🧙┃mage

[hallow sapphire]

Maybe Im wrong, I feel like cof is overrated. In mg you can farm gold so easy and buy perfect items.

[junior coral]

maybe. some of those items are all gold cap atm 😄

[full bluff]

At 1k corruption then runemaster feels better to farm with than paladin, but at 300 corr, the paladin feels better. So guess the runemaster works better against harder monsters

(non bosses)

[native grotto]

hey guys im playing disintegrate for the first time, what are the priority affixes/stats i wanna get on gear?

[hallow sapphire]

Int prolly

[native grotto]

oh? why int?

[hallow sapphire]

What invocation are you using?

[tulip plover]

does Vessel of Memory reset woven maps too?

[full bluff]

CFC, the shield that gives ward based on int

[hallow sapphire]

Int is just strong. Increases disintegration damage and ward. Many items scale with int

[native grotto]

that makes sense

ty

[hallow sapphire]

I only ever used disintegration for levelling so I could be wrong. Disintegration also benefits from really powerful "while channeling" affixes, like spell damage while channelling, all res while channeling, etc

[native grotto]

yeah i never used disintegrate and i wanna use al.l the skills in the game at least once to end game

[harsh abyss]

Elemental Damage Over Time is a great stat for it, since it rolls at super high numbers.

But also ignore hit and crit stats, since its damage over time.

[proven hornet]

Is it worth to get % lose current health. % gain as ward affix?

[harsh abyss]

ONLY if you go all in on it, and stack health.

Exsanguinous, last steps of the living + the glove affix all together can generate tons of ward

[quasi wedge]

JEAH BUDDY

[harsh abyss]

Aww yiss. Slap that in nemesis and get at least 1lp and you're great.

[proven hornet]

i got the boots and the gloves lets see if i can get exanguinous

[quasi wedge]

LIGHTWEIGHT BABY

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

not great rolls but who cares

and this 😄

[peak oracle]

yes.

[molten cobalt]

nice

[stable thistle]

Any runemaster build with 200-500 corruption which is not autobomber build?

[molten cobalt]

https://youtu.be/yZZVhMpi6H0?si=PAPCAORqowaCBuUi

[stable thistle]

Thank you :3

[molten cobalt]

why you hatin on t-poser build

[sinful coyote]

hydra is very good

imo

might try hydra later on cuz I got LP3 staff

[stable thistle]

This is not hate. I just dont like this gameplay xd

Sadly hydra is not in my taste because have towers.. Like i cant choose which mobs to attack, this is random, no?

When we fight against like 20-30 mobs and you want to kill 1-2 which are dangerous is hard for your tower to focus on them. Or runemaster have some tech for this which i dont know

[harsh abyss]

The gordian prism build might fit your bill once you have the right build.

[peak oracle]

jfc

[peak oracle]

alright, time to level my skills and see how this build functions

[silent sonnet]

probs dumb question but is the shatterstrike build still good?

[harsh abyss]

Yep its fine. Lots of people playing it

[peak oracle]

hmm

are my stats lacking

my cov arc only does like

900k per tick

[sinful coyote]

900k is a lot

I cleared uberroth with 800k tick

[harsh abyss]

Remember DoTs tick twice per second so thats like 1.8m dps

[peak oracle]

on the dummy

[sinful coyote]

ah

[peak oracle]

actual mobs take like way less

keep it mind i like

never played this class

until like right now

[sinful coyote]

stats?

[peak oracle]

119 str 495 shock chance stat screen

[sinful coyote]

Snapshot?

Frostwall snapshot

[peak oracle]

i havent watched that vid, so no

lemme see how much it is on uber aber

[hollow bolt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LutNXEpNAjo&t=2s

for all you mage enthusiasts. he tanked uber abberoth as spell blade

[peak oracle]

it does like

100k ish per dot tick on uber

[sinful coyote]

immortal gloves

[hollow bolt]

he bought it lol

[silent sonnet]

that build looks super sick haha

[hollow bolt]

tbh its achievable on merchants guild the gloves are not that expensive

[peak oracle]

just making sure im not missing anything crucial or anything

[sinful coyote]

also he’s not actually “tanking” big strikes like tri-smash etc, while one melee auto attack melt half of his hp. Good play on baiting/dodging all those mechs tho

I could steal a couple strats

[peak oracle]

also i thought i could tank stuff now

things still oneshot me

:|

[sinful coyote]

you need flame ward to be super tanky

also vulnerable during flame rush animation

[peak oracle]

aware

[junior coral]

What strenght does this become decent boss dps? I'm at 130 feels weak

[peak oracle]

o

frostwall gives you more damage the later it is

i understand

[junior coral]

well that didn't take long,

imprinting is nice

[unreal blade]

man that looks terrifying to play 😄

[harsh abyss]

I bet we see imprinting get nerfed a little next season. Like only being able to put one item type in each imprint area.

[hollow bolt]

they wont. they said they wont nerf things that people are having fun with. imprint adds another layer to target farm

[peak oracle]

okay

with snapshot uh

it feels good?

[junior coral]

snapshot and plasma orb and do map fast feels nice

[peak oracle]

@sinful coyote how high were your dot ticks on uber

[sinful coyote]

~850k iirc

You can check my clear vid

[peak oracle]

oh

right

[junior coral]

hmm i seen other classes doing like 20mill dps

btw for relic i gotta reforge int to str, i can't use templar one slammed into twisted heart right

[peak oracle]

hmmm

not being able to use runic

is a tad annoying

[harsh abyss]

Oh they wont for this season, for sure. But I think it makes item aquisition a bit TOO fast.

[junior coral]

how do i kill julra t4 as this weird focus build, the focus makes me too slow for laser beams

[hollow bolt]

like the imprint is nice but you still have to get a decent roll item i think the imprint with cof is busted

but its nice for mg

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, we'll have to see how they feel about it.

[vocal idol]

Is this the right place to ask for help with my build if I'm struggling?

[left hill]

how does the Shatter Strike node Frozen Shrapnel work with increased area affixes? Does it make more ice spikes, or are they just more spread out?

[serene nova]

Hey folks, I'm using the shatter strike spellblade guide. When I switched from leveling to the end game filter it seems like the end game one shows MORE instead of less loot. Anyone have a tweaked version?

[calm dirge]

did you just buy a cheap legendary version or got an actual lp1

[junior coral]

i bought the lowest lp0 i found. i dind't try legendary. but i got 1 lp0 drop and then a few hours later a lp1 (both imprint procc)

but even lp0 is like 150mill

probably more now every price goes up in MG every hour lol

[calm dirge]

yeah i made like 2b selling small idols in 4hours

[junior coral]

oh wow

what echo?

[calm dirge]

just farm cemetaries

[junior coral]

what corruption level?

[calm dirge]

you want any kind of vitality hpreg stuff, mana+manareg and other things or the golden goose of hp+mana/mana+manareg

400ish

maybe its better to farm at 100

more small idol drops

[junior coral]

i been stuck at 100s since i can't find a class i find fun

i tried lich and that rotation made leave to mage. and i honestly dont think i find this Focus stuff fun

[calm dirge]

i played sentinel first but sentinel is basically a cheat mode, way too overtuned needs nerfs on every single node and then some

mage is cool

[junior coral]

now i can't really afford anything

to go forward

priced out of the game

[calm dirge]

cof is okay

arguably easier to get red rings as well

[junior coral]

i spent the last of my gold on this mage STR build

and its weaker than my rando shade crit lich

like a fraction of the dmg

even while cheating with snap shotting

[calm dirge]

im playing a harbringer of stars build using fireballs for multicrit

[junior coral]

i dunno i give up maybe this game isn't for me

kinda failing at every turn

[calm dirge]

expensive as hell but its funny to make work, before i had paladin and i got to uber without even thinking about my build its genuinely so braindead overpowered

[junior coral]

oddly enough had substantially better luck in POE2

i know peopel say this is easier, but not for me. guess its RNG

Is the strenght with Criterion multiplicitive. like if i get an item with 15 more strength im going to get 45% more dmg?

