🧙┃mage

[unreal umbra]

especially manaforgd. if it was transfusing it could be worth it

oh wow, those are heaps better

[mystic tundra]

problem is I can't get a 2+ warp to even try it.

[past obsidian]

can i still one shot abby if i dont cap crit?

[unreal umbra]

depends on the rest of your gear

didn't you already do it?

[past obsidian]

it took my like three rotations

[unreal umbra]

ah

[south monolith]

AH, I thought we only used lightning dmg..

[unreal umbra]

those other damages work with all abilities, and you can scale them also with int, crit, spell damage, but just not direct lightning dmg (which we don't really run anyway except maybe belt)

i guess the lightning pen doesn't work either if you use that. but the majority of your mutlipliers work with it, so it's a huge bonus. same reason why people use grimoire relic

[waxen sigil]

Or also marianas wand too

Gets the pass on meteors from stardust plus the same logic

Nick best advice bro is go figure out how to calculate your crit from an LET page.

[unreal umbra]

your biggest dps upgrade from what i can see would be going for a t7 crit multi with t5 mana hybrid (transfusing if you can) wrong warp

hmm actually you have lvl 26 static orb already

not 100% sure on that now, would need to number crunch

getting a crystal skull for swapping would give you more deeps actually, i would go for that. unless you are anti swap

t7 mana t5 crit multi crystal skull

[past obsidian]

spell crit chance on wand also rocks, maybe worths more than mana + ward gen

mana + ward gen is a hybrid affix after all

[unreal umbra]

yeah, only if not swapping though. swapping is always going to be better, because fragment has no value at all for bossing

[past obsidian]

1 skill in orb dont forget

[unreal umbra]

oh yeah, forgot

that would be 25 crit mutli only

[mint trail]

is there a spellblade build that uses low-life ?

[gentle mango]

i'd suggest it for every melee spellblade

[south monolith]

I thought we where taking for the +dmg per int, why does it have no value?

[unreal umbra]

that's for spark charge (mapping)

he uses static orb for boss coz it's a hybrid build, not pure spark charge

[mystic tundra]

does this have to be done at T3 or it can be T4 also?

[unreal umbra]

T4 also

[mystic tundra]

troll ass game lmfao

[past obsidian]

so close, yet so far

[unreal umbra]

I got a 4lp of that that too haha

[mystic tundra]

@unreal umbra sigh. finally got a 2LP and bricked it of course. missed the T7 crit multi

[unreal umbra]

Yeah it's pretty hard to hit, 1/6 chance

Long grind

[mystic tundra]

I got a 0LP but its -5 mana cost, is that even useable?

[unreal umbra]

Don't think so, worth using in the egg anyway see what you get

Guess you probably wouldn't invest on using an exalt on it though if you can only use it for boss or coc meteor setup

Actually got quite a few 2lps from the egg.

[mystic tundra]

yeah true

I did get another 0LP -3, gotta pray for that one. really a bummer my last 6 slams were all bricks.

already hard enough finding decent uniques and proper T7s exalts.

[unreal umbra]

yeah i settled for the first slam that wasn't a complete failure. i think getting the t7 is good enough, move on and improve other stuff before trying to get the perfect t7/t5

[mystic tundra]

yeah I agree with that for sure. I keep missing the T7 and hitting the T5 lol. feelsbad

or are you saying to slam all the LP1s with the designated T7 and settle for that?

if it hits

are you running transient or blood of exile boots? @unreal umbra

[unreal umbra]

transient

im running coc meteor though

blood of the exile are more for frostclaw coz of int being that important

[unreal umbra]

i did do that, failed them all and started running out of exalts. i think i would only do that with a t7 exalt that had a terrible t4/t5 that you couldnt get rid, so may as well try your luck to see if the 1/4 lands

[past obsidian]

I slammed most of my stuff with t6's and some t7's if I had them. Now I am farming up the t7's

[mystic tundra]

Sounds good. I do have a lot of T7 crit multi wands so yeah, can roll those on LP1

[unreal umbra]

worth a shot. especially if you have a bunch of 1lp ones sitting there not being used, also you can pick and choose a good rolled one with high spell dmg and mana if you have loads of 1lp ones

[mystic tundra]

you've been extremely lucky IMO. I think at least 3 of your gear is already BIS with T7/T5 setup.

[unreal umbra]

unstable core hitting is pretty damn lucky.

[past obsidian]

yep, i one shot my amulet, body armour, and relic, helm

[unreal umbra]

hitting stuff on this build is pretty hard, everything is pretty much 1/4 or 1/6 chance due to high lpl levels

yeah that's 1/6, 1/6 and 1/4. extremely lucky

[past obsidian]

but i never told you i bricked now at least 10 enigma's and 10 warps. but those are rookie numbers ofc

[unreal umbra]

yeah rng giveth and taketh

[past obsidian]

enigma's and even warps are not terribly hard to farm, unlike core

[mystic tundra]

aside from bricking those, the fact that you've found that many and had that many T7 items to slam in the first place is already insane IMO.

[unreal umbra]

i hit relic first go, amulet 3rd go. those are 1/6s. i was fairly lucky

julras took 8 goes, on par

[mystic tundra]

ive only landed two T7 slams this cycle 😄

[past obsidian]

technically i only landed 3 t7 slams, the rest of them are t6

[mystic tundra]

thats still good though

and you're finding a lot of the uniques you need pretty quickly

i've never seen a 2LP gaze or testament yet

[unreal umbra]

i got my 2lp relic from the egg

[past obsidian]

you will start looting a lot of testament once you push corr and put them into the eggs, but yeah gaze's are rare

[mystic tundra]

honestly egg has not been helping me lately. I put 3 testament into egg and it just rolled a random affix instead of adding LP.

[mystic tundra]

how high we talking? im already 600

[unreal umbra]

they really made boss specific items much better this time, it was horrible last cycle. trying to get 2lp shackles was so bad

[past obsidian]

900

[mystic tundra]

I cant really go higher than 600 because of bossing issues

until I can switch to static orb

[unreal umbra]

600 is pretty good, should be enough

[past obsidian]

at 900 i start to see two testaments being dropped

[unreal umbra]

hmm, true. i guess i didnt even get to experience that since the first 2lp relic hit and i think i was at like 400 at that point

i did so many black sun kills though, that was my main timeline

i was preparing myself for many 1/6 attempts on the amulet

[mystic tundra]

Just gotta get farming I guess and make that switch at 1500.

[unreal umbra]

lagon one of the worst ones to farm coz you have to wait for the tentacle phase even if you one shot it in the first part

[mystic tundra]

Yeah that sucks

[past obsidian]

is spark charge elemental area skill? i know claw isnt if i spec into the node

i think it is, because enigma increases spark charge explosion area

[nimble shoal]

Yes

[next swallow]

https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/planner/qn2f40um can anyone please look at my character build and help me figure out what % increased critical strike chance I need on a peak of the mountain to retain 100% crit chance?

maxroll planner says 91% spell crit on there but ingame it says 93% and I know that may not be counting some talents, I am generally confused with the math on how crit works in this game

[past obsidian]

I use last epoch planner which i found the most reliable

[next swallow]

if you mean lastepochtools I just imported into there and its even further off in that planner.

if all 3 of these things disagree how am I even supposed to figure this out lmao

[past obsidian]

okay send me your profile and i will do math for yo

[next swallow]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/BO0wm1Eo

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 83

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.2

Class:

Mage (23) / Sorcerer (60) / Runemaster (13)

General:

▸ Health: 880, Regen: 17.62/s
▸ Mana: 1,785.43, Regen: 23.17/s
▸ Ward Retention: 333%, Regen: 189/s
▸ Attributes: 16 Str / 15 Dex / 80 Int / 11 Att / 5 Vit
▸ Resistances: 76% / 55% / 68% / 103% / 78% / 77% / 5%
▸ EHP: 1,238 / 1,134 / 1,272 / 1,553 / 1,229 / 1,229 / 803

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 35%, Threshold: 176
▸ Dodge Chance: 9% (210)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 31% (1,351)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Arcane Ascendance (20)
• Glacier (21)
• Static Orb (25)
• Focus (20)
• Teleport (20)

Used unique items:

• Peak of the Mountain
• Unstable Core
• Wrongwarp
• Stormhide Paws
• Ward Trail
• Blood of the Exile
• Julra's Stardial
• Julra's Stardial
• The Confluence of Fate
• Stormcarved Testament

[next swallow]

I am trying to see, #1 if I have 100% crit chance already, and #2 if I do have it, can I lose some percent % crit on my peak of the mountain? and if yes, how much? the answer to this question could save me 100s of millions of gold on chasing a high rolled peak of the mountain lp3 😦

[past obsidian]

okay so this planner isn't far off from those, as if you click on "actual" it says 91%, which does not account for idol crit and crackling precision

[next swallow]

the last epoch tools planner is outright wrong about crit in ways I can already see

like when you mouseover the crit % it says I am gaining 4.5% from my catalyst offhand.. not 6% like I actually am

[past obsidian]

Okay, I am doing my own math then.

[next swallow]

that planner wont even tell you what I have in gear

[past obsidian]

it does. click on the "actual" tab

[next swallow]

it says the offhand is 3-6% which is correctly the range but it doesnt say what mine has which is a painstakingly chased after 6% since that slot gives actual % crit

[past obsidian]

dont click on min, max, or average

[next swallow]

oh..that is hidden..thats dumb

oh to make this even more complicated all I care about maxing out is lightning spell crit which has a passive buffing it

which wont be reflected in spell sheet crit, I am sure.

[past obsidian]

you are correct

[next swallow]

I suspect if its 91-93% before counting the lightning crit talent or the idols then I may be far overcap, in which case, I want to know what is required for peak of the mountain crit rolls.
and if science is required I have about 25 failed peak of the mountain slams with various crit %s on them to test with and re upload to the planner if that would help the math.

[past obsidian]

Okay, based on my chicken math, you can drop up to 7% crit on your helm

[next swallow]

so considering I have a 271 now, you're saying I could have a 264% hat and be capped still?

[past obsidian]

correct

[next swallow]

cool, so I will pay 100-300 million for an LP3 above 264% as opposed to 500-1500 million for a 280%+

[past obsidian]

hang on

[next swallow]

thanks for the help lol

[past obsidian]

dont go

[next swallow]

kk

[past obsidian]

i messed up a decimal in my last step

[next swallow]

I dont have the favor laying around to buy one of these right now anyways so you have time if there's a correction

[past obsidian]

are you shooting for capping after teleport, or before teleport?

[next swallow]

this is what I am aiming to land myself, I have 9 prepared slam bases for it but 30+ failed attempts at getting another LP2 unstable core out of nemesis machine lol

[next swallow]

after teleport is all that matters, this build basically teleports and then can oneshot abberoth in <2 seconds.

[south yoke]

i got lucky, but i hate that 57roll mana t_t

[past obsidian]

then unfortunately according to my math, you are uncapped before teleport, and you have no int slam on your stardial

[next swallow]

just for curiositys sake I took off an idol which gives 20% increased crit chance and it lowered my sheet crit by 2%. considering I have almost perfectly 40% in lightning crit chance on my idols, that means there's an effective 4% crit right there, putting me at like 97% before the passives

[next swallow]

I am supposed to slam spell damage on my stardial instead of int from what I have been led to understand.
and, after teleporting and for the next few seconds, what is my crit at then? thats all I care about, I can be uncapped before teleports and its no problem

[past obsidian]

here is the math: base crit 11% *(746%+157%) = 99.33%

you current crit is at 99.33%

[next swallow]

thats without teleport or with?

[past obsidian]

how many t7 int do you plan on slamming? on 1 or both your stardials?

