Enki's Arc Witch Memorial Page

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JGonzaga escreveu:

The Devouring Diadem looks really good for the build.

EDIT: Is anyone having a problem with Life Leech or I am missing something?

You're probably missing something. And so am I.
Only porblem I'm dealing with currently. The clearing is insane (dare to say I feel no difference from the last league's clear speed), I'm digging the EB's mana sustain since I could just ditch mana flask for now.
The only thing I'm struggling with is survivability, mainly because I have no life leech at all. Can someone more experienced check on it? Is it supposed to be this way?

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protestantfackbucket escreveu:

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JGonzaga escreveu:

The Devouring Diadem looks really good for the build.

EDIT: Is anyone having a problem with Life Leech or I am missing something?

You're probably missing something. And so am I.
Only porblem I'm dealing with currently. The clearing is insane (dare to say I feel no difference from the last league's clear speed), I'm digging the EB's mana sustain since I could just ditch mana flask for now.
The only thing I'm struggling with is survivability, mainly because I have no life leech at all. Can someone more experienced check on it? Is it supposed to be this way?

Do you have paragon of calmity? It gives us 0,5% ele dmg as life leech.


On the other hand, I see a nice node, just for 2 skillpoints "Lightning walker" , maybe worth investing if we replace the helmet with devouring diadem?

Very nicely written build, thank you.

I'm having some pretty serious issues with squishiness. From earlier posts I've noticed the decoy totem, which I plan to incorporate.

That aside, though, I'm a little confused on how to incorporate daggers without completely nerfing my offense to the group. Mind taking a look, letting me know any thoughts? I haven't hit Merc. lab yet because I've tried a couple times and insta-gibbed to his essences.

I'm a couple passives away from the Aura reservation limit, which should help (use Discipline, Enfeeble and Wrath) but in the meantime I'm skipping Discipline. Also no MOM yet because I think it's too early? Lvl 71. Thanks!

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TimeOmnivore escreveu:

No mention of The Devouring Diadem in the Gear section? Seems like it would be nearly the BiS helm for this build, as it lets you save (at least) 8 skill points due to no longer needing EB nor the Reduced Mana Reserved nodes on the tree - that on top of being an ES base and the other good mods you get on the helm.

That is a very good point, especially with people struggling to get enough ES early on. You lose a lot of stats an expensive rare could give, but 8 passives is a lot and should more than make up for it. Granted, I have no idea how expensive that helm is. I’m not sure if the 10% chance for skills to start recharge will interact with “recharge has started recently,” but if so that could also make for some interesting combos.

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jlh165 escreveu:

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TimeOmnivore escreveu:

No mention of The Devouring Diadem in the Gear section? Seems like it would be nearly the BiS helm for this build, as it lets you save (at least) 8 skill points due to no longer needing EB nor the Reduced Mana Reserved nodes on the tree - that on top of being an ES base and the other good mods you get on the helm.

That is a very good point, especially with people struggling to get enough ES early on. You lose a lot of stats an expensive rare could give, but 8 passives is a lot and should more than make up for it. Granted, I have no idea how expensive that helm is. I’m not sure if the 10% chance for skills to start recharge will interact with “recharge has started recently,” but if so that could also make for some interesting combos.

I am currently struggling with the survivability as many people have already said before me and I am pretty sure that The Devouring Diadem will be the way to go if EB stays in the build.

For now I have just stuck with only Wrath and Discipline Aura and put in Enfeeble and Cold Snap with a CwDT in one Weapon. Later with The Devouring Diadem you can put all the Auras in the Helmet and still have 3 Gems of Space in one of the Weapons with the Setup I will explain now.

I don't really like the Blind on Storm Brand. I feel it just doesn't do enough defensively. So I just decided to drop the Lightning Trap alltogether and replaced it and the Trap Support gem with Storm Brand and Onslaught resulting in a Storm Brand - Onslaught - Controlled Destruction - Elemental Focus to both get the Onslaught Buff which is very nice, even during clearing, but additionally deals a decent Amount of Boss damage. Not as much as the Traps of course, but enough to be noticable.

Additionally I can't really live without the Decoy Totem and have replaced the Vaal Grace with it because I find it wastly superior. Both for Survivability and also DPS because it just lets you stand still and cast Arc while the distracts the enemy. I would probably end with one Weapon just like the 3.5 Build Decoy Totem - Lightning Golem - Fire Golem and before the Fire Golem just like before Minion and Totem Elemental Resistance.

