[3.15]Archmage Ball Lightning Hierophant, will it work in Expedition?

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chadam189 wrote:

Hi! This build looks like a ton of fun, thanks for the great write-up.

Any chance this is SSF viable? It seems like a lot of uniques are BiS or close to it (Atziri's Foible, Skyforth, Cloak, Essence Worm, Clear Mind).

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Sallek wrote:

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chadam189 wrote:

Hi! This build looks like a ton of fun, thanks for the great write-up.

Any chance this is SSF viable? It seems like a lot of uniques are BiS or close to it (Atziri's Foible, Skyforth, Cloak, Essence Worm, Clear Mind).

So the answer is Yes and No.

I started out in SSF mindset - and did manage to farm most things, Pledge of Hands, the helmet. The rest was replaced with strong craftable rares.

I could not reach AS high potential without full uniques but if you run Wrath and reserve 50% of your mana, your mana regen should be able to keep up with your Archmage.

It sounds a little gimped but I did all endgame content with ease. Towards the end of the season I gave up (as Im going on a holiday) and bought the Watchers eye, Fioble and Skyforth (i got lucky dropping the chest piece). And now, as with everyone else, all content is literally trivialized. I even crafted the BiS helmet which OP linked originally + an Awakened Curse on Hit through harvest.

Fair warning, took my about 8-9 days to farm Pledge of Hands.