🧙┃mage

[reef gate]

I tried it leveling a new character

[unreal quartz]

bug? or did I miss patch notes?

[reef gate]

Bug. Old trees got uploaded into the patch

[warped crow]

saaaad

so not just visual bug

kain lied sadge

i mean its probably visual as far as it does the new stuff with the points you can put in it

but still rip

[clear mica]

wait did they change this node ?, i was doing manastack noo

[wary shuttle]

Hey yall - Have we confirmed the Sorc 4 point 100% spark charge chance missing is purely visual?

[turbid dome]

I'm playing a shutter strikes Bell blade, my group clear is absolutely obscene, but I feel like my damage to bosses is lacking a little. I'm just now getting into empowered monos. How do I scale my damage against bosses most effectively?

[unreal quartz]

At least for "Afterglow" it is confirmed that its just visual. the effect doubles when I cast glacier. not yet at arcane current, but its fair to assume all passive changes are visual

[nimble rover]

i just tested forge guard nodes they are visual bug. i think all trees are just visual

lets hope for fast fix

[wary shuttle]

Good to know there's a precedent then. Thanks!

[left hill]

❓ does the 3 mana from Spellblade's passive Mana Reaver trigger (or have a chance to trigger if less than 100%) on the recasts from Shatter Strike: Whiteout?

❓ also, does the 12 ward on melee hit inherent to Spellblade trigger on Whiteout?
I know the reminder text on Shatter Strike: Icy Flow says "Additional casts from the Whiteout node on this tree cannot grant additional ward," but it's really unclear to me if that just applies to Icy Flow or all sources of ward on (non-direct) use/hit.

[inner coyote]

whats up with the tooltip for Warden's Echo passive in spellblade?

[warped crow]

yay more bug

[nimble shoal]

Many of spellblade's effects (like the 3 mana one) are worded like "when you use a melee skill ...", these kinds of effects will not proc from the repeats of whiteout. Stuff that just says "on hit" will proc as normal for the repeats.

[left hill]

thanks. yeah, I wasn't sure where recast fell since those don't say "directly use" but still says "use."

I'm seriously considering Foot of the Mountain to manage its mana cost now lol...

giving up all dodge isn't ideal with all the dex-stacking, but the mana cost reduction and all stats are both nice

[rapid axle]

How Fireball's Spreading Flames work with Firestarter's? What happens when they trigger at the same time?

P.S nvm found answer on forums

[ruby bluff]

you know, shatter strike is very lovely to level with

[nimble shoal]

Yes

it's quite a strong skill really

[ruby bluff]

plays better than glacier too

to me *

[left hill]

❓ does the Ward per mana gained channeling Focus from Focus: Mind's Shield count the mana gained from Focus: Null Infusion (mana gained instantly if activated at negative mana)? or only the mana from "regeneration"?

❓ also, does Focus: Energy Infusion (haste 1s per 20 mana gained channeling Focus) work with Focus: Null Infusion?

[turbid dome]

How does mana strike spell blade scale damage against bosses?

[left hill]

not a mechanical/how-do-these-work Q like my other two above, but is there a good way besides Physical resist, Experimental Armor Applies to DOT, Arcane Shielding, and Sphere of Protection to mitigate the bleed damage from Bloody Nib? the damage stacks up pretty fast with high attack speed

[fallen wren]

if you can go low life with exsang, you can be immune to bleed

[left hill]

ah, smart

[fallen wren]

also, there are effects that cleanse ailments on some skills (frost claw and enchant weapon has such nodes for example)

might be available easier than going with low life

[left hill]

OH right. lol. I'm still planning out the build but I put two ways to cleanse in the plan and totally forgot/didn't think about how that helps with the bleed problem XD

slotted that in just like "yeah, this is just a good thing to have/aim for"

(potion cleanse and enchant weapon cleanse)

[fallen wren]

additionally, after playing with torment warlock that damns itself, I am not sure the bleed stacks would actually matter much, the damned on the warlock (or the bleed inflicted by bleeding heart on casting spell as another example) never bothered me much... I think self inflicted ailments do not get the damage modifiers you or the monsters have, so they end up being not much more than cosmetic

[left hill]

well, just napkin mathing out the # of concurrent stacks (since they have 3s duration) and 53 damage over their duration, at peak/max it's not more than ward generated with what I've got in the build goal, but puts a decent dent in the generation (like 30% or so). more than I'd like. but yeah, the cleanses can help a bit

[fallen wren]

yea, question is how well the napkin math works 🙂

I did not bother doing that though, the above is just my experience

[left hill]

I mean, it's just attacks/s x 3s for peak stacks. real scenarios may have a bit less b/c of moving between enemy packs, but it gives a good idea I think of where its potential weak point could be

[fallen wren]

also, is that relic any good? 😄

it seems that you want bleed on you with that anyway

[left hill]

Oh right, it needs the bleed for the penetration. oof. that hurts the cleanse solution

it seems like a lot of cold penetration though (again looking at attacks/s)

[fallen wren]

yea

how many attacks/s?

[left hill]

the # is the goal with absolutely perfect gear, so real play would be less obviously, but 46.25/s (with whiteout and getting an enemy in the overlap space of shatter strike, and with a lot of attack speed boosting)

[fallen wren]

though wording is interesting as it is "when you hit an enemy"

[left hill]

yeah, I'm just modeling with 1 enemy to avoid overestimating

[fallen wren]

if you hit a pack, you get multiple stacks of bleed?

[red kiln]

is frost claw bugged? it is costing a lot less mana for me

[left hill]

pretty sure. you get multiple stacks hitting 1 enemy with both zones of shatter strike

[fallen wren]

ah, then it might actually be significant

[left hill]

ya

might have to ditch it just b/c of survivability lol... but the penetration is a lot to pass up 😅

[fallen wren]

I remember getting a couple dozen damned on the warlock, but that had overcapped necro res and massive ward regen

if we are talking hundreds of bleed stacks, it can actually matter 🙂

[left hill]

ya. 139 with 1 target

[red kiln]

only -3 mana from wand

[fallen wren]

I am leveling a spellblade now, but with fire

[red kiln]

it is costing 27.3 mana for frost claw

[fallen wren]

you did not take the "bottom" node, that gives +12 iirc

[red kiln]

ahh missed that thanks

[left hill]

the dream 😂

[neon dune]

Ребята, работает ли процентный инкриз колд мили дамага на этот нод?

[azure juniper]

havent played mage before, is frozen orb a viable build?

[fallen wren]

spellblade experts: for flame reave is ignite or crit hit (or other) route better? or flame reave is not good anyway?

[midnight pine]

In my opinion flame reave is really better on Crit ☺️

[fallen wren]

what are the key items/interactions for that?

[midnight pine]

you need to stack firebrand buff and do a flame reave, big shot ^^

[fallen wren]

also, if not going for ignite, is shatter strike just not better?

[midnight pine]

yeah don't go for shatter strike

[fallen wren]

how big? like static orb big? 😄

[midnight pine]

but if you want to do ignite, you can use firebrand and fros claw in trigger, it's a good way 🙂

yeah it's a powerful damage, i suggest you eye of reen unique ^^

[fallen wren]

why not flame reave? I tried firebrand, but flame reave seemed so much better for me

also I am using sunwreath, so it is a nice circle aoe

[midnight pine]

no no i mean

if you want to play full ignite, full firebrand is better but for crit, firebrand + flame reave is very op

[fallen wren]

only level 59, and leveled with ignite, still working ok, that is why I ask stupid questions, and to see if I am missing something of key importance

[midnight pine]

i don't like maxroll build about flame reave, in my opinion is better to stack int and maybe dex now

[fallen wren]

I haven't checked maxroll tbh

I am not sure how good it is, for example they do not have the static orb sorc build, which to me seems better than any of their builds...

[midnight pine]

the real problem atm is : all is for leveling but when you reach empowered many build fall off like a comet ^^'

i agree with you

[fallen wren]

yea, been there a couple of times 🙂

early empowered when too low level to wear the endgame items, no blessings, not enough passives sucks the most

is just spamming flame reave an option for crit?

[midnight pine]

but for flame reave, i think : Speed/crit/int and dex, and for weapon eye of reen and sunwraith or MAYBE Jasper searing pride can be a real good option

[fallen wren]

I am on legacy, so I have both, though not with high LP

[midnight pine]

i never test this way ^^ maybe but mana could be a problem ^^'

[fallen wren]

I want to mana stack a bit

now I set flame reave to be 10.8 mana, so it can use the more multiplier from the passive tree

I also have a quite good merophage, might be an option, though with that I miss a lot of crit multi

probably jaspers is not the best for crit either, I was thinking about it for ignite

[midnight pine]

jasper seems to be really good, i don't use it because i like so much Melee/cast speed and we can't put on staff but i think is good for both

[fallen wren]

it can have like 600-700% ele dmg over time though 😄

[midnight pine]

on my SB ignite, i got firestarter torch and rainbow edge because spreading flame give 40% more damage for ignite and rainbow give ignite and chill (fire frost claw convert chill on ignite so this weapon is amazing ^^)

[fallen wren]

yea, I use a 3lp torch now

with fire pen, dmg over time and ignite slammed on it

[midnight pine]

yeah that's great

[rapid axle]

does the 50% unique drop rate buff works with exiles?

i dont want to suffer 3rd time getting ladle

[autumn crypt]

Still no option to skip campaign when starting the season?

[fallen wren]

nope afaik. just out of curiosity, what content is available to level from level 1?

[fallen wren]

you can skip parts of it with dungeons though

[stone warren]

just hit 3.2m damage on static orb without buff or anything.. now im satisfied. gonna go with the new cycle now, lets gooooooo

[fallen wren]

can you link your build?

[stone warren]

lastepochtools and maxroll is not working right now tho,, maybe later if it works

[fallen wren]

ok, I am curious, as I recall like 500k dmg or something on mine 6x as much seems extraordinary

[sour trellis]

Don’t link

💀

[waxen sigil]

Jasper is sweet but staff can’t roll attack spd unfortunately

[midnight pine]

yeah i have the same problem, i can't play a class without big attack or spell speed ^^

[left hill]

❓ does the "ward equal to a percentage of the mana you gained once you finish channeling" from Focus: Mind's Shield count the mana gained from Focus: Null Infusion (mana gained instantly if activated at negative mana)? or only the mana from "regeneration"?
❓ also, does Focus: Energy Infusion (haste 1s per 20 mana gained channeling Focus) work with Focus: Null Infusion?

[proper hawk]

I would suspect that shatter strike would likely be better if you just want to spam instead of firebrand combo

Rhythm of fire is a big part of why the firebrand flame reave combo works as well as it does

[rapid axle]

How am i supposed to sustain mana with dragorath's until ladle early?

Feels clunky af

[proper hawk]

What skill?

[rapid axle]

fc

[proper hawk]

The 40 mana FC build? I haven't played it, but I don't imagine ladle would make much of a difference since you need to keep the cost above 40

What's your mana cost with dragoraths

[rapid axle]

its not really about mana cost

its about mana recovery

if im playing dragorath im basically sacrificing one of the mana recovery skills for lb

[proper hawk]

Oh just don't do that, dragoraths is just good stats

[rapid axle]

well i could just craft some rare wand then

[proper hawk]

Dragoraths is better than a rare wand, it gives you flat crit

You are really comparing with a rune dagger, which dragoraths is a better version of

[rapid axle]

hm maybe you right

tho if i get good exalted wand ill prob switch anyway just for the sake of good mana sustain

[proper hawk]

Iirc that build sacrifices both rings for the same amount of crit a rune dagger gives you

[rapid axle]

im on ssf hc

need to be careful

exiles scam me with 2handed swords

[left hill]

could you fix the mana issue by mana stacking and cycling Focus Null Profusion? (genuine q --it's what I'm looking at for shatter strike but I'm not familiar with your setup for frost claw/lightning blast)

[sour panther]

i miss mage now that i chose falconer, now ward hits different in empowered 😂

getting os by everything

[teal delta]

Do you know why the seasonal character is coming out of the season?