[next swallow]

I plan on slamming t7 spell damage on both of them and not int at all

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1235119623888834631/1264622686408019979/1_Hit_Combo_Aberroth_Sorcerer_Static_Orb_Build_-_Last_Epoch_6.mp4?ex=66a7c5a7&is=66a67427&hm=b397f5c4773a2a9231b7b9b26b4ae0ca191a5505453af148349e228e1c6d52e5& idk if this link will work but its a video of this build oneshotting abberoth and I'm just copying what this guy did

it would probably still kill just as well even with something like 90% effective crit chance, I am just curious about these numbers and trying to skimp on an expensive slam

[past obsidian]

i know this build well and am playing it at the moment.

if you can hit int on your boots, then you will be capped, even without teleport

[next swallow]

so I am at 99.33% without teleport and capped with teleport right now?
I am not seeing any passive or interaction that causes teleport to raise crit chance

[past obsidian]

Teleport will not help you, as you have no int slam on your stardials

[next swallow]

Oh I see. It would only raise crit if I had that slammed. Okay

So I definitely do not have room in my build to be aiming for a mana-slammed unstable core, if I want to maintain cap crit chance?

and I really cant afford to go without a good slammed hat if I want to retain what I already have, too.

I need almost exactly what I have

[past obsidian]

grab a stardial and slam on a t6 int, then you will be capped, if you really want to be capped, but i feel like your crit multi is kinda low, if you really want to one shot abby like that.

[next swallow]

The eventual plan is to fit in more crit multi. but a 6% Crystal skull with t6 crit multi is prohibitively expensive

so I settled for a cast speed one for now because that will help with glacier and mapping, although it's probably not helping me at all for Boss killing

I think I'm probably going to settle for a subpar peak of the mountain and to just accept being nearly critcapped but not critcapped at least in crit chance

[past obsidian]

i recommend to you this build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLFBbVdeIp0&t=11s you can go on their discord if you have further questions. They can better help you there

[next swallow]

thank you for all the info/answers

[past obsidian]

happy to help

[unreal umbra]

i dunno if spell damage julra ring is better than int.

[past obsidian]

if you can cap crit elsewhere, then sure, but this int source is pretty massive

[unreal umbra]

you can, but you lose out on rolls that could have been more mana/crit multi

[next swallow]

I mean, it sounds like I could get away with one int ring and one spell damage ring, perhaps?

[unreal umbra]

one guy has done it with spell dmg, more people use the int version though

[past obsidian]

okay boyos, help me remove the prefix

[next swallow]

I have a bunch of lp2 slam bases like this prepared for the next time the nemesis machine cares to give me an lp2 unstable core. I would lose the 24 int on my bodypiece if I did that, and I have 8 other bases very similar to this prepared for LP2 unstable cores so I think I'll ultimately need INT on one of my rings

[unreal umbra]

im way over crit cap with my setup, my peak is 269, but i have a t5 crit roll on offhand which is not optimal, so i wanna get rid of that

definitely worth a despair try, at least 1. that's 33-35% chance

[past obsidian]

yeah

[unreal umbra]

the 2nd despair at t4 is a toss up. depends on fp left

[next swallow]

I have some really good hat slam bases prepared that are like 400 million in value. So they are too good to risk on another LP2 peak of the mountain, I have to get an LP3 for those in my opinion. But high rolls on crit% on Lp3 Peaks are too rich for my blood.
I have failed all these peaks pictured..they're all LP2 or 3 lol

[unreal umbra]

the 2lp core not even needed, i can do it easily with 1p core. also with suboptimal wrong warp

[past obsidian]

i feel like crit overcap isnt a bad thing, as it can open up you options for a crown or red ring and what not

[unreal umbra]

how much are 4lp peaks?

[next swallow]

good rolled lp3s are already 1-1.5 billion, lp4 is kinda priceless if good rolled

[unreal umbra]

yeah overcap crit isn't bad, coz then at least i have 89% crit chance outside of the window for mapping, which is good enough

[past obsidian]

gone with 1 despair!

[unreal umbra]

nice

[past obsidian]

20 fp left though

[unreal umbra]

watch you get it with 10 fp to spare or it all goes in 2 rolls

[next swallow]

zero on the market. lp3 peaks are like 100 million with minimum rolls on them.

[past obsidian]

really high roll, and room for creation

[unreal umbra]

9 fp left, called it 😄

i got a 3lp peak with 24x% and thought nah not good enough, didnt even try slamming. got a 4lp on the same day

[past obsidian]

crreation'd. happy camper

[unreal umbra]

that was after a 285% 3lp brick though

sick. have you got the wrong warp

[past obsidian]

yes

[unreal umbra]

is it worthy?

[next swallow]

I got you beat

[unreal umbra]

i hate getting 2lp wth 50spell power, feels bad.

[past obsidian]

yep, -4 spell cost

hmmm, alternatively, if i get a t7 spell crit chance on my wand, then i get to drop int on my stardial and get soemthing like spell damage

[unreal umbra]

viable. wonder if @grizzled lily mathed it out and found that int slams were better than spell damage on julra

[past obsidian]

its noobzor now

[unreal umbra]

what does noobzor run?

well chunky was the og, he was one shotting this stuff before we even created our sorcs 😛

[past obsidian]

int, as he didn't run spell crit chance on wand, but he just told me he changed his mind as he now thinks the ward gen from wand mana slam isnt that useful

[unreal umbra]

the t7 should def be a non mana roll if you are maximising dps, coz it's a hybrid roll, you dont get that much value out of it

i just settled coz it was th best i could do at the time. i will redo mine if i can though

and still good enough to one shot abby

i mean you dont need perfect perfect stuff to make it happen

getting a t7 crit multi is the best for the majority of people, coz most will only have 23 points in static orb, which means you can't take the extra crit multi nodes in static orb like you've taken 3/4

[past obsidian]

okay i did some more math on the planner - if i get t7 spell crit chance on my wand, then i get to drop crit chance on my catalyst for t5 crit multi, drop int on my stardial for t7 spell damage, and int on my chest for t5 crit multi

[unreal umbra]

wow, i wouldn't want to try and hit another 1/6 unstable core though

that's a lot of work to make all those changes too

[past obsidian]

yeah that would be a pain

multi didnt hit

[unreal umbra]

😦

anymore wrong warps?

[past obsidian]

no

i have only bricked four

[grizzled lily]

Maybe, tbh a lot of my decisions were made based on 1.0 Sorc, Int on Julra being one of them. Int was 100% better coz class passive used to give like 500% increased instead of 50% more. I still prefer Int now though for general purpose, even if spell damage may give more burst(didnt math).

[fading spindle]

So ele nova or glacier, almost level 70 where I plan to respec, first time mage sorc

[past obsidian]

also if people want to swap the stardial out for a red ring, when the stardial has spell damage instead of int, people will not be hard pressed to have t7 int slam on the red ring

[fading spindle]

Wondering if anyone actually runs ashen crown nova anymore

[next swallow]

all those math questions on how good of a peak of the mountain I need, and I just landed this.

[unreal umbra]

Gg

[next swallow]

gg indeed, in fact the slam base for that only cost me 100k gold because some dummy listed it too cheap

tier 7 static orb is minimum 200 million otherwise

[past obsidian]

@unreal umbra I still think t7 spell crit on wand is the go, as it will remove the necessity of slamming t7 int on red ring or stardial

[next swallow]

hahaha.. I rune of creationed that slam base and had a spare lp2 laying around.. and I hit the slam again. I can gift this to my friend who also plays the same build.

[south monolith]

Can rings only do lp1?

[next swallow]

julra lp2 does exist on the bazaar but they are all 1.5 billion

[unreal umbra]

wow..1/36 chance of this actually happening.

[past obsidian]

what about red ring 2lp? do they exist?

[next swallow]

I have about 30 failed lp2 peak of the mountains so this checks out lol

[unreal umbra]

can you gift stuff that says cant be traded?

[fading spindle]

No it’s the same as everything

[ebon rain]

Almost always 1.5b. Haven’t seen one above 250 crit in days though

[jaunty widget]

Anyone has a good filter for a frost claw build? Not sure if mine is working properly. I gettin a really hard time with T7 exalted. Seems like I never get those

[gentle mango]

for + frost claw? yeah they're just extremely rare lol

saw 1 in about 400 hours last cycle

[unreal umbra]

i think frozen sentinel has a good cof loot filter for frostclaw

[jaunty widget]

Nono, like in general. Im not gettin t7 int on rings for example. Not a single one

[unreal umbra]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHYlWE2vExE frozen sent cof loot filter (caters for frostclaw coz that's his main build)

[jaunty widget]

Oh thank you, this could help a lot.

[past obsidian]

@unreal umbra you think peak is easier to get 4lp than gaze?

[unreal umbra]

2lp gaze 4crit?

[mystic tundra]

I spent about 900k favor In ring prophecies and found 2 t7 INT rings only

[unreal umbra]

2lp gaze (any) is 0.65, 4lp peak (any) is 0.37. however, a mid roll 4lp peak is a lot more usable than a mid roll 2lp gaze. 2lp gaze to get 4% crit also isn't 33% chance like you think, its less than that (see frozen sentinel vid on how stuff is calculated)

on top of that, you have to hit the 1/6 slam on that 2lp gaze

[mystic tundra]

Layers on layers of RNG

[unreal umbra]

yeah, so many layers

[mystic tundra]

hope they improve it by next cycle

[unreal umbra]

but you can use prophs to force millions of helms, instead of running all day long to the tree

[mystic tundra]

unique helms?

[unreal umbra]

all in all, they are both pretty bad propositions. no idea which is worse

a 3lp peak will do in most circumstances, thats probably the most viable and most sane option.

[mystic tundra]

can you run peak with static orb fc?

[unreal umbra]

yeah im running that

[mystic tundra]

Cause I do have two 3 Lp peak sitting somewhere. But don’t know if they’re 4%

Err wait 4% is the gaze nvm

[unreal umbra]

oh static orb fc, nah need gaze

[mystic tundra]

rip

[unreal umbra]

i misread. because fc needs enigma so you cant use crystal skull

[mystic tundra]

right and swap to Crystal for bossing only right

[unreal umbra]

yeah

[mystic tundra]

don’t think I’ve found one of those yet either but haven’t target farmed it anyways.

[past obsidian]

you just slam t7 spell crit on wand

[unreal umbra]

i ran a lot helm prophs last cycle trying to get 3 lp calamity and got 2 2lp 4% gazes. it was a cof rank 10 duplicate, that that for what its worth

[mystic tundra]

I’ve only found two gaze this cycle so far but both were lp1 and bricked unfortunately. Gonna focus on a warp first and the t7 INT gloves

and hopefully a static orb 4 with mana helm

[past obsidian]

no way to make -5 cost warp work for noobzor, right?

wait - my claw is at 41.8 even with a -5 cost warp!

how is that possible?!

shouldn't -5 cost bring it down to 39.8?

[mystic tundra]

Yeah thought -5 is not possible

[past obsidian]

for me i swear it is at 41.8

[stuck fable]

Helm prophecies work on peak of the mountain?

Thought boss drops aren't included

[faint phoenix]

Is the 40+ mana cost concern for spark charges? Edit: oh and Lost Knowledge. I see

[zinc canyon]

I finally got black hole, why does it hit like a wet noodle?

With a long cool down, and short duration

[unreal umbra]

helm prophs dont work on peak

[hearty chasm]

can i slam a scepter on a wand ?

[unreal umbra]

nah

[hearty chasm]

i see, tnx

[autumn crypt]

how to skip campaign when creating new legacy character?

[mild perch]

Hey guys, what is this on the ground? I can't find this skill.

[deep shell]

spreading flames?

[mild perch]

Is this a skill from armor?

[deep shell]

Unbridled power skill tree, I think

[mild perch]

thx

[proven haven]

It is you just don't run gift of winter

[mystic tundra]

good to know

[next swallow]

hi guys would it be better to have 5 points in storm conductor and 2 points in critical trajectory, or 3 points in storm conductor and 4 points in critical trajectory?

https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/planner/sc2uw0lj heres my planner if this helps on that question

[warm inlet]

anyone tried building around brand of subjulgation?

