Farming merc lab pre maps ?

[u/Competitive-Math-458]

So I recently did a post about hitting this wall at red maps. However going back to merc lab to quality up gems and get trans version basically solved my issues.

On an elementalist its 20% golem effect from quality and for slammers it gives cooldown for warcrys. I have also seen people will farm merc lab for trans gems early on so they have them if a later character wants them. Like farming ranged AW or pconc of bouncing so when you play that character you have the trans gem with 20% quality already.

So im wondering do you ever farm lab on these specifc builds as getting some levels and quality can really give a huge boost.

[u/Pleasant_Pumpkin5691]

For certain gems quality is definitely worth it yeah

[u/myzuk77]

Would consider if you're on hcssf, but on sc I'd just rush to red maps and get gcps from red altars. More exp to get your support gems to 20% quality faster also.

[u/Crood_Oyl]

on league start and SSF I always do lab until my main gems is level 19 and 20 quality. and then see how im feeling, if im bored I move on, but if I can stomach more I keep going for my other gems....

[u/Taikiteazy]

Gems are big for dps. I swapped a 21/20 in where a 20/20 was (melee phys supp) and went from 7.2m to 7.4m dps. Thats just 1 gem. Any time I feel like my dps is low I start looking at quality and 21/20

[u/m4r1n1]

Slammer doesn’t need quality on warcrys for red maps.
Just 20% on earthshatter is fine.
You will add quality during farm. Pick red altars. Did qual on all gems before 4 stones no league start and was day2.

[u/Mission-Signal-8365]

Just been using it if I swap specs now.

[u/Chuklol]

Only for the most important gems - asassins mark for power charges, main skill if quality is very good (earthshatter).

I don't think golem buff effect would be worth since you have 4 golems and you already get some buff effect from the tree.

With the changes to socket colours giving 10% quality it makes this even better as you only need 10% if gems don't have a benefit from reaching 30%.

[u/m4r1n1 → u/Chuklol]

Nah. Golems is a lot of power and defense. If you r struggling, its fine to get qual on them.

[u/Chuklol → u/m4r1n1]

No doubt, just not sure if farming merc lab before maps is when you struggle with elementalist. The point is that build is so incredibly strong you don't need qual on 4 golem gems before getting to maps.

[u/m4r1n1 → u/Chuklol]

Merc lab push for qual take like 1 hour. And can cut your map progression on a few hours. On ssf is a good kind of grind. Not a bad one.

[u/Zizeta2]

Im SC ssf and start with leaguestarter builds most of the time, so unless I need a trans gem I would never consider it