[3.4] Teleports Behind You - Poet's Pen Lightning Warp & Arc, MF / Facetank t16 / Shaper / U. Elder

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dariidar wrote:

Optimal aps is closer to 0.24 because of server latency or something, I can't explain it myself but that's what others have found.

Against bosses you probably want to deactivate blood rage , which means you lose 5-15% attack speed from not having the buff. Which means you'll have even lower aps against bosses.

Okay i get your point, thanks for the answer :)

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dariidar wrote:

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vempire_ghost wrote:

How important is Beacon of Ruin if I have a Poet Pen with Elemental Proliferation corruption? I cannot do the uber lab now on my Witch.

This night i will try to change my skill tree of my scion for something more close your tree to see if she has better survival than my witch when using Mind of Matter.

Beacon of ruin adds a lot of damage against bosses because it changes the minimum shock. For mapping it is ok to have the ele prolif wand though.

So its better to run a Scion with 10% minimum shock instead of a Witch without Beacon of Ruin or no?

I need to improve my survivability to try run the uber lab on her.

Thank you for this build guide.

I'm a new player on Xbox. My first toon was an Arc Witch. I saw the cap for that class fairly quickly. I have since Harbinger built a number of classes, including a Wander which was a lot of fun. I have always preferred caster classes though. When two Poet's Pens dropped for me early in Abyss I switched from an ED/ Contagion build over to VD/ Unearth. I really enjoyed the build as I prefer to stand back and watch things melt in front of me (I had built a GC totem Inquisitor previously which was great), and the VD balls chasing things around corners was awesomeness. That build appeared to have a limit though (unless a player were wealthy, and as a a casual I am not) and so finding your Arc Poet I was intrigued.

I'm now at level 85 and storming through content. One thing I feel like I need to press into end tier content is the Berek's Grasp. The life and mana leech on that item looks like it would put it on par with my Wander build (which is ridiculous in its clear and facetank capability).

Anyway, I jut wanted to say again, thanks. Having built an Arc Witch as my first character only to ifnd out it wasn't going to cut it for end game was disappointing. Finding your build guide was really exciting as I enjoy the idea of the Poet's Pen builds quite a bit,, and I get to use my Arc Witch again!
Thank you.

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vempire_ghost wrote:

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dariidar wrote:

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vempire_ghost wrote:

How important is Beacon of Ruin if I have a Poet Pen with Elemental Proliferation corruption? I cannot do the uber lab now on my Witch.

This night i will try to change my skill tree of my scion for something more close your tree to see if she has better survival than my witch when using Mind of Matter.

Beacon of ruin adds a lot of damage against bosses because it changes the minimum shock. For mapping it is ok to have the ele prolif wand though.

So its better to run a Scion with 10% minimum shock instead of a Witch without Beacon of Ruin or no?

I need to improve my survivability to try run the uber lab on her.

I guess scion would be better, if using Mind of the council. Witch wouldn't shock often enough for mind of the council to be helpful.

I will change the recommended ascendancy order; it seems like Beacon of Ruin should be taken before Mastermind of Discord.

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dariidar wrote:

I guess scion would be better, if using Mind of the council. Witch wouldn't shock often enough for mind of the council to be helpful.

I will change the recommended ascendancy order; it seems like Beacon of Ruin should be taken before Mastermind of Discord.

Thanks, I go to respect my Scion to MoM and use Mind of the Council :)

Thank you for this build guide.
I'm a new player. Can u explain for me that where did u get the elemental resistance?

Made some changes on my Witch, respec back Mastermind of Discord and grabbed Beacon of Ruin, put a chance to blind gem in my barrage setup and god my survivability jumped alot, and I have only 4125 of life and 1568 of unreserved mana.

I think that Beacon of Ruin is a must to this build. And again thx to dariidar to the kind answers and all the help he did to me and all here, you are great :)

And of course, if you can give me more tip how to improve my witch I will thank you a lot :)

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dmq19961 wrote:

Thank you for this build guide.
I'm a new player. Can u explain for me that where did u get the elemental resistance?

I get resistances from my belt, boots, ring, glove, jewels on the skilltree, and the Alira bandit reward.

Thank you for checking out the guide, but I would like to caution you that this is NOT a cheap or beginner build. I wish you luck

Just did Uber Izaro and its more easy than a think, and with all ascendance the build shines more and more, I am doing some entry red maps with no much trouble, just wiped alot in the Lair boss map with less chance do dodge while trying to facetank his wolf projectile attack xD

Thanks for all the praise everyone. I've updated the leveling section of the guide a bit, and also clarified the priority of item upgrades (Inpulsa's > Poet's Pens > Mind of the Council > Bereks' Grip > Choir of the storms).

Uber Elder has been very tricky for me. I have done the fight almost a dozen times now and always fail on the last phase (both bosses <25% HP). Unfortunately I blew through a ton of currency getting the t15 Elder and Uber to spawn, and am now pretty discouraged, so I won't be attempting again for a little while. At least my map pool looks healthy though.

For those who might want to attempt it in the future: Arc + Ball Lightning seems to be the best combination for damage and add-clearing. I tried Shock Nova for a while but I could never reach the Madness Propgators in time. Arc can chain off of either Elder/Shaper even when they're invulnerable, and it felt a bit more comfortable to use while dodging everything. Here is my setup: