🧙┃mage

[half pollen]

Yeah, Im at 500 corruption with my dex stack runemaster and when anything Hits me outside of focus im dead through 5k ward

[prime whale]

Can't you just run STR stacker but get some more dex in for faster clear speed ?

[half pollen]

Just switch the strength Red rings to dex Red rings for monos, easy

[fervent ledge]

How you do that

[prime whale]

yeah you could have an alternative version with T7 dex on your items instead of STR

[peak oracle]

Dex variant is uber viable with less optimized gear

And less bugs

From the looks of it

Just play better

[prime whale]

He kills boss with the plasma orb too lol

[fervent ledge]

Did he regrind two dex red rings

[prime whale]

nah he did that on offline mode

[fervent ledge]

Lol

Red rings are rough

[prime whale]

still haven't found a single one

[fervent ledge]

I have a few but no lp

[prime whale]

how much do they cost in MG ?

[fervent ledge]

The lp ones are not on AH. Rmt with bots buy them instantly

[prime whale]

lol

and no LP ?

[fervent ledge]

I don't remember now

I only search lp

[prime whale]

i might just give up looking for them tbh I don't even have a non lp one

[fervent ledge]

For COF there is a method

Like use 600k favor

[peak oracle]

for mg, get a 0 lp and weaver it

[prime whale]

yeah that's what i've been doing but no luck so far

[peak oracle]

cof style

f

[fervent ledge]

I do weaver and I got like dodge 6 times

[prime whale]

can you sell the rings you get through weaver or are they untradable ?

[fervent ledge]

Imprint did once drop lp1 but I put strength on it. So no dex build

[fervent ledge]

Yes you can sell unless the base was bought

If you buy an item it's unsellable no matter what happens to it

[prime whale]

hmm that's pretty op for MG then

[fervent ledge]

Well you would need a natural drop to sell it and that's super rare

[prime whale]

they get the same loot benefits as COF from weaver

[prime whale]

yeah you'd need at least one

[fervent ledge]

If you imprint a store bought item you can't sell the imprint drops

Has to be clean drop imprinted

I'll stick with the strength version for now

[molten cobalt]

Yeah just farm 2 more lp Red rings

No biggie

[peak axle]

Hello guys! 👋

I'm level 50 with my Sorcerer and I run a Static Orb that spins around me everythime I use it. Problem is that it often gets blocked by a wall or tight space, which is very frustrating, so I'm looking for something new.

I very much dislike the Soellblade mastery, Fire magic and DoT builds regardless of element. So it comes down to direct damage with either: Cold or Lightning damage.

Now I've seen like 20-30 YT videos and read basically almost every build on LastEpochTools planner, There was one guy "Bigdaddy" on Youtube that I kinda like apart from one thing Meteor. Could I replace it with Frost Wall instead, of course I can but I want to know if it's optimal?

[molten cobalt]

And yeah if you have a dex setup you’ll be squishier but you’ll probably crush corruption 3000 like it’s nothing

[molten cobalt]

I told you it ain’t good for damage 😅

[peak axle]

Yeah you did and now I'm back to square one 😦

[molten cobalt]

Also if you find guides on YouTube you normally cannot replace something because everything has a purpose

[peak axle]

Well I watched around 15 videos and none used the Frostwall skill. It was only Frost Claw ove rand over.

[molten cobalt]

Mage builds, weak as they are right now, tend to be built in a way where every single component has a purpose

Because we have to eek out every inch of power everywhere for it to work

[molten cobalt]

You can always experiment, but likelihood is you’ll end up with a scuffed build that won’t work well

[peak axle]

I have the creativity of a donkey(no offence to donkeys lol) which means that I really really need a guide,

Still not sure if i should go Sorcerer or Runemaster

[molten cobalt]

I did use static orb myself in 1.0 because I liked the skill

But I quickly realised orbiting was horseshit, but tried it because I liked how orbiting ball lightning felt in d4

I used the one where you throw 1 static orb in a straight line and it explodes on impact or after a set distance

[half pollen]

Orbiting static orb with brand is still fine until 300 corruption

[molten cobalt]

Then scaled aoe

[peak axle]

Ball lightning was insane in D4

[molten cobalt]

And it wiped everything in sight

[molten cobalt]

He isn’t doing brand

[half pollen]

Well thats the issue

[molten cobalt]

Yeah well that’s kinda what I told him yesterday

[half pollen]

Static orb hit damage got cut by like 80%

[molten cobalt]

You can make static orb work, I did it in 1.0, but you won’t make it far in corruption

It is a very satisfying skill to use

[half pollen]

It was

But the nerf was brutal

[molten cobalt]

Oh it was nerfed?

[half pollen]

Yeah, incredibly hard

[molten cobalt]

I never played 1.2

Or 1.1 I mean

[half pollen]

Got nerfed for season 2

140ish Max mana cost

[molten cobalt]

Well poop then

Guess he is out of luck

[half pollen]

And mana cost scaling went down to 1% per mana

Just use Brand with it

[molten cobalt]

Yeah I remember I scaled mana like mad

And had those double damage over 300 mana idols

[half pollen]

2000 mana is still like a 25 damage multiplier for the explosion

Its not as good as RI but still solid

[peak axle]

Please recommend a build based on what I wrote earlier. I hate Spellblade, DoTs and Fire magic, So either lightning or even better Cold damage. as either Sorcerer or Runemaster. Any build suggestions that I could've missed perhaps?

[solemn viper]

I am using bigdaddy sorc build, you can’t replace meteor because you need it as a mana battery

There is a variant without it but it drains your mana very quickly

[half pollen]

I like reowyns fortress lightning runemaster. It does good damage but its a little squishy and a "melee" build

[peak axle]

I saw that build too and the only thing I didn't like was the fact that he used meteor.

[solemn viper]

You don’t really use it that much tbh, you use it after teleport just to get your mana back

[peak axle]

Could you show me that one?

[solemn viper]

It’s in the same video, the very last build, it replaces meteor with arcane ascendence

But I wouldn’t recommend it at lvl 50 lol

You’ll be out of mana in a second

[peak axle]

Could you link the exact build with the meteor then?

[molten cobalt]

Sounds like mage isn’t for you

[solemn viper]

https://youtu.be/mkyrrZgsRc4?si=LQHcV0QFv4nVwIZY

All the builds are here, first one is for clear, third is for bossing and the 4th is the one without meteor

[peak axle]

Awesome, thank you so much for the help! 🙂

[junior coral]

for STR RM build clear how about two dex julra stardials?

and then use a snapshotted plasma orbs

[half pollen]

How long do those last?

[junior coral]

Plasma orb seems to be 5 seconds. Julra stardial 4 seconds. and Dot 4 seconds.

Julra cooldown 12 sec

If flame rush cd is around 2.5 sec I guess you can have decent up time on that bonus dex dot

[half pollen]

Yeah that sounds pretty solid

[junior coral]

and maybe a pair of blood of exile with speed or dex or both

dunno im just too lazy to go entire dex build lol

does this shock portion do anything for brand DMG

[next lance]

can some1 help me out i keep dying in corruption 100

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/engel99/character/aiskalt

yes 100

[simple marsh]

Anyone here uses meteor build??

[rugged bronze]

I’m using bh meteor

[half pollen]

No

[junior coral]

I remembe rsomeone saying something from either a skill or a passive tree gives 200% shock chance but maybe i'm thinking wrong build

or that person was wrong

[half pollen]

There is an invocation that grants a 100% shock chance buff for 4 seconds

With double casts you can get 400% from that

But thats not realistic with strength stack

Static orb Brand build gets that for free though

[molten cobalt]

Snapshot plasma orb?

You snapshot frost wall not plasma orb

[junior coral]

I guess I meant, does the whole 5 seconds of plasma orb take the julra buff even after it ends?

and the 4 second dot after that

[molten cobalt]

Don’t know how that works

I would assume no

Because it ain’t plasma orb doing the damage

So damage is calculated when BoD triggers on target

Don’t know if damage “updates” when star dial wears off though

[peak oracle]

it doesnt

afaik plasma orb also snaps on cast

unsure if the bod on plasma does though

[junior coral]

ill test some stuff out later lol

[simple marsh]

I mean something like autocast meteor

I kinda wanna try the autocast from season 1

[molten cobalt]

Seems like a lot of work though for stardial which had lousy uptime

Map clearing needs consistent dps not dps spikes

[prime whale]

Is it possible to get items that only drop on bosses with imprint ?

like julra's ring

Is there some way ocearon is decent for STR/DEX stacking runemaster with plasma orb ? I'm not sure if "1% more Damage per stack of Shock" means on the enemy you hit or overall shock stacks you applied

[rugged shell]

It's on the enemy.

