-resist stacking and medal choice

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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hello, i’m lvl84 and in act 2 ultimate

i’ve been using some (ok, a lot) of resist debuffs and i’m not sure ALL of them are stacking, i read the guide and etc, but the stuff about unique debuffs and etc is what is bugging me.

so far i’m using:

vulnerability
eldritch fire
solael’s flame (the active from symbol of solael)
and black star (the proc from the medal)

also, the medal (black star of deceit) is a recent drop, so far i’ve been using a badge of mastery, and i’m not so sure which would be the best.

-skill wise they are more or less the same (i get 1 extra skill point on second rite from black star)
-about half of my damage is chaos, and black star grants me 50% (885->935%) but BoM 20% gives me to vitality and acid/poison as well, which is my rest of my damage, giving only a very slight edge on actual dps and a decrease in my proc damage, so pretty much a wash there

so, the only real differance is:
BoM gives me 5% OA and the OA proc, black star gives me 40% chaos resist, +3% life steal (8%->11%) and the -30 resist proc

i have 2510 OA without BoM and 2737 with BoM when the proc is going (also -75 opponent’s DA from vulnerability)

what are some more experienced opinions?

ty

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Unless you need BoM to reach 22/12 on DEE or Sigil, use the Black star. I’m not really ure what your build does though…

If you don’t use Black star, you will need the Manticore proc (or venom tipped ammo, again, depending on what your char does for damage). The all resistance reduction is just amazing because it also improves your lifesteal.

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that’s my build:
http://grimcalc.com/build/bMVQRs

dual wielding 2 damnations, one with beronath’s shard, the other with symbol of solael

usually, i double debuff (vulnerability->symbol of solael) and SS in a white/low hp yellow to proc abominable might
blade spirit with tainted eruption, and scorpion sting on whirling death to take care of aoe
wendigo on beronath’s to help with leech and damage
eldritch fire on amarasta’s quick cut to spread debuff

i said the skills in both medals don’t matter that much, because BoM gives me +3 to SS, and when i equip it i just remove 2 of my skill points from SS and put them on witchfire, so the change actually is:
22/12 witchfire, 19/12 second rite, 16/16 SS -> 21/12 witchfire, 18/12 second rite, 17/16 SS

which is more or less the same.

With BoM i can cut my double modrogen whatever enchant from my rings for the +15% vitality/chaos/+150 hp one from death vigil, but then my chaos resist rests at 35% instead of 75% but at a net gain of +50% vitality/+20%acid/poison

So, the real question is still:

~220 OA (2.5k->2.7k), and 50% vitality damage/20%poison/20%acid
vs
-30 resists (when i already have eldritch fire, vulnerability and solael’s flame) and 40% chaos resist +3% lifesteal

my dps, when abominable is going, with black star of deceit, is about 40-43k

edit:
i can drop wendigo (and scorpion) for acid spray (and rat), but it’s lower damage (only ~500%poison vs 950% vitality) and it doesn’t leech in order to have both BoM and another resist debuff, but i feel like this will hurt my survivability vs things that i can’t life steal against.

p.s. also is there a friggin way to not oneshot my energy vs reflect bosses (knights and etc are ok, i kill them before i cripple my energy completly…)?

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anyone else willing to chime in?