[3.10] LL Storm Brand Hierophant 8k+ ES, 10k Mana, 10M+ DPS per brand
" For me the biggest improvement has actually been an improvement to my mechanics. The build is pretty survivable, but a lot of that survivability comes from being able to run around like a headless chicken without really needing to care much about hitting anything, since the brands take care of that. Your elusiveness is your biggest strength; it's not a face tanking build, and staying in one place too long means about 40 mobs will be hurling projectiles at you. The best advice I'd give is to get used to skirting past groups. The brands will kill stuff, and since most projectiles do not seek, they will be hitting where you used to be, rather than where you are. I used to have quite a lot of accidents, but making some changes to my approach, rather than diving in headfirst has massively reduced my fatality rate. Though occasionally you will run into something that kills you in the blink of an eye. | |
" Was looking over your character again I really like your setup, i just cant find a better wand than the one i have with spells trigger proc at the moment (and my crafts have come up short so far). Also your high level arcane surge won't be able to proc on a mana cost 17 brand recall. I swapped my arcane cloak into my voidbringers to get the +1 to gem for the extra dps and larger shield as well. You could switch those two setups and benefit a little from it. |
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I’ll double check tonight, but I’m pretty sure my brand recall costs 119 mana to cast with the multipliers. My cast time is 1.2 seconds on brand recall and refreshes my Arcane Surge every 3 casts (3.6 seconds) bound to LMB. Arcane Surge has a 4 second duration. I feel I tested this, but I’ll double check! I vaal’d one of my Mindspirals into +2 duration gems and stuck my Arcane Cloak in that. Last edited by crzytimes on Apr 21, 2020, 6:25:47 PM
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" You're getting lvl 1 arcane surge from your arcane blessing in hiero, though it is a buffed version of arcane surge from the arcane capacitor notable. Nice vaal! I've been running labs here and there for get 100% distance on my dash for quality of life, the brand dmg or resistance isnt needed too much when we instant phase bosses and 1 shot packs. Last edited by Tramazings on Apr 21, 2020, 6:30:22 PM
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Ho.nice build..i have 20 ex budget..can i do this build??
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Hello all. I cannot stop getting one-shotted through the energy shield. I die with energy shield remaining. I understand I am still a pretty low lvl, but am I missing something major with this build or is having 4.6 es and like 60 life with all my buffs up just too low to expect not to die immediately while doing t10 ish maps?
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" 20ex is enough to get key pieces like Skyforth and a 6l Ivory Tower and the shield as well as get a decent wand and gems if you don't level them yourself. I make do without the Watcher's Eye. " The ES pool just isn't enough to take a big hit. I looked a bit at the profile. Some things I noticed: finish your labs. Divine Guidance and Sanctuary of Thought are big buffers to your ES and mana pools. More mana also means more damage. Power charge on crit linked to Orb of Storms is wasted as you already get that in your Skyforth boots. Just work on leveling. Getting more sockets for Fevered Minds and skill points to allocate in general help a lot. Also for those who think you can't do much with the build without the Watcher's Eye, you're definitely mistaken. A8 Sirus Deathless: https://youtu.be/29OYoGG8TUw Wave 20 Simulacrum: https://youtu.be/GeZ2iVkCpY4 | |
" Your mana is low and so is your energy shield. That means chaos hits will eventually get through as your mana depletes. Get the 3rd and 4th lab as soon as possible and go for sanctuary ascendancy at least and arcane blessing which will make you ailment immune. You also want to get more fevered minds into your build for damage. The cluster jewel doesn't do that much with such low mana. Might as will invest in a few regular sockets if that works for you and get a few fevered minds. Obviously you are still only lvl 76 so that explains it. Also make sure your pantheon is upgraded and you switch according to the situation. Lunaris for mapping. If you want to go cluster jewels later, you might as well respec bandits for the extra 2 passives. Cause, you might need those 2 passives. Also switch sign of purpose to divine guidance. Having said that I think I constantly respecced tree and ascendancies for a couple of ex now in the process depending on what I felt was best suited to my playstyle and gear etc. Ditch the arcane surge because you'll get it from ascendancy. Upgrade your brand recall to 7/20 if you can. Get empower 3 of 4 linked inthere. Brand recall level and use is easily overlooked but high level makes clearing 1000 easier. Righteous fire? where is it? The lightning golem is nice but it will constantly die and unless you can have it in your rotation like clockwork to recast it, is sort of useless. You have skyforth boots so drop the power charge on critical. Useless as you get power charges from your boots. Orb of storms is a great utility and damage dealer. For reference.. I'm using OOS-innervate (for shocking)-archmage-Energy leech (great for regening your ES) There are a lot, lot of improvements to be made in your gem setup and other areas.. Your cinder flask has low roles.. Aim for 3%/3% on ES/Mana. That is 3% mana and ES regen PER enemy killed. Atziri's promise is great for defense and damage as well (chaos resist) I don't see anti bleed on your flask.. You need that. You'll die if you don't. It kills me every now and then but I have it but just forget to use it lol. Enduring eternal mana flask of staunching is what you want. Last edited by Zweetsok on Apr 22, 2020, 1:30:38 AM
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I really enjoy this build but how do I stop getting stun locked so much by mobs? So far that is really the only reason why I am getting killed.
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" Can't see your characters but if you don't have Skyforth then you should probably be using the Brine King pantheon to mitigate stuns. There's also a boot enchantment; Uber lab gives you 80% avoidance if you've killed recently. |