[cosmic light]

Question for yall. Currently using glacier with the last hit disabled but I dropped a fire starter. Is it better to switch to fireball for leveling or is glacier still better even using the torch?

[unreal umbra]

max storm conductor is the play once bis with crit multi everywhere. but equation probably changes the less you have crit multi in your gear.

[mystic tundra]

@unreal umbra after bricking another core chest and 6 rings today, finally hit something.

[unreal umbra]

wow huge

is that t7 t6?

[mystic tundra]

T7 int, T5 crit, T6 necrotic

[unreal umbra]

7% mana also

implicit almost perfect too

i have a 3lp one of those not slammed yet, didnt find a ring good enough

[mystic tundra]

nemesis came in clutch, it was a 0LP and on the 2nd upgrade went from 1 to 3

[crude orbit]

YUGe dude grats

[mystic tundra]

thx! I needed to hit something soon. was getting depressing.

@unreal umbra what do you usually use your rune of ascendence on? I've got like 40 sitting

[unreal umbra]

i used to use on wands

i havent done them in a while, have 50 to use

[mystic tundra]

was thinking of using it to try and get more cores

not sure if worth though

[unreal umbra]

whatver you're missing really

red ring chances are fairly low

wand is pretty good coz 0lp wrong warp has decent chance to become 2lp with the egg, since lpl isn't that high compared to the item lvl

so the chances of getting lp from roa is low, keep that in mind

[mystic tundra]

yeah that was the goal

get LP0 and pray with egg

[unreal umbra]

so if you get a core, its most likely going to be 0 lp, then you'll have to rely on the egg to get lp

[mystic tundra]

my last 6 testaments in egg got affixes, seems rough. all these items have like 80+ LPL

@unreal umbra do you set a specific loot filter for wands to ROA?

[unreal umbra]

yeah i just added one that showed all wands with cof tag

[mystic tundra]

what impact does the item being COF have on ROA?

[unreal umbra]

you get that rune of ascendance chance of not being used up

is it rank 2 cof? something pretty early

[mystic tundra]

oh right, forgot about that

45% chance

[unreal umbra]

some fine print they didnt care to explain, the item needs to be cof tagged for you to get that cof perk

45% chance pretty significant

[mystic tundra]

@unreal umbra if I found a 1LP gaze, ideal is +4 SO on it?

[unreal umbra]

noobzor has 4SO, frozen has int. guess it depends if you want to prio clear or boss

or maybe frozen did int coz he didnt have a 4so

[mystic tundra]

true, frozen did say with his current setup, he can still one shot bosses at 1000c

and he has more INT/less mana

[unreal umbra]

you can also swap to fractured crown, although you lose crit chance doing that and gain crit multi

[mystic tundra]

never seen that item yet

[unreal umbra]

you have to make it yourself

i made one but i dont think i'd use it in any circumstance, my peak gives too much

[mystic tundra]

@unreal umbra bricked it, rip. I actually have a 3LP peak but its only 243% crit, is that still useable? that could work until gaze plays out however long that takes.

[unreal umbra]

peak is good for coc meteor, and 243 would be enough to be crit capped in julra window (im pretty sure)

[worldly ferry]

static orb ouch

sucks that tooltip doesnt track things like % damage to shocked enemies etc

[unreal umbra]

gets inflated by cast speed too which is misleading

[mystic tundra]

looks like im at 92% in julra window with it. I could roll this into it but not sure if its worth. Thinking I'd want T7 mana, T5 int, and armor + reduced crit for the slam

T5 SO doesn't seem worth

[mystic tundra]

think I have enough to try and switch tomorrow. Should be at 1400 mana or so using a exalt helm. Spell crit chance might only be around 60% but think thats fine

[past obsidian]

I was thinking you should play around your planner and slam t7 spell crit to your wand.

[mystic tundra]

I can run my 3lp peak if anything and slam t7 INT into it

the echo version of noobzor’s build only has like 32% spell crit chance and still works fine

[past obsidian]

I think being able to consistently one shot t4 julra opens you a lot of doors. You will replace this fast

[mystic tundra]

for sure

[cursive raptor]

any good spark charge builds yall recommend ?

[mystic tundra]

Frozen Sentinels

[cursive raptor]

thanks

[past obsidian]

crafting a new toy

[unreal umbra]

shame that freeze rate is sealed, could have been epic

[past obsidian]

I sealed it

[unreal umbra]

yeah i know

[nimble shoal]

That for an LP slam probably?

[quiet axle]

can you slam a sealed exalted in TEMP SANC?

[past obsidian]

I am wearing it as is, really brinnging my defensives up

[past obsidian]

freeze rate for the ward gen?

[unreal umbra]

sealing it was the safe play, but if you could have sealed the expriemental and had mana on it also

[nimble shoal]

Sealed affixes are ignored, but theoretically you could still slam an exalt that only has a T6+ seal, it just isn't a good thing to do

[quiet axle]

oh sealed is ignored, I see

[past obsidian]

woah i didnt know i could seal the experimental. how would i do that?

[unreal umbra]

yeah it's good, guaranteed to work too. cant remember which rune/glyph it is

research?

[worldly ferry]

totally agree. i dont have much cast speed though. i like big numbers versus shooting faster lol. only cast speed i have is chronowarp affect 😦

[past obsidian]

yep research. I think I can stand having the armor and reduced crit on there instead of mana. I have been dying for a bit around 1k corr

[unreal umbra]

yeah it's good, but keep that in mind next time you get a good experimental

or a bad one you want to get rid of without risk

[past obsidian]

yep I will remember that. thanks for the lesson

[nimble shoal]

Yeah, you can seal even a T7 experimental, and still use a glyph of hope with it for that extra chance to save FP

once sealed, if you don't like the base and/or the affixes, you can slap envy on it to try and roll a good base

only reasons you wouldn't want to seal an experimental affix are to hope you get lucky and land a +tier crit craft on a T4 or below or because you want to get that experimental on a legendary item

[mystic tundra]

I forgot about these things too often

[unreal umbra]

Using envy to reroll base on t7 sealed experimental is big brain, didn't think of that one

Another tip, can't removal an experimental

[past obsidian]

i can also reroll thhe base?

Envy is a big gamble, only if the existing affixes are good, correct?

[past obsidian]

Oh, so you are saying I can seal the experimental and try chaos or remove the freeze rate and get something better

[unreal umbra]

yeah

the envy thing you'd do if you had a good t7 but everything else is trash, including the base

to make an item to use, not to slam

[past obsidian]

but i can't upgrade the t7 further through envy tho

[unreal umbra]

what do you mean ugrade the t7?

[nimble shoal]

Envy just rerolls the entire item, except for the affix you upgrade using the glyph and its sealed affix (if any, though if there isn't a sealed affix, it might generate one)

[past obsidian]

envy is a glyph, and to use the glyph i need an up[gradable affixes

[nimble shoal]

So you either pick one T1-4 affix you like, or add any T1 in the empty slot you made from sealing

[unreal umbra]

the t7 is sealed at this point, its stuck there forever, persisting through envy

[past obsidian]

i see

[mystic tundra]

why would ring prophecy show up in armor?

[unreal umbra]

i think it's a unique of that category, but they changed the icon from a chest piece to that ring so people wouldn't think it's guaranteed to be a chest piece

what they didnt do is change the icon on unique armor to be that ring icon also. coz that's also misleading.

unique armor and unique body armor have the same icons

[robust junco]

I haven't played mage in a while, what do people use for Mana sustain with Disintegrate?

[unreal umbra]

no one really talks about disintegrate. it was so hyped and turned out to be not as good as expected

[robust junco]

Oof

[gloomy topaz]

it's just really bad in comparison yeah
no crit and channel playstyle / can't spam to proc various effects while also having mediocre scaling

[robust junco]

I mean I am already convinced, you don't need to sell it to me more 😅😉

I just wonder how big my Mana issues are going to be

[rocky anvil]

There's at least this on the catalyst but it's still not enough. Perhaps if they made it also scale with crit multi and something like a chance to get mana returns or something to that effect... even then it's not enough and it means it probably needs a whole overhaul

[mild perch]

Moon.

[harsh thistle]

it can scale off of mana too but you'd need a godly amount of mana to compensate for the dmg loss going for the lightning route

[robust junco]

I plan to try a Void Version of Disintigrate

[harsh thistle]

with the void gloves of elder gaspar?

[robust junco]

Yup

[harsh thistle]

that's rly cool, I want to make those gloves work

[robust junco]

Lightning Blast while Channeling Disintagrate to get stacks

[harsh thistle]

can lightning blast hit enough times per cast?

[robust junco]

Dont know yet

[harsh thistle]

the problem I can see with this is that you'd need to cast a lightning blast, then recast disintegrate

[robust junco]

This is all very theoretical

[harsh thistle]

cause disintegrate dmg doesn't get updated mid-channel

[robust junco]

But I dont want to cast LB, it will consume the stacks

I need to procc it so it doesnt

[harsh thistle]

ooh it's "directly" cast

awesome, then it should work yeah

[robust junco]

If I can get enough Crits

~https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/ALbOeVnB

Thats my rough plan

[harsh thistle]

that scepter seems perfect ofr it yeah

why runemaster? vs sorcerer

[robust junco]

Not too sure tbh

Channel node

Ward on Crit

I am open to any suggestions

[harsh thistle]

idk if ward on crit would do much here, since disintegrate itself won't crit right, so it'd be a couple of crit per sec which is not much ward

[gentle mango]

spellblade for crit chance scaling

[robust junco]

But LB would crit, hopefully quite a lot

[harsh thistle]

yeah, I feel like ward per sec per max mana, and ward per mana spent is better since it would proc from everything you do (if you're sorc). But it needs testing, I'm not sure

by max mana, I mean going for a rly high mana build

[robust junco]

Do you gain Ward while Channeling ? Because afaik Mana Cost is not Channel Cost

[harsh thistle]

it's mana spent, but you're right maybe it's different

[rapid hinge]

mana spent gained as ward only works with direct use

[harsh thistle]

alright then it doesn't work >.<

that sucks, lost knowledge also doesn't work so I guess yeah not much benefits going for big mana VS mana regen and ward on crit

[gentle mango]

the one build that actually needs it, can't

[harsh thistle]

yeah if it worked on channel skills it'd actually be nice

ward per sec per max mana still very good but going for big mana without any other big payoff seems meh

[gentle mango]

half of the mage builds just don't have good enough ward support atm, it's messed up

i pretty much defaulted to low life all non meta builds bc of it

[harsh thistle]

meanwhile sorc over here getting +300 ward per sec without even trying, not counting big bursts

I don't like that none of the runemaster passives boost disintegrate

[harsh thistle]

no twinbeam? is the damage better going the tier 2 route?

[robust junco]

No idea

[harsh thistle]

I was thinking this

[robust junco]

Interesting

[harsh thistle]

stored power is 50% more dmg for just 1 point, twin beam is a big boost, Paralyze is more dmg per stack of shock (which you should reach 10 of right)

and the bonus points in Galvanized Defense and Feedback

[robust junco]

But +14 Mana channel

[harsh thistle]

right

[robust junco]

And I wonder if Flame Ward will consume my stacks too

[harsh thistle]

why not use arcane ascendance?

