🧙┃mage

[wispy rune]

auto crit is bait

[worn shell]

and like if your mana gets sky high you can transfer to the belt

But for a reasonable amount of mana (1k) you have other options

wonders if we can even count 1k mana as mana stacking for sorc lol

[wispy rune]

if ur playing sorc and not 1k its questionable 😂

[worn shell]

I propose 2k be the new minimum for "Mana Stacking Build" to be allowed to call itself that

(at such absurd numbers, auto-crit harbinger of the stars is probably best build tho)

[wispy rune]

its kinda w.e

but yea 2k is with proper investment.

[wispy rune]

im using harbringer of stars with 100% cr, its solid tbh

[worn shell]

(as you drop meteor once and then just walk around letting it kill everything forever)

the biggest issue with it, is that it doesn't activate archmage

[wispy rune]

its not forever since its only a few % chance to proc on crit. buts its solid

[worn shell]

(just multi-drop meteor, sure the cost goes to the moon, but it's FINE)

[queen mason]

Anyone know how will this type of catalyst upgarde when you slaying a habinger?

[ruby tinsel]

Soooo whats the most potent sorcerer build?

[past obsidian]

Is the glacier build really pulling ahead right now?

[rich charm]

Glacier vs Meteor, is one better in general?

[elfin flame]

glacial meteor is better than both i think

[thick rover]

Man everyone is mana stacking

Makes me wonder if I should roll something with cheaper gear lol

[bitter lava]

I'm debating between spark charge or plasma orb build. Are they still strong?

[weary hamlet]

it will unlock a new implicit, I dont remember offhand but you can look them all up on le tools

[cerulean plinth]

Any other fireball enjoyers?

[silk spire]

Glacier might be stronk and potentially even ahead, but I personally don’t enjoy the playstile of it. Having lots of fun with lightning frost claw triggering lightning blast and spark stacking.

Compared to 1.0 now the lightning blasts triggered from the dagger also take your skill tree into account (and spend mana)

[full bluff]

I think Glacier might be the strongest 🙂

[reef gate]

Any good uses for this Laddle?

[late eagle]

If you get a erased mage with +4 frostclaw are you forced to scrap your spellblade and reroll sorcerer or something?

[wispy rune]

no?

[simple solar]

any good spark charge build?

[rich charm]

What is the point of using both Static orb and Glacier?

[wispy rune]

lightning aegis DR

[late eagle]

They should just rename the mage class to sparkman

[full bluff]

I am trying to build something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ytsxzHRvc8&t=3s

[wheat marten]

Just got wrecked by julra t3

Shes a lot harder than I expected lol

[simple solar]

let me follow that too

[full bluff]

I can't decide on wrong warp or dagger, playing with dagger now, atleast until I can get the crit ring

[inner ferry]

Any sorc reached a corruption wall with lightning meteor w/ vilatrias downfall? I've easily shredded through normal monos and early corruption is a breeze so far

[rancid mauve]

how you guys get mana over 1k? i only able to get 400 max.. lol...

[full bluff]

I started by taking mana any place I could, sacrificing everything else, no int or damage 🙂. I see some start the other way around and use a generator

[wispy rune]

u take nearly all mana nodes in skill tree

get mana glass idols

then get mana affixs on gear

mana well is a very important node aswell.

[wispy rune]

im having 0 issues at 200 atm and my build is baddddd

[finite cobalt]

is there a timeline to prioritise when raising corruption ? Just unlocked empowered

[wispy rune]

what ever one drops items u want

[radiant hawk]

Make a filter to find anything with mana on it. scrap it and then craft items with mana on them

[inner ferry]

Awesome, I'm really enjoying the tempest style meteors so I'm glad I can enjoy it a while longer lol

[wispy rune]

its got some absurd dmg on it. make sure to get good defensive setups.

[finite cobalt]

I have no idea what I want yet lol, are there good blessings to get asap maybe ?

so far spamming glacier stomps anything

[wispy rune]

mana blessing if needed

flat armour
% armour

res's

if ur wanting to do pinnacle u need all timelines

[serene flint]

Since I have 4-5k ward usually.. this does not do anything right? since I am taking damage to ward not to health

[inner ferry]

I've noticed. I absolutely obliterate any boss, experimental mage or nemesis in a second but so do they to me. Literal glass cannon as long as I dont have fire shield up. Considering swapping teleport for flame rush (converted to lightning) but I'm enjoying the res from teleport

[muted valley]

Using flame ward to provide huge dmg reduction when fighting them.

[wispy rune]

currently my setup

meteor(duh)
focus(negative mana gen)
teleport(make sure to habe clear cast)
frost wall(lightning convert and casts flame ward)(also lightning pen)

free spot(options are blackhole, flame ward spec, static orb for DR, arcane asc)

[radiant hawk]

Woah.

[inner ferry]

Interesting build, I need to look into frost wall with the run through ward. I got the same except flame ward with double cast and still holding on to my mana strike for whatever reason lol gotta change it out for something better

[worn shell]

now chaos that fireball into a +mana

[hearty chasm]

hello, fellow mages, can you link me to a sorc disintegrade build ?

[wispy rune]

mana strike is fine if needed

frostwall better than raw flame ward imo ifu can get used to it. U get the shock stuff going, haste, bit of dmg, etc.

also rm 15 points is easy

[inner ferry]

True. But I've felt that the double cast of flame ward has saved my ass a few times lol

[wispy rune]

hey if it works, dont change it

ive for sure died some times for not having that instant ward

but frost wall is also my only cleanse atm and has saved me more often

[cerulean plinth]

my fireball tooltip goes up to 240k with all my buffs active. monka

[viral pond]

What's looking like ''the'' mage build for this cycle so far?

[wheat marten]

Anyone able to help me kill boss in temporal sanctum 3 maybe 4?

[inner ferry]

Gotta risk it for the biscuit

[lost jetty]

any high corruption mage pushes yet

[mystic sparrow]

it checks for damage and does not care for ward aka it will work even if you have ward

[mystic sparrow]

All these have done 700+ Corrupt by different people:
CoC Glacier>Meteor
Selfcast Meteor
Selfcast Static Orb
Selfcast Glacier
CoC Static+Meteor

all manastacking

[wispy rune]

have u tried lightning fireball at all?

my metwor hits 250k dps easily but the ST is kinda bad and im wondering if fireball is an option over arcane asc

[viral pond]

Ty

[cerulean plinth]

no I'm purely fire fireball. I haven't tried anything lightning related yet

[wispy rune]

fair

[cerulean plinth]

also still only doing 100 monos to get my blessings. and my gear is still scuffed for the most part

[wispy rune]

yea i changed some gear and now my res' are terrible. need to go do blessings again

[cerulean plinth]

I got 1 shot by ory because I didn't realize I lost all my void res...rip

[hearty chasm]

what is a good solution for if youre having mana problem ?

[idle terrace]

does craterborn buff work with vilatras downfall?

[sinful shard]

how much mana do i need before glacier becomes a mana generator?

[finite cobalt]

if you're already playing with lightning gear, what about static charge for ST ? It seems very potent for that

[lyric wedge]

Crater born is a buff that buff gives fire penetration, vilatras alters metor to lightning but that's it really,

[wispy rune]

ill give it a read

[wispy rune]

as far as i could tell, no.

which is sad but also fine since lightning meteor has many other point options

[hearty chasm]

anyone ?

[opaque crest]

Focus

[wispy rune]

get more mana or use mana generation

it really depends ur build aswell

[hearty chasm]

im doing twinbeam disintegrate, currently at lvl 73, mana is starting to become really an issue

im a sorc as well too

[opaque crest]

Mana and mana regen on all your gear

[idle terrace]

Ok thanks

[hearty chasm]

non of my skill can generate mana realiably except focus which is very troublesome

[wispy rune]

disint needs max mana, mana regen, and i think you can look for mana on kill stuff.

check around for some builds or use ctrl + f

[hearty chasm]

there is nothing here, searched google, maxroll, all they have are prepatch theorycraft

[opaque crest]

Import your build to lastepochtools and let us have a look

[south monolith]

Ive only played pally healing hands last season, how do you survive with mage, I got meteor build, mana stacking, not very good gear yet. I can live just find till im oom and focus is on cd. any other way to get ward?

[wispy rune]

depends ur build

sorc has good leach

ward gen

dr through flame ward and shock

mana spent gained as ward is also great

[remote urchin]

Does anyone know how interacts with the node that turns it into a lightning blast? Does the lightning last inherit the crit chance or zap charge cost reduction?

[edgy tapir]

as a sorta dumb glacier question. How is my mana going negative?

[opaque crest]

You can cast a spell while on plus mana if it costs more than you have you use all your mana and go into the negative to use the rest of your mana for the mana cost needed

[edgy tapir]

got it. thanks

[opaque crest]

That’s just how all skills work in LE

[main turret]

I don't know for sure if lightning blast does inherit, but I do not think that the LB cast from that inherit the LB tree - they don't seem to - as the LBs that come from you when the charges are above the threshold don't seem to chain.

[harsh abyss]

The general rule of thumb is: Equippable skills that are triggered by other skills don't inherit any benefits from nodes in the triggering skill unless otherwise specified. They use their own tree and all the bonuses there.

Triggered LB won't get additional chains from Arcing Power unless you also cast it directly because that's how the node works, but it should inherit chains from Chain Lightning

[rich charm]

Which Glacier explosion is best to scale via talents?

[dark jay]

medium has higher scaling potential

[wispy rune]

really? could you explain how

not goig glacier, just interested

[dark jay]

medium has higher total more multipliers on the tree, i tried it, it deals like 50% higher than scaling large with the same 22 points

[orchid iris]

lolwat

[frosty pewter]

Wish I had one ;.;

[orchid iris]

dropped from aberoth

[shell fern]

oh man that resistance roll, if it didn't have lp you could've put it on nemesis and possibly get better roll and lp

atleast it's not -10, otherwise the rolls seem good. I got wall of nothing with 1lp and the helmet without lp, gonna egg that on nemesis.

[orchid iris]

I had this after putting it in nemesis actually

[shell fern]

oh okay, did it upgrade any rolls or just lp?

[orchid iris]

I'm mostly sad about the 18% ward lost. That's kinda big. But +2 skills and 12% mana is pretty good

[orchid iris]

just lp

[grizzled spruce]

Does nemesis actually reroll?

[shell fern]

actually, idk for uniques, affixes can gain tiers on exalted etc.

[grizzled spruce]

I only tried twice, it had the same but sample size..

[orchid iris]

lol got 1 more this one is actually giga rolled 😄

[fluid anchor]

disintegrate build on par with meteor or subpar?

[south monolith]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/build-guides/allies-mana-stacking-meteor-sorcerer#loot_filter somewhat following this build, and yep i have the Avarice gloves for leech, fire ward, ward as mana. just got to monoliths, once i go oom its hard to stay alive, may just be a gear issues for now i suppose.

[silk pewter]

Allie's Mana Stacking Meteor Sorcerer Build Guide

Game Cycle / Version

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1

Class

Mage / Sorcerer

Used skills

• Meteor
• Focus
• Flame Ward
• Teleport
• Arcane Ascendance

Used unique items

• Harbinger of Stars
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros
• Frostbite Shackles
• Transient Rest
• Throne of Ambition

Tags

Boss Killer / Monolith Farmer / Cycle Starter / Beginner / SSF / Ranged

Created by Allie · Jul 7, 2024, 3:11 PM

[wispy rune]

thats basically the 5 abilities im using

harbinger of stars will eat all ur mana. its just part of the item sometimes.
Make sure to use ur focus properly to gen mana.
Dont overkill packs too hard.
Swap arcan ascendance for mana strike early if needed.

[fading oriole]

how much mana do you have

[south monolith]

600, just got to monoliths.

[wispy rune]

youre gunna need mana strike and youll struggle with harbringer of stars if u have it

my harbringer of stars can tear through 1500 mana in a second sometimes. its very rng dependant

[frank widget]

I dumped my harbringer for that very reason. I'd rather control my mana. I can spam the button if need be

[wispy rune]

once i have a stranded souls ill be getting rid of it for sure. but its not a terrible belt once u have mana

[minor wasp]

That is great

[cerulean plinth]

you hate to see it...

