🧙┃mage

[errant plank]

Moreover, on which items should i use my glyphs that make items uniques (something that could lead to an items that could be used whatever build as mage would be great)?

[sacred ruin]

Not taking volley of glass is..... Questionable in a crit frostclaw build

[errant plank]

And as last, i think LEtools planner provides a lot of info on current build than what is available in game, am i right?

[sacred ruin]

Yes

[half ivy]

im thinking of playing plasma orb as solo, any idea what i would have to change to make it work? im modeling my build after Snap's runemaster

[neon lynx]

most of snaps build doesnt work without lp3s

[sacred ruin]

I personally wouldn't recommend plasma orb

Not solo at least

[half ivy]

damn was hoping to rock out with some plasma orbs lol

[sacred ruin]

Just because you'll lose your mind doing rotations unless you really enjoy that gameplay

It gets tiring doing rotations after Abit

[half ivy]

i managed to snipe a decent red ring for 2.5 mil as well lol

[normal mural]

Do you guys know if its possible to reduce enemy resists below 0? For instance if I have 10 stacks of shock and 10 stacks of lightning res shred + my own personal pen. I actually cant tell the dps difference

[tardy comet]

Yes we may

[half ivy]

correct me if im wrong but lets say i want to cast plasma orb, i have to cast 3 spells before it? is that what ur talking about?

[sacred ruin]

No you need to just set it up properly on runebolt

[half ivy]

ah i see

[normal mural]

Ok, thanks Gali. Maybe the dummies just dont have proper res anyway so its not making a difference when I test

[sacred ruin]

It's just that you'll have to manually alternate between plasma and frost guard which results in alot of button presses

While also using your movement skill

[ocean mauve]

plasma orb just not that good solo after the frost wall nerfs...you just dont attack often enough to generate enough ward past a certain point. You can probably make snaps reowyn build work in solo with some adjustments but itll be HARD

[sacred ruin]

Which gets tiresome real fast

And like zhangief said it's not as strong

[ocean mauve]

The problem is that reowyns wants to roll dodge EVERYWHERE....which is also where all the life affixes are...and your primary survival mechanic solo is twisted heart + life

so best bang for your buck solo, frostclaw spark has no comparison imo

[sacred ruin]

Into nova if you wanna give yourself seizures

[half ivy]

i'll check it out thanks

[sacred ruin]

Frostclaw spark is great below 1000 corruption

[minor roost]

do you do more damage with ignite if u shred their fire resistance? or does it only count towards on hits?

[ocean mauve]

shred and pen decrease resistance, resistance maters towards DoT damage, so yes

[manic oasis]

i swear spark charge has to be bugged, i hit dummys for dozens of attacks but there is no explosion after one second a single time?

[minor roost]

nice thxz

[kindred lotus]

Can you safely Flame Rush over Logan's Beam? or do you still take damage?

[blissful birch]

hello guys, i got a question about runebolt for runemaster. I keep using this ability and wanting it to cast Fire>lightning>fire but sometimes it casts lightning>fire>fire. Why is that?

[prime tree]

are you detonating them with lightning blast?

[manic oasis]

i have the node that can do that but even before that i dont see any proccs

like, i hit a single dummy once, wait, nothing, repeat that dozens of times and no visible explosion or dmg

but i can definitley feel that its working against monsters, its like the dmg and explosion is invisble

[ocean mauve]

because it goes fire lightning fire fire lightning fire fire lightning fire

[manic oasis]

interesting, went back to the dummys to see again and now i see dmg and a explosion but it triggers way faster then before 1.0... weird

[neon lynx]

nice

[fallow hawk]

I want to learn more about Runic energy but i cant find anywhere, what does it do

[muted kindle]

<@&1161418687471956101>

[strange karma]

😄 😄

[sturdy summit]

It does what it says on the node

[sturdy summit]

read the bottom left side of the Runic Invocation tree

[fallow hawk]

Damn im blind lmao

[sturdy summit]

personally, I use it to double-cast Frostguard with 90% chance

[open prism]

Does the mana spent in Shatter strike recasts count towards Mana spent into ward? Sometimes bonus effects just don't count towards certain things.

[kindred lotus]

Casting Frostguard twice stacks?

[safe marsh]

i mean, you just get more ward
But the 30% dr no, doesn't stack

[crimson raft]

More ward more good

[sturdy summit]

also, you get an instant pop for freeze

[crimson raft]

Though it also adds regen IIRC

[prime tree]

i haven't tested that specifically, but mana > ward doesn't work on other triggered skills i've tried (meteor)

[sturdy summit]

I could put those points somewhere else if I found a better way to spend them, probably. The double-cast is just a small bonus.

[molten quiver]

hey guys, I am new here. I found on build planner an Relic Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros with the + 3 frost claw suffix. How can I get that?
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/BgRq5qdQ

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Release / 1.0.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (16) / Runemaster (77)

General:

▸ Health: 1,223, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 256, Regen: 11/s
▸ Ward Retention: 484%, Regen: 61/s
▸ Attributes: 14 Str / 1 Dex / 127 Int / 1 Att / 3 Vit
▸ Resistances: 76% / 90% / 114% / 61% / 90% / 85% / 75%
▸ EHP: 2,081 / 2,081 / 2,081 / 2,049 / 1,925 / 1,925 / 1,925

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 245
▸ Dodge Chance: 5% (157)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 42% (2,423)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning, Fire / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Elemental Nova (25)
• Teleport (20)
• Runic Invocation (25)
• Frost Claw (26)
• Static Orb (22)

Used unique items:

• Prismatic Gaze
• Unstable Core
• Mad Alchemist's Ladle
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros

[neon lynx]

u dont

[sturdy summit]

good luck lol. You're going to need it. Better start farming 300+ corruption asap

[neon lynx]

[molten quiver]

ok but I mean how am I going to get that suffix?

[prime tree]

1lp twisted heart isn't unreasonable to grind out but then you gotta slam a 1/4

[molten quiver]

it is on some exiled gear or what?

[neon lynx]

tell that to my 10 bricked LP1s

[hollow rover]

so i decided i didnt like hydra lol so i looked at some build last night going with a frostclaw build that cast nova and ice brragee but i also use the shield thing you use now too with the cooldown but it has 100% uptime so nice and soo much more survivability lol

[sturdy summit]

yes, you get a t7 exalt and hope it slams correctly when you make the legendary

[sturdy summit]

nice! glad that's working out for you.

[molten quiver]

weird, didn't find on last epoch website anything about that specific suffix 😦

[sturdy summit]

there is a prefix for +skill for every skill.

it goes on 1 and only 1 of three slots. Some skills are on head, some on chest, and others on relic.

so +frost claw is only found on relic slot.

and you need a t7 of it.

[molten quiver]

and it's totally random from all possible skills or only mage skills? 😄

[sturdy summit]

on a mage relic, you'll only get mage prefixes

[hollow rover]

i play on controller and i love that i can just hold down LT and still press RT to fire and because im holding the skill button for ruinic invocation it auto recasts of cooldown 😛

[sturdy summit]

there are non-class relics, and you have a lower chance of getting a relic for a class you're not playing.

[unborn hamlet]

back to the shackle despairge , havent gotten a drop at all today, 15 kills in

[sturdy summit]

so you'll mostly get mage relics

[molten quiver]

I see 😉

thank u! ❤️

[viscid kindle]

hey y'all - just checking. Does the halo effect node work with channeled chain lightning?

just for the first hit. Things have been too visually busy for me to check.

[high pivot]

if I don't ever plan on using meteor, is there any downside to just going runemaster for the passive, I want to play with arcane ascendance and static orb/lightning blast

[harsh tiger]

better go RM for passives and the final half of the tree (u are locked out of that for non-masteries)

[high pivot]

wait will I still be locked out of arcane ascendance if I spend 30 pts on the left side?

[ruby bluff]

yeah the heart + claw combo is a pain to get, took a hot min

unless mg?

[hollow rover]

you sir just earned yourself a report

[ionic siren]

<@&1161418687471956101>

[neon lynx]

Again ?!

[hollow rover]

beat me to it xD

[sand pawn]

Man they be fasst! goodf job mods!

[hollow rover]

yeah they relentless lol

[ionic siren]

Lmao it annoyed me

[ruby bluff]

Gold sellers again?

[hollow rover]

yh i got it right after you so deleted as not to spam the mod lol

[ionic siren]

Cake sellers

[sturdy summit]

no point talking to them. there's no "them" there. It's just a bot.

[hollow rover]

no nsfw discord server

[ruby bluff]

Ohw those again lol

they are everywhere

[hollow rover]

either way i reported them

[ionic siren]

Do i need to stack hp if im stacking ward?

[hollow rover]

technically yes

[ionic siren]

Hmmm, is 1.5-2k enough or even more?

[hollow rover]

although that depeds how do you gain your ward ?

[ionic siren]

frost claw only, nothing insane

[ruby bluff]

no need for health then

[winter crow]

No, if you want ward stack int and ward retention

[errant plank]

no levelling runemaster builds on LEtools since release? 😒

[hollow rover]

oh you gain it the same way as i do in which case no need for health as we are not converting health to ward

[ruby bluff]

hard to beat glacial leveling for a mage

[ionic siren]

Oh I see! Interesting, so focus on ward retention

[errant plank]

link?

[ionic siren]

And resistances

[ruby bluff]

I think the controversial website known as maxroll has one

[hollow rover]

i lvled with frostclaw now transitioning into a proper build for it lol

[ionic siren]

Can you link me your frostclaw tree?

[winter crow]

And armor

[hollow rover]

how dare you >.<

[winter crow]

I can share my build, but it uses nova so more skill points needed

[hollow rover]

uhm i can link you to the build im following if you lke

mine uses nova and ice barrage

[ionic siren]

Anyone has a ballpark number for defensive stats needed for high corr sorc build?

