Goratha's Shock Nova Hiero 3.28 Mirage - DAY 2 UPDATE - Hitting Cast Rate Cap with Pledge!

DAY 2 NOTES (POB STILL USING ORIGINAL SHOCK NOVA SINCE NOT UPDATED #s are incorrect) PLEDGE OF HANDS FARM -Best way to farm fragments is Grand Heist > Check for Lockpicking Fragments > Reveal if you see them. (Brute Force shows Fragments but is bugged atm and drops Fossils instead) -Reflect Immunity on Atziri from Elemental Mastery + Yugul small pantheon - you can also use Sibyl's Lament in your left ring slot. -The drop rate on Pledge is quite low - most people estimate it's about 1 in 50, though with Grand Heist you can farm that amount quite fast. KALISA'S GRACE FOULBORN -This item allows you to drop Inspiration from links and almost entirely solves mana. -Templar legion jewel with reduced mana cost is a super end-game option to replace these eventually with focus cast speed gloves. FOULBORN BEREK'S RESPITE -This is a ring swap for mapping, explosions feel nice for clear. ANATHEMA SET-UP VS INVERT THE RULES -There's two endgame scaling options 4 curse Anathema or ignoring curses and using Invert Mastery + the Invert the Rules exceptional gem. -Anathema is likely better damage but it requires some set-up and a ring slot. -There is four ways to curse with Anathema: Bane, Arcanist Brand, Focus Helmet, or Kitava's Thirst - I recommend choosing one you like the best, Kitava's is likely best QOL but you lose Helm Slot. UNNATURAL INSTINCT + SCION SLOT -Unnatural Instinct is massive value for this character, lots of AOE, Cast Speed, and Mana. -It works especially well with Light of Meaning (lightning damage is best) or Millitant Faith (with reduced mana cost / ele damage) HASTE OR WRATH IF NOT PURITY -If you want even more damage, consider dropping Purity of Elements - this will require a lot of resists on gear, and you will need to deal with Shock through Flask / Pantheon. FROSTBLINK OF WINTRY BLAST -This replaces Shield Charge, get as MUCH cast speed as possible for it to feel good. -You can use Spell Echo if you want but its a preference thing, I personally don't like how it feels. -Link it to Ice Bite for some Frenzies while mapping! CAST SPEED FOR PLEDGE IS SUPER IMPORTANT! -Since Pledge is a 2-H with no cast speed, you end up losing a lot of cast speed. -This means you will want to get as much cast speed as possible on rings, amulet, and tree. -Atziri's Foible is quite nice but a 20% cast speed amulet with temple mana modifier will likely be better for example. -It also makes the Frostblink of Wintry Blast feel way better. THE 6-LINK & CORRUPTION GEM LINKS -6-Link should be Cruelty or Elemental Penetration. (from heist recipe) -Faster Casting helps a TON with Pledge, so I recommend this as 5-link. -Best corruption gem is Power Charge on Crit (16% more at lvl 1), INC AoE, Energy Leech, Unbound Ailments, Lightning Pen are okay though. (ideally want the Faster Casting on the actual links) BLOCK VS MORE DAMAGE -This tree has a lot points invested into Block, if you'd like more damage you can consider dropping some of those but I recommend against it for HC as block is super comfy.