[3.4] ARC totem hierophant. End game bosses ready

Sorry if you've mentioned it already:

Why no Heralds?
Why Stone Golem? Ice seems nice to me...

Thanks for any input!:)

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Swizzles123 wrote:

Should I buy 2 shimmerons or 6 link soul mantle? About the same price atm.

Soul Mantle

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Psycomantje wrote:

Hi im playing HC. Swapping out ele focus for increased crits and added lightning for added cold dmg should make us able to freeze and shock right? Might be a little more safe or not?

Will be safer.
You can consider Call of the Brotherhood as previously suggested instead of added cold.

You should test also something different from Lightning penetration and the many points in the tree that increase lightning damage.

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snietschie wrote:

Sorry if you've mentioned it already:

Why no Heralds?
Why Stone Golem? Ice seems nice to me...

Thanks for any input!:)

Herald does add some damage to totems but reserve mana (loosing EHP) and doesn't apply their second effect (lightning strike/cold explosion).

Stone Golem because of life regen.
Ice Golem is not that much DPS increase.
Lightning Golem is an option for DPS.

Hey guys, right now gear wise im ok, but im having mana issues. Any tips? Im only using wrath in essence worm

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filipo78 wrote:

Hey guys, right now gear wise im ok, but im having mana issues. Any tips? Im only using wrath in essence worm

find/trade gears with life/mana + 2 res and some mana regen should solve that problem
these are pretty easy to find/trade atm

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filipo78 wrote:

Hey guys, right now gear wise im ok, but im having mana issues. Any tips? Im only using wrath in essence worm

IMHO use Mana flask, or hybrid, try to avoid being hit too much, find Mana in gear, or pick some Mana nodes and Respec later

Also I saw someone using Clarity - not a bad idea, or is it?
Ok it reduces EHP again...

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snietschie wrote:

Also I saw someone using Clarity - not a bad idea, or is it?
Ok it reduces EHP again...

I was using clarity until I got essence worm and mana gear sorted. Clarity is good for ssf variant.

Just wanted to pop in and say that I've been giving this build a whirl for Incursion and it's pretty great at the moment. Currently lvl 74 and sub-par gear, able to clear t10 maps easy. I was actually quite surprised at how strong this build is even with meh gear, pulling 9k tooltip dps on my Arc and got 5 totems with a 4 link Soul Mantle and it's just destroying everything. Haven't done Uber lab yet, but didn't have a single problem with the other labs as I played through.

It's a bit of an adjustment though for me, this is the first time I've used a totem build. For any new totem users, it does feel weird at first but once you get multi-totems the build will feel a lot better. Just focus on dodging everything and let your totems destroy everything.

What are your thoughts about adding a Inspired Learning Jewel? is it worth?

Is there a 4L spell better than arc totem 5L in single target ?
If so what is the 4L that you would recommend ?