🧙┃mage

[hybrid schooner]

dont

dude target farming anything that u cant get from trove chests is so dumb. can grind for hours and get like 1 relic

[lunar crest]

True. Took me 3 days to get my 2nd red ring.

[hybrid schooner]

and then even when you farm 10 7/7 relics they all jsut get roasted in the forge

yup just roasted all my relics and 50 havocs. nothing to show for it. awesome

like how does a t2 affix never seal

[charred mountain]

Casual vendor stash lul

[molten cobalt]

t6 with 28 FP? trash

[charred mountain]

Nah it's OP

[molten cobalt]

OP where

[charred mountain]

There

[woven lark]

It was sorc in s1 as well. No more 30% DR on Cold-fire-Cold invocation made me switch. Both are playable though, quite similar

Slightly different passives, passive bonus, depends if you want Runic Invoc as well. If you do you lose on either Teleport or Ice barrage

Overall i feel like the build is quite weak compared to other meta options, thats why its B tier on our tier list

[hybrid schooner]

were getting so close on this

7-4-6-1

[sinful stag]

for runemaster using reowyns fortress, is having only +2 ranks tro runic invocation a dealbreaker

or is the only thing that really matters just the spell damage effect it automatically comes with

[lunar crest]

Guess how many were Altarias.

[daring wedge]

0 or 3

[hybrid schooner]

dude had them in his pocket and staged the shot here.. lol

[hybrid schooner]

@woven yarrow for your electric gluide build

[woven yarrow]

Hmmm yea but only 4 potion slot will be very bad I think

Lots of ward tho

[hybrid schooner]

are you slamming potions the whole time or just sliding over them and they auto

[woven yarrow]

You need to use it right after you surge

So 1potion per surge

I wish they add some way to increase potion pick-up range... Lots of times the potions location and label are off so it's hard to pick em up lol

[hybrid schooner]

is there any way to get a simlar cooldown for my shatter strike setup with surge. sometimes i enjoy mapping with surge instead of tele

ik the passive node, t7 cdr boots. just need the belt affix?

i suppose i could set up a cooldown belt if i had to as well just for apping

[latent cove]

I was looking at an older video, did they change the right side of the meteor tree to only happen on direct cast?

[cosmic dove]

yup

[hybrid schooner]

yee, adding t7 crit multi was an 11% overall damage difference

pretty fat

[woven yarrow]

I had 55% In character sheet for 1.8 sec CD. (This doesn't count idols x2 and surge talent 30%)

[latent cove]

How do I export my character to planner?

[hybrid schooner]

ahh the idols. ye idk if i can wiggle those in there

planner>import

@woven yarrow the ammy on left is overall better. considering going max damage on that. t7 multi t7 cold. the health loss isnt too painful cause 6% more base on the other. And the armor value difference is wild, i gain 7% more DR from that. do you think I probably break even on survivability there. nihils with negative armor must resuce your base armor before all your % armor increases get calculated becuase its pretty big

health difference is 273

[latent cove]

Are you allowed to link builds here and ask for advice/improvements?

[hybrid schooner]

yessir

[restive rover]

I feel like as a shatter strike spellblade I am just getting one shot left and right, does it just kind of come with the package?

Already wearing Null and Vise and Red Ring

[hybrid schooner]

@restive roveryes

what corr are you trying to do. how much health. and are your resists over or around 115%

also, vise is an interesting choice

i see what youre going for but i feel like the damage to mana we can not afford

[latent cove]

Couple questions about my build:

• Worth it to go Distant spark for more crits? (sorc passives)
• Should I craft set affix for any of the pieces instead of using set themselves? Suggestions for affixes/suffixes?
• Any gear piece I definitely should get for the build? I'm thinking maybe Prism Wraps with LP
• Skill points or passives that doesn't make sense?
• Should I try to go for more mana, like 900 or 1000 for belt and Archmage passive?

What the build is about:
Zoom around with focus for clear, crit capped so I frequently cast meteors from LB, focus and Static hits. Kind of an autobomber and looks flashy 🙂
Direct cast meteor for single target
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/QbyXNrDA

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 85

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.3

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (57) / Spellblade (5) / Runemaster (16)

General:

▸ Health: 1,469, Regen: 25.06/s
▸ Mana: 600.24, Regen: 20.88/s
▸ Ward Retention: 232%, Regen: 193/s
▸ Attributes: 24 Str / 23 Dex / 108 Int / 14 Att / 14 Vit
▸ Resistances: 95% / 85% / 157% / 22% / 17% / 75% / 31%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 294
▸ Dodge Chance: 8% (187)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 28% (1,152)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 78%

Used skills:

Meteor / Static / Lightning Blast / Focus / Flame Ward

[harsh abyss]

1. Yes. it'll give you 40% more hits at range, which if 40% more crit, which is more meteor procs.
2. Yes, when you can get good pieces with a free prefix, you can craft the set affix and seal it, then craft a new prefix you need onto it.
3. Prism Wraps is good, but it's hard to get high LP from. Static Shell, Unstable Core, and Titan Heart are all good chests
4. I'd move 4 points from Unsealed Mana (in RM) to Sphere of Protection. The mana is good, but you aren't mana stacking and the cast speed is wasted. I'd fill up Sphere if you can because 8% less damage taken is excellent.
5. If you CAN get up to 1000 mana it will be good, a solid Unstable Core can help because it can give 100+ mana on its own. But it's not necessary for the build. Since you're triggering meteors, you aren't casting them and you don't get the mana refund from archmage, so all it's missing you is 5 flat damage.

Also, your meteor tree is triggering multiple meteors, which is wasted points. To get multiple meteors per cast, you have to direct cast them. I'd move those points to elsewhere in the tree (auto-crit above 400 mana, Crushing Force, Infernal Descent)

[restive rover]

The gloves? Immortal Vise

[restive rover]

Around 1k Corr

[hybrid schooner]

o i thought i were talking about helm. confused

uhh. ya idk how much health and all you have but 1k corr on even the best geared sb would be challenging. you cant let up at all, have to keep hitting and leeching

[restive rover]

yeah I am not trying to lose mana while SSing

I just turn the wrong corner and boom dead 😄

[hybrid schooner]

how much health u have

[restive rover]

2.2k

[hybrid schooner]

alright, well. i have some changes you can make for mapping purposes so your passives. also i like to run blood boots and shattered world relic for mapping

[latent cove]

I took those to improve single target damage against bosses, the crits are a bit too few against a single target to proc reliably. Would chaining to myself node help in LB tree for that, can it chain multiple times between me and a single target?

[restive rover]

Shattered world is smart for mapping

I could probably do that and then swap to Nib for Uber

[hybrid schooner]

ya i only nib for bosses. just put the 1 pt in shatter strike when u swap so u dont have to do all the skills

also i use ammy with t7 area on it for maps

and a scissor with stun

[restive rover]

just for mana strike to hit things?

[hybrid schooner]

not so much for mana strike. having a wider shatter is both offensively and defensively good

mapping scissor

i dont worry about shred on maps

the stun is actually great. its very noticable on the lizzards. they dont just run away

[harsh abyss]

No, chain to yourself will only chain once to yourself and won't go back to bosses.

Also, your LB tree doesn't use Convergence, which is a usual way to spec it for the meteor build. That would help with your single target a lot.

[hybrid schooner]

@restive rover https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/AV6VYgPA im set up for uber right now so i dont have the stuff you can try for mapping in the passives. but if youre interested its pretty great. you can be a lot lazier and try hard while mapping.

[silk pewter]

Spellblade, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.3

Class:

Mage (20) / Spellblade (80) / Runemaster (13)

General:

▸ Health: 3,489, Regen: 24/s
▸ Mana: 146.06, Regen: 12.32/s
▸ Ward Retention: 184%, Regen: 177/s
▸ Attributes: 24 Str / 128 Dex / 64 Int / 6 Att / 14 Vit
▸ Resistances: 101% / 77% / 101% / 119% / 119% / 123% / 78%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 698
▸ Dodge Chance: 18% (614)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 53% (3,442)

Used skills:

Shatter Strike / Mana Strike / Flame Ward / Teleport / Enchant Weapon

[harsh abyss]

Are you actually self casting LB, or just proccing it with mana guide?

[latent cove]

I see, completely missed that one. Also Overcharge and Hypercharge are unnecessary since I switched to focus instead of casting LB

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, those are wasted points for a trigger-based build

[restive rover]

Ty! I want to take down uber with my spellblade too so this is very helpful

[latent cove]

Thanks a lot! You helped me find many improvements

[harsh abyss]

Also for Focus, since your main damage is coming from Meteor, you don't really care about damage that Focus does. I'd change your tree up a bit to look something like this:

It will give you a lot more defense

You'd only really want to take the Rapid Overflow if Focus would be dealing meaningful damage. The increased rate of pulses is nothing compared to the additional defense you can get from those points.

[latent cove]

Thanks! Yea defense is really the part where I could improve it feels like

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, you'll get plenty of procs with convergence LB, you won't need the more common pulses from Focus

[latent cove]

Is Everward wasted points?

[harsh abyss]

For Static, the Electrode and Imbued Lightning nodes aren't really doing anything for you since you probably never actually CAST discharge (the LB procs don't count as discharging). Go for the Diode node

[harsh abyss]

It's not BAD, but the "less damage taken from X" modifiers are just way stronger.

[latent cove]

Thanks, I haven't quite figured out the math of things in LE yet 🙂

[harsh abyss]

No worries, that's why the channel is here 👍

Your idols could use some serious updates too, just kinda across the board.

