Compared to a normal Vilatria, that helm is missing out on 50-100% shock chance, which is pretty meaningful for a brand build
#🧙┃mage
harsh abyss
junior coral
i just need more double t7 helmets then i guess. and then farm havocs
what corruption level are those more comming, 1k?
dawn citrus
omg I just found an insane runemaster build
I will try to make it work and report back
junior coral
nice
harsh abyss
Technically they can drop immediately after you get to level 90 or whatever it takes for T7s to drop, but the higher your corruption, the more likely they are to drop
junior coral
i probably shoulda went an easier to gear spec as MG lol
boreal widget
I think game wants me to go nova
harsh abyss
Nova Prism build is pretty fun
junior coral
so for axe i want lightning penetration and shock chance?
how do COF players get that to drop just wondering
harsh abyss
Yeah, T7 int because it gives you so much
Another option would be "Ward Gained per run consumed with Runic Invocation" It'll give you like 400-500 extra ward when you invoke and consume runes is big (note: it doesn't work if your runes don't get consumed, which is why I'd go for Int)
boreal widget
Oh I'm running it as sorcerer, so not a rune build
boreal widget
yea I doublechecked and it seemed best option
harsh abyss
Yeah, almost certainly. That item is crazy strong
blazing root
Spellblade with essence weaver, aiming to maximize triggered frostclaw from melee and the spear itself: since the other two options (smite and the primalist lightning bolt, whatever the name is) are fire/lightning respectively, does it potentially make sense to element shift frostclaw to fire or lightning? dmg bonuses to that element would then boost 2/3 of the spell options.
(I ask because I haven't actually ever played w/ frostclaw, let alone a frostclaw-from-melee-hits build, so I don't know what synergies there are I'm probably missing)
harsh abyss
It shouldn't matter TOO much, because your frost claw will be hitting up to 5-25 times, whereas the other skills hit once. You basically just don't care about them at all because you can scale frost claw up so much
The real reason you'd convert to lightning is because it's cooler than cold
proud swift
How important is endurance threshold? Whats the best way to increase it? Should I invest in Cerulean Runestones node in the RuneMaster passive tree?
blazing root
It shouldn't matter TOO much, because your frost claw will be hitting up to 5-25...
I guess that makes sense; if frostclaw has a big enough damage share it is irrelevant. I assume cast speed here doesn't necessarily matter (probably using mana strike as my main thing?). What are your thought on Volley of Glass? Too much of a reduction in aoe/clear potential? There's the issue of the increased mana cost causing problems, potentially, but I don't really know much about mana strike's ability to regen, either, lol
harsh abyss
Volley of Glass is necessary
Unlike other FC builds, the Essence Weaver casts don't cost any mana. So you can pump the FC mana up with Volley of Glass and the On Through the Snow branch without being too concerned.
Volley of Glass is used by almost every FC build I believe? I'd be surprised if it wasn't in them, it turns 1 hit into 5 hits for every cast, so it's just so good.
abstract musk
Nova Prism build is pretty fun
Question about that, there was this unique, which is an off hand catalyst.
Forgot the name of it now, but it added a grand prism nova to the runic invocation spell from the Rune Master tree.
Question is, do you know if that grand prism nova benefits from the elemental nova tree?
grand karma
does anyone else have a wierd thing with flame dash not moving you, but you tp to the place you were gonna go after its done?
harsh abyss
Question about that, there was this unique, which is an off hand catalyst.
Forg...
Gordian Prism. No, it doesn't. It uses the RI tree, not the Nova tree.
abstract musk
Regardless, it was fun during the campaign. Doesn't really hold now now that I'm at the monolith stuff
Huh, really?maybe I was building it wrong
harsh abyss
I haven't had any problems in 150ish corruption. I haven't pushed it any further because I've been having a bout of alt-itis
But it's been plenty strong
abstract musk
Too be fair, I was speccing more into lightning blast and lightning damage than anything else.
First time building a mage, so I don't know what to do with it.
It's pretty cool having 2.5k ward though, that's fun. Most things can't put a dent in that....yet.
harsh abyss
oh yeah, I don't think Gordian Prism is good for a mono-element build
abstract musk
I haven't had any problems in 150ish corruption. I haven't pushed it any further...
Yeah, I heard aerial assault was fixed, so I created a rogue to go check it out.
abstract musk
oh yeah, I don't think Gordian Prism is good for a mono-element build
Yeah, probably not.
There's this mode in the fire nova tree, which can take out -70% elemental resistance.
Looks fun as a elemental nova build, but me being redundant, I built more into lightning-everything
Node*
Or, enemy* elemental resistance
harsh abyss
Yeah, I think the thing that makes Gordian Prism + Nova work well is Cosmic Mind + Elemental Starfield. Getting 6 ward per int and casting 3 extra ele novas every time you cast runic invocation is actually huge.
Especially when Gordian Prism "saves" your runes and you end up casting 3-4 Invocations in a row
abstract musk
That sounds pretty amazing.
If I ever find that, I'll gladly create an elemental nova build. That sounds like a lot of fun
harsh abyss
I plan to push it a bit further and see if I can do Aberroth with it, but it may not happen because I'm lazy
harsh abyss
Also the combination of Elemental Lore + Cosmic Mind means RI gets a lot of benefits from Int stacking
harsh abyss
My problem is I can't commit XD
Not really a problem tbh, I enjoy making builds more than pushing high corruption and stuff
abstract musk
I have a void knight warpath/erasing strike
A forge guard in act nine
A level 65ish mage
And like a level 35 rogue lol
That's not a bad point
harsh abyss
I have 2 runemasters, 2 sorcerers, a beastmaster, a druid, and a couple planned rogue builds, so far
I prefer to just level up a new character instead of swapping high level characters between builds
sinful coyote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN1UM3Yv71M combined frostwall glitch w/ hydrahedron build
abstract musk
How's the beast master going, by the way? I'm curious about that, and it sounds like fun
Yeah, I prefer to do the same thing
harsh abyss
How's the beast master going, by the way? I'm curious about that, and it sounds ...
I already know it's good, I took it to aberroth before the patch and it just got buffed.
Mantle of the Pale Ox is stupid
harsh abyss
It's similar to the "meta" storm crow build, I just don't snapshot because snapshotting is dumb
He's 300 corruption
abstract musk
Huh, wow.
I haven't even reached corruption yet XD
Eh, wait, I did get to bringer of storms, which is 12.
Still, not as high as you are at.
harsh abyss
Yeah, the challenge doesn't start to really ramp up until empowered monos, which are 100 corruption base
abstract musk
Yeah, ok.
I still got one shotted once or twice on my mage, once my ward ran out. I think it's still kind of squishy though
100 corruption sounds like fun, but it also sounds almost masochistic, kind of.
harsh abyss
Once you get a bit more confident with building your character, the game pre-empowered monos becomes pretty easy. It's still fun to see it come together, but it's not really challenging.
Lots of people are pushing meta builds into the 1000-2000 corruption range, and that's where I feel the masochism is, heh
zinc pewter
how much mana do i need to start building around meteor?
harsh abyss
You can do it immediately when you unlock it if you spec mana strike to recover more mana
abstract musk
Jeez, hahahaha. Yeah, that would be masochistic lol
blazing root
If Fire Aura is converted to lightning, does the 5pt bonus from Flame Walker (shredding enemy res) convert to lightning too? 🤔
solemn viper
What corruption are you pushing with that build? Also could you share a planner? 
boreal widget
What corruption are you pushing with that build? Also could you share a planner?...
lol, not much. I'm swapping builds now that I'm at 300. I can kill harbringers/bosses at 300 but keep getting one hit killed. I imagine if I managed to find much more durability it'd work better though. I'm comically badly opimized
I'll make a quick build on tools though of what I have
solemn viper
lol, not much. I'm swapping builds now that I'm at 300. I can kill harbringers/b...