[prime whale]

On the dummies I seem to get enemies to 10 shock stacks almost instantly

[rugged shell]

Still gkld.

[prime whale]

ah so it doesnt multiply for each enemy

[rugged shell]

No.

[prime whale]

thanks

[rough minnow]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oXeZk1lA does this look sound to you guys?

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (5) / Runemaster (88)

General:

▸ Health: 1,266, Regen: 29.6/s
▸ Mana: 216.51, Regen: 15.04/s
▸ Ward Retention: 286%, Regen: 235/s
▸ Attributes: 5 Str / 5 Dex / 78 Int / 37 Att / 5 Vit
▸ Resistances: 108% / 88% / 72% / 80% / 92% / 87% / 61%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 253
▸ Dodge Chance: 1% (20)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 53% (3,514)

Used skills:

Runebolt / Runic Invocation / Flame Rush / Flame Ward / Frost Wall

[rough minnow]

I call it the Rah Rah Ulala

😛

[gaunt plank]

Seems okay to me, life seems really low though. Idk if I'd rely completely on ward/armor

[rough minnow]

Is ward that bad rn?

[weak thunder]

plasma orb still viable as main dmg skill?

[gaunt plank]

I haven't played a ton of mage yet, but the consensus is that it's pretty bad. Half the retention and apparently gutted the scaling.

[rough minnow]

well, ill keep that in mind

scepter does help with the retention so there's that

[prime whale]

seemingly if you go DEX stacking yes

in STR it won't be viable against bosses

[junior coral]

so i'm ticking 300k at most juiced Brand. Is this normal for an entire lp1 build?

[near magnet]

can the lightning blast from managuide focus proc brand if it's specced to cost 15+ mana?

[junior coral]

am i doing it right

[prime whale]

with plasma orb ?

[junior coral]

no the single target one

[prime whale]

hmm I don't think it's normal

I don't have an insane gear and go to 10 M

you use the damage boost from the frost wall ?

[junior coral]

yeah

i guess im gonna go play a more straight forward class then lol

don't want to deal with this bug search

[prime whale]

even without buffs I think you should do much more than 300K

[junior coral]

yup gonna go roll sentinel thats my final straw 😄

[prime whale]

u have a link to your planner ?

[junior coral]

or maybe ill link my character here later so someone can see what's i colossasllly messed up on

yyeah later when i am back home

[dusk jungle]

so I'm liking mana strike, haven't decided on a mastery yet should I go spellblade? or does it not matter

[hollow bolt]

i mean sure why not if you like that playstyle

[hybrid schooner]

gonna use that new mana strike sword?

i think theres some interesting things u can do with that

[dusk jungle]

nah this is my first time with mana strike

i'm looking for something that'll clear packs in a single click

[hollow bolt]

what new sword?

[hybrid schooner]

i think this is new

[prime whale]

isnt scissor of atropos just always better ?

[hollow bolt]

lol yes

[zinc pewter]

Hi guys. Running a sorcerer with frost claw proccing elemental nova. What do u sugest me to improve my defenses? I have a red ring in my stash, but with str

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/QWeWZ34o

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 88

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (53) / Runemaster (25)

General:

▸ Health: 1,757, Regen: 24.32/s
▸ Mana: 282.22, Regen: 11.36/s
▸ Ward Retention: 394%, Regen: 30/s
▸ Attributes: 29 Str / 14 Dex / 203 Int / 4 Att / 7 Vit
▸ Resistances: 91% / 75% / 99% / 68% / 69% / 60% / 25%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 351
▸ Dodge Chance: 3% (56)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 33% (1,557)

Used skills:

Elemental Nova / Lightning Blast / Flame Rush / Flame Ward / Frost Claw

[hybrid schooner]

if you just spamming mana strike?

[prime whale]

or maybe one of each since 30% cold pen is a lot

[hollow bolt]

there is a guy on youtube playing the same build i think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG9LKKytoeo

[dusk jungle]

ooh i didn't know frost claw can proc ele nova. does it cast from you or the projectile

[junior coral]

i have no lightnign penetration is that big?

[hollow bolt]

its a node on the frost claw tree

[prime whale]

I think the +2 level to spell would just allow you to convert mana strike to cold and then the base stats of atropos seem so much better

[hybrid schooner]

@dusk junglegoes at the end of each claw, so if you have all the extra casts it pretty much everywhere

[dusk jungle]

sweet

[prime whale]

hmm you should have a lot of lightning pen on your gear normally

from the vilatria set affix on the helmet, and lightning pen affixes on chest/helmet at least

then possibly on weapon and amulet and small/minor idols

so having 0 I would say is a big nerf to your damage yes

[junior coral]

on chest? how? thats like billion so fgold on MG

thats like something farm months

[prime whale]

that's why i switched to COF 😂

[junior coral]

oh

[prime whale]

it's so annoying to see these absurd prices on anything remotely meta

[junior coral]

well. this was my last straw. time to play another game lol

so 40% penwill make me go from 300k to 10millionm dmg?

thats insanity

[prime whale]

well it's definitely a build that requires a lot of gearing up

[junior coral]

I literally have an easier time in POE2

atm

This sucks

What's an easy to gear build that can do very high corruption

[hybrid schooner]

sentinel

[junior coral]

damnit

[hollow bolt]

play void knight

you wont be disappointed

[junior coral]

okay ill try that

[prime whale]

but you'll run in the same MG issue I think since basically everybody plays the same sentinel builds

[junior coral]

yeah probably lol

[hollow bolt]

yes gear is expensive

[junior coral]

maybe on my sentinel ill start as COF

[hollow bolt]

but if you're making a new char anyway id swap to cof

vk is easy gearing

[dusk jungle]

omg volcanic orb is basically frozen orb but fire oh how this brings back memories

[hollow bolt]

you can make it cold

[dusk jungle]

YOU CAN lol this is amazing

i shouldn've tried mage sooner

[hollow bolt]

volcanic orb is crazy fast leveling

[dusk jungle]

when one skill procs another like frost claw -> ele nova, does the proc'd skill benefit from its skill tree?

like, I see the same thing on other classes but i never know if i should invest in the other skill tree

[hybrid schooner]

yes'

[dusk jungle]

and tha'ts always the case?

[hybrid schooner]

unless it says something like on direct cast

[hasty obsidian]

any sorc builds that can kill uber abby yet?

i'm trying with my meteor sorc but no hope t.t

[hybrid schooner]

theres a few. but its not a walk in the park

[hollow bolt]

yes unless something explicitly says direct cast

if you want to play a build that can kill uber with the least amount of time required for gearing its erasing strike

[hasty obsidian]

it's hard to maintain sustain as a mage, too much damage around the map

[hybrid schooner]

ya and they ikilled our ward. which was most of our damage reduction scaling

[hasty obsidian]

ye, ward is so low now,

[hybrid schooner]

decay is super high now AND intels ward retention is cut in half

just took a fat dump on intel charactors

[hasty obsidian]

i did not notice the intel nerf, i invest a lot in ward retention and i still have like 320, i was like wtf, is there a bug here

[hybrid schooner]

nah jsut intel is only giving half what it use to

[hasty obsidian]

ye, it sucks

i turned to defend with mana, can take a few hits from uber abby, but then my mana is gone, and i don't have time to recover during the fight...

i really want to make this build success against uber abby but man, it's hard haha

[hybrid schooner]

actually... i see that the tooltip on intel stat still sys 4% ward retention per intel. but thatts not the case or id have over 800 retention

170 intel rn. taht alone would be 680 retention

[hasty obsidian]

yes, it made me confused and wondered if there is a bug, apparently, they didn't update the description for intel

[hasty obsidian]

what, where do you get that much

i mean you can go all in in intel, but how about other things like resistances, hp...

[gaunt plank]

That's my solve as well. Big mana pool w/ Ekkidrasil, found a few ways to get some dodge and a good chunk of armor.