[rapid axle]

huh

[lapis rover]

Hi is disintegrate at all viable? and if so is there any sort of guide I could follow? Can only find a maxroll guide for 1.0, but i understand there have been patches since and things have changed

[fallen wren]

are stash operations horrible for everyone? like creating a new tab or switching back 1.0 takes a minute or something...

[queen mason]

I'm struggling on which gloves is more suitable for clearing maps under higher and higher corruption now because both of them is nice... 😅

Oh...Forget resistance. Experimental golves is good on defense but bad at providing resistance

[queen mason]

Ok, sorcerer build is done. just level up the max level

[warped crow]

pog mage fixed xD

[obsidian agate]

easy work

[solemn viper]

could you link your build please? i can't find one on le tools xD

[obsidian agate]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oNLVPzWQ this is gonna be my endgame version

[silk pewter]

Spellblade, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.4

Class:

Mage (20) / Spellblade (85) / Runemaster (8)

General:

▸ Health: 1,467, Regen: 23.6/s
▸ Mana: 125.98, Regen: 13.84/s
▸ Ward Retention: 502%, Regen: 280/s
▸ Attributes: 15 Str / 112 Dex / 97 Int / 5 Att / 7 Vit
▸ Resistances: 75% / 63% / 75% / 77% / 78% / 108% / 64%
▸ EHP: 62,081 / 55,430 / 62,081 / 86,586 / 62,081 / 62,081 / 55,929

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 293
▸ Dodge Chance: 59% (2468)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 57% (3,939)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold / Melee, Spell

Buffs:

▸ Ambition (20/20), Arcane Shield (4/4), Blade Weaving (2/2), Reen's Ire (100), Frenzy, Haste, Enchant Weapon (Active), Flame Ward

Used skills:

• Flame Ward (22)
• Shatter Strike (26)
• Mana Strike (23)
• Enchant Weapon (26)
• Teleport (22)

Used unique items:

• Boneclamor Barbute
• The Kestrel
• Boulderfists
• Shattered Chains
• Blood of the Exile
• Siphon of Anguish
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• Nihilis
• Diothaen's Bloody Nib
• Eye of Reen
• Throne of Ambition

[obsidian agate]

idk how to pull up my current

[solemn viper]

thanks! endgame version is fine

[obsidian agate]

i'd recomend playing MG (thats what i play)

i have no idea how gearable that is in cof

[warped crow]

still think it would be super fun/funny to have a meteor passive where the meteors always target you but if you get hit you take a portion of health as dmg (or mana or whatever that actually makes getting hit relevant)

[terse folio]

hey havent played since first few weeks of 1.1 did they do any kill balance changes or can i just hop and go coc meteor with static orb again?

[obsidian agate]

no changes

in terms of balance

[midnight pine]

Im not sure but i think it's better atm to go sorcerer for disintegrate for some mana, stack Intel and Crit with unique

[balmy elk]

You can go to https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/planner/ , on the right side you will see Save/Load, Import, type in your character name or in game name.

I believe it is in game name and it will list all of your characters

You can tell people to go to maxroll.gg and tell them to import and then give your name

buuuutttt...it doesn't currently work with the new update at the moment

[clear mica]

does anyone have static orb/glacier mana stack version build that i can follow

[marsh tartan]

I just joinked static orb frostclaw sorc from lepochtools

[waxen seal]

me over here still strugeling with normal empowred lol

[candid ridge]

Hi where I find on the filter the affix "Elemental Damage Leeched as Health" ???

[frank marsh]

can anoyone tp me to bazaar?

[autumn crypt]

anyone starting as Spellblade or is it still meh?

[marsh tartan]

For mana sorc OS/FC, this is alright for starting monos? Found it from 1st mono 😛

[autumn crypt]

Is there a frost claw node that auto case Mana strike?

[next lance]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/om73Dp1Q
2nd day progress on my fc sorc, no luck with ladle 😦

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 88

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (53) / Spellblade (7) / Runemaster (21)

General:

▸ Health: 1,015, Regen: 21.8/s
▸ Mana: 549.46, Regen: 15.6/s
▸ Ward Retention: 631%, Regen: 155/s
▸ Attributes: 6 Str / 16 Dex / 147 Int / 6 Att / 6 Vit
▸ Resistances: 112% / 74% / 54% / 83% / 50% / 153% / 49%
▸ EHP: 1,359 / 1,345 / 1,123 / 1,511 / 1,087 / 1,359 / 1,078

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 203
▸ Dodge Chance: 3% (64)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 27% (1,117)
▸ Block Chance: 2%, Mitigation: 11% (71)

Damage Types:

▸ Fire, Lightning / Spell, Melee

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Meteor (21)
• Mana Strike (22)
• Teleport (21)
• Flame Ward (25)
• Frost Claw (22)

Used unique items:

• Boneclamor Barbute
• Static Shell
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Swaddling of the Erased
• Communion of the Erased
• Transient Rest
• Phantom Grip
• Phantom Grip
• Strong Mind
• Knowledge of an Erased Mage

[torpid kelp]

excuse me, do I need any item in particular to start playing the plasma orb build?

[left hill]

no, but there is a passive that grants chance to cast frost claw. so you could spam mana strike and proc frost claws. just not the reverse

❔ does the "ward equal to a percentage of the mana you gained once you finish channeling" from Focus: Mind's Shield count the mana gained from Focus: Null Infusion (mana gained instantly if activated at negative mana)? or only the mana from "regeneration"?

❔ also, does Focus: Energy Infusion (haste 1s per 20 mana gained channeling Focus) work with Focus: Null Infusion?

[fallen wren]

I think you need to take calm mind (below null infusion) to get ward, not sure, but even if mind's shield worked, it would not be super significant, as you get comparable ward (quite possibly more) by casting a single spell with lost knowledge passive anyway
energy infusion works with null infusion, you can instantly get capped haste if you tap focus hotkey at negative mana and you have decent max mana

[left hill]

Lost Knowledge doesn't work with Shatter Strike, so I'm not considering that

thx for the answers though

[fallen wren]

it does not? how so? I was about to try it 🙂

[left hill]

it doesn't cost 40+ mana. the nodes that increase cost get it to 39

[fallen wren]

ah, even if I do not take the efficiency nodes?

[left hill]

correct

[fallen wren]

there goes my idea down the drain 😦

I will have to try flame reave then 😄

[fallen wren]

do you happen to know of any way to increase mana cost of skills with some item?

[left hill]

I wish. I ran into the same issue and all the item database searching I did I couldn't find a way to get it over 40. So that's why I changed tack for my ward gen with S-Strike to a mix of the usual on-melee-use-and-hit/mana spent converted to ward/and Focus (if Mind's Shield works, hopefully it does since it's worded very similarly to Energy Infusion)

[fallen wren]

I wanted to try world splitter and some mana stacking

and really, lost knowledge is just so broken it feels bad not to use it

you really have to work hard to replace the 300+ ward/skill use (and that's with a mediocre mana pool)

it would work with flame reave, but from a quick glance, flame reave does not seem to have that many more multipliers in its tree

[left hill]

for non-melee (i.e. for spells), Gate Staff can increase mana cost, but obviously not helpful for Spellblade building

Oh, and Horns of Uhkeiros (shield) if you're willing to not dual wield, I guess. but that costs damage, attack speed and whatnot from 2nd weapon

[fallen wren]

I use off hand

that shield is so bad I discarded most of them 😄

maybe all

[torpid kelp]

this is just a random weapon I got while leveling

is this enough to start playing plasma orb build?

[clear mica]

which corruption u at

[fickle path]

How is spellblade feeling these days?

Like for combination of clear and tankiness

[obsidian agate]

gettin hard now

[obsidian agate]

clear is really nice, survivability is a big issue for me

although i just did a bunch of gear swaps so its ok again now

[vast geode]

can you rune of ascendance a wrongwarp?

[fickle path]

Yes. Not sure the odds though

You can even ascend red ring. The odds are just... Abysmal

The only things off limits as far as I know are boss drops

[turbid dome]

currently scaling up to try to take down abberoth, can i get some advice on what to fine tune in the meantime?

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oXKV6KEB

[silk pewter]

Spellblade, Level 87

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Mage (25) / Sorcerer (5) / Spellblade (57) / Runemaster (13)

General:

▸ Health: 1,200, Regen: 31.09/s
▸ Mana: 190.94, Regen: 10.08/s
▸ Ward Retention: 536%, Regen: 205/s
▸ Attributes: 13 Str / 25 Dex / 134 Int / 1 Att / 3 Vit
▸ Resistances: 122% / 92% / 116% / 84% / 83% / 139% / 106%
▸ EHP: 1,842 / 1,842 / 1,842 / 2,026 / 1,842 / 1,842 / 1,842

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 42%, Threshold: 240
▸ Dodge Chance: 10% (250)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 25% (955)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 30%

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning, Cold / Melee, Spell

Buffs:

▸ Enchant Weapon (Passive)

Used skills:

• Flame Ward (21)
• Shatter Strike (20)
• Enchant Weapon (20)
• Mana Strike (21)
• Teleport (20)

Used unique items:

• Boneclamor Barbute
• Dragorath's Claw
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Blood of the Exile
• Ring of the Third Eye
• Ring of the Third Eye
• Soul Gambler's Fallacy

[silver frost]

do you have a lootfilter you like for this build?

[gray citrus]

Anyone got any tips for a good build to switch into for endgame

[stone warren]

my max is 3k, but farming in 2k corr

[gray citrus]

I swear I die like every map on sorcerer I think im doing something wrong

[tepid barn]

It's like playing Contra. Spam your FC and go straight don't look back

[gray citrus]

Yeah I was trying to fc with static orb it didnt work to well

[next lance]

https://pastebin.com/TZj8bp94
I use this filter

[next lance]

finally got a ladle and rng has to do this to me 💀

[fickle path]

Is there an easy way to level sorc that transitions well into spark charge, or do you just level glacier then swap at ... some point.

[next lance]

that's what i did

pretty fast with the loot lizards

[fickle path]

I'm torn... I hate to reroll, but... My VK is making me very very angry (been spoiled by both torment lock and dive bomb falconer... My poor VK is so much worse with WAY better gear and it's... frustrating)

[dark jay]

just play static orb like everybody else

[fickle path]

I thought everybody was playing spark charge frost claw

[next lance]

i'm playing it as a transition build because you need to have good legendaries and a ton of mana to play static orb

[fickle path]

What about hte frost claw variant? How does it differ?

[next lance]

idk, haven't tried

[sour trellis]

You can play these to clear monos quickly and use static orb for bosses and aberroth

[fickle path]

Sounds annoying, maybe I'll just play torment lock ;P I already know I love playing that. Nice and chill

And relatively low gearing requirements

[clear mica]

can i get build planner

[sour trellis]

All done at lvl 96 with crappy gear . Now to spend my cof favor and hope for some nice gear ..

[sick coyote]

Hi, can someone tell me whether lightning blast / hypercharge works with disintegrate / tendrils?

