🧙┃mage

[wintry swan]

Maybe you could yoink everything together with flame reave. Never tried meteor so idk how clunky it is but flame reave yoink itself looks clean.

[tired hound]

poe2 will never

😂

[wintry swan]

Meant blackhole.

[weary hamlet]

alright so my essence weaver sb alt got to empowered, at least the damage is not low

when it procs shit dies

the gear is pretty bad though and finding a better weaver sounds like a tough order even with runes

[tight bloom]

what flame reave tree should look like? saw ignite black hole with reave, but it was used there only to pull enemies together under black hole

[weary hamlet]

in a primary flame reave build? You using jaspers or not?

[tight bloom]

black hole build, still desperately looking for a clear solution

[weary hamlet]

ah nvm I didnt read again

[wintry swan]

Yeah that's what the pull flame reave would only be for. I don't think it does good dps or mana consumption too high when you don't take that one passive that also reduces the range. Idk how clunky yoinking everything together and then nuking with black hole would be though.

[harsh abyss]

Only thing I hate about Jaspers is not being able to put attack speed on the staff

[harsh abyss]

Have you considered just using Ele Nova? Even if you spec it to only fire, you can get pretty big crits and massive AOE. Should be decent for clearing trash.

[rose trench]

hello people, got a nooby question regarding dual wielding as a spell blade, i got a dagger on my main hand and a sword on my off-hand, but i can't seem to place any other dagger on my off-hand, how does that work and is there any place where i can find like a list of what can be used in what slot?

[tight bloom]

yes, but I didn't figure out how to scale damage on it, I scale fire damage over time and have no crits or cast speed

[uncut zealot]

What is it?

And what does it farm. Lol

[molten cobalt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYyn2QmdvTU

[molten cobalt]

prolly fastest way to max out woven

and get lots of loot from lizards

[uncut zealot]

I’ll have to check it later

I’m at like 31 weaver points

Definitely need to up that. Lol

[molten cobalt]

ye

[uncut zealot]

Rogue is infinitely better than mage

It’s insane

I’m using it to farm my last few pieces needed to make my desired mage build functional. Then I can min max it

[weary hamlet]

read your dual wield passive again - it has weapon restrictions

[uncut zealot]

I also gamba’d a 3 lp mana guide

And then accidentally regamba it and lost it

[molten cobalt]

oof

[rose trench]

oh so, only "Swords" in the off hand slot then, i didn't even think to look twice... thanks for the tip, much appreciated

[uncut zealot]

Chat gpt is funny lol

I had it summarize that YouTube video

The video titled “JUICE your ECHOS using THE WOVEN - ITEMS, FAVOR and XP” focuses on optimizing your Echoes in the game “Remnant: From the Ashes” by leveraging The Woven system. Here’s a concise instructional list based on the video’s content:
1. Access The Woven System: Navigate to The Woven interface within the game to begin enhancing your Echoes.
2. Select Echoes for Enhancement: Choose the Echoes you wish to upgrade or modify.
3. Utilize Items: Gather and use specific in-game items required by The Woven to facilitate the enhancement process.
4. Earn and Apply Favor: Accumulate Favor through gameplay activities, which can be used to increase the success rate or potency of Echo enhancements.
5. Gain Experience Points (XP): Participate in battles and missions to earn XP, contributing to your overall progression and unlocking further enhancement options.
6. Repeat the Process: Continuously engage with The Woven system, using items, Favor, and XP to progressively strengthen your Echoes.

By systematically applying these steps, players can effectively “juice” their Echoes, leading to improved performance and capabilities within the game.

😂😂

[harsh abyss]

Wow, that's... completely wrong!

[uncut zealot]

Sounds like rogues may be topping out around 600-700c

For now

[rose trench]

remember folks, current AI is nothing more than a glorified if statement, i does no thinking at all, it is good comedy though if you approach it with the right mentality 😄

[weary hamlet]

its a dangerously smart t9 prompt

just smart enough to convince people to trust it, still too dumb to provide accurate information

[wintry swan]

Some people just believe the first thing they see.

[slender sedge]

ok second harbinger down

yay

[harsh abyss]

I saw a study that said the average reliability of LLMs they tested was ~40% correctness, with the most correct being right ~68% of the time and the most wrong being correct about 6% of the time (it was the twitter one).

I can't imagine relying on a tool that is wrong 30% or more of the time.

[slender sedge]

I asked chatgpt to summarize as web novel once, out of boredom
the results were peak comedy

[uncut zealot]

It’s hilarious. Using it for fact checking is dumb

It’s a tremendous calculator and organizer tho

[slender sedge]

ngl I use it for work sometimes

grab a bunch of tests

tell it to mash them together

and format them

[molten cobalt]

woop woop

[slender sedge]

nice

[molten cobalt]

working towards that cleaver version

[junior coral]

any OP mage build discovered yet?

[molten cobalt]

no

[jaunty birch]

why the harbinger of star belt can't spawn multi meteor?

even you spec the nodes it's still dropping one at once

[tight bloom]

the nodes say that additional meteors are added only when directly cast, triggers don't work

[jaunty birch]

oh.. okay

but it was fine back in season 1 iirc

[tight bloom]

devs changed it this patch

[jaunty birch]

you answered it lol

it will be too op I guess

[tight bloom]

lots of mage builds were nerfed this patch, people are trying to discover new op builds for mage

[jaunty birch]

I'm playing focus auto casting build now, plays like whirlwind build in D4

with the new necklace

it's pretty fun when you have enough spell range and movement speed

[tight bloom]

you mean brand of deception one?

[weary wagon]

bro this elemental nova skill is hella cool

[jaunty birch]

this one

don't need the elemental resis tho, I need one more dmg line but

probably cdmg or int, and then range + mana regen

not oom for now (it's actually good to be oom sometimes cuz focus gets % mana you lost as addi. mana regen)

I can get a short vid for 300 corr

[tight bloom]

are you on cleaver version yet?

[jaunty birch]

wait, what's cleaver version you meant

[tight bloom]

the cleaver solution version by FrozenSentinel

[jaunty birch]

can you show me

I guess not yet

[tight bloom]

strength stack with int equal to strength, lots of armor and ward

[jaunty birch]

but that needs the weapon?

I'm using eletro meteor

100% crit rate and 600% cdmg

[slender sedge]

lmao thats mental

[jaunty birch]

so all my passive skills grants lightning shock and it triggers meteor

my gears are still low end tho

[tight bloom]

yes, but build deals damage with brand of deception and it has 400 base damage, so no need to stack base damage

[tight bloom]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzYu5s_zrTI

[jaunty birch]

he got 2 ruby rings..

[tight bloom]

main things are runic fortress runemaster passive, cleaver solution axe, iron stance focus node, brand of deception and Vilatria's helmet

[jaunty birch]

wait

where's showcast clips

[tight bloom]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD2uPnKJKPs

300c

the build is new for this patch, so he explained how build works before actual season launch and is now testing it

he is streaming on twitch right now and is on cleaver version

[lime mountain]

Hello, I made a ssf char before and now I cannot acces my keys. I started a new char and cannot get a key in monolith. Can someone help me tp to mechants guild?

[jaunty birch]

Thank you I will take a look

This is what it looks like for my build btw

How can he got the rings so fast..

I would probably need life to es gears like heart or last live boots etc

wasting hp drain from spells

[tight bloom]

wow, that's better than my black hole on 100c

[jaunty birch]

I mean it's overkilling 300c bosses still with my poor gears

I picked merchant so I'm despaired grinding golds for better gears

those void knights ruined the market lol

pretty sure it has potential to get 1k corr

if I can manage to get what I want

channeling grants huge all resist and if you have at least 1 ruby ring you can put all dmg lines on other gears..

ofc it's better to have 2 rings lol

this node is crazy with vilatria staff btw

[tight bloom]

there are only like 3.5% of mages currently, so I guess mage gear should be cheap

[jaunty birch]

and lightning is like the most highest element dmg

[junior oracle]

Do I love this item? I do! Does it make it hard to play my build? Yes 🤡

[jaunty birch]

yea.. weird and my gears are expensive still

I need bunch of 2 LP to at least try to get 2 lines I want

and each of them are all mil golds

[tight bloom]

that's tough

is it worth it to choose merchant's guild rather than circle of fortune if I'm new to the game?

