MeatSlinger3000 wrote:Cosimala wrote:dunno, i play tri ele totem and he died nearly instantly. same goes for other bosses
I fully invested in Stormeye & it was genuinely garbage. As I stated above, it was so bad it couldn't kill Radament. I used my Act 1 respec & put 1 point each in Frostclaw & Fireheart, and it made the build playable.
So for anyone reading this, the build is borderline unplayable unless you spec into all 3 totems
I found myself going soulbond for early levels as well. I changed the early build now to reflect that.
I need to do another run to figure out why you were having problems. Maybe you skipped the part of the guide where I tell how Stormeye totem works exactly? It does more damage the closer you bring it to targets. This is fairly crucial tidbit of information to know how to play Stormeye. I need to record a video of it or something.
Spartagus423 wrote:I am struggling a bit still in normal. I am new to Median XL and I got to act 2 with this spec. The early level is kind of hard to understand because there are multiple trees so would I just go with speccing the Frostclaw to max and then the next thing to put points in would be apprenticeship, then dark gathering max and so on?
Embalming: 1
Frostclaw: 7
Apprenticeship: 9
Dark Gathering 5
Meditation 2
Using
I put down two totems around enemies but AoE doesn't kill a horde of mobs very fast..Kills like 1 or 2 at a time so I have to just run in a circle. Tried to follow the Early Level tree which says I should put all points in Frostclaw to max but a couple of people told me to keep it at lower levels but I don't have much dmg. Just mainly my staff is the dmg. My other gear has been bad and I slotted in like a few cracked rubies.
Featherclaw gloves are the first unique I found so I just put those on.
I have a bunch of jewels and cracked gems that I can slot in and skulls but haven't used them because I am afraid I won't be able to get them off the gear once I find better gear. Is there any kind of items like Runes or something I should put on my gear? I am level 26
Focus on maxing Dark Gathering first, Frostclaw second, Apprenticeship third (to 10-15, depending on how you feel your totems are alive) and embalming fourth. I shall add this to the guide.
demoner wrote:Ok this guide is out of date. Leveling a character with totems is fundamentally different this patch than the last time this guide was updated.
Do you have all your totems out? Dark gathering gives you +1 max to EACH totem every five levels invested. This means with 5 points you can summon 2 frostclaw, 2 storm and 2 fire totems all at the same time. At 10 dark gathering you can have 9 totems on the field., this is where the damage comes from.
Also, totems gain damage from your energy stat, so I suggest you split your stats about 75% energy, 25% Strength.
I cleared nightmare with essentially no gear, and totems were grossly op the whole way. I did 3 pts in each totem, about 10 in apprentice, maxed dark gathering, maxed dirge, and maxed soulbond.
It's not out of date, I played totemancer in the beta and updated it one hour before season start. Fundamental difference only comes down to how you spend your points, the character still plays very much the same as 1.8. But I appreciate your point, I'll add some extra info to the guide to make it easier for new folks.