🧙┃mage

[weary hamlet]

like what is the reason to ever choose to play flamethrower fireball if it's just worse than normal fireball

or channeling LB over normal LB, much less spark charge LB

or the damage conversion in Snap Freeze

or any of the proc stuff in disintegrate

basically every skill in the game has some nodes that are a noob trap at best

and it had been this way for years

and they don't even acknowledge the issue, like none of the developers ever came out and said "if you pay a ton of points to make your skill channeled, you should do more damage than a version of the same skill without these limitations"

complete failure of basic design principles like balancing risk/reward and investment/reward

[olive iris]

Can lightning blast chain to yourself and back to the same enemy?

[weary hamlet]

no, that was fixed a few years ago

[olive iris]

I see thanks!

[half pollen]

You mean like giving flay static orb scaling for triggered skills and then also scale trigger chance with max mana, all while giving pretty much no support for any other way to build the skill?

[weary hamlet]

10 chaos bolts per second sounds too much, let's reduce that to 30

what triggers me even more about this is that they went out of their way to add a hybrid melee/spell flat affix for necrotic in this patch

but fu ck spellblades that had been wanting the same effect for elemental damage since forever

fu ck shamans with their pathetic attempts at hybrid builds

why even bother, just slap random shit into production

[left hill]

generating a lot of ward, max physical resistance, and armor applied to DOT affix

[slim cargo]

Does this new item help at all with a harbinger of stars auto meteor build? https://www.lastepochtools.com/db/items/UAwRhBZ2I

[eternal grove]

Is Lightning Blast strong? It looks fun at least

pew pew pew

[half pollen]

That depends on how you generate your mana. If its a mana strike build it helps a lot

[lofty zinc]

Hi guys, I'm playing Lightning Blast fragment of enigma build, I've got the runebolt passives to convert both fire and lightning to cold, but somehow it still counts as fire for invocation? Anyone's had this issue, any known fixes?

FOUND A FIX FOR THIS: Need to manually cast it each time you zone in, then it counts correctly as cold

[slim cargo]

I was thinking either that or fireball made to cost 0 with Cinder song

[harsh abyss]

Can confirm channeled LB is not strong enough to make up for the downsides.

[fair imp]

how do some poeple have set items as rare items on builds for example ferebor ring?

[celest rain]

Bros, help me out here, trying to make a Sorcerer Wildfire Wisp build that stacks a shit ton of Ignite, and it's actually working alright so far, but I literally cannot figure out what the last skill can use to fit into this package is

Using Flame Ward, Teleport, Black Hole, and Volcanic Orb, making tons of shrapnel to help stack/spread ignite

I cannot figure out what would be a 5th skill for this

I've tried Fireball, Frost Claw (Fire), Nova, and Meteor, and none of them really synergize great

Need some ideas

Arcane Ascendence doesn't really work because my damage is mostly DoT damage, so +Spell is worthless.

[sleek meteor]

just looked at Wildfire Embers, seems cool

[celest rain]

Oh wait a minute, I could swap passive points for Frost Wall... hmmm

[weary hamlet]

Meteor is a free 75% fire pen slot, as long as you can manage your mana

In which case you can still resort to manage tunnel

[celest rain]

Widlfire already giving you Fire Pen on your ignite

I guess that doesn't give fire pen on blackhole tho

hm

Frost Wall gives me Fire Shred which is nice

[sleek meteor]

huh

it doesnt say spells

so you could make like a spellblade with it

[celest rain]

Ye

You can make a lot of things with it

[sleek meteor]

wait

i could use it with volatile zombies on an acolyte

and heartseeker

[celest rain]

Ye gonna try Frost Wall (Fire)

Fire Shred would be nice

And Fireball is a pita to use with this

[fleet pollen]

It says "your" ignites, not your minions ones

And wildfire wisps scale with dex O_o

And they're spells

Meh

[solemn tiger]

Can i level with lightning blast? i hate swapping, and i didnt really enjoyed leveling with shattering strike

[fleet pollen]

You can level with anything, the only difference is speed

[solemn tiger]

I really wanna try out the lightning blast runemaster, but im level 89 and still didn't find enigma and mad alchemist ladle

so still playing the shattering strike, and really don't enjoy it

[fleet pollen]

Heh, enigma is important for lb build, I'd say the only required item

It's really slow without sparks

[solemn tiger]

Yeah, after like 20 ascendance glyph i gave up, and just wanna straight play it xD on fresh char cause really like to see how the leveling goes

Oh okay

[fleet pollen]

Are you CoF?

[solemn tiger]

Ye

[fleet pollen]

Try prophecies?

[solemn tiger]

Done like 10 of them so 40 catalysts

none enigma

Same for ladles, specced into them for tombs etc

done i think so many exiles but still nothing haha

[fleet pollen]

Weird, it's not that rare. Keep going for a few more I'm sure it will drop.
I mean I dropped it on my necro 2 times without looking :/

[solemn tiger]

...

Im losing my mind already haha

like looking for "common" drop for 4 days

[fleet pollen]

Mad alchemist is only from the mages inside cages, I have a lapsus and can't remember the name atm

[solemn tiger]

Ye i knot the exiled mages

[fleet pollen]

Yes ahah

[solemn tiger]

but i specced them to have them in tombs, and even the double chance

still nothing...

I just wanna one build for whole week, and i saw like this builds is quite strong, but also wanted to try the warpath vk as i haven't played it last season

but i think its weaker at least from ppl in game chat what they said

[fleet pollen]

It's weird cause I didn't find one already on my necro. Usually they drop like nothing. I remember at the end of S2 I kept getting 2-3LP in waves

[solemn tiger]

Maybe just beginner's unluck 😄

[fleet pollen]

Lb is spammy, warpath is lazy, but power is there, I mean they can both do anything. Just go with the one you get the most gear for

[solemn tiger]

Just for you personal, what can push higher? like the power creep etc?

[fleet pollen]

Warpath vk is usually better in any way

[eternal grove]

I've never played Mage before, is Lightning Blast worth it/fun or should I just go play Flay Lich lol

[fleet pollen]

I don't particularly like lb 🙁 you have to stutter and it's not really mobile

[eternal grove]

I don't mind spammy I mostly just wanna feel smooth/maybe a little OP

oh

not mobile is kinda disappointing

[solemn tiger]

Well i guess will try the VK warpath then, just to see the "power" 😄

[fleet pollen]

I mean you can teleport but it's a magic caster anyway, like warlock, you aren't a speed runner 🙂

[solemn tiger]

The mage just ate all my enthusiasm because of not having that one unique 😄

[fleet pollen]

Well....vk warpath requires a lot of gear in endgame because you need tons of mana, so mana everywhere....but outside of that it's kinda easy to start with

[solemn tiger]

Tyvm for info! if gonna get bored of vk warpath defenitely gonna give mage another try, maybe another build 😄

Tyvm for answering my questions!

[fleet pollen]

No problem 🙂

[coral thorn]

using the node to trigger the runes based on skill placement and wondering, if i used an idol to change frost wall dmg, does that change it for the runes?

[minor monolith]

i don't know if the idol would, the skills tag would have to change (but there is a point in the skill tree that does a full fire conversion so that would work)

[scenic dock]

for LB - why wouldnt you want to run Sorc with teleport+meteor for mana managemen

[slender sedge]

any spellblade enjoyers?

[uncut zealot]

for runic invoc tankiness

[indigo trellis]

Mage have any summons ?

[weary hamlet]

without jumping through excessive hoops, no

[scenic dock]

does spark charge stack? So the "final spark" node is just for burst ?

[manic bobcat]

is this good item for some mage?

[soft marlin]

good want till you get a better one

[rain pebble]

Does anyone have a good shatter strike build that can reach high corruption?

[sleek meteor]

apparently spells repeated by wildfire wisp dont benefit from the passive nodes

[harsh abyss]

fingers crossed that's a bug

[sleek meteor]

also apparently the spreading ignites dont refresh the duration

[harsh abyss]

And the radius of spread is very small, which is the more unfortunate part

Wouldn't matter if it didn't refresh the duration if they spread to half the screen like Spreading Flames

[wispy rune]

is there a list of fun builds people have been going this season?

ik of the lb one, any other fun ones? doesnt have to be meta

[cloud dew]

static orb is cool

it's harder to play but performs well, probably not a good league starter though

[wispy rune]

is that any diff from the one awhile ago?

[cloud dew]

don't need super high budget necessarily but i figure ghetto gear will struggle

[cloud dew]

yep

it uses the same tech as lb aka ladle and vilatria set bonus

otherwise a lot of other things are similar

same idols as LB too

confluence not needed anymore you have enough flat

[wispy rune]

ahh ill skip then, as i did try static orb when sorc got reworked

mainly trynna play things i havent played thus far

[cloud dew]

fair

[wispy rune]

hows hydraheon play? i didnt play that when rm was peak

[celest rain]

Rip

[weary hamlet]

yeah the item is turbo ass right now, even more broken than the frog helmet

so maybe they will fix it

once they see the player count on 29th is my guess

[sleek meteor]

if its intended to work like that then the percentages should be a lot higher

if it isnt then it might be ok once fixed

[celest rain]

Tragic

Time to make a raptor/trex build then I guess.

[weak hatch]

is there any fun viable sorcerer build?

[ivory atlas]

if i take prophetie at lvl 11 COF the effect lvl 12 ( doubled) is actualise on active prophetie or i wait for use my currency at lvl 12 ?

