Enki's Arc Witch - dead for now

is there any better weapon than annihilating staff?

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Notactine wrote:

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Vince14 wrote:

Where does the first 31% chance to avoid elemental ailments come from? It's not specified in the guide.

It comes from the Deafening essence of Loathing that you need to use on your boots to craft them.

Thanks i totally missed that.

This looks like a pretty tasty large cluster jewel for this build and I can even afford it at the moment.

thx for the build, running smooth so far (lvl67)

but i don't get how i'm supposed to have two 6L-items... body armour and ?

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HiHaHighsara wrote:

thx for the build, running smooth so far (lvl67)

but i don't get how i'm supposed to have two 6L-items... body armour and ?

Staff.

Time for some personal feedback about this build in patch 3.20:

Had a pretty smooth ride to 100, no party play or rotations involved. Gear was very easy to acquire, started doing endgame bosses with roughly 2div invested on day 4 of the league. In total I've spent about 25div on the full endgame setup, however some of my pieces were selfcrafted so the investment can vary depending on RNG.

I've finished 38 challenges on my way to 100, missing 5 major boons/afflictions for 39. Only Wave 30 Simulacrum is tough due to the lack of avoidance/suppression, so I'll finish that with my next build.

Sanctums are a breeze. Galvanic Field takes care of guards while you dodge their abilities. Not the right build for a hitless run tho.

And finally, to my surprise I was able to kill 5 out of 7 Uber Pinnacle bosses with this build! Uber Sirus and Uber Maven are a bit inconsistent, but mostly because I mess up the mechanics. Haven't gotten Uber Exarch and Uber Eater down yet, and won't push for it. Also added a section for them.

All in all this is one of the best states this build has ever been in, especially in context of being a budget-oriented starter build. If you ever wanted to try or revisit the build, now's the time.

PS: I'll work on a video once my health improves a bit.

Can get to 100% avoid elemental ailments by rolling 34-35 on armor, and 65+ on boots with suffix and implicit, frees the anointmen. Can get prismatic skin for +2 res instead.

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Enki91 wrote:

Time for some personal feedback about this build in patch 3.20:

Had a pretty smooth ride to 100, no party play or rotations involved. Gear was very easy to acquire, started doing endgame bosses with roughly 2div invested on day 4 of the league. In total I've spent about 25div on the full endgame setup, however some of my pieces were selfcrafted so the investment can vary depending on RNG.

I've finished 38 challenges on my way to 100, missing 5 major boons/afflictions for 39. Only Wave 30 Simulacrum is tough due to the lack of avoidance/suppression, so I'll finish that with my next build.

Sanctums are a breeze. Galvanic Field takes care of guards while you dodge their abilities. Not the right build for a hitless run tho.

And finally, to my surprise I was able to kill 5 out of 7 Uber Pinnacle bosses with this build! Uber Sirus and Uber Maven are a bit inconsistent, but mostly because I mess up the mechanics. Haven't gotten Uber Exarch and Uber Eater down yet, and won't push for it. Also added a section for them.

All in all this is one of the best states this build has ever been in, especially in context of being a budget-oriented starter build. If you ever wanted to try or revisit the build, now's the time.

PS: I'll work on a video once my health improves a bit.

Thank you as always, Enki! Can confirm, this has been the most powerful I've felt since I've been following this guide. I haven't tried fighting the Big Bads yet, but I'm melting Tier 16 super juiced maps with ease.

Feel better soon!

Thanks for the build! Having fun with it.
Got a question, probably a noob (like me) question...
Endgame (Tier 14+) Progression, Step 3.5 says 'bringing you to 76% total'. So seems like need 24% more.
Then Step 3.7 says, '...boots is at 35%, using Greater Eldritch Ichors is enough'. I sure I'm missing something, but as far as my research goes, I only can find a Greater ELdrich Ichor only can add 6%.
Please, what am I missing? Thanks.

Hi,
Thanks Enki for the guide, it has been very helpful for a noob irregular player like me.
I started playing back in 2020? (or earlier, 5 Acts IIRC) but I do not play very frequently and mostly have to stop playing for long time frames, so a quick and easy guide like yours is very helpful, mostly when I came back and have to update the character after 2-3 updates.
One thing I am missing from previous versions, is that there used to be a small section for equipment/flasks through Acts.

Some noob doubts from this last time that I am redoing the character:
a) Why Flame Dash over Frostblink or Lighting Warp? Would some support gems like Fast Casting or Second Wind help?
b) Regarding Lighting damage Wand vendor recipes, which sockets are desired? 2-3 linked blue sockets? and also which type of wand (lvl8 - goat's horn/carved wand // lvl20 - quartz wand/spiraled wand)?
c) Also, I understand the idea would be in the lvl20 crafted wands to let open space to add later the fast casting, so may be some comment or clarification would be helpful.
d) For myself I make a small table to see more clearly which gems are added and substitued during each Act (see something similar below)

Act 1
Main Skill
=> Spark => Arc
=> Arcane Surge (15)
=> Added Lightning Damage
Secondary Skill
=> Orb of Storms
Movement Skill
=> Frostblink => Flame Dash
Debuff
Golem Buffs
Auras
=> Clarity
Trigger Setup

Act 2
Main Skill
Arc
Arcane Surge (15)
Added Lightning Damage
Secondary Skill
Orb of Storms => Galvanic Field
=> Elemental Focus
Movement Skill
Flame Dash
Debuff
=> Wave of Conviction
Golem Buffs
Auras
Clarity
=> Herald of Thunder
Trigger Setup

Thanks and again and best regards,