[gray citrus]

Dang your gear cant be that bad 1400 mana is pretty good

[sour trellis]

Not bad but end game need it around 2100-2200

[latent cloak]

does this still work? https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/3ApW8aRo

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Beta / 0.9.2

General:

▸ Health: 3,626, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 357, Regen: 10/s
▸ Ward Retention: 293%, Regen: 76/s
▸ Attributes: 14 Str / 14 Dex / 77 Int / 14 Att / 21 Vit
▸ Resistances: 83% / 59% / 83% / 97% / 76% / 80% / 80%
▸ EHP: 7,089 / 6,112 / 7,089 / 9,079 / 8,102 / 7,089 / 7,089

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 54%, Threshold: 753
▸ Dodge Chance: 2% (56)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 50% (3,159)

Damage Types:

▸ Fire, Lightning / Spell, DoT

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Disintegrate (22)
• Glyph of Dominion (20)
• Teleport (20)
• Flame Ward (20)
• Focus (20)

Used unique items:

• Ignivar's Head
• Soul Gambler's Fallacy
• Foot of the Mountain
• Ravenous Void
• Peak of the Mountain

[pulsar mesa]

iirc soul gambler was nerfed to make it less juicy for disintegrate

[whole pawn]

heya guys hows frost claw right now for the refresh good to start with?

[nimble shoal]

No. Fallacy no longer affects channeled skills.

[gray citrus]

It just feels like 99% of the time your out of mana with sorcerer on bosses

[latent cloak]

oh yeah, it says excludes channeled, im blind

[queen mason]

🙏 Master. Too insane

[earnest marten]

Thats why you need 2,2k mana

[gray citrus]

Yeah I guess how does 2.2k mana make a difference though you just have more mana

I guess if you do enough damage to oneshot anything thats a different story

[dark jay]

mana scales static orb damage, static orb burns boss, you can just delete aberroth with good gears

[obsidian agate]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/wdake/character/Sandstorm_YapStrike

[left hill]

could go Focus: Null Profusion branch and tap for instant 40% mana with some CDR

[gray citrus]

Yeah that definetly helps with more mana

I tried fc static orb build with like 1500 mana and it felt awful

Can you still oneshot aberroth on the current patch?

[brisk path]

with everyone talking about mana stacking spark charge sorc, is low mana cost frostbite frost claw still okish to do some hundreds corruption and aberoth solidly?

[gray citrus]

Because one build kills aberoth in 6 seconds the other takes like 3 minutes

But the build is like garbage unless you have like 2000 plus mana and all t7 slams

[brisk path]

so it has a very high ceiling but frostbite does better earlier?

[gray citrus]

Yeah frost claw will be better for clear early

[brisk path]

both are using frost claw :p

[gray citrus]

Yeah pretty much you just use frost claw and then eventually went to get all the gear needed you switch into static orb or you could do it the other way around maybe

[brisk path]

I mean one is using lightning frost claw with spark charges, therefore mana costs.
and one used ice with low mana costs, I prefer low as long as frostbite frostclaw isn't struggling with aberoth/200-300 corruption 🙂

[gray citrus]

Yeah that might be better then

[brisk path]

ty

[pseudo trail]

Is the double beam node for Disintegrate worth taking?

[left hill]

does Spark Charge applied with Frost Claw inherit the +base crit chance from Rending Cascade node?

I'm pretty unclear on how skills that apply ailments that themselves trigger spells work and what carries over...

[nimble shoal]

Spark charge inherits nothing from any skill unless it explicitly says it applies to spark charges

[left hill]

damn

getting it to 100% crit chance is gonna be brutal on affixes

[nimble shoal]

Yeah, it can be pretty tough, especially with fragment taking your catalyst slot

[left hill]

exactly, ya

[queen mason]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qASlcZKUmg
lol find an interesting build of meteor sorcerer, I must try it although it's a video post in 1.0 period 🤔 (Will its performance still as good as in 1.0?)

I'm interested in it because I never craft a set of gear for running meteor specially....Understand why I can't run this skill with great damage now...All unique items it needs in my stash but I need to farm more exalted items

I'm curious about the extreme damage of meteor haha

[sour trellis]

2 phantom rings+2 and prismatic gaze +4 gets you around 88.% crit .. at lvl 96 my spark charge is around 33k ( end game 60+) , have it triggering from frost claws elemental nova chance

[left hill]

hmm, good call-outs. I'll have to see if I can make those work with the rest of the build needs. (sketching out a version that's pretty ridiculous on its mana consumption 😅 )

[fallen wren]

it is not garbage at all without all-t7 slams, I had very few t7 slams (and those are 1 LP slams) when I started 1 shotting Abby, but that really should not be the first milestone, it is very comfortable for farming 300-ish echoes and their respective bosses from much worse gear, with as low as 1000-1100 mana.
aslo, though I haven't tried, but I think even for frostbite, it is better to go with mana stacking and 40+ mana frost claw, because many hits + 1 spark charge for each add a lot of frostbite stacks (with reasonable frostbite chance easily 100+ stacks/cast), and lost knowledge is just too good not to use

[gray citrus]

Yeah 300 corruption is fine i just want to do harder content you can easily do 300 corruption on pure frost claw

[fallen wren]

I haven't said you can't, I just feel that expensive frost claw > cheap frost claw at almost any gear level (except really low mana)

[torpid kelp]

can anyone point me to a frostclaw nove build for rune master?

[gray citrus]

Yeah the cheap frost claw build is easy to make you dont even need to think about gearing just stack int and your good

[fallen wren]

you misunderstand me, I am saying expensive is better...

[gray citrus]

Yeah I know its better but the guy said he only wanted to farm 200-300 corruption and abberoth

Which you can you on frost claw easier the mana stacking version is just overkill and for like farming 1k+ corruption

[fallen wren]

mana stacking makes aberroth much easier, I would have no chance to kill him without it (tried the fight a couple of times with other builds). you really need to know the fight and execute precisely if the fight takes several minutes, so I think "easier" is not the correct word to describe it. it might be more forgiving regarding gearing, but it is going to be hard. 1 shooting is easy.

[gray citrus]

Yeah I guess that makes sense. But do you need like around 2000 mana to get to that point?

[fallen wren]

I started 1 shotting aberroth around 2k, but it scales up smoothly to that point, so it is by no means useless if you have only 1100 mana,

[gray citrus]

Alright maybe I just need more mana then I just am sitting around 1500 mana and still cant 1 shot anything

Also you are like 3x squisher on the hybrid version

[fallen wren]

mana is not a single metric that matters, depending on build, there are other important things

[gray citrus]

Basically mana is the gate between dying or not dying essentially if everything is dead then you dont need more defense

[gray citrus]

I just need to slam mana on 1 piece to get more mana and then it will be totally fine

[left hill]

Sharing because I just went through some pain to realize the simple way to model this and others need not go through that 😅 . The original version of the formula was an absolute nightmare...

You can use this as a generalized equation for time to deplete your mana from some amount M to 0 while using Arcane Ascendance (without Arcane Absorption, Tranquility, or Acuity nodes). X is the time in seconds. M is the amount of mana. C is your net spend per second (costs - regen - refunds - gain triggers).

This version is for 0% drain reduction (per Slow Breathing node).

• For 1 rank in Slow breathing, just change 50 to 44, 625 -> 484, and 25 -> 22
• 2 ranks, 50->38, 625 -> 361, and 25 -> 19
• 3 ranks, 50->32, 625-> 256, and 25 -> 16

In particular it's useful to me as I can plug in what 40% of my max mana is, my net costs, and see how many seconds it takes to deplete that 40% and compare that against my CDR-adjusted Focus cooldown, to see at what point I can sustain mana just from tapping Focus with the Null Profusion & Null Infusion nodes -- or much more realistically how far off I am.

[sour trellis]

Well if you think about it , end game static orb with 2-3m dmg needs like 450-500 mana each shot . So in reality you are just using static orb 4/5 times with the mana that’s 2k to kill aberroth . That’s what it usually takes to kill him in a few seconds

[next lance]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/AvrdMd1A

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 96

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (58) / Spellblade (8) / Runemaster (23)

General:

▸ Health: 1,173, Regen: 19.44/s
▸ Mana: 1,047.69, Regen: 16.64/s
▸ Ward Retention: 522%, Regen: 194/s
▸ Attributes: 11 Str / 22 Dex / 125 Int / 7 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 77% / 73% / 122% / 101% / 99% / 110% / 63%
▸ EHP: 1,692 / 1,659 / 1,692 / 1,968 / 1,692 / 1,692 / 1,511

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 235
▸ Dodge Chance: 3% (88)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 35% (1,802)

Damage Types:

▸ Fire, Lightning / Spell, Melee

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Mana Strike (22)
• Meteor (21)
• Teleport (20)
• Flame Ward (21)
• Frost Claw (22)

Used unique items:

• Boneclamor Barbute
• Unstable Core
• Mad Alchemist's Ladle
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Strands of Souls
• Blood of the Exile
• Phantom Grip
• Phantom Grip
• Strong Mind
• Stormcarved Testament

[next lance]

can't slam unstable core and testament because i keep getting deleted by julra's void puddle 💀

dozens of ascendances and couldn't get orian's eye

[sour trellis]

I can help you with t4 Julra if you like

I’m doing a few t4 runs if you want to join

[willow blaze]

Is this good guys?

[sour trellis]

Looks good , spell crit chance could be higher

What build

[willow blaze]

that's enough for me

don't like too high

i'm rebuild again, maybe focus on Tri-Elemental attack

Flame Rush, Runic Invocation & Frost Claw

[sour trellis]

Why don’t like it too high

[willow blaze]

i mean 62% is enough for many crit tho

[sour trellis]

I would have it over 67% at least to be critting more ? Mines at 91% cause I like my static orb always doing big dmg

[willow blaze]

for high crit use the...

er i forget its name

[sour trellis]

Well 62% is less than 2/3 per cast

67 would make it more than 2 in 3

[willow blaze]

no worry

maybe crit a little bit low cuz of the wand

it doesnt have crit

[sour trellis]

Nice

[willow blaze]

i mean base crit

[willow blaze]

how hard for you to make these full stack legendary?

[sour trellis]

What you mean , sorry I don’t understand

[willow blaze]

oh okay nvm

[ruby bluff]

Does Freezing aura shred cold res when specced (spellblade)

[willow blaze]

anyone play mage, how many spell damage you guys are having?

[fallen wren]

yes

does anyone know how frost claw's celestial conflux works? I have frost claw specced with all 4 nodes on the left (crack in the ice etc.), volley of glass, and 3 points in celestial conflux, and while I get dozens of spark charges with a single cast, I only seem to get 0-2 elemental novas (also, they trigger all over the place, not where I targeted with frostclaw).
I guess "projectiles reach" != "projectiles hit", so the volley of glass does not help here? Do the left nodes help? though even if they do, it is not super useful, as getting 0-3 elemental novas cast vs. many hits (and on hit procs) caused by volley of glass is not going to matter much

[glass tinsel]

WHAT'S HAPPENED?!?
Intelligence and mana regeneration on a wand!?

Wait, 6 affixes slammed on the wand?!?

[rapid hinge]

kekw

[willow blaze]

what's wrong? lmao

[glass tinsel]

Only body armor can give so much intelligence I'm sure

Wand can't use mana regeneration affix

[rapid hinge]

stats, %increase mana, solo % mana spent gained as ward is not possible to spawn on a wand

learn the game first before creating items in offline mod guys

and you can get 4 affixes at max also

[willow blaze]

make sense

[rapid hinge]

if you want to theory craft do it on LEtool first

[glass tinsel]

Oh... you're must crafted that wand in planner

[rapid hinge]

then create the according items in offline tool

you can't create null items on LEtool

[willow blaze]

any list that can help me to create exactly?

[rapid hinge]

no, he did in offline mod, you cant create impossible items on LEtool

[glass tinsel]

🙏 I'm shocked and confused on it seriously

[willow blaze]

correct

i'm trying to sort things right

[glass tinsel]

Make sense, I never use a mod

[rapid hinge]

that's why i said if you want to theory craft, do it on LEtool first

[willow blaze]

LE tools can help create equipments?

[rapid hinge]

that way you can't accidentally theorycrafting on impossible items

[willow blaze]

yeah, i'm trying to test everything first before get into online

[willow blaze]

wait, if 4 affixes are maximum, how the offline create can make 6???