I mean if survivabilty is the issue you just need to slap some %hp and %armor on some 2+ lp gear
silk pewterBOT
boreal widget
But itemized as horribly as it is I'm comfortably clearing 300 while farming for a different build
solemn viper
Yeah armor is the only gear issue, 2 rr and nihilis are also optimal I think
boreal widget
Yea,
solemn viper
I would put the points in tp on the left nodes
You don’t need the clones, armour is much better also stun immunity
And you can use meteor as a mana battery
But the build looks very cool lol
Will try it
boreal widget
Yea its fun, just run around, maintain craterborn, and your black hole melts everything it touches
I'm going mostly blind so don't know how to build defensives properly t.t
The big thing was just +4 black hole on relic, +6 on sword (3 fire, 3 damage over time) so that I could stack every 'more' node in black hole, I think it came out to 34x damage to black hole
solemn viper
Armour health and damage reduction, you could use that chest that gives 20% dr if you are using a 2h melee weapon
boreal widget
I've never heard of that one, but yea rings/neck/chest/helm/belt really need fixe dup
solemn viper
I don’t remember the name, I’ll check as soon as I log in lol it should be very common also
abstract musk
Armour health and damage reduction, you could use that chest that gives 20% dr i...
Sounds like titan heart?
boreal widget
Oh I see titan heart, I'll need a way to regen life for twisted heart though then
abstract musk
The titan heart I have has 15%, but I don't know if that's fixed or not
Fixed, meaning stuck at 15%, and can't be rolled higher than that
solemn viper
The titan heart I have has 15%, but I don't know if that's fixed or not
Oh maybe it was nerfed, it was 20 iirc but that’s the one
abstract musk
Then yeah, I guess so
I still guessed right, it's been a few days since I've been on my sentinel lol
boreal widget
Yea if I got more durability and a bit more damage I could prob push higher. Damage is a bit low if its a super mobile boss. The spear harbringer jumping around means she keeps stepping away from black holes, but the hammer guys melt as do any bosses that aren't mobile
If you try it lemme know how it goes, I plan to swap builds to push a little faster and then build it up using the other build
before swapping back
lunar crest
How are people climbing over 300c? This does not make sense. Capped resistances and everything.
boreal widget
other sources of multiplicative damage reduction
Stuff like 'take less damage from ignited enemies', red rings, the aforementioned -15% damage taken while using a 2h melee weapon, etc.
Also crit avoidance cap (I think avoidance is the better one? Iirc avoidance makes crits miss entirely, while damage reduction still lets regular damage through)
blazing root
Also crit avoidance cap (I think avoidance is the better one? Iirc avoidance mak...
crit avoidance makes crits downgrade to normal hits
silk pewterBOT
silk pewterBOT
solemn viper
Swap gloves and amulet, a good exhalted is better then random uniques, your armour is a bit low also, do you have armor blessings?
But your build seems fine you shouldn’t struggle at 300c
Look for snap guide or the guy that killed uberrot on YouTube
Oh your weapons need work lol
You want melee attack speed and crit multi
proud swift
- If I take the Protective Protection node in Lightning Blast then do I get ward from Lightning Blast's chains as well?
- Does the less damage taken from Runic Eclipse node in Flame rush persist after Flame Rush if I also take Celestial Guidance node?
- If I do not change Runebolt's Elements then which rune do I gain as a RuneMaster if I cast Rune Bolt once?
- Runebolts cast by Frostwall does not benefit from Runebolt Passive tree I assume?
- Does llightning blasts cast by Frostwall benefit from the Lightning Blast passive tree?
half pollen
When you trigger skills with a skill tree they benefit from the skilltree. So yes, frostwalls runebolts use the tree aswell as the lightning blasts
proud swift
When you trigger skills with a skill tree they benefit from the skilltree. So ye...
Thanks
vital walrus
Just sorted out my skills/passives, are there any way to grind for armors? realised my sustainability is very low when huge packs of wolfs just attack for example . Im at 55 now, runemaster here
molten cobalt
Have they fixed channeling yet?
eager wharf
you can click things again while channeling but flame rush still gets cancelled a lot by focus
molten cobalt
So it’s not fixed then
fiery ferry
No its not.
fervent ledge
How are people climbing over 300c? This does not make sense. Capped resistances ...
Pick a OP build. I'm strength RM with trash gear and face rolling 500. Don't even have forged helmet.
pseudo wave
so been making this build out of random gear i been finding its been real fun killed Abaroth etc with it, Now am looking to upgrade this, any ideas on staff upgrades or any other unique item synergies ? solid build btw i just need some more res and the obvious xD but any tips would be appreciated :), https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oPPp2MJo
silk pewterBOT
fathom tundra
any advise between these 4 what would be better to use? as a shattering strike spellblade
fathom tundra
these are my stats so far
i've done the 275 harbinger and going for the 300 one
in clearing it's fine i die sometimes from random hits but not alot
as in bossing it's kinda tough most hits just one shot me so i keep dodging around while hitting
solemn viper
any advise between these 4 what would be better to use? as a shattering strike s...
Probably the first two or double scissor
Melee as and crit multi are your first choices
fathom tundra
going with double scissors for now because all the skill points+
sly root
Are there any solid fireball DOT build guides out there?
unreal skiff
guys, just finish leveling my mage and can't decide what build to choose, have like a few good uniques for hydra rune, but not sure how it is in current league, didn't play like for a year+
hybrid schooner
are they going to fix flame rush or nah? i keep loggint in and doing an echo and logging off cause its so shit right now
unreal skiff
are they going to fix flame rush or nah? i keep loggint in and doing an echo an...
i just finish leveling, could you please explain what's the issue with flame rush?thx in advance
shut heart
are they going to fix flame rush or nah? i keep loggint in and doing an echo an...
Nah, still same. They said investigating the issue but we don't know when they will take action.
fervent ledge
Does it effect other classes still
shut heart
Dunno, i just play with Runemaster.
hybrid schooner
probably not anymore. sents were just crying about how they couldnt click on shrines as they blast by at 300% move speed while warpathing. i bet this doesnt get fixed before i lose interest because who cares about mage right.
proud swift
proud swift
yes, no, go kill a harbinger
So I don't need stun avoidance?
proud swift
Thanks. Thought I would take it since it comes with health too.
chilly rock
I need Wrongwarp for my sorcerer (offline mode)
I got over 200 uniq wands from prophecies, echo rewards, ascendence rune and i did not get a single one.
Is there a way to check if that item drops for a specific class or any other restrictions?
fervent ledge
Someone here MG just want to make me a decent str build helmet and put it on AH for 800mill I'll buy it
I can't understand how to even begin making one.
weary hamlet
I need Wrongwarp for my sorcerer (offline mode)
I got over 200 uniq wands from p...
le tools
other than that wrongwarp is a common pool drop so you just have a case of shit rng
I recently farmed it on my sorc too and got like 10 out of 150-200 from prophecies
chilly rock
ty for info, was starting to think i missed something crucial and that is why it is not dropping
molten cobalt
It's a bit more playable with macros until they fix it
what does a macro have to do with this? how does that help
proud swift
- How much spell crit multiplier would you all recommend for RuneMaster?
- Is there any resistance that's ok to not get to 75%?
- There is some mechanic that reduces our resistance. What is the maximum that mechanic reduces our resistance by?
molten cobalt
1. How much spell crit multiplier would you all recommend for RuneMaster?
2. Is ...
- if you are going for a crit build, then all of it
- no
- dunno
poison res can be manageable not getting capped, if and only if you have the ailment purge on a belt
nimble rover
most common res reduction is marked for death curse which is - 25%. also if you are playing with frost wall there is a node for cleanse. my 2 cents
molten cobalt
most common res reduction is marked for death curse which is - 25%. also if you ...
there is yes, but if you get hit with a heavy enough poison DoT and you got no res you aint gonna have the time to cast wall and step through it
you'll be dead before then
fervent ledge
what does a macro have to do with this? how does that help
Nevermind it broke. I was trying to cancel the focus the millisecond I press flame rush and when I stop holding flame rush it casts focus again but it was too wonky
nimble rover
i was not talking about your post and poison res
molten cobalt
Also is immortal vice better than a exalted
for the STR stacking brand? probably
fervent ledge
1lp not too expensive on AH
molten cobalt
you can get frailty on helmet i believe
fervent ledge
I guess it's very common drop
molten cobalt
and idols
lucid hedge
anyone know did bod damage scaling affected by the damage multiplier of the skills that applies it? lets say bod applied by static orb vs lightning blast...
molten cobalt
I guess it's very common drop
more like falconers killing uberroth in 30 sec
fervent ledge
Lol
molten cobalt
anyone know did bod damage scaling affected by the damage multiplier of the skil...
that does seem to be the case, yes
but only in the cases where the brand can actually scale with it
flat spell damage for example, cannot scale brand
nimble rover
each patch the yare nerfing falconer but never changes pretty much. because for some reason when they nerfing their skill they are also adding broken items
molten cobalt
because brand is just a flat 400 damage number
boreal widget
I don't think I'm good at crafting/figuring out how to ensure I'm getting right items for my build in my filter t.t
But when my build is so insanely off meta I can't easily look up a good premade filter
lucid hedge
anyhow i cant play my mage properly right now... flame rush bugged make my life so hard...
molten cobalt
it do be like that
mages had it rough to begin with
and now most of them cant even play properly
hybrid schooner
u know, im thinking that imprinting a mage type helm with Strength swapped onto it is breaking the imprint. it just wont drop. cause str doe not come on mage helms.
molten cobalt
u know, im thinking that imprinting a mage type helm with Strength swapped onto ...
nope
this works fine for me
just never managed to hit a sealed t7 vilatria mod
molten cobalt
i have seen t5
hybrid schooner
if it worked like the other imprints it would be t6 t7 every time
molten cobalt
no
it says it has a chance up to
and it wont always pick the vilatria mod either
i've had regular items drop with sealed t6
lucid hedge
wait... u can imprint that?!
molten cobalt
before i slapped the viltria helmet on there
hybrid schooner
i think the crit avoid helm is better too. i think once you get over 150 strength (which gives cooldown redux), and just 1 t5 cooldown affix on gear. any more cooldown redux could be bad. if youre flame rush cd is under 2 seconds you gonna be cucking yourself often
chilly wave
Question - If you're playing a Flame Rush build, how important is Mana Guide?
lucid hedge
u mean the wear imprint can make an exalted item drop with set effect affix?
hybrid schooner
the build is not really about the flame rush its about the mana guide
molten cobalt
i think the crit avoid helm is better too. i think once you get over 150 streng...
not enough crit avoid to matter
chilly wave
u know, im thinking that imprinting a mage type helm with Strength swapped onto ...
It's not just Mage Helms - the team is investigating an overall Imprinting bug
molten cobalt
wont cap it with the blessing
molten cobalt
Question - If you're playing a Flame Rush build, how important is Mana Guide?
there is no flame rush build
molten cobalt
that helmet implicit cannot go 35%
hybrid schooner
yes it can
molten cobalt
are you sure?
chilly wave
the build is not really about the flame rush its about the mana guide
So if you're using Mana Guide, you're not going to want to take it off?
molten cobalt
gonna have to take a look at that, if we are even talking about the same helmet
hybrid schooner
if you dont wear mana guid its a toally different build
molten cobalt
i use belt to cap crit avoidance atm
also, why do i feel like im nerfed when i try to play?
why doesit feel like i have lost half my damage
boreal widget
Whats the best way to farm orobyss? I swear making him spawn is a pain. Should I just keep trying to do confluence of whatever to get his drops?
Want that dang +skill necklace
hybrid schooner
i was only saying that if you get to much cdr, like on that helm. you could be in trouble cquse you wont get ward if you spamming a flame rush thats under 2 second cd
chilly wave
if you dont wear mana guid its a toally different build
For context - there is a bug with Flame rush, Focus and Mana Guide that is fixed if you remove Mana Guide. Though, I'm understanding that essentially completely changes how you play, so you wouldn't want to
hybrid schooner
ya.. would love a fix but thats a build breaking eight there
nimble rover
Whats the best way to farm orobyss? I swear making him spawn is a pain. Should I...
take purged horizon in weaver tree and you will be able to farm him forever. you just need 8+ gazes on your web to spawn him
chilly wave
Therefore removing Mana Guide does not qualify as a valid 'workaround' - thanks! Just wanted to make sure, the team are working on it!
boreal widget
take purged horizon in weaver tree and you will be able to farm him forever. you...
I didn't think of that, thank you!
molten cobalt
i was only saying that if you get to much cdr, like on that helm. you could be i...
which cooldown of 2s do you mean
my flamerush is 1,9s
but i dont spam it as soon as it is available
hybrid schooner
ok so if you flame rush on cooldown. you will never channel focus for 2 seconds to get the ward
just noting this, so be careful thats all
hybrid schooner
no, the ward given that cales off armor
lucid hedge
you mean the 50 ward? but thats not tied to 2sec
no not this one
there is another one provide ward but need focus stay for 2s
hybrid schooner
its the one that give us nearly all of our ward generation
hybrid schooner
hybrid schooner
even gloves i went with this type, more armor and mitigation.. i dont want to get any closer to 2 second flame rush
hybrid schooner
think theres either cooldown or move speed right
molten cobalt
hybrid schooner
anyways
molten cobalt
we think alike
hybrid schooner
lol
molten cobalt
exceot crit avoidance
thats on my belt
i do need better gloves, these are semi bricked
lucid hedge
are you guys playing bod as well?
molten cobalt
yes
but it kinda sucks atm
i didnt play all day yesterday
and only testing it a bit now
they fked it up so bad
lucid hedge
i hope there are more content creator doing some new builds for mages... currently most of the mage builds are just not that good
hybrid schooner
binaq normally does. he updates some old ones a little but hes not playing sorc
lucid hedge
falconer is good too i think
marksman is not that great... even with the new heartseeker... i tried and died a lot
hybrid schooner
ive always wanted to have a top notch shatter strike setup.. but if i try to farm it as shatter strike its so rough, and slow, in low corr
molten cobalt
@hybrid schooner this is an ok base helmet too
hybrid schooner
is that a 77 6?
molten cobalt
is that a 77 6?