[zinc patrol]

this is my greatest fear

[cerulean plinth]

that hurt

[orchid iris]

I tried it out, the ward lost on evade is not worth it. Kinda sad that so much good stats feel worthless with that stupid mod

[harsh abyss]

I mean, depends on how often you're using evade, I guess

[frosty pewter]

Yeah I hardly ever use evade

[minor wasp]

Don’t evade 🙂

[proper hawk]

Flame rush is my evade

[cerulean plinth]

I use both a lot

apparently not enough based on the above screenshot

[weary hamlet]

Disintegrate is a meme, I wouldn't be surprised if meteor did literally 10 times the damage

[cerulean plinth]

popping 400+ ignite stacks with enchant weapon is hella satisfying

[frosty pewter]

I want disintegrate to trigger teleport somehow, bring back the poets pen builds from PoE and that would do it

[wicked mist]

One of the most fun PoE builds of all time

weapon swap to ball lightning poets pen for bosses lol

[cerulean plinth]

what do people do for mage defense mostly? trying to figure it out because I feel like I'm paper rn

I'm not doing the whole mana stacking thing

[wispy rune]

flame ward for sure. other options like ward generation or more DR or leech etc.

[cerulean plinth]

hmm. i do have a lot of my flameward points into offensive things. maybe I take those out for more defensive options

[wispy rune]

also incase it wasnt obvous, capped resistsnces, 100% csa, and solid armour amount and some hp

[cerulean plinth]

oh...I'm at 0 csa atm l0l. my armor is awful too. hp also bad

that would explain it

[wispy rune]

for sure 3 parts to work on.

csa is really crucial and helps deter those random 100->0 moments

[cerulean plinth]

is getting 60% endurance relevant too if you're not beefing up your threshold

[frosty pewter]

I had SO much fun messing with different poets pen setups for poe, one of my favorites. That and CoC cospri - I think that would be something really interesting to mess with in LE and they're definitely adding those mechanics, they just haven't added movement to it yet

[dull salmon]

Wound up scrapping disintegrate. The fireball synergy just isn't enough. Now I'm just a regular fireball sorcerer, though I'm focused on ignite. Wish there were better multipliers for it though.

[wicked mist]

If only ARPG companies realized how much people love builds that attack and move at the same time

[dull salmon]

Might go back if I get a good ele dot staff, but I just recently hit monos and have a mace of the pontifex which is enough to clear everything with ease.

[worn valley]

Completely new to the game, just following the runemaster maxroll levelling build for handiness. Got avarice gloves but how do i deal with the rest of the suggested gear, is it through crafting? Or getting lcuky with drops/affixes?

[sour thicket]

They need to do with almost every channel skill is allow you to walk and cast like that move that warlocks have

[vale tartan]

I'm disappointed 😞

[sour thicket]

Depends. So, crafting is simple but also pretty awesome. You will at the beginning pick up rare items with a couple good affixes. Eventually you will pick up exalted items with good t6-7 mods you want.

Uniques are random drops or farmed from specific bosses

[vale tartan]

So it seems the fireball node in disintegration, cindersong staff and the extra projectile nodes in fireball plus the piercing and homing don't work as good together as I have anticipated

[spice gull]

What is best for flame aura spellblade build? melee fire or spell fire damage?

[sour thicket]

The fireball node in disintegration has a projectile cap

[vale tartan]

2 per second channeled up to 8 balls

[sour thicket]

I think the mana lightning disintegration with spark charges might be good using lightning blast if you want to proc another spell

[viral pond]

This thing is kinda insane no? For self cast Static Orb? If I can get an LP1 one and slam Mana+Ward mod, it'd be much better than a normal wand I think no?

Or am I missing something? +3 is gonna give me 15% MORE and 50% crit multi

Not sure what the tendrils mean though, any1 whose used this before?

[prime fable]

Why is everyone crazy about the wrongwarp ward? What makes it so special bc i dont see it

[dark jay]

move speed stacking adds a lot of damage so zoom zoom

[feral moss]

can't lose ward on evade if you're using Fractured Crown anyway 😉

[prime fable]

Hmmm ok. And why is the red ring so precious. I found 1 and saw the prices of 3m+ its not that amazing

[feral moss]

possibly but it's reeeeeeeeeeally hard to beat Mad Alchemist's Ladle since that wand just gives pure raw damage upon damage

[prime fable]

Im new btw 😐

[mystic sparrow]

did u read it? Not trying to be sarcastic... check the amount of stats it gives and compare to any other piece u have

[feral moss]

10% less damage taken multiplicative with all other sources as well as 20% resistances

if you can activate its effect, it's super good

[viral pond]

Ehh idk, I think even wrongwarp is more raw damage than ladle tbh, but I think tribo would beat them both.

[mystic sparrow]

If you removed that line, Red Ring would still be bis by far...it gives more than 100% resists, I mean...

[viral pond]

I'l have to test, wtb LE Building xd

[feral moss]

ladle severely outdamages wrongwarp and it's not even close. and triboelectra doesn't even give a damage buff

[viral pond]

Like I said for me personally +3 will grant me 15% multiplicative damage, 50% crit multi.

[feral moss]

ladle is 48% multiplicative damage and also somewhere around 50% cast speed meaning you can afford to drop cast speed lines on things like catalyst for more int

wrongwarp varies wildly depending on movespeed but let's say you can maintain 135% movespeed consistently (since wrongwarp alone gives 65%, so 70% from boots and assorted other modifiers). 400% increased damage is quite good but that's still only 400% increased damage, which for most builds is something like a ~~35% equivalence of a more damage modifier

so ladle is still more damage and doesn't require an emphasis on movespeed stacking via good t7 boots

wrongwarp can definitely be good though, we definitely love some juicy movespeed. it's just not as much damage. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[warm elm]

Hey is mana strike works with Volka's razor ? if i have mana strom passive one it ?

[outer locust]

Just got an insane firestarter’s torch that I want to use to lvl a sorc but I plan on using a glacier build at higher lvl due to the mana cost, any advice on what build to lvl as and when to convert?

[prime fable]

Hmmm... i saw a build where they had this ring twice that sounds insane then

[vale tartan]

The Carcination for example is already good for the " MORE " armor and the 6 to all attributes

[eager veldt]

hi, kinda new player here, what build yall recommend for sorc this season?

[feral moss]

it's increased armor, not more armor

[vale tartan]

Its still a huge thing , because its on a Ring

what do i do now :/ my plan got ruined by jankiness

[warm elm]

any spellblade can advies ?

[north smelt]

It doesnt

[finite jungle]

man is it just me or does the mage feel rough

[rapid hinge]

you're not counting the ~40 flat spell dam difference between ladle and wrongwarp

which is very significant even on int stack enigma sparkcharge build

[serene trellis]

Goood leveling as glacier is so mana hungry which is fine cause it slaps hard but mana strike feels SO bad to use. Its one of my least favorite skills

[feral moss]

i suppose that depends on how much flat damage you get from other sources but the more flat damage you have, the less the extra 40 matters compared to the 'more' multiplier. and i get the feeling it's not enough to offset all of the 'more' damage multiplier.

with spark charge enigma specifically, 40 flat spell damage from wrongwarp is terrible since you get so much flat damage to spark charge from enigma's unique affix

[tall oasis]

Im thinking of trying to convert the whole fire aura build under Disintegrate RM into an entirely melee build using things like flame reave. WIP

[finite cobalt]

anyone has insane freezes / frame drop ? I'm playing with glacier (and the spark charge node), I lowered graphics to medium / low but it doesn't change anything

[finite trellis]

Same. I can't even play it cuz Mana strike is so bad. I just used focus instead.

Can't imagine anything worse that doing 10 DMG melee attacks with my wand

[finite trellis]

Rough in what sense? Glacier destroys the entire game at least so far to level 70

[feral moss]

😦 meanwhile me, using mana strike as my main attacking skill ... i love my mana strike plz don't bulli it

[finite trellis]

Haha well, I'm assuming yours does more than 10 damage? xD

[feral moss]

does enough to kill abomination and rahyeh in normal monos at level ~45 at least

[cerulean plinth]

what the portal doin

[craggy widget]

Hi! I need some help with a build I am making. Have a couple of questions on some mechanics.

1. Is there anyway to get storm blade passive to work with Shatter Strike?
2. What is the easiest way to mitigate the mana cost of spamming Shatter Strike if I want to spam on a boss?

3. any recommended rings to use? Red ring would be amazing.. but Prior to that 😄 currently using Invokers Static

[floral hill]

I tried to follow spellblade guide on Maxroll, but as usual many build guides there are BS.

[valid wigeon]

just picked sorc tho at the beginning i wanted to do spellblade :/

[floral hill]

I wanted to play spellblade since the beta

but it was on hold since there were many fun things to do

[valid wigeon]

maxroll made me turned off spellblade cause they have it at like c tier on avg

i know i shouldnt trust them completely but feel like they normally get the gist of classes down

[cerulean plinth]

I wouldn't let a letter grade turn you away from a spec

[craggy widget]

spellblade is really strong with a different build I can share..

[cerulean plinth]

trying to farm out a throne of ambition and it's being stubborn

[craggy widget]

It can push really high corruption, crazy clear speed and boss killing, But I am trying to make something new work

[dire zealot]

Why would a build use unstable core if they don't use nova? Are they using it for its other stats?

[valid wigeon]

i picked sorc cause i do really like glacier ability, timing it and the pay off is fun

just got off necro in d4 which was very different playstyle.

[cerulean plinth]

holy. first 3lp item I've found this season and it's an exsang

[gusty girder]

when you pick Crackling Aura on spellblade, im hoping tha the fire res shred also turns to lightning res shred from flamewalker?

[cerulean plinth]

what else would I need as a fireball sorc to make lowlife work? being gifted a 3lp makes me want to at least try it

[fading snow]

Flat mana, +level of skills, +ele damage can be used by a ton of builds. If you're mana stacking you can get the +100 mana from unstable core plus an exalted mana affix on the same item. Same reason mana stackers use storm carved testament

[dire zealot]

What makes spark charges strong? Int stacking with Fragment of the Enigma? Thanks for the info on Unstable Core!

[cerulean plinth]

just realized this entire time my shatter filter didn't have hybrid health.....no wonder I only have 7 shards :/

[ruby tinsel]

Is any1 playing glacier sorc. and could tell me how I am supposed to regen mana on boss fights? It seems like I always run oom before hitting the 1k mana mark.

[frosty pewter]

Not familiar with glacier but meteor uses focus for burst regen after dpsing out their mana bar

[quaint bone]

does the +96 spell dmg applied right into the 3rd Invocation or only after you have casted the 3rd invocaton?

[dusty gate]

I'm leveling with meteor right now. I'm using the teleport mana refund to get an extra cast, is that necessary later on or is focus better?

[inland pier]

hey someone wanna go explain me what is end game in this game pls i have like 75lvl and im fellin litlle bored

[frosty pewter]

Early on its pretty much mandatory yeah. Probably not needed once you get to 1k plus mana but I've kept the point in there anyway for a bit of extra dps on bosses

[ruby tinsel]

ty gonna try focus

[frosty pewter]

The biggest trick is to grab all the nodes on the right side that give bonus regen, regen after channeling for 1 second, and burst regen if you start in negative mana. So you run out your mana bar to negative, then focus and channel til full and do it again

[ruby tinsel]

Yea thought so

[muted dust]

you play monoliths, get your blessings together, you craft a bunch of exalted items until you have good gear, you looks up some uniques that you need and target farm them, you throw them into the nemesis until you get one with LP, you try and find a good exalted to slam in, you craft the legendaries, you use your factions to ease the process. And you repeat that until you get best in slot gear or beat the abraov or however hes called.

[valid wigeon]

are sets any better/worth picking up now?

