[3.10] Archmage Storm Brand Hierophant | Low Life | Clears All Content | Bossing | Budget Options
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3.11 - Build is DEAD. Don't use until I make updates :(
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Intro
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Hello! This build is low life and will clear all content deathless if you know the fights. I cleared Hall of Grandmasters, Uber Elder, Sirus Lvl 8 all no problem. This is also great at mapping and Delving. On my current gear I have spent somwhere around 13ex. Some of it I crafted, and prices can vary depending where the league is. I really like this build and if you are not super great at endgame bosses this is a great build, becuase Storm Brand allows you to run away and play it safe! If you have questions for me, comment on my YouTube for faster replies! Videos
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POB
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https://pastebin.com/7pi1KP3P Gems
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Body: Storm Brand - Archmage - Controlled Destruction - Concentrated Effect - Lightning Penetration - Chain Weapon 1: Clarity - Blood Magic Arcane Cloak Shield: Vaal Discipline Wrath Zealotry Gloves: Wave of Conviction - Conductivity - Curse on Hit - Physical to Lightning On Boots and Helmet (doesn't matter): Blade Blast - Cast when Damage Taken Flame Dash - Second Wind Brand Recall - Second Wind - Arcane Surge - Empower Gear
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My Gear
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Jewels
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Fevered Mind x 6 Healthy Mind Abyss Jewel: - mana - energy shield - strength/dex/resistance as needed Cluster Jewels: Large:
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Increased Lightning Damage Base Adds 8 Passive Skills Any Notable Any Notable Scintillating Idea 2 Jewel Socket Medium:
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Damage with Brand Skills Base Adds 4-5 Passive Skills Brand Loyalty Grand Design/Seeker Runes Jewel Socket Small:
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Energy Shield Base Will Shaper Maximum Energy Shield Maximum Mana Strength/Dexterity/Resistance if necessary If you are lacking passive skills, and are under level 90 then just go for: 1 Large Jewel 2 Medium jewels 2 Fevered Minds Once you start to level up place add another medium jewel, because they are the most important. Once you get into the high 90's then start your second larger cluster jewel. I made different PoB trees on my PoB, so look at the passive tree on the bottm right go trough them to see what I mean if you don't understand :P Explanation
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Weapon:
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Primary Stats: - Mana - Wrath/Zealotry has increase Aura Effect - Cast Speed - Lightning Penetration - Lightning as Extra Chaos/Non-Chaos as Extra Chaos Secondary: - Lightning Damage - Spell Damage Shield:
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You need this for reduced mana reservation to have Discipline, Wrath, and Zealotry on. Body:
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We have a huge mana pool, so we are not stuck with a Shav's. Ivory Tower offers more ES, mana, and regen so it was an easy choice over Shav's. You can still use a Shav's but you will have a much lower ES pool. Helmet:
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Huge mana, max mana as extra ES, and MOM make this shield amazing. The only drawback is that we cannot leech mana which is worth the other stats. Gloves:
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The increased mana cost of skills is the stat you want to get a big roll on. Since it is also not expensive it saves us from using another Fevered Mind in the build. But if you wish to use something else this is the spot to change it. You can make up for the missing DPS by adding another Fevered Mind. Boots:
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Makes it so our stun threshold is now based on our Mana instead of Life. Before these boots stuns would kill so you had to be careful. But with Skyforth you can juice maps and worry a lot less. If you are having issues maxing res you can use other boots but I highly recommend to get these ASAP. Amulet:
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This gives us the most mana out of all other amulets. Since mana is DPS it will be our highests DPS amulet. If you are struggling with getting Chaos Resistance, then go with a Presence of Chayula, as it will give you all the Chaos Resistance you will need as well as good amount of ES. Rings and Belt:
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You need a LOT of Resistance. ES and Mana are important too but make sure you get all Resistance you can. Flasks:
