[3.10] SSF Hierophant Archmage Storm Brand | 2.3m+ Shaper DPS | League Starter | All Content

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skyez0r wrote:

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martyl48 wrote:

I will say assigning Brand Recall to Space Bar makes qol so much better!

you can also put it on left click now which will auto cast it and move, i found that my favorite way to play it

Left click is one way to auto cast it, but just to bear in mind that you can't move unless you have Storm brand up. I am also wonder if using numlock trick is allowed with GGG policy or not.

Hey, first time trying ssf as ive already farmed hundreds of exalts in trade and want to try something new. Decided to go with this build. Should I just be vaaling cobalts to try to get fevered mind or how to go about that? I've decided to skip farming a tabula so hopefully that's not too big of a mistake. Any tips would be much appreciated!

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aowamplfiy wrote:

Hey, first time trying ssf as ive already farmed hundreds of exalts in trade and want to try something new. Decided to go with this build. Should I just be vaaling cobalts to try to get fevered mind or how to go about that? I've decided to skip farming a tabula so hopefully that's not too big of a mistake. Any tips would be much appreciated!

The only way to get fevered mind in SSF is to keep vaaling cobalt jewel, and good luck with the vaal. There is nothing much to worry about not farming Tabula, but just to let you know that it is a cheap huge dps boost for the build as the mana cost increased with 2 extra links give way more damage than a 4-links. The build should still clear fine with 4 links. As you progress with better gear and more links, you should feel the build is getting stronger. Hope you enjoy this build progression in SSF.

Thanks for the reply! Build is feeling good so far, damage starting to fall of a little bit in high yellows but it's still manageable and tons of room to upgrade. Can you vaal a fevered mind from a regular cobalt jewel or only uniques? Also what should I be using chance orbs on? Can I use them for the soul tether or do I have to drop that manually? Managed to drop a mindspiral to use for now and also got an obliteration. Thanks for the help!

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aowamplfiy wrote:

Thanks for the reply! Build is feeling good so far, damage starting to fall of a little bit in high yellows but it's still manageable and tons of room to upgrade. Can you vaal a fevered mind from a regular cobalt jewel or only uniques? Also what should I be using chance orbs on? Can I use them for the soul tether or do I have to drop that manually? Managed to drop a mindspiral to use for now and also got an obliteration. Thanks for the help!

You can vaal any rarity of cobalt jewel into a Fevered Mind, doesn't necessary need to be unique. I don't really use my chance orb to chance any unique, but instead use them to buy orb of scouring as I experimenting with crafting a lot, and I just don't have enough orb of scouring. I think your best bet to get soul tether in SSF is either from Einhar, Delirium unique, or simply chance it if you are lucky. If you need more damage, socketing more fevered mind will help.

im very confused on the Legion jewel. I dont even see a glancing blows node.. what am i missing? When i put in the legion jewel it converts pain into a tempered by war node and makes no sense.

help?

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Linuxx27 wrote:

im very confused on the Legion jewel. I dont even see a glancing blows node.. what am i missing? When i put in the legion jewel it converts pain into a tempered by war node and makes no sense.

help?

You will need the Lethal Pride with Commanded leadership over (10000–18000) warriors under Kiloava mod, the other name will convert it into another keystone. Yours is probably Rakiata which convert keystone to Tempered by war.

damnit!!! LOL

Hey, so I've managed to get 12 watchstones so far but as I push into the tier 12+ maps my damage feels like its severely lacking on the bosses. I've managed to acquire a bit of currency (250 fuse 60c 2 ex etc.) but waiting for good bases to craft on and also not sure what the best method to craft is (alt regal, chaos spam?) Right now I'm just farming t8-10 as I can comfortably full clear in delirium fog and hoping cobalt jewels drop so I can vaal them (I think I really need some fevered mind for more damage). Also farming currency and master missions in the process, and delving when I get the sulphite. Is this a decent strategy for now or is there something better to do? Was wondering if someone could maybe check my char and tell me what the biggest priority upgrades are, np if not. Sorry for so many questions but it's my first ssf char and I've always just traded to get past these walls lol. Appreciate the help once again! :D

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aowamplfiy wrote:

Hey, so I've managed to get 12 watchstones so far but as I push into the tier 12+ maps my damage feels like its severely lacking on the bosses. I've managed to acquire a bit of currency (250 fuse 60c 2 ex etc.) but waiting for good bases to craft on and also not sure what the best method to craft is (alt regal, chaos spam?) Right now I'm just farming t8-10 as I can comfortably full clear in delirium fog and hoping cobalt jewels drop so I can vaal them (I think I really need some fevered mind for more damage). Also farming currency and master missions in the process, and delving when I get the sulphite. Is this a decent strategy for now or is there something better to do? Was wondering if someone could maybe check my char and tell me what the biggest priority upgrades are, np if not. Sorry for so many questions but it's my first ssf char and I've always just traded to get past these walls lol. Appreciate the help once again! :D

Hey there, I have checked the character in your profile, it seems that you are still missing quite some upgrades there. There are couple of upgrades you can aim for to get more damage:
1. Fevered mind you give you huge dps boost due to Archmage, so get the jewel as soon as you can, though still depend on your luck. Change your item filter to drop all rarity of cobalt jewel, but at one point you will have not enough vaal orb.
2. The large cluster jewel and medium brand cluster jewel will give quite some damage upgrade which is even higher than the damage fevered mind can give.
3. You might want to change added lightning damage to lightning pen for bossing.

For me in SSF, most of the time I just aim to clear faster so more loot can drop, don't bother with crafting from base unless you get high ilvl items or a 6link you can benefit from. You will eventually get some influence item you can use. Only think of crafting if the item can help you to solve some problem like damages or defenses. Most of the time, dropped rare item are mostly good enough. If you have some extra chaos orb lying around, you can use it to chaos spam some item you think would help your character.