Planning on another playthrough with a new Amara but need to find out what I did wrong with the first

[Spocks Toupee]

OK, I could respec for $571K to try out playing a level 71 Amara, but that's no fun.
But what I'm wondering is what the heck did I do wrong to where she ended up being pretty useless at later levels.

Whenever she got an elemental effect on her, it was pretty much inevitable that she was going to die.
And I'm talking watching a shield with 69,217 whittle down to ZERO, then watch her Health Bar, also at about 65,000 go down to nothing as well.
It's like the Elemental Effect would never end

Even when I would rush around using SUSTAINMENT and Grasping using SOUL SAP, the Elemental Effect would eat my Health almost as fast as I could restore it.

So, here's what I had for my first Amara, and I'm wondering what did mistakes did I make when speccing her, that turned her into a character that dies MORE from Elemental Effects than what she's supposed to dish out, because as I said, once I see the elemental effect on the screen it's pretty much "Game Over Man", and it's super frustrating.

I've seen people run around on YouTube as Amara, and see their screen ringed with an elemental effect, yet not even their shields go down...

Here's her specs:

Brawl

Root to Rise 5/5
Clarity - 5/5
Arms Deal - 1/5
Mindfulness - 3/3
Find your center - 1/1
One with Nature - 5/5
Do Unto Others - 1
Guardian Angel - 1
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Mystical Assault

Fast Hands 3/3
Violent Tapestry 2/5
Restless 5/5
Ascendant 1/1
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Fist of the Elements

Anima 7/5
Infusion 7/5
Tempest 6/5
Dread 1/1
Indiscriminate 3/3
Deep Well 1/1
Sustainment 5/5
Conflux 5/5
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Enlightened Force

Heavy Rain 5/5
Ebb and Flow 1/3
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Shield Capacity - 69217

Primeval Blended Stormbringer
+2 Infusion
+1 Tempest
+2 Anima

Melty Elemental Projector

Damage Boost 90%
+16% Corrosive Damage
+16% Shock Damage

[ZoSo]

Цитата допису Spocks Toupee:

Цитата допису ZoSo:

500 k is nothing at this stage of the game. even withough a respec. you can get a driver with +4 Clarity. even the 5 points in Anama will be fine and the druation even helpful for keeping your move speed bunus up. and the +4 Clarityt will counteract the hp damage. specing further down red tree to get sustainment will help even mor

i already have Sustainment, along with Soul Sap, Ebb & Flow, along with a 5/5 in Clarity
It looks like the problem, as you said, is the 7/5 in Anima, which means that anything I have that can heal at 5/5 can't keep up with the DOT, which is why I die.

I think having your own perk kill you is kind of stupid, and should be fixed, because AFAIC it's a bug, because it doesn't say anything about the perk applying any elemental effects NEGATIVELY to your character, to the point where you die very quickly when you get an elemental effect on you.
PLUS, she's a Siren, a class that dishes OUT Elemental Damage.

liek I said dont go over 5 points in the skill and get something that gives 9/5 clarity and you will be alrigh. the ele projector may be boosting the self damage as well so maybe try a different rellic. Being level 71 i would not woryy about starting from scratch. Use the advice from here to test things out. changing up a point here and there and it will start to sing.
(edit) Reading your post again It does indeed sound like you are watching a driver build. May I ask the name of the youtuber?

[Spocks Toupee]

Цитата допису ZoSo:

Цитата допису Spocks Toupee:

i already have Sustainment, along with Soul Sap, Ebb & Flow, along with a 5/5 in Clarity
It looks like the problem, as you said, is the 7/5 in Anima, which means that anything I have that can heal at 5/5 can't keep up with the DOT, which is why I die.

I think having your own perk kill you is kind of stupid, and should be fixed, because AFAIC it's a bug, because it doesn't say anything about the perk applying any elemental effects NEGATIVELY to your character, to the point where you die very quickly when you get an elemental effect on you.
PLUS, she's a Siren, a class that dishes OUT Elemental Damage.

liek I said dont go over 5 points in the skill and get something that gives 9/5 clarity and you will be alrigh. the ele projector may be boosting the self damage as well so maybe try a different rellic. Being level 71 i would not woryy about starting from scratch. Use the advice from here to test things out. changing up a point here and there and it will start to sing.
(edit) Reading your post again It does indeed sound like you are watching a driver build. May I ask the name of the youtuber?

True, but farming on Mayhem for a 9/5 Clarity class mod is pointless, because the game is already over and there's nothing left to do but farm, and everything I farm with be Level 71 and completely useless to all of my other characters I make, and will only become useful to any other characters I make when the game is over.
So there's really no point.

[Rontemon]

Цитата допису Diogenes49:

first are you a melee player? if not brawl may not be right for you here is a non melee build I really like not melee based

Fist of the elements
5 1 1
5 0 4
1
3 1 0
4 0
1
mystical assault
3 3 3
4 2 3
1
3 3 3
1 0
1
brawl
1 0 5
0 3 0
enlightened force
0 0 5

Augments
cold hearted
ties that bind
stillness of mind

Ties of bind is awesome for mobbing but while bossing is kind of bad though... do you switch it out?

And why did you pick stillness of mind over soulsap? Less damage and higher cooldown worth it?

[Diogenes49]

Цитата допису Merciful:

Цитата допису Diogenes49:

first are you a melee player? if not brawl may not be right for you here is a non melee build I really like not melee based

Fist of the elements
5 1 1
5 0 4
1
3 1 0
4 0
1
mystical assault
3 3 3
4 2 3
1
3 3 3
1 0
1
brawl
1 0 5
0 3 0
enlightened force
0 0 5

Augments
cold hearted
ties that bind
stillness of mind

Ties of bind is awesome for mobbing but while bossing is kind of bad though... do you switch it out?