[latent cove]

And blessings

[harsh abyss]

Yeah

Oh, another chestpiece that is better than it seems is Urzil's Pride. The "increased mana regen per uncapped lightning resis" affix on it is super strong if you stack a lot of lightning resist. Since you're channeling focus and want to regen the mana costs from the meteors, you want to get a lot of mana regen.

It's also low LPL so easier to get a lot of 2-3lp versions

[hybrid schooner]

@restive rover just want to mention in the panner there. my original plan to handle health/crit redux affixe on helm and chest did not go to plan. both the lp3 portent and boneclamor did not go accordingly

i mean, i lost 15% health, o well

[restive rover]

Ah, yeah I have crit redux on helm and belt

[hybrid schooner]

ye i went with the t7 for belt myself.

[restive rover]

but I am (Mg) poor

so no t7 hybrid belt for meeee

[hybrid schooner]

ive been trying to figure out a way to squees cooldown onto belt. but any way you slice it its tricky

[restive rover]

you like the stun auto flame ward?

[hybrid schooner]

not sure how i feel about it. i dont pay attention to it

i had it on for a bit i couldnt tell. with the way my tele is set up it really should never activate cause immune to stun

well, mostly. inot sure how i feel abluot left side of tele tree yet. i kind of like the bottom middle better. shorter cooldown and more ward since i have so much hp

ya tele cd is 3.2 instead of 5.2 without the left side of tree

[hybrid schooner]

clear died from the fire that is not even close to me

hardest part of this fight is the fitst harby.... u go to kill her and she dashes around while u get perma rooted in the fire suck from orobys

then u can be completey max ranging this guy on hit tail and still get tri slammed

9/10 deaths are from something im not even standing in. they still hit

[harsh abyss]

oh my god, I just had a realization about my static orb brand of deception build

20% more damage over time to enemies afflicted by plague?

[hybrid schooner]

whats up with the body block on orobys, sometimes u jsut cant evade behind him at all

err uber i mean

brother idk. if you fk up 1 single time in this fight as shatter strike its gg.

like any 1 of several hundred little things. 1 of them is wrong, dead

3.5k health for what

my str stack mage i just stand in about everything it doesn matter

in other news my damage is gigga higher than when i started attempting this boss. im just a potato gamer. try hard...but still potato out of combat TT damage here

[sinful stag]

is this well rolled?

thinking of doing the hydra runemaster

[warped crow]

honestly its only the +3 to invocation that matters

[sinful stag]

thank you for letting me know!

[warped crow]

its not well rolled but just because of that id use it

and its 4lp which is insane

[sinful stag]

I see, would a better role have been to attributes and spell damage?

[warped crow]

mostly the attributes because it helps red ring and the attunement stacking on fundamental criterion

fundamental criterion being the second of 3 major uniques for that build

[hybrid schooner]

bro this fight. i been on it all day. its so bad

mele cuck fight

if i ever get this done im never doing it again

bosses in games like this are suppose to be at least moderately farmable. not 1:100 completions

and then you finally get to the center circle and theres just lazers convering the entire area. im mele dude how tf im suppose to control where the boss goes and where the lazers go

[jaunty mason]

@harsh abyss @latent cove do either of you have a filter for that build? im also playing this build and it takes double the time just go to through all the items that drop

[hybrid schooner]

OMGOMGOMG

brother

[lunar crest]

@hybrid schooner Congrats!

Now you can host carries. 😂

[hybrid schooner]

bruh

[lunar crest]

Is it bad drops or do you have an absolutely strict loot filter?

[hybrid schooner]

nah thats everything

bad drops...

1lp chests, 1 lp gloves

i definitely had to go overkill on my gear to make up for my ham fisted play. double t7 everything at minimum. about double the health i seen a lot of people come here with.

[hybrid schooner]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Qd9Zg2pB final setup used on uber if any shatter players are interested

[silk pewter]

Spellblade, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.5

Class:

Mage (20) / Spellblade (80) / Runemaster (13)

General:

▸ Health: 3,411, Regen: 24/s
▸ Mana: 142.85, Regen: 12.32/s
▸ Ward Retention: 241%, Regen: 213/s
▸ Attributes: 24 Str / 128 Dex / 72 Int / 6 Att / 14 Vit
▸ Resistances: 101% / 77% / 101% / 119% / 119% / 123% / 78%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 682
▸ Dodge Chance: 18% (614)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 53% (3,442)

Used skills:

Shatter Strike / Mana Strike / Flame Ward / Teleport / Enchant Weapon

[fleet cradle]

interesting how do you verify your character?

oh hey cool never seen this... https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Notamasochist/character/RetributionRalph that's me

[sinful stag]

why does flame rush not go through walls and opbstacles

very annoying

[harsh abyss]

I just have a generic filter that I use for everything, it's very simple

[cosmic dove]

would this sceptre double dip with this frost claw node?

[glad marten]

Because you can cancel it at any time to appear where you cancelled

[harsh abyss]

What do you mean double dip? Both the melee and spell cold damage will apply, but the affix that is "cold spell damage per 5 levels" won't apply twice

[cosmic dove]

just trying to understand the mechanics. would a slam of this on the sceptre work? or is melee cold damage != melee damage?

[lunar crest]

That 3LP Null is delicious. I've been trying to get my hands on one of those but haven't dropped anything over 1 LP.

What opinion do you have on Wings of Argentus?

@hybrid schooner Also, did the HP stacking really make a difference? Or was it still a matter of getting one shot or not?

[harsh abyss]

Melee cold damage works, yeah.

[molten cobalt]

For being MG your items are surprisingly bad

[rose mica]

Mahaha bro show me in real That amulet with 2xT7 imprint 😄 I want see it

[rose mica]

OK here we have a big question. I do my first play a mage and so want exprencing this character. Now I have pretty good build auto-meteor (https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Anananda_PL/character/Anananda_Sorcerer) BUT in truth this playsyle doens't fit for me. Im intresting for some more "on control" so not basing on any 9% chance with crit to cast.... Its great map cleaner yes it is. Suck vs 1 target like a bosses :/. So any sugestions including my lighting stuff

[molten cobalt]

If you want a very hands on build where your timing and skill can massively scale damage you should go hydrahedron

[rose mica]

As I say its my first concact with a Mage soooo what is this hydrahedron :)?

[molten cobalt]

It’s a runenaster build

Somewhere is a 1min uberroth clear with that build

Where be basically went uber god mode gamer

[molten cobalt]

Maybe it’s this one https://youtu.be/drWHrzGBg_o?si=EhCO9HEkKrPLUFP5

I do think so because it shows I watched the entire video

But to achieve that level of speed is not an easy feat from what I understand

As you’d have to get timing exactly right to get hydra to double cast every time

[main sedge]

I just got to empowered monos and am finding it is a pretty big pain - I don't deal enough damage and can't keep dodging whenever something like two champions or two exiled mages appear. Would anyone mind telling me how I can improve my build? It is a homebrew where the main idea is to just inflict as many dots with LB and spark charges as possible. https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Bgy/character/Tyrenar

[molten cobalt]

Mage is not a good class for homebrews right now

Even the most cutting edge meta builds for mage are sloppy seconds compared to other classes

[main sedge]

Damn, that's a pity. Is there a top tier DoT build? I saw a spark charge LB Runemaster that just scales the hit, I might run that instead

[molten cobalt]

Runemaster brand of deception

[main sedge]

I will look that up. Thanks!

[molten cobalt]

There’s a few versions where people use different delivery vehicles for the dot

Some better than others

[main sedge]

Is there a LB version or is that too bad? I don't actually know brand of deception except for seeing it in the passive tree

[molten cobalt]

There is but it’s not a top one

Well maybe semi top

Top one is probably delivery by auto cast invocation

Just swap invo depending on clear or boss

[main sedge]

Thanks!

[molten cobalt]

Mind you it’s the STR stacking one you should look for

Made by FrozenSentinel

[hybrid schooner]

@lunar crest i definitely believe the health was to my advantage. i could flame shield tank eeverything including the tri slam if i had to, which was actually the safer thing to do most of the time. and unless there were more than 3 puddles under me i could just stand in there too and keep slapping. the only things that were definitely a 1 shot was the fire trail, tri slam with no flame shield up, and the long range swipes he does after the second harby appears. everything else i felt pretty much immune to, even derping around pretty hard

[molten cobalt]

That doesn’t sound too bad tbh

Sounds similar to well geared STR autobomber

But that can tank the swipes fairly well too

Not all but maybe half of them

[hybrid schooner]

as for the wings of argy chest, idk if the DR while moving will have a lot of value, i mean you move constantly in the fight, idk. and the skill rank is nice, the ele damage on it has such a big range, it may end up being tiny. Im pretty sure a 2lp is pretty rare. I have 1 right now, never tried targetting that chest. Like a 4lp kestrel is a much easier pull than even a 2lp argy, and its pretty similar. plus youll get 2 extra slam affixes cause the best argy you gonna get is 2lp

so youll have 12 more dex which would more than account for the ele damage on argy, and hopefully a 39% health roll. which would prob have more value than the 20% dr while moving

@molten cobaltya i did get hit a few times by swiped and survive but only at full health

it was definitely something i had to keep track of

[molten cobalt]

At least it’s single directional and doesn’t track you

Just evade and you’re out

[hybrid schooner]

ya the worst was when i was ranging him trying to bait or just avoid other stuff and he does that shit from off screen

[molten cobalt]

He only does it after second harbinger thankfully

But anyway, making a tanky spellblade is pretty hard

[hybrid schooner]

i had enough damage so i could kill him before the second big boom boubble of last phase

ya dude i put a lot of work into this to not sacrifice any damage and be as tanky as i could

[molten cobalt]