6 6 6 sadly
lucid hedge
oh its a 6? never played melee elemental dmg
molten cobalt
but the base is ok
hybrid schooner
ahh.. if anyone finds a good base. im COF, ill run with u until another drops from imprints.
molten cobalt
instead of cooldown
hybrid schooner
i have really fat shield, chest, ring and boot imprints
molten cobalt
you dont need fat shield, chest, ring and boots imprints
not realistically
at best you gonna do 3 lp
if you are insanely lucky
vital walrus
is this considered ok for level 65? im not sure if im doing it correct
molten cobalt
shield imprint?
hybrid schooner
ive had a shot or am currently sitting on a 3lp for every item in the build aside from ring and relic
molten cobalt
or
molten cobalt
ive had a shot or am currently sitting on a 3lp for every item in the build asid...
thats mad
good luck getting 3lp twisted heart
hybrid schooner
double t7 cchest bricked on lp3. big sad
molten cobalt
That’s nice
hybrid schooner
i cant find a good base imprint for axe yet
molten cobalt
I only have 2lp at most
hybrid schooner
ye even if u get a 3lp u better hope for max str
molten cobalt
Yep
hybrid schooner
this a top notch axe i got, but im good at bricking
molten cobalt
I have a 2lp shield I’m not slamming because of that
Only 5 str
Rather use my 1lp 10str
hybrid schooner
ye
proud swift
proud swift
Thanks. Was wondering if it was a direct addition or not 😁
hybrid schooner
yep
molten cobalt
What’s the benefit of making elites possessed with that weaver tree node?
The node does not mention what you have a chance of gaining
hybrid schooner
hmm. for memory amber i think
molten cobalt
But they sure as hell get a crap ton more tanky
molten cobalt
hmm. for memory amber i think
Not worth it then
hybrid schooner
ya maybe idols? idk. but we can farm them now with cof finally
queen monolith
Anyone know if shatter strike can scale on "physical damage" please?
hybrid schooner
ya no good
cobalt matrix
Flame rush still broken with focus?
hybrid schooner
flamew rush, yes
fast mantle
Hey everyone, I can't find why I got lighting infusion and above all electric overload, thx for your help
molten cobalt
is it just me that feel a lot weaker on by brand build after patch?
like A LOT weaker
like a simple nemesis takes 10 times longer to kill
the difference is extremely noticeable
cobalt matrix
flamew rush, yes
having to stop casting focus to cast flame rush is hurting my soul
It's unplayable
remote urchin
Anyone got any advice on how to make a selfcast elenova- runemaster more tanky? I'm using the ele nova chest/helmet and then the +1 to lightning/cold/fire set jewelry as set shards on exalted rare jewelry. My idea was to go with Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros and then get spell leech from a blessing. But is there some other thing i could consider making it tankier?
hybrid schooner
welp
other than 75% all resists, and 100% crit avoid.
youll probably need to scale up your armor value and ward retention. health will be good too with heart relic
u talkin about this chest right
very hard to get 2lp or higher on. so youll not be getting any tankiness out of that slot
plush flicker
channeled disintegrate or channeled lightning blast
molten cobalt
something has definitely been nerfed
flint reef
Does anyone know if it’s better to have increased lightning damage or DoT for runemaster static build?
hybrid schooner
damage over time has higher values on affix, so generally dot
flint reef
Okay that’s what I thought too. I’m using EDoT as it’s higher than DoT. I assume that’s fine?
hybrid schooner
specifically elemental DOT affix is the highest
flint reef
Ok very good ty
molten cobalt
@hybrid schooner do you know what they have nerfed?
or what they broke
damage is nowhere near what it used to be
hybrid schooner
im not sure dude. let me see
molten cobalt
like the difference is gigantic
flint reef
When was this change? I played last night and was fine
molten cobalt
When was this change? I played last night and was fine
i guess latest patch? i did not play yesterday at all
but i have tested it a few maps now, as well as against imprisoned mages and nemesis
i could 1 shot double empowered nemesis before, just 1 covenant arc
takes 2 now
hybrid schooner
maybe the snap is breaking
flint reef
You have a link to your build/gear?
molten cobalt
maybe the snap is breaking
i never used snapshot when fighting nemesis
i just did manual frost wall
molten cobalt
it all feels diff
hybrid schooner
hm
molten cobalt
seams fine
is that with full runic energy, snap shot and flame ward?
hybrid schooner
ya thats everything
hybrid schooner
hybrid schooner
ok, i have light web. but that should not matter'
hybrid schooner
i llike that light web can still hit at long range with flame rush
molten cobalt
yeah i used web for a while
noticed i still gotta keep in close range anyway
for res shred, DR and whatnot
hybrid schooner
whats the order for cov arc again
hybrid schooner
negative
cosmic dove
in a hypothetical fire meteor build what are some decent options for defenses?
cobalt matrix
Can you share your planner? Please
hybrid schooner
is there a simple way to do that
grand karma
So I'm trying to do the str build, but flame dash is glitching hardcore. It'll do the animation of sending the explosion out but I won't move. Or it'll just cancel early and dump me where I started
grand karma
Mf
hybrid schooner
yeee
molten cobalt
is there a simple way to do that
yes
cobalt matrix
I think I can check your planner with your account name? Not sure
molten cobalt
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/ click import
molten cobalt
I think I can check your planner with your account name? Not sure
need acc name and char name
grand karma
What str does the str mage really turn on at?
molten cobalt
there is no magic number for that
depends how hard you stacked INT before making the switch to STR
hybrid schooner
silk pewterBOT
molten cobalt
yeah im so confused
how the hell are you doing 10mil+ a tick
what happened to my build
when i wasnt even online
grand karma
Shame. I mean i was kinda killing and surviving at c100 but not fast. I've got like 29 str and 29 int (I know i need higher) but just trying to see when it can kinda roll
cobalt matrix
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A2mm4g9o
Thanks!
molten cobalt
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/QWeeEp9o this is mine, can you notice something off? @hybrid schooner
silk pewterBOT
hybrid schooner
lemme check
fervent ledge
Anyone here MG that can just craft the helmet for me I'll give billion gold
molten cobalt
Anyone here MG that can just craft the helmet for me I'll give billion gold
cant resell an item they bought, so you'd have to find someone with the exact base you'd need
hybrid schooner
idk it looks fine to me
molten cobalt
that they found
molten cobalt
idk it looks fine to me
it does doesnt it
yet my damage since patch is massively fked
fervent ledge
I haven't had a geaer upgrade in days
molten cobalt
somehow you are getting 6 times more damage than me
fervent ledge
I'm for sure gonna try a class or build that doesn't use reforged set next. This is very hard to make
I geared easier in poe2 somehow lol
hybrid schooner
getting the affix swap isnt really a problem. its having enough FP to get the rewt of the stats over the finish line
fervent ledge
What other mage builds are good
hybrid schooner
i think i seen people do uberoth like 2 other mage builds. fireclaw and then hydrhedron
molten cobalt
this crap is driving me nuts
my build is destroyed and i cant figure out how or why
this is unplayable
last knoll
For ignite, I see the only tag is DOT. Does it scale at ALL with generic fire damage modifiers?
hybrid schooner
ya, theres probably another scaling for it if you take the node in the skill tree or passives
molten cobalt
@hybrid schooner you might wanna make this one 5/5
hybrid schooner
ya idk i wish i could help.