[rapid hinge]

becuase it's offline 🤷🏽‍♂️

[willow blaze]

sealed affixes, what is that?

[rapid hinge]

you can find that from the ingame guide

[fallen wren]

even if you created valid items, you could end up creating items that are close to impossible to acquire in the reality...
also, how can you test without playing? or did you actually play the game with that item offline?

[willow blaze]

yeah, i made it in the offline mod then test with bosses

[fallen wren]

and you fought the bosses with that?

[rapid hinge]

theory crafting builds without knowing what a seal affix is might not be a good idea

🤦🏽‍♂️

learn the game first

[fallen wren]

😄

[willow blaze]

yeah, i changed many affixes to test the effective

[rapid hinge]

gotta get the "theory" part down first before coming to the "crafting"

[fallen wren]

out of curiosity, which boss did you fight? 🙂

[willow blaze]

most of the time, final boss at dungeons

at lv100

[fallen wren]

Julra?

or which dungeon?

[willow blaze]

the game only have 3 dungeons

i'm testing in it

[fallen wren]

I know...

[willow blaze]

and the char is abit OP so i'm now lowering the stats

[fallen wren]

but no matter, the dungeon t4 bosses are not the most challenging content in the game, and not the content you will be spending your time with...

[rapid hinge]

everything will delete dungeon bosses with 6 affixes weapon

😂

[fallen wren]

1 affix is enough, if you put 1k int on it 😄

[willow blaze]

yeah last time i kill the boss with these item and it only spent... 5 secs

[fathom dagger]

Some help guys over here, my damage is low and i die all the time. I have just started empowered monos, any idea what the problem is? https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/sardoks/character/sardokss

[willow blaze]

so now i need to lowering it down

[rapid hinge]

5 secs is a bit slow

[willow blaze]

bruh...

[rapid hinge]

IIRC you cant get over max roll t7 on offline mod

[willow blaze]

i'm looking for some players build and their items, their stats are really good

[rapid hinge]

it's month since i touch it so can be wrong

[fallen wren]

I am not familiar with that build, is it a "standard" build, or your creation?

[rapid hinge]

get rid of the shield

[fallen wren]

ok, so there are limits 🙂

[rapid hinge]

you'll be at least 50% stronger

[fathom dagger]

is a build i found on lastepochtools, i just realised i had that shiled on, missclicked . i had enigma on. but i still die like crazy

[willow blaze]

max Tier 7 is hard to drop

[rapid hinge]

also the helmet

[fathom dagger]

what helmet do you recomment?

[fallen wren]

what about the helm and the ammy?

[rapid hinge]

i assume you're playing mana strike FC proccing

[fallen wren]

really, a purple or even yellow item is better

[fathom dagger]

yeah

[rapid hinge]

and looks like you dont have any real ward generator

[willow blaze]

@rapid hinge for Runemaster, which weapon is the best?

[fathom dagger]

is the guide i am following, total bogus?

[willow blaze]

i want to use it with shield

[fallen wren]

also, you lack defenses, low armor, no dodge, little ward

[fathom dagger]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/build-guides/zap-zap-zap-bees-mana-strike-spellblade this is what i am following

[silk pewter]

Zap Zap Zap Bees Mana Strike Spellblade Build Guide

Game Cycle / Version

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.4

Class

Mage / Spellblade

Used skills

• Mana Strike
• Frost Claw
• Enchant Weapon
• Lightning Blast
• Elemental Nova

Used unique items

• Unstable Core
• Dragorath's Claw
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Keeper's Gloves
• Strands of Souls
• Blood of the Exile
• Serpent's Milk
• Knowledge of an Erased Mage
• Vilatria's Storm Crown

Tags

Monolith Farmer / Melee / Ranged

Created by darklothar · Sep 14, 2024, 12:34 AM

[rapid hinge]

havent seen the guide so cant really tell. But i suggest you check out FrozenSentinel video on the same build

might not be exactly the same but def same concept

i think you're very overvaluing the uniques

a good exalted chest for example is way better than a bad 1LP/0LP unstable core

same for helmet

same for amulet

[fallen wren]

also, does mana strike's mana storm do comparable dmg with spark charges?

spark charges are really op with enigma

another thing, I think spellblade might not be the best mastery unless you focus on melee damage, sorcerer might be outperforming it

[rapid hinge]

SB might be the best for the route he's going for

ie Nova spark charge

i dont think that route is the best tho but that's another story

[fathom dagger]

which one do you recomment?

[rapid hinge]

for Spellblade or for mage in general?

for spellblade idk

for mage sorc is the best

[fathom dagger]

Well, i only started this build because everyone was reving about it, being the best and tankiest build out there and as i came to realise, it was all bogus

[fallen wren]

sorc seems to be the best now, but I just did a test with spellblade, using melee (shatter strike), it obliterates low corruption empowered, but no idea how to scale defenses to make it tanky for higher corruption

[fallen wren]

it surely is not, as I can see the current meta is mana stacking sorcerer

[fathom dagger]

so i have to start all over? damn

[sour panther]

for my spellblade just loads of ward per sec and armor did the trick at least till 700 cor, didnt push further but also had much room for improvement

[rapid hinge]

well everything is the best, immortal, strongest - in the title of youtubers

😂

[fallen wren]

how do you get loads of ward per sec?

also, what is loads, I would like 1k for 700 corruption 😄

[sour panther]

lagoon blessing, boneclamore, passives

[fallen wren]

I have those

[sour panther]

coupled with the ward onhit

[fallen wren]

probably I am missing the on hit part

how much can you get on hit?

the benchmark is a sorc with lost knowledge and 2k mana 😄

[sour panther]

I'd have to log in 😄 there are a couple of passives and then i used firebrand, which has nodes that give a lot of ward on hit as well as wenn you use the firebrand stacks

[rapid hinge]

if you really want to get into it, soul gambler is always a choice

since spellblade has much better access to flat crit from passive

[sour panther]

and I used surge which also gives loads of ward and makes you invunarable

[rapid hinge]

it's much easier to incorporate soul gambler into your build compared to sorc

[fallen wren]

yea, that's really nice, it is very easy to crit cap with almost just attributes

also, damage is very good

[rapid hinge]

problem is that you can also do that with sorc - harder of course but possible

[fallen wren]

it is very hard to crit cap a sorc (with enigma and still have 2k mana)

and level 24+ static orb

[rapid hinge]

i'm talking about soul gambler build

[sour panther]

some of the item choices in the guide you follow look really weird to me tbh

[rapid hinge]

you're replying to wrong person, i'm not following any buildguide here

[sour panther]

ay was sardoks mb

[fallen wren]

anyway, maybe you guys could help me with something I asked earlier:
does anyone know how frost claw's celestial conflux works? I have frost claw specced with all 4 nodes on the left (crack in the ice etc.), volley of glass, and 3 points in celestial conflux, and while I get dozens of spark charges with a single cast, I only seem to get 0-2 elemental novas (also, they trigger all over the place, not where I targeted with frostclaw).
I guess "projectiles reach" != "projectiles hit", so the volley of glass does not help here? Do the left nodes help? though even if they do, it is not super useful, as getting 0-3 elemental novas cast vs. many hits (and on hit procs) caused by volley of glass is not going to matter much

[fathom dagger]

I am watching 🙂

[rapid hinge]

nova is per cast now, not per hit

[fallen wren]

ok, so it is useless, as I thought (for my use case)

it is not per cast, as I sometimes get more than 1 per cast, but still not enough to matter

[rapid hinge]

it is per cast, you're not counting all the recast

recast also counted as cast

[fallen wren]

recast of what?

[rapid hinge]

FC

[sour panther]

the build itself looks fun and all but I just don't get why you would use keepers gloves, serpents milk and vilatrias in it, unstable core is also debatable in my opinion, ye it gives you thress skill points, but the build is about spark charges so you dont really need those points for nova to deal more dmg.

[fallen wren]

the crack in the ice etc? those are not recasts, but I get what you mean 🙂

[sour panther]

and unstable core gives no real defense

and you should not have any mana problems spamming mana strike right?

[rapid hinge]

on through the snow etc, it literally says it's a recast in the description

recast doesnt mean you have to manually cast it yourself

[fallen wren]

right, but I do not need to spend mana again

[rapid hinge]

yup

[fallen wren]

I pay it upfront, and it counts as 1 expensive cast

but again, I get what you meant, thanks

I just want to test a frostbite build, and have a 2 LP +6 crest of unity, thought I would make use of that

unfortunately I have no frostbite purple helmet with decent base

[fallen wren]

if you do decide to reroll, I really recommend going sorcerer like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLFBbVdeIp0

[fathom dagger]

I am not in a mood rn to level another char, thank you tho... It takes long to level up

[fallen wren]

it is nothing comparable to gearing up to even 200-250c 🙂 if you happen to have a couple of leveling items from your first character, it is super fast

[fallen wren]

but sure, that is understandable too

[fathom dagger]

go through the whole story? honestly i dont have the time for that, it took 4 days to finish the story out of boredom 🙂

[fathom dagger]

Thanks a lot for your time tho mate 🙂

[fallen wren]

you can finish it in 4 hours

anyway, again, it is perfectly fine and understandable if you don't want that

[fathom dagger]

I am trying to figure out what to do now... bought some cheap exalt items

hopefuly it will be better, tho i doubt it

[rapid hinge]

Check out campaign skipping video, i think you can get to lv80 in less than 8hrs

Especially with some nice leveling items

[fathom dagger]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/sardoks/character/sardokss it feels a bit better now, i need to fix my mana problem a bit and toughness as i go forward

[gray citrus]

Are there any good rune master builds anymore?

[sour panther]

I would just remove all the points from mana storm, and onwards, you dont need mana strike to deal dmg, you need it to get mana and trigger your other spells no? ^^

[frozen mica]

Where is this video you speak of

[fathom dagger]

where should i place them>?

[fathom dagger]

go transfusion?

[sour panther]

i would go mana drain > critical mana > critical rejuvenation. I didnt play your build but you say you got mana problems. So put everything into gaining more mana

your dmg comes from spark charge, frostclaw, lb, ele nova.. no need to do any dmg with mana strike

[fathom dagger]

wtf, i took those 5 poinmts of, and now i die 😄

[fallen wren]

that sounds really weird, was it not caused by bad type of enemies?

some enemies are a lot harder than others

[sour panther]

ye there is no correlation, these points did not give you anything defensively

[fallen wren]

can anyone link a frostbite frost claw sorc that can breeze through (=deathless, quick clears with sloppy piloting) 600+ c echoes/timeline bosses?

I quickly threw together this, but it is miserable even for tougher rares/echo minibosses, and not tanky enough: https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oXy7D1zA

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (62) / Runemaster (31)

General:

▸ Health: 1,313, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 1,415.89, Regen: 24.65/s
▸ Ward Retention: 305%, Regen: 202/s
▸ Attributes: 16 Str / 3 Dex / 60 Int / 3 Att / 7 Vit
▸ Resistances: 81% / 57% / 81% / 143% / 103% / 180% / 85%
▸ EHP: 1,873 / 1,590 / 1,873 / 2,193 / 1,873 / 1,873 / 1,873

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 23%, Threshold: 263
▸ Armor Mitigation: 36% (1,940)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Spell, DoT

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Flame Ward (23)
• Frost Claw (23)
• Static Orb (23)
• Frost Wall (23)
• Focus (22)

Used unique items:

• Vial of Volatile Ice
• Frostbite Shackles
• Strands of Souls
• Snowdrift
• Nihilis
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros

[fallen wren]

is there any low hanging fruit here I could use to improve drastically?

[queen mason]

Intelligence and mana. Both of them needs more. You miss 10 intelligence, 80% crit chance and 50% crit multiplier from sorcerer passive tree.