[cerulean plinth]

I'm still keeping 1 of each set i find but no prob not

[buoyant bloom]

Yes, likely (and unfortunately; channeling is fun)

[sacred ruin]

Fragment makes spark charge absolutely bonkers

[cerulean plinth]

left my unique in the bank and got an egg 😦

[buoyant bloom]

This is... upsetting to hear. I'm not yet close to your level, but yes, my back-of-the envelop calculations before this patch suggested that's how it will be (and that was back when I assumed that its chanelling mana cost will be included). Completely agree with your last sentence.

[sacred ruin]

It’s trash I tried every way to build it

[olive violet]

i do hope in the future theyll make echo farming feel more rewarding. The gameplay loop lacks a whole lot of dopamine hits compared to mapping in POE or netherrealms in TLI. A lot if it has to do with those games having valuable drops that work towards buying upgrades etc and having trade value.

[sacred ruin]

Even when you go maximum glass cannon it’s not good, the only good thing is that it’s easier to maintain stage 3

[buoyant bloom]

Independently, @weary hamlet , have you noticed an increase in Disintegrate damage since yesterday? Either my (spreadsheet-based) model is somehow incorrect, or it's doing 22% more damage than it should

[buoyant bloom]

That's unfortunate. Hopefully they'll compensate for the damage loss, but maybe not, or not this patch, at least

[sacred ruin]

They gotta nerf ward and fragment into oblivion first

Those things absolutely break the game

[quaint bone]

Does aegron greater fireball deal good dmg in endgame?Like around 400-500 corrupt

[frosty pewter]

I really want to play that build but I haven't gone and done it yet

[vital raven]

does preparation work with disintegrate?

[buoyant bloom]

Yes (or at least it did in 1.0)

[vital raven]

ty

[buoyant bloom]

But even with 100% uptime, which is easier with Disintegrate than other spells, 20% increased dmg per point isn't that good in the endgame

[frigid saddle]

If i convert fire aura to lightning aura, is the fire resist shred converted to lightning shred? from the flamewalker passive

[remote urchin]

Does twinbeam from disintegrate also make you apply ailments twice if it hits the target twice?

[wild sluice]

How have I achieved this... lol

[frosty pewter]

is that Dr3ad volcanic orb?

[vital raven]

Still leveling, seems worth it to put 5 points in at least for the 100% slow

[wild sluice]

I have zero uniques on I am level 54

[quaint bone]

how is the dmg?

[wild sluice]

I wish I could head to the arena I would take a screenshot.

It's great I don't think it's 34k a second great. I was doing monolits at level 22 though

Ok I'm going to assume there is a scaling bug.

I have a pair of 12 intelligence boots.

Damage with them off vs on

[sudden dragon]

If anyone is using Glacier and Ice Barrage... can you tell me if the mana consumption will feel a little better later in the build?? holy moly...

[wild sluice]

In combat with some buffs on..

Yea I need to report this

[earnest sage]

Firebrand sucks why am I using this over mana strike I don't get it

[grave turret]

What would yall use for your 5th ability on a fire dot spellblade? The other four are flame reave, flame ward, enchant weapon, and teleport. I currently have mana strike slotted, but im almost to the point where I can sustain flame reave without it. *lvl 65 if it matters but looking at lategame ideas

[proper hawk]

Those skills fill different roles, what are you trying to use it for?

[earnest sage]

spark charge

I'm just following this guide https://www.lastepochtools.com/build-guides/nalias-spark-charge-spellblade

[silk pewter]

Nalia's Spark Charge Spellblade Build Guide

Game Cycle / Version

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1

Class

Mage / Spellblade

Used skills

• Firebrand
• Frost Claw
• Lightning Blast
• Flame Ward
• Surge

Used unique items

• Fragment of the Enigma
• Dragorath's Claw
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• Peak of the Mountain

Tags

Boss Killer / Monolith Farmer / Cycle Starter / Melee

Created by NaliaaS · Jul 9, 2024, 3:29 AM

[proper hawk]

If I had to guess, the global spell crit multi from its tree, among other bonuses

[neon lynx]

mmmm

[cerulean plinth]

Huge

[wild sluice]

Sexy!

[full bluff]

Anyone tested snap freeze on bosses?

[fading snow]

Frost claw -- it's extra free hits to apply ignite with. From the skill tree and the passive tree you can get chance for it to proc with melee attacks

[supple aurora]

Should I focus on fubgun/chunky's build or go with allie's?

[grave turret]

Thanks! I'll need to squeeze out a bit more mana regen first but that sounds better than anything else I can come up with

[frank widget]

is armor+reduced crit dmg effectively the same as critical strike avoidance, assuming they are both at 100%?

[kind fox]

70k + lightning meteor crits so satisfying

[wooden sundial]

hey are there any good runemaster builds for this league

[full bluff]

Someone said why play runemaster when you can play sorcerer 🙂

[ocean mauve]

is blind OP now? 1 stack of blind == crit immunity?

[low condor]

anyone playing glacier sorc? im new new and trying it out

[sterile spruce]

Hey guys, sorc has 2-3 nodes that affects skills that cost "at least 40 mana", any way to increase the mana cost of Static Orb? it's sitting at 38 and those passives would be amazing to get. As is, sorc only has two skills that cost 40+ mana, meteor and ice barrage.

[neon lynx]

Top left node @sterile spruce

[sterile spruce]

Oh, manacharged, I see it now, thanks.

[neon lynx]

big mana cost xd

[sterile spruce]

😮

how do you increase your mana THAT much?

[neon lynx]

mana on everything

[sterile spruce]

Using Fractured Crown too?

[neon lynx]

No I’m using an exalt helm with mana and the % mana base

[prime fable]

Guys whats a good build to speed farm corruption like sonic on crack?

[sterile spruce]

Thank you, I'm trying to make static orb build work without looking up guides.

[weary hamlet]

I've been updating my gear throughout the past days so my dps definitely went up, but I don't think that it was due to any kind of unaccounted factors. Everything more or less does what it's supposed to do. I'm still missing 16% more from lucomancy cause I lack a disintegrate relic, preferably a +4 knowledge

[neon lynx]

Good luck. Look into using glacier to gen mana and ward so u can cast more orb

[neon lynx]

Download path of exile

[buoyant bloom]

It turned out that I was not including the Spreading Flames bonus since I was not seeing it on mobs; but adding that makes the numbers match. I guess it just doesn't appear

[weary hamlet]

Idk my spreading flames both applies and shows up as particles/debuff correctly, remember that disintegrate only applies it at t3 by itself

[craggy widget]

Anyone know how to make stormblade work with shatter strike?

[buoyant bloom]

Right - I have the Inferno node

Which, in addition to the chance to spread, also gives a 15% multiplicative increase

[sleek elbow]

anyone kill abberoth with metoer sorc yet?

[buoyant bloom]

Do you see that as separate floating number (like Ignite works) or is it included in the Disintegrate damage?

[fading snow]

Sorry, are you talking about the passive node with 25% chance for spark charge on lightning melee?

Because if so, there's no (non-bug) way to do it. https://www.lastepochtools.com/skills/shatter_strike/sources the skill sources tab in LET will tell you everything that interacts with a skill, and nothing there or in the skill tree gives shatter strike a lightning tag

[sleek meteor]

is Sorcerer, Spellblade or Runemaster better for disintegrate?

[full bluff]

anyone have a guide or link to someone that got this crit on cast metoer belt working? I just don't get it. My 1900 mana is just gone in 2 sec

[feral moss]

tested in game and asked in #👨┃ask-the-devs-not-support-no-bugs message , they do not stack additively. they each occur separately because Warden's Echo is generic cast on hit and Macuahitl casts towards target if it's alive or to a new target if the original has died

[neon lynx]

Are u using the spark charge node?
Setting ur glacial up for full support instead of damage helps too

[muted kindle]

sorc or runemaster this wipe?

[prime fable]

why is scales of ettera good? isnt it just a debuff?

[full bluff]

I don't see how I can sustain the meteors

[neon lynx]

Dropping the spark node and changing ur glacial tree helps a lot

I’m only at 1800 and sustain it fine like that

Guess once u hit 2k mana u can add back in the spark node

[nimble rover]

glacier will cost <40 mana in that way right? what about ward generation?

[full bluff]

So the meteor play is to use glacier as generator and proc meteors?

[neon lynx]

Yeah, I think that’s what most are doing. Glacier is fat mana and ward gen when set up right

[neon lynx]

Nop. Still over 40

[feral moss]

base crit chance from divine instrument and good stats otherwise. it is by default good as long as you can find some way to work around the elemental status effects it applies to you.

(tip: easy way to play around them is to just not cast any spells of those elements)

[full bluff]

I thought someone found a way to counter meteor cost at some point

[wispy rune]

Im using harbringer of stars with only meteor. Not having issues

[full bluff]

Mana strike?

[novel fiber]

I could have sworn there was a way to scale damage off of cold res under max for sorc, or maybe a unique, can anyone help me if they know what it is?

[neon lynx]

this is how ive been doing it

[cerulean plinth]

you can get throne of ambition through prophecies right? adorned idol prophecies? Maybe my luck has just been atrocious, but I haven't seen it yet

[wispy rune]

I use the negative focus setup

Damage slows down after my first 2 mana bars but bosses are still dying at 200 corruption in that 2 mana bars

[wispy rune]

its a boss unique

[cerulean plinth]

I am depressed. Rip 20k favor

[wispy rune]

yea drops from the burd with the turrets. stolen lance i think?

[full bluff]

Looks good, will try it. Was thinking there was something else than glacier

[wispy rune]

ots nice and cna optionally choose the +50% mama overcap, which gives a nice start to boss fights

[cerulean plinth]

I guess I know what I'm farming tonight

[full bluff]

Too many things to try now 🙂

[wispy rune]

atleast u dont have to worry much about roll ranges.

i also went 2 for 2 on throne so isnt too rare

[dawn lotus]

can you see spark charge damage numbers on dummy ?

[wispy rune]

if u ever wanna try something funny for meteor, convert it to lightning.

[wheat thicket]

why do people use blood of the exiles with spark charge?

[full bluff]

So the mana regen from glacier is enough to sustain meteors, heh where does that leave blackhole spamming meteor 😛

[wispy rune]

blckhole sadly doesnt work, i tried

[cerulean plinth]

more depressed about the wasted favor :/

[neon lynx]

Int and movespeed

[wheat thicket]

ty, that really it wow

[wispy rune]

its cd no matter is just too long to use

[neon lynx]

Int is king over any other stat rly in an enigma build

[wispy rune]

Blood of exiles can get like 30int on it as a lego. its good

[wheat thicket]

yeah i get that wasnt like saying they re bad just new to spark charge and the more i looked at builds the more i was leaning towards that

[wispy rune]

ita not even for just spark charge either

[full bluff]

I use transient rest, maybe worth going more int

[wheat thicket]

ima try a frostbite/spark charge frost claw build

[wispy rune]

each int is 4% spell dmg. so it is never bad reslly

if u have more scalings like crit chance per int or ward retent per int etc. it gets better and better

[wheat thicket]

is it multi or additive?

[simple scarab]

fresh out the egg

[wispy rune]

mine rolled like 8 dex 🥲

[slim furnace]

ive been running avarice for a while with spellblade cuz the leech and res and now im in monoliths, would yall replace them for some random exalted gear or is it actually good? the leech has felt good overall but idk if its worth it in monoliths

[dark jay]

I got poison resistance on unstable core with high rolls on mana and ele damage

[scarlet totem]

nice...what's the gear...and what are you other skill trees?

[dark jay]

How come my static orb only hits once, im speccing it properly

Whats going on here? Is it the range?

