[3.17] Beginner Friendly Arc Mines Guide | All Content on 5L | Lvling Guide

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parvova wrote:

Hello.
Such a question, how to sustain mana on bosses?
Against guardians gradually end flasks.
My gear now:

Spoiler

I use against bosses Ball Lightning. For cleaning, Arc.
My PoB: https://pastebin.com/GydmcQPQ

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Yethike wrote:

Hey guys.

Im currently using Ice spear for bosses but im thinking about switching to ball lightning. Should i switch?
I know my weapons are not that great but thats my next job to improve them :D


This is my current build(POB):
https://pastebin.com/mkVeE63X

Any help would be great :)

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NopileosX2 wrote:

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IllusionMasterZ wrote:

Hello,
i have crafted 2 sceptres that i think are good but now my damage is waaay lower than using trenor rod even it's my first time crafting and these stuff but i hope someone can help me out since i can't progress any further as i do no damage.

Here is my pob:
https://pastebin.com/bYgjWk3H


I will apperciate any help,thanks.

I copied your weapons and used it in my setup and only lose a few percent of damage with them, so the weapons itself are fine. Now that you amde the switch you want a Helmet with Blastchain Mine or Trap and Mine Damage on it so you have a psuedo 5L for arc.

Some more points:
-Use Atziri's Promsie instead of the Wise Oak
-Amulet with crit multiplier
-Get the jewel sockets in the tree and socket in gems with lightning damage to spells, or more crit multiplier along some life or life%
-Get gems to level 20 and 20 quality


Also you can think about switching to Ball Lightning. I still don't know how it compares to Pyroclast Mine, but compared to Ice Spear, it was a huge damage improvement, along with the Call of the Brotherhood Ring. You can check out my build (https://pastebin.com/nYR4Zi3J) and take it as an inspiration. It is still in progress and not perfect so don't try to copy it to hard and just look what I have and what you have and what is the best way to improve your dps.

I am currently able to clear T16 without problems and kill T16 juiced up metamoprhs in 2-3 seconds on average. Also the new atals bossfights are over before they begin expect Sirius ofc.

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Varulfur wrote:

To sum it up, I would say that you have too much defense, and not enough offense. The fight should be over before you run out of flask charges.

More details:
- You don't have a lot of damage to spells, or increased #% crit chance/crit multi, or +#% elemental/lightning damage on your gear.
- Your elemental resistances are way too over capped.
- Your maximum elemental resistance is not Lightning but Fire. So Wise Oak gives you a boost to Fire damage, which your mines don't deal. I would use your Atziri's Flast, not Wise Oak.
- Also Kaom's boost to Fire damage is wasted.
- Use Vaal Righteous Fire (not the regular Righteous Fire) in order to boost damage against bosses).

For end game, it is recommended to switch to 6L chest, dual wield scepters (the great ones are expensive but they will give you way more damage than Tremor Rod), and run arc in your helmet with a shaper helm with Trap and Mine Damage or something similar, and Ball Lightning in your chest. If going that route, I would make the following changes:
- For auras, it seems like you made the choice to not run with Mind Over Matter, so you can have more reserved mana. It is a choice, but if you decide to remove Kaom's Heart and take Mind Over Matter to compensate, the 2 auras you should run would be Skitterbots linked to Infernal Legion, as well as Precision lvl 1 (do not lvl it up).
- If switching to Mind Over Matter, get some mana on your gear.
- I would run CWDT at a lower lvl than what you have, but that might be more of a personal preference.
- You use 3 Passive Points to get to the Jewel Slot in which you have your Watcher's Eye. You can get to Jewel Sockets with only 2 Passive Points at other places on the tree.
- I would also remove the Sanctity Passive, as well as Mind Drinker (I don't think you can leech when it is your mines doing the damage). With the above change, that would give you 4 Passive Points that you can use elsewhere, like Mind Over Matter and Arcane Will for example.

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parvova wrote:

Thank you very much for the answer!
I followed your advice and made changes to my build.
Wands, meanwhile, are shit. I'm saving up for good ones.