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

just started doing red map and im getting destroyed, i have

4k Life
1k ES
6.5k Mana
res cap

this is the gear im using idk whats the problem

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Belyiste escreveu:

just started doing red map and im getting destroyed, i have

4k Life
1k ES
6.5k Mana
res cap

this is the gear im using idk whats the problem

Well for one thing you're missing a gem in your 3rd slot on your chest piece

What's wrong with my gear? How to increase damage so as not to beat t16 bosses for 30 seconds?

HI guys, I have just made it to Act 9 and the whole thread for the last few pages are people complaining that this build does not work. Can someone give an alternative feedback? Or should I start buying all regrets available on the market?

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Previously chained +40 times.
Now chains 5 times, […]

Vaal Arc is fucking dead, Jimmy.

Has anyone given Crackling Lance a try since the buff? I haven't seen anyone mention if for the last half dozen pages or so. It seems like it competes well with Arc on paper.

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Signarion escreveu:

What's wrong with my gear? How to increase damage so as not to beat t16 bosses for 30 seconds?

One thing I am noticing is that your wands both have mediocre spell or lightning % increased damage, but both have flat lightning damage.

That flat damage is lost in the Archmage effect, while a higher percentage boost would be a much bigger gain.

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turbozanik escreveu:

HI guys, I have just made it to Act 9 and the whole thread for the last few pages are people complaining that this build does not work. Can someone give an alternative feedback? Or should I start buying all regrets available on the market?

I'm getting a bit worried too, only level 45 but all those posts have me wondering if I should change to something else

I've watched Enki's stream a little and he seemed to struggle a bit too. Can't say I paid too close of an attention of what tier maps he was running exactly, so maybe it was some very high-end stuff and I am sure he will clear it up, but it kinda discouraged me. Not talking about the death to Sirius' minions, those were truly ridiculous.

I spent all my currency (edit: only 1,5 ex; re-reading it sounded more serious value than it actually was) on the unique armor and amulet and that helped with feeling absolutely terrible about my mana, and I have a bunch of upgrade and leveling paths ahead of me, but this was not a smooth experience at all.

I am not really seeing the positive feedbacks either. Some people always find success, even with some of the least optimal builds, because they are that good in the game, but - from my experience - if a beginner friendly build is truly successful it is usually littered with praises and how smooth everything went. Ie. I remember in Delve league I switched to a Voidfletcher Deadeye and the build basically played itself even with suboptimal gears and game knowledge.

That being sad, I am not too torn about sticking with this build. First of all, an hour before league start I had no idea what I wanted to play and Enki delivered a nice guide; I have played his previous Arc build and it was fun. Moreover, this build forces me to go out of my comfort zone. I really dislike managing a "you have ~4 seconds to deal tons of damage if you press these 3/4/5 buttons in order" mechanic, but it is not as bad as I'd previously imagined and it will probably be a valuable experience moving forward, seeing as GGG introducing more of these.

It's also my first mana-starved build so I am actually having a new PoE experience as well. And it's fun when everything aligns and you completely melt a boss with all your buffs up, it definitely keeps me going. I will probably play it around lvl 90 and worst case scenario I farm up some currency for a second char, best case scenario the build gets a bit more optimized - or it is already optimized, but it gets a bit more beginner friendly.

Oh, and about beginner friendliness: I would suggest altering the guide about the first ascendancy points. I usually follow guide's religiously, especially from respectable and nice people like Enki, but this time I had to go the golem route first because it is such a quality of life node that even if the -25% res is better, it just doesn't feel as good. I much rahter spend an extra 10 seconds killing a boss (and that assumes I hit my wave of conviction rotations) if my golems are respawning automatically.

Just gonna pop in with my 2 cents. This build has always and will always just be more or less a SUPER new player friendly guide. However, the concept is still a solid foundation. Swap some points around on the tree to grab a little bit of AoE by the templar and witch, then use ball lightning instead. I cruised through the game, went straight into yellows today. Feels solid. I'll update as I progress, but I'm only ~70ish atm. (Arc felt absolutely abysmal, so I started testing other spells, ball light felt amazing by comparison)