Not really planning on doing Uber with my build though

[hasty obsidian]

yes, very tanky, i can even face tank the clock attack from t4 julra

[gaunt plank]

Pretty nice. You using that helm too?

[hasty obsidian]

ye and plus 20% more damage to mana prefix

[gaunt plank]

Makes sense

[hybrid schooner]

get mana regen scaled up maybe?

[hasty obsidian]

do you use the erase mage relic, it's a must in this build

[hasty obsidian]

unless they buff it, no way natural mana regen can keep up with that mana pool xd

[hasty obsidian]

the hp endurance threshold with missing mana is so good

[gaunt plank]

I'm planning on it, I think, but we for sure are using different builds lol

[hasty obsidian]

what is your main damage skill?

i'm using both meteor and black hole

[gaunt plank]

I'm planning on using lightning blast and Runic Invocation

[cosmic dove]

Have you ever played with Mental Aegis in the flame ward tree? Or is it not needed?

[hasty obsidian]

i don't take that node, i'm using flame ward to buff my damage only

[cosmic dove]

an insane amount of absorb from mana but I assume it would drain too much

[hasty obsidian]

the problem is, i take too much damage and my mana is gone, and my mana regen is not fast enough xd

[hasty obsidian]

right

[last knoll]

Has anyone been running any spark charge spellblade builds? I've been workshopping a version that I feel like has some potential but unsure how to scale my damage a bit more.

Running a variant that foregoes frostclaw/lightning blast in lieu of Static and Firebrand. Spamming static with the reset node + Crit stacks. I can do 350 corruption easy enough but damage is still quite low, especially compared to the flame reave I was playing to get to this point

[gaunt plank]

I'm planning on using the frost version of flame ward for the armor buff and all the DR nodes, then stacking a decent amount of dex for dodge and damage.

Idk how it'll work but I should have like 5-6 defensive layers.

[hasty obsidian]

youre playing spellblade?

[gaunt plank]

Damage is actually my main concern on the build

Nah, Runemaster

[hasty obsidian]

mmm

i don't think dex and dodge good on runemaster

runemaster has access to flame rush, he can move very fast and cleanse on the way too

[hollow bolt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljkp2IGJ79M&t=10s

look at this guys damage he breaks through the whole ward

in the first slam phase

[gaunt plank]

I'm using RI as travel/clear. I'll show you the build when I get home

[hasty obsidian]

damn those melee builds with so much damage xd

casters could never

[quasi wedge]

I want to make a build with

but clear is annoying with the jump back

[hasty obsidian]

it's called "retreat" for a reason xD

[junior coral]

what. stormcrown went from 800k to 8million over night

[hasty obsidian]

the crown is really rare, getting that without cof is hard

especially a good rolled one

[winged fjord]

I feel like my character is a bit squishy, any radamasa that spawn are a very real one shot threat, and ive been oneshot a few times by enemies in the second quest of the fall of the empire mono, but im not exactly sure of the details as they seemed like normal enemies and I usually dont have that issue with basic mobs.

I feel like damage might be low too? not sure whats considered too much time against an enemy but from some gameplay of others ive seen it seems like more than a few casts to take out a big group or a few seconds at most for most bosses is considered the baseline damage and anything under that is underpowered

[junior coral]

guess i should have bought 10 when it was only 600k last night to shatter

making the helmet on MG is really realy hard

[sand cosmos]

I used to play this back in 1.0. I don't see anyone using lightning blast with spark detonation nowadays. Is it still playable? Really looking at max 500 corruption, but even 200 will do.
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Qnap7g1A

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Release / 1.0.1

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (25) / Runemaster (68)

General:

▸ Health: 2,115, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 168, Regen: 8/s
▸ Ward Retention: 668%, Regen: 38/s
▸ Attributes: 17 Str / 4 Dex / 138 Int / 4 Att / 4 Vit
▸ Resistances: 78% / 85% / 78% / 90% / 131% / 98% / 69%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 423
▸ Dodge Chance: 1% (16)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 40% (2,256)

Used skills:

Lightning Blast / Flame Ward / Runic Invocation / Frost Wall / Flame Rush

This build has a guide:

1.0.1 1000+ Solo Corruption Mad Lightning Runemaster Build Guide (Extensive Timestamps) by Pinchingloaf

[winged fjord]

mana isnt an issue so far. it was at first when lightning blast wasnt zero cost but with a proper wand or staff its been almost brainless with that as my workhorse spell

[quasi wedge]

what about rune slinger stacking str?

and ofc fundamental criterion

[sharp quest]

Guys I'm playing a lightning runemaster and got this set item, it feels so strong, can my crafted items later be better than this >.<

[quasi wedge]

jeah, you can reforge it onto a rare

but idk if it would be worth it

[full bluff]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRhnGN-lfAA think lightning blast / spark can do pretty high corruption with maxed gear

[sharp quest]

oh damn, for now it seems so strong for my lightning mage, why would you say its not worth it O.O i'm kinda new would love to know

[junior coral]

Whats the most powerful straight forward Mage build atm

like no bugs or weirdness

[uncut zealot]

Which??

[junior coral]

or set crafting

[quasi wedge]

idk if the rare would be better than the set staff

https://www.lastepochtools.com/db/prefixes/ABwRgnEA

but you can break down your staff in a Bridge something woven echo

and use this shard to craft it onto a rare

as if you were using the staff

ofc you wouldn't get the mana or the 290% lightning dmg

[hasty obsidian]

vilatria's crown

[uncut zealot]

Oh I just threw out an entire stash of vilatria set :/

[hasty obsidian]

you cof?

[uncut zealot]

Yea of course lol

[hasty obsidian]

haha

[uncut zealot]

Mg is dumb

[sand cosmos]

I see it being used. But nobody takes Final Spark anymore. I liked it for clear, plus instant damage vs delayed ..

[hasty obsidian]

vilatria's is my fav set, i'm having the perfect rolled crown right now, i love it so much xd

[uncut zealot]

Impossible to keep up with RMT and you can just self find and craft GG items on cof with some effort

[scenic dock]

nice glitch

[hasty obsidian]

what is this?

low hp mage?

[full bluff]

I use it for clear

[junior coral]

the current Man guide bug + the super ruber banding going on atm make rune master unplayable currently

lol

[scenic dock]

yes

[junior coral]

i really picked the wrong arpg build for this game lol

Whats easier/simpler

really want to play mage but nothing looks good

[hasty obsidian]

how does it sustain ya? intel got nerfed to ward retention tho

[sand cosmos]

Your build from the video V3 is missing it. I guess the real question is, is there any downside to picking it?

[junior coral]

so it seems this mana guide build makes rubber banding happen more

oof

[hasty obsidian]

huh? except uber abby, i think my sorc can get me to > 500c, which i think it's good...

[scenic dock]

with potion to ward affixes its quite ok. Im still in the creation process tho

its bigdaddys spark charge build btw

[junior coral]

oh il try that what build

[full bluff]

Bit less single target damage, but better for clear. So I just switch it in and out

[junior coral]

im currently strength rune mage, but its too buggy and its also too hard to gear on MG

so i give up on it

Sorc easier?

[hasty obsidian]

my homebrew build...

[hasty obsidian]

to get to late game, you need a ton of expensive uniques

[junior coral]

is cenetpah dungeon impossible or something? shes 1 shottin gme

no matter what i do the second shes on my screen i get 1 shot

[quasi wedge]

oh nvm for that I'd need dex

fuuuck

[junior coral]

been trying 1 hour now

faced nothing quite like this

posessed weaver boss

[hasty obsidian]

what's "cenetpah dungeon"?

[molten cobalt]

Read the tooltip?

[molten cobalt]

The special firstborn boss?

[junior coral]

ya

[molten cobalt]

Yeah can be tricky if your gear is bad

I couldn’t do that one at first either

[junior coral]

my gear is going to permanently be bad tho

[molten cobalt]

Now it’s nothing

[molten cobalt]

Then you don’t deserve to kill it

Can’t have bad gear and expect to be able to do it all

[junior coral]

alright lol ill just skip that

just trying to reach 500, kill regular Aberroth, and calling it a day. Not having much fun. I should be able to do that soon i just havn't been playing much

[molten cobalt]

That’s what many people sadly don’t understand

The game isn’t designed to be 100% completed by anyone and anything

People want to do it all with minimal time invested

[junior coral]

havn't had a gear upgrade in 1 week

[molten cobalt]

Just doesn’t work that way

[junior coral]

turned me off big time

[molten cobalt]

Played too little ?