molten cobalt
it makes no sense
hybrid schooner
check ur snap pieces make sure they arent on
hybrid schooner
no
molten cobalt
why not
molten cobalt
it does
molten cobalt
but not as well as i thought
without it im ticking 1,7
with it 1,8
but where are my 8mil+ ticks...
zinc pewter
got my mage to 80. Thinking in swapping to str runemaster
got some T7 str equips
some advice?
molten cobalt
fk it i aint playing this crap
they broke it
and i cant figure out how
but im doing about 18% damage of what i did before patch
@hybrid schooner can you perhaps try cov arc to see if thats what is broken?
random marsh
Any flame reave enjoyers out there able to tell me if the crit goes well with the skill or if it's wasted and I should go more into T7 melee fire dmg instead?
fervent ledge
Maybe the hotfixed snapshotting 🤣
molten cobalt
Maybe the hotfixed snapshotting 🤣
they did not
and they wont even attempt before season 3
fervent ledge
Oh
molten cobalt
they have stated they will try to get it fixed for season 3
its just broken somehow
me and Skrrizzle essentially have the same setup, same gear and same everything
im doing 1,8mil per tick and he is doing 11mil
fervent ledge
Same monster?
half pollen
Have you tried removing all your gear and Idols and putting them back on? And removing the passive points for Brand shock scaling and allocating them again?
molten cobalt
Have you tried removing all your gear and Idols and putting them back on? And re...
no, but i can try that later, too p1ssed to even start the rotten game atm
hybrid schooner
anybody Cof and have a good 1h axe or neck base item for imprints? would love to party up for a proc on that imprint
i have 3 LPS aching for double t7 slams
proud swift
is 879 ward decay threshold with 209% ward retention and 119 ward regen too much for a RuneMaster? All resistences capped out, 100% crti avoidance, 582 armor and 2084 HP if that matters.
hybrid schooner
wps and retentioon pretty low. threshold high
proud swift
How much WPS and Ward Retention and ward threshold do you all recommend?
molten cobalt
How much WPS and Ward Retention and ward threshold do you all recommend?
i got 447 ward retention
so 209 is very low
proud swift
I am still in campaign so I haven't died yet.
proud swift
i got 447 ward retention
How much WPS?
molten cobalt
what is wps
proud swift
what is wps
Ward per second and ward threshold how much?
molten cobalt
wps is important, but not that important
you get various bursts of ward from skills
proud swift
how much is yours?
molten cobalt
235
proud swift
Thank you ❤️
worn valley
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Q9qqaXPQanyone take a quick look at this and tell me if im doing something stupid which i probably am. Made the switch to RM last night after farming gear and it just doesnt feel as good as i thought it would with my current gear, only on 370c and things like some possessed enemies and empowered nems/exiled mages still take forever to die. Im always channelling focus or rush and hard casting runic when some beefier enmies are up etc. Maybe its a playstyle issue. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
molten cobalt
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Q9qqaXPQanyone take a quick look at this ...
fix your link to start with
silk pewterBOT
worn valley
shock chance in game is 519%, seems to be showing 413 on build
Even swapping to the boss version, 2 points into flamerush for cold, one out of frostwall for cold and rearranging them on bar for c/c/l with manual hitting runic on bosses, they take forever to die
molten cobalt
shock chance in game is 519%, seems to be showing 413 on build
no shows 523%
worn valley
strange, its def 519 ingame
molten cobalt
looks fine to me
BUT something weird is going on with my own build
since patch im somehow doing roughly 18% of my pre patch damage
with single target
worn valley
yeah i was shocked when i tried a boss and i had to run around for ages waiting for it to die hitting it with manual runics after getting buffed running through frost wall
even mapping damage seems bad
dont know how it would fair at the really high corruptions
so weird
molten cobalt
something has definitely changed for me, but i cannot determine what
worn valley
i know there was some flame rush interaction/bug but i think it was fixed?
molten cobalt
not fixed
worn valley
also on an even weirder side note your pfp looks like mike from Suits lmao
molten cobalt
nah man mike looks nothing like me
worn valley
true, he wishes
well i guess im stuck with this build
my old outdated mana stack static/meteor felt better at 400+c than this
molten cobalt
370c is very low though
worn valley
yeah that's what i was thinking
molten cobalt
weird you are already running into issues
molten cobalt
yup
worn valley
before were you able to cast a long flame rush while channeling focus without just insta stopping on the spot?
worn valley
damn, it's really janky having to stop to do a flame rush
hybrid schooner
ya it dididnt feel like your char was fighting itself
molten cobalt
did you try covenant arc yet? @hybrid schooner
and see if you still hitting for 10m+
prime whale
i keep dieing in shit bc i cant fkn move with flame rush
I think you can cancel it with evade during flame rush
still very annoying though
hybrid schooner
no i can try in a minute
molten cobalt
i shall try resetting stuff too
worn valley
i just checked dummy and getting hits between 1-2 mil
odd imp
Greetings fellow mana addicts.
Do we have meteor builds that are viable this season? 500-600 at least 🙂
proud swift
harsh abyss
Ward decay threshold basically just rasises the "zero" threshold for ward decay
hybrid schooner
i think it just move the decay rate futher up
harsh abyss
So if you have 500 WDT and 100 Ward/sec, instead of your ward/sec being affected by the ward decay formula starting at 0 ward, it starts at 500 ward.
fast mantle
Hey everyone, I can't find why I got lighting infusion and above all electric overload, thx for your help
harsh abyss
If you have no ward/sec and 500 WDT, your ward will eventually decay down to 500, but never any lower. It's a very strong stat especially for builds that invest in ward/sec
fast mantle
I'm talking about this icon ie
molten cobalt
Have you tried removing all your gear and Idols and putting them back on? And re...
tested now, no change
still doing 18% of my original single target damage
molten cobalt
If you have no ward/sec and 500 WDT, your ward will eventually decay down to 500...
why is my ward perma at 1882 in town then, when my WDT is 235
harsh abyss
Because you have ward/sec
hybrid schooner
wps + ward retention
harsh abyss
There's a graph somewhere of what your "standing" ward will be depending on ward retention, ward/sec, and WDT, but basically Ward/sec provides more than it's flat value in 'standing' ward because of the way that the ward decay formula works.
harsh abyss
With like 30 ward/sec, you'll end up at like 3-500 'standing' ward, even with no WDT and low levels of ward retention
harsh abyss
Ward decay formula is exponential at higher numbers, which is why WDT is strong, it basically allows standing ward at higher numbers.
molten cobalt
@harsh abyss you wanna take a crack at why my damage is 18% of what it was prepatch?
im baboozled
cant figure it out
harsh abyss
Nope, I don't know anything about brand builds
gaunt plank
So all I need is 3k health regen, right? 🤔
harsh abyss
Yep, that's "all" you need
gaunt plank
I'm gonna do it somehow
hybrid schooner
lol ive always wanted to try a health stack SS build with those swords
gaunt plank
Well now that you can get the set bonus on good exalted swords, it might actually be worth it
harsh abyss
The only thing that keeps me from doing it is the most effective way is to do Last Bear gloves with Str -> Int conversion, and that feels lame
gaunt plank
What gloves now?
harsh abyss
Last Bear set gloves give 3% increased health regen per strength
hybrid schooner
ive also never figured out how to use bloody nib without killign myself between packs with it
harsh abyss
Easy to stack up 450%+ health regen
hybrid schooner
also, idk why they arent using any crit chance or crit multi on the build
i actually dont trust that the builds are optimized on maxrll for mage rn. the OG guys are not playing this right now
i think they jsut theory crafted the new setup and called it a day
molten cobalt
i actually dont trust that the builds are optimized on maxrll for mage rn. the ...