[south yoke]

DONT BE JELAOUS

[gilded birch]

Does runebolt sometimes bug for anyone else? Sometimes when entering a new zone it will count as fire for invocation even when converted to cold unless i cast it first. Also sometimes it gets stuck and won't cast, and i have to switch it out of my hotbar and back in before i can cast it again

[sour trellis]

Very jealous

[rich wadi]

Is trading possible?
I heard they were going to make it possible to trade w a friend if u played long enough.
If so, I need legacy friends w good sorc shit

[small rover]

Have to play with and kill enemies a lot to be able to trade old items to other players, as you play with people you can freely gift items back and forth that drop while in the same map

Otherwise you have the merchants guild that is a trade hub with spending gold for gear

[rich wadi]

Oh shit where is this hub?
I just wasted 115k on a stash tab cuz I'm lazy

So it's good that I have 27 stash tabs full of stuff?

Almost a full page of keys

[small rover]

It’s in the desert
Just north of town

[rich wadi]

Okay thanks

[small rover]

#💰┃merchants-guild has more info

[rich wadi]

North of which town? I havent played in years

[small rover]

After you defeat lagon, keep following story, it goes into desert

[rich wadi]

I'm level 100 I prob did that?

[small rover]

Are you playing in standard/offline mode?

[rich wadi]

I play legacy

[small rover]

Alright, see if you can finish the story on your character, head to the town before lagon, and see if you can continue it
Otherwise you may not be able to access it

Legacy is generally abandoned by the majority of the playerbase when a new league launches, which the latest one did last week

[rich wadi]

Yeah I saw a lot of viewers for it on Twitch, but I hate starting over

How do I find the minority

I want to find good stuff but my odds are better if I have people to play with consistently

My quest is journey across the desert

I don't know how to get there lol

[small rover]

Should be a entrance to the next part at the northern end of the town before lagon

Speak to Horton

[olive iris]

Is there any way to specifically tune down the lightning blast SFX, I'm going mad hahaha

[shut iris]

If I’m starting as mage and want to use mainly elemental nova, do I stick to one elemental nova or I choose fire, ice and lightning?

[harsh abyss]

My recommendation would be to start with lightning and get the spark charge node filled up (for 100% chance) then get the AOE node and the node that isn't on one of the branches that gives more AOE and damage.

Eventually you'll use a unique helmet to go tri-element, but that will carry you through most of the game.

[weary hamlet]

the best advice is to avoid elemental nova lol

[echo heart]

That bad?

[weary hamlet]

can't think of a worse skill on mage. Maybe if you try to use snap freeze for damage?

[harsh abyss]

The snap freeze lightning conversion is definitely worse

My ele nova + gordian prism build last league was plenty good. I never got around to gearing it to get to Aberroth level though.

Actually, thinking about it that build would hugely benefit from the new Vilatria tech. You'd probably still use a crafted staff to let you use the helm. But that much flat lightning when you're scaling all elements anyway and want to stack craptons of Int would be great.

You could drop the staff in favor of Ladle, obviously, but losing out on 6 levels of nova and the DR and stuff would kinda suck.

[echo heart]

Is that better, or worse, than Mana Guide + Focus + Arcane Ascendance?

[harsh abyss]

I'd personally say it's better, but that might just be preference

I find "channel forever" builds to be hella boring

[quasi coral]

i always take the FIRE nova first for the blasting at where the pointer is , not around myself

after fire its often lighting for the channel indeed

but for mge disintegrade and lightning blast it mostly my meat and bread , especaily later where LB is a side effect on many of my other spells

[slim hedge]

hey guys,
Do you know if Truesight Glass's Deadly Strike works with Runemaster's Vilatria's Storm Lance, which has 100% base crit%?

[echo heart]

Sounds like it should

[coral thorn]

is there a way to build static into a full fire mage build? like make it a boss nuker while building everything else fire? thinking of using it with my ignite fire build so i can also use it to trigger hydras

[weary hamlet]

I don't think that static has any fire synergy worth notice

[coral thorn]

i'm not trying to use it as a syngery. just a boss nuker. but i plan on leaning heavily into fire damage so i'm worried it wont have the damage. i'm looking at using the node that turns ri into cooldown instead of a mana cost so i need elec fire fire skills

[weary hamlet]

that's what I meant - it doesn't have a fire conversion, it doesn't scale with anything related to fire damage, and it doesn't have any dot components that could scale with the stats you use for ignite

if you just need to fill a slot for RI with a lightning spell, convert your flame shield

[coral thorn]

again... i'm not using it as something for ignite. literally was thinking of using it as an i tap to nuke a boss. other than that it just sits on the bar. everything else would be defensive or ignites. main skill would be fireball with using runic invocation to trigger hydras. was thinking static/electric skill, flame rush, glyph with fire conversion and ward generation. my problem is the first skill needing to be electric or i trade out fireball for runebolt. but i did want to lean into ignite/spreading flames so i can shoot off fireball/ignite skill and just have it spread through mobs

[weary hamlet]

but you won't "nuke" the boss if you don't scale it, it's gonna be a waste of a skill slot in your build

[coral thorn]

that's the worry

[weary hamlet]

if you just need a lightning spell on your hotbar for immutable order, flame shield is right there, you already spec it and it's 1 skill point to convert

[coral thorn]

considering i usually just spec flame ward for autocast on stun, and defensive stuff as an oh crap skill, wouldn't be hard

would it be worth it to add stuff for lightning aegis buffs?

[fair imp]

Can lightning blast build do uber abberoth?

[coral thorn]

you talking the lighting blast mad mage build?

[fair imp]

Yes

The first runemaster build on ladders

[coral thorn]

if it's the top build, then i'd definitely assume so

[cunning hawk]

anyone else had a bug, where runic invocation counts runebolt as fire, no matter if you take the nodes for lightning or cold in the tree? - it worked for a few echos, and now its just perma stuck to fire, even tried respeccing the skill completly and allocated to both cold and lightning - just counts as fire for some reason - edit: if anyone else encounters this, respec it competly - take both cold and fire nodes, test that it actually works. respec it again to cold - and that resolved it for me.

[warped crow]

is the new wand like actually any good for anything?

[wispy rune]

any9ne got flame reave planner?

and how does it compare to shatterstrike?

[shut iris]

What’s a skill for mage I can use then? Like something as my main dmg

[weary hamlet]

most other damage skills are not as egregiously bad as nova so you can (more) safely choose them

[stark elk]

Has anyone tested the jagged veil passive yet? Not sure if it's still bugged

[tall dust]

Hydrahedron still good?

[rustic scaffold]

what was bugged with it? I specced into it thinking it's a good addition

[midnight pine]

Did you think it's possible to make a bleed Frost claw with new primordial gloves ? Im fear about no more or penetration in frost claw :/

[unborn ravine]

Does the flame wisp primordial work with runes?

[rustic scaffold]

I really wanna try that flame wisp primordial, curious how it fairs lol

[shy shell]

Maybe someone here can help, I am struggling with surviving using pinchingloafs LB Runemaster... I think the twisted heart is draining too much life too fast - am I supposed to counteract this somehow, eg using spell leech?

[stiff panther]

Does he have leech on it? IK Twisted Heart converts part of your current health into ward on spellcast and lightning has some access to leech on both the tree and affixes

[somber merlin]

Does anyone have a disintegrate build I could follow? I wanna be a Death Star again

[frigid saffron]

best way to convert mana strike to fire?

[tough siren]

any Mage build compare to damage and tankiness of vk smite? wanna try another build thats tanky but not a minion build?

[weary hamlet]

yeah the log out - new character - sentinel build

[weary hamlet]

basically the only disintegrate build that's remotely on par is the sacrificial embrace on spellblade

if you just build dinsintegrate straight as the developers intended you'll be doing 25% the dps of a bad build and maybe 5% of a good build

[somber merlin]

Ugh

I had so much fun with disintegrate a couple years ago

[weary hamlet]

basically it was mid when you could abuse amulet + ignivars which was bugged (or "bugged" if you will) but ever since the fix/comp "buff" it's been pretty damn bad

like they could just double its baseline damage and scaling and it would still be mid

at best

and I wouldn't be surprised if they nerfed this interaction too

like make sac embrace only apply to skills that can crit or something

you are still doing 100 times less damage than eq bear but whatever your build is "bugged"

meanwhile literally hundreds of bugged builds and interactions: I sleep

[naive falcon]

So… is flamereave still good? 🤨 wanting to make a build around it but having some difficulty clearing.

[eternal mason]

whats the best mage build rn?

[somber merlin]

Mid was still fun, wish it could at least be usable

[weary hamlet]

it should not be terrible but it's not on par with SS

[weary hamlet]

well its usable with the sac embrace build, you kill normal aby in about 40-50 sec

but without it you do like 25% of the damage

[somber merlin]

Can you link the build by chance?

[noble reef]

It's one of my fav builds, just go sorc, stack lot of mana, take the lightning node that gives more dmg with mana and use a gate stuff

[somber merlin]

Gate stuff?