[jaunty birch]

idk, I feel it's better to go fortune this season

[sleek reef]

fortune every season

[uncut zealot]

@slender sedge .........

[sleek reef]

mg always feels like you dont have gold for anything unless ur playing the top class to sell items for said class

[uncut zealot]

thats the build

[sleek reef]

CoF is just chill

[uncut zealot]

@jaunty birch that is sick lol.... th slow move speed is cringe, but that might be able to be worked around

[midnight dune]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/BxrKlknA would anyone be able to help me with my build? im currently at 167 corruption and my trashclear is great, im not really dying all that much unless i just stop paying attention, but my single target is atrocious and idk what to do

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 89

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2

Class:

Mage (28) / Sorcerer (60) / Runemaster (14)

General:

▸ Health: 1,992, Regen: 20.46/s
▸ Mana: 485.58, Regen: 16.08/s
▸ Ward Retention: 212%, Regen: 30/s
▸ Attributes: 13 Str / 1 Dex / 78 Int / 1 Att / 21 Vit
▸ Resistances: 95% / 241% / 104% / 91% / 54% / 52% / 156%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 398
▸ Armor Mitigation: 30% (1,355)

Used skills:

Lightning Blast / Flame Ward / Flame Rush / Focus / Frost Claw

[jaunty birch]

yea, well I'm too lazy to actually boost my speed

you can actually actively toggle your arcane boost to get haste

it's 71% movement speed if you doing so

and if you are not holding focus it's over 100% movement speed lol

[crude orbit]

so black hole is still a meme I take it?

[molten cobalt]

hmm

what do i slam onto this one

i guess INT or DOT

116% DOT or 16 INT

[acoustic sorrel]

is this usefull for any build? almost PERFECT roll

[weary wagon]

this static skill is busted

[weary wagon]

no cause you lose all your mana

[acoustic sorrel]

ahh

[weary wagon]

its good for swarmblade locust

[acoustic sorrel]

maybe with enough mana regen a lighting blast thingy maybe 😛

[uncut zealot]

This could be a non brand mana guide build

[terse igloo]

Question

What would be the best 1-hand weapon for people who dislike Wrongwarp??
Mana Stacking Glacier Sorcerer build.

[silent lark]

Curious, can I ever realistically expect to drop mana strike with the standard shatter strike build?

[wintry swan]

I don't think so. Am running into similar problem with flame reave rn and it seems like fixing it through passive regen is just too much lost elsewhere.

[slim furnace]

can i have flame ward specced

but not in my skill bar

and it will still do the use when stunned etc

[silent lark]

I would assume so. I know you can generally leave abilities you spec'd into off your bar if you have some other way of using them

like primalist eq or sentinel smite relics

[slim furnace]

hm okok

would lose me the panic flame ward button but allow me to use tp

[wintry swan]

yeah doesn't have to be on bar. I got frost claw specced for proc chance and it gets all it's bonuses without being on bar. then I just have unskilled cold snap on bar.

[robust pilot]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/olZ103kQ Can someone tell me what I should focus on upgrading? I'm doing the first monolith, dying pretty often. Damage is just OK and I have huge mana issues.

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 67

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (58) / Runemaster (2)

General:

▸ Health: 828, Regen: 15.38/s
▸ Mana: 235.96, Regen: 14.56/s
▸ Ward Retention: 128%, Regen: 40/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 39 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 90% / 51% / 101% / 30% / 0% / 19% / 68%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 22%, Threshold: 188
▸ Armor Mitigation: 29% (1,003)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 43%

Used skills:

Glacier / Flame Ward / Teleport / Ice Barrage / Arcane Ascendance

[robust pilot]

(And no, I have no idea where my other ring went LOL)

[slim furnace]

i think when u use arcane ascend the point is that u run out of mana and need to refuel after

but idk dont use the skill

i know when i was using glacier id also use focus

to refill mana between manadumps

[jaunty birch]

did you spec the node that grants your more mana regen based on the % mana you lost?

It's on focus

meteor without multi clones (56 mana cost) is totally sustainable

whenever your mana is low enough you just recast focus (0 cd anyways)

and you get like 50+ mana regen

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/ALWllEko
Electro meteor auto cast build

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 98

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2

Class:

Mage (22) / Sorcerer (50) / Spellblade (26) / Runemaster (13)

General:

▸ Health: 1,321, Regen: 29.41/s
▸ Mana: 491.5, Regen: 24.08/s
▸ Ward Retention: 218%, Regen: 73/s
▸ Attributes: 16 Str / 13 Dex / 109 Int / 11 Att / 9 Vit
▸ Resistances: 64% / 40% / 136% / 58% / 60% / 44% / 45%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 264
▸ Dodge Chance: 2% (52)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 21% (796)

Used skills:

Focus / Static / Meteor / Arcane Ascendance / Lightning Blast

[jaunty birch]

I still need to swap a lot of gears tho

[harsh abyss]

I still kinda want to try my "max stun duration" meteor build, where the meteors stun for like 1.5+ seconds

[slim furnace]

u asking the wrong person

not my build

[jaunty birch]

I do like how it stuns

[jaunty birch]

oh

okay

[dire plaza]

So does mage need a buff

[scarlet fractal]

well these are super nice for ealy leveling

[uncut zealot]

hmm much less dmg than i thought

self cast meteor i was getting about 10x this dmg but not nearly as tanky due to mana guide

actually lol.. it was about 3x as tanky

hmm

i hope the scalebane guild leader falls down the stairs with his hands in his pockets

he definitely eats bananas for the shape

mfer

[idle shard]

magebros

what went so wrong

[uncut zealot]

wym

[idle shard]

chat is so dead

[uncut zealot]

mages actually play the game is why

[fading snow]

I can chat more if we want 😛 you guys will be the first to know of all my future failed crafts

[jaunty birch]

you might need to turn on channeling etc? not sure

[uncut zealot]

ah maybe

[jaunty birch]

and the dps from that is not correct imo

since the meteor is proc'd on crit and all the lightning hits have chances

[uncut zealot]

ayeeeee got my final piece for my frost claw mage

[jaunty birch]

so better check the dmg per hit only

[uncut zealot]

feel goo dtho?

[jaunty birch]

it's running smoothly if mobs not one shotting me

dmg can improve by a lot since my gear is kinda bad lol I got too much crit chance

[uncut zealot]

yeah you need more tank lol

[dire plaza]

Whats the strongest endgame mage build

[jaunty birch]

it's fine swimming in 300c

[uncut zealot]

great question

[jaunty birch]

since you are pretty mobile running around only

[slim furnace]

i just got to empowered monos and i keep having random one shots QQ i felt tanky in regular monos but now i feel like i explode randomly

[uncut zealot]

the slwo movespeed kills me

[jaunty birch]

I didnt do the arcane ascend trick

[dire plaza]

Isnt mage the weakest class?

[jaunty birch]

you gain flat 30% more mspeed with turning on and off every 2 sec

or 3sec

and it's 100% uptime

I was playing with one hand only lol

[scarlet fractal]

if i proc lighting blast with disintegrate it doe snot chain but if i take the chain lighting node in LB will that make it chain to +1 target

[jaunty birch]

it's 41% >71% speed if you doing so, and teleport runniing is 84% > 114%

[uncut zealot]

subjective

[warped crow]

wish the glacier on evade helmet wasnt lvl 60 sadge

either way now you can put glacier and static orb to trigger on evade uwu

[eternal quest]

This looks so fun and awesome !!! Can I take a look at your current gear and build? I'm really interested. I want to play mage this season but still looking for which build to play with.

[winter crow]

Has any mage killed uber yet?

im curious

[uncut zealot]

not sure but the str stacker likely will

[jaunty birch]

if you scroll up a lit you can find my current build, it's not complete gear set tho

and I highly recommend going fortune this season

you need vilatria set (later on should swap the base to better staff/helm), harbinger of stars, mana guide to run it

blood mage gloves is good, blood of the exile is also good due to its massive stat and speed but I'm thinking change it to some other defensive boots like last step of living

[eternal quest]

Found the build. Definitely giving it a try. Thanks a lot!

