Enki's Arc Witch Memorial Page

Well, Arc just got deleted.

What's the backup plan? :P

That doesn't look like a big enough nerf for arc to be deleted by any means. I am going to leave it to the people smarter than me to crunch the data.

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Ajaxin escreveu:

That doesn't look like a big enough nerf for arc to be deleted by any means. I am going to leave it to the people smarter than me to crunch the data.

The flat damage reduction isn't much of a downgrade with the right supports, but that chain range nerf is substantial. Decreased cast time & mana cost weighs up somewhat, but avg. clearspeed will still be quite a bit worse than before.

Okay, maybe 50 units chain range was a bit ridiculous to begin with, arc could clear two screens of mobs with 2-3 casts while you weren't even looking. Now we'll actually have to pay attention to what's happening. Selfcast Arc builds now need to become much tankier to be safe.

Storm Brand did not receive much of a nerf though, so it'll still be as good as it was last league for supporting this build.

Static Blows has been moved west one passive. It has been mostly reworked and no longer grants any increases to Lightning damage. It now grants 20% increased Shock Duration on Enemies, 40% increased Critical Strike Chance against Shocked Enemies, 30% increased Damage if you have Shocked an Enemy Recently, and 30% increased effect of Shock. The other passives grant a total of 15% increased Critical Strike Chance against Shocked Enemies, 10% increased Damage if you have Shocked an Enemy Recently, 15% chance to Shock, 20% increased Effect of Shock, and 30% increased Shock Duration, spread across 3 passives.

This could be usefull for us right now. But it depends on the exact position on new tree.

Bone Helmet is nerfed too, but now you can have implicit + enchant, so it is not so bad i think.

Nooooooo... my beloved Enki's :'( R.I.P.

Doesn't look bad, mostly buffs for things I had planned. The planned tree will need some adjustment but I should get that done tomorrow.

The chain range nerf isn't as bad as it sounds, the initial cast is not a chain so that shouldn't be affected. But we will have to see how it plays.

Arc
Mana Cost at gem level 1 is now 8 (was 9)
Mana Cost at gem level 20 is now 23 (was 26)
Who the hell cares about mana cost?

Now has a cast time of 0.7 seconds (from 0.8)
0.1 second is a typical "buff on the paper" and not visible stuff in the reality

Now deals 6 to 33 Lightning damage at gem level 1 (from 7 to 37) and 133 to 754 Lightning damage at gem level 20 (from 152 to 862).
This is a bold "15% less damage" nerf.

Now has an added damage effectiveness of 80% (from 90%).
Even more "10% less damage" nerf

Lowered the range at which Arc can chain from 50 units to 25 units.
Check this
Now Arc would be able to expire even on the same pack.

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SilverWF escreveu:

Now has a cast time of 0.7 seconds (from 0.8)
0.1 second is a typical "buff on the paper" and not visible stuff in the reality

12% of base cast speed is not visible?
If cast speed goes from 5 casts per second to 5.6 - it is pretty visible

also

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Onslaught Support
Now grants supported skills a 10% chance on Hitting a Unique Enemy to grant Onslaught for 3 Seconds.

storm brand + onslaught = permanent onslaught vs bosses

I'm relieved that it's only a minor nerf. Looking forward to playing Arc again after 4 years.

I think the lower cast time nicely offsets the added damage effectiveness change, and hopefully the passive tree changes will make it overall better than before. :)

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blg_RealiZe escreveu:

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SilverWF escreveu:

Now has a cast time of 0.7 seconds (from 0.8)
0.1 second is a typical "buff on the paper" and not visible stuff in the reality

12% of base cast speed is not visible?
If cast speed goes from 5 casts per second to 5.6 - it is pretty visible

You felt in the obvious trap.

This is not 12% cast speed buff.

This is 0.1 sec cast speed buff, that, with added Spell Echo and other cast speed buffs (yes, with Onslaught too) would be turned to 0.02 sec or even less.
That would be visible only on a pretty long range if casting stationary.

As an Arc selfcaster - would you be able to stay at place for a long time?
GL with it, then...