I have this Dark One’s set lying around, and picked up a Pandemic today, so I started playing around in Grimtools.
I usually play melee and always feel out of my element when trying to theorycraft casters. I think I put together something workable, but would love some feedback: Ravenous Earth/Bloody Pox Cabalist.
I’m happy with most of the resulting stats, but I am sure I am missing something.
Any glaring oversights, or needed additions? Thanks.
My point of view:
I, personally, would go with that skill setup. Overcapping Ravenous Earth’s upgrades is not that worth, although if you could find some points, you could max the second upgrade (resist reduction), but I think it’s not needed. Siphon Soul’s updrage, Blood Boil is very needed for casters because it reduces enemies’ OA. Ill Omen is helpful, but if you think you don’t need it, you can get the points back and add to something else. Mark of Torment should be at rank 4, because it reduces 40% damage there, and I personally think going over 6 is a waste of points, because we use it for the damage reduction only, which is 40% at level 4, 46% at level 6 and then goes up by 1 per level (47 at 7, 48, 49, 50).
Overcapping Vulnerability in Curse of Frailty is sometimes good, but you already will have 33 + 30 + 20 + 25 resist reduction from skills only, so I’d keep it at 10/10. Blood of Dreeg must be maxed - it gives massive OA, healing and HP regen (also heals 30% of your HP), but the upgrade is a waste of points after level 12. You only gain 5% poison resist/level and 3% physical resist if you overcap it to the max - so useless, the % damage is not worth it. I see many people overcapping Possesion, while it is also a waste of points. You gain only 4% damage reduction at level 22, and 1% Chaos resist per level after you overcap it. Damage increase (%) is not worth it, again.
About Devotion, I focused purely on OA and Vital damage.
I would use a green bonespike with bonuses to RA+duration, and another offhand like a blood orb of chton for more conversion from poison to vitality. Other shoes because you want to play with vitality damage, not poison 
You can use the weapon from the blueprint of barrowholm with +skills to occu and necro too :claw of hagaraz
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