And why did you pick stillness of mind over soulsap? Less damage and higher cooldown worth it?

While this skill is equipped, enemies damaged by Amara's Action Skill become phaselocked until they are damaged or the duration ends. This skill reduces the damage and increases the cooldown of Amara's Action Skill.

When Amara uses Phasegrasp with Stillness of Mind equipped, enemies near the Phasegrasped target are phaselocked.

[123]

Цитата допису Diogenes49:

Цитата допису tools guy-kun:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rpIwTi2hrWywgB42_I2mCjLqZ72r-n1FAoA2w8LGoGA/mobilebasic

why not stillness of mind?

Because soul sap does not increase action skill cooldown.

[Rontemon]

Цитата допису Spocks Toupee:

Цитата допису Holografix:

absolutely tragic mate. that build is for mobbing, not bosses XD

I can respec, but it will cost $571K, I'd just rather start over and try a different build, plus I can farm better now that I know where to farm

Money currency is nothing in BL3.. Respec will only cost a portion of your TOTAL money and you quickly earn them all back so quickly by farming bosses a few times at Mayhem 10/11.

Even if you had $1000 left, your respec cost will be like $100 or $200. So just spend ALL YOUR MONEY on SDUs before you respec. Don't bother saving money in this game. Only Eridium is valuable for annointment rerolls.

I am currently running Amara lv72 mayhem 11 and so far she has quickly become my favourite character to main.. I have reached 72 on Zane, Fl4k and Amara. And Amara is the most comfy character to play. For bossing, if there are no minions around to use ties that bind on.. Just switch to a weapon with "250%/300% weapon damage after Phasecast/Phaseslam"

And yes, do not spec into Anima. That skill hot trash garbage that kills you more than it kills the enemy because of Mayhem scaling.

I am using the Hellzerker build:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rpIwTi2hrWywgB42_I2mCjLqZ72r-n1FAoA2w8LGoGA/edit

[Spocks Toupee]

Цитата допису Merciful:

Цитата допису Spocks Toupee:

I can respec, but it will cost $571K, I'd just rather start over and try a different build, plus I can farm better now that I know where to farm

Money currency is nothing in BL3.. Respec will only cost a portion of your TOTAL money and you quickly earn them all back so quickly by farming bosses a few times at Mayhem 10/11.

Even if you had $1000 left, your respec cost will be like $100 or $200. So just spend ALL YOUR MONEY on SDUs before you respec. Don't bother saving money in this game. Only Eridium is valuable for annointment rerolls.

I am currently running Amara lv72 mayhem 11 and so far she has quickly become my favourite character to main.. I have reached 72 on Zane, Fl4k and Amara. And Amara is the most comfy character to play. For bossing, if there are no minions around to use ties that bind on.. Just switch to a weapon with "250%/300% weapon damage after Phasecast/Phaseslam"

And yes, do not spec into Anima. That skill hot trash garbage that kills you more than it kills the enemy because of Mayhem scaling.

I am using the Hellzerker build:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rpIwTi2hrWywgB42_I2mCjLqZ72r-n1FAoA2w8LGoGA/edit

Thanks for clarifying that Anima is a Death Sentence.
However, I'm not going to respec and Farm, because everything I farm will only be useful to my 72 character that has already finished the game and (most) of the DLC, (No thanks to the Scholar in the marriage DLC) so there's no point in farming.

[Diogenes49]

Use gold keys sell guns to marcus a couple of keys will get you 571000 n do this in sanctuary in m10 mode

[Jerubius]

Цитата допису Spocks Toupee:

Цитата допису Merciful:

Money currency is nothing in BL3.. Respec will only cost a portion of your TOTAL money and you quickly earn them all back so quickly by farming bosses a few times at Mayhem 10/11.

Even if you had $1000 left, your respec cost will be like $100 or $200. So just spend ALL YOUR MONEY on SDUs before you respec. Don't bother saving money in this game. Only Eridium is valuable for annointment rerolls.

I am currently running Amara lv72 mayhem 11 and so far she has quickly become my favourite character to main.. I have reached 72 on Zane, Fl4k and Amara. And Amara is the most comfy character to play. For bossing, if there are no minions around to use ties that bind on.. Just switch to a weapon with "250%/300% weapon damage after Phasecast/Phaseslam"

And yes, do not spec into Anima. That skill hot trash garbage that kills you more than it kills the enemy because of Mayhem scaling.

I am using the Hellzerker build:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rpIwTi2hrWywgB42_I2mCjLqZ72r-n1FAoA2w8LGoGA/edit

Thanks for clarifying that Anima is a Death Sentence.
However, I'm not going to respec and Farm, because everything I farm will only be useful to my 72 character that has already finished the game and (most) of the DLC, (No thanks to the Scholar in the marriage DLC) so there's no point in farming.

As someone who does run anima on my 72 M11 character, it's manageable. It specifically boosts all of Amara's elemental effects, and a lot of her better gear choices have fairly generous splash damage that can self proc. Stepping on hazards or the meager elemental effects of enemies don't get effected, but between the massively increased proc chance, damage and duration boosts it can be very easy to instantly die from a self proc. If you know what you're getting into and play carefully it's pretty nice. I generally tend to avoid infusion, because it's also a terrible skill for different reasons. The infusion damage doesn't benefit from a lot of Amara's other skills and anoints, meaning it's actually a pretty decent chunk of DPS loss in most circumstances, as well as not counting towards life steal from sustainment and other stuff like that.

Also anima can be extremely powerful with a transformer shield and a shock weapon, as self procs fully restore your shield constantly instead of killing you.