Dunno why my brand is only doing like 25k ticks after snapshooting with plasma orb. thats like a lvl 60 character on other classes i play

[slim cargo]

Folks, anyone playing shatter strike Spellblade using wasd? I was wondering how you set your skill shortcuts

I currently have my mana strike on right click and my shatter strike on Q, but it kind of bothers me that I have to take my fingers out of wasd to use it, was wondering if anyone had a more elegant solution

[lapis harbor]

I use a mouse button for shatter strike and mana strike on right click, feels really good like this

Not sure if u have the same option howver, could also use shift modifier with right click to alternate between the 2

[slim cargo]

i tried using one of my mouse buttons, the game doesn't register it

seems to be some weird quirk with my mouse

[lapis harbor]

In the keybind menu there is another colimn to the right

That lets u assign mouse buttons

Its 2 columns for keyboard then right of it for mouse

[slim cargo]

WAIT rlly? is that how that works? Is that why it didn't work? i have to try

that sounds really great if so

[lapis harbor]

😄 it didnt register my mouse button at first but then i saw there was another column

[slim cargo]

yeee that works thanks dude

i feel rlly dumb now lmao

[queen mountain]

Dropped a 3LP Liaths Machinations and I love the aesthetic of it. Is it more of a rune master or sorcerer unique in your opinion?

Runemaster Plasma Blast looks like a lot of fun

[tired umbra]

Thats very low u are prolly building wrong

[unreal blade]

can you export your character with LEtools or tell me your account name so i can look up your character to see if i can find the issue?

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

import then share to get link

[rigid valley]

I'm using these with a home-made 100% lightning fireball build, sorc, with static orb and meteor converted to lightning also.

[rugged bronze]

Only if lightning black hole was an actual passive

It would cook so hard

[acoustic granite]

Hey guys, i leveld with the maxroll Build and now I am spellblade?
At what Lvl can i change to Runemaster?
Also, is there a Runemaster Build you could recomend?

[lunar crest]

If you followed Maxroll, most people could transition at level 70. But it's more of when you want to. There are builds on there too.

[full bluff]

Can atleast tank Julra now with runemaster, so feels better than before patch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKPEqkTkNu8

[acoustic granite]

For Runemaster I only found the Hydra one.
Did I missed some?

[vapid arch]

couldnt get t7% hp sadly

[unkempt socket]

idk what chest i wanna use for shatter

[vapid arch]

Technically bis is wings of argentus 4lp

But that's impossible

So kestrel not bad

[unkempt socket]

hmm

[molten cobalt]

what does this actually do?

what is the benefit for me

[unkempt socket]

doesnt alt give more information

[molten cobalt]

no

[covert fiber]

The way this crit multi works its just a 1.2x on my current crit multi in my stat screen right

[molten cobalt]

it even looks like the wrong tooltip

[covert fiber]

i got 264% so is that 264x1.2 ?

[molten cobalt]

very useful more information -_-

[covert fiber]

Or does it just 1.2x the added multi i have

[unreal blade]

64 * 1.2 (only counts added)

[hazy gull]

Can someone help me find best way to farm scissors of atropos? need quite a few probably to get some good roles and imprinting does not work i think

[unreal blade]

lostwood folly

[hazy gull]

so just spam the woven echo? can i do it multipule times to get the drops or does it have to be a fresh one each time

[unreal blade]

rewards go down if you re-enter. best way would be to raise corruption as much as you can handle, since rarity will increase the drop chance.

[hazy gull]

am it like 330 atm doubt ill get much higher without better gear first

[unreal blade]

the meta farming strat atm is folly surrounded by temples/troves, so you can get the swords naturally by doing a good farm.

[quasi wedge]

gordian prism doesn't always work

gordian prism doesn't work a lot of the time

I can see Antipodes and others being summoned

[quasi wedge]

Gordian Scam prism doesn't even work like 1/2 the time, wtf

[molten cobalt]

hold on...

that works??

[low wolf]

Didn’t know it can drop like that

[molten cobalt]

i imprinted one just to test

if i could end up getting t7 set mod sealed

and it seems you can!

this one rolled t5 though sadly

[low wolf]

Oh dang i didn’t even consider t7 existing

[molten cobalt]

you have to move the t7 from another mod to the set mod

with the new rune

and you kinda have to because t7 = same mod as the set item

[nimble rover]

i didnt know it is possible to drop reforged version/ thats cool actually

[prisma musk]

any news on a cracked mage build yet ?

[molten cobalt]

no cracked ones

some decent ones

[nimble rover]

im pretty sure if Ogre will play there will be a crazy build but we will never know how to build it

[prisma musk]

im doing lightning meteor autobomber right now and the damage is pretty good but i die way to often

[molten cobalt]

so fix your defenses then

[prisma musk]

i have no idea how XD

[molten cobalt]

well

there's only so many factors

life / ward

armor

damage reduction

[nimble rover]

factor 1 - move faster

[molten cobalt]

resistances

armor applies to DoT

crit avoidance

[prisma musk]

i have 89% movement speed XD

[molten cobalt]

you kinda need all of this

[prisma musk]

bruh my man i get that

but i cant rly take anything away from the build

or it crumbles

[molten cobalt]

send link

[prisma musk]

its figuring out how to take it away without making it die XD

[molten cobalt]

import it and send it over

i do an autobomber too, not meteor though

[nimble rover]

i mean sometimes it is not possible to survive on some builds at some point and its okey

[molten cobalt]

and im tnaky as hell

if he uses the set staff then yeah he lost a fair bit right there

by not having a shield

[nimble rover]

well usually we didnt use a shield its just this season "meta build"

[molten cobalt]

fair

i was tanky when i was stacking INT and used a focus

[prisma musk]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oYe21d2o

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 93

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.1

Class:

Mage (22) / Sorcerer (45) / Spellblade (26) / Runemaster (13)

General:

▸ Health: 1,410, Regen: 29.78/s
▸ Mana: 401.97, Regen: 20.88/s
▸ Ward Retention: 177%, Regen: 58/s
▸ Attributes: 15 Str / 18 Dex / 85 Int / 13 Att / 12 Vit
▸ Resistances: 65% / 48% / 132% / 50% / 38% / 23% / 23%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 282
▸ Dodge Chance: 5% (142)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 11% (263)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 30%

Used skills:

Lightning Blast / Focus / Arcane Ascendance / Meteor / Static

[nimble rover]

yes. usually ( again) our best def is ward generation

[molten cobalt]

dude

[prisma musk]

the only way i see is to spend mad gold to get higher legendary potential gear

[molten cobalt]

your resistances are ASS

[prisma musk]

i know

[molten cobalt]

you're surprised you're dying?

263 armor?

thats also low

[prisma musk]

no just struggeling to make it better without taking away what makes the build a build

[molten cobalt]

do you need to use thoe gloves?

[nimble rover]

yes you somehow need to fix res/armor/crit avoid

or you will be perma dead

[molten cobalt]

wouldn't eternal gauntlets be better as a base?

[prisma musk]

the crit and damage taken over time is nice but otherwise no

[molten cobalt]

ah yes he has 30% crit avoid

that needs to be 100%

[molten cobalt]

well you are dying anyway

[nimble rover]

you are overcapped

crit*

[prisma musk]

am i

[prisma musk]

it only says 61% in game

[nimble rover]

thats because it is not calculating base crit from your meteor tree

[prisma musk]

i have not touched this game since 1.0

[nimble rover]

yes its okey. so when in your spell tree you are picking base crit chance it will never be calculated in character sheet because it is not global

[prisma musk]

i need to crit outside of my meteors since any crit can tricker them

with the belt

[molten cobalt]

man why did this drop with 2 forging potential -_-

[prisma musk]

would have been spicy

[molten cobalt]

yup

but now its just a dead item

[quasi wedge]

can I imprint a set bonus onto LP unique?

[prisma musk]

does elemental res give res to all or only stuff like fire and cold

[molten cobalt]

you aint slamming the bonus

[edgy sage]

do you have a low lp item imprinted in the weaver web?

[molten cobalt]

yeah i do, a failed craft

[edgy sage]

Yeah thats why

[molten cobalt]

but some do drop with higher poteltial

[quasi wedge]

so I can't have Julra's rings with Invoker's set bonus?