[hollow rover]

a litle mana intensive at times but gotta get that figured out still missing a slam on my sceptre

[winter crow]

Oh you play sorc

You playing on hardmode xD

[ionic siren]

Tired of seeing RM everywhere so yeah lmao

[hollow rover]

ya im doing it as RM xD

[ionic siren]

Yes please

[hollow rover]

the passives too juicy lol

[winter crow]

Yeah and frostguard op

[ionic siren]

Istg RM is so busted

[sturdy summit]

you looking in guides or builds?

[errant plank]

Both 🙂, i've a character i made myself but im kinda stuck at chapter 4 😄 https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A831xpgo

[neon lynx]

You only need health for LL ward stacking

[still stump]

is heart less common as you increase corruption?

[hollow rover]

yeah 30% less DR permanatley is so nice

[neon lynx]

Frostclaw ward stacking, hp does nothing for u

[ionic siren]

Tanak, literally see any skill that you like, spec into it and go nuts

[winter crow]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/olVMGw6Q remove points from nova node and put them in mana eff if tou dont run nova

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Release / 1.0.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (25) / Runemaster (68)

General:

▸ Health: 1,141, Regen: 24/s
▸ Mana: 202, Regen: 10/s
▸ Ward Retention: 638%, Regen: 38/s
▸ Attributes: 33 Str / 20 Dex / 153 Int / 10 Att / 14 Vit
▸ Resistances: 81% / 125% / 103% / 82% / 57% / 71% / 71%
▸ EHP: 1,972 / 1,972 / 1,972 / 2,118 / 1,546 / 1,754 / 1,754

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 228
▸ Dodge Chance: 3% (94)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 35% (1,834)

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning, Cold, Fire / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Static Orb (23)
• Runic Invocation (23)
• Flame Rush (22)
• Frost Claw (26)
• Elemental Nova (23)

Used unique items:

• Prismatic Gaze
• Static Shell
• Mad Alchemist's Ladle
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Swaddling of the Erased
• Strands of Souls
• Blood of the Exile
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• Julra's Stardial
• Omnis
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros

[sturdy summit]

and it stacks with flame ward.

[ionic siren]

But kill monsters on your way to not be underlevelled

[winter crow]

And aegis

[hollow rover]

wait it does thats nuts

[ionic siren]

Oh LETools doesnt work on phone

[errant plank]

thats what i did with disintegrate/fireballs but... 😄

[sturdy summit]

yeah, they're different sources of less damage

[hollow rover]

hmm not sure if my build makes use of aegis

[winter crow]

I use both aegis and flame ward but my flame ward is weaker cuz not specced

[neon lynx]

Monka. How’s life with no flameward?

[sturdy summit]

I'm the opposite. I spec flame ward, and only get aegis from my idols proccing it if I get hit.

[winter crow]

I still run flameward just not speecced

[ionic siren]

Thanks

[winter crow]

And its tankier cuz aegis is 25% dr ALWAYS active

Flame ward is 3 sec

[hollow rover]

how do you get aegis ?

[winter crow]

With static orb

[neon lynx]

Static

[winter crow]

And procs from flame rush

[hollow rover]

oh then no aegis for me lol

[sturdy summit]

I really dislike how flame rush movement works, but the tree for it is so good.

[winter crow]

Also that allows me to use the 150% armor chest instead of unstable core

[sturdy summit]

I don't want to use it.

but I feel like I kind of have to use it.

[winter crow]

I just fast tap it in bosses

No need to hold it

[hollow rover]

yh i hate tha it gets cut short if you hit something and it hate stairs lol

[sturdy summit]

yeah, I can teleport past stairs. Especially the winding ones.

[winter crow]

Also flameward is overrated, its a ton of dr but only 3 secs

[hollow rover]

that 3 secs is plenty for most boss mechanics xD

[winter crow]

I still use it for half of its benefits while having 25% dr from aegis perma and more light dmg from it too

[sturdy summit]

tbh, I most use flameward for the 250% increased cold damage. It's the cooldown I pop during burst windows.

[winter crow]

Oh you have a cold build

[sturdy summit]

yeah, I'm cold

[hollow rover]

yep thats its purpose for me too

[winter crow]

Im using spark so it doesnt gelp me much

[sturdy summit]

I'm thinking of switching to lightning, but haven't yet

[winter crow]

Cold is prob a bit more dps but cant survive high corr

[hollow rover]

yeah it was a toss up between cold/ lightning for me cold won

[winter crow]

I was cold before too

[sturdy summit]

yeah, I'm not at high corruption yet, and I'm feeling like I might need to go lightning to get higher

I'm still okay, but I can sort of feel it starting to fall off.

[winter crow]

Yeah I mean cold is playable but harder

You need to dodge everything

[hollow rover]

need those ele damage over time stats to really scale it into higher corruption and frostbite chance on hit

[winter crow]

Oh you playing frostbite

[sturdy summit]

frostbite pen scales with freeze rate

but it doesn't scale with int!!!

[hollow rover]

im dong frostclaw that procs nova an ice barrage

[sand pawn]

There is a shield thatr offers 1% block per shock on the targert....... I think that has HUGE survivablity potential for a lightining build

[neon lynx]

Hmm. I’ll have to try dropping it and see

[winter crow]

Thats a problem for endgame

Int is the most important scaling stat

Thats why crit builds are meta

[hollow rover]

im kinda hybrid cus my hits crit but primarily the absurd frostbite stacks is my damage

but i do a lot of hits so it kinda makes sense to have the crit

[winter crow]

Yes, crit scales good

[sturdy summit]

yep, I realized that frostbite wasn't going to carry me far enough when I realized that int wasn't really doing anything for my damage.

mage has so many things that make int scale better, too

[hollow rover]

where you getting over 1k forstbite stacks though ?

[sturdy summit]

hmm, not that many

I still have a lot I could optimize with this build to make it better, don't get me wrong

[hollow rover]

once im done mine will be over 1k stacks lol it will just say 999+ on the hp bar

[sand pawn]

I am currently trying to decid on what invocation to use , either blizzard or the swriling winds one...... if its blizzard I just scale cold dmg and dnt have to worry about crit but if I do the swirling winds that initial hit can crit so then I would neeed to worry about crit

[hollow rover]

need a lot of cast speed though lol

but luckily i get quite a bit just from passives

[unborn hamlet]

oh my god i finally dropped shackles with 1LP

[winter crow]

Best inv by far is frostguard 30% dr and ward retention

[unborn hamlet]

now to pray to rngesus for armor shred

[hollow rover]

Good Luck im after those myself

[sand pawn]

and you would just use other stuff for your dmg?

[gleaming robin]

for the lightning frostclaw build (non nova variation), i wonder if instead of fire flame ward and ice flame rush it'd be better to run fire flame rush and ice static orb specced for perma cheap lightning aegis
u lose the flame ward stuff but get lightning aegis without the lightning blast rng

[karmic shoal]

Can someone help me I am thinking of doing a Runemaster is this a good build or are their better https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Bxvp2g6A

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 91

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Release / 1.0.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (21) / Runemaster (63)

General:

▸ Health: 1,019, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 158, Regen: 9/s
▸ Ward Retention: 370%, Regen: 59/s
▸ Attributes: 25 Str / 29 Dex / 77 Int / 11 Att / 11 Vit
▸ Resistances: 96% / 134% / 156% / 88% / 76% / 88% / 65%
▸ EHP: 1,448 / 1,448 / 1,448 / 1,652 / 1,448 / 1,448 / 1,317

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 204
▸ Dodge Chance: 5% (124)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 32% (1,486)

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning, Fire, Cold / Spell, DoT

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Lightning Blast (21)
• Teleport (20)
• Runic Invocation (25)
• Flame Ward (21)
• Frost Wall (21)

Used unique items:

• Vilatria's Storm Crown
• Fundamental Criterion
• Reowyn's Fortress
• Swaddling of the Erased
• Isadora's Tomb Binding
• Blood of the Exile
• Ucenui's Sphere

This build has a guide:

UPDATED Lightning Runemaster Build Guide by MinMaxRPG

[sturdy summit]

yep. runemaster has no shortage of damage, but new sources of 30 dr is not something you see every day.

[sand pawn]

Huh okay, probably the best weay to maintain that would be the "runes generate in order of your skill bar" one yea?

[crimson raft]

That and numlock it

[sturdy summit]

yep. the buff is longer than the base cooldown, and the mana cost is refunded

[sand pawn]

IDK what numlock it means

[crimson raft]

The unofficial autocast function the game basically has.

[sand pawn]

Why not just have it cast at the end of your flamerush?

[unborn hamlet]

welp

i got the armor shred

[crimson raft]

Beacause pressing flameward and invocation every x seconds gets very painful.

[unborn hamlet]

but

i used the gloves that had T7 freeze and t6 cast speed

so i kinda got the bad outcome xD

still good

[sand pawn]

Oh I usually only have flameward on stun chance

[hollow rover]

damn id have saved thos gloves for at least a 2 lp lol

[unborn hamlet]

now to start farming for 2LP snowdrifts

[unborn hamlet]

i have like, 15 more top tier gloves for slamming xD its really not hard to come around gloves and boots

have a full stash page of em

[hollow rover]

fair enough xD no biggie then lol

[unborn hamlet]

but weapon, oh man, T7 mana reduction doesnt exist

i refuse to believe it

[hollow rover]

i need that too man but gawd it wonnt drop and it hurts me cus mana is bad without it

[unborn hamlet]

im fine cos i have t6 + frostclaw has what

a chance to give me mana back

so i never run out, but i want t7 for my frozen ire slams

[hollow rover]

oh maybe i can look for tthat in the meantime then because i dont even have my nova's up yet and im already hitting mana problems

shackles are my first priority though still need them xD

[open prism]

i was under the impression the recast each consume mana. it doesnt so nvm. which is good I guess.