[neon lynx]

heres my export. gears kinda scuffed tho https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/BEM0lpjB

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 93

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (57) / Runemaster (29)

General:

▸ Health: 1,004, Regen: 19/s
▸ Mana: 1,704, Regen: 28/s
▸ Ward Retention: 266%, Regen: 186/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 66 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 77% / 99% / 81% / 97% / 121% / 55% / 91%
▸ EHP: 1,138 / 1,256 / 1,256 / 1,367 / 1,176 / 983 / 1,256

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 201
▸ Armor Mitigation: 23% (864)

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning, Fire, Cold / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Meteor (22)
• Flame Ward (21)
• Static Orb (21)
• Focus (20)
• Glacier (21)

Used unique items:

• Unstable Core
• Harbinger of Stars
• Transient Rest
• Julra's Stardial
• Julra's Stardial
• The Confluence of Fate

[scarlet totem]

thanks, what do you call the build? Glacier proccd Meteor/ Glacier proccd satic Orb? I'll have to study that skill/passive tree to understand all of what is going on there...why Focus since in the vid i never see your mana go below about 50%

[neon lynx]

Because static orb costs almost 400 mana per cast

[grizzled lily]

everyone calling it different names but I like just calling it big sorc

[scarlet totem]

ah, thanks...so you are casting Staic and casting Glacier as a mana generator...sory, just trying to figure this out...I'm currently statraight Meteor

[neon lynx]

I use glacier for ward gen/mana gen/ meteor procs to clear trash. Static for bosses

[scarlet totem]

ok, think i see, but damn, it looked like you were only using Glacier (which was proccing Meteor) on the dummies and getting lots of hits in the 150K to 200+K which should wipe bosses

[neon lynx]

gimme a few minutes to get to an oro and ill show why u use orb for bosses xd

[scarlet totem]

👍

[wispy rune]

do people like arcane ascend? i cant sustsin it for long and cant tell if the multiplier is worth it.

[neon lynx]

if u spec into it u can sustain it for a lot longer

but i dont like being stuck

[wispy rune]

i cant sustain long even specd just coz mana dump. Its decent dmg but just note sure if the 100% or w/e is really worth it.

i do have a lot of flat spell dmg tho through my build

[neon lynx]

r u taking the node that gives 40% mana cost reduction while its up?

[wispy rune]

idr. most likely

but how does that node work with sorc passive? id assume nit great

i have like 4 core abilities and just cant figure out a good 5th 🤔 maybe ill go back to frostwall for the cleanse/pem

[dawn python]

I'm having some issues with the glacier sorcer build. I can't seem to get enough crit chance to maintain mana. I don't fully understand how to cap this. I'm following the build items but none of the items have crit chance, yet it says one of the earliest milestones is to cap crit chance. Mine is current at 30%. What is it might be missing? I have the node that converts INT to spell crit also

[wispy rune]

youll need yo get base crit modifiers and then stack crit chance multipliers

[wispy rune]

im pretty surr there is skill trees in glacier for base crit, but also stuff like crystal skull or phantom grips add base crit

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 93

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (57) / Runemaster (29)

General:

▸ Health: 1,004, Regen: 19/s
▸ Mana: 1,704, Regen: 28/s
▸ Ward Retention: 266%, Regen: 186/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 66 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 77% / 99% / 81% / 97% / 121% / 55% / 91%
▸ EHP: 1,138 / 1,256 / 1,256 / 1,367 / 1,176 / 983 / 1,256

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 201
▸ Armor Mitigation: 23% (864)

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning, Fire, Cold / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Meteor (22)
• Flame Ward (21)
• Static Orb (21)
• Focus (20)
• Glacier (21)

Used unique items:

• Unstable Core
• Harbinger of Stars
• Transient Rest
• Julra's Stardial
• Julra's Stardial
• The Confluence of Fate

[wispy rune]

if ur really struggling on crit, swap one of those julras stardials for a phantom grip. maybe even both. they help ur crit problems a lot

[dawn python]

My bad, that was the wrong build:

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/QWzMlr9A

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 79

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (55) / Runemaster (17)

General:

▸ Health: 992, Regen: 24/s
▸ Mana: 423, Regen: 10/s
▸ Ward Retention: 247%, Regen: 26/s
▸ Attributes: 5 Str / 13 Dex / 58 Int / 5 Att / 9 Vit
▸ Resistances: 125% / 58% / 99% / 78% / 57% / 100% / 179%
▸ EHP: 1,286 / 1,102 / 1,286 / 1,382 / 1,093 / 1,286 / 1,286

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 248
▸ Dodge Chance: 5% (96)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 20% (562)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 48%

Damage Types:

▸ Cold / Spell, DoT

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Glacier (22)
• Ice Barrage (20)
• Flame Ward (20)
• Frost Wall (20)
• Arcane Ascendance (20)

Used unique items:

• Peak of the Mountain
• Legacy of the Quiet Forest
• Transient Rest

[dark jay]

i'm using similar set up, the mana regen from glacier doesnt help much against harbinger/t4 juldra

it's a huge problem i'm having and i dont know how to fix it, if the boss stays alive after the initial burst, i'm kinda dead

[wispy rune]

im using focus for mana tbh

[dawn python]

ignore my shocking belt, just needed some quick void res.

[wispy rune]

is there an easy way to convert my buuld to an letools planner?

[wispy rune]

o sweet. needa do that later.

[thick rover]

if you're trying to sustain arcane ascendance u need the talent that removes the mana drain but converts it into a # of casts

[wispy rune]

its not arcane asc draining my mana. its my actual mana pool.

every dies before im out of mana, im just wondering if that multiploer is actually worth it over something else

[thick rover]

ah i run the global efficiency talent

[neon lynx]

@scarlet totem glacier/meteor boss dmg

orb dmg

[wispy rune]

im thinking ull add frost wall, convert to lightning, and use it for cleanse/shock

[dark jay]

how come your static orb deals so many instances of damage? mine only hits once

[neon lynx]

are u shotgunning the boss?

[dark jay]

i'm not sure, i instagib normal bosses but not harby nor t4

[neon lynx]

U gotta be like on top of the boss for orb to do that

[scarlet totem]

oh my, that's quite the difference

[dark jay]

oh, soooo even if i'm just slightly out of the boss' hitbox, static orb won't shotgun?

[neon lynx]

Seems that way. Can’t 100% confirm, but feels like you need to be like touching the boss for orb to hit like that

[scarlet totem]

may be a dumb question, but the 900% eefectiveness of added damage for Meteor applies to any flat dmage (melee, void, cold, etc) besides flat spell damage?

[ruby bluff]

Using orb / lb in this cycle is rough if you want to keep mana going, even over 1k mana

[wispy rune]

most mama stacking builds are rough on mana. without generators

[ruby bluff]

yeah, you really need glacier or run focus
I'm using focus at the moment but I hate that skill with a passion.

[wispy rune]

im nit finding it bad but it excels with bigger mana pools due to giving %

like if ur specd negative u gain 20% missing instsntly then 10% missing after 1s channel

[dark jay]

it's counter synergistic if your mana gets low, so focus is just a band aid

[ruby bluff]

yeah, I currently got 1k mana and its managable.

I just find its tank unreliable. since you need mana for tank as well

[dark jay]

i have no idea how we are supposed to maintain high mana for big spenders

[wispy rune]

not always

[dark jay]

the new bosses just constantly attack non stop

the slender harby is so hard to deal with, it has a non telegraphed attack after purple attack that tracks and deals like 5k damage

[ruby bluff]

If I could run mana strike instead of focus and still run trigger LB too without saccing my wand i'd be perfect.

[wispy rune]

mana strike gives so little mana its bad after esrly game imo

[ruby bluff]

Gives more than the manipulation node on LB I think

also id would be a melee attack so id would have some synergy on my fragment

but the need for LB on my ST is kinda destroying that plan.

Maybe I should crank up the mana cost on orb and get more CDR and trigger focus more often.

[hearty chasm]

is the 3 second frequency affected by cooldown reduction?

[buoyant bloom]

I don't think so

[cerulean plinth]

Where did he go

[buoyant bloom]

It applies to any spell or fire damage, but not melee or void

Like other things in this game, the wording needs to match at least one of the tags of your skill

[cerulean plinth]

does anyone know what the range is for enchant weapon conflagurate? I feel like I'm not even far away and it does nothing sometimes

the tooltip just says nearby enemies

[neon lynx]

kaboom

[idle terrace]

meteor users

is 1k mana pool doable with vilatras dowbfall?

[wispy rune]

im using that, 1k is fine

more is clearly better but 1k is easily achieveable and decent

[idle terrace]

can you give me your build planner?

[wispy rune]

its bad atm so i woudlnt use it. also bout to import it.

all my res's have gone bad coz i made soe changes 😂

[dark jay]

i just got an LP 4 alchemist's laddle, what can i do with it?

[idle terrace]

just need to know and confirm if you took all mana passives
and mana affixes

all i have are int and lightning damage affixes bexause my current buils is LB + FC sparkcharge

[wispy rune]

its a very good levelling unique and was good for torment warlock

[wispy rune]

mana passives yes. mana affixs not really. Unstable core chestplate is very very useful.

But its mainly passives + blessing + idols

[dark jay]

so it's 💩

[cerulean plinth]

sad

[wispy rune]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Ba9PO4xB

again, its bad but im working on it 😂

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 93

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (70) / Spellblade (1) / Runemaster (15)

General:

▸ Health: 1,023, Regen: 19/s
▸ Mana: 1,173, Regen: 20/s
▸ Ward Retention: 292%, Regen: 133/s
▸ Attributes: 10 Str / 17 Dex / 69 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 70% / 84% / 114% / 44% / 20% / 123% / 21%
▸ EHP: 1,235 / 1,294 / 1,294 / 1,070 / 834 / 1,294 / 839

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 205
▸ Dodge Chance: 3% (68)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 21% (741)

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Meteor (23)
• Arcane Ascendance (20)
• Teleport (20)
• Flame Ward (22)
• Focus (20)

Used unique items:

• Vilatria's Storm Crown
• Unstable Core
• Vilatria's Downfall
• Harbinger of Stars
• Blood of the Exile
• Phantom Grip
• Phantom Grip

[finite jungle]

man even at 900 mana my sorc feels squishy

[idle terrace]

I love the dmg output of lightning meteor 🤗

okay cant use unstable core yet, im still at lvl 73
but i have a lvl3 meteor armor
will use that for the meantime

[wispy rune]

i think lvl 3 meteor armour is bait. u prob want flat mana or somethin

[idle terrace]

appreciate it!

[dark jay]

ayyyooo just got an orian's eye with high roll on mana, we are so back

does static orb need aoe?

[idle terrace]

yeah im hunting for mana affixes atm
im still at 300+ mana 🤮

filthy casual mana 🤣🤮🤮🤮

[wispy rune]

focus on that 1k mana. blessing + idols is the main things and youll need a mana chestplate till you can get an unstable core. Also get mana on gloves

Also the font of the erased rings, they can help early.

[neon lynx]

just craft t5 mana onto ur gears

should be close to 1k with that

[kind fox]

Yea I'm running it with 1k right now

[wispy rune]

depends u setup tho. If ur using the lightning meteor 2pc and harbringer of stars and phantom grips for crit. Youre kinda limited to what you can craft on

[neon lynx]

u cant roll mana on belt or rings

so the only thing ur missing is where ever that set gear goes

[wispy rune]

ring implicits and that erased ring can both help with early mana tho

[neon lynx]

and that lightning meteor sets gives mana on the staff

u can def hit 1k just crafting mana on everything

[wispy rune]

it just depends the items you have. many you cant craft on. hence the erased rings recommendation.

it still basically comes down to idols + blessings + chestplate

i did just get a nice roll 😊

[finite jungle]

u say that then use unstable when a exalted chest can get +4 meteor and flat

[neon lynx]

unstable can get +4 and flat too xd

[wispy rune]

personally id go either int or mana spent gained as ward over meteor levels.