[slim furnace]

i got like 1300 hp and like 800 ward and i just hit empowered monos and i feel like im dying all the time idk what im doing wrong qq

[uncut zealot]

yeah you arent ready for epowered lol

[tame sun]

start getting/crafting resistance/leech/crit avoid/health/movement speed

[uncut zealot]

okay so this frostclaw build does giga dmg

wow

frostbite kinda op

mag eis back @slender sedge

[midnight dune]

could i get a peep 👀

[uncut zealot]

i need to figure out how to get better mana control

[slim furnace]

i got leech, i got max res on everything except like 2 off necro, i got like 35ish movespeed

[uncut zealot]

this boss damage on this is WILD

[tough kettle]

Do you think this version is better than ignite frost claw?

I have all the uniques with LP so wondering if I should try switch

[uncut zealot]

i get a looooooot of lag cuz there is so much going on the screen lol

kinda the downside

dont bother until you get this legendary affix

this build is diong more dmg than my heartseeker with basically all 3lp gear

and as long as im casting, like 1500 hp and 3k ward

cosntantly

[weary wagon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avvj0En7UiE&ab_channel=Bigdaddy yo u guys seen this auto bomber build?

[midnight dune]

Do you have the wisdom node?

Also do you have a planner? I need something to move over too when my build starts falling off haha

[uncut zealot]

i do not becaus im not really manas tacking

[midnight dune]

Ahh okay that's fair

[uncut zealot]

i can put together a builder eventually

wanna iron some things out

i can probably 4-5x my dmg rn

and this is nuts

2 downsides

for optimal dmg, need to be melee. like standing on the enemy

and second, its laggy asf

[midnight dune]

The lag tells you how good your build is xD

[uncut zealot]

crest of unity helm.... man

its so good

but fk the lag

i feel like the lag almsot makes it unplayable

frames drop to like 1fps and die in a frame without being able to react hahaha

[clear bramble]

Reactive ward + silver rune are unfathomably based for endgame

[uncut zealot]

i wish there was a setting to tune down skill gfx

[weary wagon]

damn u playing frost claw?

[uncut zealot]

ye

[weary wagon]

is it blasting?

[weary wagon]

ppl said its not that good but idk i wanna try it

[uncut zealot]

dmg is insane

lag is just as insane

[weary wagon]

i need that sceptre

[slim furnace]

ill look where that is tho maybe i have already

[uncut zealot]

i wil lsay.. this build slaps

but it actually sucks because of the lag

idk if i can play it

might be better to just drop teh ele nova

[left falcon]

can multiple runebolt hit the same target? or can only hit just one

[midnight dune]

what corruption are you up to?

[boreal widget]

Is there a good defensive legendary I can seek out for chest, helm, or glove slot? I feel to squish on some of these boss fights (The weaver bosses smush me into paste t.t)

[midnight dune]

for glove slot, i got these guys, i put them on and felt way more survivable

i got the fraility a little later on, and it helped even more

[boreal widget]

OOF that last part wont fit well though, I'm running a pretty mana bouncy sorc build (meteor black hole)

[midnight dune]

its not that bad

i go through my 400 max mana in like a second and refill it with focus and do it again

maybe a little hyperbole there but

[boreal widget]

I'll have to give it a whirl if I can get it then. Followup question... I know egg can reliably make LP0->LP1, is there something I can do to go from LP0->LP2?

[midnight dune]

afaik just gotta lucky with the egg

i think theres some weaver thing but i dont know much about it

[boreal widget]

yea the weaver thing is what I'm curious about, hrm

[midnight dune]

i dont think its very reliable tbh from what i have seen of it

[boreal widget]

Dang, guess I'll have to live with 0LP, wish I could remove LP entirely to put it back down to 0 to try again lol

[midnight dune]

i wanna say 1LP of them isnt too expensive if you are MG

[boreal widget]

Nah CoF, I want 2lp as I got a perfect 1LP (once I find the exalted to slam into it)

[midnight dune]

ahhh fair

[blazing root]

Working my way up to empowered monos (mostly just a time thing, not a difficulty thing) with a lightning spell"blade" build (basically surge to apply spark charges, stacking spell damage + static w/ firebrand and then nuking things). Is there a viable / comparable thing to swap to that uses lightning melee? I know I could do flame reave (but that's a bit boring, imo) and I plan on doing an ice sorc at some point--don't want to do the same element repeatedly (for variety's sake)

[abstract lance]

Hi, only the purple lines on exalted item are transfer to item with LP or is it random though all lines ?

[half pollen]

all 4 prefixes and affixes can transfer, only the 5th (the sealed affix) cannot transfer

from temporal sanctum T2 and higher you can choose one affix that will transfer for sure

[abstract lance]

Ok thanks for your answer 🙂

[uneven echo]

is there a woven map that you can extract at least one stat guranteed to a unique?

nvm i see it was answered Temportal Sanctum T2 or higher you can choose one affix to transfer for sure

[weary wagon]

@uncut zealot what helps with the mana cost?

for the frost build

[reef creek]

Hello, does anyone play mana stacking meteor Sorc? Is it valid? Can i reach 400c with it?

[versed zinc]

ive got 2 sunwerath rings, should i just speed level this current char as spellblade flame reave and respec at maps?

and does flame reave use weapon dmg or spell onyl (do i equi a sword)

[tough silo]

Whats the best sorc build to get higher corruption ?

[weary hamlet]

the only way to add LP to a unique is nemesis, but your odds of getting +2 are much lower of course. You can use the "weaver thing" to reset a 1 lp unique to 0 lp to try again, but that's about it

[weary hamlet]

for lightning melee there is the bad conversion on flame reave that nobody had used since 2015 or thereabouts, firebrand and surge, and mana strike which is useless for doing direct damage but is used as a utility skill/filler in proc builds. So your options are either to go firebrand/surge, change boots to a proc build where you will only be meleeing very nominally, or.. eh.. that's about it for lightning melee in this game in general as even primalist ain't got much for it either.

[ivory atlas]

finally

[weary hamlet]

tbh flame reave builds dont even use this ring these days as they don't lack flat damage (if anything flame reave can get absurd flat as is if you are using a staff) and the circular pattern isnt worth the mana cost increase

[weary hamlet]

it mostly does melee hit damage, and given its nodes you will most likely use a staff with melee damage

but other weapon options are out there, i.e. clotho's needle with good rolls seems like a decent candidate

[blazing root]

shame

guess I'll stick to spark charge memery for now

[full mango]

anyway to tune down fire aura visual ? I have trouble seeing aoe around my character

[blazing root]

convert to electric

[boreal widget]

One of these days Ill be able to get a R7 black hole affix to slot into my weaver's web 😭

[blazing root]

Is there a way to actually get a notable amount of damage out of spark charge or is it doomed to be a bonus source of aoe clear?

[weary hamlet]

no, we've been complaining about it forever

[weary hamlet]

pro: you can see the ground
con: it appears as if you are constantly bombared by fu cking lightning elementals

[weary hamlet]

it used to be extremely OP with old Arcane Current where you could be applying it by the hundreds, but you can still try the older mana strike/lightning bolt builds. Or even some kind of a static orb build with new AC. Spark charge still has pretty good scaling with Enigma

[tough silo]

I have seen some builds with flame aura

but i dont understand how they work

i mean does the aura itself do enough damage ?

[weary hamlet]

there is one meme build that stacks fire auras via glyph of dominion that is rumored to do decent damage via the aura

in most other builds I guess its used as utility with the resist shred nodes in sb tree

last time I played fire disintegrate, I could get enough auras and damage on them that the stack was dealing maybe 40k dps to level 100 mobs, which by itself was pretty damn bad but combined with disintegrate itself was more or less passable

and the main point was still res shred which was more worthwhile to get on the tree as opposed to blessings since (a) disintegrate doesnt hit for the blessing, and (b) it has very niche scaling where most of the nodes on the trees aren't useful, so you have a surplus of points anyways

for most builds neither of these should be true so the value of spending 16 points to enable it is debatable

[small trellis]

tbh in this game i dont think build matters most of the time my build is defe terrible cause i barerly got ny fire related equipment and im doing fine only time i die is when i forget i have health potions

[weary hamlet]

early on the content is fairly easy but once you start pushing corruption build starts to matter a lot

[left gazelle]

I was using Ire as I level up my frostclaw build, but i got so mana hungry ive put it aside and using this for now, solved my mana issue and has sweet cast speed to boot, only level 63 atm and i need to find a better Frozen Ire for later on anyway

[idle shard]

mechanically, whats the difference between static orb and Volc orb

it looks like both generic ball AOE

[molten cobalt]

honestly not sure what to target with CoF anymore

except higher LP versions of items i already have, which you cant really target

[molten cobalt]

whats the difference between tier2 and tier3 julra?

i can still only select 1

[umbral stone]

Higher tier temporal sanctum allows you to slam items with higher level requirement, and at tier 2 you can pick one guatanteed affix to get slammed on your unique

[molten cobalt]

so no other benefit?

so lets say a lvl30 unique with 2 lp

i might as well run tier2 then?