of course they are not
maxroll has NEVER had optimised endgame builds for any game ever
they are mainstream pleb site
proud swift
Easy to stack up 450%+ health regen
I have 879 ward decay threshold, 209% ward retention and 119 ward regen. Is this good? If I am understanding how this works I am assuming this is pretty efficient? I am playing Hardcore.
molten cobalt
not for endgame devoted players
hybrid schooner
ngl id really like to have a well put together S strike build dude. thats the first build i played in this game way back cause i liked the idea of a mele power mage
it was just so challenging to play compared to frostbite claw , or any other build for that matter
proud swift
not for endgame devoted players
Can you link me your build? I would like to take a look at it.
molten cobalt
Can you link me your build? I would like to take a look at it.
it is linked a little bit further up
hybrid schooner
problem with S strike is that in order to do giga damage scaling you have to build dex....
proud swift
it is linked a little bit further up
Do you have version of this build that doesn't require me to have super good luck? 😅
molten cobalt
@hybrid schooner tested lightning web myself and same low damage, even slightly lower due to missing 100% shock chance
would suck to be done with this season already, but it is looking that way right now
my build is somehow bricked but i changed nothng
molten cobalt
Do you have version of this build that doesn't require me to have super good luc...
no
proud swift
holy crap! I am stupid I've been messing around with my build this whole time without any idols X_X
inner arrow
Anyone doing lightning blast Sorc this season ?
hybrid schooner
some are sort of.. but using light blast just to apply the same DOT that a lot of us are using. its pretty much same build
weary hamlet
Anyone doing lightning blast Sorc this season ?
I ran focal blast for the lulz at the season start, it wasnt too bad given the fixed spark nova
gaunt plank
I assume there's no way to convert Firebrand to a cold skill?
prime whale
Well now that you can get the set bonus on good exalted swords, it might actuall...
can you put the set bonus too on a legendary potential item ?
gaunt plank
No
hybrid schooner
no
hybrid flame
Anyone also having weird problems with casting flame rush while channeling focus?
hybrid schooner
would have been farming my ass off for a 3lp barbute helm or crest of unity
yes clasmo, its broken.
hybrid flame
ok just confirming im not crazy
shut heart
Anyone also having weird problems with casting flame rush while channeling focus...
I haven't been able to play game for 2 days because of this bug...
hybrid flame
i just take my finger off focus and press flame rush then press focus again
annoying but it works
grand karma
Anyone gotta good hydra hedron build?
shut heart
i just take my finger off focus and press flame rush then press focus again
hahah too annoying..i don't even want to open the game 😄
brisk hull
Are there any uniques good for frost mage - sorcerer? (Glacier mostly, with cold snap for CC)
gaunt plank
No interaction is mentioned so I guess there isn't one, but on the offchance that I'm wrong: does Freezing Aura convert that fire shred to cold shred?
spiral viper
is this 3 mana per enemy or 3 per melee attack?
gaunt plank
Per attack that hits an enemy. So even if you hit a trillion mobs, you generate 3 mana.
spiral viper
thanks 🫡
hybrid schooner
constanyly being killed because of this fkn flame rush... sometimes it works as expected too... so i die.. or it does let me move, so i die
ill just keep sending progressively rude bug reports in game
gaunt plank
Seems productive
hybrid schooner
@molten cobalt stop snapping that catalyst, its doing some cuckery and ruining damage
molten cobalt
oh?
hybrid schooner
ya i was doing like 2 mill with that snapeped in.... at first glance i was like o shit 20 mill.. but no its like 1/5 the damage
shut heart
constanyly being killed because of this fkn flame rush... sometimes it works as ...
I record video about 30 minutes ago, 500c, last boss of the map.. I was lucky this time, but I won't be opening the game again until this bug is fixed.
molten cobalt
ya i was doing like 2 mill with that snapeped in.... at first glance i was like ...
let me get on and try if thats the culprit
sly root
Are there any solid Flame DoT Sorcerer builds?
hybrid schooner
word
molten cobalt
we back in business
prime whale
what was the issue ? I just started playing this build but I'm not sure what snapshotting is
hybrid schooner
this game dude.. there definitely some hidden mechanic trhey arent telling us about with the havoc rune. it does NOT go where its suppose to ever
burn like 50 runes on dozens of helms for 1 affix
NEVER
peak oracle
havoc rune changes something not everything
optimal usage is if everything else is same tier
hybrid schooner
ok why, or what
cause it never fkn goes to the right affix. ive been burning dozens of runes for 1 piece of gear and cant do it ever
peak oracle
its just rng
hybrid schooner
but its not purely rng
gaunt plank
I've successfully used havocs pretty often tbh. Haven't had much of an issue with them
peak oracle
ok why, or what
if an item has 3 same tiers and one other tier
hybrid schooner
thats hat im saying its not rng
peak oracle
the other tier has to change
its rng where it moves to
but tiers can stay the same
gaunt plank
Devs have already stated that there's no weighting, you're just getting bad luck.
hybrid schooner
but its not purely rng... or else in 5 fkn tries it would have hit 1/4 affixes
50 tries
gaunt plank
That's not really how math works
hybrid schooner
yes it is. 50 times... thers no way you dont get 1/4 a bunch
hybrid schooner
i trust what i see. cause they full o shit
peak oracle
this guy
worn valley
ya i was doing like 2 mill with that snapeped in.... at first glance i was like ...
sorry for the ping but what was being snapped in that caused the issue?
hybrid schooner
uhh, the uniq frostwall catalyst
worn valley
ah ok, well that doesnt solve my damage issue as i dont use it but ty for answering
junior coral
my dmg is shit on brand , but becuaes my gear is dog shit 😄
worn valley
well i got good gear and shit damage lol
junior coral
this build scales super high with gear cause my dots are only 200k while others have 8million lol
with lp1
i should go an easier build tbh
Im too casual don't get too much time to play. Maybe ill do Sentinel
or Falconer
molten cobalt
does this skill node for flame rush convert the spellblade passive ?
or does the convert only happen to fire shred that flame rush itself applies
harsh abyss
I believe so, I know the one in Flame Shield does
oh, no, it's only flame rush shred
It would have to convert fire aura specifically to change the fire aura shred
molten cobalt
which is only done with flame ward..
thats a shame
because i really like having cold flame ward
but then the 5 point bonus is worthless
because that would then be cold shred
so the question becomes
is 250% lightning damage + lightning shred worth more than the shock chance from covenant arc
harsh abyss
You can also just convert it with the spellblade passive that converts flame aura
harsh abyss
Crackling Aura, yeah
hybrid schooner
idk he flip flopped on what invocation he was using a bit. so im still on light web for no other reason that i like the range, and its easy for me to swap to orb for clears
harsh abyss
I mean, if you're Int stacking, Arcane Warden and Incinerating Aura is 16 points
hybrid schooner
int will not help us at all
molten cobalt
idk he flip flopped on what invocation he was using a bit. so im still on light ...
range is the same though according to the internet
gaunt plank
I'm also trying to work a frost aura into my build - I don't think the lightning/cold conversion passives on the tree convert the fire shred which is sadge.