[edgy sage]

it will trend towards lower FP

[molten cobalt]

damn

good to know

[molten cobalt]

no i mean it is the affix you craft on, not the bonus itself

and i dont know if you could slam on a set affix

[nimble rover]

fire/cold/lightning

[molten cobalt]

it should be possible, unless they manually blocked it

game treats it as any affix it seems

[quasi wedge]

ah I can't slam it onto a unique

[prisma musk]

ok thx

swapped my gloves for these for now

[quasi wedge]

what a dogshit build

gordian prism doesn't work

level 30 nova does <10k DPS

constantly OOM from spamming grand prism nova, which isn't really grand prism nova 50% of the time anyway

behold, power of a level 30 skill

meanwhile my level 0 fireball does 1/5 the dmg

[weary hamlet]

lol we told you that ele nova sucks

they buffed it by 20% when it needed more like a 2000% buff

but they'll never buff it for real as long as it has multiple options to be triggered by much better skills for free

the bane of LE class design

[quasi wedge]

I see

well, I was hopeful

but now that I have a +6 helm and unstable core and a decent base, and it's still can't onetap campaign trash mobs

...

time to reroll

[south lintel]

alguien que hable español para jugar?

[umbral stone]

What’s your gear and level? I can reach almost 150k sheet with ele nova while still taking the mana reduction nodes. 40k crits on 300 corruption mobs

[quasi wedge]

aha, that's the deal, I didn't go crit

I wanted to go gordian prism+6 ele novas per RI cast

[merry river]

Is fireball + meteor viable this season?

[umbral stone]

Tbh I have yet to test Gordian, which to me at first glance does not seem too good. I just use reowyn invocation for ward and spam regular novas, with pretty huge area from the node north of startpoint in the skill tree and also using the 30% more dmg for ignite, chill, shock and freeze

[half pollen]

You cant do hit builds without crit in LE

[quasi wedge]

oh

[fervent ledge]

Can julrat4 lasers be tanked?

[hexed path]

You need like one billion defenses to do so

[fervent ledge]

Ahh

[full bluff]

I tried standing in the julra lasers, need defenses and sustain to out heal them 🙂

but it works

[left hill]

had a weird idea, wondering if anyone has tried it: World Splitter Shatter Strike spellblade. WS gives +78% area to Shatter Strike with the right skill nodes. Plus some idols and other things, could probably get close to screen-height AOE (not quite screen-wide probably just due to aspect ratio).

and can easily mana-stack for big Crit Mult

[fervent ledge]

What build

[full bluff]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjPVoeb5acgumIWDhDONexA

Was only standing in them for a few seconds, but the ticks were 1k, think that can be out tanked longer than I did

Looking at ways to add some endurance tank too

Maybe with ignite stacks

With 3k health, up to 1000 ignite stacks, 60% endurace, should bring the threshold to cover all 3k health

Have to be a fire ignite build...

[merry river]

Cant you make use of uniques that provide good stats in exchange ? Like singularity or the wind gloves

[half pollen]

crit with crit multi is usually 4 times the damage of not critting. Getting that much damage from somewhere else is pretty much impossible

[hollow crown]

Anyone have a build that uses runeword as the damage dealer? Most build i've seen only use it as a secondary thing

[weary hamlet]

which runeword? Most of them are minor buffs

[molten cobalt]

well depends how you see it

are you ok with the rune word being the vehicle/trigger?

so it looks like the runeword does the damage

then there is plenty builds

[hollow crown]

I meant runic invocation my baf

[molten cobalt]

yeah i figured

thats what i mean as well

[hollow crown]

Like i see a lot of build that auto cast runic invocation as sort of like an additional damage

[molten cobalt]

you aint gonna squeeze out lots of damage from invocations alone

[hollow crown]

Yeah thats true

[molten cobalt]

it's mostly utility

[hollow crown]

Idk im just trying to make it feel like invoker? Like everytime i use runic invocation it means something

[molten cobalt]

yeah no

not happening

[hollow crown]

Hahaha figures

[molten cobalt]

they are a means to an end, to trigger something else

but visually you can make it look and feel like they do the damage

like plasma orb for example

[hollow crown]

Hmm i might look into that

[weary hamlet]

the problem is, all invocations are just different flavors of damage so (a) they all have different scaling (especially considering the skill's absolute reliance on Fundamental Criterion) and (b) some of them are going to naturally be better than others

so there is no incentive to use them situationally from any angle

[hollow crown]

Yeah i just leveled a mage to 70 and all the build i see doesnt click yet

[weary hamlet]

and just using random invos is bad for damage cause it's much harder to scale them all as opposing to picking one and scaling it in particular

right now the guy above is not fully wrong in the sense that most builds try to abuse Brand of Deception, but that's only true because it's bugged as all fu ck

[full bluff]

Whats bugged with brand?

[weary hamlet]

but you can also build plenty of the individual invos and it will be fine, just not outstanding

[hollow crown]

I might look into it abit more

Thanks

[weary hamlet]

Imposition of Order multiplies its bonus per stack of shock on target

[hollow crown]

Idk to me runemaster without the invocations just doesnt feel right, power fantasy wise

[weary hamlet]

Eh I agree but their idea was more or less stillborn from the get go, just because "invoker" type gameplay doesnt fit into their basic combat, class, stat etc design

and Criterion is the final nail in the coffin, tbh this item is outrageously dumb and should have never existed

just roll the damn power budget into the skill

[hollow crown]

I guess it is what it is, runemaster just sounds really sick, but plays like a normal mage

[gaunt plank]

The stat design is kinda what kills it imo. The combat would be fine for it if runemaster could, for example, turn "lightning damage" into "elemental damage" and scale things that way. Criterion is insane too and basically needs to be reworked otherwise it will always be some weird endgame str/dex build

[hollow crown]

Maybe i'll look into the 2 other subclasses

[weary hamlet]

or maybe attunement.. just kidding all invos relying on attunement scaling are just trash cause attunement is trash

[molten cobalt]

dont

RM is just better

[weary hamlet]

RM has a few cool ideas in runebolt and glyph but the range of viable builds that dont use RI is obviously fairly small

[molten cobalt]

just treat RI as a tool, not a dps skill

[weary hamlet]

frost wall is also a weird skill though, it has no real defined role and its tuning is also low

[molten cobalt]

and act like sorc

[weary hamlet]

once they fixed the infinite flame ward it as no use case at all

[gaunt plank]

They need to have way bigger buffs for using more than one invocation, afaik the only thing they have right now is generating more runic power or whatever.

[molten cobalt]

it does though

[weary hamlet]

they do cause it has to compete with ridiculous more modifiers from criterion

[molten cobalt]

frost wall has some utility and dps

[gaunt plank]

Like, give me +500% damage for each invocation used in the last 10 seconds

Might be enough

[weary hamlet]

like make it 100% more damage, stacking per unique invo used in the last 30 seconds

yeah lol

[gaunt plank]

Yeah, just something like that would be sick. Just some kind of stacking buff that lasts awhile and can actually take advantage of the class' potential

[molten cobalt]

sounds a bit like what poe2 tried with the new class, with setting up combos

that idea failed miserably

[gaunt plank]

But they're literally already baked into the character

so not doing it is a waste

[molten cobalt]

people still didnt do it

it felt too clunky

and not streamlined

[hollow crown]

This would be cool as fk, have a stacking buff if you use different abilities

[gaunt plank]

Yeah, in a game where you sort of have to min/max, of course randomized abilities aren't used often

[hollow crown]

Give incentive to use different abilities

[gaunt plank]

Like, I don't know how to explain to him that people who play classes like Runemaster want things like this to work, lol.

[weary hamlet]

the bigger issue was that all the fancy shmancy combo skills did no damage compared to lightning spear spam

[full bluff]

I would rather have runic invocation as a toolbox of different support skills, utilities etc. than direct damage

[weary hamlet]

so basically the same issue of RI

why use many invos manually when just spamming one automatically is a lot more damage

[weary hamlet]

that would also be key for making it feel like invoker, but they don't seem to entertain this approach seriously

as otherwise why are 38 out of 40 invos purely damage focused

also they need to address the dealy/jump on using triple invo, "balancing" it with a QOL downgrade will never feel good to use

[full bluff]

shhh just saw a 3lp grasp blood mage in egg on first empower, can it make to 4 lp...