[robust junco]

Because I am a Runemaster for now ^^

[harsh thistle]

oh right 😄

[robust junco]

But that might be a good reason to go Sorc

[harsh thistle]

actually, would the lightning blasts cancel the free arcane ascendance

the version that's limited to 4 spells but doesn't consume mana

[robust junco]

I read that as " 4 directs casts"

So no

[harsh thistle]

oh wait it does damage, so it would consume the gloves buff I think

[long robin]

dumb question FS, working towards transitioning from your frozen claw build to noobzor's static orb. Working on all the equipment which I guess will take me to the 2k mana mark. Now, you recommend not to transition to this build until about 1k mana but I am not sure how to get there. Currently sitting at 598. Any tips? https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Q9dKbXYA

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 91

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (55) / Spellblade (8) / Runemaster (21)

General:

▸ Health: 1,137, Regen: 48.74/s
▸ Mana: 598.03, Regen: 11.84/s
▸ Ward Retention: 536%, Regen: 206/s
▸ Attributes: 5 Str / 12 Dex / 140 Int / 11 Att / 9 Vit
▸ Resistances: 90% / 180% / 121% / 36% / 31% / 163% / 91%
▸ EHP: 1,554 / 1,554 / 1,554 / 1,271 / 1,076 / 1,554 / 1,554

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 227
▸ Dodge Chance: 2% (48)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 31% (1,410)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 30%

Damage Types:

▸ Fire, Lightning / Spell, Melee

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Meteor (20)
• Mana Strike (21)
• Flame Ward (20)
• Teleport (20)
• Frost Claw (21)

Used unique items:

• Boneclamor Barbute
• Mad Alchemist's Ladle
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Swaddling of the Erased
• Communion of the Erased
• Advent of the Erased
• Ferebor's Persistence
• Ferebor's Persistence

[proven haven]

You have very little mana on your gear, Lagon relic is very strong here, also Lagon mana blessing. You get a lot from idols, and also phantom grip rings help, but would tank your INT without a slam. Also strong mind is easy to get with LP you don't have any mana there, unstable core is big too. Hard to switch without legendaries

Also Wrongwarp has mana

[long robin]

Thanks. I got a Wrongwrap just a couple of runs ago and I am planning to egg it since it had no LP and see what happens there, same with the rings. I have been farming a Prismatic Gaze with 2 LP for mana. I will keep working on these things.

[mystic tundra]

@proven haven https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/QWw97W0Q this is your current setup for 1000c farm?

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (64) / Runemaster (29)

General:

▸ Health: 1,084, Regen: 27.13/s
▸ Mana: 1,651.17, Regen: 23.43/s
▸ Ward Retention: 646%, Regen: 217/s
▸ Attributes: 19 Str / 21 Dex / 151 Int / 16 Att / 12 Vit
▸ Resistances: 122% / 68% / 120% / 108% / 55% / 67% / 67%
▸ EHP: 2,888 / 2,343 / 2,499 / 3,029 / 2,888 / 2,118 / 2,118

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 217
▸ Dodge Chance: 4% (114)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 52% (3,329)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Arcane Ascendance (20)
• Teleport (20)
• Focus (20)
• Static Orb (22)
• Frost Claw (21)

Used unique items:

• Prismatic Gaze
• Unstable Core
• Wrongwarp
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Strands of Souls
• Blood of the Exile
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• Orian's Eye
• Stormcarved Testament

[proven haven]

2LP prismatic is a very optimistic goal I'd prioritize other stuff first. Getting 4% crit is crucial and 2LP with 4% is a big grind

[proven haven]

No, import my character on tools, that was just flexing the double T7 RRs lmao

[long robin]

would you recommend to farm for a 1-2 lp wrongwarp or just egg it?

[mystic tundra]

I've been upgrading COF wands with ROA to get some more wrongs, usually 0LP, and just egg them

[long robin]

I egged that wrong I had and got one back with 2 LP - crossing fingers for a decent slam

[proven haven]

Do both. Keep your 0lps and egg them, what you get first is the winner

Egg gave me my 3LP ww lmao

[long robin]

The egg knows you have a following so it wasnts to look good for you LOL

[restive venture]

Guys, is spell blade shatter strike is just a glass cannon? I cant even walk around peacefully at 800c monos, but at least aberroth's dead with it

[nimble shoal]

You don't absolutely need to build it as a pure glass cannon, you can easily drop some damage for defenses and still kill bosses fairly quick

[spare glen]

not really you can get to 4-5k stable ward+some hp, which is decent tankiness

just grab all ward per second affixes/idols and int or vessel setup\

[south monolith]

Where do you farm LP0 items for egging at higher corruption, all i get is LP1 now..

[mystic tundra]

@proven haven Made the switch, but doesn't feel optimized yet. Struggling (and dying) way more now clearing 500-600c echos compared to spark (have 22 less INT), and I tested out a T4 julra but couldn't one shot yet, had to be 2 cycles. I do have a 3LP peak I could slam if that would make a difference. What's the biggest areas to improve on right away? Also planner shows 1170 mana but its actually 1300.

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Qqq3LbMQ

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (64) / Runemaster (29)

General:

▸ Health: 1,138, Regen: 27.71/s
▸ Mana: 1,304.65, Regen: 17.41/s
▸ Ward Retention: 501%, Regen: 185/s
▸ Attributes: 12 Str / 12 Dex / 119 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 114% / 118% / 63% / 68% / 17% / 118% / 1%
▸ EHP: 1,576 / 1,576 / 1,409 / 1,676 / 997 / 1,576 / 906

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 228
▸ Dodge Chance: 3% (76)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 31% (1,567)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Arcane Ascendance (20)
• Focus (20)
• Teleport (20)
• Static Orb (22)
• Frost Claw (21)

Used unique items:

• Unstable Core
• Wrongwarp
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Strands of Souls
• Blood of the Exile
• Phantom Grip
• Julra's Stardial

[rigid valley]

If I enable Astral Ascension to allow a second glyph of dominion, if I am standing in 2 glyphs, do I get double the damage and ward bonuses?

[wheat socket]

So I'm rather new to endgame building but what would be the best way to work with this helmet that dropped?

[rapid hinge]

discovery -> seal cold pen > add mana > pray

[proven haven]

you should be able to oneshot T4 Julra with that, might not be doing setup correctly. Can overcharge mana before start with focus, then you need speed buff for DPS from ww before rotation use teleport to get buff, then you need to apply slow to boss, so Frost Claw attack, then you arcane ascendance, then you unload.

[earnest leaf]

Lol, I didn't know there was a rotation. Feels bad man.

Is there a video on how to play the rotation? I just switched over.

[long robin]

man Julra T4 is not nice to me. Have not been able to clear her yet. I have the DPS but the mechanics are just argh!

[mystic tundra]

Thanks! I think the issue is that I was never hitting the boss with FC to apply slow first. Not sure how much of an impact that makes but without doing this, I was getting the boss down to 1/4 mark so maybe that will be the difference maker.

What would you say would be the biggest impact/upgrade to my setup at this point that would mainly help increase echo clear speed? I've been trying to get a T7 Int core but bricked every one I've found so far. Also trying to get T7 Mana with T5 crit multi on catalyst as well. Also planning to slam that 3LP Peak wtih T7 int and whatever else which I think could help with crit chance and dps overall.

@past obsidian where did you put the extra +4 SO pts?

[proven haven]

more int and move movespeed

t7 on chest is important

[mystic tundra]

Sounds good. I have a ton of T7 int chests, so ill start grinding out COF and try to get some more cores to gamble.

[faint phoenix]

Ha finally got 2lp Prismatic Gaze from CoF and I missed mana and static orb on the slam 🤪

[mystic tundra]

this was me earlier with 2LP engina, missed the T7 and T5 slams both. gotta love it...

[faint phoenix]

Bummer! I was already feeling deflated because I kept dying in 1k echoes due to my old, tired eyes. I’ve overall been pretty lucky with slamming mana onto 1lps so I shouldn’t complain.

[wheat socket]

It bricked on the lp transfer

Back to finding another t7 static orb helmet for me

[coral thorn]

if i'm using frostclaw and change it's element, does that affect passive nodes on the mastery trees lk like freezing point? doing a flame claw ignite build and wondering if freezing point's shred armor conversion could transfer to ignite

[unreal umbra]

bricked 2 more wrong warps, have some more to try but ran out of bases. found another base but it minrolled everything and ran out of fp before creation. sadge

[mystic tundra]

terrible mana roll but got my T7 int finally

[pine gate]

does someone know if archmage works with channeling skills like disintegrate??

for the mana refund

[quiet axle]

anyone know of a sorc fireball build that can kill abberoth?

[unreal umbra]

a wins a win

[mystic tundra]

Yeah man super happy. This helps a lot

[unreal umbra]

i randomly got a 120 mana 1lp core out of a chest

may try for an int slam and get the fc buid up and running

my failed wrong warp is actually ok for that too, t7 crit multi t5 lightning pen

no gaze though. might get by with peak and 2 phantom grips

[mystic tundra]

Damn nice

Hope it hits. I still can’t decide what to slam into my 3LP peak

[unreal umbra]

too many good things, not enough slots

[mystic tundra]

For me it’s just whether I want to wait for a 4SO helm or not. Not sure how impactful that is

Or just go with the t7 INT and call it a day

[unreal umbra]

some combination of t7 int mana static orb and t5 int mana static orb all have their merits

so in a ideal world, you would still want the peak to be usable after you get your gaze maybe as a boss killer helmet to swap in with a crystal skull. in which case the best would be either t7 so/t5 mana or t7mana/t5 orb. and int on your gaze. the only downside to this is have you to reallocate points all the time when swapping and it sometimes gets messed up

[past obsidian]

ideal world you get a 4lp enigma

[mystic tundra]

I see. guess I will need to wait then and farm exalt helms for a bit

too bad the additional t6 was health instead of mana, coulda been a nice slam opp

[past obsidian]

ideal world, you use crown for bossing

[unreal umbra]

that's pretty good too though, armor% there is bis coz you can't get armor% in many places

[mystic tundra]

I really need more mana though is the prob, only 1250 currently

are you running confluence ammy?

[unreal umbra]

crown for bossing, pretty legit. but then another thing to try and get 2 lp on and hit the 1/6 on, and another base to get

yeah i use confluence

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/spicorr/character/spicorrmage

[mystic tundra]

I have a few 2LP confluence sitting, maybe ill try to slam those with T7 mana/T5 crit multi

that mainly helps with bossing only though right? doesn't really impact FC?

[unreal umbra]

should help fc, i assume all the spell damage also scales with spark charges

[mystic tundra]

well.. hit the T7 mana but missed the crit multi, although having shred is nice. I'll probably use it, should be an upgrade either way

[past obsidian]

what yall think of using liath machination and run some fireball sparkcharges for clearing echo

[past obsidian]

nvm, i couldn't get the spell cost above 40

[unreal umbra]

not the worst. how is it?

[scenic sail]

I have been using fireball since v1.0 was released and I haven’t seen a single person use Liath’s machinations successfully. I will be trying out static orb again, so I might try to go all in on lightning damage and maybe that will make them viable, but so far they’ve been extremely disappointing.

[unreal umbra]

i remember seeing a video back in 1.0 days of a fireball sorc doing 1k corruption. wonder how that build stacks up now

[past obsidian]

liath would synergize with sparkcharges and static orb so well if i can bring freball cost above 40

[scenic sail]

I’m at 1k corruption with my fireball + meteor build, it’s great but I’m definitely going to be looking into static orb and frost claw to get to higher corruption, which means I’ll probabky have to drop fireball and flame ward.

[gloomy topaz]

Non-40 mana cost spells feel really bad for Sorc

It can not trigger a bunch of stuff. I really like Lightning Blast but no point to use it ever at this point outside of early leveling

Don’t know about fireball but if it somehow can reach 40 mana it would be nice

[past obsidian]

the amount of 1lp wrongwarps i am getting is infuriating

[unreal umbra]

the amount of marinas though

[past obsidian]

[mystic tundra]

think its definitely helping. if I can get the relic going and a proper slam on the peak, I should be able to move towards 900c

[sacred mortar]

Hey guys, I'm following this build on LETools, https://www.lastepochtools.com/build-guides/hybrid-flame-reave-spammer-spellblade

Basically everything seems easily translatable from 1.0.6 to 1.1. The question I have on it is in that build, it takes Prismatic Blade 8/8. Is that still worth post-change? Wondering if it might be better to still go 3/8 to unlock Volkas but then put those other 5 points elsewhere.

any thoughts?

