(3.16) NERFED DO NOT PLAY THIS Raider Archmage BF/BB [CHEAP, Tanky, HCSSF viable, (100m+ dps)

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koticgood wrote:

How come everyone anoints Mind Drinker instead of Mana Flows?

Spoiler

Seems like a lot of people are talking about scraping by on mana regen, and Mind Drinker does nothing for you on bosses right?

Or is it necessary to recover from pack to pack while clearing?

The only archmage builds I've played were storm brand when it first came out, and blade vortex indigon last league, both of which just cheesed it instead of actually casting spells, so maybe I'm underestimating the expenditure of actually hardcasting with archmage.

that %mana on kill is almost critical when mapping and in ultimatums

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koticgood wrote:

How come everyone anoints Mind Drinker instead of Mana Flows?

Seems like a lot of people are talking about scraping by on mana regen, and Mind Drinker does nothing for you on bosses right?

Or is it necessary to recover from pack to pack while clearing?

The only archmage builds I've played were storm brand when it first came out, and blade vortex indigon last league, both of which just cheesed it instead of actually casting spells, so maybe I'm underestimating the expenditure of actually hardcasting with archmage.

I don't have mana problems at all really unless I turn on RF. With Arcane Cloak I was around 1.7K mana regen with about 8K mana. With potion running it is a bit more. With Battle Rouse part of that is being recouped anyhow. In most boss fights you have to reposition anyhow. If I sit there and spam BF/BB I can go OOM still even running a potion but it is like after 6-8 seconds I think. If I move at all or barely slow down my casting I am back to full mana again.

Thank you very much for the guide, I really love it in this season.

Just a question since I couldn't find it (might have missed it somewhere). Which Pantheon setup is recommended for the build?

Thanks.

Hi,

Could someone please have a look on what I should upgrade next?

PoB: https://pastebin.com/xf9CGu50



I also got:
- Clear mind
- Healthy Mind
- Watcher eye (penetrating)
- Corrupted blood jewel

Thank you so much!

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0dinsson wrote:

Thank you very much for the guide, I really love it in this season.

Just a question since I couldn't find it (might have missed it somewhere). Which Pantheon setup is recommended for the build?

Thanks.

Lunaris or Brine King for Major
Grukthul or Ralakash for Minor

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sunbm wrote:

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koticgood wrote:

How come everyone anoints Mind Drinker instead of Mana Flows?

Spoiler

Seems like a lot of people are talking about scraping by on mana regen, and Mind Drinker does nothing for you on bosses right?

Or is it necessary to recover from pack to pack while clearing?

The only archmage builds I've played were storm brand when it first came out, and blade vortex indigon last league, both of which just cheesed it instead of actually casting spells, so maybe I'm underestimating the expenditure of actually hardcasting with archmage.

that %mana on kill is almost critical when mapping and in ultimatums

For comparison, in my setup, Mana Flows boosts my regen by 150/s.

2% of mana on kill is 165 mana recovered instantly *for each critter* I kill. That outstrips Mana Flows at one critter, and mapping I kill a lot more than one critter per second.

Where are you socketing your clarity gem? in the PoB it's active but there's no actual room in the skill setup

edit: in the 'clarity' setup not wrath

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Ramasama wrote:

Where are you socketing your clarity gem? in the PoB it's active but there's no actual room in the skill setup

edit: in the 'clarity' setup not wrath

you can replace one of the "Optional" gems in the weapon with Clarity.

Here is my stuff for the moment, i also had all the jewels. Gloves are prety bad but i don't have nough money left to change them ^^!

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Uriacesjaces wrote:

Here is my stuff for the moment, i also had all the jewels. Gloves are prety bad but i don't have nough money left to change them ^^!

Gloves seem alright to me. For damage they are better than mine by far. I would personally use culling strike with that bladefall setup over conc effect even for bosses. Conc effect nice for boss overlap but sucks for mapping. I also find I really have no need for the quicksilver flask on this build. Hence why I dropped it for a wise oak for more damage and survivability. Although I need to mess with my resistances a bit more to get it back to where it was for wiseoak.

Also not sure why you are using that crafting enchant on your boots. We don't get chilled as a Raider so the movement + cannot be chilled craft I would switch out to just pure movement. Those would be just a couple of quick things I think you could do in 5 minutes for a bit of a boost.