[unborn hamlet]

Frozen Reign and Gift of Winter nodes in frostclaw

[open prism]

the increased mana cost should and will go towards mana spent towards ward

[hollow rover]

ya i have both of those maxxed

but my frostclaw casts ice barrage and soon to be nova too lol

so i need the T7 spell damage and man cost to make frostclaw a fee cast

[unborn hamlet]

ah, i cast ice barrage manually

i dont run ice wall

[hollow rover]

might have to just run a scepte with -mana in the meantime until i have a frozen ire ready lol

[unborn hamlet]

very easy to manage my mana this way

[blissful hearth]

is rune sap/rage sap working rn

[hollow rover]

if i can slam ire with T7 spel -mana ill be golden spamming frostclaw is primarily whats draining ana atm

even at 5% the ice barrage is quite common so frostclaws innate regen aint enough when it also ha a cost lol

[errant plank]

would you help me tweak my current build so its viable ?

[tribal warren]

anyone got good filter for mid game levelling fire damage mage? runic inovation

[limber oak]

can dragorath's claw procc'd lightning blasts doublecast? The doublecast node says it can't double cast if it was "chanelled or cast by another skill"

[sturdy summit]

you have your answer

[hollow rover]

technically the weapon casting it counts for "cast by another skill" so ya

[limber oak]

dam maxroll build had the points

[hollow rover]

or att least thats what i have been led to belive with wording such a that

[sturdy summit]

you could try testing it and let us know if it doesn't behave correctly

[limber oak]

hard with all the frost claw proj's hitting the same target, annoying to respec that :p

[hollow rover]

ngl im really tempted to dump 60k favour into sceptres lmao

[sturdy summit]

yeah, that seems worth it

[rocky anvil]

because the crit on the node still works

[errant plank]

What are the must have defensive nodes?

[hollow rover]

also can prophcies drop boss uniques or nah

[sturdy summit]

I don't think so

but, that might not be entirely true

[hollow rover]

i dont either was hoping somebody could clarify lol

[crimson raft]

Nope

[sturdy summit]

I heard a rumor that something, maybe red ring, was dropping from prophecies, but I'm not sure about that one

[hollow rover]

okay not going for glove prophecies then

[crimson raft]

Basically prophecies can drop any item that can drop from you killing a random mob in whatever location. If it requires specific mob or location it cannot be dropped with prophecy

[sturdy summit]

boot prophecies for snowdrift

[hollow rover]

okay so prophecies can only and will ever only be global drop got it thanks

[hollow rover]

pretty sure snowdrift is global

[sturdy summit]

yeah, it is. that's why boot prophecies

[hollow rover]

yeah so boot/sceptre then

[crimson raft]

You can also get boot\helmet droprate and unique droprate blessings but those would work on the fact that you just roll more stuff

[hollow rover]

not even done all my blessings yet kinda want my gloves before going to emp

[unborn hamlet]

60k?

i dumped over a milion

still no 3LP ire

[crimson raft]

what are you trying to farm? Farming in non emp monos is really really not reccomended.

[unborn hamlet]

got some top roll 2LP ones, but nothing to attempt slams with

[hollow rover]

well thats all i haveright now i dont just want ire i also want exalts for the T7

[hollow rover]

frostbite shackle's

[unborn hamlet]

then focus on getting the exalt first

[hollow rover]

i dont have any lp ire yet lol

[unborn hamlet]

no lp or 1lp is not even worth to pick up x

[hollow rover]

thats why i wanted to split between unique exalt and boots for snowfdrift

[unborn hamlet]

u need 2 bare minimum

[barren pawn]

beg to differ. no lp / 1lp still better than jsut not ahving the unique,

[crimson raft]

I'd go straight to emp monos to farm those, but up to you

[sturdy summit]

I would take an exalt over 0lp, but 1lp is probably worth

[hollow rover]

i mean im softcore so dying wouldnt matter but i only have 2-5k ward atm wil that be enough for emp

[barren pawn]

io mean 1lp is literally either you get lucky, or its a brick

[sturdy summit]

I got cast speed on mine

[hollow rover]

yep xDD

[barren pawn]

0lp is worth running if your build needs the uniques perk

if its just a supplement, and doesnt bring the build online, you dont need to run it as a 0

[winter crow]

I do that but no need to put static orb on bar, it procs from flame rush, you described exactly what my build does but without addind static orb to the skill bar https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/olVMGw6Q

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Release / 1.0.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (25) / Runemaster (68)

General:

▸ Health: 1,141, Regen: 24/s
▸ Mana: 202, Regen: 10/s
▸ Ward Retention: 638%, Regen: 38/s
▸ Attributes: 33 Str / 20 Dex / 153 Int / 10 Att / 14 Vit
▸ Resistances: 81% / 125% / 103% / 82% / 57% / 71% / 71%
▸ EHP: 1,972 / 1,972 / 1,972 / 2,118 / 1,546 / 1,754 / 1,754

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 228
▸ Dodge Chance: 3% (94)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 35% (1,834)

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning, Cold, Fire / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Static Orb (23)
• Runic Invocation (23)
• Flame Rush (22)
• Frost Claw (26)
• Elemental Nova (23)

Used unique items:

• Prismatic Gaze
• Static Shell
• Mad Alchemist's Ladle
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Swaddling of the Erased
• Strands of Souls
• Blood of the Exile
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• Julra's Stardial
• Omnis
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros

[hollow rover]

yeah my build does need it but it needs a specific slam so i might be better off just using an exalted -mana cost for now lol

[barren pawn]

if it is needed to run the build / bring it on, 0lp is needed

[verbal juniper]

What are the current "good" builds for playing a mage?

[sturdy summit]

you mean people use frozen ire when they're not a freeze build? well, no wonder they want 3lp then.

[sturdy summit]

they're all good builds

[verbal juniper]

I have no clue about any mage builds so i wanted to ask for an overview xd

[sturdy summit]

in terms of subclasses, pick runemaster and you get access to a wide variety of options. For fire, you could look at hydra. Nerfed, but still decent. For cold, you could pick between crit or frostbite frost claw. For lightning, there's static orb, shock charge, lightning frost claw, so many options

[hollow rover]

can i stack 2 of the sam lense ?

[crimson raft]

Vs oneshots sure! But it depends on dps and ward regen too. So just go and see how it goes!

[unborn hamlet]

it has no mana reduction on base, trust me, if u have mana issues now, 1lp ire will run u dry in 3 spell casts

[sturdy summit]

oh yeah, there's also plasma orb for lightning

[hollow rover]

unless you slam T7 spell dmg -mana lol

[sturdy summit]

that's begging the question, though

[hollow rover]

but yeah i already have mana issues and im not casting nova yet so its gonna be rough with ire atm i think

[sturdy summit]

t7 spellslinger is so hard to get, are you really going to risk it on a 25% chance?

[hollow rover]

no lol thats why im saying im probs just gonna use a sceptre with -mana implicit and try to get T5/T6 spell dmg -mana prefix

[unborn hamlet]

t7 -mana is a unicorn

doesnt exist

[hollow rover]

ive seen it t does exist its just super rare xD

also can lense's stack if i buy 2 sceptre ones ?

[sturdy summit]

it's hard to tell, but the rules of the word Increased say they should

those lenses have such a small effect, I can't even tell if it's working at all.

the base chance of getting a sceptre prophecy is tiny

I don't think it's evenly weighted

[hollow rover]

well its not a small effect it just looks small its 20% per rank and im rank 7 so thats 140% increased chance

[sturdy summit]

140% of what? 0.1%?

[hollow rover]

140% of idk haha

[sturdy summit]

exactly. the base chance sucks, so increasing that by 140% still sucks

[hollow rover]

yeah i guess but sceptres is what i need so i may as well throw it in even if it is just a small increase lol

[glossy quarry]

Big IQ question

[sudden junco]

can the overcharge node in lightning blast tree doublecast from a dragorath claw proc?

[glossy quarry]

That I haven’t found an answer

Because I don’t see a difference

[proven dirge]

is there a site i can use to see other peoples builds?

[glossy quarry]

Does crest of unity tri ele nova also proc spark charges ?

[hollow rover]

we believe so but dont have a solid answer without testing and im the wrong build to test lol

[glossy quarry]

Last epoch tools

[sudden junco]

thanks

[proven dirge]

thanks

[winter crow]

This is why I went mg, just buy whatever you need xD

Cof has it rough in the endgame

But I think its better earlier cuz mg you need to get lucky or have a strong build to farm high corr for money

[sturdy summit]

Does anyone know what happens if you try to smash a CoF and MG item together? Will it let you?

[unborn hamlet]

so i just dropped a weapon thats not ice sceptre, thats literally better in every aspect than my frozen sceptre + no mana issue from testing

[crimson raft]

For CoF, the the reach goals are the gear as well as the corruption.

[unborn hamlet]

all of a sudden i have a weapon for slam attempt xD

alright, time to yolo

[sturdy summit]

you only live 9 billion times

[hollow rover]

i use the sceptre nodes in the passive hence wanting t to be a sceptre lol

[hollow rover]

72% ward retention is huge lol

[shell vine]

hi guys

i used the orb build from the maxroll site

and its using a cold one and not a lightning one

[hollow rover]

there are usually ways to convert a skills damage type by speccing into specific nodes within its specialisation tree

[unborn hamlet]

yep

got the worst outcome

straight to garbage it goes

[hollow rover]

oof that sucks

[unborn hamlet]

time for new t7 mana-

[sturdy summit]

you didn't have a rune of creation to copy it?

[unborn hamlet]

well its fine, this weapon i found last run will probably never get replaced by anything unless i get that juicy 3LP ire

it was 0forging

it was my old weapon

[sturdy summit]

ahh

[unborn hamlet]

gonna post it in item showcase

[shell vine]

so does anyone have a good guide for this build please 😄

[unborn hamlet]

its a real juicer

[crimson raft]

Rune of creations are soooo f'ing rare. I dk about higher corruption, i'm barely at 200, but i got like two in total over many many chars

[crimson raft]

Maxroll is the guide?

[hollow rover]

what is wrong with the maxroll guide you are following xD

[shell vine]

yes please 😄

[unborn hamlet]

i have 8 of em lol, never used one, nothing worthy of it being used on so far

[neat flame]

if youre cof just do prophecy for them, its super common

[crimson raft]

Yes please what? I don't get what you mean

[sturdy summit]

yeah, I've been playing so much since about 2 weeks before release, and I've only seen 2 total

[shell vine]

https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/build-guides/plasma-orb-runemaster-guide#skills-header this guide 😄

[stiff dragon]

do you need to specialize in an element for runemaster?