[umbral stone]

Yeah

[molten cobalt]

i see

[umbral stone]

Better drops and exp ofc tho

[molten cobalt]

skip straight to boss

aint got time with that dungeon crap

[umbral stone]

Then it doesnt matter

😄

[molten cobalt]

thanks

crap

[weary hamlet]

been a while since I played it but I'm pretty sure that you need an Ire with reduced mana cost affix on it to make the build work, preferably at t7

[molten cobalt]

it landed the 33% chance

any of the other 2 mods would have been fine

other mods were t5 DOT and t5 frailty

[weary hamlet]

the very tldr version is, static orb = one big hit scaling off your mana, VO = a ton of small hits which are good for both direct damage and ailment applications

[molten cobalt]

😦

[idle shard]

which one is better at killing bosses

[weary hamlet]

SO was very much OP before nerf, hard to say how much it's been nerfed to since nobody is playing it now. But VO had always been a decent skill for this

maybe post-nerf SO is worse, who knows, I'm too lazy to pull up the excel wizardry

also you can use SO for clear if you go for the orbit mode, it's not bad in that regard

VO clear is a bit more iffy since it has smaller area coverage, its more suited for single target damage

you can cold convert both though and be a dark wizard of orbs

but focusing on just one will be less meme

[molten cobalt]

spot the 3 loot lizard shrines 😂

[molten cobalt]

is there a reason people dont use 2x oceareon on their brand mage?

[ivory atlas]

One mage for spam Lightarbor t4

[half pollen]

I play mana stacker SO and im running (flame rushing) through 270 corruption monos without stopping

[lapis sun]

Hey. I’m lvl 85 and I have unlocked 100 monoliths but it’s in HC. Is it best to get exp in normal ones until I get stronger or is the exp much better there?

[molten cobalt]

this doesnt work?

i cant put anything at all in there

nvm figured out where i went wrong

[weary hamlet]

the exp is a lot better in empowered but on hc man I don't know, I personally keep running into bullshit oneshots via the new mechanics and champions

[lapis sun]

Doesn’t matter I just died

It was too hard 😂

[weary hamlet]

ah I see you are getting first hand experience

the difficulty diff between normal and 100 corr empowered used to be rather meh but with the new mechanics it's significant

[lapis sun]

Yeah it was against a nemesis the void circles got me

First monolith too lol

Back to the start for me

[weary hamlet]

the void nemesis is easy when he does the void circles, problems start when it starts using the rest of its skills 💀

[lapis sun]

I had 3k ward and 1.5 k health with max res and it destroyed me

[weary hamlet]

at least standing right inside its model helps dodge it easily

[potent plaza]

How do you get the gladiator helmet? im trying to get the Boneclamor Barbute helmet for my build

[molten cobalt]

what does the wiki say?

[potent plaza]

Thx

[winged talon]

Guys is the mana stacking meteor glacier build still viable?

[weary hamlet]

should be more or less similar to pre nerf

[sour oriole]

wait how can you see the whole map ?

[fervent ledge]

Any mage kil Uber abberoth yet

[mellow zealot]

What are the best prefixes to go with the armor+mana% idols?

All im seeing is like cdr to surge or fire aura dmg lol

[molten cobalt]

i completed it?

[half pollen]

in theory there is a +mana prefix, but in 900 hours I have exactly one mana + armor+mana% idol

oh, you are talking about the 4x1, that one has only bullshit for prefixes (unless you do frost claw stuff)

you want the 3x1

[mellow zealot]

i think its the 3x1 yea

but the flat mana for the 3x1 is like 3mil ea lol

combined with % mana armor

gonna end up buying some random prefixes like this i guess coz they're cheap

[weary hamlet]

if it's on the tree, you will get both

[bright trout]

guys i cant seem to be able to maintain my mana

what can i do ?

[weary hamlet]

what's your build?

[bright trout]

sorcerer my main dmg is fire converted frost claw

[weary hamlet]

mana had been historically the bane of frost claw builds, are you using a minus mana cost weapon?

i.e. frozen ire doesnt have it at baseline as a scepter

[bright trout]

yes

[weary hamlet]

in fire I assume you are already using meteor for craterborn, are you using the mana tunnel tech?

[boreal widget]

Aren't there idols for mana efficiency specifically with ice claw for that build?

[bright trout]

where is this mana tunnel tech 😓

[bright trout]

havent got any

[boreal widget]

Definitely set up a filter for them

[weary hamlet]

buff up meteor mana cost as high as possible, use Mana Tunnel in Teleport and Aftermath in Meteor

[weary hamlet]

also this if everything else fails

[bright trout]

when do they start to drop ?

im lvl 42 by the way

[boreal widget]

iirc no real level range just chance. Wanna make sure you don't miss them if one does

[versed zinc]

is mana stack black hole a thing
i was levleing some mana stacker but i kinda want to try black hole

[weary hamlet]

specific idol drops are just very rare so you'll have to spam prophecies/mono nodes until you get some

[weary hamlet]

some guy tried to make it work yesterday but it has terrible clear due to long cooldown, the damage seems to be mostly fine though

although if you just mean using it to proc meteors, that should be worse now too after the nerfs to multiple meteor nodes

catching strays from the belt nerf

[modern inlet]

is it better to focus on one element with runemaster or can i do a usable 3-element build?

[weary hamlet]

you can make a usable 3-element build, but its gonna be mid at best

[slender sedge]

damn dismantling the set ring was worth for the shards alone

[sage pasture]

for some reason my health drains itself to 291, does anyone know why it would do so?

it happens even when not in combat

whenever I heal myself it starts rapidly draining

[languid charm]

no item leeching life for ward ? gloves ? armor ?

[sage pasture]

oh my god, thank you so much

it was my staff

[slender sedge]

ok whoever made the brewery encounter

needs counseling

offscreen jump slam that gives you 9 stacks of poison

[mellow zealot]

at 850 corruption so far with static orb + glacier, only lvl 83 lol

doing just fine

[fervent ledge]

Build link?

Did you try Uber abberoth

[mellow zealot]

its a 1.1 build that im following and no, i'm just rushing some XP to scale more currently

17 levels of passives will do a lot for me

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/GodSanchez/character/LordSanchez

this is it

[fervent ledge]

Thanks

[mellow zealot]

but yea lvl 83 andd 800k DPS on sheet

with only some LP1 gear

[fervent ledge]

Insane

[scenic dock]

anyone tried uber aberroth yet? Guess it will be a 15min fight

[slender sedge]

yeah ill prob respec into that

[fervent ledge]

How much ward do you usually have, like on a big fight

[slender sedge]

cause my current set up is meh

[fervent ledge]

I see no damage from mana so wondering how survivable it is

[mellow zealot]

its not great so far but should be scaling better im at like a consistent 5-7k ward

until i get one shot ofc

[fervent ledge]

I think too many went to the brand hype train but it always has a low total potential due to boss dps. I'm sure someone will make an Uber build for mage

[mellow zealot]

its a cheap entry build anyways so you can at least try it out

before spending a lot of money for scaling gear

[slender sedge]

I think I could make it work with my current gear

so you just run around and spam static?