I would propose the Passives to be more like this:
http://poeurl.com/cjF6
And once you get The Devouring Diadem you can drop 2 Points for EB and get another Jewel or something.

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Enki91 escreveu:

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hp1 escreveu:

Has there been any thought of adapting the non-ES 3.5 build to 3.6? Like others in Standard, I finally got some good gear, and could clear T13 without problems. I tried pathing out what 3.5 was to 3.6 in POB, it looks like my damage is about the same, but concerningly I went from 5.1K life to 4.1K, which I'm not sure is viable. I'd be OK with a damage hit, since I really like the 3.5 playstyle, the decoy totem, the immortal call CWDT setup, etc...

Trying to replace everything with ES gear, given how popular ES might be this patch, seems like it might take a long time for the more casual players.

No need to adapt anything, only thing you could try is changing Added Lightning Damage for Unleash and see if you like it.

Thanks Enki, adapt is probably the wrong word. What I meant was when I follow the 3.5 path in 3.6, it looks like I'm about 1K of life less than I was (with the same gear, jewels, skills, etc...) . Now this is in path of building. so it is also entirely possible that I'm using POB wrong, its a new tool to me. I think if I can get back to 5K life, and less dps, it can still really work for me.

For example, here is my 3.5 Char: https://pastebin.com/bqQHkX0n

And here is 3.6: https://pastebin.com/FjMhCvEL

is it correct that i dont have to upgrade arc when it has reached lvl20? should i vaal it instead?

Well, I decided to give this revision a go again this league. Seems to work fine if you pay attention to the changes, however, I did force the blasphemy links a little early and I don't like whirling blades fortify so I have a CWDT setup. I finally got through the story in about 24 hours of play. I have no idea how some do it in sub 5 hours. It's still stressful to play because I don't like dying and the setup is still really squishy if you don't have perfect mechanics. I died 20 times during the leveling process and twice now to the T1 map bosses. I have 3.2k life so far and 1.4k shield yet I feel like it's going to be a death fest. I leveled the 3.5 build to level 94 with over 200 deaths. I'm sure I'll hit my stride now that I'm in maps and have fun again but am hoping to figure out how to be a bit more survivy.

Cheers. :)

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EloProf escreveu:

Additionally I can't really live without the Decoy Totem and have replaced the Vaal Grace with it because I find it wastly superior. Both for Survivability and also DPS because it just lets you stand still and cast Arc while the distracts the enemy. I would probably end with one Weapon just like the 3.5 Build Decoy Totem - Lightning Golem - Fire Golem and before the Fire Golem just like before Minion and Totem Elemental Resistance.

Enki May choose to put it back in for early game, but the further you progress in maps the less useful Decoy Totem becomes. I’m not a huge fan of Vaal Grace, but Vaal Righteous Fire and Vaal Haste both offer very good dps alternatives (I recommend RF due to the dex requirement of Haste). Decoy would work as well early on.

Frankly though my build will look very different. I’m running Wrath and Zealotry as auras. Elemental Weakness and Enfeeble (will replace with Conductivity) on a CoH with Shock Nova. I intent to eventually get a lightning mana leech on Watcher’s Eye and then run full hybrid with ES protecting life. My tree will look a bit different, and I may decide to switch to full ES still. Full ES would involve low life with Shavronne’s Wrappings and Pain Attunement. However, I think Inpulsa’s might be too important this go around due to the chain length nerf. I suppose CI is always an option, but Inpulsa’s is a terrible CI chest. I won’t really know till I gear further, and I’m still leveling.

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Illmyrr escreveu:

is it correct that i dont have to upgrade arc when it has reached lvl20? should i vaal it instead?

Correct. Quality on Arc increases the chance to shock, and due to our build are already shocking 100% of the time. L21 Arc is highly recommended because you (1) get about at 10% increase in raw damage, and (2) get an 8th chain. If I remember right, it turns into about a 16% dps increase for the. One level.

I've been following the guide so far, and just finished up act 5, but at this point, as of the end of act 4, the guide says I should be using enfeeble(blashpemy), wrath, and discipline. However, according to the build guide, the required 18% reduced mana reservation support gems needed to run all 3 of these don't seem to be taken until well after post-epilogue (level 80 build tree).

Is the leveling tree wrong, or (more likely), did I misread something and should I only run 2 of these three until level 80 or so? If 2, which two? Probably Wrath and Discipline, then save enfeeble until level 80?

Thanks!
Zithras