Or maybe go 5/8 to get the 8% attack speed and then put those other 3 points elsewhere? Just not sure how much value dex and melee damage is for it

[past obsidian]

I kinda struggle with staying alive around 1k c

[rapid hinge]

You can bring fb cost to 40 but trust me it's not worth it

Fb's biggest flaw is the less cast speed scaling in a bunch of notes

[south yoke]

finally 2 LP

should i go for int + mana, or int + static orb?

[past obsidian]

make sure that +3% crit fits your build

[mystic tundra]

good luck

[scenic sail]

You could do spell crit, so that pretty much takes care of all your cit just in the helm.

[mystic tundra]

@unreal umbra damn both of the 2LP wrongwarps I got this week completely bricked both affixes, not even 1 of 2. guh

[unreal umbra]

Rip

[mystic tundra]

damn

[harsh thistle]

holy

[unreal umbra]

Niiice

[grim slate]

Whats the best way to farm wrongwarp wand?

[rocky anvil]

Hot Take: Rune of Ascendance.

[harsh thistle]

tbh if you just want a wrongwarp no matter the LP, yeah. Also works even better in CoF if you use the rune on CoF items

[teal hull]

Hello everyone. I'm looking at mage skills right now and something about Ice Barrage is confusing me. The Brightlance passive says it no longer makes Ice Barrage home but I dont see anywhere where it says it had homing in the first place. Can someone clarify this

[robust junco]

It has a slight Homing

Like as a base fonctionnality

[gloomy topaz]

yeah base ice barrage can home

[lament cairn]

hi, looking for a bit feedback for my build.. somehow I get so easily oneshoted every couple of echos 🤷
followed allies guide: https://www.lastepochtools.com/build-guides/allies-mana-stacking-meteor-sorcerer
then found vilatrias downfall and thought it would be funny to do lightning meteor, checked who played it and then followed this one: https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Lil_Turtle/character/LilTurtle

before empowered monolith it went all pretty smooth, but for 100c I get oneshoted by (mostly) offscreen stuff

[robust junco]

Hard to say wihtout seeing your planner
But my guess is

• Do you have Crit Mitigation ?
• Do you generate enough ward ?

[lament cairn]

oh right, forgot my profile: https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/__cube/character/Rincewind

CM - yes, and ward: in echo 2.8k~

[robust junco]

25% Crit Mitigation is not what I would consider a yes

[lament cairn]

for what numbers do I aim?

I mean I play 100c, what numbers should I have if I even try to go higher?

[south monolith]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/B5E3kDzB is this good enough to start static orb, I cant progress much farther with fc/spark?

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 99

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (67) / Runemaster (25)

General:

▸ Health: 1,016, Regen: 19.86/s
▸ Mana: 1,497.18, Regen: 21.13/s
▸ Ward Retention: 495%, Regen: 212/s
▸ Attributes: 11 Str / 12 Dex / 118 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 136% / 76% / 86% / 91% / 93% / 18% / 70%
▸ EHP: 1,501 / 1,501 / 1,501 / 1,623 / 1,501 / 957 / 1,435

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 54%, Threshold: 203
▸ Dodge Chance: 2% (48)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 21% (834)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Teleport (20)
• Static Orb (26)
• Arcane Ascendance (20)
• Frost Claw (21)
• Focus (20)

Used unique items:

• Unstable Core
• Wrongwarp
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Strands of Souls
• Blood of the Exile
• Phantom Grip
• Phantom Grip

[unreal umbra]

you have -5 wrong warp, which means you cant take gift of winter

your frostclaw mana cost has to be over 40.0

[south monolith]

Oh, thats why im having issues, nice catch, didnt relize there was a -3 ww. Anything i can do in the meatime lol or ill have to revert back to fc/spark?

[unreal umbra]

you can do fc/spark with static orb for bosses

your fc/spark will do way more damage once you take the point out of gift of winter

[merry veldt]

Usually you want either 100% crit avoidance OR 100% reduced bonus dmg for crits

[south monolith]

OH right, that works much better now ty, I'll have to do something about that nec resistance lol.

[merry veldt]

Nice char name btw @lament cairn

[lament cairn]

100? huiiiiii.. will have a look at the bazaar then lol

thanks.. was the only mage I could think off 😄

[merry veldt]

Yes, fully avoiding to get critical hits and full capped resists are pretty much basic defense layer you don't wanna miss out

[lament cairn]

yeah, makes sense - was fully res capped until I put on the new ring.. will see what the bazaar has to offer

damage isn't an issue, only bosses stand long enough to be an issue ^^

[zinc patrol]

i didnt think a 3lp of these would be possible, goodness

[digital musk]

Its essentially not so gz

Make sure to slam some real dog in there, cycles are temporary, memes are forever

[tardy umbra]

hey guys, anyone playing spark charge/static/frostclaw?

[zinc patrol]

ya

[long robin]

Could someone explain to me why these items show on the ground?

[mystic tundra]

first rule

[long robin]

it's off

[mystic tundra]

oh wait its off

you aren't hiding exalts anywhere, that's why?

[weary blaze]

It might be an option in the UI but when I bring up my filter page it shows me what filter rule is specific to the item on the ground

[mystic tundra]

your hide is only set to norm/magic/rare

there's no rules enabled to hide exalts

[long robin]

that's it, thanks Kyber.

[mystic tundra]

👍

@unreal umbra slam this in the 3lp engima or wait for something better? got unlucky with FP and couldn't increases the resistances.

actually, enigma is only for echo. Wonder if T7 spell crit chance + T5 crit multi would be better. or even T7 spell crit with T5 mana.

@proven haven thoughts?

[proven haven]

Probably want a good 3rd affix for 3lp

Prefixes seem fine, 3LP enigma isn't completely unrealistic to farm

[mystic tundra]

I'm just wondering if T7 mana is even warranted for echo farm, let alone T5

without julra buff, im at 77% spell crit and 363% crit multi. 1500 mana

bossing is good now but echo clear has slown down a bit

could slap T5 mana or crit multi on this and go for it

I have T7 spell crit on enigma now, so if I lose that, go down to 61%

[zinc patrol]

i run claw/orb at 1k corr farm and also have a few 3lp enigmas. the 50-60 mana is up to like 100-120 with % mana increases, has felt more impactful than a small spell crit strike chance jump at t7 (relative to your other crit adds) - more static orb damage, more lost knowledge ward, better mana gain with focus, etc.

i'd wait on a better third roll though, you need the weight of the res roll on a 3lp fragment with all the uniques in the build youre running

but i also run a phantom grip for non-bossing/corr farming (to shore up crit) given no gaze

[mystic tundra]

that makes sense, thanks! I think I'll wait and try to get T7 crit multi with T5 mana + void res + poison res if possible before slamming. I have this but would rather have double res suffixes

[zinc patrol]

for sure, if you only have one fragment 3 then definitely would wait on a second res roll

I've also bricked 5 3lp fragments so maybe I'm not the best person to ask given my bias lol

[mystic tundra]

damn! this is my first 3lp fragment at all lol

[zinc patrol]

Ah yeah, just mg things. haven't hit a single dual prefix

[mystic tundra]

dont think ive ever seen a quadruple T6 though

nemesis can do some crazy things

[zinc patrol]

You almost wish that were just 3 so you could reroll fire aura haha

Pretty purple text tho

[mystic tundra]

yeah no kidding 😄

[white herald]

Any1 have a decent runemaster build without the need of high endgame items? lvl 90 atm and starting to struggle a little with my plasma orb build

[steel ridge]

holy frost wall batman

If I had a suggestion - Spellblade would be WAY more playable if it had a blink TO target, i.e. sentinal rush that requires a target.

[elder belfry]

Hi. I’m rather new to the game. Sub 30 hours. I’m playing this class as a rune master following a guide.

My question is about gearing. It’s telling me (I’m following a guide) to get certain types of gear , off hands, etc. are these from echos? And are echos the main source of leveling and progression for me from here on out? I believe I am currently level 75 :D Any advice is appreciated outside of my questions too. TIA

[rigid valley]

For gear, later you'll join a guild, either Circle of Fortune or the Merchants Guild. CoF lets you use prophecies to enhance your drop chances and MG you can just buy gear you need at a cost.

[elder belfry]

Ah yeah. I chose fortune

I’ll Google how to use prophecies and such thanks for the help

[lament cairn]

I checked different profiles, changed some stuff, bought some stuff, slamed a nice fire% on my amulet, had luck with the weaver on my relic and now it's running pretty smooth

much air for improvements, but didn't die in a long time

[merry veldt]

👌

[lament cairn]

well.. I died in the temporal sanctum because I didn't watched out lol

but that's on me 😄

oh, here the new profile: https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/__cube/character/Rincewind

lost a lot of dmg on meteor, but once the buffs are up, that thing hits like a train

[south monolith]

What should i work on next, game pulls me in too many diffrent directions lol.

[full bluff]

I spent the last week gearing up my volcanic orb build and was getting close to target, then I did a test run in same gear, with frost claw... bit depressing seeing the huge difference in skill power 🙂

[wraith wind]

I've been building this glacier build off maxroll (ok ok) I have all of the skills I'm like level 80, I do what it says to do sometimes it does really good damage sometimes it's just really bad damage I don't see what the hype's about I don't have every single piece of gear maxed like they are indicating but I have a good chunk of what's needed for the build and I'm just I'm just confused How is this the top of the top. It rocks on damage in groups but on bosses, sometimes the DMG is just trash, idk maybe I need a better build..does anyone have a link to a good glacier build that's not trashy like the maxroll I have rn?

[rigid valley]

So, my home made disintegrate build works very well against most content except for certain bosses such as lagon and harbinger. This is because my sustain is ward based from being able to stand in my glyph of dominion whilst channelling. This doesn't work on these bosses because I can't stand still long enough. Do I need to add some health leech whilst channelling, too?

[unreal umbra]

did you slam yet?

[mystic tundra]

nope gonna wait until I have a T7 mana + spell crit multi with resistances all at T5

[unreal umbra]

yeah, good idea

[gilded zinc]

Ignivar's Head with current state of Crit Shrines.... 10x Damage multiplier with 68% crit chance. This doesn't seem like a broken mechanic at all.... >.> https://youtu.be/5Uwqvb20Lzg

[long robin]

sigh when you need ONE more Vaion in the Arena to complete a prophecy and you have spawned 11 of the other bosses. It's like the game knows

[nimble shoal]

Arena is pain, I avoid prophs for it generally, but the ones for a specific boss are a hard pass

[long robin]

yep I learned that the hard way

LOL is this their attempt at humor?

[unreal umbra]

arena prophs need to be taken out of the game. or give us more lens slots, orrrr, get rid of the 2 efficiency lenses because they are mandatory, essentially give giving us 1 lens slot.

[nimble shoal]

Yeah, the concept of blocking content you don't like and targeting certain things is good, but we just don't have the lens slots for that 😅

[digital musk]

damn, one with actual synergy

[valid flame]

anyone going frozensential/captainnoobzor frostclaw build?

[long robin]

gearing up for it

[valid flame]

Do you still need to maintain 40 mana on fc?

[long robin]

hmmm good question, i think you do but nothing in the build or the video talks explicitly about that. Although with the skills, the idols and the wand that captn uses, I don't think you do

[valid flame]

Yeah, that's why I wanted input. I'm not sure it matters.

You still need it.