[fervent ledge]

Yeah 1lp pretty easy

[mellow zealot]

and obviouisly thats a 1.1 build so it can be improved but im new to the game so it's hard to use my own brain

glacier is a good alternative for normal mapping

static is more for bosses and rares in maps

glacier takes care of normal packs

[fervent ledge]

People sleeping on old builds that tbh alot of them look better overall and easier to build than brand

Too distraught on nerfs

[slender sedge]

all I know is that im resist capped

and jimmy the random mob

hits me for 4k noncrit

[mellow zealot]

yea i only just started this game with this season and it was super hard to find mage builds so i just looked at 1,1 versions

i asked the author of it and he said he killed a 1600 mono boss pretty easily on his 1.1 character

so yea seems good

he has a lot of crit avoid in LP sdlots on gear

like on helm/belt

[slender sedge]

I just feel that the flat dmg you eat in this game

is bs sometimes

[fervent ledge]

Nice. But he will probably have less ward this patch maybe

[slender sedge]

like yes a dude teleports on me and hits me

either I react in 0,1

or die

[mellow zealot]

Yea im not sure the changes bro honestly

[prisma musk]

ay im struggling to settle on a build what is the best mage build so far in this patch

[mellow zealot]

just rollin with it

[fervent ledge]

Too few play mage to know this yet lol

[slender sedge]

its the season of "fk u if you play mage"

[prisma musk]

im doing shatter strike right now and its okay but struggling a bit when i got to the start of 100 corruption

got a pretty decent setup minus the giga expensive 10m plus stuff

[slender sedge]

the problem I got rn is

my damage is fallin off as I invest into survivability

and then I die to some random bullshit anyway

like I was doin the grand brewery woven echo

and the boss jumps me, hits me for 2k and applies 9 stacks of poison

like, why am I even trying XD

[fervent ledge]

They over nerfed mage ward maybe.

[weary hamlet]

9 stacks? I think he did 30 when I face tanked that

lol

[tough silo]

What build you playing

[weary hamlet]

currently essence weaver sb

[tight bloom]

vilatria's helmet is 500k gold, so friendship ended with merchant's guild, now circle of fortune is my best friend

[mellow zealot]

500k is nothing bro

that's 1 idol drop

[tight bloom]

as a beginner I'm too overwhelmed to figure out what are the current meta builds and what items they need

[mellow zealot]

TSM loot filters homie

[tight bloom]

is it better than circle?

[mellow zealot]

controversial topic

i prefer trading it's very easy so far

[sleek reef]

Anyone been messing around w Focus and the new amulet?

[tight bloom]

I do want to try circle, seems like devs really made a game where it's possible to play ssf and not grind for weeks to get mandatory build enabling items

[mellow zealot]

i just prefer trade solely for the fact you can change builds and instantly buy a starter set for it

not quite sure how that would work in SSF

[weary hamlet]

all the meta chads had dropped mage so we dont even know what mage meta is these days pepega

[tight bloom]

FrozenSentinel made a great build

[sleek reef]

Mmhm i saw that, i saw someone in here playing around Focus with lightning meteor and got intrigued

[versed zinc]

so how do u play a black hole build?
just looked thru its skills, i guess u have to play it as red giant?

[weary hamlet]

the more viable way is probably via the ignite node

[half pollen]

Many of us SSF players are item hoarders and have at least on of every T7 affix for every slot in the stash

[untold meteor]

Are there any sword i should keep an eye out for a Spellblade that is using Flame weave?

[weary hamlet]

eye of reen if you want to go the DW route or use a shield (lol)

clotho's needle might be good depending on rolls

otherwise fr is more geared towards using a staff for that fat flat node

[sacred ruin]

I’m making disintegrate build since it got buffed

[tight bloom]

something like this if you want non-ignite
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/B4w0NJlQ

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2

Class:

Mage (31) / Sorcerer (69) / Spellblade (5) / Runemaster (8)

General:

▸ Health: 2,526, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 365.4, Regen: 13.2/s
▸ Ward Retention: 209%, Regen: 47/s
▸ Attributes: 3 Str / 3 Dex / 69 Int / 3 Att / 3 Vit
▸ Resistances: 60% / 0% / 24% / 26% / 65% / 29% / 3%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 505
▸ Dodge Chance: 3% (82)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 31% (1,526)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 60%

Used skills:

Meteor / Flame Reave / Flame Ward / Black Hole / Teleport

[tight bloom]

I tried flame reave with pull node and sunwreath and so far it's the most viable way to play black hole, but need to stack cdr

[untold meteor]

Oh, i see

What's DW?

[weary hamlet]

dual wielding

[mellow zealot]

Is orions eye really better than nihilis? Im struggling to understand why orions eye is recommended on maxroll builds over it?

[untold meteor]

Oooh ok

Thank you

[mellow zealot]

or a better question is why is orians eye such a good defensive item? I just need some help grasping it please

[slender sedge]

Circle is mad fun

[weary hamlet]

lets you stop itemizing one resist which theoretically saves you about 2 suffixes

[tight bloom]

I just left merchants guild for circle and I had to unequip almost all of my gear, the build is so scuffed right now without those op items, what can I do? is there a mage build that I can use while I farm favor for circle?

[mellow zealot]

And if i'm already res capped it loses value i guess, unless I was to re gear the slots that are filling it

leaning more towards just buying a nihilis then thx

[weary hamlet]

you can always go back to mg..

[tight bloom]

but then I wouldn't farm circle favor and I don't think I will be able to find and craft same quality gear on mg

[weary hamlet]

what corruption are you at?

[tight bloom]

100

I can't even respec my mastery from sorc to runemaster, 400k gold short

[harsh abyss]

Could always start a new character. If you have some leveling gear you can make it to empowered monos in a few hours, especially now

[tight bloom]

what leveling gear? I think I can go back to mg and buy some

[weary hamlet]

you can try something silly like ice barrage cause with that you can offscreen mobs if your survivability is turbo bad

[harsh abyss]

Get a firestarter's Torch and a Calamity and you'll breeze through teh early levels

[weary hamlet]

then it will require your alt to also be on MG though

[harsh abyss]

Maybe get a 1lp low level piece of armor and slam health on it

[tight bloom]

yes, but on leveling there are not much favor anyway I suppose

[harsh abyss]

You can join MG in the first town on alts, so it's not a problem of getting to the location either

[tight bloom]

what skills are good with these items?

[harsh abyss]

Any fire skill with Calamity, but you can slap firestarter's torch on literally anything and it'll wipe screens for the first few acts of the game. Spreading flames is super OP early

If you're leveling a mage, I'd recommend going Dancing Fire fireball (fireballs in a line). Torch will take care of clearing screens and then your fireballs will annihilate bosses

[weary hamlet]

you can just go with fireball for leveling it deletes the campaign easily even with no items

[harsh abyss]

With those 2 uniques, it's stupid brainless. Even more so if you have some of the weaver idols that give ward/sec that you can pop in as soon as you unlock idol slots

[tight bloom]

alright, need to farm 1600 mg favor and I'm good to go

[harsh abyss]

My 2nd and 3rd specialization recommendations would be Ele Nova (fire, obviously, plus the AOE node) and Teleport (specc'd to cast 3 novas). Then you can teleport across screens, triggger spreading flames on everything and clear them as you move between area

[uncut zealot]

yo........

mage build that works

but omega lag

[slender sedge]

what did you cook up

[uncut zealot]

finally got my frostbite frostclaw online

the dmg is aboslutely bonkers

[weary hamlet]

yea its same build as it always had been, still good

[plain kayak]

hey fellas, I've been blasting with judgement aura and hit 300 corruption today, wanted to make alt with all that legendaries and uniques. Is runemaster still shining and fast like S1?

[harsh abyss]

Probably not quite as fast, it's seen some nerfs, but some builds like the frostbite frostclaw mentioned above are still very strong

[weary hamlet]

lol no

if you are swapping from judgment paladin you are in for a rude awakening

its not even close to the easiness of current pal

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, current sentinel anything is hella strong

[plain kayak]

yeah sentinel is hell of a strong xD

30-40k ticks and fodders disintegrate when they get in the judgement area xD

[harsh abyss]

@weary hamlet Finally got some time to play last night, channeled LB at 8/10 harbs without too much issue. Some things are able to kill me (stupid 'possessed by witch' beams), but mostly it's still good. starting to have to pay attention to mechanics in harbingers though. The Rahyeh harb at 250 could oneshot me, which isn't a big surprise since I haven't gotten a defensive upgrade in a while

[weary hamlet]

werent you joking at how soul of erased witch was my worst nemesis? See she's no joke

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, the void nemesis also has the one attack that'll instagib you

[weary hamlet]

tbh the harbs were rather easy for my focal blast build but I really struggled with some rng champs in echoes

that's the deal, every attack of void nemesis can instagib you

that thing that applies 1200 per tick time rots is savage

[harsh abyss]

The spiral thing is the one that gets me

Unless I can get some key upgrade, getting past 300 feels like it's going to be a real challenge

[slender sedge]

nice

im thinking about either lightning meteors

or maybe black hole

turns out im hitting the apm limits of manually casting exactly 3 spells before invoking lmfao

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, that's one reason why Gordian Prism is so tempting for me. Don't have to be super exact about your rune stuff.