You’ve worked on it for like a month

[hybrid schooner]

yee was dumb. i didnt let shatter strike defeat me this time. like in 1.0

i low life int stacked in 1.0. damage was so bad

finally found one of those idols i was asking about. idc about the crit chane but cause its there the multi value is so low. idk

6% crit multi is 1.35% more damage currently

i think if i was gonna go that route and lose the Hp affix. that this would be much better

ya way higher, 3.6% more damage and thats not even max roll affix

[hearty chasm]

so im following this build to kill uberoth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqouQonJTwU
there seems to be something they are not telling as im cannot generate that much ward

[hybrid schooner]

i dont know much about the build. but i would try and understand where the ward is suppose to be coming from and focus that

also idk where his damage is even coming from hes not casting for shit

[hearty chasm]

they have a written guide there, and a video as well, im basically using every geary they mentioned and i can barely generate 1k passive ward

[hybrid schooner]

well, i was gonna say that hes offline playing and just gave himself god gear. but if the planner is actually what he used then its very obtainable

show me ur planner

[hearty chasm]

i dunno how to do that,

[hybrid schooner]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Qk1Mk3bo click import, then type account and charactor name. dont even need to log into anything here

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.2

Class:

Mage (37) / Sorcerer (16) / Runemaster (60)

General:

▸ Health: 1,344, Regen: 70.4/s
▸ Mana: 197.51, Regen: 8/s
▸ Ward Retention: 202%, Regen: 111/s
▸ Attributes: 9 Str / 19 Dex / 69 Int / 47 Att / 9 Vit
▸ Resistances: 79% / 99% / 79% / 74% / 86% / 85% / 77%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 269
▸ Dodge Chance: 46% (1701)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 63% (4,929)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 91%

Used skills:

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

This build has a guide:

LE | Hydra Is Back & It Does 450% More Damage - LE Hydrahedron Runemaster Build Guide by Allie

[sinful stag]

Frostwall snapshotting has not been fixed right

It’s also probably better to just uberroth with regular hydra

The kill can get down to 1 minute

Which is more reliable than needing to deal with the last phase for an extended time

[hybrid schooner]

ya not fixed. its not a bug

[sinful stag]

But the vessel of srrife setup looks much better for pushing I didn’t realize it didn’t sacrifice too much damage

And it generates like 100 wps

[sinful stag]

Ty for confirming, it’s just hard to tell when the frostwall buff is active or not

For shadow cascade snapshotting on rogue I could tell by just hovering over the skill and seeing that the dps number was higher

[hybrid schooner]

yaa if you do the snapshot nd then take the 3 pts out of the skill tree u wont run into issues going through a wall on accident and breaking it. u can wall whenever

[sinful stag]

Huh I didn’t realize people were manual casting the wall too

[hearty chasm]

how is this even possible for hydra

[hybrid schooner]

ya it gives more damage while it is up. and every time u cast it gives more of the runic energy

should always have an active wall

either take the 3 pts out of tree after snap. or just cast it way off on the perimeter

[sinful stag]

https://youtu.be/drWHrzGBg_o?si=WGM_jJlIsm1ziUhT

His gear is also good but not insane

It can probably go to down to 1 min flat

[molten cobalt]

Double casting every single time

By timing it correctly

[hearty chasm]

how do i double cast hydra

[hybrid schooner]

if you have enough runic energy itll always double cast

[hearty chasm]

how much runic energy is enough

[molten cobalt]

Yeah you gotta pump up runic energy and then manual cast hydra

[molten cobalt]

Do the math?

[hybrid schooner]

should be 10 energy

with 4 pts there

[hearty chasm]

i thought manual casting hydra will remove the snapshot ?

[molten cobalt]

10 energy is only 25% chance?

[hybrid schooner]

that node would go up to 10% tho

[molten cobalt]

It does, not sure if he uses that in the video though

[molten cobalt]

Ah shit yes you’re right

Someone explained it to me a while ago, there’s some timing involved too with double cast hydra

I didn’t quite understand it

Something with if you mess up timing you gotta start over

Up here

Maybe it has something to do with rune bolt not always giving the same element?

I don’t even understand half of that but apparently it’s not really plug and play

[hybrid schooner]

yuhh this is huge. it may seam silly. but this un cucks half my idlols to satisfy null portent. and the neck it better than the one i have now with t7 health. i have the option to change idols now to either gain 60 wps 60 retention. or gain 18 cold pen. all while gaining 7% more DR fro the armor on neck. and only trading 90 health for it

[woven hamlet]

Any tips for new player, i like the mage class

[hybrid schooner]

gosh uhh. so many things to tell you

i guess if youre super new the most helpful starting things are number one, you will quickyl get overwhelmed by how much stuff drops on the ground so when that happens set up a loot filter or find one that someone else alrready set up.

if you dont youll be spending more time look at stuff than leveleing or farming gear

and then your choice between the two factions is a big one. everyone always asks "which one is best". neither is better. Go merchant guild if you enjoy finding/selling/using auction house. Go circle of fortune if you dont want to deal with that and get many multiple times more items to drop.

[molten cobalt]

dont try to homebrew your own build

why the question mark?

is someone confused by my comment?

[hybrid schooner]

lol

everybody click the question mark

[molten cobalt]

you bafoon

time to watch latest The Last of Us

let's hope this episode isn't a god damn snoozefest like last one

[hybrid schooner]

yeee walking dead was like that. seaosn 2 was suck

[harsh abyss]

I disagree, DEFINITELY try to homebrew your own build. It teaches you things about the game and makes you read and learn the abilities. You can try and find what you like and then figure out how to build it in a way you enjoy.

Almost every skill is viable for at least most of the game, so finding skills you like and building with them is a way to actually enjoy the game instead of just follow a guide. Embrace the fact that you don't know stuff and try things to figure it out

Make characters that suck, figure out why they suck, then make new characters that are better.

LE is easy enough that even while messing around you'll be able to get enough out of the game to really get your money's worth. Only fret about minmaxing if you get stuck somewhere or really want to push for the pinnacle boss.

[molten cobalt]

@harsh abyss I do agree, but you are a rare breed my man, the overwhelming majority just wants something good, especially if they already did one of the other classes

[harsh abyss]

Doesn't mean I can't try to convince more people to be like me 😝

[molten cobalt]

fair

[harsh abyss]

Learning can be fun

A novel concept to a lot of people, heh

[rose mica]

I fking love TLOU

[cosmic dove]

speaking of, this is a very rough planner
idea was sceptre and boots both boost melee and spell damage for frost claw. armor is more melee damage. helm is ward per necrotic resists which is available on scepter, helm, other slots.
I didn't have time/knowledge to do idols yet
I want to use the boosted dex/dodge somehow but wasn't sure the best way
any high level suggestions?
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/BaNqG4eo

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.5

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (59) / Spellblade (5) / Runemaster (28)

General:

▸ Health: 1,455, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 377.69, Regen: 14.16/s
▸ Ward Retention: 344%, Regen: 333/s
▸ Attributes: 7 Str / 122 Dex / 85 Int / 7 Att / 7 Vit
▸ Resistances: 70% / 57% / 70% / 107% / 44% / 440% / 47%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 291
▸ Dodge Chance: 15% (488)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 16% (513)

Used skills:

Frost Claw / Frost Wall / Flame Rush / Ice Barrage / Flame Ward

[hybrid schooner]

first question is how are you maintaing mana withotu -5 spell cost on that sceptre

[cosmic dove]

I thought I had that

checking

[hybrid schooner]

oh you do my bad

its my bad

[cosmic dove]

oh whew

I'm a noob when it comes to planners but I hoped I hadnt made that mistake

[hybrid schooner]

whats with the cold mele damage.

[cosmic dove]

this frost claw node

[harsh abyss]

Glamdring in Frost Claw converts melee damage to spell damage

[cosmic dove]

saw someone play with the boots

added in the scepter and armor just in theory

[hybrid schooner]

right but just getting regular spelll dmage be better

[cosmic dove]

just scepter and armour would be +170 added damage I think

[hybrid schooner]

or does cold mele roll higher

[harsh abyss]

You can't get regular flat spell damage as an affix at all

[cosmic dove]

well what they (I think it was frozen?) did was use the boots and dex on that boosts both spell and melee so it double counts

[hybrid schooner]

alright ok

no move speed gonna feel pretty bad i think

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, you might not need the flat damage on your weapon because of the boots. TL:DR if you have 120 dex, then you're getting 240 flat damage from the boots, which should be plenty

But also, your supporting spells won't get the double dip, so Ice Barrage won't be nearly as strong as FC

[cosmic dove]

I was wondering about that. wasnt sure what else to do with ice barrage slot. it is 60% more on cold global so I thought it might be worth it just for that

[hybrid schooner]

amost no crit but your flast damage should be much higher than a crit base setup

wonder if theres way to get that crit up, uase the multip doesnt have a lot of value at 41% crit chance

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, you'd probably benefit from investing in crit instead of pushing flat further. Also you need to go into spellblade for this node:

That will basically cap crit for you on its own

[hybrid schooner]

o ya, that node dude would be gigga for u

[cosmic dove]

oh didnt know about that

[hybrid schooner]

huge

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, if you're dex stacking, that node is key

at 120 dex, that's 960% increased crit chance

[hybrid schooner]

25 pts to invest to get the bonus there

[harsh abyss]

Also, look into Dragorath's Claw + Cold Convert Lightning Blast

[cosmic dove]

I guess I should drop runemaster points to get there

[hybrid schooner]

you cant go without this scepte if cold claw. your mana will be terrible

[cosmic dove]

I wish mages could offhand dagger

[hybrid schooner]

cant use dragoraths

[harsh abyss]

Hmm, good point

[hybrid schooner]

ya they lock the fkn mana efficiency in claw behind lightning and fire conversions

[harsh abyss]

