use movement skills or frenzy lol

Do you have any jewelry with the -# mana cost craft yet?

Another option before you have those or the trigger wand is to socket a low level CWDT--Bone Offering.

It won't cast as often as a Spellslinger or Trigger version, but it's mana free.

Anyone know how this is crafted?