[molten cobalt]

very doubtful

[full bluff]

heh stayed 3lp

still 1 / 4000 chance for 3lp

[molten cobalt]

thats mad

[weary hamlet]

yea the gloves are pretty damn good starting with 2 lp

1 lp is a bit more iffy

[molten cobalt]

might get some myself

running exalted ones

but i dont need resistances

[molten cobalt]

so just need 2 prefixes pretty much

[full bluff]

they are great for taking the edge off hard hits

[molten cobalt]

i do like the armor counts towards DoT though

on those.. whatever the base is called

because DoT is what kills me

[full bluff]

I use them primarily for the crit

[molten cobalt]

doesnt help me

brand user and all that

[full bluff]

Maybe try put something like this on them for dot armor

[full bluff]

4 lp mad ladle, 1 / 1 611, not impossible...

[sharp quest]

Ello people
As a mage should you only focus on spell crit chance and not the normal untyped crit chance

Like when i cast a spell, what is the final crit chance? Does the regular crit chance affect my spells?

[molten cobalt]

yeah but i also want the base with that as implicit as well

[weary hamlet]

spell crit usually has higher values on the affixes

but regular crit does apply

[celest urchin]

Is the maxroll's planner the best for shatter strike or there is better in town ?

[wanton depot]

Does ward gained temporarily from casting count towards Reowyn’s fortress damage bonuses?

[opaque notch]

is this a good item

[solemn viper]

Holy! Didn’t think nemesis could add more then 1 lp lol

What corruption was that?

[molten cobalt]

i doubt corruption matters with nemesis

highest i got is 2lp

from nemesis

[full bluff]

Was 400 corruption, getting more than 1 lp often from eggs now

[solemn viper]

Oh I see, maybe I’m just unlucky then xD

[half pollen]

Personally I learned to love that little jump on my invocations

[cobalt totem]

hi, is brand of deception boosted by dot damage bonus ? since it’s 400 damages over 3 seconds

[half pollen]

Yes

Its lightning damage over time

[cobalt totem]

thank you

[half pollen]

So lightning damage, damage over time, elemental damage over time all works

Cant do spelldamage though

[cobalt totem]

or local shock chance if you have the skill +6% damage per +1% shock damage as I understand

[half pollen]

Global* but yes

[little olive]

so is there no a/s-tier frost claw variant in 1.2?

[molten cobalt]

if comparing to other mage builds, yes

comparing to all classes then prolly not

you got this one from our very own @full bluff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0WEvJrJVjU

[calm dirge]

theres nothing to compare to rework sentinel

its like developer approved cheat code in terms of power

gotta be a lobotomy patient not to afk farm uber

[little olive]

i'm fine with it not competing with sentinel, but the one variant that in the current state of the game would be considered the strongest for mages

let me check the one from redkatt out, thanks!

[molten cobalt]

if brand autobomber would be S tier for mages then you can definitely make an A tier frost claw

[calm dirge]

which mage build uses the affix lightning dmg per rune or smth

i recently sold 2 chests with that t7 affix for 400mil each

[little olive]

is the brand autobomber way weaker without snapshotting?

[molten cobalt]

no

you will notice a dps loss vs bosses

but barely notice it while mapping

[little olive]

sounds chill

[molten cobalt]

the build is super chill

[weary hamlet]

ward per second per lightning rune you mean? more or less every rm build these days

its kinda good

[calm dirge]

lightning pen or smth

thanks to that money im currently working towards lp2 red ring

[molten cobalt]

i dont use that affix

i do use the skill point though, but he asked about affix

[unkempt socket]

Sad i made my shatterstrike boi decently tanky but now i am zdps

[summer silo]

Maxroll says to farm Lostwood Folly for Scissors of Atropos. Is there any way to juice up those echos when farming for those items? It doesn't seem like anything with prophecies that could help out but I'm not even sure if those swords drop everywhere or just in that one echo

[unkempt socket]

dont need anything

but that specific echo spawn the boss Atropos

[slim cargo]

damn it's a 30% drop chance and i haven't gotten a single one yet lmao. I must have done 3 or 4 of those by now

[unreal blade]

I finally got around to testing this and it's not true. I equipped 25% chance to shock, giving 150% more damage to brand.

https://imgur.com/a/Ecuk4o9

In the first gif the brand ticks for 880-907. In the second gif with 10 shock stacks it ticks for 1004-1025. If your statement was true, the 150% more damage would be multiplied by 10 to 1500% more damage leading to vastly larger figures. Instead we see the expected damage difference from shock on a boss, 20% penetration, or 20% more damage. 880 * 1.2 = 1056.

[unkempt socket]

believe me it gets worse

[weary hamlet]

alright then, at least it's not going to get nerfed at any moment

[unkempt socket]

this is the best i got so far

[slim cargo]

crystal sword it is then lmao

[unkempt socket]

nah

already starved for points

[open vapor]

Naal's tooth is a decent replacement until you get a good scissors. Gives 10 less flat damage and has no %atk speed roll so not great but one with T7 atk speed slammed should still better than scissors without high tier melee atk speed

[unkempt socket]

yah i was thinking Yrun's

Cold pen + chill chance

also loses the levels tho

[slim cargo]

i already feel like my damage is so good though

i reckon you can beat the 10 harbingers with just two crystal swords with mediocre rolls

[unkempt socket]

and i have been looking at chronostasis

so 4k ward

400 melee damage xD

[harsh abyss]

In theory yeah, but in reality no

400 melee damage if you attack once every 5 seconds

[sinful coyote]

(up to 2000)

so +200 melee dmg at most

[harsh abyss]

4000 if you're dual wielding them

[sinful coyote]

ah

[harsh abyss]

But you gotta generate that ward somehow.

[sinful coyote]

but hitting 4000 as spellblade 😦

[harsh abyss]

And there's no way to maintain that much ward as fast as you attack

[sinful coyote]

also stay no ward on self make squishy spellblade more squishy

[harsh abyss]

Generally you're looking at 4+ attacks per second

[unkempt socket]

thats what im trying to figure out

if you can work it out its so much damage

trying to farm rings xD

[gilded hare]

so I was trying to make a CoC Lightning Meteor build with LB and the Vilatria set bonus, but I was always unable to sustain my mana with the meteors, any help/advice to get me there? I'm struggling at 175+ corruption rn with just LB

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

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 93

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.1

Class:

Mage (33) / Sorcerer (55) / Runemaster (18)

General:

▸ Health: 1,217, Regen: 37.83/s
▸ Mana: 478.71, Regen: 17.76/s
▸ Ward Retention: 168%, Regen: 155/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 53 Int / 1 Att / 13 Vit
▸ Resistances: 85% / 105% / 71% / 69% / 84% / 83% / 66%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 23%, Threshold: 243
▸ Dodge Chance: 10% (284)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 15% (436)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 123%

Used skills:

Lightning Blast / Flame Ward / Meteor / Static / Teleport

[umbral stone]

Maybe switch to fireball to proc meteors and use the node in meteor that makes fireball into a generator after having cast meteor

Not sure off hand how low mana cost fireball can reach with the multihit nodes

[harsh abyss]

Alternatively, use mana strike as your generator. Spec for Mana Arc and Spark Charges to get extra crits happening from each hit to trigger more meteors

[molten cobalt]

fix your filter

[harsh abyss]

I had a thought last night, for Vilatrias. Normally you have to level up to 45ish before you convert to lightning meteors, but with the set shattering, you can just craft yourself a vilatria set as soon as you unlock meteor. It's kinda nice for leveling

[bleak otter]

any decent meteor build?

cant find anything good

[half pollen]

well thats an upgrade

[unkempt socket]

this is my afk health/ward

sadge

[glad axle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rt5vi54rqk
That's all I found for meteor. Mana management kill all you can do with this skill.

[lavish fog]

is this good for some specific build ?

[calm dirge]

im using harbringer with fireball, non lightning maybe in the future if i reach 100% crit otherwise but using the unique for overcpa necro as ward, and i used double julra ring with mana regen affix on it for a while, my entire idol is mana+manaregen smalls as well that kind of fixed my mana for the most part

[weary hamlet]

endeavor you mean? Proc SB but it doesnt seem to be better than dagorath there

[lavish fog]

Yes... sooo no reason to use it ? those in stash are my only 3 LP uniques thats why im asking

[weary hamlet]

you can always try using it and report back

maybe we are all sleeping on it

[harsh abyss]

I have a build concept for it but havent found a t7 attack speed or 2lp+ version of it yet, so its in the 'eventually' pile.