Even at my gear level I find upgrades in less time than that

[junior coral]

i play alot

well not these lat few days

[molten cobalt]

A week doesn’t have many days..

[junior coral]

i'm stuck at 1lp for a week

[full bluff]

Some us try for ever...

3400 hp now on runemaster, starting to feel like the paladin

[molten cobalt]

I succeeded my first 2lp twisted heart thankfully

Dumb luck

[molten cobalt]

Wtf how

You stacking life?

[full bluff]

A bit, mix of defense and offense

3.4k hp, 10k ward

[molten cobalt]

How is that even possible

Are you using imprints and prophecies correctly?

[molten cobalt]

That’s respectable

[junior coral]

i don't have prophoecies

[molten cobalt]

How does that feel against uberroth?

[molten cobalt]

Merchant guild?

[junior coral]

i am MG

[molten cobalt]

Isn’t many 2lp uniques free?

[junior coral]

doesn't matter the exalted doesn't exist

[molten cobalt]

I can get to 10k ward during battle, but my life is half that

[molten cobalt]

No one selling?

[broken pecan]

Loving t-posing across maps

[molten cobalt]

Surely you can buy 1 exalted and then imprint?

A random double t7 exalt

[junior coral]

yeah there is no item in AH with that stats especially chest

[molten cobalt]

You don’t go for specific stats dude

You go for any chest with double t7 and imprint

Or t7 + t6

Surely those are practically free? I’m swimming in them and I have never done one single exalted prophecy

[junior coral]

i havn't seen any of those drop yet im like 490 corruption

[molten cobalt]

And let me guess

You have not imprinted the nemesis tower map

And farmed nemesis for double t7

[junior coral]

i did a little

have to do it more tho

[full bluff]

turtle, strif, conq nemisis, repeat

[molten cobalt]

It doesn’t take much

I have never done an exalted prophecy as mentioned

And I’m absolutely swimming in double exalted drops

[junior coral]

somoene is buying up all the gear for this build and now its all 10x more since yesterday even uniques oh shit

[molten cobalt]

Many triple exalt even

[junior coral]

now it might not be possible at all

[molten cobalt]

And some 4x exalt

[full bluff]

Are you cof chill?

[molten cobalt]

I am

[junior coral]

almost everyone is

[molten cobalt]

But CoF doesn’t affect nemesis

[junior coral]

well i can't buy the uniques now anyway

prices went haywire

[full bluff]

Starting to think I should aim for 4 lps with double T7s now 🙂

[molten cobalt]

You shouldn’t need to

Nemesis is all you need

[solemn viper]

Besides nemesis how are you getting so many double ex? I tried imprinting with rr and double ex but I never got them that way

[junior coral]

what do i do with nemesis put the chest in egg?

[molten cobalt]

CoF has passive bonuses that improve exalted farming

[junior coral]

1lp chest?

[molten cobalt]

But that does nothing to nemesis

So can’t blame it on CoF being easier

[junior coral]

im not sure how to get 2lp criteron now

[molten cobalt]

Imprint as usual

And that map

Dump a bunch of 1lp in egg and that special map

2lp criterion is very common

[junior coral]

ok

[molten cobalt]

Then rinse and repeat

1lp in the reroll lp map

[junior coral]

so when does MG come into play

in this

[molten cobalt]

Use the 0lp results in egg

Start over

[junior coral]

i guess i can buy the lp1 from MG

[molten cobalt]

MG is pretty crap

[junior coral]

and put in egg

[molten cobalt]

Can’t put lp in egg

That’s for the reroll map only

[junior coral]

oh ok

[molten cobalt]

But yeah you can buy a bunch of free 1lp uniques and reroll in that turtle map

And pray for 2lp

Some items are fairly common as 2lp, like cleaver and criterion

Blood of the exile is way harder than it should be, the step up from 1 lp to 2 lp is insane

Try to find cheap double t7 bases you need and imprint

Or play with someone that does have them imprinted and hope you can piggyback ride on his/her imprint

mana guide is super common as 2lp too

[winged fjord]

what can I do as a lightning runemaster against silver tears? They seem to take much less damage compared to other enemies and seem to be one of the enemies ive come across that, if not an outright oneshot, atleast do enough damage that I cant respond to before I die

I assume they resist lightning as they are ties to Lagon, I cant find an place that has enemy stats though so its only a guess

[half pollen]

The answer is just do more damage. I played mostly lightning mage since ever and dont even know what silver tears are. Just kill em harder

[winged fjord]

yeah I was worried about that, I dont actually know how to squeeze any more damage out of my build without just grinding for levels or legendaries

[gaunt plank]

Post your build

[hollow bolt]

This is the way. I bought a bunch of 1 lp flames of midnight for cheap and fed them to turtle for 2lp

[molten cobalt]

where can i easiest find void horror in a monolith?

fker is rarer than 2lp uniques

[winged fjord]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/ole9lnVA

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 75

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.2

Class:

Mage (28) / Sorcerer (9) / Spellblade (5) / Runemaster (46)

General:

▸ Health: 970, Regen: 20.13/s
▸ Mana: 195.88, Regen: 10.16/s
▸ Ward Retention: 262%, Regen: 88/s
▸ Attributes: 5 Str / 5 Dex / 98 Int / 5 Att / 5 Vit
▸ Resistances: 114% / 69% / 58% / 79% / 0% / 84% / 56%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 194
▸ Dodge Chance: 5% (97)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 12% (226)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 35%

Used skills:

Lightning Blast / Glyph of Dominion / Runic Invocation / Teleport / Volcanic Orb

[hybrid schooner]

literalyl cant go on youtube without seeing another new video of an ES voidknight doing uber abberoth. like...we get it

[molten cobalt]

and then calling it a "guide" 😂

like fk off you're standing still and facetanking the boss

guide my ass

[hybrid schooner]

guide: annnnnd right click!

[molten cobalt]

[full bluff]

Going to attempt uber abe with lightning blast build, doubt I make it but fun to try

[molten cobalt]

i wrote a comment when Raxx did one of those "guides", told him to make a guide as a mage and then come back

he did roll a mage

did he ever post an uber aberroth guide as a mage? nope

he prolly couldnt do it 😂

[hybrid schooner]

i wonder what build raxx going to use

[full bluff]

He tried fireball

[hybrid schooner]

hes not that exceptional of a gamer over all. idk if hes got it in him

[molten cobalt]

yeah i know

[full bluff]

We are the nerds that will grind this game out, the youtubers are in it for short term entertainment 🙂

[molten cobalt]

he has the time though

to brute force it

i actually want to run uberroth over and over to finally complete it

but the bug right now...

[hybrid schooner]

ya i would been on him all week

[full bluff]

I am getting 2 bottles of red wine and blocking entire saturday some time for endless attempts

[molten cobalt]

😄

[gaunt plank]

How are you playing this? Like, what are you casting with RI, it looks like you're using LB for clear, I'm not sure how Volcanic Orb fits with what you're doing, etc.

[winged fjord]

volcanic orbs there for higher dps and to get fire procs on the enemy, I tried static but it felt underwhelming. my fire damage wasn't too far behind my lightning so I figured its something I can throw alongside a 3 gon rune at things that don't immediately die to Lightning blast

[junior coral]

i just did a conquered tower and no exalted with more than blue affix dropped

is 450 corruption too low?

[thorny trail]

I want some fun spellblade build that doesn't include the maxroll one, any1 got ideas ?

[junior coral]

or am i suppose dto do something else too

is conquest tower the wrong one

[molten cobalt]

blue affix is experimental no?

those shouldnt drop from nemesis

[junior coral]

i mean its crap whatever its dropping

just 1 highlited thing

no 2

[molten cobalt]

you doing this right?