You can get mana eff from idols too

[hybrid schooner]

ya its not enough

[harsh abyss]

I bet there's actually a good proc build doing this for a spellblade

Use mana strike (converted) + FC triggers + Dragorath LB triggers

[hybrid schooner]

youd have to drop either teleport or flame shield to do this. and then frost claw would be eating your mana

well. if you just were a mana strike build ya maybe

no shatter. i see

[harsh abyss]

Yeah shatter would make the mana issues worse instead of better 😝

You'd use mana strike to generate mana to cast all your FCs and LBs

[cosmic dove]

switched to that passive. it's not showing up in the crit chance but I assume that is just a planner thing
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/ApERxkmQ

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.5

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (60) / Spellblade (25) / Runemaster (8)

General:

▸ Health: 1,383, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 384.73, Regen: 14.16/s
▸ Ward Retention: 286%, Regen: 298/s
▸ Attributes: 7 Str / 127 Dex / 86 Int / 7 Att / 7 Vit
▸ Resistances: 88% / 70% / 88% / 102% / 44% / 440% / 47%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 277
▸ Dodge Chance: 15% (508)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 16% (513)

Used skills:

Frost Claw / Frost Wall / Flame Rush / Ice Barrage / Flame Ward

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, probably

[cosmic dove]

is there any easy switch I could do to take advantage of dex/dodge?

tons of ward gen on this already but I doubt that is enough defense

[harsh abyss]

Use Ward Trail as your belt and just get a ton of dodge

Dodge is a decent defense paired with ward

[molten cobalt]

maaaan

they made Ellie so horribly unlikeable

and the actress sucks

they made the character be so dumb

[hybrid schooner]

@cosmic doveya lots of dodge rating already. i think all you have to do is add 1 fat affix for dodge %

meh, i jsut tried even with 130 dex i put on a roll of t7 dodge % on chest which is 120% dodge only goes up to 33

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, 33% dodge is where it starts to get pretty noticeable. I have character with 70%ish dodge and it feels super tanky

[cosmic dove]

can I get dodge % on idols?

[hybrid schooner]

goes to 5%

25 and 5

[molten cobalt]

can you dodge boss attacks?

[cosmic dove]

I have sadly filtered all of those out

so I would have to refarm for them

[hybrid schooner]

booooo

[molten cobalt]

oh wow

that episode p1ssed me off somethinh fierce

did they REALLY end it like that

I can't express my anger enough without getting censored

[cosmic dove]

@harsh abyss one last thing. I picked sorc because I thought mana. but would runemaster be better for crit/cast speed/passives?

[harsh abyss]

Potentially, yeah. I dunno though

[woven hamlet]

Any place to look for a loot filter

[woven hamlet]

Im homebrewing

Aka yoloing

Whats the difference between going with a staff and a sword/shield and that weird ball skull🧐

[molten cobalt]

you're in for a bumpy ride then

[molten cobalt]

you normally wouldnt go sword and shield

[hybrid schooner]

how does this even make any sense.....

dafuc even is time rot

[sinful stag]

for hydra runemaster, if i want a tanky setup should i juice hp regen and vessel of strife?

or would shattered worlds be a viable alternative

[twin wolf]

Status effect that deals void dot

Increases melee dmg taken 2

[hybrid schooner]

comes from what tho

[molten cobalt]

you aint gonna be tanky no matter how you do it

hydra uses a staff and also if I remember correctly stacks attunement as well as int

so, you aint tanky

1200-1300 ish life and maybe 5000-5500 ward at it's very peak

with basically 0 armor

[hybrid schooner]

they talking about the how they hated the last of us season in golobal rn

[molten cobalt]

I would join but it’s 1:30 am and I’m in bed

But yes I fkn hated it too

At least I finally booked my vacation after doing a ton of research

Well the first vacation anyway

[woven yarrow]

From the void area during his big slams I think

[hybrid schooner]

ya maybe

dude everybody out there chasing scissor sword cause the build guide says so. but sleeping on this

and i dont even want to try to argue with someone anymore that says reen isnt higher damage. they jsut dont know

[sinful stag]

when i platyed low life rogue setups around 4-5k ward with 70% dodge seemed comfortable at very high corruptions (~2.5k), even as melee

[hybrid schooner]

i use naals for mapping sometimes. the move speed is nice

[sinful stag]

but im not sure runemaster is capable of stacking that much dodge

considering rogue has much more support for it in their passive trees

whats the highest dodge rating people are rocking as mage?

[warped crow]

too much rng sadge

[hybrid schooner]

idk i wlasy felt like dodge was a bad invesment. caue you still have to be able to take hits when u dont dodge

[warped crow]

i fanlly just got one of those that dropped +2 to both skill types uwu

[molten cobalt]

70% dodge yeah

[sinful stag]

yeah its not going to be as consistent, but i do actually think for inherently squishier classes dodge is the best for pushing high corruption where your class wont tank the hit anyway like a primalist or sentinel would

[molten cobalt]

And probably some DR

[sinful stag]

but ive never played mage so im not sure how tanky it can actually get

[sinful stag]

thats pretty good

rolling the slot machine on getting one shot

[warped crow]

its a bad investment unless you have easy access to it

[sinful stag]

but this whole game is a slot machine so

[warped crow]

cuz you need alot to matter

[molten cobalt]

Yeah that’s my point, you don’t get that on a mage

[warped crow]

or you use foot of the mountain and get tanky off it

[sinful stag]

oh dang i thought you meant mages do get 70%

rip

[molten cobalt]

So can’t really compare

[sinful stag]

looks like the maxed out hydra runemaster builds i see cap at around 50% which is not amazing

[hybrid schooner]

theres nothing inherently that gives mage dodge in passives or skill tree. even with 130 dex i have 19% dodge. no other affixes tho

[sinful stag]

yeah i was wondering if just stacking it on gear and idols could put it to a high threshold, but it seems to not be viable

[hybrid schooner]

youd have to get like 3-4 really fat dodge rolls on ur gear

[sinful stag]

well, with completely absurd t7 dodge maxroll everywhere

it looks like it can hit almost 70%

from just fiddling around in the planner

but thats not really super realistic

would need like 3 lp everything

[hybrid schooner]

there was a wrong ward dodge setup a while back

wrongwarp

[sinful stag]

thats pretty interesting

which mage build?

[hybrid schooner]

idk it was a long time ago. they were stacking dodge and using this

[sinful stag]

maybe a dex stacking mage build?

[hybrid schooner]

max cdr on tele youre looking at like 2.5s cd on tele. so thats like 40% uptime on immune. then dodge for the rest

[sinful stag]

yeah i see the vision, very interesting

[hybrid schooner]

uhh maybe 2.3 seconds if you use purple helm

the random tele would drive me nuts tho

[solemn linden]

What’s the best build for speed farm at high corruption?

Is hydra good

[sinful stag]

acgtually yeah with telfuns mirage RM can get to the 70% dodge threshold fairly reliably

[sinful stag]

seems alright, and is pretty cheap to gear

its not going to be the fastest or tankiest but its OK

[fossil zephyr]

Been away for a bit, what's the best meta build for a spell blade?

It looks like on LE Tools someone has an "infinite surge" build but it doesn't seem great with single target DPS

is there anything better than that?

[hybrid schooner]

ya that was @woven yarrow a few days ago

[solemn linden]

What’s the fastest

[fossil zephyr]

All the other builds are listed for 1.2.2

[hybrid schooner]

the infinite surge is defiitely not meta. i think he was just having some fun

[fossil zephyr]

What are the meta builds? Do the 1.2.2 still work with 1.2.5 or were there any that were exploiting bugs?

Btw, I haven't played since S1

That's why i'm asking these basic questions 😄

[hybrid schooner]

all 1.2 builds for mage have not been changed

[fossil zephyr]

Which is considered the best? Or are there multiple that are top tier?

And thanks for taking the time to answer me btw

[hybrid schooner]

theres a strength stack brand build thats good, people using a lightning blast build. i think hydra can do some good stuff

mage isnt super strong rn. at least not relatively

[fossil zephyr]

@proven haven hasn't made a new one looks like

I know he made one for 1.0.1

[hybrid schooner]

on his yt hes been gaming. hes got builds

i season started with his strength mage setup

[fossil zephyr]

What's the max corruption it can push?

I used to run warlock in S1

got to about 1k before i got bored

[hybrid schooner]

oh mty strength mage is at 2500 corr. just got lazy. it will go higher

[fossil zephyr]

That seems good

lol

[hybrid schooner]

ya itll go higher no prob just have not got around to it

i stipped when i ran out of the eyes of orobys to increase corr quickly. they are quick to get i just got lazy

[fossil zephyr]

is there a build planner / leveling guide for the strength build?

[sinful stag]

i saw a strength bod mage do 5k corruption

the woven echo with all the shades at once

really tanky

[hybrid schooner]

ya probably. i mean the orobys fight will be the same at 2500 and 5k. anything hits u and u dead

idk if that echo scales with cor or not. the shades in there die easy af

[sinful stag]

yeah they amy not scale come to think of it

str stack mage is probably the safest and easiest to pilot

[hybrid schooner]

at 5k orr ur not doing 5 shades at ones, i promis this

at 2500 about any single hit kils u. and my str mage is stacked

[fossil zephyr]

Oh, it's Frozen's build

I'm surprised it's not listed on LE tools

Oh it is

😂

it didn't come up when I searched for spell blades cause it's for a rune master

[hybrid schooner]

ya the str mage is very fast farming. easy starter. very tanky, lots of room for potato

[fossil zephyr]

Nice, looks like you can change mastery now too without having to create an alt

that's good

Lmao jeez, the build needs 2 red rings?