[finite jungle]

meteor gains alot from levels

[wispy rune]

not really with lightning setup, u can grab all important nodes easily

[finite jungle]

ahh well im fire

i have no issues on dmg just cant survive

ive killed whats his face for strand of souls atleast 30 times no belt

[wispy rune]

this is with 23, the onyl extra nodes youll realy need is more crushing force, infernal descent or size if needed.

which arguably u can remove from rain of fire and rapi impacts for more size if needed

as you get more crit you can alos remove points from them for size of dmg

[finite jungle]

im prolly moving to new build ive had enough farming this boss for this silly belt

[wispy rune]

sorry tohear that, that was like my 4th fight

[finite jungle]

no joke im 30 which is absurd imo

build feels so bad without it

[wispy rune]

im using harbinger of stars this wole time ☠️

[finite jungle]

i dont like harbinger yoinks way to much mana randomely

[wispy rune]

yea for sure, is funny tho

[finite jungle]

i dunno so far im not impressed wiht meteor sorc my other gear is decent almost 1k mana average 4-5k ward just to get 1 shot all the time in standard empowered

[neon lynx]

get more mana and youll like stars more

[finite jungle]

im not gonna keep putting effort in when im already this geared and still get smashed this often in only 100 corruption

[neon lynx]

youre just getting to the entry point wdym geared

[wispy rune]

tbh even with 1100 mana stars is solid.

i dont think its better thans trands at any point

[wispy rune]

if ur dying with sorc that early ur missing something

res's, csa, cleanses, soemthing. ur missing it.

[finite jungle]

ur misunderstanding what im saying for my gear level i should not bet getting smashed in entry empowered

[wispy rune]

if ru build is bad u get smashed, simple as that

[finite jungle]

ya i might try shield bash fg i have the shield

[kind fox]

Im at ~160 corruption with meteor, feels the same as no corruption did. Everything dies in 1 hit and I never die

[wispy rune]

ur in them too early or missing something.

ive levelled with sorc the whole time and had no issues

[neon lynx]

^ same

[wispy rune]

ive been meteor since i could use it and had a harbringer of stars the whole time. 0 issues

[neon lynx]

only time ive had issues is when i sit and try to face tank every boss mech like i used to on RM last cycle 🤣

[finite jungle]

heres my current character i was looking at a ring i can fix fire res with a diff ring https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/AVkLOLXQ

[neon lynx]

thats a blank planner

[wispy rune]

honestly im running around with un capped res on 4of them and no csa and still doing fine at 200cor. so 🤷‍♂️

[finite jungle]

try it again i changed the link

[neon lynx]

get some transient rests
get this on ur wand

[finite jungle]

when i got my wand originally i didnt have the affix

[neon lynx]

put points in this

[kind fox]

Transient rest will help alot with survival. Getting to the 1k mana breakpoint is also pretty massive

[neon lynx]

idk about frostbites either

ur missing a lot trying to run them

[kind fox]

I'd opt for mana on the gloves until ur 1k capped comfortably

[finite jungle]

im getting close to 1k

i still shouldnt be having any issues in empowered with what i have imo

[neon lynx]

well dont listen to us and keep struggling ur way through then lol

[kind fox]

After u channel focus to recover mana, u can just hold down teleport key for infinite haste+teleport buffs as the TP cooldown should be under 4 seconds.

[finite jungle]

never said i wasnt gonna change nothing im gonna grab that passive for sure, and cant use the boots or wand if i dont ahve them atm

[neon lynx]

and who knows. maybe self cast meteor is just bad for ward gen

ive been playing glacier static orb into coc meteor so cant say

but mage isnt the issue

[finite jungle]

i should just go glacier i have a nutty chest for it

[neon lynx]

its pretty fun. and the sustain and survivabilty seems pretty good so far

#🧙┃mage message

[dusky crow]

hey guys, the frost claw build is still viable? what changed this cycle?

[errant coyote]

How are you supposed to regain mana in these "harbingers of stars" builds?

[finite jungle]

go negative and use focus

[wispy rune]

focus or mana strike or glacier or onhitmana, heaps of optiosn

[sturdy zephyr]

I'm really enjoying Nalia's spark charge spellblade. I've killed 2 harby's and pushing into 200c hopefully it keeps up.

[kind fox]

up to 130k meteor crits on boss, feels good

[slim furnace]

guys im trying to understand just to be sure, prodigy gives crit chance per 15 intel : 1% is that base crit or is it increased crit chance

[proper hawk]

prodigy gives base crit

[slim furnace]

oh i should hurry to that lol

it adds up with +5 melee crit chance on swords ?

also regarding crit, how much crit chance should i aim for? 100% 50% 75% ?

[cerulean plinth]

Trying to make ignite fireball work using enchant weapon to proc all of my ignites. Feels fine in 100 monos but idk how well it will scale with better gear

[slim furnace]

also as spellblade i ended up with the mage relic with t7 minion dmg(useless) t1 dmg while channel (useless) but t7 phys res which is capping me really hard, should i keep it or buy another? imo i buy another when i can but at the same time capping phys res is helpful

[cerulean plinth]

I can get to 300-400 ignite stacks in 4-5 seconds

[wispy rune]

what defensive options ahve people been using other than flame ward 🤔 for skills that is.

lightning aegis seems decent but annoyig to cast

[slim furnace]

my first time trying mage and im using the res and armour buffs in teleport and the armour during flame ward with barrier etc

[buoyant bloom]

Also, have you considered going the Lightning route instead of Fire? Doing the numbers now. It certainly sucks that they, for some reason, decided to make the last two nodes useless, but more damage on Shock may still work

[hearty chasm]

should i be doing corrupted monolith at lvl 84, feel like im dying too much there

[wispy rune]

shouldnt have an issue if ur build is fine. otherwise can do normals if want

[buoyant bloom]

(or anyone else for that matter)

[uneven palm]

does this passive mean that you literally have to have 50 int on the dot for these stats to be doubled? or at least 50 int?

[wispy rune]

atleast 50

[hearty chasm]

what doest that even mean, build is "fine", how can i get better gear if i cant do corrupted mono

[wispy rune]

because if ur build is perfect u wont have issues in empowered.

normals drop plenty of gear thats good enough

build also encompasses more than just gear. passive stats and idol slots and blessings and all that jazz matter aswell

[uneven palm]

🙏

[slim furnace]

do you guys think i should take the absolute zero node on shatter strike? i was told to get a lot of attack speed and all so im wondering if taking that one isnt actually good (more dmg less attack speed) otherwise i could take the mana efficiency one to get more casts in potentially

[rocky anvil]

if it's about the spark charge variant, definitely don't take absolute zero.

[floral hill]

Is lightning shatter strike better than conventional cold/melee damge ?

[sage creek]

so many people asking about shatter strike lmao

[wispy rune]

i mean, spellbladeis finally decent after a pretty long time

[slim furnace]

nah just pure cold shatter strike

[sage creek]

i mean sure but i wanted to be a special shatter strike spellblade but now everyone rolling it ❤️

[slim furnace]

idk about it i just kinda went in it blind but so far it feels good

[wispy rune]

time to find somethig new 😛

[sage creek]

like meteor for example? 😉

[wispy rune]

ligtning meteors 😉

kinda feel like zeus with this build lmao

[sage creek]

what corruption u at?

[wispy rune]

at 250 and have like 2 needles and 3 gazes to use.

[sage creek]

wow. how many hours u got on LE?

[wispy rune]

total? 200

[wispy rune]

whats a "Standard" flame rush setup peopl are doing?

[weary hamlet]

I have and it looks like you need an absolutely massive mana pool to even reach parity with fire, and I'm not sure what to replace meteor synergy with. Might do it later, not inclined to respec into lightning right now

[buoyant bloom]

Right; I'm considering just ignoring these nodes (Laser Focus and Hyperfocal), and instead build towards Shock (Paralyze adds 6% more per Shock)

[weary hamlet]

it's a guide on maxroll

[hoary nacelle]

anybody else having mana issues on single target on glacier sorc? I can't do bosses because I am constantly out of mana with 600 mana atm, running around like a headless chicken, can't kill harbingers

[weary hamlet]

also I remembered where I saw it, the curse on youtube theorycrafted lightning disintegrate and even he assumed that to edge out fire he had to be over 3k max mana, while also maintaining 200% spell crit generally for ignivar's. That looked completely unreasonable to me with any level of realistic gear

[dark jay]

you need more mana, single target sustain is one big issue with this build unfortunately

[hoary nacelle]

never thought I would have mana issues as a mana stacker 😄 but okay thanks

so at least 1k mana is the next milestone to proc 3x bonus from Archmage I guess

[dark jay]

yes, i have 1.6k mana, still go oom against harby

[wispy rune]

make sure to get mana well if u can

[dark jay]

dont know how to fix, most of the time against harby i have to kite while waiting for mana to regen

[hoary nacelle]

got this specced already I am lvl 86

[wispy rune]

generally builds grab ice barrage i think

[dark jay]

what is that for?

[hoary nacelle]

I have ice barrage too but it's dmg is nowhere near glacier

[wispy rune]

just single target damage

[fair imp]

Any electric runemaster builds decent?

[ruby tinsel]

Is Frostclaw Sorc actually stronger than Glacier Sorc? Seen a lot of it up in the ladders

[idle terrace]

how about for idols?

[wispy rune]

get mana if needed. throne of ambition is also great depending ur build. rest can be res's or dmg as needed.

[idle terrace]

ok. only thing I dont have is vilatras crown but everything else is good to go, however only 1-2 LPs

[wispy rune]

yea im sittin on several things with lp but wantin an omni before i smash them 🤔

[idle terrace]

ok I've set it up now, question, you removed 1 point in always crit when above 400 mana?

[wispy rune]

yea its a bait node. dont do it, just get the crit chance you need

[idle terrace]

Ok

[tiny belfry]

do you need 1k mana to be able to sustain for bosses have the damage but running out of mana to complete it

[wispy rune]

some need more than 1k

[gray sapphire]

so whats the feeling this time around for subclass?

[wispy rune]

sorc is busted fun
RM got nerves it needed and is beig overshadowed
spelblade is playable for the first time in awhile

[idle terrace]

anyone of you free to help me teleport to observatory?

[hearty chasm]

can someone link a good sorc disintegrate build ?

[warm owl]

anyone lacking movespeed? im lvl 92, Frost claw sorc, doing 200-300 corrupt, but my movespeed is like 20% and 5.3 sec teleport cooldown

any advice, or is it only the 1LP boots (with 30% movespeed roll)?

[wispy rune]

blood of the exile can help with that for upto 40%, also adding forms of cool down reduc for teleport cd. using evade, and getting evade cooldown. then just stack ms

[remote urchin]

Anyone have any luck with static builds?

[sleek meteor]

is it possible to sustain the mana cost of frost claw with all the extra cast stuff

like or is this gonna just drain all my mana instantly

[full bluff]

How much does it cost to cast?

[sleek meteor]

12 base mana cost

dammit i just accidentally closed the planner tab

uh about 48.4 mana per cast

and you get three extra casts from the tree

so 193.6 per cast ignoring stuff like ice barrage and nova

this is before items or anything

[full bluff]

You can get -5 mana cost from a wand, that helps quite a bit. Can probably get regen close to 40. So if don't stack cast speed, it could be self sustained

[grizzled sand]

I play with Claw costing 42 mana and regen with teleport+meteor.

[thorny carbon]

Anybody knows the tree for tundra nova skill in frosbite frost claw build. I managed to get ideal staff and in maxroll guide it says to make a switch but which skill i need to replace for it?

[mighty juniper]

someone try playing mana strike with this new sword? Yrun's Penance?

[late eagle]

I only tried while levelling but i don't see how mana strike is ever going to outperform shatter strike

I think i will eventually go yrun with lp for shatter strike though

[proud path]

i think the only viable mana strike build is with eviscerating dragoraths claw

[carmine bear]

Hey im following the maxroll Frostclaw sorc guide, starting to struggle quite alot on harbinger bosses at 250ish corruption, am i missing something obvious?, i have plans to upgrade my uniques with lp once i reach rank 9 but other than that im not sure what i can do currently, have 1m gold to spend https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/QWzy1RLA

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 95

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (45) / Runemaster (43)

General:

▸ Health: 930, Regen: 19/s
▸ Mana: 193, Regen: 9/s
▸ Ward Retention: 349%, Regen: 37/s
▸ Attributes: 2 Str / 2 Dex / 48 Int / 2 Att / 5 Vit
▸ Resistances: 118% / 129% / 134% / 88% / 76% / 68% / 73%
▸ EHP: 1,296 / 1,296 / 1,296 / 1,468 / 1,296 / 1,207 / 1,267

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 337
▸ Armor Mitigation: 31% (1,449)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Frost Claw (23)
• Teleport (20)
• Flame Ward (20)
• Ice Barrage (21)
• Elemental Nova (24)

Used unique items:

• Crest of Unity
• Vial of Volatile Ice
• Frostbite Shackles
• Strands of Souls
• Snowdrift

[tough grotto]

is there a shatterstrike spellblade endgame build around here?