[noble reef]

Staff sry lol

The typo was real

Gate Staff - Two-Handed Staff - Last Epoch Item Database https://share.google/Mp2oWr1BYo16iYoSl

This base, best flat base dmg

Affixes : mana & mana & more mana. If you lock 1, elemental dmg overtime

Defensively i relied on dmg to mana cause you can't generate so much ward like a meteor build. Because mana for a sorc comes from ward to mana spent and you don't spend much mana

Only the disintegrate initial cost

So dmg to mana and armor (don't forget the armor while channeling blessing

Idols, guess what? Mana

[weary hamlet]

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

[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) / Sorcerer (10) / Spellblade (54) / Runemaster (29)

General:

▸ Health: 2,033, Regen: 34.5/s
▸ Mana: 305.53, Regen: 15.04/s
▸ Ward Retention: 526%, Regen: 499/s
▸ Attributes: 29 Str / 51 Dex / 214 Int / 29 Att / 34 Vit
▸ Resistances: 113% / 80% / 118% / 108% / 97% / 149% / 99%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 60%, Threshold: 571
▸ Dodge Chance: 9% (282)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 27% (1,223)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 12%

Used skills:

Lightning Blast / Surge / Flame Ward / Static / Disintegrate

[noble reef]

You get class ones with armor and mana % plus weaver small ones with flat mana

[noble reef]

A totally different approach but i guess you gonna follow this one and my words are wasted lmao

[shy shell]

He specs leech off lightning in the sorc tree - turns out, it is enough, IF you have the blood mage glove (which didnt drop for me forever)

[stone rapids]

this wasn’t even like it was super op or anything i’m still really not sure i agree with that change after all this time

[weary hamlet]

eh the change itself is whatever - or rather would be if they buffed the damage back to the same level as the build was already fairly mid

but they didn't even do that

[stone rapids]

it was like the one moment that disintegrate was allowed to have a modicum of relevance and then it got nuked never to be seen again

[junior coral]

best mage build atm?

[weary hamlet]

lb spark charge prolly

[stone rapids]

shatter strike probably still highest dps, lightning blast looks pretty balanced in terms of strengths and weaknesses

in fact i’m fairly certain shatter strike is still the highest damage depending on how squishy you go, but lb is much easier to make a setup that balances high damage while being easier to make tanky

[wispy rune]

im playing shatterstrike and can confirm, i feel squishy

[stone rapids]

you can get tanky on shatter it just takes more investment than a lot of other builds

[wispy rune]

i was dying to my bleed before 😂 fun time

[harsh abyss]

I'm trying out my vilatria melee spark charge build atm, we'll see how it goes.

[harsh owl]

are there any meteor sorcerer viable builds around?

I cant find any

Only one I have found is glacier sorc build which is just not fun for me

[wispy rune]

any flamereave builds?

[sour trellis]

Tried mage this season and MG for first time . LB is fun soo far , 300c and still gearing .. will try min max to see how it goes in the coming weeks

MG is new to me I’ve always been cof .. hoping to find some nice items to sell so I can buy lp3 gear to test this build at higher corrupton

[willow marsh]

Who else is not allowed to use the bazaar?

[uncut zealot]

exiled mages feels nerfed.....

i cannot find a ladle ot save my life

but this spark charge build is stupid strong lol

im like 0 for 100 on the ladle and im 0 for like 17 on the relic from reign of dragons........ wtf is this

[native wadi]

We got any sorc season 3 builds

[edgy cargo]

anyone a spell blade shatter strike?

[uncut zealot]

bruh these MAGES ARE NOT DROPPING THE WAND

[shut iris]

What’s a good skill to use as mage if not elemental nova

[alpine summit]

Glacier

[hollow totem]

What's the fastest leveling setup for mage? End goal is to run lightning runemaster.

[austere locust]

Does it make sense to run a Runemaster with +damage to all 3 elements or just focus on one?

[bitter ledge]

it depends on the value of increased damage and what skills you using for leveling

[idle shard]

Is Meteor still shit?

[wispy rune]

i am?

[twilit zinc]

Heya, anyone know a shatter strike leveling guide?

[edgy cargo]

I lowkey need help

cus uhh

ijm lvl 86 now doing empowered echose and lwk getin stomped a lil

my damage is good but i die horrendesly quick

new player tho

[wispy rune]

need to basically spec defensively, the class has heaps of dmg but ow survivability

[edgy cargo]

Hmm alright is there any armors or anythign to get for better defense currently

this is what i have rn

[wispy rune]

red ring ofc good, shattered chains good

its also just about attributes

[edgy cargo]

want me to show attri and the resistances i have?

[wispy rune]

go for it

[wispy rune]

res's are low, armour is very low, your ward ret could be higher but it looks like youre going for halth regen idols instead? your stats are also kinda low

also raw hp is low

[edgy cargo]

I have health regeneration idols cus thats lowkey what ive been getting the whole time and ig it helps with the set boost

[wispy rune]

if ur going down that path id swap for the prim ring instead of relic

[edgy cargo]

so i should get more hp affixes for my armor pieces?

[wispy rune]

nib relic is really an insane amount of dmg

[wispy rune]

hybrid hp is goated

[edgy cargo]

alr bet

also im only really running the set piece until i can finally get my hands on eye of reen

which im getting shafted for hella rn

[wispy rune]

i havent bee able to get one either lmao

65+ runes of asc and nothin

[edgy cargo]

damn

[wispy rune]

deffo put on nib if u have it

the dmg diff is insane and allows you to focus more defensive

[edgy cargo]

I have not gotten a nib yet

[wispy rune]

sad, ive only gotten one and its rolled very poorly

[edgy cargo]

ill add relic prophecies so i can try to get it

[wispy rune]

i got a red ring before i got eye of reen 🥲

[edgy cargo]

dayum 😭

how far are you into the build? like lvl wise and such

[wispy rune]

lvl 93

[edgy cargo]

oh damn

[wispy rune]

this my setup atm, still cant find shattered chains lmao

[edgy cargo]

what does shattered chains drop from ?

also can you show attr so i know what i need to get up to

[wispy rune]

mines still low, i have a bunch of gear with like t7 attunement sitting in bank so i can attribute swap, but i cant find the woven echo

[edgy cargo]

Oh damn ok

[edgy cargo]

attribute swap?

like slamming lp or is attri swap different

[wispy rune]

there is a woven echo to swap them

e.g t7 int into t7 attunement

[weary wagon]

are u in merchant guild?

[wispy rune]

no

[weary wagon]

ah ok i was gna say ill just give u one

got like 6 of em

[edgy cargo]

WOW so uhh as you were talking about the nib

i just got it

randomly

[wispy rune]

huge, its a massive dps increase, just be careful not to kill yourself

[edgy cargo]

ohhh ok

it has some low rolls

[wispy rune]

thats fine, still massive

[edgy cargo]

but i got 1 lp on it👀

Yippe

[wispy rune]

this is mine lmao

[edgy cargo]

ahh damn

wait

lmao we got the same rolls

except crit

[wispy rune]

yea turbo bad, but still worth

[edgy cargo]

yeah imma use it see how it goes

oh also should i try to slam this into it or nah?

[wispy rune]

up2u

[edgy cargo]

alr

Got eye of reen

FINALLY

[wispy rune]

share? please?

😂

[edgy cargo]

I would if i could man

i got most high rolls and 1 lp

[wispy rune]

time to take prophecies for it

[edgy cargo]

i got mine from a prophecie

[echo heart]

Playing spellblade for the first time

There's so much Ward generation wth

I can see why Humming Bee and Chronostasis exist

[haughty fable]

Same here! Absolute blast. Any tips on crafting the helmet or ring? How do you craft a 'reforged' helmet with vilatria bonus? With int, lightning blast 4 and health?

[hot heath]

get a helm with open prefix and a T7 affix, and ideally the prefix is a stat or you just start with empty prefixes

craft vilatria, seal it, craft lb/int prefixes

havoc the t7 onto LB

and you can use the woven echo to change the prefix stat if its something besides int

[haughty fable]

Wow thanks 👍,

[glossy quarry]

sounds hard but it is easy, and make sure the helm is giga chad mage helm base for more mana

I believe frozen sentinel or pinching loaf have a crafting guide on them too

pinching loaf is the tankier version of the lightning blast mage

[hot heath]

yeah the base type is nice to have but its a very big power spike so just try to make it as soon as you can

you can always remake it on the correct base later on

[haughty fable]

How about the ring ? I think it was orebor

[hot heath]

ferebor you can just find a ring with a T7 stat pretty easily or you can just havoc a T7 onto a stat

and then you can just craft the ferebor on it

it gives int so its okay to keep it

or you can seal the ferebor and try to craft a +dmg roll instead

[glossy quarry]

why does he need ferebor

its a totem ring

you mean the ancient ring?

[hot heath]

its a set bonus for primordial unique ring

so its +1 skill and int

[haughty fable]

Ferebor he gets spell damage and int t7

Thanks

[glossy quarry]

oh, I thought red ring of alaria would be good base tho

thats a nice addition

ferebor

[hot heath]

yeah i mean you can use red rings but the lightning blast build requires a lot of +skill points so

I have 31 skill points in my LB and i could still use some more

[glossy quarry]

bro needs

40 skill points

[fair imp]

Lightning blast build which affixes to put on wand

Crit multiplier and what else? Got 3lp

[haughty fable]

he says crit multi, crit spell and lightning pen

[fair imp]

Ok thanks

Got lucky sold some idol for 7m so now i can gear up finally

[haughty fable]

what was it roll?

[fair imp]

Dont remember tbh

It was aegis and smth else

I guess its for lightning blast build

[haughty fable]

ah maybe aegis and the mana 300

has anyone tried both the LB runebolt and the bina non runebolt build?

bina says his one is more qol without runebolt, as he takes glacier instead for teleports and gets mana regen on his belt and ring. (instead of health and spell dmg)

[fair imp]

i got this drop

just now

u think its also worth a lot?