[hollow bolt]

He played fireball and killed normal abberoth that’s it

[molten cobalt]

yeah i saw

but normal aberroth is 30sec

[hollow bolt]

True

[junior coral]

im empowering, should i challenge always

[molten cobalt]

always empower

[junior coral]

oh ok i been doing that

maybe the corrupitn is too low

[molten cobalt]

you wont get t7 items every time

but often enough

[winged fjord]

I looked at static orb but even with the damage spots on its tree it was still underwhelming compared to what volcanic orb can do, unless theres something that im missing about it

[gaunt plank]

It sort of looks like you're just throwing damage spells out and not really playing a particular build, which makes it difficult to scale

[trim turret]

whats the best spec to lvl with mage ? xD

[gaunt plank]

My advice is to look through lastepochtools.com and check out all the items, pick one or two to build around, or pick a couple of skills to build around and search for items that interact with it.

[gaunt plank]

Probably Glacier, maxroll.com has a good leveling build for every class

[winged fjord]

like items with intrinsic element damage or affixes that do lightning damage?

[gaunt plank]

Both. There are also transformative items that will cause skills to act differently, or convert skills from one damage type to another

[winged fjord]

I looked through some of the items but got overwhelmed with what was available, not sure which bits where actually worth a few hours grind, assuming I can even access them yet

like, I looked at Triboelectra, but thats a unique and I dont have a reliable source of ascendance runes yet, nor monoliths with corruption that actually put out good loot

I did try to look up some build for a lightning runemaster but what few builds I could find where for older versions of the game

[cerulean plinth]

To be fair tribo is quite common. It's a pretty realistic unique to get

[winged fjord]

I suppose ive just been unlucky, havnt had that many uniques drop, and about half of them have been for other classes

[gaunt plank]

Have you chosen your faction yet?

Also I'm making a few changes to send to you to help for now

[winged fjord]

yeah im CoF, but im not too far along their path, and dont really know how prophecies work

[junior coral]

how do i link my character i want to know how much dmg i should be doing at lp1

maybe i messed up

[winged fjord]

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

[junior coral]

also i just id 4 more towers. 0 gear worth picking up

are you sure there isn't another method

[winged fjord]

import button, either type steam name and character name, or find your characters save in game directory

[junior coral]

this doesn't seem like the proper gearing method

for MG a tleast

[winged fjord]

yep thats the screen

[junior coral]

i wont be able to go above LP1 so just wanna make sure my damage si correct for lp1. thanks

I been playing a week and can't figure the game out

[cerulean plinth]

People here are usually pretty good about answering questions

[nimble rover]

usually you are doing tower for lp rolls on uniques or double t6-7 items for inprints. its not like gearing method

[winged fjord]

maybe i misunderstood the question, sorry

[junior coral]

i didn't get a single double t6-t7 item after an hour

does it takes days?

[nimble rover]

bad luck then idk it is kinda easy to get them there. so you can put it for inprints in weaver tree and do trove

[cerulean plinth]

It definitely doesn't take days. Are you doing empowered monos?

Cof?

[junior coral]

yeah bu tonly 450

no im MG, the major problem of my character

[gaunt plank]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/BZeN9D1Q

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 75

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.2

Class:

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

General:

▸ Health: 952, Regen: 17.82/s
▸ Mana: 192.88, Regen: 9.84/s
▸ Ward Retention: 252%, Regen: 88/s
▸ Attributes: 5 Str / 5 Dex / 93 Int / 5 Att / 5 Vit
▸ Resistances: 114% / 69% / 58% / 79% / 0% / 84% / 56%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 190
▸ Dodge Chance: 5% (97)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 12% (226)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 35%

Used skills:

Lightning Blast / Glyph of Dominion / Runic Invocation / Teleport / Volcanic Orb

[cerulean plinth]

Emp monos should be dumping out exalts

[nimble rover]

maybe you are using some kind of filter idk.

[gaunt plank]

I made a few changes to the passives that will give you a bunch of damage. You have a lot of crit but zero crit multiplier, so getting it on the runemaster tree will be big. Also got you lightning pen and leech which are both big.

[junior coral]

i am using the TSM filter it shows anything with t7 tho

[uncut zealot]

How haha

[junior coral]

Wish I knew lol

if i could tell you i wouldn't ask right

[uncut zealot]

Swap to cof

[junior coral]

having to regear and regrind doesn't sound fun tbh

[gaunt plank]

I still don't really understand the use of Glyph of Dominion for you, and I would spec Teleport differently, but I didn't mess with your skills because I'm not really sure what you're building toward in the endgame.

[junior coral]

like i got a backlog of really good games to play than regrind from scratch on this

[uncut zealot]

And being handicapped to trash gear is?

[nimble rover]

few nodes you have in this planer you linked are hot garbage like quintessence of triumph

[gaunt plank]

It's fine for early damage which is where he's at

[winged fjord]

im not sure what im building towards in the endgame, I dont know what it looks like and what will end up being unviable that far in

I went in with the idea of "lightning mage" and thats about it

[winged fjord]

what should I invest the points in otherwise?

[gaunt plank]

For now you're fine just getting some levels and unlocking empowered monoliths. At like 80-81, I'd take some time to look through all the lightning uniques and just figuring something out. You kind of have to have a more pointed build to start progressing into empowered monoliths, which is also when you can start target farming, so it's worth it to put the time in.

[proud swift]

Is 84 intelligence too low for RuneMaster? How much is the minimum recommended intelligence?

[winged fjord]

I heard its not worth target farming until empowered monoliths, so im not sure how effective ill be at getting some of the necessary gear together

[gaunt plank]

Even with your level of gear, when you put together a little bit of a plan you'll be able to clear 100 corruption. Then you take prophecies when you can, etc., and build your gear up.

[winged fjord]

im 4 points off from your plan, but I dont think ive missed any side quests that give passive points, is there somethign im missing?

[gaunt plank]

I probably just messed up

Are you missing some of the leech node points

[winged fjord]

yeah i can only afford to put one point in rift bolt

[gaunt plank]

Just drop your next points in there

I probably just maxed it out of habit

[winged fjord]

so how do people usually use their skills, from what ive been told it seems ive simply got too many damage spells and not enough of something else?

[full bluff]

Focus on one spell, or 1 for aoe and one for single target

Get rest as support stuff

[gaunt plank]

Yeah that's one of the issues. Most people focus on two damage spells, some just do one.

[molten cobalt]

where can i find void horrors in monolith? im trying the void theme ones but cant find any void horror

[gaunt plank]

Too many skills makes it hard to scale because you need more general damage

[winged fjord]

so LB for crowds, what would be good for singles? before volcanic orb I usually put a lightning ball on a boss to do some big damage over time so long as they sat in it but im unsure

should I just get rid of RI?

that feels wierd to do for runemaster but at this point ill assume i know nothing

[gaunt plank]

And honestly you could drop 3 points in Quintessence of Triumph to put more in Rift Bolt for now.

[full bluff]

You can spec LB for single target and use something else for crowds, or use spark charges on LB for aoe

[gaunt plank]

This is kind of the decision making I was talking about. What do you want to do? For me, I'm going to be using Lightning Blast as single target and RI for doing big screen clears.

If you want to use LB for clear, that's fine, you just gotta figure out the overall plan.

Also, look at this digusting thing

[winged fjord]

I jsut dont know what skills are actually good at what, and without spending an hour going through a single tree to theorycraft whats its good for is something I just cant do

[full bluff]

If you play LB on runemanster you have a few choices, use LB with convergence for single targets, use spark charges for aoe (on LB), use frost claw / nova for aoe...

[junior coral]

how do i get my account name, use steam name?

[gaunt plank]

Then my advice would be to pick a build guide and follow it, but try to actually follow along with why which nodes are picked etc. If you want to homebrew a build it'll take time

[winged fjord]

I mentioned lookign at build guides but there doesnt seem to be much around runemasters focusing on lightning, atleast in the current few versions of the game

[weary hamlet]

or be a man and go channeled lb

[gaunt plank]

I mean that's kind of the hazard of what you're doing here. If you want to follow a guide but one doesn't exist, your options are to make your own build or play something else.