[lavish fog]

doubt,games has been out for long so i think there are better build then ...

[harsh abyss]

It technically has potential to surpass Dragorath's Claw because there's no limit on the number of LB/s it can cast, but you have to really push it to make the whole thing work.

[placid flicker]

i have a 2lp battlemage right now, what is the build concept you have in mind?

[harsh abyss]

With a max rolled Battlemage's Endeavor (75% proc chance), at 4 attacks per second, it will equal the number of LB casts that Dragorath's can do. That's a pretty easy number to hit, and the more attack speed you get beyond that it will continue to get better than Dragorath's.

I don't have a planner but the idea is mana stack mana strike for high base damage for that (as well as mana regen on crit), then trigger LB and FC with Dragorath's at max attack speed.

[weary hamlet]

I mean yes but it procs on use, not on hit

if it was on hit then it would at least have clear potential

[quasi wedge]

is the implicit of Dragorath's claw global?

Dragorath's Claw
Dagger
Unique Rune Dagger
Range: 1.9
Base attack rate: 1.14
Implicits
+36 Melee Damage
+(3% to 4%) Critical Strike Chance
+(30 to 40) Spell Damage

does the crit apply to spells as base?

[weary hamlet]

there is no such thing as local stats in LE

[quasi wedge]

so it adds 3-4% crit base all spells?

[weary hamlet]

so ofc it applies to everything

that's the point

[quasi wedge]

ah

I am still PoE-minded a bit

[unkempt socket]

do i even take these notes

[harsh abyss]

It doesn't really matter that it's on cast instead of on hit. Clear isn't really going to be a problem when you're flinging out 6+ mana strike crits per second.

All we REALLY care about is boss dps, which is fine for it to be on attack

[weary hamlet]

even then it's a downgrade cause you could be using something with multiple hits per cast, even SS, to trigger it a lot more

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, but you can use Convergence LB and get lots of repeat hits on the same target without worry about deleting your mana

[waxen sigil]

Yah it does no damage

I tried it already w double T7

[harsh abyss]

Oh?

[weary hamlet]

I tried it briefly before swapping to essence weaver on my sb and compared to even my rather bad weaver its damage was in fact pretty bad

but I wasn't like fully committed to the build

[harsh abyss]

Essence weaver does seem mega powerful

[waxen sigil]

Ya idk just does not enough

[harsh abyss]

Battlemage's endeavor is a pretty old unique. I feel like they should just update it to 100% proc chance and let it thrive for a bit.

[waxen sigil]

It still wouldn’t be good

[weary hamlet]

"mega" powerful, unlikely, but its pretty good - the problem is the tremendous difficulty of getting a well-rolled one

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, that makes sense

[weary hamlet]

I churned through no less than 100 of them and got one that is half-assed at best

with only crit multi as an effective affix

and the rest of them were even worse

[waxen sigil]

I forget what the issue was cause it was long time ago, but it’s a 2h and u don’t get much spell power

[harsh abyss]

I wonder if it could be good if you stack the new idols that give +4 flat spell damage

[waxen sigil]

How big are they ? 2x1s?

[harsh abyss]

Yeah

32 extra flat damage is meaningful for sure

[blazing root]

Wait I see people talking about essence

[harsh abyss]

Also were you trying it with mana strike or shatter strike?

[waxen sigil]

Umm I had tried so many things fr, do it it’s a fun cool item, but I was rly disappointed w the scaling.

Also this was long time ago so idk anymore

Mana strike ofc

[harsh abyss]

Yeah just checking

[blazing root]

Ping me if there's any cool revelations about it I want to make essence primalist or mage work

[harsh abyss]

Mage is the king for Essence weaver because you can spec Frost Claw to have 25 hits and not worry about mana. With the stat tripling for that, it should do insane bullshit

All the other spells it procs pale by comparison

[molten cobalt]

finally my second one

with lp

[blazing root]

What spec, and do you just crank frostclaw? Got a planner?

[harsh abyss]

Someone else was looking at that, I haven't really delved into it

But that's the basic theory

Spec FC for lots of hits. Hit lots of times. Proc lots of FC with Essence Weaver. Blow things up.

[waxen sigil]

I don’t think this game handles procs very well usually

For the purpose of actually using the procs to do dmg

[lavish apex]

accidentally bricked my chest for my gaspar meme build and now I don't know if I wanna keep going

[harsh abyss]

Would you say that you are... decimated?

[waxen sigil]

9 stacks per 3 sec to get a random spell 2/3 which are bad on essence weaver for mage, right

Oops didn’t mean to reply directly to that.

[harsh abyss]

Well, those casts get triple stats from EW, but you're also proccing regular frost claws on hit as well

[lavish apex]

yes 😦

[fading saffron]

any idea why runic invocation wont trigger after flame rush?

like it works 1 out of 2 or 3 times

[waxen sigil]

You don’t have enough mana

[fading saffron]

oh i see

makes sense since im leveling

only lvl 35

[waxen sigil]

Ya let’s say generously once every 6 sec you get a weaver one,

[fading saffron]

thx man

[waxen sigil]

Np g

[harsh abyss]

What? Assuming you're stacking procs as fast as possible, you should be avergaging one frost claw per second from essence weaver

[waxen sigil]

I must be mistaken somehow

[harsh abyss]

9 procs of 3 spells every 3 seconds. Each proc casts 9 times, which means an average of 3 of each spell. And that happens once every 3 seconds, so an average of one of each spell every second

[waxen sigil]

9 stacks?

I see

[unreal blade]

need around 90 mana to pull off the combo

[harsh abyss]

9 stacks every 3 seconds

Consumed to cast 9 spells

[fading saffron]

yeah i put some mana affixes and now it works with no problem

thanks

[waxen sigil]

I misunderstood that it casted 1 randomly per stack

Really cool item then

[weary hamlet]

yea but it doesn't stop the rest of your build from doing work i.e. static, also two of those spells can be reasonably good if you build into lightning damage, which you should between all your lightning only skills

also as already mentioned its 9 spells per 3 sec

aint great if you roll a lot of smites but otherwise solid

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, also you're proccing FC on 50% of your melee attacks, which means if you're attacking 4x per second, you're going to trigger 2 additional frost claws per second

[weary hamlet]

yea frost claws are the main part of your damage

between weaver and natural procs

[foggy moth]

for a shatterstrike build what would be better to guarantee on a 2lp boot. t7 Dex or t7 cooldown recovery

new to LE

[spring iris]

Why does my Mourning frost increase my dps by 1% compared to my 12 dex boots, when i have 54 dex that should add 54 base cold dmg no?

[waxen sigil]

You have to pay mana costs for 9 spells cast by weaver or no?

[harsh abyss]

Nope

That was kind of a surprise, but someone was testing it and mentioned it here a while ago

[waxen sigil]

Interesting I like this

Wanna c my old spellblade?

https://youtu.be/6mKLkyc04Uc?si=zVPCjflrNLQn6E6m

[placid flicker]

https://www.icy-veins.com/last-epoch/spellblade-spark-charge-endgame-build did anybody try this build? i guess shatter strike will be stronger right?

[foggy moth]

anyone know if cdr is better or dex on guarantee legendary boots affix

i have t7 of both..

shatterstrike build

[waxen sigil]

“Better”

Just get cdr

[foggy moth]

its fine i went with cdr

hit them bot

lol

both

dex/cdr t7

[harsh abyss]

I would've asked if you find yourself being more limited by cooldowns, or if you're looking for more damage/crit

[grand karma]

What's a good "that feels enough" for intelligence?

Like at what point is it alright to stop pushing for int on affixes

[lavish apex]

that's a loaded question tbh. some builds want int more than anything

[harsh abyss]

Really depends on the build. Vilatria? Never enough.

[lavish apex]

others are fine with what they can get

I did an ignite flamereave spellblade a while ago that was pretty "meh" on int. it was fine and I was never upset to get a good int roll, but I didn't go out of my way to stack it

[grand karma]

Right now it's pure elem nova... so I know i need more spell dmg but idk where to prioritize

[lavish apex]

so the thing with attribute stacking is that you need to see if you're getting more than just damage/innate attribute benefits

int is 2% ward retention per point and 4% increased damage per point(in general)

there's a passive early in sorc that gives you %increased crit per point of int

if you're playing lightning meteor, you get flat spell lightning per int

an equal tier spell damage roll on an item will give you more damage than int in a vaccuum

[grand karma]

Interesting.... so I'll need to do some research into my skills nodes to see if it's better to pump int

[chilly spoke]

I am following this Sorc build https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oyOg491Q and he has this legendary on the left, so he slammed this using the Boneclamor as the base but looking at this screen shot exactly what did the player try to get from the "host" gear Prismatic Gaze?