[hollow rover]

i think ive foud like 1 xD

[stiff dragon]

I like having all of the eles available

[glossy quarry]

yes and no, you can go tri-element with runebolt

[crimson raft]

I'm not trying to be...a bleep but you just follow it? Do you have a lv70+ char?

[hollow rover]

you dont but you will find it very hard t balance your damage unless you use elemental damage rolls

[sturdy summit]

most runemaster builds use multiple elements, but will only use one of them as their main damage source. But there are options for tri-element.

[stiff dragon]

hmmm ok 🤔

[sturdy summit]

and by elemental damage, that means specifically fire, cold, or lightning. Increased Elemental Damage is worse than Increased Spell Damage, don't use that unless you know what you're doing.

[glossy quarry]

the best tri-element build out there personally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFyT9ovcpYc&ab_channel=AmarathyGaming

[stiff dragon]

I'll check it out, I wanted to do runemaster bc I thought you used all eles at once

[glossy quarry]

I want to do the runestone runebolt thing but I lack cooking power

[sturdy summit]

it's more that runemaster has lots of options about which element to use, but specializing is how you get the most optimal builds, just as a general rule

for any class, any build, the more you can specialize, the more power you can squeeze out of it

because specialized stats get better numbers

[unborn hamlet]

now i remember why i hate spirits of fire monolith

it has the big pyromancer skeletons spamming fireballs at the light speed

[glossy quarry]

bro got shotgunned

[crimson raft]

The big boulders of fire?

[hollow rover]

ill take those over the skeleton arbalests any day lmao

[sturdy summit]

there are two things I hate about spirits of fire. The first is the spirits, and the second is the fire.

[stiff dragon]

gotcha

[hollow rover]

🤣

[glossy quarry]

man exiled mage damage over time water laser hurts even with 10k ward

[sturdy summit]

when I do exiled mages, they spawn, and then they don't move until they're dead. They are just permafrozen.

[glossy quarry]

yeah must freeze them

[hollow rover]

same lol so good

[glossy quarry]

they got venom spire damage

[brazen plank]

Hey guys I'm running fireball mage, and I've been doing mostly okay up until I just hit empowered monoliths,
I do understand that there is an obvious difficulty spike but I'd like to know what's my best strategy here ( I'm CoF) should I go back to regular monoliths to grind the gear or push through empowered even if I'm more likely than not to die and miss on the echo rewards

[sturdy summit]

If you're not able to reliably and speedily complete the echoes, you should take a step back.

[sturdy summit]

a bit of resistance when stepping in is to be expected, but if your farm speed is severly impacted, the rarity increase is not worth it.

are you using defensive layers like flame ward? do you have enough ward retention and ward generation to get up to around 4-8k ward? 4k when clearing trash is a good number to shoot for.

[brazen plank]

Got it, now follow up question, I'm mostly full t6 exalts with bases that I like ( + calamity now that I can afford it defense wise) is there a way to target farm specific bases? Cause like most of my mana spent gained as ward comes from those

[ionic siren]

exalted monos

[brazen plank]

No I'm hovering around 1.3k-2k With 1.3k w
Health

[sturdy summit]

I don't think there's any way to influence which base you'll get. only the item types. If you're CoF, you should be using prophecies for that.

[brazen plank]

I feel like I'm doing something wrong with ward

[ionic siren]

you sorc or rm?

[brazen plank]

I've stacked ward retention and mana spent % as ward

Rm

But I have a low ward decay threshold ( basically just my boots) so 200

[sturdy summit]

health doesn't matter unless you're doing a low-life build with exsang and last steps. You can drop all your health in favor of more ward generation. Make sure your resists are capped, and that you either have 100% crit avoidance, or close to 100% reduced bonus damage from crits

[brazen plank]

I got resists capped and 100% crit avoid

[sturdy summit]

what is your int?

[ionic siren]

I think the issue is with your ward generation, Fireball doesn't consume a lot of mana if i'm not wrong

[brazen plank]

58 I think

[hollow rover]

just as an FYI ward gained per second is far better than %mana to ward

[brazen plank]

Is it really?

[light sentinel]

sometimes a weapon upgrade is all u need

[sturdy summit]

I don't know what options fireball has for ward generation in the spec tree. I use frost claw as my main spell, and it has nodes that improve ward generation that are VERY valuable.

[hollow rover]

in most cases yes unless you have an absurd mana pool and spend an absurd amount

[brazen plank]

Like my fireball costs 15 and I have like 200% mana % and 130% cast rate

[glossy quarry]

Man I am about to give up playing mage

The eye penetration it gives

[gleaming robin]

oh thats nice to know, ty

[sturdy summit]

eye penetration? you mean all the effects going off at once?

[glossy quarry]

Yeah

That

Haha

[ionic siren]

afaik fireball doesn't have any node for ward

[sturdy summit]

did you say you're using crest of unity?

I used crest of unity for a while, and it made it 100% more difficult to see anything

[still stump]

finally got a 1lp heart, time for despair

[brazen plank]

I doesn't but I like to see stuff blow up

[sturdy summit]

okay, cool, then maybe a problem with your ward generation is that you're using fireball, and fireball just doesn't help you get tanky in any way @wraith coyote

[glossy quarry]

Yea, it’s good but that’s the downside

[ionic siren]

there is an affix for helm that gives chance to get 20 ward when casting fireball but I don't think it'll help much

[sturdy summit]

what's your invocation?

[brazen plank]

Is there a way to export my build to last epoch tools or something ? So I can show what working with rn

[sturdy summit]

if you're going to use fireball, you might need to pick two utility cold spells and go frostguard

with fireball as your 1 F rune

[ionic siren]

ye go to build planner, and import character on the left side

[sturdy summit]

go to build planner. import button on upper left.

[ionic siren]

Account name is account name in Last Epoch not steam, as that confused me for a bit at first

[brazen plank]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/olVqVvzQ

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 84

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Release / 1.0.1

Class:

Mage (21) / Sorcerer (25) / Spellblade (1) / Runemaster (50)

General:

▸ Health: 1,261, Regen: 35/s
▸ Mana: 361, Regen: 21/s
▸ Ward Retention: 258%, Regen: 0/s
▸ Attributes: 3 Str / 3 Dex / 58 Int / 3 Att / 16 Vit
▸ Resistances: 84% / 159% / 79% / 94% / 155% / 112% / 80%
▸ EHP: 1,550 / 1,550 / 1,550 / 1,664 / 1,550 / 1,550 / 1,550

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 252
▸ Dodge Chance: 1% (20)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 20% (587)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 92%

Damage Types:

▸ Fire, Cold, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Fireball (20)
• Flame Ward (20)
• Runic Invocation (20)
• Flame Rush (20)
• Runebolt (20)

Used unique items:

• Calamity
• Singularity

[brazen plank]

okay here is what im working with

[sturdy summit]

both fireball and runebolt?

[brazen plank]

open to all suggestions as long as i can keep fireall

runeolt is my mana regen lol

haven't found a way to sustain otherwise

[sturdy summit]

what invocation are you using?

[hollow rover]

which skill is it that has the node for 250% cold damage ?

[brazen plank]

big boom

three fire runes

[sturdy summit]

flame ward, and it's whatever element it's specced as.

okay, here's my suggestion

[hollow rover]

hmm cant find the node i thought it was flame ward

[brazen plank]

crit avoidance is wronf for somle reason my C files shows 101

ig

[sturdy summit]

make two of your utility skills into cold. Put your skills in CFC order, and get Immutable Order in runic invocation tree. Use frostguard for perma 30% less damage.

this will carry you a long way

[hollow rover]

ahh infusion

[brazen plank]

can you guys check my gear too? i'm finding myself a it lacking in the dps department

which skills are est to switch to cold? i'm assuming flame guard and flame rush?

[sturdy summit]

yes, those are good candidates

you've already got fireball on W, so that fits the order perfectly.

[sturdy summit]

fireball can crit? you should stack crit.

[brazen plank]

Stacking crit makes my brain hurt

That's why I'm running singularity lol

[sturdy summit]

if you're playing direct damage, it's hands down the best way to scale your damage.

[brazen plank]

There's too many offensive stats

[hollow rover]

hmm the build im following specialised in flame rush and turned it to cold and put fir flame ward 2nd in the bar but not specialesed im wondering if its better to spec into it make it cold and then put fire rush 2nd on my bar instead feel like i get more benefit from flame ward than flame rush right ?

[brazen plank]

Should I ignore ignite stacks then?

[sturdy summit]

everyone does it a little bit differently, I think you should do what feels right to you.

[hollow rover]

well i dont get that 250% cold damage with flame rush lol

[sturdy summit]

if you want to do an ignite build, you could focus all your energy on applying as much ignite as possible and buffing its damage, but then you should not try to make your fireball do much direct damage.

[winter crow]

That 250% is bait

[hollow rover]

and looking at what it offers compared to being specced into flame ward is meh lol

[winter crow]

Its only for 3 secs

Flame rush gives haste, cast speed and other buffs

[hollow rover]

but i dont cast flame rush lol

well i mean sometimes i do for mobility but most of the time im spamming frostclaw

[winter crow]

Ypu should spam it off cd for the buffs

Just dont hold it if you dont need to move

[hollow rover]

besides i would only use the 3s buff on bosses

[winter crow]

The buff duration can be extended

[brazen plank]

What offensive stats should I got for then ? Dot % and variants + cats speed and chance of ignite?

• fire pen with dot ?

[sturdy summit]

chance of ignite is good, fire pen with dot is good, Increased Elemental Damage Over Time is good

I think there are some uniques for ignite, but I'm not too familiar with those

[winter crow]

I still havent seen a good fire build able to clear high corro, if someone makes one please lmk

[strange karma]

best lvling is monolith grinding until eyes bleed?