[full bluff]

Or change to sorcerer and play orbiting static orbs and LB which is great

[winged fjord]

i suppose I can just stop when I get to the end of the monliths then, I dont think ill be able to make this work beyond that before the seasons out

[molten cobalt]

boom

[gaunt plank]

That's cute

jk that actually is sick lol

[molten cobalt]

same mods almost

[winged fjord]

so far all of the lightning abilities seem to be damage oriented

[winged fjord]

thats actually why I went Glyph, it seemed focused on buffs

[full bluff]

Lucky night for stuff, got 3x double t7/6 slams to hit

[molten cobalt]

working on it, but so far every double t7 boots i try to roll get bricked

[gaunt plank]

If you want to just do generic lightning shit, I'd do what @full bluff suggested and switch to Sorcerer for orbiting static orbs/LB. It's a cool build

[molten cobalt]

the t7 rolls just refuse to both land right

[winged fjord]

oh, can runemaster not focus on elements well?

[full bluff]

I play lightning blast runemaster

but I am trying to build more tank focused, so there are other ways that are better for clear speed and such

the defense skills of runemaster are great, but loose a bit of damage and clear

[gaunt plank]

I just meant that there's a build readily available for that, unless I'm mistaken

[winged fjord]

So which skills should I use for buffs and which one for single attacks?

[full bluff]

My LB runemaster https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oyL5ME1B

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.2

Class:

Mage (28) / Sorcerer (22) / Spellblade (8) / Runemaster (55)

General:

▸ Health: 3,403, Regen: 25.19/s
▸ Mana: 143.51, Regen: 10.96/s
▸ Ward Retention: 486%, Regen: 48/s
▸ Attributes: 35 Str / 21 Dex / 224 Int / 9 Att / 28 Vit
▸ Resistances: 82% / 94% / 82% / 67% / 80% / 86% / 86%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 681
▸ Dodge Chance: 4% (115)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 41% (2,297)

Used skills:

Runic Invocation / Flame Ward / Runebolt / Teleport / Lightning Blast

[winged fjord]

I dont want to keep taking skills under the wrong impression of what they're supposed to do, ill unspec everything if that's necessary

though itd suck having to relevel everything

[full bluff]

I use spark charges on lightning blast for everything

cold / fire / cold invocation for ward regen

rune bolt for mana regen, damage buff, haste buff

[winged fjord]

runebolt is a buff spell?

[full bluff]

yes, support spell, buffs and mana

[junior coral]

here is my character , do you think for this gear 300-400k fully juiced Ticks sound right?
https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Zahua/character/TrumpGod

[winged fjord]

is there a way to expand on what certain buffs do, or lock a tooltip so I can look at what a keyword means?

[last knoll]

Damn I didnt even know this could roll like that... perf

[gaunt plank]

On most things you can just press Alt and it will give you a better description

[winged fjord]

There wasnt an option for that here

I assume the effects of runeweave are the bottom non scaling stats?

[gaunt plank]

Yes

[winged fjord]

thank you, wasnt sure if there was more to it

[full bluff]

also haste buff and mana regen on other nodes

and if you make it fire dmg you can trigger rune word inferno for 30% more armor

[dusky pelican]

Craterborn buff from Meteor, when Meteor is converted to lightning... that won't work right, as the buff is specific to fire? (hence the name I guess)

[winged fjord]

so something like this?

[full bluff]

Take disovle and conquer node for dmg buff on rune weave

[winged fjord]

right now or when I get more points?

[full bluff]

Wait for more points

It only becomes good when it is maxed

The mana nodes are most important

[winged fjord]

also how are you doing cold - fire - cold invocations on that build?

[full bluff]

Lighting blast changed to cold (from passive tree), rune bolt as fire, flame ward as cold

and then use the Immutable order node on RI

[winged fjord]

oh yeah, so unless I want to swap out of lightning i cant really do that

yeah the more i look at what I have the more I realize its not going to happen, might as well start fresh because a good portion of my gear is focused on lightning damage

[weary hamlet]

yeah it doesnt convert

[winged fjord]

unless, how well would a build go without that invocation?

[full bluff]

fine start off, but it is major part of reason to play it as runemaster, but if you go with spark charges, they do lighting damage and the cold lightning blast becomes minor in the build

[weary hamlet]

this invo got nerfed into the ground ages ago, why do you feel that you must use it?

[winged fjord]

i wasnt aware of that, I was just asking becayse Redkatts build uses it and im struggling to make my own build work

[hallow sapphire]

Can anyone give me some advice for survivability? heres my build crit auto-meteor: https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Ap3Zv9Lo

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 95

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (70) / Spellblade (5) / Runemaster (13)

General:

▸ Health: 1,303, Regen: 19.3/s
▸ Mana: 592.23, Regen: 38.64/s
▸ Ward Retention: 291%, Regen: 165/s
▸ Attributes: 1 Str / 1 Dex / 92 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 69% / 55% / 120% / 83% / 90% / 33% / 62%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 26%, Threshold: 261
▸ Armor Mitigation: 8% (178)

Used skills:

Lightning Blast / Meteor / Focus / Flame Ward / Static

[junior coral]

Is 300-400k ticks (fully juiced) normal for this character?
https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Zahua/character/TrumpGod

[prime whale]

corruption doesnt matter for nemesis btw

And to find some good gear in my experience you should just spam it and just look for good bases and try your luck at empowering them, or empower already exalted items

[junior coral]

i just want bases to make the chest. seems rough

24 strength and ligtning pen on gon

[prime whale]

also nemesis isn't really here to find gear that you equip or craft

you just want to find items with a lot of tiers to imprint them on the weaver tree

[junior coral]

i found a t7x2 i put that in ipmrinter got a few back but not even 1 stat i need yet

[prime whale]

then eventually you'll get better and better items to imprint, you always keep at least 1 item with a lot of tiers

[prime whale]

yeah after you get a good base to imprint you'll have to play with runes of redemption and havoc eventually

but it will take a while before you can get a good item like that tbh

[junior coral]

i made a few +4 shattering strike chests by mistake 😄

[prime whale]

thankfully this gear has a lot of uniques so you can just 2LP everything with T7 T5

[junior coral]

those sell for like 300mill + . i'll have endless gold but nothing to buy on AH 😛

[prime whale]

and T7 T6+ is really just optimization

[junior coral]

MG is real trash for niche builds

[prime whale]

hmm yeah idk about MG

[junior coral]

i'm actually almost capped on gold

but nothing to buy 😄

[prime whale]

you need at least T7 T5 on weapon chest and amulet

boots are a bonus because you can either put dex movespeed or cdr

rings are basically impossible to get2LP

[urban smelt]

Anyone else running into an issue where after using Flame Rush, your character just stays invisible and you can't do anything, but enemies can still hit you?

Basically instant death if it happens

[junior coral]

unless I use one julra tho i guess

those i can get

[prime whale]

do u have it as a planner ?

actually its the same nvm

[prime whale]

hmmm those sound pretty annoying to get too because they only drop on the boss

1 in 74 chances i think

[prime whale]

300k with which invocation ?

[junior coral]

flame rush (lightning), snap freeze (cold), and flame ward (lightning)

lcl dunno name

wait i can turn this vitality into Strenght? or not

From that one echo

[prime whale]

hmm nope

[prime whale]

im gonna try LCL on dummy

[junior coral]

damn that woulda been perfect to craft into slammer. oh well. I thought Vitality was a main attribute for some reason 😄. Guess ill redeem it into a big money seller instead.

[junior coral]

what is the main ST one frozen sentinel uses i forgot

[broken pecan]

I think there's something wrong with the node that uses runic invocation at the end of flame rush. Plasma orb doesn't seem to... do anything.

[prime whale]

i just did a 15 M with it lol

but i have julras rings

im gonna try without them

[junior coral]

ahh i think i might try another class then

something easier to gear

Or maybe im bugged?

Sounds like i'm wasting my time according to those numbers

[prime whale]

i do about max 4 M without julras rings

[static zealot]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Bre267mQ this is my current char in HC and im currently pushing 300 corr and nothing has been dangerous at all yet

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 96

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.2

Class:

Mage (32) / Sorcerer (56) / Spellblade (5) / Runemaster (16)

General:

▸ Health: 1,259, Regen: 22.44/s
▸ Mana: 1,023.38, Regen: 31.68/s
▸ Ward Retention: 335%, Regen: 221/s
▸ Attributes: 9 Str / 10 Dex / 129 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 44% / 40% / 83% / 55% / 43% / 48% / 41%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 252
▸ Dodge Chance: 9% (270)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 14% (394)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 105%

Used skills:

Lightning Blast / Static / Focus / Meteor / Flame Ward

[static zealot]

besides t4 julra

[broken pecan]

where's the dummy again?

