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

Well, i had to come here and see the amount of players in the same situation as mine to understand.

I'm at roughly 4.5m dps, 5 golems, every res maxed, chaos at 62, 7k mana and roughly 4.5k hp.

I invested all i had in this build and it went just fine up until T14-15 where i get one shotted by just about everything.

It's a fun build to play but lacks A LOT of survivability and now my season is probably over because i have no more currencies left...

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BuckFutter9 escreveu:

Need some assistance. I got my Cloak of Defiance 6 linked and now damage is pretty good, which is quite fortunate because the 5L craft I was saving to fix it if the fusings failed was actually a 5 socket craft and that would have been bad. I can run regular RF and am getting about 5.4m DPS. Survivability seems a bit better but it is still not great. My biggest problem is that mana is just instantly gone, between damage taken and a cast or two of arc it's simply gone. I am saving up for a good belt with mana recovery but even then I can't imagine it's going to be great. Mana pool of 9.2k and regen of 4.7k but it just doesn't seem to come back very quickly at all and I don't know why.

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Hi, sorry for my bad english... I was having the same problem as you. I only managed to solve it when I started using it a Foreboding Flask. Just Use the flask before the fights and keep spamin. This way you will be able to maintain your mana and will save a lot of money with equipment with Mana Regen.

Hi, could you guys take a look at my character WrednaHera (https://www.pathofexile.com/account/sony/view-profile/WrednyPigeon/characters)?
Do you have any idea how to improve my witch? Im focusing now on lab enchants, better weapons (more mana) and got 2 pairs of gloves with culling strike but i have to Harvest them. I have around 4-5 ex atm. thanks in advice!

and to everyone who is short on mana remember when u use dash u get also % to regen

This is about the most uniques I can cram into this build without suffering some kind of debilitating resistance loss. Wrath is so nuts in this build, my DPS doubled from yesterday!

Might have been asked already but A) how come we don't use pledge of hands and B) how does this build fair on boss fights and on the maven encounter?

Currently I'm CoC Cyclone Assassin which is AMAZING for farming, but for boss fights... not so much.

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Adjust91 escreveu:

Might have been asked already but A) how come we don't use pledge of hands and B) how does this build fair on boss fights and on the maven encounter?

Currently I'm CoC Cyclone Assassin which is AMAZING for farming, but for boss fights... not so much.

A - It can be used and it can pump out damage, the play style is just a bit different and the guide is tailored to helping new players from Act 1. If used it would require a substantial respec but there are builds on POE Ninja showing how it can be done.

B - Damage is good but it is extremely rippy. You do more damage the more mana you spend but damage you take is taken from mana so both damage and likelihood of death both peak at the exact same time. If you can get the mana regen up high enough then it will be better but at the moment I cannot figure out how to do that. I don't have a ton of currency into the build yet and perhaps with more min maxing it will get better but it doesn't seem to be close to the Necro build from last league.

The guide and build accomplish the goal of helping new players and getting them to the end game but then it becomes frustratingly rippy. I think for those of us that play many hours per league there might be a better way forward and once I can get some currency saved up I think I am going to try one of the PoH builds on POE Ninja. For the more casual player I think it is a great build and guide.

For the people having trouble with mana.

1 - Get som nexus gloves, you will lose dmg but with the mana potion that enki is recommending, i can spam arc with out any problems.

2 - chill on the cast speed. if you have to much cast speed you will do less dmg, since you proberly will run out of mana. So even if you get less damage by removing cast speed, you will gain dmg since you will cast more arcs. Hence you dont run out of mana anymore.



AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST. I see alot of people linking gear in their comments, and then saying they have 4.5k HP. Alot of you guys are lieing about your max HP. By just looking at the maximum life you got on your gear. I can tell that you dont have 4.5k hp. So if you dont keep your pots op at all time, YOU WILL GET SMASHED. TIP. GET MORE LIFE. Having 4-5m dmg and under 4k hp is useless in endgame. You per automatic do less dmg since you are running around trying to survive and not casting arc. Simple..

4.5k HP is useless if you're not burning things down fast enough, at endgame everything will go through that number anyway. Get The Agnostic, invest in damage and melt things before they kill you.

I noticed a big increase in survivability with a) Cloak of Defiance and b) Omeyocan boots in combination with a Quartz Flask (drop Silver Flask). This made me breeze through T16 maps, even Elder/Shaper Guardians, Legion encounters (Generals), Harvest plots and all this hard-hitting stuff doesn't 1-hit as often anymore.

Before doing that I switched to The Agonstic and as much mana as possible. Atziris Promise and Rumi's Concoction help as well. Get rid of the Life Flask. The Agnostic takes care of it. Of Staunching isn't really necessary as well.

A Watcher's Eye with Increased Mana Recovery while affected by Clarity also helps.

But the most important part of this build is: keep moving! Don't stay longer than half second in one place. If you aren't dashing then simply run around. Cast -> move, cast -> move, cast -> move. On bosses if you see a window to burn them for several seconds then keep stationary of course.

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3,4k HP // 9.5k Mana

Not exactly sure about the configuration. Are you guys using some baseline for that? Depending on configuration I'm between 4.5 and 6m Sirus dps

Some notes:
* I'm debating on replacing that Watcher's Eye with one that increases damage taken from mana before life for even more HP. However, unsure about the loss in mana regen. Still missing mana regen on my boots.

* Also Orb of Storms isn't really needed anymore since my Arc crit chance should suffice for proccing EO. However, I do like my Culling Strike. Cluster jewel or gloves come to mind.

* Using RF only sometimes. Mostly Vaal RF though for quickly burning bosses.

* Considered BuckFutter9 5th Golem with Anima Stone. Could work, not convinced yet, though.

* Mindfulness vs Scintillating Idea. As of now I much prefer Mindfulness. Yes, I just said keep moving, however, when casting Arc you are standing still for a little bit and then mana regen kicks in immediately. This is highly subjective of course.