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

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TKz wrote:

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Zetharos wrote:

I chose this as my starter after not playing for over 2 years, and I'm having a hard time because there is no gear to follow.. I want to keep playing this but I can't really progress at this point

Gear is in PoB (community fork) -> Items.

Thanks to the author for this build, I hope I will enjoy it once I respec, never played BF/BB =)
Quite a lot of respec points needed btw, how do we get that much (ssf) ?

you'll have enough to mostly respec out of the right side of the tree (master sapper, pierce nodes, trap and frenzy nodes etc. after doing the respec point quests which take less than 6 minutes when you're doing with a10 or BA farming. From there you just use orbs of regret you get from drops or vendor to respec the rest, the last thing you respec is the projectile nodes at the very start to eva/life and it's low priority as it only saves you 2 points and doesn't give you massive life amounts due to us not scaling life that hard as an MoM build.

POB Link is not working for me, any other experience this?

I'm constatly out of mana ( 4,6k archmage ), my gear is still trash but still... Any idea on what to improve asap?

So I was messing around in the pob, trying to see where I stand in terms of dps. I can't tell if I'm missing something, but If I have supreme ego allocated, I gain more dps if I disable my wrath in the skills tab. And If I have wrath on, un-allocating supreme ego also increases my dps. Wrath is the only aura I run, so I can't wrap my head around what is happening.

https://pastebin.com/s9nnWuFk

Edit: I found the issue was that my essence worm's no "mana reserved" text was showing red, and changing it fixed the issue. No idea why that's a problem....

Hey how does the generals cry vigilant strike work. We dont get the enough strength on the tree to get the 8 sec fortify on your pob

Great build! While I have yet to break into yellow maps with it (T6s don't want to drop for me), the build has been blasting through all ultimatum tiers in rare whites. Mana regen is a bit of a problem, but I found that pausing a bit after each use will "help the sustain". I'm not entirely sure if that's how I'm supposed to be playing this build, but it works.

Here's my gear:


Most of this stuff I picked up while still in acts, the only things I actually bought were the two sceptres (5-10c), tabula, and essence worm. It's extremely cheap to get off the ground.

I haven't gotten around to setting up a vigilant strike set-up yet simply because I don't have the jewel.

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How is everyone assigning skills to their keys? I keep running out of available keys. :( Are you assigning something to LMB?

Yes, arcane cloak should be on LMB.

So which gems do i use if i am leveling with tabula? And are there any uniques that help with leveling? My first build wasn't that good so im thinking about making a new character and following this build.

How does the Fortify work with General Cry/Desecrate/Vigilant?
Do i just cast Desecrate + General Cry then gain Fortify for the amount of seconds on Vigiant gem?

IMO just use Vigilant Strike with whatever combination of Fortify (increases the duration of the fortify you get), Ancestral Call (effectively gives you longer ranger), Faster Attacks (makes it not pin you down for so long) depending on what colour links you have available. The General's Cry setup is somewhat clunky and not required.

Still no idea how the OP has the saintlike patience to keep directly replying to questions that are very clearly answered in the first post or by the notes section in the pob...

Hi i was just wondering is there a reason why raider is chosen over pathfinder?