[proud path]

https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/build-guides/shatter-strike-spellblade-guide

[dawn lotus]

What's best sorcerer build rn? My mana stacker kinda feels meh at 500c already. Any recommendations? Is frost law sick still?

[lilac swift]

is the nova frostclaw runemaster still doing tons of damage?

[tough grotto]

wow really unexpected

[opal knot]

hi, i heard Glacier Sorc and Frostbite Frost Claw Sorc are great choices this Cycle. Both looks fun to play in gameplay videos. But i read in some youtube commants they have hugh mana problems until proper end gear. Someone even said Emporer Monilith Bosses take like 15 minute to kill which basic gear because of the mana problems. Are they really so bad without endgame gear?

[wispy rune]

They for sure lack single target damage compared to other builds

[mild igloo]

anyone else having connectivity issue today?

[proud path]

u cant have it all l, glacier sorc is a decent all around build tho

[rocky anvil]

Alright let me stop you right there. There are glacier nodes that you should take before you have your mana build rolling. And nah it's totally fine single target as long as you're grinding out gear to get a bigger mana pool. I am blasting through boss wards in seconds at most with arcane ascendant and spamming glacier. Well, I was, until I got a larger mana pool so Glacier sustains itself with the 1% max mana on crit.

In fact, Arcane ascendant is there exactly for the tougher enemies, where the cast speed increases over time from it also loop back into more glacier casts, which proc more mana returns, which loop back into longer arcane ascendant duration (And therefore increasing its damage and cast speed further... you get the point)

Before you have the gear to make it into an almost (or entirely in super late game) endless feedback loop, you focus on the top nodes of glacier and the middle explosion multipliers. This solves practically all mana issues until the time comes where you move on to the third explosion build. Even in early empowered monoliths, the medium explosion build kills bosses in under ten seconds with mediocre gear.

[late eagle]

Can you even survive running chronostasis? Do you have to run endurance?

[rocky anvil]

You can absolutely survive running chronostasis; You'd need a build that relies on health + leech (such as avarice gloves) and/or have a mana build with mana strike or (glacier with extreme max mana (3000-3500)) with damage to mana nodes. You can get extreme values that way. The problem is that Chronostasis just doesn't offer the damage that other weapons do.

[wispy rune]

does minds shield focus node work with null infusion and profusion nodes?

[tiny anchor]

hello, was wondering if fireball machinegun with auto meteor is still a thing or theres changes that make it harder to use?

[wispy rune]

its less good now due to sorc passive being important, but it works

[molten lake]

you need double ornate idols with efficiency on frost claw, minimum 13% on both, and you need -5 spell cost on wand or t7 spell cost reduction on scepter

[rocky anvil]

Nothing indicates to me that it wouldn't work but haven't tested in practice, no.

[carmine bear]

Could someone take a look at my build? not sure what to do

[wise belfry]

I swear there was a unique that converted mana strike to fire.
I feel like I am wrong and just dreamt it up. Am I wrong?

[wispy rune]

there is one that does ti to cold

[wise belfry]

Thanks!

[rocky anvil]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/skills/mana_strike/sources
Learn to use this database like that and you'll have a really good time coming up with all sorts of cool builds while making sure you don't overlook anything

And yeah, that confirms there's only cold conversion from other sources.

[wise belfry]

Didn't know you could use the database like that. That's pretty advanced and cool.
Thanks for the help tsp

[timid flicker]

is mana strike the best endgame sorc build this season?

i levled up using glacier but kinda wanna start shifting to something else

[wispy rune]

mana strike? no

[timid flicker]

any thoughts? i see a tonnnn of builds on maxroll... not even sure if Last epoch tools or maxroll is the more up-to-date or trustworthy of the 2

[wispy rune]

tbh, just play whatever looks fun

[rocky anvil]

Shatter build is about as good as it gets for mana strike based builds but it's quite janky in that you have those DPS downtimes because you need to use mana strike to get mana returned, then proc all your spark shards with shatter until you're OOM.

I hear there are some issues with disintegrate if you stutter step right now, but if they decide to fix it this season, it could be #1 build for sorcs.

[timid flicker]

yeah.. i've tried the "play whats fun" and then cant go over 100 corruption while some people doing 800 corruption with other builds lol

[wispy rune]

ur build wuold have to be so insanely bad to not pass 100corr that its probs a skill issue

[rocky anvil]

Well I think pretty much any skill "mained" can be turned into ~300 corr if you work hard enough for it, but yeah there are many "F tier builds" and about two dozen builds across the classes that go over the 300 corr mark. Not counting of course, variations of those.

Edit: Of course not talking about "But spamming only focus or rebuke doesn't deal any damage".

Yeah, quickly looking over all the sorcerer skills, I can absolutely make any of those damage skills work for 300 corr. Just need to synergize a bit here and there for some of the really low performing skills.

[timid flicker]

I 1:1d you to avoid slowmode TSP

[wispy rune]

i think even a blackhole build could do 300corr, and that skill sucks as a main skill

[slim furnace]

anyone could help me know what to craft on a really good nemesis item i found

(sealed t4 res, t5 res, t3 res, t7 int open prefix)

im considering dex becaues shatter strike scales with it but also wondering if maybe i want crit but idk

[wispy rune]

it all depends ur build

whats the item, what are u lacking on ur build, if ur lacking nothing defensively what are ur best dmg options, can you get utility, etc.

[slim furnace]

its a rare elemental crit chance multiplier mage relic and im spellblade shatter strike

and yeah part of me wants the +1 all skills relic but at the same time all that res is really good yknow

[molten lake]

is the random coocktail runemaster with runebolt and max elemental damage viable ?

[somber flax]

Should I go sorc or runemaster for a disintegrate build

[dark jay]

you literally cannot stand still for a second against harby

[wispy rune]

some u can but its rough

[dark jay]

i have betrayed my original plan to go full meteor and resorted to meta static orb

[wispy rune]

i hve both 😛

[dark jay]

it's so stupidly strong at high investment, not even fair

[cerulean plinth]

I will make fireball ignite work copium

[slim furnace]

so far shatter strike is deleting stuff

[wispy rune]

im just out here cosplaying zeus

[vital raven]

So im rocking disintegrate for dps, teleport for mobility, flame ward for more ward and snap freeze for... freezing. Any ideas for 5th skill slot?

[slim furnace]

but im not in empowered yet

[shut escarp]

arcane ascendance for dps

[vital raven]

ooh i like that

[slim furnace]

did they change how long it takes for a skill to reach lvl 20

[shut escarp]

what are these harbingers man.... overtuned?

in empowered I can kill a boss in 5 sec spamming meteor and for harbi I spend 1500 mana and they are like "oh nice, you took 25% of my hp, gj"

[slim furnace]

have u tried more meteors

[wispy rune]

more meteors do infact work, i can confirm

[shut escarp]

I dont have the ward gloves and twisted heart and I just barely killed empowered harbi

so I guess I should just farm these items in normal If they even drop there

[wispy rune]

i do really dislike orobyss' ice form man..

[jolly gyro]

Maaan why do "Energy Overflow" and "Conveyance" in the Focus Skill cancel each other out :(
levelled a mage with exactly that in mind, now at level 53 I started to READ and realized they cant go with each other

i'm stupid, it CANT work lol like literally cant

[cerulean plinth]

It do be like that sometimes

[slim furnace]

am i wrong to think that twisted heart isnt bis for every build lol

[rapid hinge]

no you're not

[gloomy topaz]

does endurance matter / important for mana stacking build

[slim furnace]

okay phew

[rapid hinge]

not until you have Seed

[slim furnace]

is it normal its taking AGES im doing lvl 80 area rn

[slim furnace]

and im lvl 72

[wispy rune]

they have caps based on level. idk what they are but that might be it

[slim furnace]

ahh okay, also is there a way to stop it from being annoying when i remove a +1 mage spell relic to try another (rolling the weavers will over n over QQ) it removes a random skill point everytime

[dark jay]

it becomes significantly less annoying once you are high enough level, it takes like 2 monos to respec from zero to 20

[wispy rune]

the min level stuff is honestly insane qol

[somber flax]

You mean 2 empowered monos?

[dark jay]

no, at around 80+, your skills will get boosted exp if below lvl 20, so it's freebie to respec

[slim furnace]

ended up with the mage relic for +1 skills with volcanic orb t7, does anyone use that lol

[lost flicker]

anyone running disintegrate this cyclle

[cerulean plinth]

Seems like people tried, realized it's still garbage, and swapped to a different build

[mighty flame]

Mana stacker meteor feels meh, any other sorc build worth trying this cycle?

[wispy rune]

meteor my beloved 😭

[mighty flame]

I mean it kinda of works but somehow feels meh, might be just me tho

[wispy rune]

ngl, its for sure you

but ifuw ant diff builds, frost claw, glacier, static orb, all work

[dark jay]

meteor is good for clearing, but for single target you need static orb

just pivot it a bit

[cerulean plinth]

I am trying to see if I can make fireball ignite work but it's not gonna touch any of the meta builds that's for sure xd

[mighty flame]

Hmh

[wispy rune]

im still just using lightning meteors lmao

these r too fun

[cerulean plinth]

I think my main issue atm is survivability. I have plenty of damage

[wispy rune]

thats always the game

[cerulean plinth]

I'm waiting for a godly exalted chest before slamming it into my 3lp lowlife chest

[wispy rune]

every single lego i have created this cycle has been mediocre at best. kinda depressing

[cerulean plinth]

It do be like that. I have an insane exalted wand atm that I don't want to put into anything. Give me a 4 lp cinder song pls

Kinda cracked for an ignite build

[wispy rune]

i am currently just hunting a omni so i can finalize my defensive stats 🥲

[cerulean plinth]

I randomly got a 3lp lowlife chest from a normal end of mono chest so I feel pigeon holed into going a lowlife build lol. Time to farm out the boots

[wispy rune]

wonder how that will play out with the ward changes

maintaining 5k+ ward still feels pretty easy

[cerulean plinth]

Waiting for a double hp chest with ideally t7 hp% before slamming it

Prob still pretty good tbh

The boots might be an issue tho. We'll see

[hidden haven]

can someone explain to me how unvar's exile work? is it a seperate bucket multiplier?

[slim furnace]

man i love my build so much, i DELETE bosses holy crap

mana strike, flame ward enchant weapon and 1-2 rotations (mana pool empty mana pool full) of shatter strike and even dungeon bosses are dead

[wispy rune]

yay, another unstable core 1lp. surely it wont roll dex again

[dark jay]

i failed 3 of them so far

[wispy rune]

the flat stats on the new are already better than my old so no matter what happens its an inrease

[opal knot]

Thanks for the explain and the details.

[wispy rune]

have to do t4 julra for the chestplate ☠️

[worn shell]

is orbital fulmination+storm burst a good combination of nodes or does it make it so that the orbs circling you detonate (near) immediately? (Storm Orb) trying to figure out ways to squeeze in some extra damage

[buoyant crescent]

Probably dumb question - I’m playing shatter strike spellblade, just following a guide. I’ve looked at maxroll and LE tools, both sites show dragorath’s as the weapon but don’t mention anything about speccing frost claw for the auto procs.

So I guess my question is, does it make sense to despecialize enchant weapon to spec frost claw for dragorath procs?