[brazen plank]

Pretty much calamity from what I understand

[hollow rover]

also flame rush only gives frenzy not haste lol

[brazen plank]

The one I'm running

[winter crow]

Oh ye mb

Frenzy is great too

[tepid perch]

guys is anyone running the guidance of flame node in flame rush skill (the one thaty increases damage and area if cast after fireball)? I can't seem to get it to work, I see no difference in area or mana recovered

[hollow rover]

yes i do need cast speed lol

[sturdy summit]

yeah, if you want to go all in on ignite, I bet that will work for you. I'm not sure how cast speed interacts with your spec of fireball, but if it works, yes, more cast speed

[winter crow]

Also with passives you can get 10% extra cast speed with flame rush

[sturdy summit]

if you're going dot damage, make sure you don't get Increased Spell Damage. Spell damage does nothing for ignite, because it's not a spell.

[brazen plank]

I was kinda doing a little bit of both haha

[sturdy summit]

yeah, splitting focus is a bad idea, but you can pick either the crit route or the dot route and commit to that and it should work for you, at least at low corruption

[brazen plank]

How far can this build take me you think?

[sturdy summit]

no idea, that's above my expertise :p

[brazen plank]

I'd like to be able to hit 200-300 corruption

Is that too high ?

[sturdy summit]

I bet you can manage it.

[brazen plank]

Got it

Well let's find out what runic invocation does after I respec

[sturdy summit]

besides your survivability issues, were you killing trash fast enough?

[brazen plank]

Before empowered I'd say yes

After empowered I'd say I would have liked to hit about 30% harder

[sturdy summit]

focussing all your damage in one direction might get you that 30%

or even better

[brazen plank]

👍

[hexed peak]

how far/good can Shatterstrike Spellblade push corruption?

[hollow rover]

i specced into flame ward instead gonna try it ot i still have flame rush on my bar for the mobility all i really lose from not being specced into it is the cast speed will see later if thats needed or not if it is ill spec back i guess

[muted kindle]

anyone else just get tons of minion damage stuff? lol

[sturdy summit]

btw, int doesn't improve your ignite damage. I'm thinking of speccing out of frostbite (cold dot) because I feel like I could get more from a crit build because I would be able to stack tons of int and get all my offensive and defensive stats in one stat. Just something to keep in mind for later.

[sand pawn]

The only DoT i know of that can stack are the brands

scale sorry not stack

[sturdy summit]

the main dots, like ignite and frostite, stack infinitely

oh, frostbite is pretty good at scaling, because it has Snowdrift boots

I'm not sure if ignite has anything similar. I know some people have tried to make ignite builds work, but I have no idea how

[ionic siren]

to combine unique and exalteds, do I need same type of weapon? Like if the unique is a 2H spear, do I need 2H spear exalted or any weapon?

[sturdy summit]

yes

they must be the same type

[ionic siren]

thanks ❤️

can I seal an affix so I replace it with something else or once I seal an affix I can't use the item for LP?

Also sorry if i'm asking questions available in the guide, I'm on page 30 something in the market I don't wanna close it lmao

[sturdy summit]

an item with a sealed affix can be destroyed to make a legendary, but it behaves as if the sealed affix didn't exist. Also, the chance of sealing is drastically lower the higher tier the affix is, so affixes that are still good as t1 or t2 are the best targets for sealing.

[ionic siren]

oo then I found a great item, thanks!

succeeded first try

[sturdy summit]

grats

[hearty idol]

I don't really understand why the mage cannot have minions... c'mon, will be so nice to go around with some elemental dude like a rock golem, or a flame elemental

[brazen plank]

got it

[hollow rover]

i keep getting cold overload and it says -80% cold damage but i have no idea where im getting it from an i would rather not have -80% too my cold damge lol i checked the guide in game and it has nothing on overload

[sturdy summit]

they said they intend to add additional masteries before they add additional base classes, so maybe we'll get something in the future. I'm fine if only 4 out of 5 of the classes have minion builds.

[hearty idol]

It's just me... i really like any minion classes... and mages 🙂

[sturdy summit]

hey, maybe they should give sorceror minions. that would sure give them an identity better than fragile runemage

hmm, if their identity of throwing huge spells like meteor and black hole actually worked, maybe that would be better

[teal oasis]

Rune mage or sorcerer

[sturdy summit]

are you asking for advice?

[strange karma]

mirror image is a minion.. a poor poor minion tho

[teal oasis]

I just started my mage run

Yes

[sturdy summit]

if in doubt, rune mage. more build variety, great tank and damage

[teal oasis]

Is there any point to run the others

Besides maybe spellblade ig

[sturdy summit]

sure, if you like them, you can make them work, but rune mage has the most community support

[hearty idol]

Nah... I want to summon elementals that fights for me. All that works to became a mage, let's profit and be lazy 🙂

[teal oasis]

cough cough fire wraiths cough

[sturdy summit]

from what I've heard, spellblade kind of suffers at killing bosses, and sorcerer kind of suffers at survivability. Runemaster hits the sweetspot where they can scale both their damage and tank at the same time.

[hearty idol]

Embrace the dark side? 🙂

[teal oasis]

Indeed, although it does get a bit boring, now I have to start another acolyte so I can become a warlock

All of acolyte’s masteries are pretty good

[sturdy summit]

fire wraiths isn't the dark side, it's the hot fiery burning side

[sturdy summit]

necro is what I played in beta

[hollow rover]

can anybody explain overload there is nothing for it within the in game guide i keeps coming u on the right as a debuff saying i have -80%cold damage i have looked through every skill i have an all of my passives and none of them say anything about cold overload what is causing me to have this debuff and reducing my damage ?

[hearty idol]

Btw, hydrardon kinda do the job, with homing fire balls. I just cast/run try to be alive

[sturdy summit]

do you have eterra relic

[teal oasis]

I played a necro when I first started, then a marksman, then a forge guard, and now a mage

[hollow rover]

no i have a chalice lol

[ionic siren]

3 lp and failed to get double crit on wep, sadge

[sturdy summit]

rip

[hearty idol]

About forge guard... is minion build good? i've started one, not impressed so far

[hollow rover]

oh its a catalyst and yes i do have it equiped

[sturdy summit]

oops, my bad. got confused

[teal oasis]

How do I import builds into last epoch builder? I have a cool build

It’s level 60 or so, and it never dies and has decent damage

[sturdy summit]

build planner -> import on left bar

[hollow rover]

but on the item it says it gives me incresed cold damage but instead is debuffing me to do -dmg

[hearty idol]

Just a question: do you summon trough warpath?

[sturdy summit]

I think if you get the extended information, it explains how overload works

[teal oasis]

I don’t use warpath

[hollow rover]

ahh yeah it does increase my cold damage but getting it to 10 stacks overloads me and then reduces my damage riiight time for that to gooo

[hearty idol]

Oh... can be this my issue

[rain island]

Wow I can't believe I just beat lvl 75 Lagon on my first attempt on my poorly built lvll 72 sorceror. I've always followed build guides before and this is the first time I've attempted building my own character.

[teal oasis]

You can use warpath, but I use smelters wrath for stun

[sturdy summit]

grats! that's a good achieve. A lot of people struggle with lagon.

[hearty idol]

Thanks, got it

[strange karma]

does lighting critical multiplier works anything different from critical multiplier? are they additive?

[rain island]

I know I've struggled with him before on other characters - but they were ones I was following build guides for

[sturdy summit]

they add. the difference is that the more specific one can roll higher because it works on fewer skills

[teal oasis]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/AVaw9wRo

[silk pewter]

Forge Guard, Level 61

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Release / 1.0.1

Class:

Sentinel (20) / Forge Guard (43) / Paladin (11)

General:

▸ Health: 725, Regen: 12/s
▸ Mana: 116, Regen: 8/s
▸ Ward Retention: 68%, Regen: 0/s
▸ Attributes: 12 Str / 8 Dex / 17 Int / 11 Att / 14 Vit
▸ Resistances: 126% / 47% / 52% / 99% / 92% / 14% / 52%
▸ EHP: 2,166 / 1,561 / 1,625 / 2,789 / 2,069 / 1,210 / 1,625

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 33%, Threshold: 265
▸ Armor Mitigation: 54% (2,689)
▸ Block Chance: 30%, Mitigation 50% (1,433)

Damage Types:

▸ Physical, Fire / Melee, Spell

Minion Damage Types:

▸ Fire, Physical / Melee

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Smelter's Wrath (20)
• Rive (20)
• Forge Strike (20)
• Manifest Armor (20)
• Healing Hands (20)

Used unique items:

• Sunforged Cuirass
• Humming Bee
• Cradle of the Erased
• Swaddling of the Erased
• Arboreal Circuit
• Bleeding Heart

[teal oasis]

Low lvl forge guard

Haven’t died in

Uh

Since lagon ig

[sand pawn]

Why would I want to scale any other damage on runemaster otehr than spell? cold, fire, lighting affixes all have teh same scaling

[sturdy summit]

Forge Strike sounds like the name of a labour action, don't you think?

[teal oasis]

Ignore bleeding heart though, had it on cause I wanted to try something

[teal oasis]

Yes

[sturdy summit]

we're going on a Forge Strike until working conditions improve!

[sand pawn]

I gfuess it lets you doible dip

[teal oasis]

Haven’t improved yet

[sturdy summit]

🤣

[sand pawn]

Sentinel specialist here... if you're doing forge strike, really lean into the weapon interactions you can get

[hearty idol]

Thank you very much... i'm gonna try this for sure 🙂

[teal oasis]

You really have to lean into ward though from the weapon and shield

But it’s really easy cause it’s on hit and block

And the armor set is very useful, gives extra dmg

To some fg skills

Also maxes out your physical res too

[hearty idol]

Good idea... i need to level a bit and then i will see. For now my hightest char is a lvl 80 shaman, only started the game a week ago

[teal oasis]

That fg is only lvl 61

So should take about 2-3 days

For about 1-2 hours a day

[hearty idol]

Yep, more or less. Levelling is quite fast. I've started a runemaster few hours ago, i'm 27 🤣 . I wanna try all the builds i like before next cycle

[hollow rover]

lol i swapped ettera for my BiS base wrong stats but it gained me another 500 or so ward xD

[teal oasis]

Same

[hollow rover]

hmm i have a 1LP frozen ire do i risk trying to slam T6 spell dmg -mana cost xD

[sturdy summit]

is the t6 spellslinger your current weapon?