[fallen wren]

I could craft my exalteds, use throne of ambition, but that would not help too much imo

[fallen wren]

are you replying to me?

[queen mason]

wait, why both of your rings are T6 elemental dot instead of T6 intelligence?
Yeah

[fallen wren]

how would that help with frostbite?

[queen mason]

🤔 frost claw is the main damage, it's scale with intelligence.
Why are you needs more mana? because this node.

[fallen wren]

I don't think ailment damage scales with intelligence (even if inflicted with intelligence scaling skill)

[queen mason]

emmm frost claw is a elemental over time damage skill?

[fallen wren]

forget it... :/

[queen mason]

Scale tags: Intelligence, spell, cold, area. So improve cold damage + intelligence + spell damage as much as possible then your damage is up.

[marsh tartan]

This is so nice, even on scuffed gear I get 200 ward per cast

[queen mason]

Intelligence is more important than increase cold damage and spell damage if you must select one to max at first because all spell skills scale with intelligence (Except you can increase insane amount of spell damage or cold damage like 800%+)

Intelligence can improve your offense and defense together

[fallen wren]

frostbite ffs! please do not make me block you...

[gray citrus]

I swear the only not fun thing is t4 julra locking every good item behind beating that boss is dumb

[queen mason]

@glad marten Do you know the reason?

[fallen wren]

I initally built the static orb sorc because of this, you can kill julra before the first implosion with reasonable gear 🙂 otherwise, someone kindly uploaded a video of the fight, if you place the puddles to the edge of the arena, and fight julra up close, the fight becomes much easier

[gray citrus]

Alright thank you

[marsh tartan]

Any tips how to get tankier, I'm getting my ass handed to me on a silver platter by skele archers and lightning sparks. Just started doing empo monos https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/B78EPamo

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 85

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (67) / Spellblade (5) / Runemaster (6)

General:

▸ Health: 982, Regen: 31.83/s
▸ Mana: 447.27, Regen: 17.44/s
▸ Ward Retention: 276%, Regen: 130/s
▸ Attributes: 6 Str / 6 Dex / 69 Int / 10 Att / 10 Vit
▸ Resistances: 90% / 120% / 95% / 80% / 42% / 47% / 23%
▸ EHP: 1,273 / 1,273 / 1,273 / 1,402 / 957 / 995 / 838

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 196
▸ Dodge Chance: 2% (34)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 25% (944)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 66%

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Frost Claw (23)
• Flame Ward (23)
• Static Orb (24)
• Teleport (20)
• Focus (23)

Used unique items:

• Triboelectra
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Advent of the Erased
• Carcinization of Momentum
• Strong Mind

[left hill]

oh dang, I forgot to count recasts as casts for that same thing. glad @fallen wren asked & you answered, thank you both. that's... a lot of Nova procs 🤯

[gray citrus]

You could get a strand of souls for more ward generation maybe

Also cap you res too

[earnest marten]

Did you try ice barrage for more proc? Recently played frostbite spellblade that barrage is wild

[fallen wren]

not a lot, unfortunately

[left hill]

? wdym? 4 casts per direct cast (1+3 recasts) proc'ing at 168% chance each is a ton

[fallen wren]

I could try, I don't think it would make a big difference, I apply a good amount of stacks with 1 cast of frostclaw, I remember reaching 999* stacks (not sure if it can stack above 1k, and just shows it this way) reasonably quickly, just the damage seemed underwhelming

[fallen wren]

well, I would have preferred the same as the spark charges 😄

so like 1500-2500% 😄

[left hill]

🤣 now that's just greedy

[marsh tartan]

This helped , replacing the crab ring

[fallen wren]

not greedy, but 2 extra frost novas make no difference

[marsh tartan]

I really need to find a new helmet

[fallen wren]

is that a mana stacker build?

[earnest marten]

It sure is stack beyond 999, can tried snowblind, it had low lpl

[fallen wren]

slight improvement could be to remove 1 point from the cleanse node of frost claw and put it to the slow/chill node

[marsh tartan]

Tries to be yeah, first time following a build guide so I got goals to push into empos

2 prior chars in the past, I've always quit at empos cus I didnt have further goals in terms of items

character felt complete with basic rares

[left hill]

Just on paper for now, but uh... a bit more than 2 is possible if it is indeed 168% x (1+3) x (1+IncreasedCastSpeed) x 1.467

[fallen wren]

you really need more mana, also, and I think triboelectra isn't any better than a good exalted crystal wand

[fallen wren]

50? how did you get that?

[left hill]

stacking a ton of cast speed

[fallen wren]

for that you need to cast like 10 frost claw per second...

[left hill]

7.7

[fallen wren]

how do you do that? :S how much cast speed is required?

[marsh tartan]

I've not found any exalted wands, let alone crystal. I got spell crit, crit multi, both mana mods in search criteria on filter. no tier req, but at least 2 of the desired pool

[fallen wren]

if you are cof, you can get prophecy for it, if you are mg, you can try buying it... and possibly a yellow is better as well

[marsh tartan]

Yeah im on CoF have to start spending into weapon prophecies next time I visit observatory. Just splurged 50k favour

[fallen wren]

I think a prophecy is just a couple of thousand favor, unless you have the doubling lenses

[left hill]

424.6%. Mad Ladle Int stacking is one big part of it. Cast speed affixes on all weapon, gloves, and relic. uhkeiros cast speed, Arcane Ascendance, all available cast speed passives, 12% gloves, frenzy

It's not all easy to achieve 😅 but should theoretically be doable, and even without all of it, still gonna be a lot more than 2 if recasts indeed count

[marsh tartan]

yup, will slap those in next time I got favour stockpiled

[fallen wren]

I don't care about theoretically possible, I want practically easy 🙂 4 LP legendaries with the best 4 t7 affixes slapped on are theoretically possible too 😄

[fallen wren]

it is certainly nothing I can achieve 🙂

[left hill]

uhhh, ok? you're the one who asked

[fallen wren]

well, originally I wanted to see a good frostbite fc build if anyone has one, or alternatively, have mine repaired somehow 😄

[left hill]

I mean you asked how much cast speed would be needed and how. seems... strange... to ask and then be like "I don't care". That's all. I'm gonna move on

[torpid kelp]

excuse me, I want to play frostclaw nova on my rune master, could anyone point to a build for it please? thanks

[fallen wren]

sry man, did not mean to offend

[willow blaze]

Is this ring necessary for Runemaster build or something else better?

[left hill]

red rings are a luxury. red rings with 4LP are not of this world. no build is going to be contingent on a 4LP RR

[willow blaze]

thanks

i saw it can still be Legendary

but maybe the chance is super super duper

[gray citrus]

Well I beat julra but went 0/6 on all of the slams

Bro this game is just a lottery machine in the endgame there is no skill involved at all

[willow blaze]

Have u dropped this ring?

[rapid hinge]

😂

play the real game bro

you're going nowhere with that kind of expectation

[gray citrus]

I beat abberoth finally. Yeah I dont know the slams just feel bad to me which is most of the endgame

[left hill]

ya, 3.01% x 10^-10 is astronomically small, even more so since that's the chance for 4LP when a RR drops, and RR isn't common to start.

[marsh tartan]

LOGIN

yuuuge body before unstable core

[sour panther]

i mean if you play full offline to cheat items, why not make them good? xd

[fathom dagger]

what a re you playing if i may ask

[marsh tartan]

Static Orb / Frost Claw Sorc

frick, its -4

how do I increase my frost claw mana cost, its 39.6 with -4

[fathom dagger]

am i te only one who plays spellblade? damn

[marsh tartan]

I dunno, I just picked the 1st build guide that google found me when I started playing on a whim

[gray citrus]

What does spellblade even give you?

Sorcerer gives you 50% multiplicative damage and 50 mana

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Subtypical/character/Subtypical117 This is my trash build that beat abborath the slams are kind of sad but it worked

[proper hawk]

There's two of us!

[torpid kelp]

just got to empowered monos, plasma orb feels rough vs the new imperial monsters

[left hill]

just gotta grab those skill tree nodes. the recast ones, hand of morditas, volley of glass. and avoid Frozen Reign and ease up on Gift of Winter if you don't really need it at 3/3

[earnest marten]

Yea sadly for the lightning fc you need -3 one

[marsh tartan]

I have all of those and only 1pt in gift

man the void boss in Lagon is rough

those waves just murder me

Like at which point is it my turn to do dmg when its permanent waves of darkness

[autumn crypt]

sooooo spellblade is still bad?

[sour panther]

not rly

[willow blaze]

Can anyone explains for me while I don't use Runic Invoc, only Frost Claw with Elemental Nova but trigger this?

I swear i didn't touch Flame Rush Invoc or Runic Ivoc, only Frost Claw, and when i got it, Trinity Ele will appear (or same Runic Combo)

When I get attack, Runic combo will autocast, don't know why. Is it from maximum Runic Energy?

[slim hedge]

https://forum.lastepoch.com/t/lightning-blast-focal-blast-frost-wall-charged-pylons-deals-no-damage/60732
I just tried, and lightning blast with focal blast still does not do damage when it is cast by frost wall 😦 😦

[willow blaze]

i think i've found the problem. 10% of this

[frozen mica]

hi

[unreal umbra]

no gift of winter

[left hill]

does any resource say the duration for the invocations that summon antipodes and things like that? Tunklab and LETools don't seem to include how long those things last

[obsidian agate]

I’m playing apellblade

Was farming around 1500c but I moved back down to 1000

cuz it’s giga hard with the event mobs lmao

[nimble shoal]

I don't remember, but maybe the tooltip alt text says something. That's the only skill info not picked up by LE Tools / TunkLab

[feral birch]

first time!

[fathom dagger]

Any chance you can send me your profile?!

[willow blaze]

er... no one knows?

[next lance]

holy moly i got it

[spiral sphinx]

anyone here playing on Asia SE?

[minor token]

what build

[winter cobalt]

Me

[humble mortar]

where?

[obsidian agate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwYuWFkr11E

@fathom dagger also

basically cant push any further though, orobyss is impossible for me now

[atomic bough]

is here some spellblade master who would check my char and give some pointers what to improve for my build?

[marsh tartan]

Yo I need that for my build

[next lance]

prophecy

[minor token]

do you guys think some sort of manastrike spark spellblade or glacial sorc is better and easier?

[proper hawk]

Better and easier than what?

[minor token]

poorly worded, which would be faster a clearing between the two, I want a speed farmer

[proper hawk]

As much as I like spark charge mana strike, spark charge sorc is probably way better right now. Don't know how glacier sorc compares

Other than it's probably worse than spark charge sorc

[sour trellis]

Missing majority of my slams this season , very annoying . I know it’s early and plenty time for upgrades but hurts when you keep missing

[willow blaze]

er...

[left hill]

Well that's not sustainable 😂 (looking at silly things with Arcane Battery Runic Invocation)

[spice kayak]

what's the best build ? on sorc

[velvet trout]

"Best" depends on play style...Most popular would probably be a Frost Claw variant

[humble mortar]

monkaS

[brave kelp]

Hello all small qustion

Where is the fire tag ?

It seems that it does not work

[harsh abyss]

Looks like you have the node that converts it from fire to lightning, so it loses the fire tag

[brave kelp]

Nope because Infernal Ray says "Does not lose if you have Electrify Node"
I have it

[brave kelp]

<@&1161418687471956101>

[urban heath]

Why was a Moderator tagged?