[ruby tinsel]

How do you deal with going oom on boss fights as glacier sorc? I am at 1k+ mana but I still go oom

[wispy rune]

dam i just rinsed t4 julra, lmao

[grizzled lily]

Don't use the Spark charge on 40 mana spell passive node if you are playing CoC Meteor. Spark Charges can proc Meteor and will obliterate your mana.

[south monolith]

any mana stacking mages make it to high cr? not sure how im goign to survive yet lol.

[wispy rune]

been several at 500+ i believe. depending what u call high

[surreal arrow]

my 20k ehp guy can't survive some of them harbies/lagon splash in baseline emps still xD 8k ward poofs in an eyeblink

[autumn crypt]

anyone knows how to fix FPS drop when in Arena maps?

[dark jay]

yeah it's so dumb that they have us fight harby in the tiny ass arena

[wispy rune]

i didnt actually think it was that bad

herot harby on the other hand

so happy i did herots at 100corr, coz i doubt i could do it at 300 lmao

[surreal arrow]

did it at 175, haven't noticed the difference really, the lagon one tho :/ lost muh Deathless tag to it

[dark jay]

if any one leaves lagon to last and have to fight harby at 300 corruption, it's unironically over

[wispy rune]

maybe i got lucky or something. i found the 150 lagoon harder than the harby haha

[dull dirge]

i was about to ask if theres a way to boost more defenses on spellblade because harbs one shot me all the time but it looks like everyone else is struggling lol

[surreal arrow]

my druid starts to feel allright, but that thing is zdps as far as it compares to mage tho :D got some nice stuff waiting for him at 86+lvl, gonna be at like 4100hp and 2200 endurance threshold

[dusk jungle]

so I've picked up the node on mana strike that makes it cast lightning on hit, does it benefit from the lightning blast skill tree too? or are they different skills?

[wispy rune]

does it cast lightning blast or just add lightning tag

[broken fern]

the maxroll guide for glacier sorc tells me to use scales of eterra catalyst, but the downsides is harsh, is there any ways to mitigate it?

[dusk jungle]

ahh sorry it casts "mana arc"

[wispy rune]

not a skill so it wont i herit the nodes from something like lightning blast. when u hold alt it generally specifies

[brittle lintel]

Hey guys, does 'Frostbite' scales with 'Damage over time' as well as 'Elemental damage over time'?
PS. Frostclaw ele nova sorc build

Question cause I am about to do this:

[dark jay]

it's not lightning blast, it does inherit the crit nodes on the mana strike tree

[neon lynx]

hmm

[dusk jungle]

yup, understood thanks

[dark jay]

delete this

[neon lynx]

[meager orchid]

Shouldnt i be freezing mobs a lot with Freeze rate at 1k+?

[dark jay]

i just got a giga t7 wand with perfect base, and it bricked...

[hollow idol]

planner link when

[neon lynx]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Brp8zRmA

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 95

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (57) / Runemaster (31)

General:

▸ Health: 918, Regen: 19/s
▸ Mana: 1,587, Regen: 29/s
▸ Ward Retention: 266%, Regen: 175/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 68 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 77% / 99% / 81% / 97% / 121% / 122% / 91%
▸ EHP: 1,102 / 1,217 / 1,217 / 1,356 / 1,139 / 1,139 / 1,217

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 184
▸ Dodge Chance: 2% (45)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 28% (1,220)

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning, Fire, Cold / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Meteor (22)
• Flame Ward (21)
• Static Orb (21)
• Focus (20)
• Glacier (21)

Used unique items:

• Unstable Core
• Marina's Lost Soul
• Harbinger of Stars
• Transient Rest
• Julra's Stardial
• Julra's Stardial
• The Confluence of Fate

[upbeat hollow]

alright so i'm currently playing a mana strike build and i changed it to cold with the frigid grasp talent. However, it feels like it doesn't actually works with cold melee damage +'s (from infused weapon for example). I suppose this isn't intentional?

[neon lynx]

hmm i wonder if scale of eterra has a place for boss bursts 🤔

[wispy rune]

when u dash with 2x stardials, do stats on both get tripled?

[neon lynx]

yes

[wispy rune]

nice cool

[prisma sage]

im kinda lost tbh, been using maxroll guide for glacier so far but decided to switch as it wasnt doing well enough anymore, doing better, but kinda confused because theres like 25 different build guides for manastack/glacier sorc and idfk which one is good or not, so far ive tried 3 and 1 was okay 2 were garbage (i don't have good uniques so that's certainly why)
i need to setup my filter and go blast but i need to know what i want for that first, besides mana obv, anyone can help regarding that ?

[wispy rune]

mana, res's, crit stuff. thats ur main 3. get some int, csa, all that jazz as extras

[prisma sage]

saying specifically glacier because i got lucky with +cold dmg so ive got like 250% cold for now

[patent summit]

nutty damage is there an interaction im not seeing or is that just orb doing orb things

[surreal arrow]

just orb ting

[patent summit]

here i go startin a sorc again

[surreal arrow]

there should be a disclaimer :D *susceptible to instagibs if you don't instagib fast enough

[patent summit]

i can live with that lol

[cerulean plinth]

do I keep farming for my throne of ambition or knock out my empowered blessings first? so far 5 kills in going for throne and no luck :/

it's kinda important for my build

[wispy rune]

throne isnt too rare and isnt impacted by rolls. so throne first imo

[neon lynx]

its decently survivable, my gear is ass tho lol

[cerulean plinth]

I don't understand how you're getting so much ward if your gear is ass. what build is this?

[surreal arrow]

how much % do u have taken as mana? and/or Orians eye? got similar pool and randomly get gibbed if I don't have a target to hit with

[wispy rune]

its mainly mana spent gained as ward by the looks

[neon lynx]

^ and glacier passives

[wispy rune]

both stardials give a lot and then triple on dash

ill be doing the same once i can roll some int into then and hopefully stack it with strand of souls 😂

[neon lynx]

i heard dmg taken as mana only applies to when they actually hit ur health pool so i dont have any

[surreal arrow]

yh this is kinda counter intuitive :D think of whether I need it for survivability after all or nah, my hp pool is slightly thicker, I'm at like 1600hp

[neon lynx]

my goal is just to never let my hp bar take damage lol

[wispy rune]

anyone know how lightning aegis and flame ward DR interact? is it just highest amount takes prio? or?

[past obsidian]

Is glacier build the top softcore build right now?

[gloomy topaz]

is there difference in nemesis (like low or high corruption) / if it can give higher chance for LP or so

[surreal arrow]

I have a strong feeling there is. Might be my cooked brain wanting to find an excuse going higher, feels like I get more 2-3lps there :D

[gloomy topaz]

yeah at low corr sometime it doesn't even give LP after empowerment

[vital summit]

im new to this and im lvling with glacier is this endgame or is meteor build better?

[plucky holly]

Anyone help me with lame empowered mono I need the blessing for resistance.

[south yoke]

any mana stacking build ?

[cerulean plinth]

Yes. It's kinda the meta atm

[south yoke]

im using glacier, do alot dmg but i saw something with meteor and static orb

where i can find a video guide or planner?

is this any good

[cerulean plinth]

If you're using orb yeah

[jagged copper]

how do you guys get flat fire dmg ?

[dark jay]

your wand/staff give adaptive flat damage

[shell fern]

anyone know how warder-passive works with tri-elemental skills?

like if i have crest of unity with ele nova

i'm struggling to sustain enough ward after the patch on my frostbite sorc even though i have quite good gear

[cerulean plinth]

Kinda tempted to try swapping from fireball to volcanic orb. I wonder if you could make a mana stacking build work with that

[full bluff]

Anyone tested the ice barrage silence node? Think I broke time with it.

[grand axle]

🤌

[finite cobalt]

Why do you use this amulet when you don't use any fire / necrotic / void damage ? Am I missing something ?

[crystal fox]

Does the Sorcerer 1% more damage per 2 mana cost, work for channeled spells?

[cobalt thunder]

is Celestial Doom worth rerolling a sorc or runemaster? or am i going to get to level 70 and be disappointed

[shell fern]

he has necrotic dmg on wand, edit: and that amulet just gives alot of flat dmg.

[neon lynx]

its just base spell damage and scales all ur other damage

[dark jay]

i have been trying to farm t7 mana on relic all night, where is it 😭

[neon lynx]

they dont exist

[dark jay]

what really?

NOOOOOOOOOO whyyyyyyyyyy i spent so much time farming it

[neon lynx]

no they do, im just malding about the fact that im 96 and havent found anything better than that

[cerulean plinth]

Lmao

[dark jay]

oh

[scenic dock]

has anyone seen this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-661SSHU3E0 ?

what is causing the meteors and why does he skill focus while not using it?

[cerulean plinth]

I know meteor is just the better option but I wonder how viable mana stacking volatile orb is

[dark jay]

the belt

[neon lynx]

and hes clearly using focus lol

[scenic dock]

thanks bois

[dark jay]

where does his crit chance come from? it's only like 50% in planner?

[finite cobalt]

that is very weird to me but ok. So if you use static orb, it uses that flat dmg in the formula. What happens with pen ? Do you only need lightning pen or you actually need necrotic pen too for the "necro flat dmg" part ?

[shell fern]

that build fits very well the term "blasting"

[neon lynx]

dunno. dont have pen anywhere xd

[fresh pulsar]

I just cant play this build, my mana runs low so fast wtf

[fresh pulsar]

this one

[lofty sinew]

3 of my meteor skills keep being undone and points removed, why? fix?

[neon lynx]

my mana seems fine

i need a big brain to bounce ideas off of >.>

[shell fern]

you most likely unequip an item that gives you skill points

[digital sparrow]

could you please share your build?

[neon lynx]

gains tho

if only tool tips were accurate

[full bluff]

that was not a build, just tested the ice barrage speed nodes with spark triggers and time stopped

[teal widget]

Can someone explain me whether i am right or not? For example I have 1000 health, 1000 mana, 1000 ward, 100% of damage dealt to mana before health, 50% armor, 50% endurance and i take 10k damage. Firstly this damage is reduced by 1000 using my ward, then it is reduced by 5000 by my mana. And only after this reductions armor and endurance are applied — -50% of 4000 and then -50% of 2000 left, so i will get 1000 damage.
P.S. Sorry for my bad English, it took me about 15 minutes to write this text 😦

[cerulean plinth]

Your English is perfectly fine 🙂 more understandable than some native speakers

[harsh abyss]

I believe damage reduction from armor and resistances, generic damage reduction, and block applies before any damage is dealt to you, no matter if its ward, health, or mana. The only one that is different is Endurance because it only protects a portion of your health.

So if you take 5000 damage, you'd first reduce it by your armor value, THEN go on to your other calculations.

[rustic chasm]

Dont you dare sell it!

[teal widget]

"I believe"? So this is just a guess yet?

[harsh abyss]

Its a fairly confident guess, because otherwise stacking any armor on a ward build would be worthless and thats just not the case.

I just havent specifically done the testing to make sure.

[naive dirge]

DR is also multiplicative as well. Before Ward, HP, and MbH, you're looking at 50% DR above endurance thresholed (armor) and 75% DR below endurance threshold(50% armor + 50% endurance). If full hp, then it's DR'd 5k for Armor, then goes through your mana (so -1k), ward (-1k), then HP to threshold (say threshold is 500, so you'd take 500(-500), then 1875 to what's left (that's 2500 leftover * 0.75). So a 10k hit would be down to 1,875.

That's if it's physical, obviously.

[copper thistle]

Frostbite Frostclaw vs Spark Charge Frostclaw, which is better

[dry bramble]

ugh, just got to empowered monoliths and disintigrates starting to feel bad

[teal widget]

But in this case after armor reduction 5000 damage left. So with 100% damage delt to mana and 1 mana = 5 health all this damage will be reduced by 5000 using my 1000 mana, am i wrong?

[naive dirge]

You can't take 5000 damage to 1000 mana. That'd be -4000 mana. Why would 1 mana = 5 health?

[teal widget]

That was the formula in the previous cycle, wasn't it?

