[3.4] Teleports Behind You - Poet's Pen Lightning Warp & Arc, MF / Facetank t16 / Shaper / U. Elder

Hi. Thanks for the guide, helped me a lot. My first poet's pen build using LC+ARC.
Without Additional Accuracy the LGOH will not work very well.

With my gear I can reach 3.75 APS without frenzy charges. 3.96 with frenzy.
Going to 95, need to take the last jewel nodes. Will end up with 5.7k life + 2.1k mana. Seems very good.

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IchiMorghulis wrote:

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Would using Paragon of Calamity permanently be survivability overkill? Would love to be able to do ele-reflect maps and die less often, DPS already feels awesome.

I swapped out of Mastermind of Discord for Paragon of Calamity a few levels ago to test and I must say that having that 0.5% unconditional leech makes the build feels so much tankier. Give it a try, only cost 20 regrets if you don't like it.

You're basically trading a bit of damage for some peace of mind.

i run PoC too as my last ascendency.

i just alc maps and go. feels great.

i can tank most bosses except those that are designed specifically to one shot you and i am meeting them for the first time so i just get one shotted go back and finish him off to unlock the map bonus and skip the boss the next time if i am pushing for a level

i finished regular elder last weekend. i know its not much (coz the metric for anything is "uber-something") but the run was smooth and deathless. given that this is my first league, i am very impressed with the build.

thank you dariidar for the build and guide!

no regrets re-spec-ing my 3 herald bv to this!

hey great build, thanks for the guide!!

but why do we use fire trap as lvling, i cant get the poets pen to cast it :(

anyway this is awesome it oneshots all the mobs on low lvl already!

Hi there,

Awesome build so far, only got 1 question.
I thought the idea was to lightning warp every time you attack, however when I hold my attack key/button, I only warp once per 2 attacks. Really can't figure out what's wrong.

Character is HighVoltageVolt

Any advise here?

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ycie wrote:

hey great build, thanks for the guide!!

but why do we use fire trap as lvling, i cant get the poets pen to cast it :(

anyway this is awesome it oneshots all the mobs on low lvl already!

U read it wrong, it suggests using lightning tendrils or fire trap or freezing pulse until u reach lvl 12.
Then u can equip poets pen and use the recommended firestorm/arc setup

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ycie wrote:

but why do we use fire trap as lvling, i cant get the poets pen to cast it :(

You don't use traps when leveling. The leveling section of the guide says to "use Arc / Storm Call and progress through the game" until you can use the Pens. Then use the recommended Arc/LW setup in the Pens. Weapon swap for bosses with BL.

How do people maintain frenzy charges during boss fights? Or do you not even bother? I find, especially for challenging fights (guardiands/shaper) where leech is so important, if i try to get frenzy charges, i'll die without the barrage sustain.

Contemplating dropping the whole frenzy setup like Askaal...

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DaRupp wrote:

How do people maintain frenzy charges during boss fights? Or do you not even bother? I find, especially for challenging fights (guardiands/shaper) where leech is so important, if i try to get frenzy charges, i'll die without the barrage sustain.

Contemplating dropping the whole frenzy setup like Askaal...

I dropped it early on as I found that I rarely, if ever, used it and felt as if I was just wasting the gem slots. I changed that whole setup for a CWDT-[Spell]-CoH-[Curse] setup and haven't had a problem with any content as of yet.

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YT_HB wrote:

I dropped it early on as I found that I rarely, if ever, used it and felt as if I was just wasting the gem slots. I changed that whole setup for a CWDT-[Spell]-CoH-[Curse] setup and haven't had a problem with any content as of yet.

How does the CWDT/CoH mechanic work without herald of thunder to proc it? You have to fire shock nova?

Also, your build is interesting, i guess because you have that sweet watchers eye :)

Also, no assassin's mark for power charges when you fight a boss?

Sorry I keep editing: does CWDT proc shock nova which then curses?

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DaRupp wrote:

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YT_HB wrote:

I dropped it early on as I found that I rarely, if ever, used it and felt as if I was just wasting the gem slots. I changed that whole setup for a CWDT-[Spell]-CoH-[Curse] setup and haven't had a problem with any content as of yet.

How does the CWDT/CoH mechanic work without herald of thunder to proc it? You have to fire shock nova?

Also, your build is interesting, i guess because you have that sweet watchers eye :)

Also, no assassin's mark for power charges when you fight a boss?

Sorry I keep editing: does CWDT proc shock nova which then curses?

I'm in the process of testing different build changes - specifically the Indigon variation that was mentioned earlier in this thread - so my build is all over the place at the moment. Side note on that variation, I'm most likely going to go back to the MotC helm as I feel it has better synergy with Inpulsa IMO. The Indigon probably pairs better with Cloak of Defiance and a different ascendancy. Until late last week I followed the standard build guide in this thread (except for the Intuitive Leap tree variation that was also mentioned earlier in the thread) and didn't have a problem doing any content (other than ele reflect of course). I may end up keeping Wrath and doing away with HoT and thus keeping Paragon of Calamity instead of Mastermind of Discord. I'm still not sure about that change so I need to test it more.

Back to your question...

In my current CWDT setup, [CWDT] - [Shock Nova] - [Curse on Hit] - [Conductivity], CWDT procs SN which procs CoH with procs the Conductivity Curse. You could use Assassins Mark instead of Conductivity (or any other curse for that matter such as temp chains, enfeeble, etc.) but I chose Conductivity because of losing the lightning penetration when I moved from Mastermind of Discord to Paragon of Calamity.

For bosses, the power charges are gained with using Orb of Storms with PCoC.