[brave kelp]

I wanna tag dev but idk how

[brave kelp]

oops

[robust junco]

Also if you think you have found a bug, please report it in game or in #1210281997591908452

[urban heath]

If you have a question for the Dev's, feel free to ask in #👨┃ask-the-devs-not-support-no-bugs

[velvet trout]

But the node specifically says "loses Fire tag"

[brave kelp]

Yes but see the description here under the infernal ray node

[velvet trout]

Ok - had to look at the skill tree...seems you did find a bug or improper wording

[robust junco]

What Infernal Ray says is you dont loose the Lightning Tag if you have Electrify

But nothing prevents you from loosing the Fire Tag

[brave kelp]

But it looses its fire tag

When using electrify node

[harsh abyss]

"Unless you have the electrify node" but the electrify node makes it so it loses the fire tag.

TL:DR electrify takes priority

[robust junco]

Thats what Electrify says yes

[brave kelp]

Ok ok
A bit weird

[harsh abyss]

It's a bit confusing wording, yeah

It could say like "Does not work if you have the Electrify node" or something to be clearer

[nimble shoal]

Yeah, usually the wording they use is along the lines of "If you take both this node and [other conversion node], this node has no effect."

[turbid dome]

if you find him let me know

[still lily]

Hey folks! Ask The Community suggested I poat in here. 🙂 Trying a Mage run and I have a planned build, but I don't know if it's going to be a monster or a meme. Some advice would be welcome!
Basic premise is Lightning Disintegrate to burn down the primary and constantly proc both Lightning Blast and Static (which also procs Lightning Blast) to deal with secondaries and build Ward. Focus to recharge when needed, and eventually Glyph of Dominion for more damage and ward.

[forest estuary]

can anybody explain to me why confluence of fate increases my lightning damage spells by a lot

nothing in the tooltip indicates that it should do anything for my damage

[fallen wren]

flat spell damage gets added to any spell, you the effectiveness as well on the tooltip of the spell skill

well, not the tooltip, but when you check the "more information" part

[spiral sphinx]

any mage wanna do exalted helmet prophecy?

I have 1.3k C Imperial Warcamp

[humble mortar]

hey, with how much mana its worth to start playing static orb?

and mana on amulet is necessary? i have a good bone amulet but he has light pen and crit mult

[fallen wren]

not necessary, the total mana is what matters, but ideally you would have on almost every item where it is possible
You'll be playing frost claw+spark charges probably, static orb is mostly for bosses (though now it can also be useful to clear the nasty imperial packs), from 1k mana, I found it quite useful (could 1 shot timeline bosses and t4 julra around 1.1k)

[humble mortar]

im playing frost claw + spark

[fallen wren]

so then you can add static orb anytime 🙂

[willow blaze]

what the drop? XD

[sour trellis]

Easter egg

Opens the rainbow unicorn special level with many piñatas

[stark quest]

so frost claw/spark charge is good right now?

anyone got a build guide in epoch tools for it

[trail holly]

ive been kinda struggling (sorta) with my early corruption glacial mage

my resistances are basically fine, but my health and mana just feel really low and I'm wondering if that is normal

I just havnt found gear for over 300 mana, but my damage hasnt really been an issue, really more my health

sometimes ill be playing and I just get bursted down so quick, even through flame barrier, is this normal?

i have historically played bear druid and voidpally so I assume Im probably just too used to those but ive seen people just facetanking with glacial mage before and I thought I read it was a deceptively tanky build?

[marsh tartan]

Been having similar experience I think the magical limit goes when the ward gain based on mana per spell cast loses to dmg intake when it just flops

[fallen wren]

mana is also scaling your ward, 300 seems quite low, might be the cause of your survivability problems

[trail holly]

thats kinda what I was thinking, but wasnt sure, ty

gotta get them drops

[proven haven]

https://youtu.be/eMhMTDxHFSg we did it bois - Veteran's Boot Abberoth Kill

[fallen wren]

that's outrageous

[fallen wren]

do the boots give anything other than move speed for nerfing you bigtime?

[autumn crypt]

any good build for spellblade?

[obsidian agate]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/wdake/character/Sandstorm_YapStrike

[stark quest]

looking at this planner for frost claw/spark charge sorc, is this more or less optimal?

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/BEM4Ol9B

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (66) / Spellblade (27)

General:

▸ Health: 988, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 962, Regen: 16/s
▸ Ward Retention: 372%, Regen: 165/s
▸ Attributes: 9 Str / 2 Dex / 93 Int / 8 Att / 2 Vit
▸ Resistances: 64% / 62% / 112% / 103% / 73% / 66% / 66%
▸ EHP: 9,360 / 9,194 / 10,389 / 12,930 / 10,136 / 9,488 / 9,488

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 56%, Threshold: 899
▸ Armor Mitigation: 45% (2,668)

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning / Spell, Melee

Buffs:

▸ Arcane Shield (4/4), Enchant Weapon (Active), Flame Ward, Lightning Aegis

Used skills:

• Mana Strike (23)
• Frost Claw (21)
• Enchant Weapon (20)
• Flame Ward (21)
• Lightning Blast (21)

Used unique items:

• Seed of Ekkidrasil
• Dragorath's Claw
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Transient Rest
• Phantom Grip
• Strong Mind
• Stormcarved Testament

This build has a guide:

[1.1] Spark Charge Sorc Mana Tank Build Guide - LE Build Guide by Bigdaddy

[cloud marten]

Is spellblade any good gamers?

[stark quest]

most sub-classes have their uses

[proven haven]

No, the biggest sacrifice is losing blood of the exile boots from that slot. Losing up to 28 int with T7 slam, a bunch of MS, huge armor % from losing armor, etc.

[rancid bronze]

Yes

[rancid bronze]

It's perfectly fine, I run a more lightning based version but it will certainly do

[inner coyote]

for this passive skill 'Mastery of the Invoker', what other skills consume runes?

[nimble shoal]

Just runebolt and glyph of dominion, neither by default of course, gotta spec into whatever node consumes runes

[inner coyote]

gotcha thanks

[stark quest]

yeah, a lightning based version is what I'm looking for

[clever walrus]

Best build/guide for Frostclaw sorc?

[sour trellis]

Grinded hard and missed many slams but woke up and within 1 hour took my static orb flat dmg from 1.3 to 2m dmg .. looking good now this season soo far

Sorry about the potato pic

[proven haven]

pretty nutty pieces

[proven haven]

https://youtu.be/1RoQk84Qcds - pure FC version

https://youtu.be/3PxO81rVxmY - With static orb

Curse also has a good guide on it

I'm biased obviously

[faint heart]

Frozens guides are awesome

[sour trellis]

Yeah super happy today

[clever walrus]

Perfect. Cheers!

[hard folio]

what mage specialist do i pick to do that ignight/frostbite frostclaw build?

[harsh abyss]

Probably Runemaster, but sorcerer could work as well

[trail holly]

so im currently having mana problems as glacier (still gearing just got over 300 mana, what nodes do I want to go with, im having a hard time using it as it has a nasty habbit of getting me killed once im oom in combat

[buoyant viper]

Spark Artillery for Frost Claw changes it to Lightning and converts all Frostbite chance to shock, how come i still only have 15% Shock Chance? 0 Frostbite as expected, but i have a talent that adds +60% Frostbite, does Shock just calculate differently or bug ui?

[warped crow]

theres a passive at the very end of the tree that refunds 20% of the cost

theres also passives inside the glacier tree that give 1% of your max mana on crit/kill (pretty sure it activates 3 times per cast one for each of the attacks)

other than that you just stack either mana strike or focus to get your mana back ... it will all get easier the more max mana you have

and mana regen on gear always helps

[trail holly]

yeah sorry I wasnt clear, I have those

I meant like, how should I spec Focus to regenerate mana, I was using mana strike for a bit but it was also getting me killed having to just sit there and swing, lol

[warped crow]

OOOOH

uh

[warped crow]

right side of focus tree ... get to null proffusion and infusion and max them

the 3 biggest mana recovery passives are there

ignore calm mind

after that you just wait till your out of mana then use your skill and you will get half of your max mana back in like 1 second

[trail holly]

okay, that is kinda what I was wondering, if I should be like going for full reloads or just like clicking and and stopping it quickly

ty

[warped crow]

honestly once you get like 500 mana you can kinda just quick press and go

[left hill]

with some cooldown recovery speed and lots of max mana, that 40% can go a long way

[warped crow]

need to hold it for at least 1 second tho

cuz ye the burst will give you litterally 50% of your missing mana after holding it 1 second as a burst ... if you get a window to hold it longer do that

but if not 1 second long enough really

not to mention if your using glacier you have alot more sustain than i had with meteor

because of those mana passives in the glacier tree

every cast will be giving you back nearly 100% of your mana costs once you get closer to 1000

long as you hit stuff

[sudden junco]

Does ele nova still perform well if you go into primarily into one element?

[winter cobalt]

Like to know this too

[tribal veldt]

yo someone tell me how to make runemaster do damage while leveling through 60-80

I've never had this struggle before

[warm otter]

anybody wan to run some monos

[spiral sphinx]

u want come? but helm me get T7 exalted Int helmet

[cunning jewel]

guys is Yrun's Pennance sword good for leveling a spell blade?... or maybe the humming bee sword?

[turbid dome]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Delir1um/character/St4rkiller

Is this build still viable?

[obsidian agate]

sure but that’s Giga paper

[turbid dome]

As in the items are hard to slot out?

[obsidian agate]

No

[turbid dome]

If I go budget gear how crippling will it be

[obsidian agate]

It’s just really squishy

[turbid dome]

OH lol

Eh

It kills fast!

[obsidian agate]

mine has more dmg and is really tanky but it’s super expensive atm so idk

U can prob follow that

Would work fine

[turbid dome]

Link?

[obsidian agate]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/wdake/character/Sandstorm_YapStrike

swap mourningfrost if u wanna just 1 shot bosses

[turbid dome]

Appreciate it

[formal yew]

https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/build-guides/frostbite-frost-claw-sorcerer-guide#skills-header

how high can this go?

[turbid dome]

How reliable is the against aberroth

[obsidian agate]

I kill him in around 5 secs with mourningfrost equipped

if I am using exile it takes like 15 secs cuz of phases, but I never die

am tonk

[turbid dome]

Beautiful

[spiral mason]

if i have this node, or the effect from sunwreath, can the range be altered afterwards? or does that alteration have a set range

[sour trellis]

Ahhh skill lag got my in my arena attempt , 2nd place .. could of got 1st easily if my screen didn’t lag out

[elfin kettle]

I just tried to play Elemental Nova with Crest of Unity and Unstable Core... man, the damage is so lame that I just give up. Maybe I will try some meteor or spark charge. Its so sad to see that the game has all those skills to customize but most of them are bait. In the end you have to stay put with the stronger ones or the best itens to get most of it, the others sometimes cant even get to corruption.

[sour trellis]

Your playing it wrong then , it’s very powerful if you know how to set it up correctly and can clear 1k+ monos very quickly

[elfin kettle]

Nop, you are probably thinking of frost claw procs or the spark charge version that are really good. I was trying self cast elemental nova and its lame, just the pure elemental nova damage.

[sour trellis]

Ahh ok , yeah I proc and do around 60k spark charge dmg per hit .. I’ve never played the other way but for arena I do use crest of unity .

[elfin kettle]

Right now anything spark charges kinda work and that show how off road spark charges are.

[forest bane]

Frost claw or coc meteor?

[autumn crypt]

Need help which node/passive makes mana strike auto cast frost claw?

[earnest marten]

mana strike didnt had that node, the qol is the range node "teleporting strikes and star guide", for frost claw take "machuaitl" node, spellblade passive tree take "warden echo" node.

btw whats spellblade lvling now, still shatterstrike/manastrike?

[sour trellis]

So just got 265 waves for mage which is currently first . But after wave was complete I was typing to a friend and monsters kept coming even after it said click continue.. and I died .. wtf

[austere jackal]

Hi

Someone mage want to running CORRUPT 500?

to make items or someone who had a propchecy

@everyone

[paper path]

guys, do you know if the event works offline too?

