Enki's Arc Witch Memorial Page

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Sarwar94 wrote:

my stats
lvl 76
hp=3.2k
ES= 1.3
mana 31/780
arc does 12.3k dmg
im currently doing only tier1-3 maps. what is the stats i need to ge to t10+ maps?
i want to know how much more hp/es to aim for. i have all the important nodes but sometmes when alot of mobs attac me i run out of ES.

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I have absolutely no idea what you mean by “life drain from ascendency.” There is nothing in the build at all that drains life. In any case, you use Mind Over Matter to ensure your ES pool still protects life. I can’t look at your character right now (set to private), but you probably have some source of chaos damage over time in your gems or gear you have, but none of those are part of this build.

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punkasai wrote:

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Cendrake wrote:

I think what he means with 'life drain from ascendency" is the 0.5% of Elemental Damage Leeched as Life that comes from Paragon of Calamity.

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Cendrake wrote:

You also have MoM (Mind over Matter), which makes it so that 30% of damage is taken from Mana instead of Life. And that's where the Energy Shield comes into play, because of EB (Eldritch Battery). Energy Shield does not only serve as our pool for casting spells, it's also protecting the Mana (of which we almost have none anyway, because of the auras).

Why exactly this doesn't make the build squishier, but even tankier, I do not exactly know. I'm an idiot myself and would also think that the other 70% (the way bigger portion) of damage still goes to life and that's not protected by Energy Shield anymore now.

I think someone asked the same question here at league start. I can't remember having seen an answer to that yet, but I do remember that someone on Enki's stream stated that this would make the build even tankier. Why tho, I have no clue. Would be cool if someone could give an detailed answer to that.

I do trust Enki tho 100%. He knows what he's doing and crunched the numbers, so I guess it's fine.

If you find yourself dying a lot, despite having enough life (can't say if 3.6k is enough for the content you're trying to do), resistances capped, the life flask (and the other utility flasks, don't forget about them, they're also providing some defense) and the leech, plus MoM and EB and ES Leech Support, plus Fortify, plus Enfeeble curse, plus the Storm Brand/Blind/Onslaught or Cwdt/IC setup, then it might just be inexperience with boss fight mechanics or certain map mods that make life harder for you.

The build isn't meant for facetanking, Enki explicitly says so. I still learn that the hard way every now and then myself. It requires to move and especially with bosses, learn the mechanics.

Have you tried the Cast when damage taken + Immortal Call setup? It can be really, really helpful in terms of survivabilty.

Although I had fairly good gear on my 3.5 build in Betrayal, easily worth 20-30 exalts, I still ripped on some red tier maps, due to certain map mods and being to reckless, as well as the Shaper Guardians... I barely managed to kill them, with just one or two portals left. I died a lot. It's because I'm unexperienced.

The build is beginner friendly, but I guess that doesn't mean you're not gonna die a lot as a beginner. It just means you're going to die a little less than with a not so beginner friendly build :D

P.S.: You might want to make your characters visible in your privacy settings so that some veteran can have a look into what's wrong and give you better advice than I ever could.

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punkasai wrote:

I do use alot of movement skills to back out of dangerous situations, the times I die are mostly when I'm in a tier 4 or 5 map and I run into a pack of random monsters in the beginning. ^_^' I usually manage to survive at the boss fights though.

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Sarwar94 wrote:

can i use 2x lightning golem, do they stack? i just completed my 3rd acendensy should i get becon of ruin or leige of the primoridal? i have allready shaper of desolation and paragon of calamity. i dont think i can beat 4th labbrint for good while.

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Spoiler

Hey there !

So i'm level 84 i have 4750 life / 1900 ES / 840 Mana ( 588 reserved )

My dps tool tip shows around 30k dps for ARC, i'm only using a 5L.

( i dont use Tabula Rasa cause i feel too weak with it )

I'm using the Transcendent Mind Jewel so i removed the Zealot's Oath nodes, and i have enough dexterity so i dont use the +30 node aswell.


Im not having any issue at the moment doing maps Tier 5-6, but i do feel quite weak, when i'm overwhelmed with mobs, i get stunned lock and die, or barely escape spamming whirling blade. And for Bosses, well the single target dps is not that powerfull, and if they get close and hit me, well im really close to die, or i get almost one shot.

I will link my current gear, nothing crazy expensives and it could be upgraded but it's not bad at all.

So my main questions are, can you help me improve my gear, give me some advices on what you think is really bad and should be changed, and also, do you think it's normal that the character feels that weak ? Like i really dont see how i'm going to deal with the minautor for exemple, i'm gonna get one shot instantly ?

Also i'm now trying to save currency for an inpulsa, that should help the dps a lot, but i really can't afford it for now.

Thanks for the help !

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Your unique ring does nothing for this build. The implicit is the only stat that provides benefit. I assume you were looking at the increased cold damage, but that doesn’t add cold damage. You need a # to # cold damage. Extra or converted damage modifiers will work as well if you do that damage, but I wouldn’t go that route until you are very familiar with damage mechanics, or you’ll probably loose dps. Stick to # to # cold. You can easily get this on an abyss jewel or ring veiled craft.

A 6L is nice, but your body armour provides virtually no useful stats. You get 140 ES + 41% ES, 13 life, 1% cold resistance, and 11% chaos resistance. The rest over caps you and serves no purpose. The reflect does nothing.