[haughty fable]

nice yeah alot

[tawny fjord]

is it even possible to get 2k ward per second?

I'm trying to theorycraft a shattered lance Mage and Chronostasis caught my eye but it seems like keeping the amount of ward you need to make that viable is a fools errand

[frigid saffron]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/QdOm3OOA

[silk pewter]

Spellblade, Level 73

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Beneath Ancient Skies / 1.3

Class:

Mage (28) / Spellblade (58)

General:

▸ Health: 1,583, Regen: 16.22/s
▸ Mana: 233.06, Regen: 11.04/s
▸ Ward Retention: 54%, Regen: 26/s
▸ Attributes: 8 Str / 8 Dex / 27 Int / 8 Att / 8 Vit
▸ Resistances: 88% / 71% / 51% / 20% / 84% / 8% / 122%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 23%, Threshold: 317
▸ Dodge Chance: 5% (83)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 12% (210)

Used skills:

Flame Reave / Mana Strike / Elemental Nova / Enchant Weapon / Surge

[frigid saffron]

help making my character tankier?

[rapid basalt]

im struggling to push my meteor through the endgame.. i know its trash, but i kinda like it! im not tanky enough...

[weary hamlet]

yes, be a primalist and use the new primal offhand. What else did you expect after all, that ward would mostly be found on the premiere ward class the mage? Ha-ha

[weary hamlet]

meteor is not trash tier, it should be a reasonably good build. At least up to 500-600 and normal aby. It ain't ele nova

what are you running for defenses?

[rapid basalt]

Armour and ward retention

[rapid basalt]

that was my second option for planning an autocast 😄

[tawny fjord]

@weary hamlet well that sucks, can't do the build im planning with that relic

[weary hamlet]

autocast isn't bad but that's a frost claw build, not a nova build

for direct self-cast nova is the worst damage skill on mage and it's not close

yeah even black hole does damage these days, its problem is cooldown/coverage

[rapid basalt]

that new primal you say? thats where i was heading lol

[rapid basalt]

but besides ward and ward retention, how to make him tankier? armor? evasion rating?

[sour trellis]

It’s best to find an exalted helm or ring with an open slot . Preferably a t7 t6 +

Then do the echo to smash set items . Then you can add to ring and helm .

Best to despair at t2 t3 to be safe and seal it .

Then add what you need like int or lightning blast then havoc the t7 t6 onto them , probably need item with 40+ FP to be safe ..

It’s not easy to get a good helm or ring and expensive if MG and probably need a few tries to get a really nice item .

But to start any slam is fine to get the extra attributes and int .. then you can gear up like I am and try to min max as you go

[sour trellis]

Ahh sorry didn’t see you replied

[sour trellis]

You don’t need mana for the helm ,

[hot heath]

the mana roll is nice for getting over 300 mana and also for some mana sustain so you dont have to runebolt as much

assuming u have the idols anyway

[sour trellis]

You get 300-350 easily without mana on helm .

[hot heath]

my gear is quite good and im sitting at around 330 with helmet

[sour trellis]

Is your crit chance 100%

[hot heath]

yeah

theres not a ton of ways to get mana outside of high roll on unstable core

[sour trellis]

Ok need sleep , tomorrow my focus is trying to get a lp3 ladle

Killed soo many mages and only 3 drops

All trash

[long shadow]

You guys running lightning blast?

[glossy quarry]

is just best looking helm

unless mtx

but bruh there is no good mtx without looking like a shiny knight with WINGS (cringe) of those tryhard mmorpgs

I wish there was simple mtx

or transmog

[twilit zinc]

Any shatter strike user here? ;D

[echo heart]

So I'm doing a Flame Reave builds
and I have the "chance to cast Frost Claw on melee hit" passive+node
But is it just me, or is the Frost Claw damage just... not worth it?
The damage feels really low even if I pick up the melee to spell damage conversion node
(new to spellblade)

[queen mason]

@weary hamlet Do the amount of bones available in ancient caves/from rift beasts scale with corruption?

[edgy cargo]

👋

[weary hamlet]

sure seems so from my experience

[harsh abyss]

Frost Claw does poor damage if you don't pick up the nodes in it that make it hit multiple times, which make it cost a lot of mana.

[echo heart]

I think I know the one you're talking about
I think I'll ditch the skill
the slot and mana could be better used elsewhere

[harsh abyss]

Yeah, you have to build kind of specifically to make triggered spells worth it.

[twilit zinc]

can ya mayhaps help me out with my build?

[wispy rune]

is flame reave jusy a worse version of shatterstrike?

[fierce phoenix]

has anyone tried the wildfire embers on a fire mage? how does it work?

[edgy cargo]

I’ll be able to a little bit

Sorry for late response I’m out busy rn

[covert cave]

anyone having fun with sorc this season? thinking of rerolling it next but i dont wanna play glacier again

[radiant hollow]

I dont have the mad laddie wand to use for lightning blast build but got the prism thing for spark.
So iswitched from scatter spell blade to it.
Is the laddie top piority on getting rn?

[covert cave]

want to craft a fun fire build but im worried its junk rn

[fierce phoenix]

I had an idea to go righteous fire with the wildfire embers but im not sure if it will work

[radiant hollow]

The mad alchemist laddie. Is normal or exalted wand good for now or should i have waited :00

[simple rapids]

oop thought this was lfg

[harsh abyss]

If you're playing a build that scales flat damage via some other means (vilatria with ring, focus energy overflow, etc), then ladle is good. But if you're doing a more 'regular' build, other wands can be more damage because of the flat they add.

[uncut zealot]

What’s the drop chances of the ladle…..?

I’ve done easily 100+ mages without a single one lol

[sour trellis]

Nice 20m right there maybe 40 … ahh its cof

[simple rapids]

what are best 3 stats on mad alchemist ladle?

[simple rapids]

wish i could buy this

[warped crow]

depends on your build

but usually cast speed and crit chance are the top 2

[rustic scaffold]

So if I'm getting popped almost immediately, should I be focusing on getting more endurance on a mage? I typically thought it was ward but I'm being violated lol.

[echo heart]

Isn't endurance pretty much pointless for a Ward user?

It only affects HP damage, right?

[rustic scaffold]

That's what I thought, but I'm being 1 tapped even through my ward on just base empowered monos. Was wondering if endurance would help at all lol.

[echo heart]

Oh, I keep hearing that damage scaling is kinda screwed this season

Could be that

A fix is otw

[rustic scaffold]

But alas just seems like I'll have to go back and tune my gear on non empowered for now then fix up my build lol.

I'm getting hit for like 3-4k and then like 2-3k overkills and I'm just like nice™

[echo heart]

I'd pursue other avenues of EHP before endurance

[rustic scaffold]

Yeah I was just curious if it had any real benefit to mage. I'll just stick to tinkering lol

[wraith hollow]

I love lightning blast!

scc + sd + ld + int + cs = fun times

[fiery belfry]

Will frozen Sentinel be updating his build at all?

[twilit zinc]

Good morning ;D

[subtle quartz]

Hello, does anyone have any planners for the Legends Entwined set ring theorycrafted planners?

I was wondering if it had any potential or was waste of time

n evermind had a look at a few planners it looks like it sucks

[edgy cargo]

oh yooo

What did you need help with on shatter strike

[wheat ravine]

Is the wildfire embers item useful, or crap? Debating between fire mage and ice for a 2nd char. Views appreciated...

[twilit zinc]

can i dm ya?

[cloud dew]

heard it's either bugged or poorly designed

seems not useful atm? wisp recasts seem to not use your skill tree

[wheat ravine]

Damn that's dissappointing. It looked potentially very cool.

[wheat ravine]

Any word on any of the other items in general (dot build ones, if there are any).

[cloud dew]

like bugged ones?

don't think i have anything particular to say about other items

[edgy cargo]

yeah

[weary hamlet]

check back next monday they are gonna be fixing it

and in another week they are probably gonna buff mage too

[full bluff]

I have a stupid idea for a runemaster bleed build with Carrion of Creation ...

If only the cap on symbol of demise was a bit higher 🙂

[twilit zinc]

check dm

[desert reef]

Is there a static orb build for uber Abby? Considering trying mage and wondering if anyone has tried this

[left hill]

did Mike say something? or just speculating/hoping?

[weary hamlet]

Jonathan said 0.3 releases on friday, by monday Mike is gonna see the player count and start actually fixing shit

[left hill]

ah

[wheat ravine]

Anyone got a suggestion for a good fire-based mage leveling build?

Something like Fireball, Fire Wall, something like that?

Link ideally, but any comments appreciated.

[wispy rune]

wheres my eye of reen 😭

[edgy cargo]

I got 2 more yesterday 😭

Sorry bro I might be taking your eye off reens

[wispy rune]

i got a 2nd red ring 😭

[edgy cargo]

BRUH

so we’re taking each others items 😭

[wispy rune]

cant believe i cant get a simple item lmao

[wispy rune]

FINALLY!

[edgy cargo]

NICE

bro im like stuck on what i need to do rn

i need to get the chest piece from stolen lance timeline boss but he wont drop it

cant kill harbingers because not enough damage and i get oneshot

[wispy rune]

i made some insane progress today 😂

[edgy cargo]

Huge W

[wispy rune]

need to work on a new chestplate and belt

[edgy cargo]

are you able to kill harbingers?

