3.14 Toxic Rain - Leaguestart guide with in depth crafting and gearing section - updated

Nice to know. :) Was posting in Remi's thread, but seems like Conc. Effect will be a nice switch gem for some if they want to run something else for basic mapping and then go into that for bosses. Also trying out the Life Tap gem myself to see if it's worth bothering for mana stuff and mapping/bossing in general. Probably not, but worth checking just in case.

I'm definitely using lifetap as i already suggested it

I'd gladly sacrifice a bit of damage for completely solving mana sustain


On super high end gear youll still do - mana cost rings and mana gained on hit but i designed everything in this guide around leaguestart so basically plan for very little gear and that's where lifetap is amazing

Do we use conc effect when we aren't a miner?

removed cause wrong info, read top of my first post in the thread

When I can find time to play this build is cooking through the acts. Elusive+tailwind+quicksilver flask has me sprinting everywhere. If it wasn’t for yesterday’s server problems I’d be in yellow maps already.

Yeah i never even realized how fucking strong Tailwind mines are, i finished all acts all passive points and 3 labs in under 7 hours

I spent over an hour rerunning ancient pyramid yesterday because i crashed on entering sarn like 10 times not even exaggerating, i completely reran at the very minimum 20 zones overall and had to redo most of my lab trials

I wish i would have seen my actual time because i think this would have topped any of the previous leagues

Anyways i dropped a +1/+2 bow from an Ultimatum on top of other goodies and i din't even hit maps yet, i think Ultimatum farm will actually be good

Just need to get solid defense for it cause they hit hard

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Yeah i never even realized how fucking strong Tailwind mines are, i finished all acts all passive points and 3 labs in under 7 hours

I spent over an hour rerunning ancient pyramid yesterday because i crashed on entering sarn like 10 times not even exaggerating, i completely reran at the very minimum 20 zones overall and had to redo most of my lab trials

I wish i would have seen my actual time because i think this would have topped any of the previous leagues

Anyways i dropped a +1/+2 bow from an Ultimatum on top of other goodies and i din't even hit maps yet, i think Ultimatum farm will actually be good

Just need to get solid defense for it cause they hit hard

It does hit hard but it’s so great for leveling at the same time. Max block glad might have been best for league start but I think this build will be great once it’s geared up

what do you think of Focal Point? especially considering the Ultimatums

+ Focal point

75% increased Effect of your Marks
25% less Damage taken from other Enemies near your Marked Enemy
Marks you inflict are not removed from Dying Enemies

+ Poacher mark

Cursed enemies grant (15-50) Life when Hit by Attacks
Cursed enemies grant (8-25) Mana when Hit by Attacks

+ Mark the Prey

Marked Enemy grants 30% increased Flask Charges to you
Marked Enemy takes 10% increased Damage

+ Marked for Death

25% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments against Marked Enemy
Culling Strike against Marked Enemy



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125 LoH sounds pretty dope. It does takes away the Despair as it is a curse, but life/mana on hit + cull + 10% more sounds like it solves a lot of issues for us. We can autoaplly the mark via On Hit ring as well

Do we need additional projectiles as a miner?

I mean extra projectiles would help a bit with clear but don't sweat about overinvesting on your miner, just farm for stuff to transition

I actually already considered focal point myself and running Poachers Mark instead of extra projectiles

The thing is you really don't want an extra button so you would need to automate at least over of your curses/setups

The nodes are not worth it imo, Toxic rain is not a hit or ailment and you already have so many sources of %increased damage taken so spending 3 nodes to get another 10% isn't much damage overall

But dropping the projectiles and taking the mark might be the way to go for Ultimatum farming

You would probably need Asenaths mark and would take WHispers of Doom on tree because the cost of Annointing it on amulet is so damn high early

Asenaths Mark is currently raising in price so the price of it might get a bit too high for a budget setup but i might recommend it on endgame

The thing about Poachers mark thats also good is that you'd also get Frenzy charge generation on bosses allowing you to use a better quiver with actual damage stats and maybe +1 arrow for a bit more clear

It's definitely an option worth considering but i need to think about the best approach to it on a budget without makign the build require even more button pressing