Efficiency at 75?

[chaostap]

Hi guys, I don't post on here much, but I have reached 75 about 3 weeks ago, and now have about 210 AA's. All dot crits, All 3 Wake the Deads, almost all exceptional heals, 2/3 Gift of manas. I was wondering, when soloing mobs in Icefall, mainly spider camp, is there any way to be more mana effecient? I have around 9k mana roughly, but with dots costing 1k per cast, I find myself needing to med alot, and I was wondering what aa's I should get so I am able to kill faster and more effeciently. Thanks for your time,
Chaostap

[Jebasiz]

Secondary forte would help.
GoM 3 and GoRM would help.
The Flowing thought AAs(cap raising) would help. It's not "efficiency" but it's mana regen.
The mental clarity(and tss version) would help. It's not "efficiency" but it's mana regen.

Without knowing your spell selection it'd be hard to really say though. Also..do you cast until the mob is dead and or let your pet finish off mobs after they get to a point where your pet won't pull agro.

When I do that camp, once a mob is 30% health, I'll go get another(assuming I pulled a single) and let my pet finish the low health mob(but I will refresh darkness).

[Rijak]

It's all about math: damage/mana cost = DPM

Look at all your spells from 65 to 75 and stack the ones with the best DPM as long as they:

1) Don't get resisted too often

2) Run their full course over a kite

Remember, our nukes have lousy DPM and some of our DoTs get resisted a lot (i.e. horror line). While the oft-forgotten disease line has our best DPM as long as it's not getting resisted.

[Zandramadass]

Also keep in mind that our efficiency is suffering currently on the TSS spells due to much larger mana cost but loss of focus unless you have picked up some of the new ones. If this is the case then you may want to stick with mostly your 65-70 line up with the occasional TSS thrown in that isnt so hard on your mana and does near max to max dmg before the mobs die.

[chaostap]

Thanks for the replies guys, I wall definately get those aa's that you reccomended. I have 2/3 GoM atm, planning on finishing it soon and getting the GoRM and then mana regen AA's. I will post my spell lineup later tonight when I get home so you guys can give me any tips on what I need to change. Thanks for the help,
Chaostap

[Shenlonx]

One of the best things you can do for your efficiency is to stick to 65-70 spells and use tribute to get Affliction Efficiency 5. Pound for pound they're almost as good as the base 71-75 spells and you're not really lookin to drop mobs as quickly as possible. Also, get SCM3 if you don't have it already, been runnin in to quite a few necs recently that don't have this wonderful AA.

[theka]

my dot lineup is in this order snare click, curse of mor, pyre of mori, send pet, chaos venom, dread pyre, ash pyre, clicky pyro pants, then refresh dread and chaos.. mob dead

i can do like 5 mobs b4 i have to med for not very long... more with gom and gorm procs

i would say make sure your not useing more then curse and ash for the 70 plus spells and i find vakk is a waste of mana... and i always end each kill with a venin shot.

and yeah i tribute AE5 and AH5 makes a huge difference.

but also focus effects will make a huge impact on this as well

dot extention for ash and dread and curse is really nice thats alot of extra damage for no mana

i have 35% fire to 70 45% poison to 68 35% magic to 70 30% magic to 75

[chaostap]

Thanks for the replies. Theka, our spells are almost exactly the same. I need to get Affliction Efficiency. I just haven't been on much to grind, but I will soon and will get the AA's you guys suggested. Thanks again for the help.
Chaostap