[slender sedge]

I was thinking about conflag spellblade

or just meteors

[uncut zealot]

dont waste ur time on black hole

[slender sedge]

bad?

[uncut zealot]

very

[slender sedge]

ok ill take your word for it

[uncut zealot]

you see the auto bomber lightning build?

meteor

[slender sedge]

no?

[uncut zealot]

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

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 98

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2

Class:

Mage (22) / Sorcerer (50) / Spellblade (26) / Runemaster (13)

General:

▸ Health: 1,321, Regen: 29.41/s
▸ Mana: 491.5, Regen: 24.08/s
▸ Ward Retention: 218%, Regen: 73/s
▸ Attributes: 16 Str / 13 Dex / 109 Int / 11 Att / 9 Vit
▸ Resistances: 64% / 40% / 136% / 58% / 60% / 44% / 45%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 264
▸ Dodge Chance: 2% (52)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 21% (796)

Used skills:

Focus / Static / Meteor / Arcane Ascendance / Lightning Blast

[uncut zealot]

guy in here made it

mana guide around and have lightning blast trigger big lightning meteors

[slender sedge]

lmfao

guess ill try to farm out mana guide

but I think I do have one

hm

[harsh abyss]

I know the coc meteor mana guide build is popular, but has anyone actually tried just using Energy Overflow to its maximum potential? Mana stacking and mana as defense and all that?

Maybe with a Triboelectra and static orb for when you need to dodge out of channeling

[weary hamlet]

just stand inside his model and it will never hit you

I mean it's a dot so it will never hit you anyways but you got the idea

[buoyant creek]

damn I hate that Firebrand can't get Volka's Razor.

[uncut zealot]

@slender sedge you gonna make that lightning metoer uato bomber?

[errant viper]

Do Brands of Deception applied by 2 Runemasters stack additively or does it just take the strongest or latest one?

[lime tundra]

is the crab evade ring a meme or is that thing supposed to be good

[uncut zealot]

idk lol

[lime tundra]

i had one drop during campaign and couldnt live without the evade

little dude did no dmg out of the box and died quick too

[uncut zealot]

its buidl is far from optimal imo

[tight bloom]

it gives movement speed, so already not bad

[uncut zealot]

ima take the concept and fix it

[slender sedge]

probably

but ill change some things

before I respec at all I need mana guide

theres a lot to be optimized in that setup

maybe ill just hardcast meteors

idk

[weary hamlet]

its used by some builds that dont do evade but idk that's a lot less valuable now that evade is significantly improved

[mossy turret]

it seems Spellblades are still the redheaded stepchild of the game huh 🤣

[half pollen]

Mana as defense doesnt fit well to focus since focus needs full mana for damage

[harsh abyss]

Well, you don't need to stack it, but having a bit of it is probably fine if you take Overcharge or whatever it's called

But also 🤷‍♀️ I haven't seen anyone talk about doing anything other than the CoC meteor version

[tight bloom]

thanks, I'm having a blast with this setup and I'm going for mana guide brand of deception version

[slender sedge]

W E L L

[fervent ledge]

So mana stacker Sorc is not good now?

[uncut zealot]

DUDE

this cenotaph of worlds woven is STUPID

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, it's basically busted. My recommendation would be to drop it in a non-empowered mono if you're looking to complete it

[uncut zealot]

ngl idk why people play mage lol

[fervent ledge]

How big were the static orb mana nerds for Sorc

[uncut zealot]

it killed it

unplayable

[fervent ledge]

Wtf

[tight bloom]

what would you recommend for a smooth transition before I get mana guide?

[uncut zealot]

not entirely

but yes

you gonna do negative dmg

[fervent ledge]

Some guy earlier said he is doing 860corr with glacier and static orb with just lp1

Mayeb the nerfs were not too bad

[harsh abyss]

It's still fine, you just aren't gonna oneshot bosses any more, lol

[half pollen]

The nerfs were brutal but its probably still a good spell. It was just way out of line before

[prisma musk]

can you sell a reforged set item ?

[tight bloom]

also, what is good on ele nova after upper aoe and fire nova? overcharge with silenced spark and elemental expanse?

[harsh abyss]

If you want to keep it to fire, grab Immolation and/or fiery destruction. If you're going to go multi-element, Elemental Expanse will make it cover most, if not all of the screen.

[half pollen]

I prefer to just go runemaster and get 30% of my mana as ward whenever I generate a rune with a channel spell. And you can still have damage dealt to mana as oneshot protection

And the 30% of Max mana as endurance threshold goes a long way too

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, that makes sense

Plus the flat armor while channeling per rune is great too

[half pollen]

Im not sure how far the damage from focus gets you though. The 100% base damage effectiveness is low. Even when you have like 2000 mana its still just a baseline 1200 damage hit

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, I dunno. You at least have the 150% more damage while at max mana

[half pollen]

And you need to spend like 14 points for the damage nodes which means you have very few left for defensive stuff

[harsh abyss]

Plus, you can spec LB for Convergence and have that do some additional single target damage

[slender sedge]

oh damn

op relic imminent?

first legendary 3 I got

this season

[harsh abyss]

ugh, I just had a 2lp mana guide drop, but I DC'd before I could pick it up

[slender sedge]

nooo

[sour thicket]

Has anyone tried like a spell base Spellblade utilizing Tidal Wave and Flame wave (not Flame Reave)

[uncut zealot]

Bruh I been tryin to farm that lol

[weary hamlet]

these are procs from the two swords right? you can try putting them into a generic proc build but problem is, most proc builds are lightning based as that just has the best support

also these dont seem to be better than the claw, essence reaver, or even battlemages endeavor

[sour thicket]

Flame Wave can proc from Firebrand and Tidal Wave from Surge

[slender sedge]

I imprinted it

got like 7 XD

[weary hamlet]

we were discussing the surge subspell before patch launch but it looked very meh as its held back by surge cooldown too much, and while the firebrand subspell is better in many regards and you might want to keep up firebrand stacks for spell stats in a proc build anyways, mana becomes a problem if you swap mana strike for firebrand

[molten cobalt]

weaver tree has given me 2x 2lp mana guide

[harsh abyss]

That was the first one I've seen drop at all

[mystic sierra]

Wait what's this about a good mana guide build? I have a 2LP one I could put to use 👀 the only build I'd seen was that Cleaver Solution one that apparently didn't end up being that great

[harsh abyss]

IDK I can't seem to get one to drop so I can't really experiment with it 😢

[mystic sierra]

The lightning blast casting from it didn't feel particularly good when I messed with it while leveling with LB, but also there may be a specific way to spec to make the amulet feel good that I hadn't messed with

[harsh abyss]

I think mana stacking is probably the way to go. In previous seasons the main thing that didn't feel good was that you had to stand still.

[sour thicket]

Lightning Meteor is what I've been doing

[half pollen]

I play mana guide with static orb and brand and it feels very nice

[mystic sierra]

Hard cast or Harbinger of Stars?

[sour thicket]

Harbinger of Stars.

Also Arcane Ascendance works while using Mana Guide + Focus

Not sure if intended or not

[molten cobalt]

nothing wrong wit the cleaver one at all, quite the opposite

[mystic sierra]

Nice, do you have a planner I can look at? I have been interested in auto-meteor as well. I have a 1LP HoS I can use.

[mystic sierra]

Ah guess I've heard mixed things. It seemed more group oriented and not great solo, but I haven't been following all of Frozen's updates

[sour thicket]

With Mana Guide, you can auto cast Lightning Blast with Focus and Arcane Ascendancy. Just with Focus you have 3 different abilities going off to crit to proc Harbinger of Stars.

