04-01-2019, 01:06 AM
I'm glad to report Anoxi made it past Katava in Act 5, just fine. Had to spend all of my essences and currency but I was able to craft some early game ES gear. Normally would never spend so much on early equipment, but going ES from the get-go is a serious challenge. My only real scare was in a memory modifier enhanced zone. I was being greedy and looking for upgrades, and for HC untwinked, that is not the way to do it until later in the game.
I'm delaying going CI until after Cruel lab, I should have over 3K ES at that point. Plus, that's when I'll be running into chaos spitters or other chaos damage mobs that can wipe out my current 1K life petty quick. I'm running around with a chaos resist potion, just in case.
Here's my current skill tree at level 49. Here is a snapshot of my gear. Here's my character profile if you want to see a live version. https://pastebin.com/HFmdTtaw is the POB link.
After auras I'm sitting at 2.1k ES, 1k life, max resistances, and bane is about 6k damage, and I'm using blight for more single target. The playstyle is not the fastest nor is it my favorite - Bane's AOE, even with a bunch of nodes, is not great. I'm missing a lot of mobs when casting, and often have to recast 2 or 3 times. But the convenience of casting curses is nice, so I won't complain too much. I dropped wither totem since Blight's updated threshold jewel grants Wither, so that helped with links. I fit in tempest shield and will add increased duration and efficacy to vaal blight/discipline (when I get it, no successful Vaals yet).
We'll see how Act 5 and onward fares!
I'm delaying going CI until after Cruel lab, I should have over 3K ES at that point. Plus, that's when I'll be running into chaos spitters or other chaos damage mobs that can wipe out my current 1K life petty quick. I'm running around with a chaos resist potion, just in case.
Here's my current skill tree at level 49. Here is a snapshot of my gear. Here's my character profile if you want to see a live version. https://pastebin.com/HFmdTtaw is the POB link.
After auras I'm sitting at 2.1k ES, 1k life, max resistances, and bane is about 6k damage, and I'm using blight for more single target. The playstyle is not the fastest nor is it my favorite - Bane's AOE, even with a bunch of nodes, is not great. I'm missing a lot of mobs when casting, and often have to recast 2 or 3 times. But the convenience of casting curses is nice, so I won't complain too much. I dropped wither totem since Blight's updated threshold jewel grants Wither, so that helped with links. I fit in tempest shield and will add increased duration and efficacy to vaal blight/discipline (when I get it, no successful Vaals yet).
We'll see how Act 5 and onward fares!