Mage/Dark Wizard Mage Tanky Tierstack/poison Melee Build (no Mythics)

I put this build together a few months ago and have been using it for pretty much everything. It gets 25k DPS with 10k poison, 18k HP, and pretty cheap but slightly weak heals.

Helmet - necrosis
Chest - Leo
Leggings - Writhing Growth
Boots - Accelerator
Rings - 2x Flashfire
Necklace - Gigabyte
Bracelet - Prowess
Wand - Plague Staff
stat req -STR 40 - DEX 86 - INT 41 - Def 31 - AGI 0
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I've found it to be really effective and convenient with good walk speed, damage, and tankiness.

I would love any suggestions to improve it or see possibly better alternatives

 

afterimage is just better
198 defensive sp
https://wynndata.tk/s/vkmfjr

 

Hmmmm how is it better? It does less damage has less hp and much lower intelligence for heals and teleports and I’ve snakes.

 

effective hp

 

does the extra defence and agility make that big a difference? I feel like the very low intelligence makes it less effective also half as much poison

 

Plague staff is currently bugged regarding the major ID - the major ID essentially nets a 50% reduction to poison damage per 2 spread ticks. As a result poison won't do much in the end here. The extra defence and agility are huge boosts to your overall effective hp. Low intelligence is a fair point however with the health sustain from Leo and Necrosis heal spell is going to be less necessary (teleport and ice snake are still gonna be good though).

 

There is one important advantage of his build though

less rolls needed to get close to max damage

Pretty much the only critical roll is +tier on necrosis compared to having to roll two items for perfect -tier and high raw

and @Spacepenguin1 have you considered haqherphix as a wand? I used a variant of your build at some point (swapped out intel for an additional 700 melee damage or something) and had success with the level 42 super fast weapon - gives a good stream of mana with 5/4 ms can kinda replace the intel

 

yeah everything in the build ends up pretty cheap. I can find necrosis with max +tier and really good poison for a bit over an le. I haven't thought of that wand you suggested I'll look into it