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 95

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (65) / Spellblade (5) / Runemaster (18)

General:

▸ Health: 1,099, Regen: 19.3/s
▸ Mana: 1,043.25, Regen: 17.44/s
▸ Ward Retention: 308%, Regen: 177/s
▸ Attributes: 12 Str / 26 Dex / 75 Int / 1 Att / 14 Vit
▸ Resistances: 95% / 51% / 93% / 90% / 70% / 114% / 59%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 220
▸ Dodge Chance: 4% (104)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 43% (2,418)

Used skills:

Static / Frost Claw / Lightning Blast / Teleport / Focus

This build has a guide:

Spark Charge Sorcerer [1 Button Build] [Cycle Reset] [1.1.7] LE by BlueBeyond

[lavish apex]

that screenshot looks like it's just selecting the boneclamour. the prismatic gaze just happens to be there

[lavish apex]

basically yeah. as a rule of thumb, your primary attribute is always good, but there's sometimes things that are better

[grand karma]

If I were to send you a build would you be willing to help discern how to maximize its potential?

I have ideas and a rough guess as to what affixes to push for, just not which to prioritize

[lavish apex]

I can try. I'm not a big mage player, mostly play acolyte and primalist. I just happened to be in here because I'm at the stage in the season where I wanna make meme builds

and mage has the decimate set lol

[grand karma]

Lol mood

[lavish apex]

which reminds me, I need to complain about how shit runebolt is. why is runebolt so shit

[full bluff]

I like rune bolt, mana generator, damage buffs

[chilly spoke]

So this player, looking at his slam resuting Boneclamour, the only thing he took from another sacrifical gear somewhere is the +(5 to 6) to vitality ?

[harsh abyss]

Int is really good because you get 6 ward per int every time you invoke

In addition to all the other crazy stuff int gives you. Damage, crit chance, CDR, penetration, etc

[lavish apex]

correct

[blazing root]

oh damn, someone mentioned in another discussion (not here) that you did pay mana cost. Not paying cost is dope though

I was thinking build using it would require a bunch of mana (/ regen) but not requiring it is nice

[harsh abyss]

I haven't tested it myself, I just remember that someone said it doesn't

So take it with a grain of salt 😝

[blazing root]

I can test it I think

[molten cobalt]

finally done with rings

[blazing root]

actually I don't know why I said "I think" I can obviously test it on my mm

[molten cobalt]

that took so many red rings

[blazing root]

[molten cobalt]

dont trust imprints guys, something happened to mine

thats supposed to be a 3 exalted eternal gauntlet

and yes i still own it

[lavish apex]

did you craft on the item at all afterwards? someone said they shattered theirs and that happened

[molten cobalt]

no, i literally have a stash tab i named imprint

im looking at it right now

[lavish apex]

try reimprinting it?

[molten cobalt]

yeah its done

i was just surprised

that it went blank like that

[mystic tundra]

tf lol

[molten cobalt]

put in a third one!

with fire and lightning

to complete the trio

[lavish apex]

yeah I don't think it's legal to not have the third one in there if you have the ability to

you might get arrested if you don't

[blazing root]

checked now that im at pc, can confirm it doesn't consume mana cost

[grave hornet]

hello, have someone a starter build | guide for runemaster?

[lunar crest]

Is there any unique sword that can compete with Scissors for Shatter Strike builds? I have trash luck with these Weaver rolls.

[unkempt socket]

I had the same haha

I was thinking if we actually need the +levels from scissors

[stable thistle]

Guys, its a bug or something happen to me?

2 times flame rush works normally but for 3 time i didnt move at all

[molten cobalt]

dude

watch your video again and you will notice

flame rush worked fine every single time

[stable thistle]

😐 Emm.. So... What's weather?

[lunar crest]

What's silly is almost everything on scissors helps with Shatterstrike except for the Kismet thing. I just really can't get good rolls.

[unkempt socket]

Yah i know

Iv been farming scissors

Im just thinking if i can drop some point and maybe swap weapons

But same with using nib idk man, its alot of damage but do we need it

Hmmm does exang cancel out nibs self bleed

[mint ivy]

Anyone knows a good spellblade build (that is not paper) and not a (shatter strike) ?

[quasi wedge]

damn runemaster is shit

what is even good on it

[half pollen]

Stat stacking with criterion

[molten cobalt]

best mage builds right now are RM

[full bluff]

I tested the same build/skill with same gear on both runemaster and sorcerer, runemaster is way tankier

[quasi wedge]

jeah, maybe "runemaster without criterion"

I was hoping to make something cold-based with ice barrage, frost wall and glyph of dominion

[full bluff]

I play cold blast (cold spec lightning blast) on runemaster

To do CFC for ward

[half pollen]

Im fairly confident that you can make disintegrate work on runemaster. I got it to 1 million dps on the dummy with my crappy gear

[molten cobalt]

so you experimented with non established builds

[quasi wedge]

eh I'd rather not channel again

[molten cobalt]

and you're surprised it failed?

[quasi wedge]

well jeah I mean

I'd rather not make another hydra build or something, especially since I don't really like the playstyle that much

[full bluff]

Hydra is good I think

[molten cobalt]

there's only so many good builds out there

many skills are poopoo

[quasi wedge]

I know

but it's not like I want to kill uber abberoth with this crap

[mint ivy]

Anyone knows a good spellblade build (that is not paper) and not a (shatter strike) ?

[lapis harbor]

Whats wrong with shatterstrike

[full bluff]

This is the build I play on runemaster, non meta, not great, but fits my style of playing and I can do everything except uber aberoth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAlOHzW6FtE

[quasi wedge]

does incinerate scale with cast speed?

[peak oracle]

welp

[quasi wedge]

also, does gambler's fallacy still work with ignivar's head?

[harsh abyss]

Negative, they made it so channeled skills don't work with gambler's fallacy

[unreal blade]

look at the minimap, there is a hole in the map, so there is a tiny obstacle on the ground. EHG added SO many of these in the new content. it's actually enraging.

[unreal blade]

the updated version of my spark spellblade is quite durable and has good offense. it's not paper but also doesn't have the crazy dps shatterstrike does. i farmed 900-1000 corruption on it last season.

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

[uncut zealot]

Don’t shame creativity lol

Not everyone enjoys following builds as gospel

[turbid carbon]

What is the difference between these 2? arent they both supposed to reflect damage back?

[warped crow]

i forgot how rough fireball is

just to be functional you need embers and you need pierce chance

as like a minimum

[turbid carbon]

I miss my fireball ignite build lol would just toss them backwards and run

[warped crow]

ye

the first time ward was good lel

mortality ring xD

[silent sonnet]

would a 3LP one of these with 24% haste effect on you be better than this 4lp?

for shattered strike

[warped crow]

probably not

haste is 30% speed so an extra 6% haste is only like 2% speed buff

[silent sonnet]

oh alrighty

thanks!

[peak oracle]

i got 20 pts of str and my damage ramped up so high

holy

[warped crow]

sad ... fireball shrine doesnt use ember passive

or the one before it

[left hill]

Anyone know which of these is correct for the Damage Effectiveness of Spark Charge? One says 100%. One says 50%.

https://www.lastepochtools.com/skills/spark_charge
https://www.lastepochtools.com/skills/spark_charge_explosion

Oh, also one says the base damage is 20, and one says 9.

[peak oracle]

hmm

if im playing brand RM, cataclysm actully doesnt do aynthing for me, does it

[fervent ledge]

Hmm frozen sentinel deleted his snapshot video from yesterday
Was it hotfixed

[junior coral]

"Decided to unlist it and sent it to EHG as a bug report."

No one tell this man about Beastmater or Necromancer 😛. Their tops builds entirely around snapshotting way way more than the RM wall. And encouraged on maxroll or all top builders of said classes.