[molten cobalt]

im not even at cleaver version yet, i still stack INT, and it's great so far

slower on bosses, but i can swap invocation for that

just by applying 3 spare points to flame rush

[mystic sierra]

Nice glad it's working out for you

[fading snow]

Does anyone know the static orb tickrate?

[harsh abyss]

All DoTs tick 2x per second I think

[molten cobalt]

mana guide is super common though, so perhaps not a good reason to completely swap builds

i have 4 lp1 and 3 lp2 mana guides

false temple farming is so good for uniques

and xp

and speed running weaver faction

[mystic sierra]

Btw this seems obvious, but in case I'm missing something.. is Blood of the Exile used explicitly with Grasp of the Blood Mage to amplify the bleed on the gloves?

[molten cobalt]

i dont know, i use boots on their own

[mystic sierra]

I see a variety of build planners combing those two items so was just wondering if that was the specific reason

[molten cobalt]

possible, i have not played this game enough to know

nice boots on their own though

[mystic sierra]

seems weird to focus two uniques to add bleed on builds that don't otherwise scale bleed or DoT but I'm a newb with all the added/extra stuff you can do and not sure how impactful it actually is

Otherwise I'd say it's just a heavy movespeed boot with +INT is the reason, which fair I suppose

(but still the gloves..? guess for boss damage taken stagger)

[molten cobalt]

who knows

[fiery kiln]

How can I check my DPS from frostbite?

[half pollen]

The stats on blood of the exile are just so good that they are great for many non bleed builds

[mystic sierra]

What about the boots?

[molten cobalt]

i wish LE had a rune/glyph for rerolling base of an item

into a diff base of same type/tier/whatnot

[harsh abyss]

The reason the boots are used are because: They add str (good for every build because % armor), Int (good for almost mage builds) and inherent 30% movespeed (effectively T7). The bleed bonus isn't really important because those three bonuses are very strong on their own.

[molten cobalt]

dont forget LP

[harsh abyss]

And the gloves are good because they provide a source of flat crit, which is usually reserved for Rune Daggers and Catalysts. That means you can do things like use a Staff and not need to be concerned with adding flat crit chance.

[molten cobalt]

without LP i would not use them myself

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, but every unique can have LP, so that's not really saying anything.

[molten cobalt]

then i would attribute swap this and craft cooldown on it, basically

[molten cobalt]

i was comparing with purple boots

also 59 forging potential is highest i have ever seen

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, that's not really answering the question of why those uniques show up in so many build guides that don't focus on bleed 😝

Which is what I was trying to provide context for

[molten cobalt]

fair point

[rotund atlas]

so ive been leveling as shatter strike spellblade, how well does it transition into like the end game stuff? im assuming with it being melee it could be a little rough?

[ivory atlas]

Hey boys , LF 1 men for 440+ corrupt 10 harbringer ECHO 1/2

[oblique fossil]

@mystic sierra it is for movement and stat

Can't get 60% movement on other boots and people going movement since not getting hit is best defense

[molten cobalt]

anyone who hasn't maxed weaver faction should do the false temple farm

great for loot too

and xp

[tight bloom]

2.5 hours Heoroth cutscene speedrun with spreading flames build

[uncut zealot]

ye i have been. boy is it borniig lol

super easy tho

[weary hamlet]

its pretty good actually, other than the general considerations, its also not much of a "melee" build with aoe that covers half of your screen

[mystic sierra]

Ok cool makes sense ty

[molten cobalt]

its not that boring

regular maps are boring too

[uncut zealot]

too much sitting and waiting for the amber to drop

lol

[molten cobalt]

you got that issue in regular maps too

i got 3 lizard shrines in the same map once

the same false temple

[clear hare]

Whats the fastest mage build i can make, i wanna zip around

[rotund atlas]

ok thank you, how does it do on bosses? or would i be better off working on items for a different build if i wanna do boss farming later on?

[weary wagon]

for my spellblade

[wintry swan]

Idk about blackhole. Seems pretty booty and is taxed heavily on a lot of passives. Very weird.

I got the tooltip stupid high with really trash gear but I am not seeing the damage it is listing.

[molten cobalt]

weaver tree is so good

[uncut zealot]

lol ya

wait why tf is mana guide not casting lb

[weary hamlet]

yea black hole is a meme unfortunately

tbh they could largely fix it by removing its cooldown and pull baseline and adding it as a node to its tree for those who want to use it as a CC skill

[molten cobalt]

its not?

[uncut zealot]

no its not

hmm

ok now it is

trying this meteor auto bomber lol

[molten cobalt]

first 4lp

this league

[uncut zealot]

nice!

[wintry swan]

Yeah I had this fantasy of yoinking everything in with flame reave, blackhole to hold them and for some nice dot damage, then meteor while I walk away, but it's just very clunky.

And the trash mobs kinda just die to meteor.

So you can just walk around and spam it instead. Idk it felt like trying to make something better and ended up making it worse ig is what I am saying.

[ivory atlas]

nobody for helping a mate mage ? i need kill 10 harbringer on ECHO 450+ corruption , someone is hot here ?

[craggy lagoon]

I'm looking to level and play a Lightning based fireball/meteor build. Could someone tell me if this gear set is a good base to work with? https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/olZkr9OQ

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2

Class:

None

General:

▸ Health: 1,183, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 442.45, Regen: 9.6/s
▸ Ward Retention: 20%, Regen: 24/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 10 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 12% / 12% / 25% / 0% / 0% / 1% / 1%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 237
▸ Armor Mitigation: 6% (140)

Used skills:

None

[molten cobalt]

i can try if you want, but im nowhere near 450 so no idea if i can handle it

[ivory atlas]

Sure , Name?
i can kill 5/10 8/10 but is more easy at 2 good guys

[molten cobalt]

ingame name?

not sure what is needed to add/party

[ivory atlas]

i need ur name for add u in friend and invite

[uncut zealot]

mannn i think ima break from mage

lol

[molten cobalt]

Nomies

[ivory atlas]

add me and pm me , Inosukeh
he say me wrong name or fail invite

[molten cobalt]

@ivory atlas my UI disappeared

cant see ingame chat or anything anymore

i wonder what i pressed

[ivory atlas]

press supr

suppr

[molten cobalt]

suppr?

[ivory atlas]

Ty for helping , i try search other guys

is a touch on ur keyboard

disapear UI

look seeting

[molten cobalt]

no idea which button you mean

anyway good luck finding someone strong

i need to figure out how to boost my single target dps

oh it's Delete button

[ivory atlas]

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

what i need for dont take Oneshot

[molten cobalt]

it's an empty planner

[ivory atlas]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Inosukeh/character/Inosuke

[uncut zealot]

mannnnnnnnnn fk mage this season i tihnk

feels like im playing golf with plastic clubs

[molten cobalt]

quitter

can you tell me something @uncut zealot

[uncut zealot]

what

[molten cobalt]

why do you need 15mana lightning bolt to trigger covenant arc? but not plasma orb

[uncut zealot]

you dont

[molten cobalt]

there's some weird interaction there

i cant explain it

[uncut zealot]

i dont use lightning blast at all on my covenant build haha

[molten cobalt]

something with brand DOT overriding covenant arc?

[uncut zealot]

yes

brand dot will override covenant

so you need to covenant, then not attakc

[molten cobalt]

how do i stop that

[uncut zealot]

covenant also overrides brand

so my rotation is this (i just do this idk if its for a purpose lol): Brand - flame shield - covenant

[molten cobalt]

but brand is triggered from covenant arc isnt it?

[uncut zealot]

its a separate thing

i think covenant triggers A brand

and that dmg gets added onto to covenants dot

which might be why the entire isntance gets overrideen

[molten cobalt]

i just noticed it aint working for me when i try to swap from plasma orb to covenant, for bosses

but i dont know why and how to fix it

[uncut zealot]

idk either haha

literally all i do

is turn flame rush to cold

[molten cobalt]

yes

[uncut zealot]

and swap the order on my bar

and it works

[molten cobalt]

doesnt work for me

damage is the same, which tells me it's all brand

[uncut zealot]

you must be overriding something accidentally then idk

[molten cobalt]

no covenant at all

[uncut zealot]

dont be melee range either

if it jumps back to you, it kills the dps

[molten cobalt]

jumps back to me?

