Spellbinder - need advice for mp consumption

[Lagnight]

Hello !!!

i’m leveling a spellbinder with focuses in Aether dmg, so i use the Drain Essence skill with Gravechill… So i got many issues with mana like the Albrecht’s Aether Ray… And i start to get confuse… Any advices for mp consumption, devotions, gears, stats for exemple???

thanks

[bystander]

Get 10/10 Mental Alacrity -20% energy cost.
Get a green offhand with the suffix “of the Oracle” -10 to 15% energy cost and all damage%
Use Arcane Lens or Focusing Prism component in amulet -6 or -10% energy cost
Look at the relic recipes, there are a few with -8% energy cost.

From there, just make sure to keep your eyes open for -energy cost special gear for Drain Essence. I’ve seen them drop on the helm, weapons, medals and other places for FoI, AAR and other skills that might have included drain essence.

The closer you get to 100% -energy cost, the more each percent will help.

[Lagnight]

Get 10/10 Mental Alacrity -20% energy cost.
Get a green offhand with the suffix “of the Oracle” -10 to 15% energy cost and all damage%
Use Arcane Lens or Focusing Prism component in amulet -6 or -10% energy cost
Look at the relic recipes, there are a few with -8% energy cost.

From there, just make sure to keep your eyes open for -energy cost special gear for Drain Essence. I’ve seen them drop on the helm, weapons, medals and other places for FoI, AAR and other skills that might have included drain essence.

The closer you get to 100% -energy cost, the more each percent will help.

Thank you so much

[MortalKombat]

Get 10/10 Mental Alacrity -20% energy cost.
Get a green offhand with the suffix “of the Oracle” -10 to 15% energy cost and all damage%
Use Arcane Lens or Focusing Prism component in amulet -6 or -10% energy cost
Look at the relic recipes, there are a few with -8% energy cost.

From there, just make sure to keep your eyes open for -energy cost special gear for Drain Essence. I’ve seen them drop on the helm, weapons, medals and other places for FoI, AAR and other skills that might have included drain essence.

The closer you get to 100% -energy cost, the more each percent will help.

Stacking -manacost is nice, but what about damage? To get good DPS, you will want to overlevel Drain Essence, and for that, you also need specific gear, that doesnt happen to have -energy cost on it.

[bystander]

Stacking -manacost is nice, but what about damage? To get good DPS, you will want to overlevel Drain Essence, and for that, you also need specific gear, that doesnt happen to have -energy cost on it.

Most of what I mentioned is class neutral, and doesn’t get in the way of stacking Drain Essence, except maybe the offhand of the Oracle, but most casters have special versions that address their short comings and can still be of the Oracle, but that happens to be rare to be mixed together.

[Phlegethonyarre]

DE does not drain that much energy as AAR end game not even close…
on my characters:
AAR cost 1048 per sec
DE cost 520 per sec
these are end game numbers with max gear.
my DE build have 178.14 energy regen with zero spirit points spent, which is more than enough, in my little few tests i been all good with even 120-130 energy regen…
here is my build tho hope it will help
http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61563&highlight=spellbinder

[WolfOverclocked]

A little late to this party, but…

Don’t forget the Spellbinder has access to Iskandra’s Elemental Exchange. It’s probably going to get a point anyways to go to Elemental Balance, but if you have spare points you can invest in the main ability. Yeah, the flat Elemental damage, Energy Leech, and Conversion are wasted for the most part, but it can give you a massive boost to Energy Regen. 65% at 12/12.

With AAR, at least, Energy Regen is practically a dps stat so it’s actually not that big a waste.

A tiny Spirit investment doesn’t hurt either.