[junior coral]

is it like that for every build? lp2 adds 1000% dmg?

[prime whale]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Q9q7qEZQ

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 98

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (18) / Spellblade (14) / Runemaster (59)

General:

▸ Health: 1,488, Regen: 19.72/s
▸ Mana: 257.5, Regen: 15.36/s
▸ Ward Retention: 350%, Regen: 92/s
▸ Attributes: 134 Str / 19 Dex / 134 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 123% / 103% / 76% / 117% / 106% / 44% / 90%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 298
▸ Dodge Chance: 7% (201)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 63% (4,738)
▸ Block Chance: 29%, Mitigation: 47% (1,770)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 128%

Used skills:

Focus / Frost Wall / Flame Rush / Runic Invocation / Flame Ward

[prime whale]

this is my gear so its not much better I just have 2 LPs

but I have 40% pen on the chest I guess it would multiply the dmg a lot

[junior coral]

400k vs 4million is a lot 😛

something else seems wrong tbh

maybe that chest affix is bugged

and adding way more

[prime whale]

I wait for some time before entering the wall

[junior coral]

i wait until end

[prime whale]

yeah

[junior coral]

almost

im gonna test something w/ chest

i have criteriorn with l7 of that gon thing

[prime whale]

runic energy also adds a lot of dmg i think

[junior coral]

but no str

[prime whale]

you could try that yeah since I have almost 20 str less than you

[junior coral]

is ele dmg over time/shock chance better than ele dmg over time/dmg over time for Neck?

[prime whale]

without wall and without rings I do about 800 K

[prime whale]

i'm not sure but I think @molten cobalt has both in 2LP and ele over time/dmg over time is better

[balmy loom]

what uniques can fit lightning blast build? except enigma

[molten cobalt]

depends how much of each stat you got to begin with of course

but for me inc dot beats shock chance

and yes i got both of those 2lp amulets

with identical 255% ele dot roll

diff isnt big though

like 11,8-12m vs 11,5m

with 56% DoT vs 30% shock

[junior coral]

what about only having 1 lp neck, down to like 7million ?

[molten cobalt]

what do you mean

dmg output with just 1lp?

[junior coral]

like just ele damage over time vs having both

[molten cobalt]

i can slap on an old 245% ele dot and test

my current one is 255%

so not perfect comparison but close enough

like 9,5

[junior coral]

hmm ok thx

[molten cobalt]

which is an oddly large amount of damage lost

from just 56% dot

[junior coral]

i guess i just need to get lp2

go from 300k to 4million i spose 😄

[molten cobalt]

got above 10 now

with 1lp one

[junior coral]

ill try axe first that might make biggest difference

[late grotto]

Anyone else hear what sounds like a Discord message notification noise somewhere in the SFX pretty consistently (~60-70% of the time) when using Flame Rush? I swear I've been hearing it for days now and thinking I got a Discord notif, wondering if it's just me. Using Lightning-converted FWIW since it probably has diff sounds for it.

[junior coral]

can seal affix be slammed

[late grotto]

no

[junior coral]

oh damn

[last knoll]

I really like the stats given to Dominance of the tundra... I just realized that even using something like crab ring or terrify gloves it still procs glacier.. is there any way to disable it or should I just unbind evade lmao

65 base mana cost of glacier is crazy

[junior coral]

tbh i still dont' get this math making me do 1/12the dmg

something feels wrong

maybe i put points wrong somewhere

[prime whale]

have you tried with the lightning pen chest ?

[junior coral]

ya its about the same dmg

[molten cobalt]

this one hurt

not easy making these

wanted t7 str

[nova gyro]

Did something change with channeling or something in the past week? I can't hold down my focus button while I press Flame Rush anymore. It just flame rushes in place and it doesnt trigger runic invocation

[oak oyster]

Any advice for a lightning-based sorc? I've been using converted disintegrate and static orb. Works alright so far but new ideas are always welcome.

[molten cobalt]

oh boy did it..

[nova gyro]

i cant find any post about it

do you have a link?

[molten cobalt]

you wont find a post like that

it was an unintentional side effect

they broke it

[nova gyro]

at least i know im not going insane

[molten cobalt]

all channeling is affected, other classes too

[nova gyro]

thanks for confirming :D

[molten cobalt]

they have not managed to fix it in several days though

[nova gyro]

oh great

[molten cobalt]

great indeed

[cobalt matrix]

I have 4 pieces of gear with T7 bis and 3 pieces with 2 LP and one with 3 LP and can't slam anything because I can't find a Oerden's Watch

70h played since season 2 launched and I haven't found 1

[prime whale]

i kinda wanna risk getting T7 DEX T7 STR after i swap intel to str

[graceful scarab]

So Diothean Nib or Shattered World relic for spellblade? I'm kinda leaning Shattered

[molten cobalt]

buy it?

[graceful scarab]

Yeah, couldn't you just buy one with memory amber?

From masque

[cobalt matrix]

I'm not rank 10 yet

[prime whale]

lol I can't find a single normal red ring but find that after trying for 30 mn

[molten cobalt]

now go get a t7 block effectiveness + t7 all res

[uncut zealot]

I have a t7 block effect and t7 phys res shield somewhere

[gaunt plank]

Okay, I figured out my grand prism nova build, lol.

[harsh abyss]

Oh?

[gaunt plank]

Yeah, hang on I'm switching a few things around

[junior coral]

is there a damage log

gotta figure out why im doing no dmg before i just go to another build

[molten cobalt]

and another brick

game does not want me to have t7 str t7 movement speed

hell i'd be ok with t6 movement too

but i have bricked so many

[gaunt plank]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Qdeg8xpB

So the idea is, when Gordian Prism repeats, it casts the proper invocation like we were talking about. So, we go cold/fire/cold to solve the survivability problem with massive ward/retention from the CFC invocation, cast it every time we flame rush and also every time we cast RI - then we just switch LB to cold to be our single target skill

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.2

Class:

Mage (26) / Sorcerer (30) / Runemaster (43)

General:

▸ Health: 2,459, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 854.78, Regen: 22.56/s
▸ Ward Retention: 175%, Regen: 95/s
▸ Attributes: 5 Str / 20 Dex / 36 Int / 5 Att / 5 Vit
▸ Resistances: 53% / 69% / 53% / 5% / 5% / 10% / 50%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 32%, Threshold: 896
▸ Dodge Chance: 3% (80)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 15% (461)

Used skills:

Lightning Blast / Runic Invocation / Focus / Flame Ward / Flame Rush

[gaunt plank]

The gear is basically what I think would be good but there's a lot of options.

[harsh abyss]

Huh, interesting

[uncut zealot]

How do you do single target dmg with that build

[last knoll]

Is shock and lightning res shred multiplicative or additive?

[gaunt plank]

LB does pretty solid single target damage

[uncut zealot]

Interesting

[gaunt plank]

Right? I think it could be cool. I have most of the gear, too.

[harsh abyss]

I feel like you're going to be missing out on a lot of flat damage by using ladle

[uncut zealot]

Only gpn version I wanna try is it procing ele nova with the helm

[gaunt plank]

Yeah, it was just an option. Could also easily just use a Dragonhorn Wand

[harsh abyss]

Thats what I've been doing. Its good

You could also use triboelectra with static orb, and use it to get extra LB chains whenever you evade

[uncut zealot]

Just can’t justify the single target

[gaunt plank]

That was the old build I was going to do, but it was too close to a build that already exists for me lol

[harsh abyss]

Fair

[gaunt plank]

I don't think I'm allowed to switch both Flame Ward and Flame Rush to cold. One of them has to remain fire. I guess the best one for that is Ward.

I lose out on 2k armor which feels bad, but I gain a lot of damage by converting rush to cold

[harsh abyss]

Rush also gives you a lot of other defense

[gaunt plank]

I think the defensives from Flame Ward would probably be up for longer if I got the armor nodes, I'm conflicted. I'll try both ways

[harsh abyss]

Yeah the feel will be important for sure.

[molten cobalt]

nice

ty turtle

[gaunt plank]

sick

[molten cobalt]

shame on the 42% implicit roll though

[gaunt plank]

the 18%s ain't too hot either, but 3 LP is still dope.

