Enki's Arc Witch Memorial Page & POE 2 Arc Summary

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secret_service86 escreveu:

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WorderMostFoul escreveu:

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perK1 escreveu:

I like the build, but i'm starting to lack damage hard in T13+. Feels like i'm getting stuck soon.

I'm aware that I miss several items like the ring-setup etc, but will that and other changes make a substantial difference in my damage?

Am I missing something crucial here?

Tips that can make me boost my damage greatly is appreciated.

A full 6L gem setup and Assassin's Mark on hit will make a substantial difference in your damage, yes.

the sixth link will help for sure on the arc skill, but not as sure about assassins mark atleast when it comes to bosses in the absolute endgame in this league at least with the current version of the build, anyway shaper/guardian/elder/conqueror type bosses have 66% less curse effect (map bosses have 33% less curse effect) , so you are looking at a pretty tiny dps (relatively speaking) increase vs them, against trash/rare mobs ets its great tho..


getting things that will for sure boost dps a lot tho is things like the sixth link for arc, awakened support gems(s) , +1 additional arc chain enchant on helm, very strong jewels like triple crit multi+lightning damage give a sick boost in dps too, for example this is possible:

16% increased lightning damage
15% to critical multiplier for spells
18% to critical multiplier for lightning skills
15% to critical multiplier for elemental skills


of course this is a perfect dps jewel and unrealistic, but you get the idea :D lots of crit multi as its the highest dps scaling stat, also you can replace one mod with life and/or cast speed etc.. anyway these things listed above will give the highest possible dps increase as far as I can see in the path of building app and of course some of the stuff enki lists in his high budget section on the first page, like double damage/double damage when focused mods and so on, you can see in path of building your dps vs shaper type bosses and assassins mark doesnt really do much against those endgame bosses with their 66% curse resist :C


https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Curse


this build is great for mapping and higher maps too but for the absolute endgame singletarget enemies you are going to have to invest some decent currency to get it really smooth imo

A great many builds, if not the majority, utilize some kind of curse for some reason. These mechanics are all commensurately nerfed by endgame bosses' curse resistance (except Enfeeble and Temporal Chains, which get even harsher nerfs). So yes, the damage buff from Assassin's Mark isn't as salient on endgame bosses. But it's still effective enough in general that it's a substantive difference.

So I am in basic agreement with secret_service86.

6L Arc setup with fully levelled and 20% quality gems will make the biggest difference, and good damage mods, primarily from Duskdawn or rare weapon, make a big difference, too. I would hasten to add that golem buffs are pretty significant. I'm trying full 8-9 golems as of today and it feels really strong, just like last league. But Enki is surely experimenting with this, too. I think he is just trying to limit the number of uniques "required" at high-tier levels because it is SSF-preclusive; that doesn't mean you can't use your own variant of the build to progress as you like!

Hi, i haven't touched the game since before they added hideouts and masters, so it's been a long time, i was following the guide and liked it so far. I'm in the middle of act 2 and came across a choice of a jewel reward from Yeena, what am i supposed to pick? @Enki91

Hey,

In the leveling section act 4 you say:
Get Curse on Hit in Act 4 and Conductivity in Act 3 and link them to Wave of Conviction
Only when i link conviction to curse it says can't use conviction?

what i'm i doing wrong?

thanx!

@secret_service86 and @wordermostfoul

Thanks for your replies.

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peter265 escreveu:

Hey,

In the leveling section act 4 you say:
Get Curse on Hit in Act 4 and Conductivity in Act 3 and link them to Wave of Conviction
Only when i link conviction to curse it says can't use conviction?

what i'm i doing wrong?

thanx!