If this is considered 1 to 1, then 1000 mana will essentially be the same as 1000 ward, so it will be useless

[tawdry remnant]

what's new and popping in mage land

[cerulean plinth]

Mana. Lots and lots of mana

[naive dirge]

Not really. Ward takes damage before life does. So it'd go through your mana, then your ward, then life. Seems to me to just be a bigger health pool. I can't find anything saying it isn't 1 to 1 though, and can't fathom why it would be anything other than 1 to 1. If you can provide a link to the 5 to 1 formula, that'd be helpful.

[tawdry remnant]

i do keep seeing lots of mana

[south monolith]

I'

[naive dirge]

EHP calculator is also super helpful : https://lastepoch.tunklab.com/ehp

[south monolith]

I'm almost at 150corruption and its meteors is not doing that great, starting to die instantly and my gear is not that bad, is glacier/static orb any better?

[neon socket]

Yes

[celest urchin]

What's the shape of SpellBlade actually ?

[teal widget]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/guide/section/damage_taken_from_mana_before_health

[teal widget]

By the way, there were answers to my questions here 🙂

[frigid saddle]

Is there an advantage to spread your damage into multiple damage types, or is it better focus on a single element?

[tawdry remnant]

generally one

but that's not always true per se

[shell fern]

https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/resources/defenses-explained atleast on maxroll it says it is 1 mana for 5 health

[south monolith]

Can i get a build guide for glacier/orb, so many not sure which is legit?

[rustic chasm]

What is area for area skills

[cerulean plinth]

I believe it makes area skills bigger. If they have an area tag

Meteor etc

[brave elm]

can somebody hep me kill Empowered blac k sun boos with the harbinger also

[naive dirge]

Neat. Guess ya learn something new every day. I shall adjust my thought process and apologies for being incorrect (too used to how other games do it I guess).

[cerulean plinth]

Interesting. So mana stacking is even better than I thought

[past obsidian]

Why is glacier FOTM?

[vital light]

Hello everyone. i don't get, why marina's soul ward boost my glacier damage so much? I thaught that added necrotic damage will work only with necrotic spells.

[valid wigeon]

anyone using static orb and glacier in late game? or should i choose one to focus on

[worn shell]

probably yes

[vital light]

I am using this. Static orb for burst dps, glacier for mobs

[valid wigeon]

yea ive been loving the synergy in that respect

[dry bramble]

im really regretting going disintigrate now that im in empowered monos. feels so bad

[cerulean plinth]

Yeeeah. It's very underwhelming

[north smelt]

Any type of added spell damage applies to all spells. Whether that's good or not depends on how you are boosting your damage.

[scenic dock]

is lightning blast / raiden / palpatine any gucci?

[finite jungle]

on the update when they made it show correct on the 1% up to 50% which passive is that called for sorc

oh nvm im dumb i see

[dry bramble]

im debating re rolling. disintigrate was a bust and i dont feel like doing frost claw for another seasonj as a runemaster

[valid wigeon]

i hear you bro, dis started to fall off hard for me, happy with sorc for now

what would you reroll into?

[dry bramble]

either warlock/sorc/ or some other caster

[past obsidian]

Whay is the glacier build so popular now?

[dry bramble]

uive heard good things about warlock so ill prolly reroll one of those

[proven haven]

Anyone know if this node in Frost Claw is per direct cast or also including recasts

[steel tangle]

Is Frost claw freeze rate converted when you convert it to lightning/ fire?

[proven haven]

it just says frostbite chance to shock

[steel tangle]

I assumed the freeze rate stat just stays as is, but doesn't do anything after conversion. Conversion in this game is kinda wonky sometimes 😂

[harsh abyss]

I believe it loses its base freeze rate, so it won't freeze anything. But your freeze rate multi is agnostic of the ability's actual base freeze rate. So you can still generate ward with freeze rate multi

[steel tangle]

From the in game guide, damage to mana is 5:1 ratio

[twin heart]

Hey all,

I’m running a self made Shatter Strike / Cold Spellblade build.

Any free advice? I’m cleaving through early monos now and gearing up slowly.

[proven haven]

Just tested, went frame by frame, tested with and without the +600% global freeze rate in teleport. Confirmed it does work with bounces too. 3rd bounce gave 61 ward with the +600% freeze rate and 32 without the node.

HUGE boost to FC ward gen

[rapid hinge]

it works with global FRM right?. Not just FC's FRM

[proven haven]

correct

[rapid hinge]

the wording from the node is a little bit confusing

[proven haven]

Yeah I wasn't sure so went frame by frame testing with and without global FRM

this synergy is nuts

[rapid hinge]

nice. Save me some time now i dont need to test it

[rapid hinge]

yeah i'm trying to make a frostbite FC. I think ppl already done it before right?

[steel tangle]

think frostbite Claw is sort of the default way to build it. very good though

[ruby tinsel]

Does any1 know how to not go oom on bosses as glacier sorc with 1k+ mana?

It seems like I cant hit enough targets on single target for me to regain mana, constantly oom and just waiting for the boss to kill me

[shell fern]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/AK0MEYGQ and here i am struggling to get 6k ward against bosses with this build.. i feel like retention is the king from now on for ward builds

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (52) / Spellblade (8) / Runemaster (33)

General:

▸ Health: 1,482, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 465, Regen: 15/s
▸ Ward Retention: 501%, Regen: 75/s
▸ Attributes: 13 Str / 1 Dex / 33 Int / 1 Att / 2 Vit
▸ Resistances: 89% / 199% / 75% / 79% / 108% / 121% / 21%
▸ EHP: 2,430 / 2,430 / 2,429 / 2,934 / 2,430 / 2,430 / 1,579

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 296
▸ Armor Mitigation: 41% (2,318)
▸ Block Chance: 40%, Mitigation: 25% (458)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Ice Barrage (22)
• Frost Claw (22)
• Elemental Nova (22)
• Flame Ward (22)
• Teleport (20)

Used unique items:

• Unstable Core
• Frozen Ire
• Faith of the Frozen
• Frostbite Shackles
• Strands of Souls
• Snowdrift
• Oceareon
• Heirloom of the Last Nomad
• Frozen Eyes of Formosus
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros

[shell fern]

btw, letools still shows 1% to 1% ward retention from cold res with shackles, actual retention is 100 less

[steel tangle]

teleport free spell + meteor aftermath for lots of mana regen. or Focus

oh wait, doesn't Glacier have its own mana refund?

[shell fern]

1% of max mana on crit

[silent ermine]

Best option Ive found, until you get your mana pool high enough (around 600), is to just dodge duck dip dive and dodge to get a bunch of mana back then find a window to pop ice barrage for buff and dump everything with arcance ascendance active.

As you get higher overall mana and 100% crit on glacier, youll refund the full mana cost of glacier plus extra every time

[shell fern]

I think you quoted wrong person lol

[silent ermine]

I just realized that! My mistake

[rapid hinge]

stack more mana, glacier will sustain itself

you can put point into Static Collapse when bossing. Glacier shouldn't be your single target DPS anyway

[shell fern]

At 1k mana if hes critcapped he should get 30 mana each cast

[rapid hinge]

you won't hit shade with all 3 explosion tho

[shell fern]

Oh, I was automatically thinking of aberroth

[ruby tinsel]

Does that mean I am at 60% crit for glacier?

[shell fern]

I thinks his hitbox is big enough to hit all 3?

[harsh abyss]

I just use focus to regen my pool, but I also take the nodes that make focus do a damage nova based on your max mana. It crits about as hard as meteors do.

[rapid hinge]

even vs abby it's not consistent enough i think

just save yourself and put point into static collapse, and use either meteor or static orb for actual DPS

[grave turret]

Does mage have any summoning skills that arent completely terrible? I got 2 of the elemental bees / 10 seconds idols and cant figure out what to do with them

[ruby tinsel]

Is there actually a way to see whether or not I have 100% crit chance for glacier?

[umbral crescent]

is anyone here playing exp ground sorc?

[proven haven]

It used to be the meta before Nova, but I think it might be a bit hard to make it work now with the mana changes, not sure. The nova setup can drop volley of glass and still apply most of the Spark Charges and not lose much DPS but frostbite needs the shotgun of FC itself to apply a lot of stacks

[harsh abyss]

Mage doesn't really have any minions, no

[grave turret]

Aw lame I was hoping there was something there

[unborn forum]

someone will sell an item very cheap

[harsh abyss]

Long ago before RM came out, there was talk of it being a golem-focused specialization. Maybe someday in the future if we get new specializations, there'll be a mage summoner that focuses on elemental minions or something.

I think the key would be that they'd want it to act substantially differently than primalist or acolyte minions, so there's a meaningful distinction in gameplay style

[proper hawk]

There was a very good version of frostbite FC that didn't use the recasts and went for zero mana cost, that version should still be almost identical

[proven haven]

yea it seems like a missed opportunity, now knowing the Reowyn's Veil works on recasts and it already stacks freeze rate multi - that like hundreds of ward per cast lost

[upper fern]

Will be curious to see what you think. I'm still running the lightining version, but may switch to the frost version

[proper hawk]

Actually I just remembered that was way back before a lot of RM defense nerfs so idk

[cerulean plinth]

FINALLYYYY

[proven haven]

would have to test how many hits you lose/gain by trading bounces / malice auto target tech vs volley of glass

[whole heath]

looking for people to play with im in end game and new to game

[harsh abyss]

WTB lightning-flavored throne of ambition 😢 I just like all the lightning skills

[cerulean plinth]

I got it and decided to try volcanic orb since I got that unique relic for orb too

Feels hard to get any actual ignite stacks with it

[cerulean crest]

reowyns has no dr now right?

[dark jay]

oh wow aberrath has like 6 breakpoints, but he stops attacking for a briefmoment every 25% breakpoint so we just need to hit the breakpoints and it's free to use focus

[woven yarrow]

You need to get idols to reduce it's speed so you can put the orbs inside bosses. Then the shrapnel things can all shotgun

[cerulean plinth]

Interesting I'll look into it ty

Is it worth going for ignite with orb or nah? I was ignite fireball which I was able to get a good 400+ stacks on pretty easily. With this I feel like I barely get over 100. My gear is also kinda botched atm

[uneven valve]

any 500+ corruption sorc builds people are really enjoying?

[dark jay]

i'm enjoying my mana stack + meteor/static orb

[green sail]

im super struggling with glacier right now.. following the maxroll guide to a T, and cant even get the 3rd harb down.

[dark jay]

glacier is not a main damaging skill, you just use it to maintain mana in maps.

[sour thicket]

Focus on dodging mechanics more than dpsing for a couple fights

[dark jay]

which guide are you talking about?

[green sail]

lizzards

[uneven valve]

im using mana stack static orb glacier but i havent transitioned to a meteor version yet

you have a planner you using for it>

[dark jay]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A2PyV0lB mine is also very generic

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 98

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (60) / Runemaster (27)

General:

▸ Health: 1,007, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 1,588, Regen: 26/s
▸ Ward Retention: 241%, Regen: 186/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 63 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 70% / 70% / 70% / 52% / 91% / 199% / 78%
▸ EHP: 1,221 / 1,311 / 1,311 / 1,256 / 1,303 / 1,303 / 1,372

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 201
▸ Dodge Chance: 2% (59)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 30% (1,453)

Damage Types:

▸ Fire, Cold, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Glacier (22)
• Teleport (21)
• Meteor (23)
• Static Orb (24)
• Focus (21)

Used unique items:

• Unstable Core
• Harbinger of Stars
• Transient Rest
• Phantom Grip
• Julra's Stardial
• The Confluence of Fate
• Knowledge of an Erased Mage

[dark jay]

for static orb, you need to get under the boss to shotgun

[uneven valve]

how much do you think is optimal to transition to cast on crit?

[dark jay]

i think above 1.2k mana is comfy

you can start at 900 mana

[finite trellis]

I feel like that build is absolute poooooop against bosses.

[green sail]

same. its awesome for mapping. im just struggle bussing hard on bosses

[dark jay]

just need to get better gears to insta gib bosses

[young prawn]

anyone got a more relaxed loot filter for glacier sorc?