[wispy rune]

yea, tho my corruption is higher than they require so its annoying

[edgy cargo]

i lowkey am gonna start tweaking

ive hit a wall

[wispy rune]

current stats if interested

[edgy cargo]

wait DAYUM

you way more crit chance than me and a bit more attack speed

we have around the same health tho

[wispy rune]

you want a lot of attackspeed and crit

[edgy cargo]

how tf did you get so much attribute stats tho

[wispy rune]

+dex on like everything

[edgy cargo]

cus i still have these stats rn

[wispy rune]

red ring +4 all
boots of mountain +12 all
bone clamour +7 dex/int
velocyns +15 dex

[edgy cargo]

oh i have a low roll on my boots

[wispy rune]

i also did just slam several t7 dex's

[edgy cargo]

ohh ok

imma need to get more dex exalteds

is that how your crit rate shot up?

cus isnt there a passive we have that gives us crit for how much dex we have

[wispy rune]

i had it high prior, this made it higher yea

[edgy cargo]

yeah

imma need to get me more dex

did you get + dex on all your armors?

[wispy rune]

boots/ring./ring yes

[edgy cargo]

damn

[wispy rune]

i have a relic there ready with t7 dex, but i need a 1lp nib

[edgy cargo]

wait so did your red rings come with lp?

[wispy rune]

1st didnt, 2nd did

[edgy cargo]

damn

[wispy rune]

so slammed t7 dex on that baby

[edgy cargo]

time to spam exalted prophecies

i need to increase my rank tho

im only rank 9

[wispy rune]

speak of the devil, surely egg for 1lp

[edgy cargo]

W

[wispy rune]

acceptable

[edgy cargo]

how do i get hella more favor and rep for cof?

[wispy rune]

man i lost so much attackspeed

old and new, yikes

[runic brook]

I want to use other channeling skills while moving around using Mana Guide items, but is it impossible to use 2 channeling skills at the same time?

[steady pewter]

Quick EN question; is it possible to get its cost above 40?

[muted chasm]

friends, what are good viable endgame builds, that are not lightning blast or shatter builds?

i kinda want something d2 sorceress like

i tried lightning blast and shatter strike, both were kinda boring

[fair imp]

Why does lightning blast use that totem set ring?

[muted chasm]

you will get +skills

legends entwined ring + ferebor ring = skills

[fair imp]

Yes i understand that but thought there would be some other set ring instead of that

I guess there is none to help the build

[muted chasm]

Legends Entwined is the Primordial Unique for this build. It completes both the Vilatria's and Ferebor Sets. You can obtain their Set Shards in
The Great Bridge. The Ferebor Set is used to provide a valuable +Level to Skills.

[fair imp]

Where to get drop for bridge

That spider things?

[full bluff]

Volcanic orb is an option if you want to play something like D2 frozen orb

[muted chasm]

That sounds cool
Is there any build guide? I don’t see one on maxroll

[full bluff]

I made a demo video of how it works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYyd2_oc5Q4&t=10s, not really a guide, but gives you an idea where to start. I play fire version myself, but cold works well too

the odd thing is that when you keep moving for clearing the orbs end up being behind you. In the D2 style frozen orb the orbs were always spamming in front 🙂

[muted chasm]

Thank you

[fair imp]

which affix is best for lightning blast amulet?

spell critical strike?

[steady pewter]

I assume if you're wearing Crest of Unity elemental nova scales with spell/elemental/fire/lightning/cold? What's the actual damage type on a cast?

[rustic scaffold]

How important is ward decay threshold compared to retention?

[harsh abyss]

They do different things. Decay threshold rasies your "zero" ward to the threshold level, where retention slows the rate at which your ward decays.

Technically decay threshold is better, but you won't really find that you have to choose between the two

[low goblet]

Is anyone here playing a Mage build that isn't lightning blast that they've gotten to like... 300+ Corruption and/or cleared Abby?

[rustic scaffold]

I see, alright guess I'm in a bit of a pickle with ward generation then lol.

[tender wolf]

Clearing normal abby and 300 corruption is doable on most skills it's just that some need way more investment than others

[low goblet]

Fair, and I suppose I can use my current character (absolutely brainless OP Reflect Paladin) to farm up the gear and just... pick what's fun to play?

I'm ultimately seeking anything else that has flow/tempo/lack of manual targeting that Harvest Flay has, but is maybe tankier.

[rustic scaffold]

I'm trying to make a volcanic orb ignite build work with the amulet 🤝

it is not working sadly 😂

[low goblet]

The Wildfire amulet? I've heard very disappointing things sadly :\

I would absolutely love ailment proliferation

[rustic scaffold]

yeah I'm still gonna give it a shot, but not expecting much out of it

The main issue I'm hitting is..not dying in 1 tap sadly. Ward generation is being a rough one with this

[noble reef]

I'm not playing right now but a fun sorc build is lightning meteors

Using vilatra shard on helm and staff

[low goblet]

int stack, trigger meteors on crit?

[noble reef]

Yeah and you also kinda spam them then focus

Stacking mana doesn't boost directly anything in that build but with some good amount of mana/regen you stop to use focus less

[wild nymph]

so what skills consume / can consume runes from runic evocation? aside from runebolt's runestone? (pls @ me, thanks)

[noble reef]

Defensively is about ward on mana spent since you burn so much mana

Idk which primordial you could go for, maybe primordial exalted is your best option

Or the ring counting as a set item

For extra +1 skill and free 1 slot from vilatra

[wooden monolith]

Anyone got a good Glacier Sorc guide? Finding Maxroll one a bit meh

[weary hamlet]

glyph of dominion, and those nodes are also run in a lot of glyph builds as they are pretty good

if you are using those and invo specced for teleport you aren't even missing on much since speccing the teleport itself feels omega bad

and you only do that if you legit don't have anything to spec in your build

[wild nymph]

im trying to figure out what would be a consistent Rune "consumer", only found Runebolt "runestone" so far
Glyph of dominion doesnt proc Runic Ivocation for me with the "chance to also cast corresponding evocation when consume runes", the issue seems to be that casting Glyph doesnt give any runes, by itself, so i'd need a filer skill to get runes

[weary hamlet]

casting glyph should give you runes but not with those nodes talented, so of course you'll need a builder skill. You'll probably want it anyways to trigger various procs in the rm tree

[wild nymph]

wdym "not with those nodes talented" ?

[weary hamlet]

I'm pretty sure that if you have the glyph consumes runes nodes it stops generating runes itself

at least from the last time I played that build

[scenic dock]

why is the lb runemaster build using glacier for teleport instead of flame rush?

[weary hamlet]

flame rush must be the shittiest, wonkiest movement skill in the game

I will never play a build where I have to use it for movement

or for any other reason

whoever designed it can feel free to flame rush up my asshole

at least it doesn't disconnect you on use half of the time anymore

[scenic dock]

while thats true flame rush delivers a lot of dmg mitigation where glacier doesntt

[proven haven]

And like 300 ward, pretty low cooldown, any elemental typing, frenzy. It's janky but still my fav mage tp

[scenic dock]

yes, thats why im asking. I mean i hate its being janky af, but it is only like 2s cd while my glacier is still a little bit less than 5s

guess ill try out which one suits me best

[proven haven]

You can also use runic teleport node. It's instant and at least before it would let you pass through a lot of terrain. Also frees up another bar spot for utility

If just spamming CFC anyway it's fine, kinda long cookdown for dedicated traversal though

[scenic dock]

Yea thats not really an option. After switching to flame rush i remembered why i was running glacier

its mostly due to mana, spamming flame rush drains it pretty quickly that im just eating through my potions

maybe ill try out teleport tomorrow while using the rune of winter node on mage passives. This way i will still have CFC runes

[proven haven]

It kinda bricks your adaptive spell damage to not work with your shred, shock, pen, increased lightning damage, lightning multi, etc. Anymore

[scenic dock]

I am not sure i understand. Isnt spark charge your main source of dmg? Why does the lb element matter

[weary hamlet]

they nerfed the terrain bypass but I've heard that they unnerfed it again with a new bug

[warped crow]

when does the wildfire ammy get good? uwu

[warped crow]

sad

they should just make that intended ... and only bug fix out of bounds stuff

but even that i miss exploring outside the map with aerial assault lel

[sudden gull]

Which sword do you hate the most?

[glossy quarry]

What??

Oh, rainbow blade

Bro

I didnt meant that as

xd

[sudden gull]

I set myself up. I blame myself...

[glossy quarry]

Dont edit

[sudden gull]

Done

[warped crow]

rainbow obviously ye

if its not rainbow then its battlemage

its just a worse daggorath or whatever its called

[south yoke]

between bd and mana flay whats better for map and bossing? @spare glen

[warped crow]

probably flay

just because you move with your attack

alot

[spare glen]

flay is a bit faster

[wild nymph]

ruined

[shut iris]

What can I do with weapons and armor I don’t want cause they don’t sell for much gold

[nimble shoal]

Leave them on the floor unless they have rare affixes you want to shatter

[steady pewter]

is the only way to get E Nova above 40 cost to wear the 50% cost increase shield and use Ascendence?

[twilit zinc]

anyone farming cemetery and i could tag along to try and get a scisor of atropos?

[spring gorge]

Hey
How would you procced to get a wand with
Crit multi/ spell crit / shred armor or chance to slow

my plan is to seal "ignite " > craft multi / chance to slow >rune of havoc to get crit +spell crit T7 and pray with a glyph of chaos ?