I guess he meant to use curse on hit to proc the conductivity curse, but you can safely ignore it to be honest since he recommends changing to steelskin+arcane surge+wave of conviction+increased duration once you get to maps anyway, but in any case, I can confidently say you don't *need* wave of conviction at all at that point, you can level from act 1 to 10 (and in to low-midtier maps too) on very very basic gear,


in fact I still don't even use wave of conviction at all and im soon level 90 entering lower red maps, was using a tabula rasa chest and had like 3k life up until yellow maps basically lol, im using very cheap gear relatively speaking except for my current loreweave chest I guess because im just saving currency right now to upgrade big upgrades one at at time, while keeping rest of gear only as good as necessary for the content im doing at the moment,


for the content im doing least right now its working fine, my point is anyway that you dont *have* to use wave of conviction to get into maps and start mapping and making currency, and you dont *have* to follow the build guide exactly / identically, it will still work fine and you will only really start struggling in higher maps/endgame content without somewhat serious investment in the gear for this build, of course it helps a lot with experience from playing this game and this build since 6 patches/leagues ago like in my case, to know what to avoid/dodge in fights and mechanics etc, fighting at range while avoiding damage as much as possible and so on,



sorry a bit messy and confusing reply perhaps :D my point is you absolutely dont *need* wave of conviction to progress through the acts in the campaign or even into maps, but using his setup with steelskin+wave of conviction+arcane surge+increased duration definitely helps with mitigating damage and boosting damage against tougher content later on in the game if you choose to use that setup, just at this point in your character you dont need it 100% to progress,



if you still want to follow the guide more precisely to keep things simpler, just use the recommended mapping gems in that gear slot instead, arcane surge+wave of conviction+increased duration+steelskin, that will give you a "damage+safety" button basically you can cast on tough bosses and so on, safety from steelskin, damage from arcane surge+wave of conviction, and inc duration makes them last a bit longer per cast, etc etc, hope that helps a bit at least and good luck,


its a really great build to get into maps easily and smoothly and start making currency for sure, best guide I ever seen in terms of how well it is written and layout/ease of following, especially for newer players, and have been playing enkis arc witches since PoE 3.4 just because I love the playstyle and the feeling of clearing entire screens with arc :D cheers anyway and sorry for the somewhat messy reply xD

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dddd24 escreveu:

Hi, i haven't touched the game since before they added hideouts and masters, so it's been a long time, i was following the guide and liked it so far. I'm in the middle of act 2 and came across a choice of a jewel reward from Yeena, what am i supposed to pick? @Enki91

no absolute necessary picks here , in fact I dont think we even select a jewel node on the passive tree while leveling thru campaign, so if you follow the leveling tree/guide by enki exactly you cant even slot a gem until much later on, unless you yourself choose to put some points to get a jewel slot, either way its up to you and it doesnt really matter since those campaign reward

jewels will/can be replaced by super cheap jewels that are much, much stronger, if you check his recommended gear section and jewels for example, any combination of jewel mods there far outshines those basic jewels you get as rewards from the campaign, so dont stress about it and in fact you can just ignore them completely and keep following enkis leveling tree instead :p he probably didnt mention that in the guide because we dont take any jewel nodes on tree anyway until much later in progression, at like level 90+ if you check his different passive trees, (lvl 70 tree, 80 tree, 90 tree, 100 tree, and so on on the first page)



hope that helps :D good luck anyway!

oh ok since it's all new for me thank you for the detailed reply i appreciate it!

Complete newbie question. When you say craft magic wands with topaz ring and orb of alteration what does that mean? How is it done?

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rputran escreveu:

Complete newbie question. When you say craft magic wands with topaz ring and orb of alteration what does that mean? How is it done?

you trade those items to a vendor in town and they will give you the new/crafted item in return :D you can hover mouse over the item before accepting so you see its correct mods and so on!

hola, primero que todo soy un hispano hablante y hace mucho tiempo quería jugar path of exile, pero por falta de tiempo y dedicación, nunca lo hice seriamente, hasta que vi un vídeo con tu guía, luego llegue a ella en el foro y estoy muy sorprendido de la cantidad de información y dedicación que le pusiste a ella, es una build muy satisfactoria de jugar, ya estoy empezando el acto 9 y voy muy bien hasta el momento.
así que muchas gracias por tu trabajo ♥

Beginner question: I have a 5L staff now as shown in the picture. What gems do I use there? All the 6 gems setups are linked. What can I do?