Enki's Arc Witch Memorial Page

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mike6811 wrote:

hmmm.... not sure if this build version is better than the 3.5 version.
just on the first try i got hit very hard -> ES went to 0 -> in this situation i could not do anything - i could not use any spell anymore. mana pots not work. i must wait for the shield to start recharge before i can use any spell again. this is very dangerous. i died.
Also: no CWDT anymore, no arcane scourge anymore, no decoy totem. with my same (crappy) gear my life went down by -600, as well as my DPS

i really doubt that it's worth to sacrifice so much just for the new ES leech mechanic and enfeeble curse (which radius is quite small to be useful for a ranged class).

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Getzie wrote:

My experience so far after getting to act 7 as SSF softcore:

Clear speed: pretty solid still. A little frustrating that I need to recast arc more than 3.5 because of range change, but I can feel clear speed improving as I'm getting cast and attack speed. My friends at same level were clearing about the same speed, if not a bit slower, on other caster builds.

Are we too squishy now?: I tried adding MoM when I added EB and that was a mistake. I'm still deathless, but created a close call with that move. The sustain of EB and damage boost of the energy leech gem is great. I can tell this will work, but I likely won't add MoM until about 3.5-4k life and >1k ES. In the meantime I get bopped pretty often for 25%-50% of my life, but keeping my Resistances capped and keeping a good setup of life and defense flasks makes it feel fine. I'm doing cavas memories and abysses and all that stuff. Went straight into the lab... Feels ok for now.

Crafting: not bad so far. I'm finding decent 3l or 4l life/ES items. using enchants to get my Resistances good for now. Daggers are a little harder to make or find as good as sceptres yet but it'll be ok. I'm sticking with daggers because I did sceptres all of last league and want a change.

Playstyle: super fun. I don't enjoy just leaping around and arc'ing only for hours. I've been using storm brand a little for onslaught on trash and arc'ing. On uniques, strongboxes, beasts, or bosses I'm using the lightning spire traps, brands, and arc. It's a ton of damage and easier to setup before the engagement begins. It helps to know how long a boss takes to stop talking before fighting.


I killed Uber elder with 3.5 arc and I think I could probably do it again for cheaper this time.

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Tabaxus wrote:

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mike6811 wrote:

Still hesitating on pulling the trigger on skill allocations, lol. Just hard to convince myself to put investment into ES:/

I have EXACTLY the same point. I want to have this build succees, but it is hard to commit.

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Physt69 wrote:

Does anyone have a pastebin for the 3.5 setup? Just for reference. Thx

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Tabaxus wrote:

Is the point that the mana has been reduced so much by mana reserved that you basically have no mana to use? Yeah, I suppose that could definitely be a problem.

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virindiUO wrote:

does anyone know why the passive trees have all these minions dmg nodes? is it outdated passive trees?