[teal oasis]

Think next cycle I’ll go for vk, sorcerer, warlock, blade dancer, and a shaman

[hollow rover]

i mean if i get lucky its huge ideally i need T7 to make it no mana cost but will still help a ton

[hollow rover]

no the 1 lp frozen ire is

i was keeping the T6 spellsliger in case its too mana intensive once nova comes online

but i just got 1 lp ire sooo

[sturdy summit]

if you just got the 1lp frozen ire, it's not your current weapon :p

[hollow rover]

idk if i should risk it because i might still need to swap too the T6 spellslinger

[sturdy summit]

or do you mean two different ires

[hollow rover]

well it is cus i switched it i had a no lp ire equiped

[sturdy summit]

ahh. okay, well, you could always do it later if you wait and see

[hollow rover]

yeah ill keep the T6 for now just in case but its a big loss in power to unequip ire

[sturdy summit]

I don't think it's worth using a rune of creation on t6

[hollow rover]

thats why it has to get -mana

[hearty idol]

Good build variety 👍

[hollow rover]

i only have 1 anyway no way im wasting it yet lol

[sturdy summit]

I have a 1lp ire that got cast speed. I can empty my mana on a boss, but most of the time, when I pace myself I'm able to do fine without a spellslinger sceptre. The damage from ire is more important, imo.

[obsidian berry]

is there a way to get gamblers fallacy without the quest turn in? Ive read the item cant drop

[unborn hamlet]

welp, no luck on 2+LP snowdrifts, gonna continue tmr, not that i have many prophecies left

barely dropped any to begin with

they list the boots as common loot, but i almost never see em in the piles

[sturdy summit]

it looks like it can be sold on the bazaar. try that if you're MG. Otherwise, only the quest.

[hollow rover]

yeah but im casting ice barrage and soon nova through frostclaw the -mana is to make frostclaw a 0 cost spell so that only barrage and nova drain mana when they proc

[sturdy summit]

yes, I only cast nova through frostclaw, I don't use barrage

[unborn hamlet]

im pretty sure i dropped gamblers falacy

[hollow rover]

ice barrage is pretty nutty when its actually being accurate lol

[hushed dirge]

I want to try out a runemaster build, either the frostclaw (lightning build) and lightning blast. They look very familiar in gear. What is the main difference?

[sturdy summit]

I have a +5 glyph of dominion relic so.... I use glyph of dominion :p

[unborn hamlet]

doesnt have to be accurate when the enemy is perma frozen in place

[hollow rover]

ooh nice

[hollow rover]

have you used ice barrage ? it shoots where it pleases wether they frozen or not haha

or at least the way i am casting it does lol

[unborn hamlet]

i have it on manual cast

if u have it to trigger via frost claw then its random

[hollow rover]

yeah can be anooying at times but boy when t hits do the frostbites ramp up fast

hmm although im not sure how this guy gets it to cost 0 mana i have all the nodes for mana cost and then hand of morditas and volley of glass which increse it again and the guide says to take them right now my mana cost for FC is 10 with a T7 spellslinger thats -5 mana cost i looked at all of his other gear and none of the items give him additional -mana cost so im really not sure how he ha his at 0 cost because mine will still be 5 cost unless he just said 0 cost cus 5 is super low weird either way

[unborn hamlet]

what build are u following?

the 0 mana cost only works without the increased mana nodes

[hollow rover]

that guy nobody can understand lol

[onyx glen]

Is there a natural evolution or improvement of the Plasma Orb build from maxroll if I want to improve it? I like the playstyle but wasn’t sure if it improved significantly?

[unborn hamlet]

oh

[hollow rover]

TonyBingGaming

scottish fella

[unborn hamlet]

he tweaked that build like 7 times past 3 days

[sturdy summit]

you might need Mana Efficiency for Frost Claw idols

[unborn hamlet]

tmr it will change again

[hollow rover]

i watched his vid then clicked the build link 2 days ago

[unborn hamlet]

ye, mana efficiency from idols only way then

[hollow rover]

nope no efficency on his idols either

[sturdy summit]

have you looked for any newer versions of the build on lastepochtools?

[unborn hamlet]

if its the 3 spot long ones that do that u need 4 of em

they should make it cost 0

[raw briar]

Does runemaster get considerably better with higher levels? I'm leveling and at act 6 I feel like I run out of mana in 2 spells and die in 3 or 4 hits.

[hollow rover]

i actually did earlier and it looks like he has removed it from there so im following the old one as i didnt close the page

[unborn hamlet]

told u

he cooking that

well the forstclaw still technically generates mana

[hollow rover]

i mean its already getting over 1k frostbite stacks what mre is there to cook with lol

[unborn hamlet]

if u get the +12mana proc

[hollow rover]

ya got that

[grave sky]

any german here wanna play the game lol

[hollow rover]

its just not enough with barrage alone

[unborn hamlet]

last time i seen his build he had barrage on his skill bar broski

[hollow rover]

and it will be proccing nova more thaan barrage although i think nova i cheaper

[unborn hamlet]

not autocasting from frostclaw

[hollow rover]

yes so do i its for the right order for ruinic invocation

it is because im following the build planner and it says to take those nodes for FC to cast it and in the video he wa only casting FC too

[unborn hamlet]

there is no way u gonna be mana positive when frostclaw spams barrage

[hollow rover]

only 1 point into it so onlt 5% chance to proc

[unborn hamlet]

yea, might as well not waste a skill point on it

[hollow rover]

ya but i cba to press extra buttons ya know

ill figure the mana stuff out he did he was mana positive for like a good 45s to 1m before it eventually drained

[unborn hamlet]

[shrewd walrus]

someone pleasee help, i want a runemaster build that clears 1k corruption with ease fast

[robust reef]

Guys I'm too mechanically unskilled to kill t4 Julra

[unborn hamlet]

artillery spark charge

[robust reef]

this is my build:
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A148W9bo

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Release / 1.0.1

Class:

Mage (30) / Sorcerer (25) / Runemaster (58)

General:

▸ Health: 3,431, Regen: 25/s
▸ Mana: 188, Regen: 9/s
▸ Ward Retention: 208%, Regen: 59/s
▸ Attributes: 14 Str / 1 Dex / 20 Int / 1 Att / 9 Vit
▸ Resistances: 167% / 78% / 143% / 119% / 61% / 63% / 107%
▸ EHP: 4,050 / 4,050 / 4,050 / 4,275 / 3,538 / 3,617 / 4,050

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 686
▸ Armor Mitigation: 16% (496)

Damage Types:

▸ Fire / Spell, DoT

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Teleport (20)
• Fireball (22)
• Flame Ward (22)
• Glyph of Dominion (22)
• Frost Wall (22)

Used unique items:

• Cinder Song
• Burning Avarice
• Fiery Dragon Shoes
• Ashes of Mortality
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros

[robust reef]

wat do

[sturdy summit]

what corruption are you on now?

[sturdy summit]

group kill

[shrewd walrus]

like 300 and i do the lightning blast build

[unborn hamlet]

ye, i just ask the broken builds to obliterate t4 for me

[shrewd walrus]

clearing pretty easy but dont have too much survivability

[robust reef]

I got her down to like 30% but she hits so hard

[shrewd walrus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkwJg5IdDYA doing this build now

at around 300 corruption it feels like it falls off

[unborn hamlet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWB6Gtdy9vY&t

[shrewd walrus]

I've done spark charge and it didn't feel that strong but maybe i didnt have something

[sturdy summit]

have you been keeping up on upgrading your legendaries and getting the key ones?

[unborn hamlet]

this is not a normal spark charge build

just check it out

[hollow rover]

oh by technicallity a T7 spellslinger should be fine to make it 0 cost i just equpied the T6 sceptre to see how much it reduced the mana cost and it went from 10 too 2 so a T7 should be either 1 or 0

i lose 1k dps on the tooltip by not using frozen ire i also lose all my necrotic res as i didnt spec any of it a it will gith me 100% at lvl 100

[keen zinc]

Weird that one is viable up to corruption 1k no? I saw his vid doing 1k corruption. I am planning on following his as well

[shrewd walrus]

Are you running this build?

[unborn hamlet]

no, but i want to try it next cycle

[sturdy summit]

100% necrotic resist from a single item is such an exhorbitant amount of res. It's just begging you to find an item that scales from uncapped necrotic resist. What is that item?

[unborn hamlet]

im running frostbite frostclaw build

[shrewd walrus]

It's fun and all and my gear is pretty damn good but it doesn't seem like it will do much past 3-400 corruption

[sand pawn]

its a unique helmet I forget its name

[shrewd walrus]

what corruption are you hitting

[unborn hamlet]

at a reasonable clear time, 400

but i still have bad gear

its a build for 1000+

[shrewd walrus]

yours or the one you sent me?