[sinful stag]

dam looking at the 5k corr guys gear its some absolutely insane giga juice

[fossil zephyr]

That's a little much 😂

[sinful stag]

double t7s on everything

the 2 red rings are not absolutely needed

[hybrid schooner]

dude le tools planner jsut defaulted to 1.0.5 when i searched my charactor. it brough up my old shatter striker. god what a turd that was

yikes.... was i taht bad back then

idk im trying to show u my str stacker but it keeps bringing up an old char

[sinful stag]

strange

also for reowyns when it checks your ward for the bonusn dmg

[hybrid schooner]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oR2edWLoi got it

[sinful stag]

what stat is it looking for?

just the total ward you have?

[hybrid schooner]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oR2edWLo

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.3

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (21) / Spellblade (14) / Runemaster (58)

General:

▸ Health: 1,483, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 333.92, Regen: 13.68/s
▸ Ward Retention: 450%, Regen: 204/s
▸ Attributes: 163 Str / 20 Dex / 163 Int / 8 Att / 8 Vit
▸ Resistances: 58% / 58% / 94% / 66% / 73% / 38% / 38%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 297
▸ Dodge Chance: 8% (246)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 69% (6,260)
▸ Block Chance: 177%, Mitigation: 46% (1,733)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 104%

Used skills:

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

[sinful stag]

wow ur gear is really good too

[fossil zephyr]

So what is the best class right now?

[hybrid schooner]

dont may attention to the rings. those are just for max dps. they are 2 red rings with str normall

[fossil zephyr]

Like what is the top of the top class / mastery?

[sinful stag]

sentinel/rogue

[fossil zephyr]

Oh interesting

[sinful stag]

VK/Falconer

falconer is probably the strongest overall

[fossil zephyr]

I know rogues were OP as hell season 1

sentinels had some infinite ward back then too

[sinful stag]

the other rogue classes are not too amazing, especially bladedancer

it took me 8 min to kill uber aberroth with bladedancer

falconer can do it in blue gear, although idk if that was nerfed or not

[hybrid schooner]

dude how. wouldnt ther be lazers all over the place

[sinful stag]

i had to manage the lazers because i knew i didnt have the dps to burst his final phase

its not so bad if its well maanged

[solemn linden]

Who’s build is it

[sinful stag]

rogue also has on demand cleanse to get rid of frailty

so its ability to leech isnt as hampered by the beam,s

[hybrid schooner]

well shit i wish i could manage the lazers. they jsut go where they go for me

[sinful stag]

yeah on some builds its way way harder to maange the lasers

[fossil zephyr]

looks similar to @proven haven 's build

[sinful stag]

especially those that rely on their mobility skill to do damage

[solemn linden]

Idk I just don’t like autobombers

Except for poe2

[sinful stag]

i understand that feeling, the gameplay kind of feels too 'floaty' for me as an autobomber

kinda wierd not pressing anything, though some people conversely really like that

[fossil zephyr]

I actually find them kind of fun

i played a fissure warlock on 1.0 and it was a sort of autobomber build

that was pretty fun

[hybrid schooner]

well the flame rushing around still kinda makes it feel like youre actively doing the damage

[sinful stag]

its also very entertaining to look at

[hybrid schooner]

its not super tactile tho

[sinful stag]

the movement while channeling makes the guy look like hes flapping his arms around and everything automtically dies around him

before he was just floating while t posing

[warped crow]

its a clearing build lel

[hybrid schooner]

is this game ever going to not run like shit

120 fps. then 5 fps

the longer the game is open the worse it gets

[sinful stag]

i really feel you on this

its the most unoptimized arpg on the market

which i mean the game has lower budget so i understand

but the horrible fps feels pretty bad

sometimes on uber aberroth it feels like i need literal precognition to react to some hits due to frame rate drops

[fossil zephyr]

looks like someone made a tier list

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a8fhCv82s8sgBsxkVoYv0n148i4NLggKvdlTeTr_g90/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Hydrahedron Runemaster Runemaster Mage 25 40,000,000

Shatter Strike Spellblade Spellblade Mage 26 38,000,000

[hybrid schooner]

oh damn i gotta do a dummy test see how i compare

[sinful stag]

was that build double casting hydras? i unironically think manual casting to double hydras does more damage than rive and stygian, both of which i played

its a 1 minute uberroth kill which is comparable to even the highly geared erasing strike void knights

[fossil zephyr]

Maybe i'll stay on the shatterstrike spellblade for now and see how it plays

[sinful stag]

also time rot and serpent venom should definitely be number 1/2

[hybrid schooner]

thats what im on rn

[sinful stag]

they do like a billion damage

[fossil zephyr]

shatter strike?

[hybrid schooner]

ye

[fossil zephyr]

maxroll?

[hybrid schooner]

uhh its pretty close. ive gone beyond what they had

[fossil zephyr]

or is there a better min/maxed guide?

[hybrid schooner]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/oPZr7yWQ i use that relic for mapping only, move speed.

[silk pewter]

Spellblade, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.5

Class:

Mage (20) / Spellblade (80) / Runemaster (13)

General:

▸ Health: 3,329, Regen: 31.2/s
▸ Mana: 155.69, Regen: 8.24/s
▸ Ward Retention: 299%, Regen: 251/s
▸ Attributes: 34 Str / 130 Dex / 82 Int / 16 Att / 24 Vit
▸ Resistances: 98% / 79% / 98% / 116% / 124% / 130% / 85%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 666
▸ Dodge Chance: 19% (624)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 64% (5,142)

Used skills:

Shatter Strike / Mana Strike / Flame Ward / Teleport / Enchant Weapon

[sinful stag]

that is also a very well geared char

[hybrid schooner]

all cof doood

[sinful stag]

how are u getting the 2x t7s btw

mostly prophecies?

or imprinting caches

[hybrid schooner]

no, do not farm exhault prophecies

[sinful stag]

i have a habit of dumping a character after i reach 1k corr and switching, so i never get maxed

[fossil zephyr]

in my legacy stash i have almost all of that gear

[hybrid schooner]

slap nemesis. its by far the best quality purples you can get

[sinful stag]

gotcha, do you banish if you get bad gear on the nemesis?

[hybrid schooner]

purple prophecies are basically useless now

well yes and no. if I dont have anything pressing that im egging to empower. I will banish if it doesnt have something in there im trying to get a 7/7 of for imprinting. i have all the imprints at this point tho. but before i was banishing a lot to reset his inventory

but ya if you really need like a glove or hat purple. keep banishing nems and only do when you see a hat in there

[sinful stag]

i see, thanks for letting me know

[hybrid schooner]

n dont laught at my t7 void res on neck or phys res on ring. it was calculated. now i have full flexability on what i can do with my idols

null portent requires a lot of resist to get the damage redux. now i can build out my idols for damage or health or whatever

building half the idols for damage is more damage or health or anything i would have gotten from a t7 affix on neck. the void res there is a big W

[sinful stag]

yeah for sure, especially with how strong idols seem to be this cycle

[hybrid schooner]

yup

lp3 null kinda scuffed, and the lp3 helm bricked hard. was suppose to have health on chest and crit redux helm

lp3 belt also kinda bricked so i use this lp2

[sinful stag]

unlucky, those are some very rare lp3s too

[hybrid schooner]

ya the belt came from the turtle dude

and the helm/chest i dont even want to try and farm lp3 again. they are just not practical

i mean the helm isnt bad. but prob get min rolls on it

i imprinted the lp3 helm tho... apparently that helps get more lp on

[sinful stag]

are you doing prophecies for uniques?

[hybrid schooner]

yes

uniques only.

i mean idols and runes too if you need havocs. but exhaut prophecies dont have a ot of value when the nemesis shits out 7/7 with as high as 72 forge potential on them sometimes

but apparently the output of imprints have higher chance for LP if tje imprinted item has high LP. nothing to do with prophecies

[proven haven]

It is though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4Tm-TXuwSA

actually tanked quite a few hits there

[sinful stag]

are they scaled?

[proven haven]

scaled...?

[sinful stag]

to the corr, that was the video i was thinking of

[hybrid schooner]

its 100 corr echo, they juast seama lot easier

they arent normal shades

[proven haven]

Is there a source on that?

[hybrid schooner]

no i can tell by how much health they have

you go that same damage on a regular shade? confluence shades just seam like less health

[proven haven]

Hmm, I guess it's possible they have the "normal" scaling

Shades usually scale harder than the stated corr % hp damage

maybe woven echo is different, idk though

[hybrid schooner]

ya im no sure either

[proven haven]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/jessrabbit/character/HUGEPPRAIDEN this is their char though

pretty minmaxed

for max DPS you probably want double Julra ring T7 ele dot T7 str

I bet you could burst Uberroth down very fast

[hybrid schooner]

ya i been trying get the double 7 julra for uber. they keep bricking

[proven haven]

My thinking is though dex RM might do more top end damage, haven't fully tested

[hybrid schooner]

i have got pretty relaible at clearing uber on my str stack tho. but the julra 7/7 would make it cake

[proven haven]

yea that's probably like double dps

or more

the dot lingers, its basically 50% uptime

[hybrid schooner]

ya would be huge gains sicne we dont have a whole lot of dot % anywhere

def dont need double RR for uber on that char

[proven haven]

well you probably have like 1500% increased ish

700 or so from int

bunch from idol suffix

belt, amulet

[sinful stag]

how fast is the uberroth clear with julras rings?