molten cobalt
I mean, if you're Int stacking, Arcane Warden and Incinerating Aura is 16 points
im not int stacking, im str stacking
hybrid schooner
ya but you cant flame rush the arc at range and stay thrre
hybrid schooner
ya i can tap flame rush from off screen and it will hit like a chain light
molten cobalt
interesting
molten cobalt
for arc ye
you can have it not needing respec if you use cold flame ward
which also gives you 1000 armor
instead of the 250% lightning dmg
molten cobalt
yeah you will be moving it when swapping
from 2nd key to 3rd
i have not been keeping an eye on the ailments and effects applied to the boss while fighting
so i dont know how many lightning res shred stacks are actually applied
from using lightning ward
and right now doing boss fights is pretty cancer
100% shock chance is pretty big though, and that is per activation of covenant arc
so often when fighting uberroth you will be getting 2-300%
sometimes 400%
i have a hard time seeing that 250% lightning damage + some lightning res shred will top that
hybrid schooner
arent we using light flame rush tho , we still get shred with that
molten cobalt
if we flame rush into the boss, yes
5 stacks
and it isn't applied with the aoe explosion
you really gotta flame rush into the fker
hybrid schooner
ya this arc is barely range at all unless you manually cast it
molten cobalt
yeah you gotta be close and snuggly
hybrid schooner
light web good range
molten cobalt
but you need to be close and snuggly for other things too
just by focusing around you will apply 4-8 lightning shred stacks, just from the spellblade passive and the convert from flame ward
10 being max i believe
so call it loss of -12% res
on boss
dunno how to calculate how much that is worth in dps though
hybrid schooner
unless im not swapping enough skill pts around light web is better songle target. i may haave some pts wrong sicne i jsut changed the elements to ake the right order this why i usually dont play RM, comfusing elements conversions and bs
molten cobalt
you still gotta move flame rush no matter what
if you want to swap between web and plasma
im trying the range on dummy
it is fairly short even with web
definitely cant be far away and have it jump still
sudden oak
hello guys. are there any viable disintegrate builds? or should i just give it up and switch to something else? 😉
molten cobalt
give up
sudden oak
what else would u recommend?
sudden oak
what do you mean by channeling crap? 😄
weary hamlet
hello guys. are there any viable disintegrate builds? or should i just give it u...
what is your standard for viable to begin with?
disintegrate can kill normal aby without much problems but it's not viable for uber aby for instance
sudden oak
normal abby for starters is fine probably now
weary hamlet
then you can build either fire or lightning on disintegrate, lightning is more or less locked into rm due to synergy with ward for gon runes but fire can be played on sorc
fire requires a lot less gear to get off but lightning should have significantly higher ceiling in this patch
sudden oak
also have 425M gold to invest (probably not much). so i am considering switching maybe
silk pewterBOT
weary hamlet
idk I dont play on mg, disintegrate gear should not be expensive anyways as its fairly specific
sudden oak
I took some old build from maxroll and tried to go from there
I could use some pointers
weary hamlet
you really need at least a +4 disintegrate unique, preferably +5
gambler's doesnt work with disintegrate anymore, ditch it
sudden oak
oh. did they change it somehow?
weary hamlet
they removed the interaction back in 1.0
sudden oak
oh. okay 😄 thank you
weary hamlet
otherwise I'm not sure that your investment into crit chance is worthwhile, sure it gives you 120% more damage or so, but at the cost of how many affixes and implicits? But it's hard to tell conclusively without running the math
cast speed has no effect on disintegrate ticks btw
Never late doesn't give crit to disintegrate, it was tested by somebody in this channel yesterday
otherwise your build is mostly sensible, although I would go for ward per sec/ward decay threshold on your idols
also go 4/4 on the disintegration node in Glyph and use your extra 5 skill points in Disintegrate to max out Glass cannon and the nodes after fire conversion, reduce ignite per sec points to a minimum, they are worthless
another option if you ditch crit scaling is going into fire aura nodes in spellblade, it can add significant damage and res shred
maybe even do it while keeping your crit stuff by reallocating sorc points from pen/res and everything else except the crit per int node
also get the armor while channeling node in RM and armor while channeling blessing from spirits of fire
sudden oak
i have been trying to get the blessings. but so far unlucky 😉
what is never late btw? (sorry for dumb questions)
oh found it
weary hamlet
yea the crit passive in rm
sudden oak
ty very much. if i would want to change into lightning spec. what gear changes would that imply?
hybrid schooner
2 more bricked double t7 chest slams. the odds are against me
sudden oak
😦
hybrid schooner
luckily the imprint chest i have available make double t7 pretty often
i keep roasting t7 t7 t6 chests tryna do this
weary hamlet
ty very much. if i would want to change into lightning spec. what gear changes w...
you want to have at least like 2k mana to fully leverage the mana scaling nodes
without mana stacking your damage is gonna be iffy although the survivability might be already better than fire just with the ward per sec per gon rune and the ward node in Runic Invocation
molten cobalt
luckily the imprint chest i have available make double t7 pretty often
and you just reroll with rune of redemption hoping to get lucky?
or is it 2x t7 suffixes?
sudden oak
without mana stacking your damage is gonna be iffy although the survivability mi...
oh cool. thanks
hybrid schooner
well i think most of them ive been trying to have one of the prefixes already ben on there. or swap the t7 off, to seal a trash affix, then put on the other affix and swap around again
gaunt plank
I got something kinda janky like that. Imprinted it, hit the copies with redemptions, 10/10 would recommend
molten cobalt
i got many upgrades i need to make
i kinda rather would fight uberroth instead, but thats kinda fked due to the bug right now
hybrid schooner
ya i was working on him before the patch too
molten cobalt
didnt you kill him?
hybrid schooner
uber no
molten cobalt
k
hybrid schooner
think almost to last phase
molten cobalt
about same
fiery ferry
<@273914326417408000> stop snapping that catalyst, its doing some cuckery and ru...
which catalyst is causing it? I'm fairly new but having the same low hits
molten cobalt
which catalyst is causing it? I'm fairly new but having the same low hits
none you'd be using naturally
fiery ferry
On bosses they die very slow now. wonder if the flame rush not working is messing with it. Since I normally rushed through my flame wall.
prime whale
can i also get sealed affix with imprints with this ?
molten cobalt
dont know
prime whale
i found it like that with the sealed affix
molten cobalt
you prolly imprinted something similar in the top left one
not sure of bottom right can yield sealed mods
prime whale
hmm i dropped that item some time ago without any imprint points allocated
prime whale
damn you can get sealed T6+ affixes in drops too
molten cobalt
yes
prime whale
so if I understand well that's a pretty decent item for imprinting ?
prime whale
ah I see, but you also want high FP ?
molten cobalt
depends
depends if you are using it for slamming or not
slamming 1-2 stats onto a unique requires less FP
hybrid schooner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew5MKAz7tR8 shatter strike guy cooked on uberoth
im not at all sure what kind of defense scaling hes got goin on but hes got minimal health and next to no ward but taking hits like a champ
molten cobalt
holy crap the damage output
hybrid schooner
ya dude. like ive said, ss is what attracted me to the game in the first place. but ive never got it tuned up to be successful with it
clearing even moderate corr with it is hellish. just constantly being gonged and killed by dozens of circles on the ground
hybrid schooner
in my experience no
ranged stuf just dumpsters you. and you have to constantly dodge a million tiny circles every half second
molten cobalt
first one i found
hybrid schooner
nice find. i been working on stouts all day too
junior coral
if that makes frailty happen on chance on dot ticks then i can use immortal vice
molten cobalt
we can apply frailty
we do have skills that applies hits
which is why i got frailty here
hybrid schooner
thing is even without the frailty thats the BIS suffix for damage too
molten cobalt
thing is even without the frailty thats the BIS suffix for damage too
i prolly prefer these
hybrid schooner
i want a set of those with shock/ward and a set with shock/dot frailty
dub 77 with correct base for imprints!