[molten cobalt]

the 18% is irrelevant to me

im using an axe

[frail hedge]

Man im loving Shatterstrike

560% Crit damage for Shatterstrike like jesus

Idk what chestpiece im gonna use for it TBH

[molten cobalt]

what do you even get as a 3rd LP on criterion

ward per second?

[prime whale]

most likely yeah

[winged fjord]

sorry to bother, but i noticed that lightning blast is converted to cold in the build you sent, but im not seeing any points deidcated to the path that converts lightning blast. is there some equipment or skill im missing?

[prime whale]

since there's no 4th useful affix

[molten cobalt]

ward per second isnt that hot either

2lp is basically as good as 3lp then

for criterion

[prime whale]

well its barely an upgrade yeah

makes it easier to hit the lightning pen though

so if you get double T7 it's better to slam on a 3LP

and then you dont really care about the 3rd affix

[molten cobalt]

thats fair

[prime whale]

its just there to have more chances to hit the 2 tier 7s

[molten cobalt]

good point

[boreal widget]

Its practically impossible to make Desintigrate to remotely respectable damage without Ignivar's head right?

[uneven ember]

im gonna use ignivars head and mana guide eventually

not for disintegrate i just wanna channel around with fire auras

[boreal widget]

I couldn't make fire aura do respectable damage despite running a fire damage over time build. Dunno whats required to make it do more than tickle.

[uncut zealot]

It’s trash

[prime whale]

finally found one lol and its a 1LP

[molten cobalt]

noice

[prime whale]

took around 400K favor

[boreal widget]

It is, my build suffers because I need a way to ill small mobs (I kid not, I delete champions/bosses) but because I'm scaling entirely off fire damage over time its a serious pain to find an ability I can use

But fire aura couldn't even do that when I tried to use it for that purpose 😭

[uncut zealot]

Yeah fire aura isn’t meant to do dmg

[boreal widget]

Actually thinking on it, I already use meteor so if I converted my fire damage over time affixes to flat fire damage I could prob rely on that for small mobs. Maybe try to get a good Harbringer of Stars

[oblique fossil]

@prime whale lucky I have gotten 3 in cof and all 3 were not lp and the nem bricked them

[molten cobalt]

well..

+12str is ass though

[uncut zealot]

Cheater

[molten cobalt]

not worth using a 3lp 12str over a 2lp 16str though

[uneven ember]

ill figure something out. i dont think the answer lies in staying fire, i think it needs to be converted. ill check back in with you once ive done more research. on its own, its ass. even of you int stack- it scales okay with int

its entirely possible it scales okay with flat void and the rayeh chest piece

[boreal widget]

Fair, might be better with lightning or something. I'm not to familiar on its synergies since I'm a sorcerer running black hole for main damage

[uneven ember]

im a degenerate crit VK

but the mana guide ammy has me looking at ignivars head

[slate robin]

How viable is mana stacking meteor?

[boreal widget]

afaik very viable?

I thought mana stacking lightning meteors was one of the ways to go on sorc since it hits so hard

[uneven ember]

yeah i assumed you were playing lightning meteor lmao

before i read "black hole"

[boreal widget]

[prime whale]

omg rune of redemption can reroll experimental affixes into normal ones...

[prime whale]

do you craft those with the rune prison complex weaver echo ?

[uneven ember]

there is a schizophrenic rant in your inbox

[molten cobalt]

ya

[prime whale]

hmm i bricked a few gloves for nothing instead of doing that then

[molten cobalt]

bruh whats going on

[uneven ember]

oh boy i was just having a mental breakdown about that and ignivars head

[molten cobalt]

just make sure you dont have a t7 prefix when you do it

all the t7 needs to be suffixes

[prime whale]

you can only forge it on a T5 ?

idk how that echo works

[molten cobalt]

only on items with 2 prefix that is not already experimental

but it replaces 1 prefix

and trust me it looooooves to replace the t7 prefix

not the t1 trash one

[prime whale]

it doesnt replace it as a T7 ?

[molten cobalt]

and the more prefix tiers you got, the higher tier the experimental affix will have

[molten cobalt]

no

random tier, max 5

[prime whale]

so the ideal is like 5/5 prefix 7/7 suffix

then havoc it back ?

[molten cobalt]

yes

but that shit gets expensive in terms of forge potential

so you will brick a lot of items

[prime whale]

I see, I have a T7 T7 T6 is that still feasible ?

if I get like T5 T6 preffixes

[molten cobalt]

sure

[prime whale]

I just have a chance it'll replace the T6

[molten cobalt]

but a glove like that is better saved for imprinting no`?

[prime whale]

yeah but i already have one

with the correct base

im gonna try on another T7 T7 T6

although it seems hard to craft

[molten cobalt]

yeah but thats pretty bad

as in you aint gonna be able to get an end item with 4 useful affixes with that as a crafting base

[prime whale]

that one is for imprinting

[molten cobalt]

ok

[prime whale]

fck it im just gonna pray it removes the mana

[molten cobalt]

you know it wont

[prime whale]

does it cost forging power to put the experimental ?

[molten cobalt]

1

[prime whale]

ok so i can still swap to str

🙏

anyways its not the correct base just would be a small upgrade

[molten cobalt]

i bet i wont even be able to make this into 2 t7 prefixes..

fker dropped like this

no crafting of affixes needed

[prime whale]

thats pretty good yeah

[molten cobalt]

but that havoc rune man

[prime whale]

lots of chances

[molten cobalt]

fk me sideways

now i can swap to STR and actually use mirror rune on this

because of course i will fail the slam

wait i gotta reroll range

do i gamble..

prolly not

[prime whale]

nice

[molten cobalt]

made these earlier, but failed the affix range reroll and didnt get more res tiers

[slate robin]

has anyone tried mana stack meteor this patch? My reference is Allie's guide

[prime whale]

hmm yeah, also the implicit is pretty low

i need to get that frailty on hit too

[molten cobalt]

thats what i mean with affix range reroll

that rerolls implicit range too

26% frailty is also a t4

these gloves always run out of FP before im finished

[prime whale]

sometimes with CCL rune the flame rush doesnt explode so it doesnt even apply the rune, it's pretty weird

idk if it's a bug from the last patch too

[molten cobalt]

i stopped using arc

[prime whale]

but i never noticed that happening with LCL

[prime whale]

I think it does more dmg when you spam though

[molten cobalt]

for sure

but it also misses

[prime whale]

and you kinda want to spam to recast the focus

[prime whale]

sometimes the flame rush doesnt do anything

pretty weird

i swear i teleport exactly on the mob and it doesnt get damaged

and its the only mob alive

[prime whale]

or does it have actual miss chance ?

[junior coral]

were is test dummy

[molten cobalt]

dont think so, its just buggy

[molten cobalt]

arena

click arena key

[prime whale]

in champions gate left of heoborea

[molten cobalt]

man

what the fk is wrong with the affix swap map

the map itself is so buggy

you get stuck on EVERYTHING

while channeling

but only on one of the sides

sh1t

[junior coral]

okay i upgraded to a 2lp necklace and my dmg is the same still lol

costed me 120mill but thats not too much these days

I dunno what wrong with my toon

[molten cobalt]

crap behind the steering wheel 😂

[junior coral]

i go after the wall the second it closes

and my dmg boosts up

but its 1/20th of anyone else

My poe2 character is easier/better lol

[molten cobalt]

what is your damage

[junior coral]

what this is weird now its randomly higher. now its 2million on dummy. it was 300k before.

Also damn i bought a 3 LP Man Guide for 80 million. And a 50m necklace with shock chance 33%, dot 60%, and ele dot 200%, and a shitty resist. of course 3rd slot took shitty resist

[molten cobalt]

2mil is still too low

[junior coral]

i still need a lot of upgrades

necklace is my only 2LP so far. im working on chest but that's a lot more rough

i was able to get double T7 into imprints so thats lookin possible tho

[molten cobalt]

maybe you are snapshotting wrong

are you using frost wall after? or manually casting RI?

[junior coral]

no becuase before i snap shot its only 600k

[last knoll]

Anyone have any clever mana solutions that aren't just mana strike? haha

[prime whale]

RIP T7

[junior coral]

okay I was able to get 4million with fire ward

maybe 3.8

4.5