[unreal umbra]

yeah you still need 40 mana fc

[valid flame]

Based on their build, if you're running arcane current, you need at least 40 mana. or it doesn't apply the spark charge

Need help adding mana cost if someone can look at my build

Disclaimer: I know I shouldn't have swapped over yet. idc. Lol. let me know what I can do to add mana cost to my build. https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A8Z09KnB

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 83

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (55) / Runemaster (21)

General:

▸ Health: 906, Regen: 17.62/s
▸ Mana: 661.49, Regen: 19.31/s
▸ Ward Retention: 335%, Regen: 107/s
▸ Attributes: 9 Str / 11 Dex / 75 Int / 6 Att / 9 Vit
▸ Resistances: 61% / 64% / 114% / 81% / 33% / 85% / 159%
▸ EHP: 1,145 / 1,176 / 1,307 / 1,343 / 863 / 1,226 / 1,226

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 32%, Threshold: 181
▸ Dodge Chance: 2% (44)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 24% (860)
▸ Block Chance: 2%, Mitigation: 11% (61)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Focus (20)
• Frost Claw (21)
• Arcane Ascendance (20)
• Static Orb (22)
• Teleport (20)

Used unique items:

• Prismatic Gaze
• Unstable Core
• Wrongwarp
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Strands of Souls
• Blood of the Exile
• Julra's Stardial
• Strong Mind
• Stormcarved Testament

[unreal umbra]

with -5 wrong warp you need to not take gift of winter

check your fc cost after that

[long robin]

yeah your mana is super low to do the switch, I would wait until at least 1K before doing it

[valid flame]

ayy

[unreal umbra]

also, unless your strong mind has a good slam and is high lp, it's not worth using over a good exalted ammy

[valid flame]

got it 41.8!

Oh my strong mind is just there cause I put another ammy in nemesis. lol

[valid flame]

Lol. I know I should. But I'm stupid. lol

Also, when do you use static orb?

[proven haven]

Would it be misleading to call FC Static Orb the best build in 1.1, I genuinely believe it to be true but don't want to make an absurd claim

[valid flame]

I don't know yet. Haven't started pushing corruptiong, but based on your video and Capt. Only build I see that can pop bosses

[valid flame]

If your'e thinking about naming your next yt video that, I say do it. Get more views from all the haters. lol

[proven haven]

I am planning to put a proper guide out for the build tonight or tomorrow

[valid flame]

Do you mind answering one thing? When are you suppose to use static orb in the build? like when to rotate the ability in?

[proven haven]

after teleport it's free, or when you need single target

[valid flame]

So what pops the bosses? static orb?

[proven haven]

yes

[valid flame]

Oh, Okay. And when I was watching Capt's video on yt, he was able to tp forward, isn't it random because of wand? Or am I missing something?

[ebon rain]

The best build for pushing corruption is probably a falconer variant. Think some are at 3k. A sorc variant or maybe bleed hammerdin is 2.

Boss killing is def sorc. Unless there is something im unaware of, which is entirely possible.

[proven haven]

I was going for all around, speed clear 1K corruption and boss killing, being able to do all of it without a passive / skill swap is pretty rare

[proven haven]

random, maybe you saw the flames of midnight dash

eh I published it xd

[ebon rain]

Yeah, I haven’t messed around with fc yet this cycle. Looks fun. Think my current meteor/so setup has reached its limit around 1500 and is slightly slower at 1k. If I’m able to get a couple swaps will def try fc

[unreal umbra]

can i see your planner?

3k for falconer pretty crazy. how do they deal with the shades?

[ebon rain]

ohh, I haven't played it. Just saw someone clear it 🙂

i'll try to find a link for you

I think it's BinaQc's ballista build.

[unreal umbra]

oh nah, i wanted to see planner for your 1.5k sorc.

but was just curious about 3k falconer also

my coc meteor sorc is at 1k and no reason to go higher, just wanted to make sure i wasn't missing anything

[ebon rain]

I'll send it when I hop on later tonight-- you probably aren't missing anything 🙂

[unreal umbra]

ok cool, thanks

[tepid barn]

https://youtu.be/pDsxUc_gTHo?si=3tEw41tuG56_7PNg

this is probably the strongest necro build without any bugs and will be nerfed next cycle for sure.

the dmg is 2x more than static orb

[past obsidian]

what is it called?

[ebon rain]

ohh, forgot about necro. That looks fun too

[tepid barn]

https://youtu.be/rag33Wq3JOI

sacrifice necro

[ebon rain]

i miss my dreadshade from pre-cycle 😄

[past obsidian]

ah i see i think i saw an earlier video on this. basically you get to abuse potion consumption and jungle queen gives you a lots of potions

[tepid barn]

yeh it has been nerfed this cycle on the exp affix but still broken as f

[past obsidian]

Yep i think this is the next build i am gonna play

[tepid barn]

idk about that its morelikly 100% gonna get nerfed

[whole sapphire]

The sorcerer feels a bit outdated compared to runemaster. Have the devs mentioned any plans to revamp it?

[tepid barn]

?!

[whole sapphire]

It doesn't? Maybe it's just me then lol

[past obsidian]

last cycle detonating arrow trap was broke, but they did nothing, since it was not bugged. just overtuned

[unreal umbra]

There were many bugs. Copperhead arrow stacking infinitely was one

Why they didn't fix it mid cycle, no one knows. I'm gonna say either too late into cycle or too complicated and not an easy fix

[past obsidian]

yeah but did they fix the multipliers?

[tepid barn]

because so many ppl playing that build and spent lots of time into it and if they fix it at mid cycle i guess ppl gonna get really really mad

[unreal umbra]

Yeah there's that also, but they have their disclaimer giving 1 weeks notice thing, which they used for the ballista nerf/fix

5 days notice?

The longer it goes without a fix/nerf, the less likely it's going to happen mid cycle. Unless it's causing server issues or something. This necro probably safe for this cycle.

[south monolith]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/BO0Kpb5o am just under geared for static orb, with 2k overcharged mana I get a boss down maybe 1/4 at 550c, from then its a slug, about as fast as fc/spark?

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (67) / Runemaster (25)

General:

▸ Health: 1,030, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 1,403.41, Regen: 20.73/s
▸ Ward Retention: 508%, Regen: 181/s
▸ Attributes: 11 Str / 12 Dex / 118 Int / 1 Att / 2 Vit
▸ Resistances: 133% / 74% / 76% / 91% / 93% / 58% / 99%
▸ EHP: 1,515 / 1,493 / 1,515 / 1,635 / 1,515 / 1,292 / 1,515

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 54%, Threshold: 206
▸ Dodge Chance: 2% (48)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 21% (810)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Teleport (20)
• Static Orb (25)
• Arcane Ascendance (20)
• Frost Claw (21)
• Focus (20)

Used unique items:

• Unstable Core
• Wrongwarp
• Strands of Souls
• Blood of the Exile
• Phantom Grip
• Phantom Grip

[mental pulsar]

is glacier or frostclaw + elemental nova better?

[unreal umbra]

take out one point from critical trajectory and put it into manacharged for static orb @south monolith

also make sure you frostclaw to apply slow for arcane ascendance

[sleek elbow]

both very strong, frost claw is more fun imo

frost claw has full screen range and acts like a homing missle

[mental pulsar]

should I glacier first before scaling up and upgrading to frostclaw?

[zinc patrol]

if you're focused on bossing, replace the amulet with a confluence and both phantom rings with julras with int slams. missing a ton of your damage here

also no need to have two phantoms here at all, you're over the crit cap (lightning crit isnt reflected on sheet DPS, so you're at like ... 120-130% crit or something)

[past obsidian]

I say no. Go to frostclaw right now and get to work on your stuff early.

[sleek elbow]

glacier is great for leveling and early stages of gearing

its strong from beginning to end, frost claw builds typically use the fragment of the enigma off hand and 4pts into arcane curent in the sorc tree to see real power spikes

[mental pulsar]

ah... understood on that! Appreciate the help and info on that man! Thanks loads!

[unreal umbra]

which nodes give lightning crit chance specifically?

[zinc patrol]

crackling precision

[unreal umbra]

ty, will check it

[past obsidian]

alright guys, got this, gonna need t5 spell crit chance on it, but does this make a good candidate for slamming 3lp ww too? if so, how do i go about crafting?

[zinc patrol]

if you're doing any form of static orb, the two mana rolls are a lot more important than crit rolls for weapon

you have plenty of other crit sources

[sleek elbow]

yeah that sucks lol 3lp ww is probably super rare

I would want double mana and at least one of the t7

[unreal umbra]

this really depends, many options are good but depends on your other gear and what purpose/build

[past obsidian]

that's actually an interesting point. I have been instructed to raise my crit to 100%. Also mana affixes on wand are not worth it since they are hybrid affixes.

[sleek elbow]

I think crit multi is perfectly fine

[zinc patrol]

yeah, it really comes down to:

1. there are multiple ways to get to 100% crit, and you stop at 100% crit
2. you need all the mana you can get, and from nearly every source you can get, and there is no cap to how much you want

[sleek elbow]

crit strike multi just increases your damage not your crit chance

[zinc patrol]

mana spent as ward on wand is actually super, super relevant. the mana regen helps keep you topped up for lost knowledge as well. i wouldn't call either hybrid affix not worth it at all

well, to be fair the 2-3 places you are definitely ok dropping mana because of the alternative:

1. gaze2/peak3-4 over %mana helm
2. armor/damage mit gloves over +mana gloves
3. godly static shell over unstable core

[unreal umbra]

i have the same wand with t7 tranfusing and a version with t7 crit multi. for my setup, the t7 crit multi tooltip dmg for static orb goes from 1.2m to 1.3m. but, i lose all the other benefits of having higher mana (more ward) and the second part of transfusing which is also good for more ward.

[past obsidian]

you guys are making some good point. See this planner that has my goal setup with some existing gear but better slams. the t3 spell crit on wand account for the passive crit crackling: https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/AVrLrnOA

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (67) / Runemaster (26)

General:

▸ Health: 992, Regen: 23.5/s
▸ Mana: 1,573.48, Regen: 21.12/s
▸ Ward Retention: 506%, Regen: 211/s
▸ Attributes: 16 Str / 16 Dex / 120 Int / 12 Att / 6 Vit
▸ Resistances: 125% / 48% / 100% / 74% / 95% / 40% / 95%
▸ EHP: 1,335 / 1,141 / 1,455 / 1,495 / 1,235 / 915 / 1,346

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 198
▸ Dodge Chance: 3% (85)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 29% (1,371)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Frost Claw (21)
• Focus (20)
• Static Orb (26)
• Teleport (20)
• Arcane Ascendance (20)

Used unique items:

• Prismatic Gaze
• Unstable Core
• Wrongwarp
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Strands of Souls
• Blood of the Exile
• Phantom Grip
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• The Confluence of Fate
• Stormcarved Testament

[unreal umbra]

the crit multi is overkill anyway, so i hardly use it, unless im doing 10 aberroths in a row. however, the crit multi maybe isnt overkill for a fc setup where you need it for the extra dmg in mapping

[past obsidian]

okay so basically now i re-mapped my toon and do not need spell crit on my wand now - how should i go about slamming this wand? i will use this toon to farm around 1k crupption and abby to fund other toons

i think instead i will slam t7 spell crit on enigma

[zinc patrol]

if you do have a wrongwarp 3, it's mana/mana on ward, mana/mana regen, lightning pen. if you are cozy on mana (2k+ base) elsewhere, can drop some mana for the crit multi like mentioned

yeah, enigma is great place for a crit roll next to the mana roll

[past obsidian]

yeah i think with a t5 mana roll on wand i will have 2k+ base mana - so based on you guys i should get t7 multi + t5 mana (ward gen) on wand

[unreal umbra]

t7/t5 transfusing/crit multi or crit multi/transfusing is what i would go for, then lightning pen. that's just me.

if you dont have enough fp to also get lightning pen, i wouldn't use it on that 3lp. 3lp wrongwarp pretty rare, worthy of a good base

[zinc patrol]

100% this, 3lp wrongwarps are so hard to get

[mystic tundra]

what an interesting nemesis turnout.. damn

[zinc patrol]

where can i get some of this nemesis geez

[mystic tundra]

this by far the wildest one lol

[past obsidian]

what's a good crit multi amount to shoot for if i want to farm 1k corr and abby and nothing else? The build in my planner has 443% with t5 multi and 487% with t7 multi

[zinc patrol]

as much as you can get haha

[past obsidian]

I mean I am just debating between t7 multi or t5 multi on wand

[zinc patrol]

at 1k corr, especially anything past id say 700 corr, it's not just raw output - your defense start to matter, too many avenues to getting one shot and that kills your efficiency. thats why the mana stuff matters a lot and why a couple of folks have mentioned the preference for that (both the +mana and ward on spend)

i ended up stacking armor on top, especially since damage on this build is usually not an issue

[past obsidian]

so you are essentially saying i should get as much mana as possible from all sources with the above exceptions

[zinc patrol]

that has always been the core of this build, some of the alternatives mentioned above are tradeoffs to think about

[unreal umbra]

fc also needs int though, so you need to have that balance. if running coc meteor then it's easy, no balance just mana everywhere

[past obsidian]

what's glyph of insight for? change a prefix to experimental so that it can be 100% sealed?