[wild nymph]

anybody ever played with runebolt? is there a way to make it hit enemies in close range, instead of having fixed detonation range about a screen long? (pls @ me, thanks)

[warped crow]

you just ignore it

you go strength stack ... you make the little turret things

just spam the screen

[weary hamlet]

I played VO/RB last patch and RB was hitting mobs in close proximity just fine, is it some specific element of that skill that isn't working?

[twilit zinc]

anyone have lostwood folly woven echo ? need scissors of atropos 😄

[proud swift]

Does Volatile Zombies being summoned through harvest proc the bonus from Veins of Malice from the Necromancer passive tree?

[edgy cargo]

i got my dex up

my dmg goin crazy now

gonna still get higher dex tho

[wispy rune]

just need more attackspeed and defences now!

[edgy cargo]

Indeed

[thin valve]

Hi all, can someone please ELI5 how to correctly setup the set ring and set helmet for the @proven haven build? https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/planner/fb6c90qy#3

Do I need to break the set items (helmet, ring) in the Great Bridge Woven first and then what? Sorry for the newbie question.

[proven haven]

Yes. Get ring with T7 int or havoc craft any T7 to int by crafting on int, then add set shard affix

[queen mason]

Do set affix count as sealed affix?

No idea can set affix slam on an unique

[thin valve]

Not only exalted and rare. Also important to note that you need an open affix, either prefix or suffix. I wasn't aware, had an item with an open suffix, but the Set shard I got could only be applied on an open prefix.

It was not imediately clear, I should have checked when I salvaged the set items, the shard says it but I'm a noob 🙂

[nimble shoal]

Only if you seal them. Either way you can't put them on uniques.

[queen mason]

It's confusing that set affix can't slam on an unique if it's not a sealed affix on exalted items

Experimental affixes can but set affixes can't

[weary hamlet]

an exalt with a set affix is a set item

and you cant slam a unique with a set item

so its not that you can't transfer this affix specifically, it's that you can't use those items for slams at all

[steady pewter]

Bit of a whacky idea I suppose, but the new skill affix gloves got me thinking on silly ways to have a single DPS skill with 4 supports and started playing around in the builder - anything totally out of place here? (Idea is get E-Nova as high as possible; I more or less ignored crit in favor for more survivability options, but the "beauty" of having 38 points to dump into E-Nova is that it got to 100% crit chance anyways) https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/QkG0LdrQ

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Beneath Ancient Skies / 1.3

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (93)

General:

▸ Health: 1,740, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 858.67, Regen: 41.76/s
▸ Ward Retention: 230%, Regen: 158/s
▸ Attributes: 15 Str / 2 Dex / 56 Int / 2 Att / 2 Vit
▸ Resistances: 207% / 120% / 132% / 56% / 89% / 58% / 58%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 51%, Threshold: 463
▸ Armor Mitigation: 30% (1,455)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 17%

Used skills:

Elemental Nova / Flame Ward / Teleport / Arcane Ascendance / Focus

[fair imp]

which lightning blast variant is considered best?

[noble reef]

I like it

I was contemplating a blue meteors vilatra build using that staff and the primordial ring counting as a set part

[steady pewter]

does the current mana gained prefix trigger on non-direct casts? Cause that'd be a pretty funny auto-meteor build

[noble reef]

That staff gives you 20 int, mana regen and 100 flat spell dmg , not counting the 10 % dmg reduction

[steady pewter]

well yeah, I was just referring to the auto-ward generating on fire skill casts

[noble reef]

Your meteors will be lightning anyway

[steady pewter]

Ohh right, fair point lol

[noble reef]

Still...

Or you can use the usual exalted staff and go for a primordial exalted

On a t7 int, t7 spell dmg or t7 spell crit

[steady pewter]

Dunno if that's better than the survivability that Refuge gives tbh

Nova has dinky mana cost so there's huge chunks of ward there

[noble reef]

Y for nova would be perfect

Was reasoning for blue balls, cause my brain was captured by the idea lol

[steady pewter]

Might go for this ngl, started the season as Acolyte but good god Lich is a pain to level (legitimately swapped to minions without the Necro bonus cause it's both safer and more effective than spamming something like Harvest)

[noble reef]

I strongly hate lich

[steady pewter]

Dying 5 times to every champion I run into while I do the campaign is legitimate torture

[noble reef]

Bad mechanics

[steady pewter]

I had a fun omega harvest build planned but getting there....

Was also heavily spoiled by how dumb overpowered Sentinel is when you look at survivability. Season 2 was a cakewalk all the way through

[noble reef]

Well there is a bug atm about mob scaling

So there are unintended dmg spikes

[steady pewter]

Surely not at lvl 20-30 lol, right?

[noble reef]

Lol idk if that's relevant on low lvls

Will be fixed this week anyway or so they said

[steady pewter]

Think it's just a Lich thing ngl lol - see a lot of people downright demanding others use any other spec to level cause the former is torture

[noble reef]

Idk i have many hours in this game and acolyte is my least played class

Can't say why but...

[steady pewter]

Warlock and Necro seem to be doing fine - granted single minion Necro is omega jank to play

[noble reef]

I wanted to try a bleed warlock this season, using those primordial gloves and abusing blood theter node from blood splatter tree

[steady pewter]

just naturally the least interesting class I'd assume, all the others one have very long and whacky proc chains to build around with - Acolyte has like..... one option? Maybe two?

[noble reef]

I lvled her, but at some point i hated playing her

[steady pewter]

Might be the only thing I can give Blizzard credit for - Diablo's necro class always slaps

[noble reef]

D2 necro was my fav class

Corpse exploding was just too satisfying

[echo heart]

does anyone know if this Flame Reave node affects Fire Aura procc'd by Flame Reave?

[nimble shoal]

It does not. Nothing in skill trees apply to fire aura unless specifically stated.

[echo heart]

gotcha, thanks

[unreal umbra]

wow

actually fixed

hello 20% more damage

[rapid axle]

this is potentially the bigger damage buff than jugged veil

its funny, turns out making reddit post and getting traction actually makes the bug fixed

[olive iris]

has this updated been rolled out yet?

[sour trellis]

Yes

[warm inlet]

So, are you guys telling me that my LB build was doing much less damage than it should? Holy...

[rapid axle]

this is potentially 60%+ damage buff for LB combined

[sour trellis]

No idea . So LB better now ? I was already doing 1.2m dmg per sec .. gonna aim for 2m

[tranquil bay]

Hey all! So, how is fireball ignite with that new Primordial amulet? Thinking of making a 5 fireball sequence build

[sour trellis]

Little higher than 1.2 … still plenty room for improvement

[warm inlet]

nice, I'm still farming for a good +4 to lb helmet with the vilatria set, stuck on a +3 for now

[tranquil bay]

Wow. lmao

[rapid axle]

the spark nova also has a much higher chance rn to inflict spark charges

went from 12% to 42%

so its probably worth to use rare belt/boots now to craft another set bonus for the ring and get 100% chance for it

[proven shard]

Anyone else having issues with using glacier as teleport? seems to fail over 50% of the time for me.

[sour trellis]

You think LB would be better as a sorce ?

[sour trellis]

Nope seems fine to me

[rapid axle]

nah sorc is not really great since spark charge passive nerf

[sour trellis]

The buff to spark nova makes me want to try it as a sorce

[open vapor]

I've tried both and while I like sorcerer more as a class runemaster just feels better. Better damage from passive tree (especially with jagged veil being fixed) and better sustain

[rapid axle]

the buff to spark nova was specifically to the node inside LB tree

[full bluff]

25M dps with volcanic orb now 🙂

[sour trellis]

Which node

[open vapor]

the spark nova node inherits all modifiers in the lightning blast tree since it is categorized as a subskill of lightning blast

[sour trellis]

I’m like a mage noob since I haven’t played since 1.1

[frozen dirge]

so we can finally put point into jagged veil

[visual swift]

any1 else noticed glacier teleport no longer works when in combat

[sour trellis]

Let me test in a sec

[visual swift]

i can teleport directly on a mob but no longer at a safe spot

[sour trellis]

So your saying works but not in combat ?

[visual swift]

yeah and in towns where u can cast skills it works

[sour trellis]

Brb I’ll go try now

Seems fine to me so not sure maybe someone else can test

[visual swift]

ahh strange i also respecced the skill maybe restart the game helps

i noticed while fighting uber abby and my dude did not teleport out of the slam

[twilit zinc]

how da hecc do i get more mana on shatter strike build, i run out SOOOO fast

[visual swift]

nope teleport with glacier doesn't work for me sadly enough

[open vapor]

mana strike + shatter strike with shatter strike being set up left of mana strike in the skill bar. Then you just hold both buttons.
Game prioritizes left skills so you will cast shatter strike until out of mana and then cast mana strike until you have enough mana for shatter strike on repeat. By far the most overlooked mechanic in the game imo

[twilit zinc]

yea but to keep stopping everytime to get mana with mana strike has killed me SOOO many times ;D

[little frost]

how about defense and survivability?

[harsh abyss]

Cry, mostly

[frozen dirge]

you reach like 10k ward even more

[scenic dock]

did they fix flame rush

[harsh abyss]

Back in my day, the nova wouldn't even trigger at all.

[scenic dock]

gg theyve broken glacier teleport

[vivid mountain]

anyone got a tip on how to get my hands on a ladle? Just can't seem to get one

[scenic dock]

play MG

[vivid mountain]

MG?

[scenic dock]

merchants guild

[vivid mountain]

ah dang I went cof

[olive iris]

spam rune prisons

[vivid mountain]

Is there an woven echo for that?

