[3.15]Archmage Ball Lightning Hierophant, will it work in Expedition?

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AsceticPOE escreveu:

How is this build even legal? Good survivability and insane damage within 5ex?

After a chain of disappointing builds I've tried since league start, I've finally hit the nail on the head with this one. Thanks.


btw would you recommend getting divergent ball lightning? Supercharged balls sound super insane but the price is a little too high for my taste.

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jsuslak313 escreveu:

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Melnevacor escreveu:

Top tier build, thank you. What do you think about using Tempered/Transcendant Mind in socket between Witch and Templar? It costs 2C, but gives me 16% mana recovery, which is better than best rolled Clarity Watcher's Eye. It allowed me to use MoM Watcher instead of recovery one to boost overall tankiness. Thoughts?

It seems like an interesting possibility, although you do lose out on a possible 7% life / 10% mana / supercrit jewel which in the end will be better for survivability AND a pretty big dps boost. At some point, our mana regen is plenty and what we really need to worry about is 1hko's.

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jsuslak313 escreveu:

yea if you go noncrit, then transcendent mind is a great choice.

@twittypoop: you don't really need a compass for the first 3 labs, just keep going right and it should take you max 10 minutes per lab. And thats if you are a REALLY slow player. Cmpass helps a LOT when you are farming uber lab for enchants but it is a little complicated to set up if you have never used any 3rd party software in PoE before.

In terms of Greater Spell Echo and cast speed: it really shouldn't matter in lower tier maps. I would have just dashed, cast once (=5x with echo and greater spell echo), then dash again. That single cast should be enough to kill everything.

In terms of Ele Overload: you are forgetting that you only need 1 crit on 1 single lightning bolt. If you are casting 5 orbs, and hitting like 20 enemies, hitting each enemy basically a minimum of 6 or 7 times. This comes out to about 150 hits per second and with 2% crit chance thats basically guaranteed 100% uptime on elemental overload lol.

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jsuslak313 escreveu:

@twittypoop: couple easy things to really really help dps.

1st: Lvl 1 cwdt + hextouch + wave of conviction + conductivity. Basically a constant 50% MORE multi on almost everyone ur attacking.

2nd: Arcane Cloak + arcane surge (leveled up all the way). This arcane surge provides you huge amounts of damage and cast speed. Arcane cloak should be tied to your left mouse button so that everytime its ready it autocasts. Huge dps from arcane cloak and huge dps from arcane surge.

3rd: Enduring Eternal Mana flask: you really really need this asap. Constant mana regen to offset the autocast arcane cloak and help you spam spells when needed.

4th: drop lmp and use pinpoint. you get an extra projectile, plus when you are fighting a boss or hard rare just hold down the button and you get a 90% MORE multiplier.

5th: drop stone golem for lightning golem. Huge cast speed buff. You can also use Ice Golem for more crit but you really don't need it.

6th: You should be using righteous fire. With The Agnostic node on the tree and the proper mana regen, you take no damage and get an enormous MORE multi.

Not to be mean, but you said you read the build and OP but it sure seems like you didnt lol...basically all this stuff you were missing is going to multiply your damage probably 5-10x if not more. And yes, a 5L is perfectly fine to crush everything once you get all the extras sorted out.

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jsuslak313 escreveu:

@twittypoop: couple easy things to really really help dps.

1st: Lvl 1 cwdt + hextouch + wave of conviction + conductivity. Basically a constant 50% MORE multi on almost everyone ur attacking.

2nd: Arcane Cloak + arcane surge (leveled up all the way). This arcane surge provides you huge amounts of damage and cast speed. Arcane cloak should be tied to your left mouse button so that everytime its ready it autocasts. Huge dps from arcane cloak and huge dps from arcane surge.

3rd: Enduring Eternal Mana flask: you really really need this asap. Constant mana regen to offset the autocast arcane cloak and help you spam spells when needed.

4th: drop lmp and use pinpoint. you get an extra projectile, plus when you are fighting a boss or hard rare just hold down the button and you get a 90% MORE multiplier.

5th: drop stone golem for lightning golem. Huge cast speed buff. You can also use Ice Golem for more crit but you really don't need it.

6th: You should be using righteous fire. With The Agnostic node on the tree and the proper mana regen, you take no damage and get an enormous MORE multi.

Not to be mean, but you said you read the build and OP but it sure seems like you didnt lol...basically all this stuff you were missing is going to multiply your damage probably 5-10x if not more. And yes, a 5L is perfectly fine to crush everything once you get all the extras sorted out.