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

Yeah to say this build isn't good because it is difficult to kill the hardest bosses in the game really isn't the best metric. It is fun and has amazing clear speed. With enough investment and skill it is possible to do all content.

They removed the Helment Enchant:
Helmet - Reduced Ball Lightning Projectile Speed

which is the best enchant now?

A wrath Aul's offering would probably be dope af here. Too bad there's like 6 of them in existence lol.

I think as enchant the best now is Arc Damage because Arc do more damage in single target than Ball of Lightning and Arc Enchant help in clear speed.
Also I thought I did not raise the lightning resistance to the maximum by gear but with Vassel of Vinktard (More Leech, Res, Ele Penetration) because there isnt end game boss that do tons of lightning damage and we have Mind of the Council that cover us on Lightning Damage.

I've killed Shaper at least 5-6 times and Uber Elder 3 times with this build, using a slight variation.

I changed a couple of things in this build, mainly for delving.

I'm using a Call of the Brotherhood to make sure I can reliably freeze/chill/shatter enemies while delving (no icicles from wetas <3). This also means I'm no longer using lightning penetration gems, and instead using controlled destruction.

I'm also using a Herald of Ice. Obviously this comes at the cost of reserving more mana, which means my unreserved mana isn't as high as it should be (I'm currently working on that, but not sure how to go about it, since I would lose a lot of dps from Jewels).

Here is my current gear:




My frenzy APS is 3.58 APS with full frenzy charges, which seems good enough not to skip casts. I might rework this a bit to get closer to 3.72-3.85.

I have a few optimisations I'm looking at, mainly enchants (penetration, added lightning if not killed), lvl 21/20 ball lightning (none exist on poe.trade ever?!), jewels? abyss jewel? Possibly faster attack gloves? CDR boots?

Thanks for the build guide, it was really awesome in helping me get this build up and running.

Here is my pastebin if you're interested: https://pastebin.com/LUgk5CKV

Any optimisation ideas, tips or tricks would be much appreciated!

Hi, small question for Shadroz and Dariidar : how do you deal with elemental resists with so many uniques ? Shadroz, I took a look at your passive and items, can't add up to 135 per res. Dariidar, I suppose the gems add up to the items.

Love the build (not for epileptic people though), but the res is a real problem (I have them, I just can't get Choir of the storm or Berek's grip without utterly messing them).

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Pingouinmalin wrote:

Hi, small question for Shadroz and Dariidar : how do you deal with elemental resists with so many uniques ? Shadroz, I took a look at your passive and items, can't add up to 135 per res. Dariidar, I suppose the gems add up to the items.

Love the build (not for epileptic people though), but the res is a real problem (I have them, I just can't get Choir of the storm or Berek's grip without utterly messing them).

I did struggle initially with capping my resistances. You need really good rares with a lot of res on them. I also have 11 fire and cold res on my abyss jewel in my stygian vise. Also Alira gives resistances.

It definitely makes gearing this character quite tough but once you can afford decent rares with high resistances you should be good.

Berek's is a huge quality of life and definitely needed. Choir of the Storm is what pushed my boss dps over the edge into an acceptable area.

Granted this build doesn't have the DPS of Blade Vortex or Blade Flurry, but it's fun to play and something different.

I struggled against Aul last night and eventually had to pay for a carry service, as the build even with 7k ehp, I was getting one shot by one of his abilities, granted it was in a 30% increased damage and Onslaught area.

Considering I've killed Uber Elder 5 times with this build (never deathless), it's definitely got adequate dps and survivability, but for the really really hard stuff, I wouldn't recommend this build as it seems there is definitely a cap on survivability and damage.

Killing uber elder on a regular basis is a good indicator of the strength of the build.

I forgot about Alira (chose her too) so that's why I could not get how you capped your res. But yes, gearing rares is hard, especially since prices seem over the top in Delve (had no problem whatsover to find really good boots with life, res, move AND dodge spell hits in Incursion for some chaos. Here, any trash is at the very least one ex without dodge.

But yeah, the speed of this build is really pleasing. I do recommend to try it if only for this feeling.

@Shadroz RE: Endgame

I agree that this build isn't ideal for Uber Elder, having played it to 97 last league. It's amazing for farming t16 maps.

However, I think there's some major fossil crafting/shaped items the build could take advantage of to push it further. A belt crafted with Prismatic+Jagged fossils can add another 60% lightning damage.

I think in the endgame it's necessary to find the 35% reduced cooldown duration for Belt/Boots and more attack speed to push the build further as well.

The build only runs 3 rares with sockets, but I believe you could pretty easily sneak in an abyssal socket on boots for some more damage.

Then there's Wrath-Penetration Watcher's Eyes.

It gets pretty niche/expensive when trying to really push the top-end of the build. The ICD and reduced cooldown duration on Poet's Pens is probably the most important factor to play with if someone wants to push the single-target further.

Edit: Another thing that might help would be +1 curse amulet with a shaped Assassin's Mark on hit ring better than this one so that you could run conductivity or a defensive curse on hit.

I seen in the video the guy has 2k mana, how do you get 2k unreserved mana? I got 1.6k before reservation.