Build Guide
Tal Rashas DD Build for Patch 2.4.2 focusing on short-timed Burst Damage.
Howto:
- Have Archon Stacks from The Swami overlapping
- Build up 15 Gogok Stacks (if not already built up)
- Build up 4 Tal Rashas 6pc Stacks
- Build up 4 Explosion Stacks
- Build up 20 Chantodo's Stacks
- Hit Black Hole 4 Seconds before Cold CoE
- Hit Archon at the Moment CoE goes to Cold
- Spam Archon Abilities for 8 Seconds (until Tal Rasha 6pc Stacks run out)
- Move on
- Spend the remaining time in Archon to gather density for the next burst.
- When you are outside of Archon, keep jumping into density to perma proc your APD's
Setting up the first Burst:
Goal here is to get in sync with CoE for all following Bursts, this is very important and its all about timing.
- Enter the Rift on beginning of Arcane CoE and immediately hit Ice Armor and Archon
- Now you have 20 seconds to build up Gogok Stacks and mob density, preferably a decent group of white mobs
- When Archon is off cooldown the next time, CoE should be right before Cold with all Stacks fully built up.
- You are ready to rock
You don't have to use that strategy, you can also gather mobs and build up stacks outside of Archon at the beginning of the rift.
I found it more consistent to do it that way mostly in terms of survivability and getting Archon Stacks. You are sacrificing a little bit of time at the start though.
Notes:
- Since Obsidian Ring cannot be used, this Build is extremely CDR heavy, you need to roll CDR on every piece possible, including Amulet. The Breakpoint to hit is 63,5% Sheet CDR minimum! Its absolutely mandatory to get this CDR and to always have max Gogok stacks before you go in Archon. Otherwise your CoE will not be in sync with every Burst, which is the key to this build.
- I tried to get this to work without CDR rolled on the Amulet, but the max Breakpoint you can hit this way is 62,6% which i found is just barely not enough to function properly. It may be possible to play it with 62,6%, personally i think its not worth it. Its much harder to play and you lose DPS from going into Archon late too often.
- Area Damage is not super important here, since your strongest Bursts will come from Chantodo's. However, your Archon Skills do benefit from it, so i recommend having at least 2-3 Area Damage rolls on your Gear.
I've tested this Build on PTR in GR 85-90 with unoptimized Gear, 5 non-ancients, 80ish augments and Para 1600.
Fully optimized/augmented and with enough Paragon, i think this build is capable of going into the 100s.
Any Thoughts/Suggestions for Improvement are always welcome!
This is the Solo GR Variant, for the Group Play Version click here:
what do you mean with spam archon abilities 8 seconds? i asume its because tal rasha buff will run out after that time.
So basically you use the rest of the time in archon to gather mobs for the next round, right?
what is the skill which make arcane damage !!! you select 2 cold skills arcane slow time and black hole so you have now 3 tal skacks not 4
thanks.
Ive been using In-geom as a sub for Orb of infinite depth. In combo with gogok and all the CDR, it basically guarantees 100% archon uptime (without needing needing to nail the rotation ever single time) save for the few seconds I need to restack tal rasha... And it means that entering Archon with max gogok stacks isn't always necessary (I've lost valuable time having to rebuild gogok stacks because of a large gap between mobs). Ive found that in Archon mode my survivability is just fine without the explosion stacks, although you are losing some damage without it. its also worth mentioning that you don't have to hit anything to build tal rasha stacks (you can literally mash teleport, explosive blast, black hole, and electrute as soon as archon ends and it builds the stacks even if you hit nothing). If anyone's really struggling with perfecting the rotation like me, hopefully this could be a good alternative...again, you are losing some damage by doing this.
I tired out your build but i went whi this setup
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/jeetkundo-21353/hero/79001864
great guide. this build help me to obtain stash space =D
Didn't realize chantodo's had to be built outside archon haha! thanks! I feel kinda dumb now but thats ok..yeah you're right its ok good for lower GR's. Right now I don't have very good roles on my non-ancient set items lol so I'm soloing GR 60-65 with In-geom. I tried replacing stricken gem with powerful but then the bosses ends up killing me lol. I'm interested in how your alt furnace build turns out. Keep up the good work this build is awesome.
Hi,
thanks for all the nice Information here.
Can someone help me out and take a short look at my profile? I Am just dying too fast. One hit in almost every case. Even in lower GRIFT. I cant even go for 70 at the moment. 68 is maximum.
Someone told me that i have too much life and i should replace it with some regeneration stuff but i dont get it....
Thanks for the help!
Link to profile: http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Krabby-1632/hero/81565051