[proven haven]

with a minmaxed character like this

I would think 1 minute ish?

my poo character was like 3 minutes

and this scales hard with gear

[hybrid schooner]

@proven haven any thoughts on optimal way to farm scissor sword. i just been trying to do as many sepulcher and folly as possible

idk if folly boost works on sepulcher so idk if you can just replace the troves with that

[proven haven]

don't think it does

sepulchre and folly don't really spam well since they don't get benefit from adjacent to themselves

you could spam run sepulchre though in a spender strat for imprint procs

[hybrid schooner]

ya i put it down in holes on thee web. its a long march to the end of sepulcher tho. not great for time

[proven haven]

just spam folly then

its pretty quick

[hybrid schooner]

wish i could imprint this sword

ur saying instead of spending on troves i could spend folly

[proven haven]

if you just want the sword yeah

[hybrid schooner]

ya theres not much more juice i can squeek out of this SS char other then lp3 reen and better scissor

lp3 exile boots briked so i ues them on my str stack as a dex swap

would love to wiggle cooldown onto this belt somehow. lose about half damage when enchant weapon is not up. so 2.7 secononds of every 11.7 seconds is hald damage

prob a significant boost unless you just time the enchant for burst

may not sound like much but thats 23% uptime lost. so 23% of the time youre at about half damage ish

[lucid hedge]

omg its frozensentinel here! My hero my man! 😄

[wet cape]

Do drop-rate blessings affect initial nemesis offerings

[hybrid schooner]

unlikely

[nimble shoal]

No

[wet cape]

Thanks - what about mad alchemist ladle drop rate, if i have % inc wand drop rate?

[warped crow]

not perfect but should i still do it owo

[nimble shoal]

Also no, unfortunately blessings don't affect boss drops

[warped crow]

they should let CoF perk that buffs timeline boss rates effect exiled mages and stuff too

[nimble shoal]

I think it's supposed to, might be bugged though

[warped crow]

the rates might just be low enough that 2.5x drops isnt noticeable

[hybrid schooner]

wouldnt this work really well for shatter strike. up to 126 flat damage base, and the one affix on there is up to 24% multiplier

[warped crow]

maybe but there are just better uniques

like the weaver sword with +2 to melee skills

[hybrid schooner]

ya ive farmed countless scissors, its just never going to get double 7 with shred on it

[warped crow]

or even the daggers with +2 dex skills +2 int skills (havnt tried it yet but if its good thats like +4 skills for any spellblade skill since they are all dex int

[warped crow]

ye nvm not worth

well i mean

could still use the parry

[hybrid schooner]

almost no flat

[warped crow]

its for the +4 to shatterstrike

[hybrid schooner]

lose 80% rcrit mult cauase its not a sword too

[warped crow]

and then you offhand scissors cuz you cant offhand daggers

OH

nvm sad

[warped crow]

ye

oof

forgot spellblade likes swords more

[hybrid schooner]

ya kinda pinned on swords

[warped crow]

might still be a thing for flamereave uwu

[hybrid schooner]

worst part is even if i find a double 7 scissors it still has to have a healthy amount of shred on it

unless shred goes elswhere

[warped crow]

you can

i mean gloves and ammy can roll it

[hybrid schooner]

i know. they already fighting for stats as it

[warped crow]

just focus on + melee crit chance and attack speed

[hybrid schooner]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/BrgpOn4o i mean the build is basically tweaked out. just in maxing a bit

[silk pewter]

Spellblade, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.5

Class:

Mage (20) / Spellblade (80) / Runemaster (13)

General:

▸ Health: 3,211, Regen: 31.2/s
▸ Mana: 134.29, Regen: 11.28/s
▸ Ward Retention: 279%, Regen: 260/s
▸ Attributes: 24 Str / 128 Dex / 72 Int / 6 Att / 14 Vit
▸ Resistances: 98% / 79% / 98% / 116% / 124% / 120% / 75%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 642
▸ Dodge Chance: 18% (614)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 60% (4,452)

Used skills:

Shatter Strike / Mana Strike / Flame Ward / Teleport / Enchant Weapon

[hybrid schooner]

have not found a t7 speed scissor with enough shred yet

[tropic ibex]

Thoughts on how to sustain mana on a high mana cost sorcer build?

[raven skiff]

what would you guys say is the meta build and the most fun build

[tropic ibex]

Not sure rn, tbh, Sentinel is really "the meta" so its hard to tell. I think chaining/procing frostbite with a bunch of abilities works well but I'm trying to fix mana sustain since long fights OOM me and I have to recover to kill anything super tanky (monolith bossing)

[opaque wing]

Where do I look for base crit chance for a rune master?

[tropic ibex]

Generally if you want to go crit you go spell dagger and grab % crit chance I believe. There aren't alot of spells with base crit in the spec. I believe some crit catalysts as well give flat crit %

[tropic ibex]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/db/items/IIwBhDYwdjEg

https://www.lastepochtools.com/db/items/IIwBmE41ESA

Is where you get the base

[cosmic dove]

Which spell are you building around?

[tropic ibex]

I'm still curious if there is a better option than running focus as a mana regen for bossing on Sorc / 40 mana spells. xD

But yeah, knowing the spell, you might have more options

but those are the 2 main generic sources of base crit %

[opaque wing]

Elemental nova

[cosmic dove]

over on the right on nova there's this node:

that will boost the base so things like "increased crit chance %" will have a much greater effect

[opaque wing]

It’s base, although the description says increased?

[cosmic dove]

Yeah tool tips are ... poor
If it says increased in the actually bulleted out list, then it is additive

but it is base
(also because 3% additive would be pointless)

[tropic ibex]

Yeah its a tooltip issue, the ones that say increased are %, the ones without are not. Its odd af. But is what it is until fixed.

You can respec if you don't like how its working though so its not a big deal if you don't think its doing enough for investment

[proud swift]

1. Does the node 'Amplified Cascade' in the RuneBolt skill tree add to the amount received from 'Attuned Recovery' or is it that because it has become tri-elemental the amounts are now reduced?

2. Will it still be tri-elemental if I have converted RuneBolt to cold?

[latent cove]

How does set crafting work? Do I need to break 5 of the same item to get 5 affixes?
And I guess I can't get them to T7?

[hybrid schooner]

no

so really all you have to do is break down 1. and then you can keep putting it on an item, havoc the t7 over and then shatter it. but thats a waste of havocs if you have a bunch of the set itme already to break down

so basically break down a handful of that set item to get you going. and then its just like any other affix in the forge, put it on. make it t7 with a havoc if you want

forging process is exactly the same after you have the shards for it

[latent cove]

Oh cool, didn't think about the havoc and then shatter combo for more shards

[hybrid schooner]

ya if you have havocs to burn and you dont want to farm more of the set item

you put the affixon on an item at t1. make it a higher tier. then either removal rune or shatter and youll net more shards

[latent cove]

well, it's vilatria's so I'm not too keen on farming that helm xD

[hybrid schooner]

ya i think i shattered like a handful of those and i have hundreds of shards now. youll get a lot of the shards back and probably more thaan you used on each forge cause of bricking the items

[latent cove]

Set item affixes count as prefix right?

[hybrid schooner]

its a tough item to forge cause of extra steps involved. try and get high FP helms

i guess it depends. this one is a prefix ya

if youre strength stacking just get t7 set affix and then strength. its very hard to get desirable suffixes AND these 2 priority affixes

[proud swift]

Does Lightning Blast's node Storm Razor also improve Spark Charge's critical strike chance?

[rotund plume]

Hello, Surge +** Glacial Assault** - will make surge be cold dmg based, will it also effect other nodes in the skill tree? like lightning blast etc

[sinful stag]

For reowyns fortress when its calculating ward is that simply the amount of ward you have

Or is there a specific stat I can reference like armor or dodge rating

[hybrid schooner]

can you screen shot reowyns, its been a while since i seen it

i found it. what are you asking

i see. ya thats current ward

likely your dodge is the lowest stat of those three

[latent cove]

Is defence the problem usually when climbing corruption? I have no idea how to gauge if my build needs more defence or damage. One-shotting most things now at 200 corruption, but might die against bosses if hit with some things

[hybrid schooner]

@latent cove with that build your scaling defense and damage at the same time with strength. so i wouldnt worry about it. just get as much str and armor as possible

strenght is your damge, and armor %, and your armor value is your ward generation. so its all 3 in 1

[latent cove]

this is actually my build 🙂 https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A2MRVVbo

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 87

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.5

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (59) / Spellblade (5) / Runemaster (16)

General:

▸ Health: 1,454, Regen: 25.45/s
▸ Mana: 608.09, Regen: 26/s
▸ Ward Retention: 232%, Regen: 154/s
▸ Attributes: 37 Str / 23 Dex / 108 Int / 23 Att / 14 Vit
▸ Resistances: 99% / 89% / 192% / 33% / 33% / 91% / 47%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 291
▸ Dodge Chance: 5% (106)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 38% (1,876)

Used skills:

Meteor / Static / Lightning Blast / Focus / Flame Ward

[latent cove]

meteor on crit from procs

[hybrid schooner]

werent you just asking about vilatrias helm earlier

[latent cove]

yup, It's basically full lightning. I like how flashy it is

[hybrid schooner]

ahh i assumed you were doin str. my bad

nevermind idk

[latent cove]

no worries, this is by my own making with some feedback from this channel

[hybrid schooner]

is your phys res actually 34%

phys and void res are probably the most important resists.

[latent cove]

yea it is, I should optimize a bit. but with focus I'm 68% on phys and void

[hybrid schooner]

ok

coyld at least swp out those mana idols

phys pretty important

[molten cobalt]

Then yes your defense is real bad

And will likely be your bottle neck

[latent cove]

How do I tell? I know the res should be capped, but then how to gauge all the other stuff + ward?