And sort of tornado bear

[junior coral]

Is the server just laggy or does Mana guide t-float result in rubber banding frequently

[left hill]

I get some rubber banding sometimes just running, no skills involved, idk. (on server with like 20ms ping)

[warped crow]

please dont

beastmaster minions are soo squishy without it

and the companion revive mechanic succs

[junior coral]

no i dont want them nerfed. just don't nerf RM either.

[warped crow]

lol

they should use the imprint system on manifest armour and forge weapon

basically actually equip it with its gear

owo

well at least for armour one

[junior coral]

is doing strenght rm mage at 120 strenght a huge trap/mistake? i do like 1/10th less DPSe than any other character I own and its like 10x more expensive so far. all around same lvl

it feels so bad i feel bugged

36k ticks lol

Well this was an interesting experiment but i'm going to go back to the easier and cheaper and better classes

But before that, im going to slam 2 more str peices soon for around 150 but will that really make it become ...decent?

[stone gale]

can someone point me at a good leveling build? Just wanna get up there while I decide how I actually want to play.

[vocal surge]

New player here- but following this and it's fun

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

[unreal blade]

it does. you can proc the buff with the lightning blast you cast while focusing or the flame rush hit, or the runic invocation hit. the buff works on any damage.

[unreal blade]

i'm getting triple that after converting to strength with 126str. are you using lightning web or covenant arc as your invocation, or plasma orb? plasma will do far less since it doesn't get buffed by strength via the chestpiece.

if you take the time to set up frostwall, pass through, cast another frostwall to make sure you retain the 14% bonus dmg, you can hit for a lot more.

normal flame rush into boss dummy with no built up runic energy is 500-550k ticks. if i do a normal (non bug) frostwall setup, full runic energy, and manually cast runic invocation it goes to 4.7 million.

[warped crow]

i wonder

is it worth stacking a bunch of ignites and then taking the flame rush passive that detonates them all with int scaling buff

[lavish apex]

nobody answered your question, but one is flat reflect the other is % damage reflect

[lavish apex]

I can't wait for snapshotting to go away. I see people in chat complaining about having to snapshot their minions all the time and I'm just like, "So don't do it? They function fine without it."

[lavish apex]

i'm a big fan of the enchant weapon ignite pops. mostly only good for spellblade ignite builds though

[warped crow]

except they dont

well dmg wise they do what you expect ... defense wise tho something like storm crows struggle hard

[warped crow]

ic

[lavish apex]

sure they do. you can clear everything outside of uber aberroth fine with minions. The second uber abby kill on HCSSF was a stormcrows build

[warped crow]

honestly easiest fix is to redo how companions revive ngl

lol

[lavish apex]

back on mage tho, I had a flame reave ignite build that used enchant weapon for big bursts of damage

so yeah, there's definitely space for the archetype

[warped crow]

ic ic

lol

fireball needs an update lel

[lavish apex]

i actually think fireball is one of the better designed skills

it's fantastic for leveling, scales well, has options for single target or clear, and has a neat conversion option if you're feeling spicy

[warped crow]

inferior in every way to frostclaw tho
takes 15 points + gear to get fireball anywhere close to what frostclaw can do in 4-5

it can do nothing that another skill cant do better

frost claw ... runebolt

nothing unique to it to justify using it over anything else

even if it wasnt the best skill in the game if it had something unique to it at least you could work with that

[lavish apex]

I haven't done frost claw ignite, but fireball is buttery smooth for it. Takes 0 gear to go from campaign start to finish with spreading flames and ignite. It's scalable afterwards up to Abby if you don't want to swap to something else

[warped crow]

frostclaw is better with ignite and it has enough coverage to not even need spreading flames

but if you did want it you have firestarter torch or cindersong

[unkempt socket]

It doesnt have to be better to feel nice

Cuz then you might aswell not play mage and just play sentinel cuz there is nothing to justify not playing sentinel over anything else

[warped crow]

the problem is there is better stuff just on mage alone

no need to swap to a new char

and honestly the problem isnt that other stuff is better ... its that its not the best at anything

well i mean it is the best at making me sad

uwu

i would compare it to chakram being a worse umbral blade but even that has other uses to fall back on

[lavish tiger]

any fun spellblade builds?

[warped crow]

shatterstrike uwu

[olive tusk]

beside strength mage build, any1 else playing decent builds for sorc/runemaster that are handling 400+ corruption well?

[molten cobalt]

hydrahedon build

lightning meteor

frostclaw

400c isnt very high

[olive tusk]

i'll look into those, thx

[next lance]

which mastery has the best build for fast clears? Idc about bossing and uber stuff, just looking for something I can blast monos really fast

also anyone playing any meteor build?

[weary hamlet]

then maybe they need to address the issue instead of forcing us to rely on a shitty bug to get around it?

[molten cobalt]

brand runemaster

[weary hamlet]

that's a cool idea except that 80% of items in the game do nothing on minions cause minions can't use most stats

[olive tusk]

idk if the owner of this build is here somewhere but just found out this one and it looks awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkyrrZgsRc4

[next lance]

you got a build for it?

[weary hamlet]

no but detonating ignite stacks with enchant weapon is a viable strategy

[molten cobalt]

check FrozenSentinel on youtube

[weary hamlet]

I mean, fine is relative. I personally find it insulting that most minion builds have to struggle with minion survivability while falconer just gets an immortal minion for free with no drawbacks.

Minions still have the general AI/pathing/sliding/targeting issues that detract from those builds' clear for instance

Like saber or bear would be perfectly fine minions.. if their AOE was 20 times larger

[next lance]

oh lmao the walking simulator build?

[molten cobalt]

i guess?

you asked for the best one for speed clear

[weary hamlet]

we've been complaining about crows' survivability since 2018 or thereabouts and they still find no issues with it

[molten cobalt]

thats the one

[weary hamlet]

its tree is a hot mess and most of it doesn't work well or at all, it surely does need a redesign even if its one functional build happens to be not so bad

[warped crow]

i mean then make them work ... they said they would eventually get around to doing that back during 1.0 so its probably still on the radar

[acoustic granite]

Hey folks,

is Ele Nova Runemaster still a thing?

[weary hamlet]

I guess that's pretty low on the radar then as that would involve a major refactoring of core minion mechanics

[warped crow]

probably sadge

[weary hamlet]

ele nova had always been shit when used directly and still is, although some builds like frost claw spam still use it via procs

[warped crow]

well i dont remember if they said it for armour

but i do remember them talking about it for weapons

cuz they were talking about forge weapons at the time

[acoustic granite]

so i am having more fun with the hydra build?

[weary hamlet]

doesnt really matter which of those it concerns as both have the same problem, namely that minions don't use attributes and pretty much any unique effect

[weary hamlet]

who knows what is more fun to you? But at least with hydra you will be actually doing damage

[acoustic granite]

doing actual dmg is fun to me 😛

[warped crow]

well the attribute problem is usually because a minion cant own its own attributes (unless its copying a piece of gear with an attribute on it)

at least i thought thats what it was

and then from there they dont have the stats for the attributes to effect

like what is it gonna get from int if they have no ward

or str if it has no armour

or attunement if it has no mana

[weary hamlet]

no, minions just can't benefit from having attributes directly cause they inherit attribute scaling from the skill that summoned them

[weary hamlet]

actually I'm not even sure if they do or don't inherit the armor from your items, it's still a stat on your items after all

these are convoluted AF

[warped crow]

so if you gave a manifest armour an auralius and a body with 20 strength it wouldnt scale the effect?

actually wait i think it was attunement for melee

same thing tho

[warped crow]

well they should

i mean

one of the manifest armour effects litterally scales off the armour stat of your body armour

so i would expect manifest weapon to do the same with phantom grip

if you could get some armour on your gloves

[low wolf]

do two oceareon rings stack? and if so y'all think it's worth? I don't have any red rings to play with

i'm doing lightning meteor

[topaz stirrup]

For a spark spellblade, what should I pair with the spark catalyst? Eye of Reem? Or an exalted sword with spell damage?

Also, is mana strike the best attack for such a build?

Was otherwise wondering on the new dot sword with weavers will, or the frost claw dagger..