[vivid mountain]

is there an alternative to the ladle?

[rustic scaffold]

I am jealous.

[noble reef]

Imprint it in echo tree and roll prophecies for unique wands if cof, or just buy if merch

[vivid mountain]

That doens't work if it's exile mage only right?

[nimble shoal]

Right

[harsh abyss]

Spec your weaver tree for double exiled mages, and the guaranteed mage prison in weaver content. Then just pump your corruption as high as you can handle and kill every mage you find.

[lavish apex]

hey magebros, what are your defensive layers on spellblade? I was playing around on LETools and realized I didn't have much more than arcane barrier and prayers that I could generate ward on hit

no armor/dodge passives and can't utilize endurance too easily

[noble reef]

Armor/ward/endurance/hp

[harsh abyss]

I find that dodge actually works pretty well with ward. Since you dodge attacks, it gives you more time to recover/generate your ward

[clever ledge]

wtf did they do to snowblink

[humble abyss]

Is LB stronger now after the new/latest patch?

[harsh abyss]

Mildly stronger, yes

[sour trellis]

I’m only doing 1k at the moment so not sure , guessing the build can probably do 2-3k C if you want to push . I don’t have a problem at 1k and pushing higher C just guarantees getting 1 shotted at times by those flying primordial bugs - defence is actually good . The build is decent .. I haven’t played mage for ages so I’ll started changing things maybe in a week or 2 , right now I’m just copying maxroll guide

[frozen dirge]

anyone can help me understand something, i put 2 pts into this so my frenzy when i go through my wall should stay for 4sec, but its barely 1sec

( ok i got my answer, i need to wait for 4sec before walking into the wall first, i let this question here instead someone have the same question )

[proven haven]

On paper it should be significantly stronger. With 4/4 spark nova and 12% enigma you go from 0.54 spark charge per LB hit to 0.84. This is probably at least 25% more damage. Then jagged veil gives another global 20% more.

If you weren't using spark nova it's still 20% more, so solid.

[proven haven]

The spark nova in sorc tree is not a LB subskill though. It does chain off spark charges and is pretty decent but with the jagged veil fix Runemaster pulls even further ahead of sorc IMO.

[sour trellis]

Ok thanks boss

Do you suggest the 4 points into jagged or go the 5 points

[proven haven]

4

[quick kernel]

Same here

[humble abyss]

Thank you sir!

[sour trellis]

K that’s what I had

[sand steppe]

Leveling a HC Mage

You gotta be kidding

:D

xdd

[warped crow]

tonky

[warped crow]

sooo

wildfire

if your playing fireball with the 4 projectile casts per cast thing

does the wisp copy the full cast

or just a single fireball like the shrine effect

[modest flicker]

i hear this node is bugged and it doesn't work
is it still bugged??

[gilded birch]

Was fixed and it's monstrous lol

[modest flicker]

oh boi time to respec!

[olive iris]

Does the storm razor node on lightning blast (base crit) apply to only the initial blast hit or does it also apply to spark nova and spark charge?

[native wadi]

Doing a frostclaw/elemental nova build

Its really good atm

But ngl I got meteor in there as well but its just a mana waste

I rarely if ever use it

Any suggestions on what to replace it with

[harsh abyss]

If you aren't already doing it, spec teleport so it casts 3 ele novas for great clear

[steady pewter]

manual nova seems more fun tbh, so many proc shenanigans going on with FC already I'm kind of worn out by it lol

[broken flare]

Temple Guardian glitched out and became a truly massive mf.

[glass sinew]

Could I get some feedback on my build please? Still wip but the basic ingredients are there. https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Br2d6yOB

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 85

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Beneath Ancient Skies / 1.3

Class:

Mage (30) / Sorcerer (50) / Spellblade (7) / Runemaster (11)

General:

▸ Health: 1,888, Regen: 25.29/s
▸ Mana: 300.93, Regen: 14.4/s
▸ Ward Retention: 172%, Regen: 56/s
▸ Attributes: 19 Str / 17 Dex / 61 Int / 11 Att / 30 Vit
▸ Resistances: 42% / 57% / 67% / 45% / 47% / 42% / 100%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 57%, Threshold: 401
▸ Dodge Chance: 4% (82)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 40% (2,027)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 100%

Used skills:

Lightning Blast / Flame Ward / Static / Focus / Arcane Ascendance

[waxen sigil]

Triggered lightning blasts are not good for main damage

[glass sinew]

Can you elaborate please? At least in 100c everything melts. I'm shooting 3+ LBs per second. Is it that far behind manual casting or is there some other issue with the damage?

[restive mesa]

Yes it was absolutely borked in the first update yesterday. Super frustrating to play with, hope the fix soon.

Are devs aware of the glacier teleport break after yesterday’s patch first patch? I would post in bugs but don’t have access

[proven shard]

Ive sent them a clip with like 90% failure rate using the in game report function, they should be aware.

[restive mesa]

Doin the lords work. Guess I’ll swap to flame step till fixed.

[waxen sigil]

Everything’s relative to what your objectives are. If everything melts at 100 and u blastin it then keep it up brotha

[glass sinew]

Do you think I can get to 300c?

[waxen sigil]

I unno maybe, probably

Manual cast has the double and quadruple also bonus chains per recent

If it’s Workin just keep goin, I will help you if it struggles later on

[glass sinew]

Thanks!

[lucid hedge]

any build now can clear uber abby easily for mage?

still lightning blast build is the most stable one?

[noble reef]

i think i have a candidate for primordial slot in my meteors build

[steady pewter]

The only primordial I want ngl

[twilit zinc]

can someone help me farm wings of argentus?

[rustic scaffold]

Is there a cap on %mana spent on ward?

[stone rapids]

not as good as LB but shatter strike is pretty good for uber

[pine lintel]

need to shatter the helmet

[tranquil oak]

Ok so i don't know a lot about this game, but i got a plan. and gonna try it out. I'mma do ignite flamereave spellblade, gonna take fire elemental nova nodes, and use macuahital + celestial conflux on frostclaw to trigger frost claw + fire nova when i use flame reave

or should i use firebrand instead of flame reave?

[rancid osprey]

is this any good for mage?

[glass sinew]

https://streamable.com/2ty3fa How's my clear on 100c? I'm not sure how it compares to any good/viable build. My aim is to kill abbaroth. HC btw.
Build: https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Br2d6yOB

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 85

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Beneath Ancient Skies / 1.3

Class:

Mage (30) / Sorcerer (50) / Spellblade (7) / Runemaster (11)

General:

▸ Health: 1,888, Regen: 25.29/s
▸ Mana: 300.93, Regen: 14.4/s
▸ Ward Retention: 172%, Regen: 56/s
▸ Attributes: 19 Str / 17 Dex / 61 Int / 11 Att / 30 Vit
▸ Resistances: 42% / 57% / 67% / 45% / 47% / 42% / 100%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 57%, Threshold: 401
▸ Dodge Chance: 4% (82)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 40% (2,027)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 100%

Used skills:

Lightning Blast / Flame Ward / Static / Focus / Arcane Ascendance

[willow bay]

anyone try blackhole with the new ammy from primordial?

[austere jewel]

is there a non elemental mage spell ? or a convert unique that doesnt use weapon/offhand slots

[nimble shoal]

Teleport, focus, arcane ascendance

[austere jewel]

forgot to mention "that hits"

oh well i guess i could use indirect casts for sac embrace

[nimble shoal]

Sac embrace works off any crits, so you can use melee attacks, like mana strike can multi-hit.
But aside from that, there is the rat city impaler that converts VO to a void spell. It takes up your weapon slots, but does synergize with a void build still.

[austere jewel]

i was wondering how i could generate stacks without triggering the effect

indirect cast is the way

ooh right i can use melee elemental too

here's the plan. go in arcane ascendance > flame reave > stack fire aura > fire aura give void dmg (chest effect) > Disintegrate. Win ?

[wild nymph]

is my only option on mage with no spark charges a mourningfrost?

[weary hamlet]

the play is to use it with disintegrate and stack it up with static LBs

[austere jewel]

Is rahyehs chest really bad? Heard fire aura only last 4sec. I wonder how many i can get. I wanna use the time rot void set too for the more dmg and the disintegrate offhand (another more dmg mult)

Are more void dmg and more dmg (all dmg) added together when multiplicating increased dmg or are they multiplicative with each other?

[weary hamlet]

every more modifier is multiplied by, individually

[worldly willow]

spark nova is it ok?

Is SparkNova working properly now? It doesn't work for me.

[hollow totem]

What's thet fastest way to lvl as a mage?

[wild nymph]

does this node even work

[proven haven]

I think ladle + vilatria combo with Legends Entwined is BiS for meteor too

[lavish apex]

kinda sad I never played with flame reave before. this is pretty fun

why were you guys hiding this from everyone

[wild nymph]

theres a lot of skills that give armor with specific nodes on mage, like (snap freeze during cooldown), (flame ward during effect) and so on. are there any that give dodge rating in mages kit?

[willow bay]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/BEpwxJeQ will this work considering the changes?