[molten cobalt]

Mage doesn’t get defense for free you gotta work for it

[molten cobalt]

Go see how fast you die

Can you survive uber aberroth tri slam with flame ward on? If not you’re too squishy

[latent cove]

lol yea you are right, haven't died in a longt time but I get scared sometimes on Harbringer/Shade hits

[hybrid schooner]

theres nothing to comapre it to cause its a custom build. but overall defense is not great

[latent cove]

that's a bit too much, not my aim tbh. I already play meta build on another char

[molten cobalt]

Uber might not be your goal but the defense is

I can eat tri slam like a champ

I can even survive tri slam without flame ward up if my ward is in its peak

So if you can’t even survive it WITH flame ward you’re in trouble

[latent cove]

And you haven't given me a single pointer on what to improve

[molten cobalt]

Everything

That’s the thing

You need all of it

[hybrid schooner]

resists, those mana idols are giving me anxiety

[molten cobalt]

Especially as a sorc

With a staff

You need all 3 ward stats

Lots of hp

Prolly endurance too

Lots of DR

[latent cove]

This is with focus

[molten cobalt]

That doesn’t tell us much

Mage has lots of defensive stats only up in battle

Ward retention?

Too low ward per sec

Threshold good

[hybrid schooner]

i udnertant youre nearly capeped while channel. but is 7 mana worth uncapped phys and void res

[latent cove]

no it isn't going to fix that now

[hybrid schooner]

lol thank you

thats i got for you on this build. i dont know enough about mage to help

[latent cove]

I have quite many from focus, red ring, relic, aegis

might get +focus on my helm for more DR with ignite

[molten cobalt]

You always need more

But just play and you notice if you can’t take any hits

[hybrid schooner]

this one here only 4 pts. i never seen a mage build that didnt have 8 pts here. this node is goated

[latent cove]

Yea working on that too, it's just I'm not dying atm. But want to prepare for higher corruption

[hybrid schooner]

oh you dont have all the passive pts yet either alright

i see

crit reduction i see is very low

you cn probably get by on one affix if it was t7. but youre at 30% rn

[latent cove]

but I have crit avoidance 90% I think

[hybrid schooner]

where

[latent cove]

Yea I've been changing my gear so much that I've lost it now

[hybrid schooner]

yeee i really dont care for balancing all these required layers while trying to get the affixes i actually want. its really tedious

all res is the best stat in the game next to move speed IMO.

[proud swift]

The Sorcerer passive tree's node Calculated Destruction says 4% ward retention per point of intelligence. Is this only for intelligence gained from that node?

[hybrid schooner]

no

wait hold on

where do u see anything abtou ward retention

if youre refering to intelects natural ward retention. its only 2% now. end yes its every point of intel. the charactor sheet is wrong. it still says 4% but its wrong

[proud swift]

Nevermind. I think its just a typo in lastepochtools

[latent cove]

@hybrid schooner now capped. and with updated stats from combat

ward stays at 2k out of combat

[molten cobalt]

in combat?

where does it peak

i believe i was at 3800 ward idling in town

[hybrid schooner]

cool

[rotund plume]

Hello, Surge + Glacial Assault - will make surge be cold dmg based, will it also effect other nodes in the skill tree? like lightning blast etc

[latent cove]

I'm getting to about 2.7k reliably. Can go 3.5k ish when lucky

[molten cobalt]

oof

thats very little

[proud swift]

I assume Lightning Blast's node Divergence does not work when we also have the node Convergence?

[latent cove]

This I've been thinking might be an upgrade path for me. But I'm not sure, is ward my main issue or what would you say is higher priority?
https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/planner/

Compared to the actual build I sent earlier

might switch for T7 focus to get much more DR from ignite

[molten cobalt]

that planner is empty

and I'm not sure I could help you with specific pointers anyway

I just know 3k ward is too little

in battle I'm at 10k ward minimum, as well as 1700 life

and i can still get 1 shot randomly sometimes

though that's at quite high corruption

[hybrid schooner]

not to mention like 20k armor and 2 red ings

[molten cobalt]

yeah that too

and perma focus

thats why I mean mages need ALL OF IT to survive

every ounch of survivability

@proud swift out here writing an essay huh

gonna be done soon?

[proud swift]

Hi! Can anyone take a look at my RuneMaster Build. This is the unique version of the build. I have a separate all exalted version until I find all the uniques I want which follows the same idea as this build.

I am basically trying to make Lightning Runic Invocations my main Damage source but that sucks so I have Lightning blast with spark charge to kind of help me out a little on the damage front. I have the ability to place 8 ailments out of which I can more or less guarantee apply 5 of them. I have also invested in shock + Penetration and Stun to maximize stun chance since I thought if they are stunned then they cannot damage me so its good defense XD. I am also able to invoke Frostguard simultaneously with Flameguard since I kept Flame Guard in fire element. In terms of movement I will be using dodge a lot since the cooldown seems to come down quite a lot through the reduction.

Crit chance has been kept at 51% since after factoring in the crit chance from skill tree then both Lightning Blast and Runic Invocation always crits.

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/B58ejGxQ

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.1

Class:

Mage (25) / Sorcerer (5) / Runemaster (83)

General:

▸ Health: 2,689, Regen: 0/s
▸ Mana: 287.8, Regen: 14.24/s
▸ Ward Retention: 298%, Regen: 122/s
▸ Attributes: 22 Str / 11 Dex / 151 Int / 1 Att / 1 Vit
▸ Resistances: 78% / 74% / 88% / 70% / 101% / 100% / 74%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 538
▸ Dodge Chance: 6% (185)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 43% (2,519)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 100%

Used skills:

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

[latent cove]

I didn't check out your build too much. But maybe this build might help you out, read the gameplay/mechanics section:
https://www.lastepochtools.com/build-guides/lightning-rod-lightning-ball-static-spell-cascade-runemaster

[silk pewter]

Lightning Rod, Lightning Ball & Static / Spell Cascade Runemaster Build Guide

Game Cycle / Version

Beta / 0.9.2f

Class

Mage / Runemaster

Used skills

• Frost Claw
• Focus
• Static
• Disintegrate
• Runic Invocation

Used unique items

• Titan Heart
• Last Steps of the Living
• Isadora's Tomb Binding
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros

Tags

Boss Killer / Monolith Farmer / Ranged

Created by Mediocrates · Nov 1, 2023, 9:59 AM

[lunar crest]

Man, I'm done trying to choke the life out of Orobyss for a 2LP belt. Time to turn this into a Hydra

[raven skiff]

Anyone doing the lightning blast build?

I have a question about it

[molten cobalt]

the?

is there a "the" LB build?

[hybrid schooner]

dudes im doing timed dummy kills test with different swrods and affixes. there isnt much measureable difference as long as the affixes are of equal tier

[lunar crest]

Weren't you rocking a 3LP Reen already?

[hybrid schooner]

no i been trying

would love to have shred armor and double t7 reen. so my scissors has a lot more flexability

[lunar crest]

I would love a pity system for 3LPs not gonna lie.

[hybrid schooner]

right now i cant even look at a scissor unless it has at least t4 shred on it. unless i just get a wild double 7 scissor and i can put shred on lp2 reen u know

i tried without shred and its not even remotely viable

echoes doesnt matter but you lose literally half your damage on bosses without shred

[lunar crest]

Funny enough, I have not even laid eyes on a Scissor that has more than 14 Will.

[hybrid schooner]

ya man i think i saw a 24, bricked real hard

i think the everage for me ie 13-14 weave

to get a real goated scissor you need minimum 18 weave

[lunar crest]

Those are the ones that make me the saltiest. Get a 21+ Will unique only to roll the most useless affixes.

[hybrid schooner]

i have this. i have not testing the ttk on the dummy but the shred is a bit low

[lunar crest]

Those affixes are spicy tho. How many tiers total is this?

[hybrid schooner]

12

then theres this. low roll t7s. i can fix that but now shred armor

im pretty sure any type of flat mele damage works. it just wont scale extra with cold %

or cold pen

these all have very simlar kill times on the dummy

spread is about 2 seconds

also just a tip if ur playing shatter strike or and spellblade i guess. dont bother cucking a potentially big t7 affix on your relic orr anything with frailty. just use 1 of these idols. just 1 is enough, ive tested

[harsh abyss]

Yeah as long as you hit reasonably fast

[hybrid schooner]

i would love fraily on weapon but that aint happening. and im not gonna do that to me reliceither

[lunar crest]

You think Naal's can sub for scissors?

[hybrid schooner]

yes definitely

durring my dummy tests it was better than most of the scissors i tested.

it has +2 skills on it. you basicaly swap 20% attack speed for 35% crit multi. and lose like 10 mele flat damage

its a faster sword too, which is actually good

nalls tooth in many cases is a better option unless you get a really good scissor

scissor only starts to be measurably better with T7 prefix, useful other prefix any tier, and shred armor

i think pulling a lp3 tooth is actually a more reasonable farm too.

if i can get a lp3 reen or tooth ieb be pretty excited. get to have 4x t7 affixes and shred. assuming it doesnt brick

i been farming scissors like im getting paid to do it. theyve not been rolling well

[wet cape]

Whats best method of farming weaver items? Baby needs a new cradle

[harsh abyss]

Do cemetaries, make sure you spec your weaver tree for weaver items

[fierce bronze]

Looking to level up a hardcore mage- is there a specific build for this or just use the maxroll leveling guide?

[lunar crest]

Maxroll will set you up pretty nicely until 70. You could actually just wing everything until monos and come out unscathed.

[fierce bronze]

First time hardcore - should I make sure I just get health + resists first even during campaign?

[lunar crest]

I'll keep an eye out for em while grinding then. I've gotten a sweet 3LP Yrun and I've been trying that out too.

[lunar crest]

Pretty much, yeah.

Survivability is paramount in HC.

