Two observations from testing my Dark One.
- Imo conjurer has so much to gain from investing in casts - and so many casts - that investing in melee beyond the bare minimum to charge Savagery is a little bit missed. You have neither attack speed nor much chance to use Savagery with so much casting to do. Also, you get so much healing from Totems, Sigils, Bat and Wendigo/Scales that you don’t really need the extra sustain.
Storm Totem is your very best Ratosh proccer, and even at 16/16 with no mods and not a lot of cdr (gonna be 2 and 3rd with 60-70%-ish uptime) it’s worth it dmg-wise. Sigil is godly for sustain, and you can get almost 100% converted to vit with Nightbringer and other right items (Basti ring and Pestilence of Dreeg), so it’s max/max for me. Wasting is your cheap source of effective da, and some more passive self-dealing dmg.
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For da, replace the jewelry augments with either Arcanum Dusts or Irrah’s Bloods. Recompense for lost oa with Stolen Dreams belt. And try to fit that Solemn Watcher. Even with the last nerf it’s still maybe the best defensive T2 with 5 affinities for 5 points. Try to fit Hawk - best offensive stat T1 - and you can easily adjust oa/da proportions with augments
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With Dark One and it’s chaos to vit you just GOTTA use Eldritch Pact. The proc is maybe the strongest from all relics (isn’t it?).
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Interesting option with Scales. It’s great for energy. But. Revenant offers million times better rr spread (and non-trivial dmg actually if you proc it well), and helps with DG affinities. Imp is absolutely missed, though. You only get 25% of its dmg.