330 Vengeful Spirit Bonder - Questions, Possible Bugs?

I've been practicing with RezDogg's 330 build and I've run into a few problems...

First, I wonder if there is an energy bug of some sort. When prepping my maintained enchantments, occasionally I will get the "Not Enough Energy" message even when I have plenty. Each spell costs 10 energy and, in one case, I had 36 and it would not let me cast. I had to switch off the Resto weapon set to get it to cast. Another situation I've experienced is when I need to recast PS in the middle of battle and, even though I have enough energy it says "Not Enough Energy" and then I die. Thirdly... I'm not sure if this one is a bug or if it's the effect of the damage negating skills... frequently when I reach 0 energy and am still being hit multiple times, I don't regain any energy from Essence Bond or Balthazar's Spirit. Like my energy is stuck at zero. This will continue even if I switch to another weapon that allows the 1 pip of energy regeneration.

My question more specifically on the build is this: How does VwK effect the needed benefits of the weapon? For example, the staff provides the HSR/HCT but also the 20% enchant mod... but if VwK is up, you not only lose the extra energy but all the benefits of the staff.

Should I be manually dropping VwK or am I supposed to let it run out on it's own like I have been?

And lastly, how critical is DP/Morale to the effectiveness of this build? Is the math in the mechanics offset too much to make it not work properly?

I've encountered no such bug playing as Mo/Rt VwK. Only possible explanation is the energy drop when holding the ashes, as your weapon, and so all of it's bonuses, dissapear. 40/40 set restoration for example, still works when casted VwK, so it can recharge it faster, but it wont work further, when u hold the ashes. Same happens with the energy, you lose the +12 energy of the focus or +10/15/20 of the staff primarily holding.

Only solution is monitoring over your energy and in case you dont have enough, manually dropping the ashes. When tanking only 1-2 monsters it can come to energy problems.

Oh and having energy on 0 and it doesnt fill up is possibly the effect of the ashes. For example if you cast the ashes while having only 5 energy and primarily holding a +20 energy staff, you lose 20 energy so you are actually having -20 energy while it says 0. you have to fill the -20 first before the zero starts to fill ( while holding ashes ofc) only solution again is dropping them.

Hope it helps. ^^

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