[ebon rain]

the glyph turns the selected affix into an exp. Need the rune to seal an exp affix. This calculator is invaluable. https://lastepoch.tunklab.com/insight

[unreal umbra]

you can use it to do that, also you can use it to craft upto a t5 experimental for actual use, using that calculator

t7 prefix required for that though, unless you crit. kinda niche and complicated.

[rustic thistle]

As far as melee builds go how tanky is spellblade compared to other melee builds?

[past obsidian]

check this out: spark charge coc meteor - respectable lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hszo8G9QcwM

[rapid hinge]

what's the difference between this and the 1.0 sacrifice build?

dreadshade cast for 0 cost sacrifice? I dont recall dreadshade had this node before

[tepid barn]

nothing has ever changed with dreadshade i have been playing this build without exp affix on belt since 0.9 and now 1.1 they have nerfed the amount of zombies.

[rapid hinge]

yeah i just figured out

read patchnote one more time and it's pretty much the same

if you compare to 0.9 it's def stronger due to ghostflame. ghostflame gives giga tankiness

imo the amount of zombies is not a problem, problem is mana anyway

[tepid barn]

well at 0.9 i had nearly 50k ward

without bugs

[rapid hinge]

without bugs?

[tepid barn]

after they nerfed the zombie so you only have 10% to get large zombies

yeh so basically the ward is from %hp of all your minions

whenever they dies u get ward

[rapid hinge]

yeah i know that part

but one big zombie has 2x amount of HP compare to 1 small zombie right

[tepid barn]

so at 1.0 i was,only getting 20k ward and now 15k

[rapid hinge]

but you only summon 1 per cast instead of 2

or is it for direct cast only and you still get 2 from rings and stuff

oh nvm you can summon multiple big zomb per cast

smh i always thought if you take big zombie node you can only summon 1 at a time

[tepid barn]

now its not worth to go for that node anymore so..

[ivory shadow]

It's pretty interesting that CoC doesn't proc from Meteor itself, but does proc from Shrapnel. Which is why it kinda works.

I'm currently trying to farm for something similar this season. But the main bottleneck is Shaper rings and relic... So it goes kinda slow.

[orchid mesa]

Are people finding it easier to gear for maxroll Frost Claw sorc or the Captain/FrostSent variation of Frost Claw/Static orb? I'm not looking to go crazy high corruptions. Just getting sick of being one shot. MG as well. Both seem to have similar playstyles.

[full bluff]

Which maxroll build is this?

I switched from unstable core to static shell, for the more armor, but I feel like I take more damage than before.

[stark root]

I'm currently playing using maxroll's frostbite frost claw sorc build and clearing 500 corruption without dying, is that the build you meant?

Anybody know if Static Orb/Frostclaw or the Spark charge dragorath build is better for high corruption?

I wanna swap but not sure which one to swap to

[rapid hinge]

they're pretty much the same, the performance heavily depends on your gear
for mapping FC is all you'd ever need, for bossing obviously Orb is better

[stark root]

Ya i mean the dragorath build versus the FC+Orb build

Guessing the fc+orb one is better

[rapid hinge]

fc+orb is the inbetween version where you dont want to spend too much money/cba to swap gear/blessing for shade fight. It's not the optimal for either bossing or mapping/arena

[orchid mesa]

Must be my gear then isn't fully optomized - Things to work on then 😄

[rustic thistle]

How durable is Spellblade compared to VK and Druid?

[robust junco]

Paper

[gloomy topaz]

i think most spellblade just goes semi glass cannon atm yeah

tbh, mage trying to build tank beyond just stacking ward is redundant because their passives / tree just don't support it
so it's easier for you to just blow enemies up first

[rustic thistle]

my highest level chara is a falconer so..

[steel ridge]

This is why certain damage types are advantageous because of the different affixes that affect them, like frostbyte with chill multiplier, chance to chill etc. Or lightning with shock and chance to stun. It helps make you more "tanky" by limiting what the mobs can do

[alpine seal]

I am making an electric frost claw build and should I use Dragorath's claw and spec into lighting blast till I got enough mana to make static orb worth it?

[turbid dome]

the shatter strike build im following specs out of mana strike, is that fairly typical? because i really like having mana stike actually and i dont like the idea of giving it up XD

[alpine seal]

look up end game videos of shatter strike builds and see if there is mana issues or if they have enough mana to sustain them through a run

[cold sand]

when using Vilatria's set, does Craterborn buff turn to lightning pen, instead of fire?

[alpine seal]

I got a dragorath's claw with legendary potential 1 and what is the best affix for it on a dagger?

[past obsidian]

I need a better toaster to make this work 😂

[main apex]

Need help fighting the last harbinger on corruption level 125 I can only get to corruption 118 and now everything all the bosses are one kilomee so I can't even get to the harbinger.I can't make my corruption level go up 125

1 hit kill me

And not finding anything better to increase my Resistance or damage

[idle coral]

Hello my shadow wizard mage gang! I'm looking for some advice, currently running Flame Reave and it seems quite powerful but I'm still dying time to time in empovered monoliths without corruption. Is there anything that could be adjusted immediately to get me some more survivability?

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Q9d8eZbA

[silk pewter]

Spellblade, Level 91

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (26) / Spellblade (46) / Runemaster (12)

General:

▸ Health: 1,683, Regen: 24.74/s
▸ Mana: 153.96, Regen: 9.08/s
▸ Ward Retention: 150%, Regen: 46/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 37 Int / 1 Att / 45 Vit
▸ Resistances: 110% / 83% / 78% / 77% / 77% / 125% / 83%
▸ EHP: 2,320 / 2,320 / 2,320 / 2,580 / 2,320 / 2,320 / 2,320

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 475
▸ Armor Mitigation: 27% (1,150)
▸ Block Chance: 13%, Mitigation: 29% (552)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 53%

Damage Types:

▸ Fire, Cold / Spell, Melee

Buffs:

▸ Enchant Weapon (Active)

Used skills:

• Snap Freeze (20)
• Flame Ward (20)
• Focus (20)
• Enchant Weapon (23)
• Flame Reave (25)

Used unique items:

• Jasper's Searing Pride
• Herkir's Vessel

[weary blaze]

When trying to scale Spark Charge damage is crit multi or cast speed better? When I try to tools it it says cast speed but I wanted more opinions.

[worldly ferry]

@weary blaze i would say crit multi since its not dependent on mana. cast speed will do the same damage you'll just do it faster and run out of mana faster. crit multiplier will increase the actual damage

the tooltip shows an increase because you can cast faster so technically thats more dps in the sense of the word, but you are doing same damage per your mana pool

[alpine seal]

both are true if you casting faster more attacks you get in and crit multiplier is increasing the damage itself both are needed in end game

[weary blaze]

Mainly trying to just pick between Mana + Cast Speed or Mana + Crit Multi. Crit Multi does seem to be better per Arkyian's explanation

[worldly ferry]

i hate having to stop and use focus, so i dont use any cast speed. id rather just stack crit multi and do more damage before i have to focus again

its not like static orb is slow to cast anyway. with a wrongwarp you'll be oom in a few seconds haha

[weary blaze]

Ahh I should have specified. I am playing the Dragorath frost claw build. But still stacking mana 😛

[worldly ferry]

ohhhhhhhh!!! that changes it

so for frost claw cast speed imo would definitely more value, although i still think both are important. really just find the balance that works for you imo. cast speed is great to stack tons of ailements, shred, spark charge, etc.. but im not sure if you can have multiple spark charges on a mob at the same time, so there may be a limit to the cast speed scaling on that aspect

[weary blaze]

Gotcha. Thank you for the guidance. I don't dislike the static orb build but I really like the Lightning Blast/Frost Claw/Nova Spark Charge stacking with high mana for Ward + More Spark Charges

[worldly ferry]

with something like a mad alchemists ladle cast speed is huge though to get the most benefit out of it as fast as possible

i really liked frost claw but something about meteors raining down just is satisfying lol

[weary blaze]

Even if I don't use Laddle for this build you're still a fan of Cast Speed slightly more?

[worldly ferry]

for frost claw you definitely want a decent cast speed, but i wouldnt totally neglect crit multiplier especially if you have a high crit chance. if you have a lower crit chance cast speed would be better

[weary blaze]

I have a second 3lp one so I slammed the crit multi first.

Ty for the guidance!!!!

[cold sand]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A8Zbn6gB

any1 see anything immediately obvious I missed to improve my build? Other than just increasing tiers of rolls on gear or getting higher LP on uniques

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (81) / Runemaster (12)

General:

▸ Health: 1,146, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 1,602.4, Regen: 30.37/s
▸ Ward Retention: 431%, Regen: 186/s
▸ Attributes: 14 Str / 1 Dex / 75 Int / 1 Att / 3 Vit
▸ Resistances: 84% / 87% / 84% / 95% / 84% / 92% / 112%
▸ EHP: 11,553 / 11,553 / 11,553 / 13,268 / 11,553 / 11,553 / 11,553

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 229
▸ Armor Mitigation: 33% (1,695)

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ Arcane Momentum (5/5), Arcane Ascendance, Flame Ward

Used skills:

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

Used unique items:

• Vilatria's Storm Crown
• Unstable Core
• Vilatria's Downfall
• Strands of Souls
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros

[past obsidian]

I say catalyst because 2lp or even 3lp enigmas are the easiest to farm in this build

Also getting a proper 4% gaze

[white herald]

Does any1 have any runemaster builds?

[cold sand]

I'll currently doing the 250k favour per hour strat at 600c

what is this strat exactly?

[unreal umbra]

people above saying stack cast speed for fc? no. this isn't like frost claw cycle 1 where you want to spam as fast as possible. your fc costs 40+ so that it procs spark charges, so you have to manage your mana. its not death by 1000 papercuts, its as few casts as you can do to maintain mana and speed

[unreal umbra]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcon6vY_lDI

[past obsidian]

I wish I have higher cast speed so that I can dump all that mana during my burst window faster

[unreal umbra]

are you not dumping it all within 4 seconds?

[mystic tundra]

@unreal umbra when you want to farm exalted wands via COF prophecies, what setup do you go for? double rewards, double use, and wands lens? or exalt lens?

[unreal umbra]

I try and do it together with unique wands to minimise rerolls, so would use wands lens

You know you'll run out of wrongwarps 😂

[mystic tundra]

true. I still have to slam these lol

[unreal umbra]

Best case scenario, you hit the first one and you're happy to hit the 1/6, wasted a bit of favour but doesn't matter. Otherwise, we go again

Those are all 2 LP?

[mystic tundra]

only a few

But I am trying to use a -3 one specifically. I have 3 of those now but all 1LP. I just want to get Mana + ward on a -3 and ill be happy.

What setup do you do for target farming catalyst? I feel like thats one of the worst.

[unreal umbra]

actually never done catalyst

[mystic tundra]

I haven't slammed that 3lp enigma because I cant find a good catalyst for it...

[unreal umbra]

catalyst is weapon category, so exalted lens makes most sense so you could go for both exalted wands and catalysts

i always try and go for more than 1 thing in a category if possible, rerolling forever feels bad and takes way too long

[mystic tundra]

yeah probably the best way to go about it

I end up rerolling a LOT because I only want catalyst and waste too much.

