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@Enki91 Thank you for the great build guide!

A few questions:
Is it normal that my golem dies very easily? I have 62% extra life (in the gem tooltip) on it and he still dies fairly easily especially against higher level content.

How often do you find yourself having to use life flasks? Without life leech on arc I take a fair amount of damage and need to use them almost constantly. Any advice?


Also, why keep blind support at level 18? I can understand Vortex, Enfeeble, and Cast when Damage Taken, but I'm not sure about blind.
Edit: I also think some sample gameplay using the build would be very helpful.

@Hakaan256: Hey there, thanks & sorry for the late reply!

Your golem easily dying can have two main reasons:
- Its gem level might be too low for the maps you run. Golems get both more base life and a higher life% multiplier per level, aswell as higher base damage and golem buff.
Lv18 should be ok for lower maps, you'd ideally want it Lv20 once you reach harder red maps.
- Missing the 1.5% minion life regen node in templar area. This one doesn't seem like much, but it's actually a huge boost for golem survivability.

There's a few more things that can contribute to golems dying fast such as chain mapmod or high AoE-damage monsters, but it's most likely one or both of the above things.

For Arc to leech life without using the gem, you will need the leech enchant on boots. Since Atziri's Step are fairly popular and common, you should be able to find some for sale if you don't want to run labs yourself. Doesn't matter which version you get here, even 0.4% is usually enough.
This will allow you to keep your lifeflasks and Vinktar for emergencies.

Blind was honestly just an oversight, probably wouldve never noticed it if you didn't bring it up.
The text refers to keeping the active gems at shown levels so they work with CwDt, support gems can of course be fully leveled.

Recording videos is unfortunately close to impossible for me currently, and the current build version will most likely get a drastic change next patch anyway. But i'll make sure to include some videos with the next patch again!

Thanks for replying.

I didn't know that about the golem gem; I guess I'll have to buy a better one or grind it up.
I also did put a point in 1.5% minion life regen and it does indeed help a good amount.

I bought Atziri's Step with 0.4% life leech and those also help keep me alive while using arc.

I still have a ways to go like obtaining a level 21 arc/lightning tendrils and maybe higher roll armour, but I found your reply very helpful. I look forward to seeing this build in 3.0!

hey man great build, tho when i tryed to see the alternative build i tryed to import them into POB, but failed to import them into it

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bennyt40 wrote:

hey man great build, tho when i tryed to see the alternative build i tryed to import them into POB, but failed to import them into it

Just tested, they work fine for me. Make sure to import them through the Import/Export Build function on the top left.

This is my first character in PoE and i chose this build.
My clear speeds are fine but i am dying too much. My stats are - 4,1k hp, 11k arc dps, 20k tendr dps.
Tried 2 times to beat merciless labyrinth and got 1 shotted by Izaro. I am fine as long as i got flasks up so first 2 phases are ok. 3rd phase is longer so when i loose all flask charges i am dead.
I got same problems with map bosses. Some are easy but half of them just one shot me.
Any tips what to do?

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Chalk_Circles wrote:

Hi I'm currently levelling this build but focusing on Faster Start of Energy Shield Recharge Rate and using the Soul Strike quiver with The Tempest Bow, the latter providing 100% increased lighting damage. Do you think this is viable or should I follow your build? I'm just trying the variation as I've the gear laying in my stash.

You need to make your characters public so we can check your gear/skill tree/gems, etc in order for anyone to make any suggestions.

@Nekondas: Gear itself looks fine, just the chest needs some work. If you can't afford getting a cheap 6L ev+es base, just spam some Screaming/Shrieking Essences of Greed, shouldn't take many to get something usable. Get life on jewels and spec into MoM, that should increase your total hitpool by a fair amount.

Switch the Topaz Flask with a Basalt, the Divine with an Eternal Life Flask (higher regen/s) and roll grounding suffix on your Diamond, to counter being shocked when using Vinktars.
Having the right Prefixes on flasks helps too, Surgeon's can help refilling them in longer fights, or Chemist's to get another use out of most. On the life flask i recommend Catalysed or Surgeon's.

Your CwDt setup is way too high in level, i recommend a Lv1 setup to get the spells procced more often, or as low level as you can get from Library in Normal difficulty.
Having Enfeeble on both CwDt and Blasphemy is also redundant, either put Assassins Mark on Blasphemy for better crit consistency and with that damage output, or switch Enfeeble on CwDt with Immortal Call.
Last but not least, a Lv1 Empower does nothing for your Arc right now, switch it with Life Leech for now since you don't have leech enchant on boots and level the gem in your weapon swap.

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Enki91 wrote:

@Nekondas: Gear itself looks fine, just the chest needs some work. If you can't afford getting a cheap 6L ev+es base, just spam some Screaming/Shrieking Essences of Greed, shouldn't take many to get something usable. Get life on jewels and spec into MoM, that should increase your total hitpool by a fair amount.

Switch the Topaz Flask with a Basalt, the Divine with an Eternal Life Flask (higher regen/s) and roll grounding suffix on your Diamond, to counter being shocked when using Vinktars.
Having the right Prefixes on flasks helps too, Surgeon's can help refilling them in longer fights, or Chemist's to get another use out of most. On the life flask i recommend Catalysed or Surgeon's.

Your CwDt setup is way too high in level, i recommend a Lv1 setup to get the spells procced more often, or as low level as you can get from Library in Normal difficulty.
Having Enfeeble on both CwDt and Blasphemy is also redundant, either put Assassins Mark on Blasphemy for better crit consistency and with that damage output, or switch Enfeeble on CwDt with Immortal Call.
Last but not least, a Lv1 Empower does nothing for your Arc right now, switch it with Life Leech for now since you don't have leech enchant on boots and level the gem in your weapon swap.

Ok i fixed what i could. I switch Eternal Life Flask as soon as i make decent one.
I got problem with 6L since on poe.trade there are only 3 suitable ones (with ev+es) and cheapest is 6e. I can't afford that. Cheapest grey 6L is 50c, i got 1 exalted orb so if i trade it for chaos i should get about 85-90. So i could but this 6L and spent rest on essences. Should i do it or get more exalted to buy ev+es proper 6L?

I also need some clarification on curses. I am noob player so please bare with me.
I got Assassin's mark on aura so when do i cast Enfeeble? Enemies can have one curse active at a time so how do i use them? Should i cast Enfeeble on bosses only?

@Nekondas: I'd just get a cheap base and craft it. There's currently a Carnal Armour for 50c which you can scour, Shrieking Essences of Greed seem to be 3c each and i expect it wouldn't take more than 5 to get something decent (Life, 1-2 Res, flat ES or Eva and open slot for master craft).

You could also go for a pure ES chest, since the base evasion is only really relevant if you hit a good flat Eva and Ev/ES% roll. This would make chroming for 5b1r much easier and could potentially yield some higher ES for your MoM pool.

Also forgot to mention earlier, if after all these changes Izaro is still an issue, try deactivating his buffs or replace one Vaal Discipline with a Decoy Totem.