[forest bane]

Any sorc build that trumps coc meteor? the gear/slam RNG makes it kinda tedious to play

[frank marsh]

just started my first mage as plasma orb runemaster, im having a hard time survivng the first mono at lvl 62. Anyone have any tips for this class to survive these monos? Takes me a little to do the dmg to kill the monsters but I usually get 1-2 shot pretty fast

[frozen mica]

Is fubguns build from 1.1 still good now?

[warped crow]

almost litterally anything

i mean just swapping meteor for glacier and using a different belt is already better

[hard folio]

im running some monos if anyone wants to join

[fiery quail]

question? for frostclaw proccing spark charge, do we ever need to manually cast spark charge?

[harsh abyss]

You can't, it's just triggered by various effects

[autumn crypt]

Shatter strike is the way. Mana strike needs uniques to have decent damage

[tidal wave]

anyone have some fun lightning/ice runemaster builds? or sorc builds? looking for something that can clear screens with aoe

i have never made a lightning build before. whats everyones fave skills?

[lofty crypt]

go shatter strike with proccing spark charges, rly fun.

[austere jackal]

some shatter strike mag want to play some monolioths 500c

[kindred viper]

I'm leveling runemaster and kinda tempted to do something that mixes glyph of dominion, frost wall, and lightning blast

[earnest marten]

Fc "gift of winter" reduce manacost only applied for direct cast right?

[austere jackal]

Someone exp

99lvl mage

[fierce phoenix]

there was just a video of someone doing lightning meteor. sounds exactly like you want it tbh

[rose cobalt]

Gravity's guile deal damage per second or per tick?

[nimble shoal]

Neither, it just hits enemies once when they enter its hitbox

[green scroll]

hello

I am about to play this game. Did multiplayer ever get added?

[nimble shoal]

Yes, MP is up and running

[tidal wave]

Ooo how does it turn lightning? Must be an item, huh?

[nimble shoal]

Yeah, Vilatria set's staff

[solemn elbow]

How would you build this?

Nm I see it on max roll

[sour trellis]

344 waves on my sorc , not bad for no res armor

Currently 1st

[stone prairie]

Any one got a firestarter frostclaw buildsheet?

[gloomy epoch]

every build now frost clow no electics anymore ?

[spiral mason]

what can i do to increase survivability

im having a helluva time in empowereds

I sustain about 2.2k ward

all my pot health goes to ward

[subtle rapids]

For surge, how does the more zaps node (unstable) interact with the node that converts zaps to lightning (unlimited power)? Do you get multiple lightnins?

[latent cloak]

are there any non fire aure aura disintegrate builds? can't play that, epilepsy doesn't like it.....

[stone warren]

Abie 2 secs kill at lvl99, i think im contented and done for this cycle. Goodluck guys see yah!

[nocturne timber]

I'm trying to do some basic theory crafting, new player. I have a Torch that gives my Shatter Strike tooltip far more damage than a HummingBee and I'm not sure why. The only noteable difference I see is the Torch has +3 Spell Damage, but Shatter Strike doesn't have the Spell tag on it. thoughts?

[turbid dome]

Build pla

Pls

[stone warren]

posted the link in the video shoutout, just check the description in the youtube

[turbid dome]

I can't check atm what's the class? Sorc or spellblade

[stone warren]

sorc

[austere jackal]

someone exp

"?

[quick epoch]

What is the better build, frost claw or glacier sorc?

all arounder*

[harsh abyss]

Both are super strong, I'd say try them out and see which skill feels better to you. I personally can't stand glacier, so I'd recommend frost claw, but lots of people like it.

[sour trellis]

🔥🔥

[limpid urchin]

your armor is low

endurance maybe if you're a exsang gamer

[humble mortar]

low armor and no reduced damage from crits

[proper hawk]

You don't want endurance if you use exsang, endurance doesn't apply to ward

[proper hawk]

2.2k ward isn't really enough. Either figure out better ward generation for your build, or invest harder into life. As others have already said, your armour is also bad. You might be hanging on to low tier base armours with good rolls. You might need to move to higher tier bases that have more implicit armour with worse affixes. The flat armour and % armour blessings would also help if you can get them. Also crit avoidance or reduction is important.

You might already know this, but resistances are less important in LE. Unlike PoE for example, having 10% res under cap only means 10% more damage of that type, instead of the 40% it would be in PoE. It's ok to sacrifice resistances to get other defenses in order.

[warped crow]

i mean its the same ... its just your pov is different

PoE ballanced around you being capped so being under cap means more

but the numbers are the same

playing PoE is like playing LE at consistently 100 or so corruption higher than every zone actually is from lvl 1 through 300 corruption kek

[nimble shoal]

LE is balanced around you being capped, too. The numbers are not the same - you can do just fine in LE being 25% under cap because you just take 25% more damage. In PoE, being 25% under cap means you take literally double damage, it's way more punishing.

[limpid urchin]

I was wondering about that

[sudden junco]

Idk about better but frost claw can proc other skills like ele nova and such which can be strong

[austere jackal]

SOME COF mage want to exp?

[proper hawk]

The numbers aren't the same though, enemies getting 75% pen after resist cap completely changes the numbers. It's the same pov, damage is still balanced around resist cap

[sand inlet]

Hello, friends.
I'd like advices on SpellBlade.
I know very little of it, tried a few guides, but I don't like how ppl build glasscannon. I don't mind having mid defense. I mind being glass cannon.
I'm on my mind on to start one from zero and go building and testing. For exemple, I'm positive using 2 red rings and with time put dex/int in it for defense/dmg(I got one with t7 int already).
But I can't make my mind on the swords still. Because I've seen a lot of variations. Base? Best is crystal or katana? And prefixes? Double dmg(melee cold + multiplier, since we don't need crit chance, it's 100% already due to dex passive) or dmg(melee cold or multiplier) + attack speed?

[proper hawk]

Which build? That changes things

Sounds like shatter strike?

[sand inlet]

Yes, shatter strike, I don't like flame reave.

[proper hawk]

Well I'm not super familiar with the shatter strike build but I think you want flat melee cold plus attack speed. There's probably not a huge difference between crystal sword and katana, either is probably fine. Since you get flat melee cold from dex on shatter strike, I suspect you would probably prefer the attack speed to be exalted, but I'd have to run numbers to be sure

Also depends on how much dex you have

[sand inlet]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oXyRNOzA theorycrafting on this.

[silk pewter]

Spellblade, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (5) / Spellblade (65) / Runemaster (23)

General:

▸ Health: 1,194, Regen: 27.2/s
▸ Mana: 137.28, Regen: 12.08/s
▸ Ward Retention: 476%, Regen: 307/s
▸ Attributes: 13 Str / 87 Dex / 94 Int / 13 Att / 15 Vit
▸ Resistances: 99% / 82% / 99% / 73% / 75% / 72% / 110%
▸ EHP: 19,458 / 19,458 / 19,458 / 22,809 / 19,458 / 18,891 / 19,458

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 239
▸ Dodge Chance: 14% (473)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 39% (2,200)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Melee, Spell

Buffs:

▸ Arcane Shield (4/4), Enchant Weapon (Active), Flame Ward

Used skills:

• Shatter Strike (26)
• Mana Strike (22)
• Flame Ward (22)
• Teleport (22)
• Enchant Weapon (22)

Used unique items:

• Mourningfrost
• Strands of Souls
• Peak of the Mountain
• Nihilis
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• Red Ring of Atlaria

[proper hawk]

Oh it's mourningfrost, I should have realized. That's actually a lot of flat. I think you definitely want exalted attack speed, and I'll need to run numbers to know if crit multi or flat is better for the second prefix

[sand inlet]

Yeah, nothing I can't farm. Thank you for the help!

[proper hawk]

Why peak over barbute for your helmet?

[sand inlet]

Because I have adhd and I forgot barbute is much better and we don't need crit.

Hahahahaah thanks for reminder.

[proper hawk]

Np

Peak is easier to get with LP so that could have been a valid reason

Barbute with the same 2lp only barely crit caps you so it might be reasonable to go with peak until then

[sand inlet]

Yeah, while exp it's good.

[earnest marten]

Could try null portent + omnis to overcap the res, or snowblind is decent for cold skill, 1 affix on sword for blind so no need to worry bout crit

[sand inlet]

Good advice, but problem of crit is ranged mobs :/.

[sand inlet]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/BE4zbvwQ
Check it out, please, if u can. Changed few passives and idols.

[silk pewter]

Spellblade, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Mage (20) / Spellblade (70) / Runemaster (23)

General:

▸ Health: 1,221, Regen: 27.2/s
▸ Mana: 128.8, Regen: 12.08/s
▸ Ward Retention: 476%, Regen: 350/s
▸ Attributes: 9 Str / 93 Dex / 94 Int / 9 Att / 11 Vit
▸ Resistances: 99% / 76% / 99% / 67% / 69% / 156% / 68%
▸ EHP: 23,195 / 23,195 / 23,195 / 29,286 / 21,882 / 23,195 / 21,677

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 244
▸ Dodge Chance: 15% (506)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 55% (3,686)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Melee, Spell

Buffs:

▸ Ambition (20/20), Arcane Shield (4/4), Enchant Weapon (Active), Flame Ward

Used skills:

• Shatter Strike (26)
• Mana Strike (22)
• Flame Ward (22)
• Teleport (22)
• Enchant Weapon (22)

Used unique items:

• Mourningfrost
• Strands of Souls
• Boneclamor Barbute
• Nihilis
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• Throne of Ambition

[proper hawk]

Don't have too much more to add, not a big fan of those grand idols you have in there but I'm not too sure what you'd run instead

[sand inlet]

Yeah, that would give me a lot of ward regen, not just the added from attacking. I want to not die often.

[proper hawk]

I don't think they are really going to have much of an effect tbh but sure

[sand inlet]

Why?

[proper hawk]

That's something you'll need to try out and see

I think the numbers are too low

But I can't think of what would be better so maybe it's fine

Just my opinion really

[sand inlet]

Dw, I'm here for that xD

[proper hawk]

I hadn't looked at your trees yet. Rage sap in mana strike is kinda sad. Maybe try for bountiful victory instead?

[sand inlet]

Good advice, thank you!

[proper hawk]

Mana tunnel teleport is curious. I assume it's for the stun immunity?

[sand inlet]

And other defenses.

And I HATE flame rush with all my being.

[proper hawk]

Well the other defenses don't require mana tunnel

And that's funny, I love flame rush

Have you considered the idol for stun immunity after teleport so that you don't need to massively increase your teleport cd?

[sand inlet]

It's 4s cooldown with my belt. You think it's too much?

[proper hawk]

I mean if you are ok with it it's totally fine I just personally prefer to have a shorter cooldown on my traversal. That's also lower than I expected tbh

[sand inlet]

I already have the belt, it's beautiful xD

I only miss relic, gloves and I'm trying to slam the helm now. Gonna miss the swords, but all I need is to craft. Got tons of favor for prophecies later too.

[proper hawk]

Yeah that belt is pretty nice

The last point in prodigy in spellblade is worth something like 60% of your 6 points in transcendence in RM, you might want to consider moving some points around

[sand inlet]

I'm all ears, keep going!

[proper hawk]

Keep an eye on shattered aegis stacks when you play it, it's not the auto pickup passive it looks like it is, sometimes it's better to only take the single stack passive for more reliable defense. Not saying don't take it, but keep an eye on it

[sand inlet]

Okay!

[proper hawk]

I think that's all I got

[sand inlet]

Thank you so much for all your help. I failed 2x already to slam dex t7 and int t5 T_T.

3x*

[proper hawk]

Oof

[sand inlet]

Btw, I got a The Kestrel lp4 and crafted a perfect body armor. But the base is sh1t for it. You think it's worth to slam? More mov speed and 1 more skill.

