New Manathirst

[Skodki]

Just wanted to make a post about the new manathirst, while this build is a little absurd in what i found, i do want to say Im finding it quite fun and it doesn't seem nearly as bad as what people are making it out to be.
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[globalenemy]

I feel like vampirism in general is quite bad at the moment. You need several blood amulets to make it work. And those are really hard to get now, due to the reroll cost change.

And if you buff the trigger speed down to half a second, like you did it in this build, any weapon would become pretty bonkers. As a whole, this build is pretty stupid xD Like, HOW THE HELL did you get all the amulets, the mana orbs, the gloves and 3 lucky pigs??

[Skodki]

Originally posted by globalenemy:

I feel like vampirism in general is quite bad at the moment. You need several blood amulets to make it work. And those are really hard to get now, due to the reroll cost change.

And if you buff the trigger speed down to half a second, like you did it in this build, any weapon would become pretty bonkers. As a whole, this build is pretty stupid xD Like, HOW THE HELL did you get all the amulets, the mana orbs, the gloves and 3 lucky pigs??

Here's another game playing manathirst i just got that pushed me into Diamond. This one is a lot more reasonable, but to answer your question. Im finding that it seems a lot of people arnt really looking at the economy side of the game, pigging up pigs early, even if it means you lose your first 2-3 rounds just gives you so much more money throughout the game than others, and with the new rework to rerolls and such the money really adds up to allowing you to find key items easier. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3091362305

[\tg/ World Peace]

I like Manathirster quite a bit and love carrying 1-2 gem boxes so I think this is pretty lit. Do you always run out of stamina or was that because of this opponent's shield of valor? Adding yellow gems to the mix might be called for.

[Bumc]

opponent has 2 shields, regular stamina consumption of manathirst is 0.4 so you don't really run out with just 2 of those.

From my experience regular bloodthorne build on ranger outclasses manathirst, and reaper vampirism is quite bad in general, so not sure how viable the build is in higher ranks.

[\tg/ World Peace]

That's a lot of haste on them though.

I also had another thought after my first post. Does Manathirst track your stored mana for the lifesteal or does it only care about how much you've gained over the course of the fight? If it's the latter, maybe mix in some spectral blades to turn the stored mana into damage.

[Bumc]

Yeah you can use the mana and it doesn't affect the damage.
Books in particular are quite important to race other dps builds and I've seen people splice magic staff for scaling in more stamina-heavy setups.