(3.16) NERFED DO NOT PLAY THIS Raider Archmage BF/BB [CHEAP, Tanky, HCSSF viable, (100m+ dps)

"

sako22 wrote:

Hey guys,
I feel like my gear is decent but my dps is trash. sitting at like 350k. even when I put on a 6l in POB, I go up to 380k.
and i cant seem to figure it out? is it because my mana is only 5.5k?
if you dont mind looking at my profile and giving me some tips - id really appreciate it. :)

A few things. You are using essence wurm without supreme ego, which is a HUGE increase in damage. You can take a point out of "Mind over Matter" since you have Cloak of Defiance.

I'd also not use an Atziri's Foible, since you can get more damage out of a rare amulet.

Also might want to get a second weapon instead of the shield tbh.

Thank you for all the work you've put into the guide!

I'm struggling a bit myself, but I think my inexperience with PoE is to blame here. For example, it took me over 20 hours to beat A10. Is there any reading you would recommend? I finished A10 and am currently sitting at lvl 70 and can do T1 maps with LT, but my gear is nowhere near what it needs to be to respec to Archmage. I'm really not sure where I should be farming for Archmage respec viable gear

Thankfully I already have my TR so the switch shouldn't be too painful. Lightning penetration on my 6L is certainly helping my traps me somewhat viable, and +75% move speed + phasing makes surviving a breeze as long as I keep moving.

edit: I see this is a WiP in the Discord. Looking forward to it!

Hey im doing good in all maps no struggles apart from the maps that reflect damage i get insta killed in them i get ishould reroll them but is there no other alternative?

You should reroll elereflect maps, unless you got some form of reflect immunity going.

I seem to do fine during general mapping, but when fighting bosses I tend to be out of mana quickly. Perhaps I have to get used to only blast the boss when I have enough mana instead of quickly tapping him 2 or three times. Still leveling though, I hope my DPS will increase quite a bit soon. Currently at around 7k mana. Decided to go with skyforth so I'm immune to stuns and it provides quite a lot of mana.

Hi Guys, just making it to red maps and absolutely decimating. No problems with survivability but damage is lacking against maven influenced bosses. What should be my next upgrades to push the damage?

Also, is there a priority guide for qualitying gems??

Thanks!

"

PvMayonnaise wrote:

Hey im doing good in all maps no struggles apart from the maps that reflect damage i get insta killed in them i get ishould reroll them but is there no other alternative?

Sextants!

I always roll watchstones with my shit sextants while mapping and any time I roll a reflect sextant I move that watchstone out of the region I am running/to the side bar and keep it for when I roll a reflect map. Reflect sextants are common and you can get a bunch of watchstones stored with the modifier.

Would it better to swap vigil + general cry into cyclone + fortify support ?

after the nerf I think the duration is not very different + free up 1 jewel slot

Does anyone have a recording of this build mapping?

Hey i would really like some help with my build if possible, right now im mapping in t12-16 dmg is fine but in PoB my dmg is just about 3.5m shaper dps and not the 40m+

PoB Pastebin of my characeter: https://pastebin.com/d3YBUHVm

My gear is decent imo, i have 6.8k mana

"

yabar wrote:

Would it better to swap vigil + general cry into cyclone + fortify support ?

after the nerf I think the duration is not very different + free up 1 jewel slot

Yeah I have no idea why he still has vigil in, when not using generals cry. Base vigilant strike duration is better.

What someone else posted is vigilant strike + fortify support. Gives about 16 secs compared to a bit over 5 with just skill + fortify support.