[unborn hamlet]

both

mine is much slower on the dps

[hollow rover]

hmm with just the T6 sceptre and no novas yet i am mana positive

[unborn hamlet]

the one i sent u is upfront dmg and lightning based

my build is dmg over time and cold

[hollow rover]

might run a mono with it see how my damage is without ire lol

[shrewd walrus]

I just bought a LP 3 Mad Alch wand but want to make sure my next build is a build i can super farm for money with before I make it to a legendary

have about 70mil left to spend

[unborn hamlet]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/QeYLOdmQ

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Release / 1.0.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (19) / Runemaster (74)

General:

▸ Health: 1,345, Regen: 14/s
▸ Mana: 146, Regen: 11/s
▸ Ward Retention: 365%, Regen: 43/s
▸ Attributes: 16 Str / 3 Dex / 58 Int / 3 Att / 3 Vit
▸ Resistances: 116% / 89% / 122% / 28% / 82% / 114% / 100%
▸ EHP: 1,830 / 1,830 / 1,830 / 1,415 / 1,830 / 1,830 / 1,830

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 269
▸ Dodge Chance: 1% (17)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 32% (1,599)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Fire, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Frost Claw (24)
• Elemental Nova (25)
• Flame Ward (21)
• Ice Barrage (21)
• Runic Invocation (21)

Used unique items:

• Crest of Unity
• Frostbite Shackles
• Snowdrift
• Bleeding Heart
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros
• Throne of Ambition

[shrewd walrus]

also have a beast LP 1 omn9is

[unborn hamlet]

this is my build currently

[shrewd walrus]

nice

i was thinking about this build but idk it seems slower on bosses at 1k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_jCcCkxdFU

[unborn hamlet]

my offhand is mid, my weapon is mid, my belt is just terrible trash, my armor is not even T20,

my rings are bad as well

[shrewd walrus]

thats why im making a mega build now so i can make money for future builds haha w my 70 mil left and 1lp omnis and 3 lp want

wand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_jCcCkxdFU i might go this

[unborn hamlet]

correct me if im wrong

but no amount of money will matter once the cycle ends

if ur planning on playing legacy afterwards, its fine tho

[shrewd walrus]

you're right but im saying for now

[unborn hamlet]

im playing CoF, i cant give u pointers to MG

[shrewd walrus]

farm for another character

[unborn hamlet]

CoF, HC char that died

so my stash is char bound

i have over a full page of 3-4LP items i cant even use

😂

[sage trellis]

😢

[unborn hamlet]

including 2 laddles

[shrewd walrus]

yikes

[sturdy summit]

someone really wants to be your group buddy and get some obsidian resonances from you

[unborn hamlet]

its fine, i was going into this game and cycle with the mindset of just 1 char

[unborn hamlet]

LF trade 4LP laddle for 3LP Frozen Ire

👌

alternatively 3LP Ocearon, but good luck beating those galactic odds

[severe juniper]

Hi all. Are there any cool Runemaster leveling builds that can benefit from uniques that I can get from my main characters?

[unborn hamlet]

if u slam them with high tier dmg boosters

any build will breeze

[queen merlin]

lvl 88 runemaster lightning blast dont even upgrade any item. it is superslow to lvl (:-

[sturdy summit]

seriously, that might end up being a way for CoF players to trade with each other. It would require some investment into the resonances, but if that causes a group matching culture to emerge as a result, then the resonances system has been a great success.

[unborn hamlet]

i mean isnt that inteded from the beggining, yet nobody wanna play together

[sturdy summit]

I'm hoping people will crack.

[unborn hamlet]

i dont even mind dragging others across the map cos they cant clear

yea cos the mobs HP increase is drastic

[sturdy summit]

it's less than 100% per person, though

[neon lynx]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IInVp-phqAU&t=8s

[unborn hamlet]

my build is fine solo, kinda slow on duo, but impossible to play a 4person group if the other 3 people not doing anything either

i mean yeah its not proportionate to the party

i would like to play with someone, most of the issue lies in timezone/server/faction/availability to actually play

i can only reasonably play with US east

[sturdy summit]

yep, the community is very fractured right from the beginning because of all the different game modes

[neon lynx]

Takes way to long to get an obsidian resonance for me to ever consider doing that

[unborn hamlet]

im literally an item dispenser, u need something? few runs and i will most likely drop it 😂

[neon lynx]

Come run some echos with me. I need more lp hearts to fail on

[sturdy summit]

I play with my friends. We have alts that we only play together, so they stay at the same progression. We've gone through the entire campaign together, and we're starting to get our first obsidian resonances around level 60.

[unborn hamlet]

bleeding hearts?

or twisted

[neon lynx]

Twisted

[unborn hamlet]

tmr, its 1am for me

[sturdy summit]

we all get the resosances around the same time, in waves, so it's quite consistent the rate at which you get them.

[unborn hamlet]

i already wanted to be asleep for over an hour

[neon lynx]

Yeah I ain’t goin to play with some random for 10 hours so I can trade 1 item

[sturdy summit]

that's fair. It probably won't be viable for randoms. But it will be good for small groups

[unborn hamlet]

i meaaaan, i would kill someone for 4LP Frozen Ire or Ocearon, would find where they live and become their house maid

[severe juniper]

Any suggestions? I can slam either the ladle weapon, firestarter, sunwreath ring, calamity helm. Should I just be looking for Int/spell damage? I am not sure what would benefit the most aside from movement speed.

[neon lynx]

Don’t think they need a maid if they dead

[unborn hamlet]

ill stack stability tmr after i wake up, and once ur here i can give u 2 extra runs

[sturdy summit]

oh right, it probably won't take 10 hour if you're playing at high level from the very beginning.

I bet if you're at empowered monos, it will take like an hour

[unborn hamlet]

the items themselves dont really matter, depends on what the char using them will build

[severe juniper]

I went Runemaster with it. Level 22 at the moment.

[unborn hamlet]

T7 spell dmg

[neon lynx]

It still takes a long time to drop obsidians

[jade granite]

what the highest someone here has gotten with spellblade?

corruptin

[shrewd walrus]

there a build planner for that?

[unborn hamlet]

ye but what build are u looking forward

orb, spark, frostbite, or something else

depending on what the build needs, slam based on that

[neon lynx]

He has it linked in the comments

[severe juniper]

Honestly I dont know yet. Kinda jumped into it today. I was playing the wraith lord necro build which is ridiculous but I find it kind of boring.

[neon lynx]

That’s the giga build ur lookin for tho

Haven’t seen anyone else effortlessly blowing through 2k solo on a mage

[severe juniper]

Whats like the most broken Runemaster build right now?

[unborn hamlet]

look into spark charge, plasma orb and frostbite frostclaw, i would say those are the 3 main meta builds

honestly, all the spark charge variants just busted af

[neon lynx]

Hydra

[unborn hamlet]

but they have high investment

[neon lynx]

[jade granite]

probably frost claw something

i saw 2200 corruption

[severe juniper]

Awesome thank you!

[sand pawn]

I am currently leveling up as cold but I might switch to lightning. That aura lightning runic invocation looks really cool.

[shrewd walrus]

you think i could run omnis int hat build u sent me? instead of what he has?

[neon lynx]

If you move shred into gloves sure

[shrewd walrus]

gotrcha

[neon lynx]

Don’t slam dex into ur red ring either 😂

[shrewd walrus]

whats my main source of dmg my frost claw and nova? does nova proc off frost claw in that build?

[neon lynx]

Spark charge is ur main source of damage

Claw and nova just enable it

[jade granite]

spellblade loosk so bad vs rm

[neon lynx]

And yes. Nova procs off claw

[gleaming robin]

just got my 1st 4lp and its a bow 💀

[unborn hamlet]

time for falconer

[jade granite]

sell da't shii and buy a spoon

[gleaming robin]

im offline

and its the fire bow

[jade granite]

R.I.P

[unborn hamlet]

edit game files

yea the fire bow u can throw it back on the ground

that item a joke

😂

[gleaming robin]

lmao

[muted kindle]

it's crazy how many drops you get for other classes, i'm always getting minion shiii

[heavy sun]

I dont understand how tf full crit shatterstrike players survive 😂

I be getting slap bopped from across the screen sometimes.

[gleaming robin]

idk how ppl survive with sub 10k ward builds

got spoiled fr

[jade granite]

hp builds RIP

[heavy sun]

Same asf. I dropped using Exsan, steps, and twisted heart bc it felt dirty.

[gleaming robin]

i created a pally for fun, 20k ward spamming smite + hh is so fun

deals 0 dmg tho with my gear

so went back to rm

[sturdy summit]

there are a lot of builds, so no matter what build you are, you're going to get more loot for all the builds you're not.

[winter crow]

I was doing arena to see how far I can get, and game crashed 1 and a half hours in LOL

[gleaming robin]

F

[winter crow]

im not doing that thing again lol

too time consuming

atleast made it to the mage leaderboards lol https://gyazo.com/f0de18c06356235853038a92a3b6191c

[sand pawn]

Lvl 48 and got all my idols and passives, lets see if I can do mono now ha

[rotund atlas]

is there like a suggested build for runemaster? wanna start leveling my mage and give it a try

[edgy falcon]

I'm enjoying the frost claw rm way more than I expected to. Also, Lagon felt like easy mode compared to my Necro and Warlock

[sturdy summit]

runemaster probably has the biggest build variety in the game.

so no, there's no one suggested build, just a lot of options to choose from depending on what you want

[rotund atlas]

ah ok, thank you

[muted kindle]

honestly imo i might get some ideas from end game builds, but I winged it for the most part and have been enjoying it immensely

it takes some time to read through the tooltips on how things synergize but once you put it together, it starts feeling amazing

almost done with reg monolith, i'm thinking empowered is when you really have to start crunching numbers & minmaxing

[rotund atlas]

yeah i was just looking through the masteries and runic invocation looks cool

was a toss up between it and sorcerer for meteor

[sturdy summit]

I'd like to draw your attention in particular to the frostguard invocation.

that says 30% less damage, and a 13 second duration

[winter crow]

I was looking at the top 1 guy build, and its a full tank 3-4lp unique build just made for arena LOL, ill do a rerun later just to beat him XD

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A6PvRRGB

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Release / 1.0.1

Class:

Mage (31) / Sorcerer (30) / Runemaster (52)

General:

▸ Health: 1,232, Regen: 27/s
▸ Mana: 149, Regen: 11/s
▸ Ward Retention: 588%, Regen: 97/s
▸ Attributes: 28 Str / 76 Dex / 116 Int / 15 Att / 15 Vit
▸ Resistances: 76% / 52% / 76% / 68% / 68% / 144% / 72%
▸ EHP: 7,357 / 6,493 / 8,019 / 9,666 / 6,876 / 7,357 / 7,786

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 246
▸ Dodge Chance: 70% (3720)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 49% (3,068)

Damage Types:

▸ Fire, Cold, Lightning / Spell, DoT

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Runic Invocation (25)
• Runebolt (21)
• Flame Ward (21)
• Frost Wall (21)
• Teleport (20)

Used unique items:

• Boneclamor Barbute
• Fundamental Criterion
• Reowyn's Fortress
• Strands of Souls
• Snowdrift
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• The Confluence of Fate
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros

[polar juniper]

Ugh why is heart of tranquil so hard to farm lol. Killed the dragon over 10 times 😭

[onyx glen]

I have not, I usually have been trying to stick to the text based ones. Are the new builds solid?