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Atziri's Promise gives lots of additional DPS Cinderswallow makes it so you get all your mana back when you kill a few enemies, recover a bunch of ES, and if you can ignite will recharge and give you some damage. Rare Flasks you want Bleed, Freeze, and Curse immune Build Cost
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My build: ~15ex
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Helm: mindspiral - 1c Body: ivory tower - 1c - 2ex 6L Gloves: Voidbringer - 80c for corruption Boots: skyforth - 2.4ex Weapon: rare wand - 1ex Amulet: Atziri's Foible - 4c Shield: Prism Guardian - 50c Rings: rare rings - 2ex each Belt: belt - 1ex Cinderswallow - 1ex Atziri's Promise - 1c 3 rare flasks - 1c Large Jewel - 2ex (8 passives, 2 jewel sockets, 3 notables) 3 medium jewel - 50c 1 small jewel - 40c Fevered Mind - 5c x 6 Healthy Mind - 10c Budget: ~3ex (2ex is for 6L Body)
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TLDR; Use rare boots, no Cinderswallow, cheaper cluster jewels Helm: mindspiral - 1c Body: ivory tower - 1c - 2ex 6L Gloves: Voidbringer - 5c for 60+ increased mana cost Boots: rare boots - 30c (movement speed, ES, mana) Weapon: rare wand - 10c (spell damage, cast speed) Amulet: Atziri's Foible - 4c Shield: Prism Guardian - 50c Rings: rare rings 15c each (es, mana, res) Belt: belt - 30c (es, mana, res) Atziri's Promise - 1c 4 rare flasks - 1c Large Jewel - 10c (10 passive, 2 jewel sockets, 2 notables) 2 Medium Jewels - 20c (6 passives) Fevered Mind - 5c x 6 Healthy Mind - 10c Bandits
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Kill All! Pantheon
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Major: Soul of Arakaali Increased recovery rate is super helpful for surviving and Chaos res is good since we are Low Life Minor: Soul of Shakari Poison Immune is super nice Edit: You can use Minor Tukohama for the stationary life regen and take Zealot's Oath for some good regen. I am not doing it but it is an option! Leveling
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Freeze Pulse - Arcane Surge - Onslaught Dash or Flame Dash at level 10 Storm Brand at level 12 Storm Brand - Added Lightning Damage Support - Arcane Surge - Onslaught Brand Recall, Arcane Cloak, Wave of Conviction, Blade Blast at level 16 (Don't use WoC until you get Curse on Hit) (Don't use Blade Blast until you get CWDT) Controlled Destruciton, Concentrated Effect, Faster Casting, Physical to Lightning at level 18 Storm Brand - Controlled Destruciton - Concentrated Effect - Faster Casting - Added Lightning Damage Support Brand Recall - Arcane Surge Archmage Support at level 31 Only socket in Auras when you can start using The Ivory Tower at level 76 Ascendancy
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1. Sign of Purpose 2. Divine Guidance 3. Sanctuary of Thought 4. Illuminated Devotion Sanctuary of Though will kill your DPS because of the less mana cost of skills. To combat this we use a bunch of Fevered Minds. Pros/Cons
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+ Clears ANY content + Bosser + Mapper + 9k ES without Watcher's Eye - Difficult to Res Cap Last edited by ShamefulPenguin on Jun 17, 2020, 12:09:57 AM Last bumped on Jun 22, 2020, 10:37:00 AM
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Hi Mister Penguin,
I'm trying your build. I saw your video too, good one. I bought all the stuff with good/very good stats for 10ex with some offers. So to people wondering about price, if you buy listed items it will be ok for 15ex with good stats. Thanks Mister Penguin, I will provide my feedback | |
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ty man
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Well done on the build,its very clear and precise and a lot of people could learn a thing or two from you in regards to fleshing out a build.
I changed from my 2handed stormbrand build to this and i have to say my survival rate shot up. thanks for the build! | |
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Why MoM? It does nothing if you're LL ES based.
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I wanted to try something else and had a templar at 90lvl so i made your build from it. I don't like playing with many buttons so I have made two changes:
CWDT lvl 12 - Arcane cloak - Inc duration CWDT lvl 1 - Shock Nova - Curse On Hit - Conductivity It's quite easy to clear maps with this build but boss fights are still a litle bit longer than i have expected. Still thank you for a build and great description. | |
" You're correct forgot to take it down from when I was life variant. Made the change :) |
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" If you got the time, could you elaborate? I find the LL ES approach fascinating and want to try out the brand-archmage playstyle for harvest, but can't figure out what destroyed the build. Anyway, thx for the guide, helped me understand how brands work overall! Good work! |
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