Enki's Arc Witch - dead for now

After sticking with this build to the end, I'm going to finally retire it for the delirium league and take a rest until next league start. Too many deaths, it pains me so much to lose 10% of hard earned exp =(

It pains me to see other classes doing T15/T16 (not even end game content) so easily while I struggle. It's so hard to watch my friend spin to win while I focus on dodging and using my life flask. The class was fun and enjoyable T12 and lower, but for anything above and for any boss fights, it was struggle.

yeah i feel that i started with the build i enjoyed it.
the power was there.
just whatever i tryed couldnt seem to make it better defencively

I feel the same. I am in ccurently playing T12 maps and I die in one-shots all the time. I don't even see the attack coming.

To my understanding I should have enough life and ES (though everything could be better) but I cannot kill several map bosses like the Lithomancer or Suncaller Asha (means I die 6 times).

Others I can kill but need to run away killing monsters to refill my flasks.

Any ideas on that as I like the build and the playstyle?

Thanks

Now that glancing blows is coming to the talent tree and only ~4 points or so away from Sanctity this build was taking already, would it be worth to go into block scaling for defensive purposes? Afaik you can block with a staff already, or even swap to a shield with wand / scepter if necessary?

My experience has been pretty good
Gear investment was somewhere around 5-6 EX and no major issues with T16 maps.

I went hard on the defensive approach (5700 HP) and as a result my damage is pretty low ...but id rather stay alive and spam then die all the time

I'm happy to die here and there as it keeps the excitement up! and its not that fun for me to faceroll everything.

Although Sirus seems impossible with my setup but well what ever there is still heaps to do.

I think something that is often missing from the equation is what kind of game mechanics you enjoy? I absolutely love frying whole packs of monsters or chaining from behind cover but to me the spin-to-win game play just looks and feels wrong.

Thanks

Like everything in this game, this guide is for pros, its very overwhelming.

Hello! So, i was trying to do this build following literally every step you mentioned. Tight now im bust level 83 and im having problems with CWDT its not procking i dont know if its a known issue. Currently with just 3000 life, 1350 ES. Any reply would be aprecciated.

Spell echo or Unleash? And nice guide :)

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XxiTz ChrisxX2 wrote:

im having problems with CWDT its not procking

You need to read the text on CWDT, depending on its gem level it can say things like "supports spells up to level 48" etc. (48 can be different number depending on gem level) then if you mix it with another skill, like immortal call, you need to stop levelling that skill once it reaches level requirement that is still within CWDT range.

For example if the skill says "next rank requires lvl 49, 115 str" then you need to STOP levelling it before it reaches 48, if the previous rank says let's say 46 that's fine.

Worst case you can downrank an overlevelled gem by vendoring it with 1 orb of scouring together.

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zaonpt wrote:

Like everything in this game, this guide is for pros, its very overwhelming.

Not really, guides "for pros" are usually very short because they assume all the necessary knowledge is already in people's heads. Over-explaining guides are there for the beginners because pros don't need to be told that.

For example levelling section. Pros know how to level efficiently and guides might mention very vaguely if you need to level with different skill (common for builds that require build-enabling uniques and the setup just doesn't work before you reach high enough level to equip them).

If a build tells you step by step which rewards to pick from quests and what to buy from which vendor, that's info beginners could use, but pros already know it.