[sturdy summit]

depends on whose you're looking at, but I've noticed that as things progress, the big push to make lots of guides is falling off, and to get the most up-to-date info, you just gotta look at people's build planners

[onyx glen]

a lot of the builds seem frostbite focused, at least from a cursory look. not a bad thing, but I really did enjoy the "rotation-esque" playstyle. I'll take a look though, thanks!

[glossy quarry]

man

I can't tell if I am doing more damage with spark charges on tri-ele nova than one at a time

and cant also tell if they overcharge or not

[gray folio]

is spell damage and elemental damage considered the same for runemaster

[winter crow]

yes

[dire lily]

Anyone have a loot filter for lightning blast frost claw rune master?

[sturdy summit]

no, they're very different

[sturdy summit]

elemental damage will apply to damage over time, spell damage will not. It will work work with both melee and spell at the same time, too. As a result, Elemental Damage won't roll as high as either Spell Damage or Lightning Damage (for example).

if you don't absolutely need to have elemental damage, you shouldn't use it.

[ripe sage]

is there a way to make your filter show items that have > 8 tiers in resistances and then at least one of a list of prefixes?

[sturdy summit]

no, you can't have two affix conditions on a single rule

I wish that were possible, but for some reason it's not

[ripe sage]

yeah, but wonder if there was a neat multi-rule trick you could do

[sturdy summit]

I haven't been able to think of one that wouldn't have terrible side effects. What you can do is have two different rules, and manually sort through the things that don't match both

[versed wing]

I know everything is pretty average but can I get any tips on what to target with CoF to improve my character? chasing +level to frost claw pretty badly and a heart as a priority atm.

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Apbp1emB

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 97

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Release / 1.0.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (20) / Runemaster (70)

General:

▸ Health: 1,079, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 252, Regen: 11/s
▸ Ward Retention: 302%, Regen: 38/s
▸ Attributes: 18 Str / 5 Dex / 69 Int / 7 Att / 9 Vit
▸ Resistances: 145% / 84% / 108% / 72% / 35% / 82% / 26%
▸ EHP: 1,420 / 1,420 / 1,420 / 1,347 / 935 / 1,314 / 879

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 271
▸ Dodge Chance: 1% (24)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 17% (544)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning, Fire / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Elemental Nova (25)
• Teleport (20)
• Runic Invocation (25)
• Frost Claw (23)
• Static Orb (22)

Used unique items:

• Prismatic Gaze
• Unstable Core
• Mad Alchemist's Ladle
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Swaddling of the Erased
• Strands of Souls
• Advent of the Erased
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros

[sturdy summit]

something that might be close to a trick is if you were to combine a rule that showed items with >8 total tiers, and then above that had a rule that hides all items with an exalted affix except for the one on your list. That might work. But, watch out for the terrible side effects I mentioned.

[ripe sage]

i have to think about that a bit more. I feel like you are right in pointing out it has bad side effects

[winter crow]

I tested t4 julra, the oneshot attack is a joke now lol https://streamable.com/7dict1

and it coulve been less dmg, I used flame ward early so thats without flame ward

that helps prove my point that permanent 25% dr from aegis is better than the 3 sec shield from flame ward

[latent glade]

hello, is there somewhere i can go to get help with my build?

[sturdy summit]

you can ask here

[latent glade]

i dont really have a specific question to ask, im more so wondering if there is a way to get suggestions for my build

[sturdy summit]

well, what are you building right now?

to start with, what level are you

[latent glade]

just hit 90, im not really doing a meta build

disintegrate and volcanic orb fire sorc

[sturdy summit]

and what difficulty are you running into?

[dense prairie]

Does anyone know if the Freezing Cascade talent works for Elemental Nova? I specced it but I never noticed it making a cascade of novas

maybe they're nearly impossible to see with other AOE going on but I'm pretty sure it just doesn't do anything, but would love if anyone can confirm

[sturdy summit]

yes, it works very well. It chains across multiple screens if the pack is big enough.

[safe grail]

this build looks....familiar

[dense prairie]

okay the weird thing is I never noticed it proc'ing at all

[safe grail]

lol

[dense prairie]

I even went to target dummies

[sturdy summit]

if it's not proccing, something must be wrong. I don't know what that is, but the node itself works.

[dense prairie]

are they supposed to be "elemental nova" x5? Visually as obvious? same exact spell? or a different spell

[sturdy summit]

that node says frost nova

[dense prairie]

I'm currently playing a fire/ignite build with frost claw spam auto proc'ing elemental nova

but I put elemental nova on my bar just to test

and I'd single cast it

and it wasn't hitting at all, and I have the frost nova unlocked which procs sometimes

sometimes fire sometimes frost but when it was distinctly the frost version I never noticed a cascade

[sturdy summit]

I also play frost claw with elemental nova proccing off it. Although, I'm cold. But that node only works with frost nova, not other nova types.

[dense prairie]

since I have like 300% chance to proc ignite on nova, I was thinking it would be sick to chain proc every 5 seconds or so and have tons of ignite from it

[dense prairie]

yeah I mean, you have to spec ice nova to reach it, my novas are random but sometimes fire sometimes frost

[latent glade]

im too squishy, damage is there for now, but i get one shot often

[sturdy summit]

yeah, it should be proccing off the frost ones

[dense prairie]

I was specifically casting it on dummies and when the frost version struck, I never noticed a cascade 😦

maybe some interaction is ruining it idk

thanks for letting me know it's working for you though

[winter crow]

I posted it earlier, idk anyone else that runs without flame ward specced spark charge ele nova

[dense prairie]

would be so sick to have 5x extra nova's proc (even the frost one procs 7 stacks of ignite for me)

[sturdy summit]

have you maxxed resist? uncrittable? Sorceror being a squishy class is one reason it's not as popular as runemage, but there are still things you can do to beef up your defense.

[safe grail]

im running it w/o flame rush specced lol

nova, claw, LB, ward, invo specced

[winter crow]

dam you losing a ton of cast speed and clear speed, but def good dmg

[rough fern]

anyone here running hydra mage? need some tips

[safe grail]

that's the ONLY reason why i might spec ward

erm

flame rush

cause i do like the cast speed from it esp cause im using non slammed weps

[sturdy summit]

You'll need to ask josh.

[winter crow]

yeah its so good, also if you use julra ring, 210% spell dmg just from dashing is good

[latent glade]

what is uncrittable?

[sturdy summit]

100% crit avoidance, or 100% reduced bonus damage from crits

[rough fern]

im level 92 breezing through 170+ just feel like my gear isnt what it needs to e idk

[latent glade]

currently 68

[dense prairie]

I'm pretty certain I know the answer to this but just in case, it can't proc on a single target 5x right? It must chain between several enemies? (I tested on packs of enemies so this is unrelated)

[latent glade]

%

[dense prairie]

if it doesn't trigger on single enemies then it's not a big deal for me to not utilize anyway, since mainly nova is for stacking hella ignite

[sturdy summit]

getting that to 100% is a good idea. Now let's talk ward. How much ward do you have at peak spellcasting?

[safe grail]

yeah. i gotta go get a new 2nd julra ring. although idk if i cba lol

[latent glade]

how do i find that

[safe grail]

i just swapped to MG so i gotta rank up heavy

[sturdy summit]

you observe it while you play

oh, you mean crit avoid?

[latent glade]

1k sound right?

[sturdy summit]

are you doing empowered?

[latent glade]

yes

[sturdy summit]

get that to 4k

for crit avoid, you can get a blessing from corpse emperor that will give you most of what you need. Or you can use suffixes to get it.

[latent glade]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A148Njbo not exact, missing some things, but heres an idea

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 86

Game Cycle / Version:

Release / 1.0.1

Class:

Mage (23) / Sorcerer (62) / Spellblade (14)

General:

▸ Health: 818, Regen: 18/s
▸ Mana: 450, Regen: 19/s
▸ Ward Retention: 184%, Regen: 37/s
▸ Attributes: 3 Str / 3 Dex / 38 Int / 21 Att / 3 Vit
▸ Resistances: 140% / 127% / 97% / 75% / 38% / 59% / 90%
▸ EHP: 1,122 / 1,122 / 1,122 / 1,194 / 816 / 963 / 1,122

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 48%, Threshold: 164
▸ Dodge Chance: 1% (20)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 19% (550)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 30%

Damage Types:

▸ Fire / Spell, DoT

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Disintegrate (21)
• Teleport (20)
• Meteor (21)
• Flame Ward (21)
• Focus (20)

Used unique items:

• Cinder Song
• Ignivar's Head
• Telf'un's Mirage
• Eye of Orexia

[winter crow]

oh I see, gl ranking up, if you run high corro its super fast, just farm and spend favor

[safe grail]

yeah i had been spreading corro around a bit. finally pushing some on RoD for a shot at LP hearts lol

[latent glade]

what is corpse emperor

[sturdy summit]

boss of Reign of Dragons

[winter crow]

Id say just buy 1lp heart for close to nothing, farming it is insane

lp1 is almost free

[safe grail]

gotta build the corro up anyways

[winter crow]

hmm true

[strange karma]

cof or mg?

mg all the way right?

[safe grail]

MG

[strange karma]

😄

[winter crow]

capitalism is the wayyy

[safe grail]

and this is from someone who farmed to like rank 8 COF

it was a waste

[winter crow]

the rank doesnt transfer when you switch?

[safe grail]

nope

[winter crow]

rip

[safe grail]

if i go back to COF ever, ill have the rank 8 still

but

[winter crow]

the only reason id choose cof is to farm 1lp red ring cuz that thing is expensive af on mg