prime whale
finally got the T7 shock chance per intel with the havoc runes
junior coral
finally got the T7 shock chance per intel with the havoc runes
used havoc?
prime whale
used havoc?
yeah, i think having all the other affixes at the same tier improves your chances by a ton
vocal surge
So been just going through the story and and the calamity dropped - I'm speccing into glacier and other things non fire related - is it easy to respec and test other builds?
prime whale
because then the only possibilities are the T7 moves to another affix instead of all affix tiers potentially mix with each other and the T7 can stay on the same affix
I used like 80 havocs in the wind before I knew about that, but this time it only took me like 10 with same level affixes
hybrid schooner
hmm
junior coral
yeah, i think having all the other affixes at the same tier improves your chance...
yup im lokoing for a helmet with t7 strength, t6 anything, and then empty slots
if such a thing exists
then ill havoc
prime whale
you can only havoc with 4 affixes btw
junior coral
yeah ill put in one the set bonus and second something else i might need i guess
and pray
prime whale
yeah, i guess having a T7 + a T6 will make it harder to havoc the T7 onto the set bonus though because it means more different affix tiers on the item
but the final item will be better once you succeed
junior coral
So for this can I somehow remove one of the small affixes and replace with set bonus shard?
prime whale
remove or seal yeah
junior coral
hmm interesting
prime whale
then you'd want to have all the affixes same tier if you can
molten cobalt
molten cobalt
you didnt know about sealing?
junior coral
i didn't read up on crafting enough i been too busy at work
okay weird it wont let me put the stormcrown
greyed out
i got lot more to learn i guess
I need a video.
Here is the item it has a open crafting slot but won't allow set shard,
molten cobalt
wont let you?
junior coral
ya its greyed out
molten cobalt
odd
junior coral
"cannot be applied"
near magnet
Here is the item it has a open crafting slot but won't allow set shard,
can you take a screenshot of your entire forging window?
junior coral
near magnet
yeah, the set shard is a prefix
and mana spent gained as ward is occupying the slot youd want to use
junior coral
so dont buy anything that has final name
uncut zealot
@harsh abyss you did the gordian proism ya?
near magnet
so dont buy anything that has final name
generally you can hover over items with CTRL and ALT pressed to highlight tiers and such
junior coral
ok thx
near magnet
youll notice that youll have left and right arrows on the affixes
uncut zealot
move away from ANY AFFIX
do you know of gordian prism nova goes off ele nova tree or RI tree
near magnet
left arrow means its a prefix, right a suffix
junior coral
i get it now
near magnet
no easy way to fix that helmet I think, but you could try if you have enough resources
junior coral
well it was cheap just got it to test
prime whale
so dont buy anything that has final name
if you're in merchant's guild you can also filter with open prefix or suffix slot remaining
junior coral
oh i didn't know that. nice
prime whale
but those usually cost more so it'd be more cost efficient (usually) to buy one with a low tier prefix and seal it
harsh abyss
do you know of gordian prism nova goes off ele nova tree or RI tree
Grand prism nova uses the runic invocation tree
molten cobalt
no idea, never used that item
prime whale
anything above tier 2 need to be really lucky to seal though
uncut zealot
Grand prism nova uses the runic invocation tree
thoguht so. thanks!
how is the single target lol
harsh abyss
Its not the best, but at 150ish corruption I was mostly fine. I only havent gone further with it because I've been doing other stuff
uncut zealot
ah
harsh abyss
Elemental starfield casting 3 novas every time you invoke feels awesome, especially when you get 3 or 4 invocations in a row
uncut zealot
Elemental starfield casting 3 novas every time you invoke feels awesome, especia...
cant imagine its fun trying to scale 3 elements, no?
molten cobalt
6 6 7, empty prefix helm with loads of FP for imprinting
not the best base though
hybrid schooner
hopefully itll poop out the right base and ill swap it
ashen yoke
can battlemages endeavor proc the overcahrge node in the lighting blast tree?
gaunt plank
Its not the best, but at 150ish corruption I was mostly fine. I only havent gone...
I played a Grand Prism Nova build last season to ~500 corruption, I was excited for Gordian Prism because you could potentially scale better but it's bugged 😦
harsh abyss
You dont actually care that much. You stack Int as much as you can because the RI tree gets a lot of benefits from it.
harsh abyss
I played a Grand Prism Nova build last season to ~500 corruption, I was excited ...
I'm not sure its bugged, the repeat from Runic Energy isnt a direct cast. Gordian Prism says DIRECT casts are converted.
gaunt plank
Yeah, but the passive tree just says RI has a chance to repeat. Theoretically, it should repeat whatever spell is cast with that wording
harsh abyss
Yeah, IDK, obviously it would be cooler If GPM repeated, so I hope they change it.
gaunt plank
What's the best/fastest way to stack ignites with a spellblade? Is it just firebrand?
I'm cooking up a build, I kind of want to stack a billion ignites and convert with shatter strike. Probably been done before but it sounds cool
hybrid schooner
best way to stack ignite is with frostclaw
smae as frostbite
you tryna convert ignite to what?
shattet strike can also produce frsotclaw casts,
uncut zealot
You dont actually care that much. You stack Int as much as you can because the R...
would the elemental starfield node benefit f rom the str stacing chest?
harsh abyss
Probably yeah.
gaunt plank
you tryna convert ignite to what?
Shatter Strike has a node to convert ignites to Frostbite, and you get an extra 60% cold pen with them
uncut zealot
that sounds stupid op
hybrid schooner
str scaling chest only works beacause we are runemaster. doublty effective since the str is also converted to intel
uncut zealot
str scaling chest only works beacause we are runemaster. doublty effective since...
and?
proven cargo
does anyone elses fps get absolutely obliterated by elemental nova?
uncut zealot
does anyone elses fps get absolutely obliterated by elemental nova?
yup
proven cargo
I couldnt find a bug report for it
harsh abyss
Only problem is you'd lose out on Unstable Core which is +3 levels to nova
And to RI
uncut zealot
ye but can run the helm and get 450% dmg +
gaunt plank
I guess frost claws would be better than firebrand, but firebrand costs 0 mana which is pretty nice.
harsh abyss
What chest is the str stacking one?
hybrid schooner
uncut zealot
which isnt an issue for gpm
hybrid schooner
can scale dex or intel too.. but you have to have runic invocations
hybrid schooner
nah im gaming
harsh abyss
Oh, that might not work well. Because you're tri-element you might not always end up with the same rune combo
uncut zealot
Oh, that might not work well. Because you're tri-element you might not always en...
cant we force the order tho?
marsh oracle
should i change 1st to 2nd?
hybrid schooner
yes u can
harsh abyss
Not if you want to cast it more than once every 5 seconds
uncut zealot
Not if you want to cast it more than once every 5 seconds
true
harsh abyss
And Gordian prism lets you chain 2-5 invocations in a row
marsh oracle
i lose a chunk of tooltip dps but get more 1k passive ward
uncut zealot
hm