[uncut zealot]

ye

itll bounce back to oyu

for a small buff or w/e

but you dont want that

just do it at ranged

and keep on movin

[molten cobalt]

it applies by itself at any range?

plasma orb is easy to see how it applies the hit

cant tell how covenant lands hits

[uncut zealot]

you just target the mob

and the closest thing to cursor itll hit

if you do it via flame ruhs, it has to be like ON TOP of hte mob

i just self csat it

[molten cobalt]

right

so i need a lightning skill costing at least 15 mana to trigger brand

thats the runic invocation itself triggering brand then?

so how could i ever stop covenant arc from applying brand, which kills the damage

[uncut zealot]

yes

it doesnt kill the dmg

[molten cobalt]

it lowers it

[uncut zealot]

it gets added to covenant

[molten cobalt]

since brand replaces

[uncut zealot]

definitely doesnt

[molten cobalt]

oh?

[uncut zealot]

separate instance of brand does

so a lb or w/e

[molten cobalt]

so why the hell doesnt it work for me then

[uncut zealot]

i have no idea lol

[ivory atlas]

MIAM

[molten cobalt]

tried against a dummy and recorded tics

its the same numbers on average

[uncut zealot]

how big

[molten cobalt]

around 200k ticks

[uncut zealot]

and thta is what ur plasma is doing????

[molten cobalt]

could spike to 300k

and be as low as 150k

[molten cobalt]

yes

[uncut zealot]

wtf lol

[molten cobalt]

?

on a dummy

[uncut zealot]

iw as doing 250-300k ticks with covenant but like 20k ticks with plasma

[molten cobalt]

maybe you missed a 0

[uncut zealot]

def not haha

plasma felt awful

[molten cobalt]

thats plasma

without firewall

frost wall sorry, but fire version

[uncut zealot]

oh a new version?? i never used fire wall

[molten cobalt]

doesnt do much

but it adds a little bit of damage

[uncut zealot]

im not sure why urs isnt much idfferent

weird

but ima go afk walk dog

[molten cobalt]

yeah im stumped too

and its very frustrating

if my plasma is doing 200k i want to see 2mil covenant 😂

this is with frost wall, you can see the ticks are stable around 200k then

instead of 170k without frostwall

can someone savvy help me find out the issue?

i did manage to get covenant arc to work before but i dont know what setup i used and what changed

[slim orchid]

think I'm gonna make a disintegrate build? I've never tried channeling before, wonder if it's fun

[weary hamlet]

fun is relative, its pretty fun to me but many people hate "standing still"

as if they dont for any other skill

it also requires some fairly unusual gear and building around

[slim orchid]

arenas are my favourite type of echoes

I don't think i'll mind standing still too much

[weary hamlet]

arenas is where this build shines unironically, stand in the center and sweep the mobs

also beacons and gates for the same reason

[harsh abyss]

I can tell you that Aberroth is REALLY hard for channeling builds that have to stand still. Unless you can facetank him, you arent gonna get much time standing still.

[weary hamlet]

true that

having killed him with disintegrate in 1.1, DO NOT RECOMMEND

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, I've done decently on my channeling LB build, but I need to get some significant upgrades before I'll be able to comfortably do him.

[frosty fox]

its kinda seeming like the only pretty strong build is glacier right now, am i right about that?

[ruby fossil]

Noob question about runic invocation: just how viable is building around a specific invocation? It seems like setting up the runes requires a fair amount of investment/button presses

[weary hamlet]

that's the only viable way to build the skill

there are a few ways to automate the runes like immutable order or i.e. getting them via runebolt set to a specific sequence via its conversions

[fair hearth]

huh
this any good?

[weary hamlet]

not particularly

it also makes the skill more annoying to use by adding an animation delay

[fair hearth]

ah rip
i was theorycrafting a bit about using that with a str stacker to one button spam invocations

but i assume thats a bad idea?

[frosty fox]

do you know if the icy veins builds are good? im seeing a few more mage options on there than maxroll

[weary hamlet]

link a few examples

[frosty fox]

these are the ones im looking at, on maxroll i only see hydrahedron

[wispy rune]

any mage builds cookin with this?

[weary hamlet]

frost claw should still be good more or less in any reasonable configuration, this skill is degenerate

lightning web might be good, was a bried fad during 1.1

hydra idk how well it performs after all the nerfs

[frosty fox]

yeah lightning web sounded cool to me

just the name itself sounds cool lol

[midnight dune]

other than prism wraps, tome of elements, bleeding heart, and avarice, are there any other sources of leech for mage?

I need more ;-;

[spare hare]

I wish you could convert meteor to cold damage, so you could match black hole and meteor's damage without going fire

[molten cobalt]

#pray

hope it lands chance to shock

[shy harness]

Is Meteor any fun? :o Looking to try some other classes since ive been an acoltyst now and unlocked empowered echos I wanna try some other stuff

[molten cobalt]

oh well

[shy harness]

I do love me some big ass hefty meteors in games I can use em >:D

[weary hamlet]

sorc passives, mono blessing

[weary hamlet]

yea its pretty fun and should be reasonably decent

[harsh abyss]

Vilatria meteor for the biggest kaboom

[shy harness]

Ye

I saw that

as well as that node that makes non fire meteors do more

:P

[harsh abyss]

Yep

[weary hamlet]

fire meteor might still be better though

[harsh abyss]

Maybe, but it's not as cool

[uncut zealot]

is playing javelin sentinel too much of a meta cuck lol

[obtuse tendon]

Okay so i kinda cooked

Created a new item by infusing my cleaver with a bastion of honour

very stronk

[ruby fossil]

looks like some medieval herald

[nocturne hamlet]

Ho sorcer team
What's the actual corruption pushed by spellblade ?

[ruby fossil]

I have a question about a specific runic invocation: does the heo + heo invocation benefit from melee scalings? its described a melee attack but is given the spell tag: https://www.lastepochtools.com/skills/runic_invocation/invocations

[harsh abyss]

Interesting, I would guess it's a spell

[weary hamlet]

you could probably do like 800 in SS

[weary hamlet]

not sure what description you refer to, but

Unvar's Ice Glyph
A burst of frost that grants 20 ward on hit and has a freeze rate of 100.
Added spell damage applies at 250% effectiveness.

[nocturne hamlet]

Will try toi revive m'y zenitsu build from alpha 🥰 but i think you speak for a shater strike build haha

[weary hamlet]

yes not that SS

[ruby fossil]

Right, but its also described as a melee attack

so would increased melee damage affect the damage?

[harsh abyss]

It doesn't have the melee tag, so probably not

Probably just a data error for how it's put into the back end:

You could try it though and see what happens

Should be easy enough to test, equip a melee weapon with no spell damage and see how much damage it does

[weary hamlet]

but where is it described as melee? In an in-game tooltip?

anyways as you can see its a very normal spell, moreover, I'm pretty sure that there isnt a single invocation that would be a melee attack

[harsh abyss]

I linked it up above, it says "melee attack" below the cast speed thing

Probably just an error

[ruby fossil]

Makes sense; thanks.

[molten cobalt]

@harsh abyss you know stuff about brand build right

[ruby fossil]

Was trying to makes this (almost certainly not great) idea work: This set of set items: https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oXvqxxwQ to stack strength to avail myself of both the more multiplier on the chest and the strength->health regen->increased cold melee damage on the set pieces. The damaging ability would be the Heo Heo runic invocation.

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2

Class:

None

General:

▸ Health: 1,106, Regen: 60.16/s
▸ Mana: 102.51, Regen: 8/s
▸ Ward Retention: 8%, Regen: 0/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 4 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 0% / 0% / 0% / 0% / 0% / 1% / 1%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 30%, Threshold: 221
▸ Armor Mitigation: 10% (255)

Used skills:

None

[harsh abyss]

Nope, I just know stuff in general.

[molten cobalt]

can you help me error search?

[harsh abyss]

Not for a while, I've got a busy afternoon

[molten cobalt]

no worries, thanks

can you use an item with sealed affix as a LP feeder?

or does that disqualify the item

ofc you cant transfer a sealed mod, but does it work at all?

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, you can use it

[molten cobalt]

great, thanks

[molten arch]

Hey I’m really struggling with survivability as a spell blade any tips? Everything goes great then I randomly get one shot, all resistances at 75% and 100% critical avoidance

[uncut zealot]

is javelin pally too meta cuck do we think