[harsh abyss]

Physical resist is huge early, but also health and recovery (some ward/sec from a catalyst or ring affix will keep you alive easily through the campaign)

[solemn linden]

@hybrid schooner could u send me a vid of ur shatter strike build mapping and then boss? I kinda wanna build it lol 😄

But idk if the clear speed is good enough

[lunar crest]

Clear speed is great. But do remember it's melee, which is pretty much the only downside.

[solemn linden]

Ok Ty!

[solemn linden]

But how about shatter vs hydra rune master?

[sinful stag]

i tried gearing out a hydra runemaster in offline, i can see why dodge doesnt work great as a defensive layer for this class, rogue has access to silver shroud so the chances of actually being 1 shot are way lower rip

[lunar crest]

Hydra does everything but better pretty much, if you use the frost wall exploit snapshot.

[lunar crest]

The main reason why you stack dodge is pretty much because of Reowyn though, right?

[sinful stag]

yeah but i was wondering if it cvould serve as a legitimate primary defensive layer

i got it up to almost 80% but not having another failsafe like silver shroud makes it a lot worse than ward rogues having no armor and surviving fine with 4k ward

the build i saw from allie using vessel of strife and hp regen is probably the tankiest and even thats not pushing past like 4-5k ward

[hybrid schooner]

@solemn linden ill try. i think i probably have a way to capture i just never used it. clear is fine, but i do make some small adjustments for clearing.

[spare vessel]

Got my first Abby kill! https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Bg796wRB lightning ball DoT

[silk pewter]

Runemaster, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.5

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (7) / Runemaster (86)

General:

▸ Health: 1,268, Regen: 23.4/s
▸ Mana: 275.95, Regen: 11.84/s
▸ Ward Retention: 169%, Regen: 42/s
▸ Attributes: 14 Str / 97 Dex / 46 Int / 20 Att / 14 Vit
▸ Resistances: 101% / 74% / 94% / 91% / 82% / 89% / 108%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 30%, Threshold: 254
▸ Dodge Chance: 61% (2667)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 46% (2,754)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 92%

Used skills:

Glyph of Dominion / Flame Ward / Flame Rush / Runic Invocation / Runebolt

[spare vessel]

havent tried uber yet but I dont think I will soon, probably will level another class now

and this is the guide I used as a basis https://www.lastepochtools.com/build-guides/ball-lightning-hybrid-dot-crit-runemaster

[silk pewter]

Ball Lightning Hybrid DoT / Crit Runemaster Build Guide

Game Cycle / Version

Release / 1.0.6

Class

Mage / Runemaster

Used skills

• Runebolt
• Runic Invocation
• Frost Wall
• Glyph of Dominion
• Flame Rush

Used unique items

• Boneclamor Barbute
• Fundamental Criterion
• Reowyn's Fortress
• Vaion's Chariot
• Oceareon
• Stormcarved Testament

Tags

Boss Killer / Monolith Farmer / Ranged / DoT

Created by Aersdri · May 23, 2024, 9:53 AM

[warped crow]

how would you go about farming orions eye

[spare vessel]

i got 3 or 4 from rune of ascension

[warped crow]

ascended an entire storage page of them and still nothing

[warm kettle]

hey guys, quick question about spark charges - does something like stormcarved testament that states "lightning pen for you" affect spark charge damage? are they treated as their own entity or are they treated like any other ailment?

[harsh abyss]

Its not quite as rare as red ring, but its super rare. Just gotta keep trying, or do prophecies.

[harsh abyss]

They'll be affected by lightning pen like anything else you do. The pen from stormcarved will also affect ailments too. "From you" just means you're the source, not miniona.

[warm kettle]

gotcha, thanks

[molten cobalt]

GeForce built in

A Nvidia thing

I think it’s ALT + F9

ALT Z for the entire control panel but that also hides loot

[hybrid schooner]

ahh

o was able to carry this ES last night on uber with my shatter strike. i could tell he mostly knew the fight but his damage not great. last phase there i think i was standing in like 3 lazers jsut slappiging away.

[molten cobalt]

Noice

[dull dirge]

anyone downed uberroth on spellblade mind sharing their build? trying to find ideas to get more damage

[hybrid schooner]

@dull dirge i did

[molten cobalt]

its gonna be shatterstrike

issue should not be damage but survivability

[dull dirge]

oh yeah forgot to mention that, shatterstrike builkd specifically lol

[hybrid schooner]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Q0Jx3Oko this was what was used

[silk pewter]

Spellblade, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Tombs of the Erased / 1.2.5

Class:

Mage (20) / Spellblade (80) / Runemaster (13)

General:

▸ Health: 3,411, Regen: 24/s
▸ Mana: 142.85, Regen: 12.32/s
▸ Ward Retention: 241%, Regen: 213/s
▸ Attributes: 24 Str / 128 Dex / 72 Int / 6 Att / 14 Vit
▸ Resistances: 101% / 77% / 101% / 119% / 119% / 123% / 78%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 682
▸ Dodge Chance: 18% (614)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 53% (3,442)

Used skills:

Shatter Strike / Mana Strike / Flame Ward / Teleport / Enchant Weapon

[dull dirge]

i already solved (more or less) the survival issue, just looking for a few more sources of damage i mightve missed

i need more crit multi got it, ty!

[hybrid schooner]

check blessin also

[dull dirge]

and a scissor that actually rolls good

[hybrid schooner]

shred cold blessig

[dull dirge]

also forgot about that, ty

[hybrid schooner]

tolltip damage on shatter strike was about 2mill with enchant weapon on out of combat. not that thats the end all of how much damage youre doing

just for a relative gauge

@dull dirge also, the T7 affix on the scissor is not supre important

i would actually recommend attack speed and shred

this is nearly a direct replacement for what you are looking for in a scissor

try this

[dull dirge]

yeah the only decent roll ive got out of scissor is a t7 attack speed one, i havent had luck with any others that are even remoptely usable compared to it

[hybrid schooner]

i meant that the type of t7 affix on scissor is not super important. i did a ton of time to kill tests on the boss dummy and its impossible to measure a difference in which t7 affix you use. speed/multi/cold/flat

[dull dirge]

ooh okay

[hybrid schooner]

the only one that sort of stood out a bit was attack speed, and thats probaby just the extra bleed stacks. and on uber itll stack bleeds and shred faster when your ducking and dodging when the stacks fall off

like, i made a spreadsheet n everything. 4 kills which various swords

each

[dire plaza]

Whats the best mage build for Echos and then separately, what is the best mage build for ubberoth

Im assuming its not the same build

for both

also is it possible to kill ubberoth on mage?

[hybrid schooner]

well its definitely possible. ive done it on 2 different mage spec

[dire plaza]

What build?

and what do you use to farm echos with

https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/tierlists/corruption-tier-list

any of these?

[hybrid schooner]

shatter strike. and strength stack brand of deception

strength stack is a very fast farmer

[dire plaza]

Strenght stack?

which mastery is that

[hybrid schooner]

uhh its a runemaster

[dire plaza]

Is that the hydrahedron one?

[hybrid schooner]

no

[dire plaza]

Hmm yea im not seeing a guide for it on there

[hybrid schooner]

ya maxroll doenst have a lot of good builds on it. until they become a big meta or something idk.. a ton of us were and stil are doing the build

[dire plaza]

Do you have a build guide for it or a video

or soemthing

[hybrid schooner]

im looking for it

[glossy quarry]

any mana strikes frost clawers

[dire plaza]

are any of those maxroll guide A tier builds comparable tot his or nah?

[glossy quarry]

wdym shatterstrike is god

should be S tier

[hybrid schooner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SqrHIIi-w0&t=1262s this ie before they discovered a damage snapshot

[dire plaza]

Is that melee?

shatter strike is up close and personal isnt it

[hybrid schooner]

shatter strike would be if you didnt have to gigga try hard and dodge constantly

[glossy quarry]

The t-posing build

[dire plaza]

Huh would you guys say that Build Skrizzle linked is comparable or better than those maxroll builds

[molten cobalt]

mind you he worked hard on those gear pieces for a month

it is NOT a casual setup

[harsh abyss]

I don't think any mage uberroth setups could be considered 'casual'

[molten cobalt]

oh he meant the str stacking video?

[hybrid schooner]

probly

[molten cobalt]

or Skrrizzle's shatterstrike

[hybrid schooner]

ya its funny, by the time u can kill uber on mage youre pretty much full min max build

[molten cobalt]

yup

also good luck doing it without snapshotting frostwall

[hybrid schooner]

yaa not possible

breh

almost not a complete dookie

[restive rover]

How do you deal with Uber's line of poo 😦 that thing allmost insta kills me

git gud?

[hybrid schooner]

ya the poo like sucks. thats nearly every death for me.. and it just lingers so long that i keep forgetting and like teleporting into it

[restive rover]

exactly

or i'm trying to dodge something else and i hit the edge of poo

and insta die

[hybrid schooner]

ya. when he makes the poo try and range him so he charges away from it.

but you run the risk of not being next to him for burst phase when hes like suckn in fire or spitting iec

[restive rover]

right

well glad to know i'm not the only one

coming from a sentinel, definitely took poo for granted

[hybrid schooner]

nope. the poo line is dumb and the hitbox sucks

then if hes faceing upwards you can hardly tell hes doing it. the animation not noticable

[restive rover]

I want to use advent of the erased...but nib 😦

[hybrid schooner]

you going to lose gigga damage without nib. we stuck with that one

[restive rover]

yeah

Nib is both great and horrible

its too bad its what keeps your dmg viable

[hybrid schooner]

oh ya without that uber not possible

i dont map with it anymor, damage is fine there

[restive rover]

I'm playing around with a clotho - titan heart shatter strike

I think its kind of doable...