• haste and haste effect

[proper hawk]

Not for this build I don't think. Maybe for a surge build

[sand inlet]

You think Eye of reen is worth?

[proper hawk]

I don't think it's worth without 2lp double prefixes, and that will be challenging to get

[sand inlet]

Nemesis is my friend xD

Julra who isn't D:

[stone warren]

no buff, at lvl 99. less grinding and more on trading xD

[sand inlet]

Good job.

[trim tinsel]

any recommendations on a loot filter to use while leveling a mage/sorc?

[sour trellis]

Similar and can go higher but it’s more than enough , going to change my build with different items now and experiment for fun ..

[sacred gyro]

Is eye of Arexia used in any builds?

[knotty sparrow]

anyone else have an issue with Focus? Once I use it first time in a map, it just cycles through its cooldown and I can't use it again until I leave the map, or remove it from the skill bar and put it back

[lilac belfry]

Was happy to see my static orb rising to 50k 😂😂😂

Bruh gz bro

[naive fox]

What are people's thoughts on spellblade overall? Last I played (near 1.0 release) a lot of the melee builds were a huge struggle, is that still the case?

[sour trellis]

Took a while but 2 decent gazes

[alpine schooner]

idk if I'm making a feast or slop but I'm cooking
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/AVZam34A

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 80

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (39) / Spellblade (5) / Runemaster (49)

General:

▸ Health: 834, Regen: 19.95/s
▸ Mana: 202.4, Regen: 9.84/s
▸ Ward Retention: 212%, Regen: 71/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 35 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 147% / 13% / 37% / 0% / 0% / 1% / 1%
▸ EHP: 922 / 569 / 668 / 539 / 527 / 530 / 530

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 167
▸ Armor Mitigation: 7% (109)

Damage Types:

▸ Fire, Cold, Lightning / Spell, Melee, DoT

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Flame Rush (21)
• Glyph of Dominion (21)
• Volcanic Orb (21)
• Runic Invocation (21)
• Mana Strike (21)

Used unique items:

• Knowledge of an Erased Mage
• The Invoker's Scorching Grasp
• Ashes of Mortality
• Firestarter's Torch
• Calamity
• Fiery Dragon Shoes
• Avarice

[proven haven]

Lol those are so good. Don't think I've ever landed double prefix 4% prismatic

[waxen bridge]

what are some multi-hit options for runemaster mage? if I want to stack some armor shred
(on a single target)

[sour trellis]

Yeah took me many many favour and nemesis and couldn’t land one . After 1k+ corruption 2lp +4 crit dropped from
Mobs

[proven haven]

Frost Claw lmao

[sour trellis]

Oh boy !

[atomic zenith]

nice LP3

I have a question.. for static orb build, why are people using confluence of fate? as it is related to fire and void damage

how does it affect static orb build

[tight venture]

because of the flat damage it adds is HUGE

[sour trellis]

Can’t wait to find a nice exhalt to slam my lp3 warp . Static orb dmg is looking nice also unbuffed

[blissful maple]

Hello, it's always the same build for "cycle 2" for static orbe ?

[humble mortar]

how much mana u have?

[sour trellis]

Around 2400

[humble mortar]

can u link your build on lastepoch tools or maxroll?

[sour trellis]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/KikuBear/character/n00b

not sure what gear is on currently since I changed gear between higher corruption / arena and shade kills

Have other gear for full res for higher monos - also I change skills for arena and gear change also

I think current gear to kill shade at higher corruption

[soft granite]

Guys does Glyph of Fire from volcanic Orb trigger Elemntal Nova skill tree?

[waxen bridge]

I want to avoid the [frost claw->lightning blast->spark charge] cheese

[tight venture]

Alright a question, what is the chance I can empower this wand to LP4? Near zero?

[sour trellis]

It’s possible but yeah won’t be easy . Good luck

[tight venture]

Thanks. It should be the first LP4 wrongwarp I've seen if it suceeds. hahahah

[odd wing]

I'm a bit confused about Mage's skills that have multiple elemental damage espeically when it's channeld (ie disintegrate) - does it model it like a hit every X period? each of these hits would have a chance to trigger things like incinrate or eletricfy ?

[tribal veldt]

disintegrate is not a hit. it doesn't apply effects that would happen on hit, unless they specify as much. I believe for anything disintegrate can apply it says "once per second". You can't add extra chance to apply ailments to non-hit skills with generic items, i.e. even if you make Disintegrate ignite a little via the skill tree, items with "chance to ignite" do not add to that. (I just checked disintegrate's skill tree and it specifically does have stuff that lets you build ignite chance, TIL. But it's more of an exception to the rule 😄 )

Additionally, a skill's damage type doesn't determine what ailments it can and can't apply - you can poison with a lightning bolt, or chill with a fireball, etc, so long as you have the chance to apply said ailment on your character. Usually ailments will synergize better with skills that you'd "expect" them to work with of course, but that's not a hard rule.

Generally speaking, being able to deal Hits and apply all sorts of useful ailments (frailty, resistance shred, chill and such) is very good, so disintegrate kinda struggles to keep up with skills that do that.

[odd wing]

Thanks for that clarification!

[wintry pebble]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oYJb1zwA

Swapped from an axe offhand to a second apogee in this thorn totem build, had 5 extra points that I took out of Elder Branch. Earthen Supremacy feel like the right call?

[silk pewter]

Druid, Level 96

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Primalist (20) / Beastmaster (6) / Shaman (25) / Druid (58)

General:

▸ Health: 3,119, Regen: 109.55/s
▸ Mana: 355.33, Regen: 8/s
▸ Ward Retention: 8%, Regen: 0/s
▸ Attributes: 17 Str / 2 Dex / 2 Int / 52 Att / 5 Vit
▸ Resistances: 20% / 93% / 64% / 83% / 78% / 75% / 47%
▸ EHP: 4,013 / 6,221 / 5,584 / 6,932 / 6,221 / 6,221 / 4,842

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 59%, Threshold: 1,044
▸ Dodge Chance: 4% (106)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 28% (1,235)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 31%

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Physical / Melee, Spell

Minion Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Physical / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Summon Thorn Totem (32)
• Warcry (20)
• Werebear Form (20)
• Spriggan Form (23)
• Summon Spriggan (29)

Used unique items:

• Apogee of Frozen Light
• Apogee of Frozen Light
• Julra's Obsession
• Legacy of the Quiet Forest
• Phantom Grip
• Silvafrond
• Tears of the Forest

[tribal veldt]

#🐺┃primalist

[deft badger]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/omJlWJyA any spellblade shatter strike enthusiasts or comments in general about my current build? currently at 300ish corruption, just having issues killing the last harbringer (I get to about 10% before I die to a mechanic), not looking forward to the aberroth.
I reckon im a lil squishy so maybe I need to work on EHP, not sure what uniques to look for atm.. Looking at wings of argentus or a 3-4LP Kestral...

[silk pewter]

Spellblade, Level 97

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (5) / Spellblade (77) / Runemaster (8)

General:

▸ Health: 1,651, Regen: 20.36/s
▸ Mana: 171.04, Regen: 16.17/s
▸ Ward Retention: 301%, Regen: 164/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 92 Dex / 73 Int / 1 Att / 4 Vit
▸ Resistances: 73% / 51% / 92% / 73% / 113% / 111% / 74%
▸ EHP: 2,248 / 1,849 / 2,293 / 2,418 / 2,293 / 2,293 / 2,270

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 421
▸ Dodge Chance: 18% (591)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 20% (732)

Damage Types:

▸ Fire, Cold, Lightning / Melee, Spell

Buffs:

▸ Enchant Weapon (Passive)

Used skills:

• Shatter Strike (23)
• Mana Strike (20)
• Teleport (20)
• Enchant Weapon (20)
• Flame Ward (20)

Used unique items:

• Boneclamor Barbute
• Font of the Erased
• Diothaen's Bloody Nib

[drowsy plume]

Is shatterstrike good? played it awhile ago but it wasnt that good and if yes is the Maxroll guide for it good?

[nimble shoal]

Yes it's good, no idea about the maxroll build though, it's probably fine

[fading saffron]

Hello folks, can i get some guide here

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/KAISERIN69/character/bigAOE

Frost claw nova spell blade

besides more int, what am i missing in terms of damage?

sitting at 335 crit multi 3.6k sitting ward which goes up to 6kish in combat

Abby fight takes too long and i end up getting killed for stupid little mistakes

[obsidian agate]

Eye of reen is op

With 1lp atleast

Up to 550 crit multi on one weapon

[acoustic drift]

Mage class is the strongest class in this game?

[deft badger]

I see, what would u recommend for the LP? Thinking attack speed or flat cold damage?

Got a 0LP one in the bank, ill nemesis it and hope for the best.

[frozen solar]

Want to know how viable would a manastackin tri element nova mage do?

If anyone knows if not im gonna try it lol

[obsidian agate]

aps

getting it so ur shatter strike x mana strike can basically attack in between eachother is v important for dmg uptime

[sacred mortar]

a 17 weavers will knowledge of the erased mage 🤔 what are the odds it becomes anything good

[warped crow]

eeeeh

sometimes you get surprised with t7 to a random skill in that slot lel

[proven igloo]

does anyone have a biss mana stack sorcerer build?

[forest nacelle]

I remember there was kind of cool, visual pleasing build that used ladle (i think), but the skills used were pretty random, just by spamming one button- fire, cold, lightning projectiles and random skills resulting in a pretty sht show..

Any idea what that could be?

[rapid hinge]

that would a runemaster + runebolt

[nimble shoal]

iirc there might be a build video listed as "wild magic" runemaster build or something

[forest nacelle]

Thanks 😅😅

[earnest marten]

Anyone played hydrahedron in 1.1?

[warped crow]

no but its probably still fine

[harsh abyss]

I don't think it's received any nerfs

[pale wharf]

there's a 2x2 idol affix "%Chance to apply Frostbite on cold skills"

is this distinct from %chance to apply frostbite on hit?

how would it interact with frost wall

for that matter, how does the passive Cryomancer interact with non hit cold skills

[glad marten]

Why stack mana on that build?

[proper hawk]

It is not distinct aside from only applying to cold skills

On a cold skill it is the same thing

[upbeat hollow]

is there a possibility to get halo effect in the lightning blast tree to work?

[austere jackal]

Some COF want to farm some EQ?

C 500

or higher

[harsh abyss]

https://forum.lastepoch.com/t/lightning-blast-halo-effect-node-does-not-function/72234

It's been bugged since 1.0

[heady rapids]

Do those builds that use Glacier, Meteor and Static Orb work? Are they better/worse than pure Glacier?

[harsh abyss]

All 3 seems like a stretch. I'm sure they work but they'd probably be better off hyperspecializing in one or two skills.

Unless like... they trigger static orb to get lightning aegis or something but that's all it's really used for

My guess would be they use glacier to crit, which both restores significant mana and triggers meteors, which cost a lot of mana and do tons of damage.

[heady rapids]

I think that's the drill
Glacier to recover mana, triggers Meteors, Static Orb as main damage

[proven haven]

Pretty sure it is better than pure glacier yea. Glacier + Meteor already have great clear, but no amount of investment will make the single target compete with Static Orb. Similarly, Static Orb already has great single target, but generally won't have good clear even with investment.

Multiple primary skills is fine when they excel at different things, but scale with the same stats. The inefficiency comes when you start taking a bunch of stats that only benefits one of your skills, or take multiple skills that fill the same role

[next lance]

hi guys just the game a few days ago i already get most of mechanics and im playing mage i choose the lementalist path my question now is it better to focus on one elemnt and optimise everything for it or can i have mutiple and be fine ?

and either way plz do tell me how to make the best out of my build the specifics i mean