3.13 BAMA Build Update - My New Special Snowflake Cluster Setup!

3.15: https://pastebin.com/kJuwiXM9 3.14 Update : https://pastebin.com/0AfDBZgF

Just a quick low-effort update on the build.

In the last video I put an experimental PoB with a new Cluster idea in the description. I figured, I should try them. I havn't seen anyone use or recommend them yet. And... I love them!

With all the minion notables getting nerfed (Vicious Bite even twice), I wanted to give this Cluster a try in Heist already, but couldn't craft it. With Harvest back its super easy!

The Clusters are rocking 12 points, only 1 Suffix Notable (Call to the Slaughter for me), 12 Energy shield per small node and 3% Minion Attack/Cast Speed.

With the 35% increased Effect Mod each small node grants 13% Minion Damage, 4% Minion AS/CS and 16 Energy Shield. Thats nuts!

Each small node is between 2.4-3% more damage, making it more efficient than almost all minion nodes on the tree (exceptions beeing stuff like Grave Pact). Depending on pathing points it can beat a 3 cluster setup rather easily. And we get EHP on top, great.

But the cluster takes more points?! Easy, we save a bunch of points from the third cluster and the travel points/jewel sockets etc. to even get there in the first place. Our aura effect drops by quite a bit and we lose 2% max res. However since the new cluster setup is so efficient with its pathing we still have spare skillpoints to spent.

One point for 6% Aura Effect in the Souvereignty Wheel, and two 4-point Medium Aura Cluster get replaced with 6-pointers. Notables remain the same. We gain 18% Aura Effect and 1% max res back.

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► This is the update skilltree: https://pastebin.com/Gcr5pv63

► Result / TLDR:

• lost 1% max res, but:

• 800 -1000 Energy Shield gained

• lots and lots of attack speed which helps make the gameplay smoother (and helps slower bows)

• slightly less of an Aura (Effect) Stacker now, take that haters ;)

• Anger/Wrath don't scale Synth Explosion Damage, but the % minion damage on the new clusters does, stronger Explosions yay! (makes 100% Delirium smoother)

• you have a better lvl90-100 skillpoint progression (I got all relevant points at lvl 100 with my old PoB, this build is done at 95, and can fill out the large Clusters until lvl 100)

• we lost no damage with this change!

• you save money, because those Cluster bases are beeing handed out for 4c, and crafting them is easy as hell with Harvest, and you need only 2! Also less Ghastly Jewels and Medium Aura Clusters needed

What else can you do with this? Since the build has more ES now and Soul Strike Corrupted Quivers shot up in price, you can maybe try Maloney's Quiver if you have an Explodey Bow or a Rare Ornate Quiver base, crafted with Pierce, if you don't have such a bow.

That can save you some sockets or simply give you more utillity. Intimidate Ring maybe? Elemental Avoidance Ring maybe? Hextouch +1 extra Curse or something? Maybe skip 3 points on the Large Clusters and specc in the extra Curse next to CI and combine it with an Elemental Weakness on Hit Ring. Lots of direction you can go with such a cluster setup!

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► How to craft:

I found 2 ways, there is maybe a better one.

Buy 11-12 pointer minion cluster ilvl 84 +. Alt + Regal / Defence Harvest Reforge / Caster Reforge.

1: Hit 35% Effect + T1 Energyshield, thats your Prefixes done! Remove/Reforge suffixes and clean up. Craft the to Attack Speed mods with Augment Caster x2 (both, Minion Attack Speed and Call to the Slaughter have caster tags aswell, and thats way way cheaper then all the Speed Crafts). Yesterday when I did it 40c on TFT. Remove/Add Caster to reroll the Minion Attack/Cast Speed to get T1 if you don't hit it with the Aug. Now, that step can also just remove Call to the Slaughter, and put it back on, as its the only other Caster mod. You have a 50/50 to hit the right mod and reroll it. But I found this step much cheaper and easier than the second crafting options.

2: Hit 35% Effect + 3% Minion Attack/Cast Speed. Clean off what needs to be cleaned off, and Aug Caster for 100% Call to the Slaughter. Easy right? But now comes the shit part. There are 3 defence mods in the pool (ES, Evasion, Armor) with multiple tiers. Good luck hitting T1 Energyshield!

One of my clusters was crafted with way 1 and the other with way 2, on cluster 2 sits at T2 Energyshield after 10ex+ in rerolls. The Cluster crafted with way 1 was done after 3 ex total and is perfect!

So I recommend the first crafting approach!

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