[silk pewter]

Sorcerer, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Beneath Ancient Skies / 1.3

Class:

Mage (28) / Sorcerer (62) / Spellblade (18) / Runemaster (5)

General:

▸ Health: 2,225, Regen: 20/s
▸ Mana: 394.61, Regen: 13.6/s
▸ Ward Retention: 220%, Regen: 107/s
▸ Attributes: 15 Str / 12 Dex / 88 Int / 21 Att / 10 Vit
▸ Resistances: 338% / 94% / 78% / 65% / 76% / 60% / 115%

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 445
▸ Dodge Chance: 2% (48)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 26% (1,195)

Used skills:

Black Hole / Enchant Weapon / Volcanic Orb / Flame Rush / Flame Ward

[willow bay]

its a varient of black hole ignite using the new primordial ammy

[noble reef]

idk but ladle has so low flat dmg and meteor had a 900% multiplier so i will totally go for a 2h staff

ladle will give crazy cast speed on an int stacking build and +48 % more spel dmg

idk if it's better than a big fat 95 flat spell dmg +1 to elemental skill i can get on a exalted gradon staff

ladle has 16 flat

sry for typos i just wake up lmao

even if it is i refuse to live in a world where i have to use a spoon to cast meteors

[thorny bronze]

What’s the best way to farm for rock of hydrae?

Trying to make a hydrahedron build

[heady echo]

hear me out. Cast on crit melee meteor

you use mana strike so you dont have to worry about mana for the endless meteor spam

[echo heart]

You can SEAL that affix?????

*Dusts off my old Vilatria's + Harbinger of Stars build*

[full bluff]

I think it is better to manually cast meteor when using mana strike. The chance on hit/crit is too low to be effective.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwcx7wdcky4

My attempt at cast-on-crit meteor, using fireball and potions for mana

[echo heart]

what about using Vilatria's Strom Lance?

[full bluff]

Tried using a vilatria staff but was something missing from not having ladle or wrongwarp

[echo heart]

ah nvm

i just remembered Meteor is Sorceror exclusive

[full bluff]

but I think staff could work too, just felt bad for me to play it

what I wanted to do was lightning fire balls, with lightning meteors cast-on-crit, but ended up using lighting balls and fire meteor

but if I had a better staff I think it would have felt better

[keen meteor]

Edict of the Scion doesn't seem to work with Runic Invocations (any of them) or Frost Claw? shit's bugged

[full bluff]

Working on trying to scale glacier damage now https://youtu.be/sTyv6aduW9I?t=211

[mint fjord]

hi guys, how can I make lightning blast chain on the same enemy without taking convergence?

[full bluff]

Don't think you can

[proven haven]

You get around 110 flat for free from vilatria set plus some flat from tree, idols, ladle, and you also get a catalyst with ladle on top of the cast speed.

All the flat you get is essentially multiplied by 1.48 by ladle.

Ladle also gives you free shred and frailty, which means you don't need those affixes elsewhere. Catalyst gives int and ward, access to int and crit reduction while wielding Catalyst node in RM tree, etc.

I tested both pretty extensively and the ladle felt infinitely better than staff late game

You do lose meteor converted to lightning without the staff technically, but the flat lightning applied by vilatria set still gets the non fire damage multi from meteor even if it's still fire tagged.

[noble reef]

i want even more flat and no spoon in my hand

plus i like the + to skill lvls that those gloves give me

to take all meteors nasty nodes

[midnight pine]

Hey Frozen did you think its possible to make a great frostclaw this season ? Maybe ignite with new amulet or frostbite with ring who lower 50% mana for spell ? ^^

[proven haven]

Idk. Even if you solve mana you also need like 10x more damage for single target to be decent

Maybe you do some sort of bleed convert

Maybe you mix with a separate single target, maybe you use sorc spark nova with vilatria combo. Or one of the new melee + spell flat things with glamdring. It just needs a lot for single to work.

[full bluff]

Quickly speced Frost Claw in Glacier setup to see how bad it is. Think this could work if someone likes Frost Claw play style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXWWhWAUM2g

[sour trellis]

My mana says 301 in game but on last epoch tools says 298.3

Which one is correct , if it’s 298.3 then I’m missing out on the 300+ lightning bonus

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/Kikubear/character/pay2win

@proven haven can you let me know if the ingame is wrong and tools correct so I can add more mana

[full bluff]

I thought I found something sorcerer was better at than runemaster, Glacier. Then I tried the Glacier build on runemaster...

[copper obsidian]

Hey guys, does someone have any tipy or a guide to follow to play Sorcerer?

[full bluff]

If I was making a new char from level 1 I would start out as runemaster and switch to sorcerer later (if I needed something from sorc tree). Runemaster is much better as a starting spec

[shut forum]

40 points elemental nova mage would be good?

[humble abyss]

For the LB build, is there an alternative option to frost wall? I really don’t like the play style with it

[echo heart]

my dumb ass just realized Fire Aura scales with spell damage
mfg

i been throwing away all my spell damage stuff

[full bluff]

Frost claw turned out to be pretty good for farming monos 🙂

[proven haven]

In game is correct. IIRC there might be a small discrepancy on how the 0 to 255 roll values are interpreted in LE vs LE tools with rounding and such

Id check your items in game then highlight mana in the planner and read the sources, most likely one or more is not the same as in game

[proven haven]

I don't understand what you mean by playstyle, you drop it on the boss every 8 seconds or so, it's not really necessary in monos

Its a huge boost of damage though, 14 more in the tree vs chilled and some extra stuff from RM tree iirc

[proven haven]

I found this too with the ladle vilatria tech tbh, the problem was single target. Haven't figured out a good solution for that yet

Maybe static orb, potentially promising

[full bluff]

This is how I do single target now https://youtu.be/ArvomGX9lQc?t=162, works for most farming, but not sure if it would do for uber aberoth. Advantage is the range, can off screen bosses 🙂

[proven haven]

I'm on my phone, how long was dummy kill?

[full bluff]

1-2 sec / 1% health

[proven haven]

1 min 30 ish kill?

[full bluff]

Yes can probably get it down to that with some optimizing

[proven haven]

Thats something like 10m dummy dps

If you can get tanky and bring that up a bit I'd call it uber viable

[full bluff]

I am pretty tanky, got my tank gear on, so damage can go higher with sacrifice tank, I just build it for messing about

[proven haven]

My thinking was a similar setup to the LB one

Similar items and suxh

Such

Mana is rough though, probably need runebolt recharge

[full bluff]

Was no big problem with mana stacking on sorc, seems good on runemaster too, testing it now

[proven haven]

Oh sorc yeah maybe

With sorc you have the spark nova + enigma tech

Were you using that?

[full bluff]

No, this was just skill hit damage, frost claw and elemental nova

[proven haven]

I think with sorc there is potential for some sort of ailment build

With FC and spark nova + spark charge you can get something like 40 hits per cast

[proven haven]

Oh try with spark nova

Its basically 40% more damage with that setup

I also think enigma is worth using because of how many hits you do

Even at 12% it's a lot, and it chains more spark novas

[full bluff]

Lots of options here, Frost Claw is pretty good, which was what I set out to test 🙂

[proven haven]

I feel like there is a uber killer frost claw out there somewhere, just needs some cooking

[full bluff]

From my tests today I think Glacier, Frost Claw, Volcanic Orb, Lightning Blast is uber viable, Fire Ball is not

Static Orb is a maybe... but I doubt it

[proven haven]

It 100% is

Actually really good even

Sub 2 minute static orb uber is possible

[full bluff]

Spark Nova improved damage quite a lot on sorc. Not up for working out spark charges on it. Had enough of sparks 🙂

[granite violet]

any workaround for the Glacier teleport not working?

[south yoke]

@proven haven are you back? i miss u haha

[proven haven]

Another week

[wispy rune]

do people pref teleport or surge with shatterstrike 🤔

[scenic dock]

what are the differences between lightning damage, spell damage, elemental damage? Is one better than the other? Are some additive and some multiplicative?

[wispy rune]

finally got a 1lp eye of reen 😭

[frozen dirge]

anyone playing mad lightning runemaster? just wanted to know how many ward you have most of the time

[left hill]

all additive. they only affect skills and ailments with the matching tag, e.g. [Lightning] skills, [Spell] skills (as opposed to [Attack] skills)

Elemental just means Fire/Cold/Lightning

[sour trellis]

Yeah someone has a uber kill under 2 min YouTube yesterday with static orb

[silent thunder]

Hey it’s my first time doing this so just to make sure. I can buy any of these helmets and craft a set bonus on it because there is a slot open right? And I simply do it at the forge, no special locations like a woven map or arena?

[proven haven]

You just need an open prefix / suffix depending on the set affix shard, then yes you craft it on.

You can make an open slot with removal / seal. Or you can seal the set shard. You can even havoc into T7 set if you want.

[sour trellis]

Yeah it’s not easy to make a nice one

[hollow totem]

What are min req's for Loaf/Sentinel's LB build?

[frozen dirge]

budget gear is just exalted items with T6 int everywhere

then target uniques

[hollow totem]

ok so basically just a bunch of int and the wand/catalyst uniques and I should be ok to swap to it?
Or I guess the ladle isn't in budget gear

[willow bay]

Ignite scales off dmg over time,elemental,spell,elemental dmg over time?

[nimble shoal]

Yes, except for spell, it's not spell damage

[willow bay]

So all spell would do is scale black hole dmg?

[wild nymph]

what's these for? elemental bees

[nimble shoal]

they are cute and great for the ecosystem
in terms of combat, they don't really help

[unreal turtle]

Anything new or fun for spell blade this patch?

[left hill]

20% increased attack speed while dual wielding (part of the passive now). some synergistic primordials (or T8 affix).

[willow bay]

Is there any way to increase tick rate for ignite or should i just stack duration