I always ignore arena too but maybe I shouldn't

[unreal umbra]

nah ignoring arena is the right play

[zinc patrol]

nice hit!!

ive missed on 5 lp3 enigma slams this season gg

[unreal umbra]

yeah that is gg, dont think i've seen better

[past obsidian]

I just finish reading dopamine nation book, and just realized slamming these things is essentially gambling, which is highly addicting.

[mystic tundra]

Yes and just like real gambling, a lot of losing

[past obsidian]

Something the book said that I did not know, was people actually enjoy losing more than winning.

[mystic tundra]

Interesting. Probably the thrill of losing increases the dopamine of a big win?

[past obsidian]

Losing is pain, and you get addicted to pain too.

[quiet axle]

I think all loot based games, are essentially the case... but obviously its a much 'less' damaging than real life gambling... allegedly

I guess depends how deep you want to go into a rabbit hole hehe

[weary blaze]

Ty! Now if only I was playing a good build 😛

[split owl]

just got firestarter's torch. should I be leveling with firebolt or keep using glacier build?

[sharp spear]

How?

[viscid chasm]

Volcanic orb into ice, is it viable? Does anyone have a build to refer to?

[full bluff]

yes, you can build it around frost bite, or just go with spark charges on it, just using it for freeze and chill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yIRz3-WDZc&t=47s

[nova marlin]

Man the new Sorc passive tree is just so sexy now

[marsh oasis]

I knew i wouldn't be able to beat T4 Julra with Hydrahedron, and i can't. 🙂 It's a total disaster. Never playing Runemaster again. lol

[tidal wave]

Disintegrate strong? Just made LVL 1 Mage, HC Solo.

Looking for opinions on skills and play styles?
I like the idea of the ice barrage skill. Cast it and run around while it shoots for me? Sign me up!

[full bluff]

Ice barrage aims and hits off screen, so it could be a safe way of playing.

[south monolith]

Ive yet to finda grand idol with flat mana and %mana, is it just a myth?

[digital musk]

You can really piñata those idols with r12 cof

Getting a good roll however 😎

[south monolith]

I am r12 cof, thats why im so saddened.

[digital musk]

Are you using the 90% thingy

Nice lil purple circle

[south monolith]

Nope, maybe i should!

[digital musk]

Yea my go-to is always
No arena/grand idol/ 90% purple star

Only the middle option ever changes, I use this for all prophs

[shadow relic]

Darn, I was hoping to try and do like a frost claw/shatter strike spellblade build with the new . But the frost claw damage is just so underwhelming compared to SS's. But at the same time it's hard to tell just how much damage frost claw adds vs just trying something else with it.

[viscid chasm]

So volcanic orb ice is a support skill?

No d2 nostalgia available

[mystic tundra]

unique wand prophecy farming + wand ROA upgrades

[past obsidian]

how profitable have your upgrades been? I have not tried upgrading yet

[long robin]

not horrible rng

[mystic tundra]

zero because I cant find the right exalts to slam. I want mana + ward gain T7 and it just wont drop.

1.2m favor in wand farm and nada

oh I did brick my 3lp enigma though, missed the T7 of course.

[past obsidian]

Sorry but I meant to ask, how profitable are those ascended wands?

[mystic tundra]

pretty good actually, and I really like doing it that way because they usually come out as 0LP so I can gamble with nemesis egg.

ill take it

[full bluff]

No, volcanic orb works as the main damage skill, you just have to add either frostbite or spark charges to it. Plays pretty close to old d2. Thats why I started playing it.

[long robin]

can the flame of midnight ring be ascended?

[robust junco]

Is it not a boss drop ?

Yes Boss Drop

So no

[long robin]

oh ok, so boss drops are a no. I didn't know that. Oh well keep farming

[long robin]

ok Mages I have a dilemma. Where could I get the biggest improvement on this? I figured if I could slam one of my 2LP ww I could get a decent improvement on mana or damage, or both. The problem is that I cannot beat T4 Julra! so what could I do to improve my odds of killing her? BTW I am switching Orian's Eye with confluence of fate for the fight with her. https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Q9dn5JkA

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 96

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (63) / Runemaster (26)

General:

▸ Health: 1,126, Regen: 25.51/s
▸ Mana: 996.41, Regen: 17.58/s
▸ Ward Retention: 260%, Regen: 135/s
▸ Attributes: 21 Str / 16 Dex / 71 Int / 12 Att / 6 Vit
▸ Resistances: 46% / 61% / 105% / 118% / 32% / 50% / 42%
▸ EHP: 1,602 / 1,551 / 1,764 / 1,840 / 1,602 / 1,278 / 1,200

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 225
▸ Dodge Chance: 3% (64)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 34% (1,715)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Arcane Ascendance (20)
• Focus (20)
• Static Orb (22)
• Teleport (20)
• Frost Claw (21)

Used unique items:

• Prismatic Gaze
• Unstable Core
• Wrongwarp
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Swaddling of the Erased
• Blood of the Exile
• Phantom Grip
• Julra's Stardial
• Orian's Eye
• Stormcarved Testament

[digital musk]

crystal skull instead of enigma, and honestly just run a mana/spell crit exalted ammy, confluence is meh w/o a nice slam and its not needed anyway. Since lvl ~85 Julra has taken me 2sec and i wear an exalt

which will free up helm slot for something to pump dmg, mana/lvl of static orb

gloves can def be replaced for anything with mana/crit chance

minion ring is ok but getting spell crit where you can will let you put something else there, i personally run oceareon

make Arcane Current 5/5, remove Never Late and Dilation and put all those points into Arcane Insight

@long robin

and put ur unstable core into an egg

[rigid valley]

Hi, I'm doing a static orb/lightning meteor build but I'm finding spinning static orbs underewhelming. Right now I also have fireball speciailised and spec'd into lighting and this with lightning meteor is destroying things. What am I missing to get orbs working nicely?

[mystic tundra]

I don't run either of those and haven't seen them in some of the well known builds from Noobzor or Frozen. What makes them so useful? Arcane insight does help echo farm but not really a priority passive for bossing

[long robin]

Thanks Cain I will try this!

[digital musk]

Idk looks like he needs crit and int gives crit via passive/dmg/ward so it feels better than 10% speed esp if you may need to take a julra hit

I also burned Julra with a crystal wand before slamming my ww, felt better to me at the time

[mystic tundra]

I think his spell crit chance is fine, but his crit multi is pretty low for sure. I had 40% spell crit before with 450% crit multi and still one tapped t4 julra in seconds. but I was struggling in the beginning because I wasn't doing the setup right, so that could be a factor too. his mana is very low as well. I wouldn't try running static orb without at least 1300ish mana IMO.

[digital musk]

Ya his crit is fine cause he is using very unoptimal gear to get it there

If all your stuff is in order and you just wanna boss melt then yea the node isn't gonna do much for you

[mystic tundra]

agreed

[digital musk]

I used the node mid game, and honestly just never removed it and I still melt everything in 1sec at 600

The ward per int buff is p big qol just playing the game imo

[mystic tundra]

that is true too

[long robin]

that I can't do 😦 has lp

i haven't got a skull in my stash, weird. I guess I will COF it

[digital musk]

Oh rip

The skull is just for crit and the suffixes truly don't matter so it shouldn't be tough

[long robin]

the set skull has that, cool!

[digital musk]

ehhh you really want a +5/6 on crystal

as well as spell crit and mana

[long robin]

well this is temporary until I can get a decent one

better than no crit hehe

[digital musk]

ya if that lets you take prismatic off you can really pump mana/dmg with another helm

this is also where +static orb is an affix

[long robin]

oh sweet. I have ONE of those shards LOL

[long robin]

👍

[long robin]

the neck should be flat crit and not increased right?

[digital musk]

cant get flat as an affix on ammy unfortunately

just try and specify spell crit instead of regular crit as it'll roll higher

[long robin]

so something like this can do for now

[digital musk]

ya that is totally fine

just try and get mana up as well, that is what makes static orb the nuke that it is

[past obsidian]

rippers

[digital musk]

OOF

i honestly just crystal skull perma at this point ngl

clear is still completely free

[latent carbon]

hello all! i am new here and new to the game! i rolled a mage, and im going to try to go for the glacier build. any tips or anything yall can help me with! 🙂 ❤️

[digital musk]

my luck on this sorc has been actually next level

[mystic tundra]

bro at least you hit the mana... I would use that tbh. I just slammed my first 3lp enigma and missed the T7

[digital musk]

ALL of these slams were 1st try, besides julra ring which took 2
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Qqq6XkRQ

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 94

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (66) / Runemaster (21)

General:

▸ Health: 1,246, Regen: 19.16/s
▸ Mana: 1,783.66, Regen: 21.22/s
▸ Ward Retention: 449%, Regen: 200/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 104 Int / 7 Att / 4 Vit
▸ Resistances: 64% / 58% / 103% / 83% / 88% / 56% / 35%
▸ EHP: 1,575 / 1,494 / 1,755 / 2,053 / 1,755 / 1,472 / 1,256

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 249
▸ Armor Mitigation: 36% (1,849)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Frost Claw (21)
• Teleport (20)
• Focus (20)
• Arcane Ascendance (20)
• Static Orb (23)

Used unique items:

• Unstable Core
• Wrongwarp
• Strands of Souls
• Oceareon
• Julra's Stardial
• Stormcarved Testament

[past obsidian]

yeah i am good on resist for a while 😂

[digital musk]

going for oceareon t6/7 int now and a 2lp stormcarved and its a wrap

[mystic tundra]

mine are terrible.. and it really sucks at 900c+ lol specifically physical, poison and void.

[past obsidian]

I wouldnt mind dropping maybe 100c until getting some red rings, orian eyes and what not

[long robin]

what makes ocearon good? I don't see any crit on it

[digital musk]

oh my stats are fine its just less taken and 10% more

with a 16int slam on it ideally

those more modifiers are massive

[mystic tundra]

I doubt I'll ever seen an orion's eye or red ring lol

[digital musk]

extra chill is also very nice for mapping, very good for survivability as well

(dont even bother thinking about this ring rn tbh, if ever)

my 2 red rings this cycle got nec resist and block chance ggwp

[south yoke]

D:

what shoul i get? experimental + cdr and resists?

[digital musk]

i highkey would go extreme meme and put a t7 necrotic resist in there and then use boneclamor

o wait u cant gg

[abstract abyss]

The "more" damage and "less" damage taken is what makes it good

[long robin]

OMG brain went brrrr. I read those as cold damage and shock damage

[south yoke]

nice nice

[digital musk]

damn gz

good roll too

[digital musk]

sick

[long robin]

speaking of crap

@digital musk BTW, thanks a lot for the help! T4 Julra is now a victim if you ever start a cult, look me up, I will follow you LOL

[tidal wave]

tips for early mage HC SOLO? Should i be focussing on leveling Flameward skill?

[past obsidian]

nem had some potential in impressing for the first time this cycle

[mighty shadow]

helllo, someone trying do spellblade flame reave (offtank melee leech)? 🤔 becouse im curious if someone had same idea 😄

[digital musk]

big gz

[solar shell]

what's the mage build the cool kids are playing?

[past obsidian]

shattering strike

[solar shell]

ty

[plain umbra]

is the Gaspar's set an actual good gear set for mage?

[digital musk]

Nah

[fleet surge]

What best build for rush ?? I started yesterday and idk what build i can used

[rigid valley]

I'm quite enjoying the "Thor" lightning meteor build just now

[errant sundial]

Guys, I have a quick question. For a Sorceror, they have some cool passives:

+50 Mana
+Spells deal increased damage equal to their mana cost

And It got me wondering - if you reduced the mana cost of a spell, would this actually nerf / decrease your damage? Or is the additonal damage based on the price of the spell before the reduction? Probably a silly question but as I'm new to the class I was digging around for an answer.