[teal hull]

Any shatter strike enjoyers here? I need tips on how to juggle shatter strike and mana strike. Do I just hold both buttons down during combat, or do I tap them alternatively? Cant really tell which one works

[topaz stirrup]

Iirc, shatter strike until oom or close to it, then 1-2 mana strikes for full mana

[weary hamlet]

dagorath's claw

[topaz stirrup]

Is that the recommended one? Awesome then

Using a palarus with spell power on atm, can't wait to swap my shit shield for the catalyst haha

[molten cobalt]

Yes but prolly better with a crab ring

[topaz stirrup]

I don't understand how people can play with the evade removing stuff.. I'm always evading 😭

[molten cobalt]

The carcin-something ring

[molten cobalt]

You get used to it

[low wolf]

i also would hate to lose my evade @_@

[molten cobalt]

It’s fine

I have my evade back now and I don’t even use it

Crab ring is also super common so 2 lp is easy

Even 3 lp isn’t too rare

[topaz stirrup]

You're just so slow without it, 😂

[molten cobalt]

What do you mean

Crab ring gives perma swiftness

You’re faster with it

20% movement speed at lvl100

I switched to my second lp red ring yesterday and I miss the movement speed

[topaz stirrup]

I forgot that, just the feel of not dodging then 😂😅

[molten cobalt]

You’ll live

[topaz stirrup]

BTW, what do I want to slam onto a dagger when going spark charges? Lightning damage and pen?

[molten cobalt]

I suppose?

Any cool set dagger affix?

[topaz stirrup]

Was wondering if I missed any affix..

Don't think so 😦 only the shaman/totem one

[scenic sail]

Usually crit multiplier or crit chance, I like T7 cast speed for all my mage builds

[molten cobalt]

Actually yes

I’m so stuck in my DoT build I forgot crit exists

[unreal blade]

attack speed #1, assuming you are doing dragorath mana strike spellblade. crit multi #2 and probably frailty #3 (t1 is plenty)

[topaz stirrup]

Thank you!

[unreal blade]

here is a planner if you need it ~https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/B4z6xadA

[topaz stirrup]

Was thinking static instead of flame ward

For more lightning blast procs and such

[unreal blade]

updated link forgot it was set to max

[unreal blade]

you don't really move that much with this build. it's sort of a teleport into a spot, spray down the screen then teleport to the next spot.

[topaz stirrup]

Was thinking with the nodes that give charges on melee hit and such. But if that's the case I see why it's not taken

[unreal blade]

also not sure you could deal with the extra mana

it's already close to the edge of sustain

[topaz stirrup]

Gotcha

[unreal blade]

you could swap flame ward for firebrand if you want to maintain the stacks of that buff

i like it simpler, plus using a firebrand means at least 1 less mana strike generating a spark charge and less mana generated.

[topaz stirrup]

Yeah, same here. Was only thinking of it for the passive buffs

[solemn viper]

You should hold them both but I think it’s more of a personal preference, I alternate between them once I’m half mana

[proven apex]

I really hope spellblade gets a rework soon

It's fundamentally just less versatile than other masteries due to being a melee mastery on a base class that only has a single melee skill

[weary hamlet]

yea just compare the number of void conversions on sentinel skills to the number of melee conversions on mage skills

[proven apex]

It doesn't help that spellblade skills barely have any uniques too

There is one unique that mentions surge, one unique that mentions enchant weapon (the same unique that mentions surge), two uniques that mention flame reave (one of them is the same unique as the previous two), one unique that mentions shatter strike, and one unique that mentions firebrand

Which comes out to a total of 4 whole uniques

And the one for firebrand is clotho's needle which honestly shouldn't be counted as a firebrand unique but it does mention it at least

[half pollen]

To be fair its not that easy to meaningfully convert fireball to melee

[weary hamlet]

when there is a will, there is a way

also outside of fireball there are other skills that seem to be a lot easier

[half pollen]

Frost claw would be a dope melee conversion. Big claws that rip things apart

[weary hamlet]

LB, ele nova, glacier, frost claw, even ice barrage (channeling ice barrage is literally a GW2 guardian skill on 1h sword)

with a bit of creative reimagining you can make a melee conversion for pretty much any skill including fireball or VO

[peak oracle]

I would have to crit and that isnt happening very often for a conditional temporary buff

[half pollen]

Or at least melee interactions. Melee hitting a Volcanic Orb resulting in shrapnel or something. Or making it explode harder

[proven apex]

Yeah stuff like that is good too

[weary hamlet]

hit your target so hard that it splinters a volcanic orb out of them

[proven apex]

Melee just has nothing on the base mage class outside of mana strike

[weary hamlet]

channeling melee attack that spawns a VO ontop of you and sends out shrapnel

giant smash that spawns a stationary VO at target location

idk its magic bro, I'm sure they can find a way to present it as a melee skill

its not as if most melee skills of most classes in LE are very "melee" as is

[proven apex]

They made like 30+ skills in one for rune master they could make enchant weapon's passive convert certain spells to melee or something

[half pollen]

Well in the end they just could turn the spell cast animation into a punch and then just trigger the spell with it. Punching enemies so fireballs come out of their back or something

[proven apex]

I wanna see a melee interaction with disintegrate where after channeling x amount of time you build up energy on your weapon that turns it into a laser sword and then while you have that buff mana strike does a big cleave with huge damage

Also I just want more melee options that don't lock you in place while attacking

That's half the reason spellblade is so boring right now every build is just stand in place and spam your melee skill

[full bluff]

heh coulnd't understand why I had almost permanent haste... was rune bolt + teleport

[weary hamlet]

the same is true for most melee in the game though

[proven apex]

That's true but because other melee classes have so many more options it's easier to find builds that aren't like that

[weary hamlet]

ye the real issue is just lack of options, not the skills themselves

other than enchant weapon that is, it's just a boring damage steroid, not much to it

[acoustic bolt]

First time LE player here, I'm struggling with defences on meteor sorc. Im around 300 corruption and fall over to a light breeze. I got the meteor belt but doesn't feel enough

What are the best ways to scale defences on caster? Red rings or just Stack ward per mana spent instead? Armour/dodge?

And is there some other unique that is great for defences?

[elder knoll]

I have a VK Erasing Strike character and would like to try something else. Thinking of maybe a Mage based mastery. What are some recommendations for decent builds? I see Hydrahedron Runemaster mentioned around, but are there other good builds (preferably with some sort of guide)? Ultimately I'd like to try Uber Aberroth, but it's not a short term goal. I'd like to avoid builds using numlock trick and such, as well as minions

[proven apex]

I've been enjoying my mana guide build

Multiple different ways you can build mana guide and it's very tanky

[acoustic bolt]

Mana guide? Sounds interesting, do you have a link to gear/passives or something and I can see? 🙂

[weary hamlet]

twisted heart if you spam cast spells, low life or vessel of strife if you don't. Also ward per second and ward threshold are a lot more available now, including on new idols, and thus can provide a good baseline level for lower corruption

[acoustic bolt]

Thank you for the tips! I will look at those

[elder knoll]

Do you have any pointers for good mana guide builds? I'm not really looking to make my own, I'm happy to follow something that just works 😄

[proven apex]

Frozensentinel has a good mana guide rune master build on YouTube that you could follow

[elder knoll]

Thanks, will take a look 🙂

[molten cobalt]

He calls it the T-poser auto bomber

It’s probably the strongest mage build by far

Very tanky

You’ll run around with 15k+ armor as a mage

With 100% block chance

Only thing missing is making the armor apply to DoT, which partly happens with glove implicit

[elder knoll]

Ok, so it's not his strength stacker runemaster?

[molten cobalt]

It is

STR stacking brand autobomber

[elder knoll]

Gotcha

[peak oracle]

every day im learning new things about that build

i prob will kill uber today

[molten cobalt]

I need to do a few more attempts on uber later today after work

I can consistently make it to the second phase where platform changes

[elder knoll]

Getting those rings is painful though 😄 Are there decent alternatives to use?

[peak oracle]

my furthest attempt was like 20% + full ward

[elder knoll]

(I'm CoF - can't just buy them)

[molten cobalt]

Crab ring + ocean-something something

[peak oracle]

im now learning of how some of the passives work

and im adjusting some things

[molten cobalt]

Actually easy to get red rings with CoF

I have dropped somewhere between 15 and 20 red rings

[elder knoll]

With prophecies you mean, or am i missing something?