[3.16] Enki's Archmage Hierophant - a beginner-friendly Lightning Caster

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VelaRos_Wargrim wrote:

does this build also work on witch? or that isn't possible

You sure do waaaaay more damage with witch but you will be squishy as F

Hey guys, i managed to double corrupt my chest with +2 projectile gems

Would using BL in my chest and some other weapon for OOS possibly be worth it? or should i sell the chest for profit and continue with other gear upgrades... There are currently no +2 proj 6l cloaks on the auction house, so I dont even have an idea of its potential value

Here is my current gear progression:
I also have unnatural instinct, double mod 9% mana before life watcher's eye etc. I believe my next best upgrade path will be something like asenatha's gloves + a mana on hit ring with some awakener orb shenanigans. haven't decided on second mod yet.

Anyone have any decently deterministic method of crafting a good helmet for 5-10ex?

Any suggestions are welcome.

If I don't need any helmet resistances, can I use Crown of the Inward Eye from the old Arc Witch?

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MJHeemeyer wrote:

If I don't need any helmet resistances, can I use Crown of the Inward Eye from the old Arc Witch?

you are already getting the transfiguration of the mind from your ascendancy there is no use for it
Try

or something similar with -9 or 12 to elemental/lightning resistances

or a boot with tailwind and elusive idk what is your state of your build but just a friendly note these boots are expensive

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Speedohdk wrote:

Hey guys, i managed to double corrupt my chest with +2 projectile gems

Would using BL in my chest and some other weapon for OOS possibly be worth it? or should i sell the chest for profit and continue with other gear upgrades... There are currently no +2 proj 6l cloaks on the auction house, so I dont even have an idea of its potential value

Here is my current gear progression:

I also have unnatural instinct, double mod 9% mana before life watcher's eye etc. I believe my next best upgrade path will be something like asenatha's gloves + a mana on hit ring with some awakener orb shenanigans. haven't decided on second mod yet.

Anyone have any decently deterministic method of crafting a good helmet for 5-10ex?

Any suggestions are welcome.

can you provide your POB pastebin instead ?

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Coxzor wrote:

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turik1 wrote:

Guys can someone quickly tell me what to do?

https://gyazo.com/0726e0a4ac71f9b7cb719ce8791b17fe

So I bought a large cluster jewel and was about to buy other 2 small cluster jewels as the guide told me, but instead of small cluster jewels I have to insert medium jewels first. There's nothing written about medium cluster jewels.. which ones to buy so I could insert my small ones??

Thanks in advance

Large one I bought is (adds 8 passive skill, 2 added passive skils are jewels sockets and increased lightning damage)

Hi,
You can put any jewel into that slot actually, Medium/Small Cluster and even a normal jewel.

Thank you! I was thinking about it but figured it wont work haha, saved me time.

Can anyone please quickly check my gear and passive tree and suggest what should I upgrade next? Currently im farming 14-15 tier maps cause I can pretty much complete them without dying to get another 5-6 levels so I could get additional elemental damage nodes(thats my plan atleast).

Currently got about 3 ex to invest, personally was thinking to save currency and go for: unnatural instinct, awakened chain support gem or watchers eye with atleast 2 affixes (got 1 only currently).

Maybe I should do completely something else? thats why Im asking and hope to get answers from you guys who are way smarter than me in this

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turik1 wrote:

Thank you! I was thinking about it but figured it wont work haha, saved me time.

Can anyone please quickly check my gear and passive tree and suggest what should I upgrade next? Currently im farming 14-15 tier maps cause I can pretty much complete them without dying to get another 5-6 levels so I could get additional elemental damage nodes(thats my plan atleast).

Currently got about 3 ex to invest, personally was thinking to save currency and go for: unnatural instinct, awakened chain support gem or watchers eye with atleast 2 affixes (got 1 only currently).

Maybe I should do completely something else? thats why Im asking and hope to get answers from you guys who are way smarter than me in this

I would probably use that 3ex to buy level 21 gems as I think that'll give you the best bang for the buck.

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Thayaric wrote:

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turik1 wrote:

Thank you! I was thinking about it but figured it wont work haha, saved me time.

Can anyone please quickly check my gear and passive tree and suggest what should I upgrade next? Currently im farming 14-15 tier maps cause I can pretty much complete them without dying to get another 5-6 levels so I could get additional elemental damage nodes(thats my plan atleast).

Currently got about 3 ex to invest, personally was thinking to save currency and go for: unnatural instinct, awakened chain support gem or watchers eye with atleast 2 affixes (got 1 only currently).

Maybe I should do completely something else? thats why Im asking and hope to get answers from you guys who are way smarter than me in this

I would probably use that 3ex to buy level 21 gems as I think that'll give you the best bang for the buck.

Thanks! Thats what I started doing now. Though I compared some gems (lvl 21 vs lvl 20) and their price difference

Spell echo support:
(lvl 21) https://gyazo.com/16a0e1da0f2607573509b111a34a8075
(lvl 20) https://gyazo.com/50a96e38ff503b50ebbc27e68593e98e

They both have basically the same stats, yet the lvl 21 costs 50c more?? Is there something am missing or I should go for the lvl 20 one because just looking at the stats thats obvious to me..

E: I kinda get it, it might not look much on 1 gem but if u put all gems together that give u +1% each on stats then overall I'll get atleast 10% boost in damage and other stuff

https://pastebin.com/TBjM6YTt Never imported my character into pob, hopefully this works.

Thank you very much by the way sorena for your consistant feedback in this thread. All your replies really helped me progress through to endgame quite smoothly, where as I would normally hit many frustrating walls following other guides with minimal responses.

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Speedohdk wrote:

https://pastebin.com/TBjM6YTt Never imported my character into pob, hopefully this works.

Thank you very much by the way sorena for your consistant feedback in this thread. All your replies really helped me progress through to endgame quite smoothly, where as I would normally hit many frustrating walls following other guides with minimal responses.

Hello
Oh np at all thank you for your kind words
ok lets get to it!
1. lets start with your cluster jewels your large cluster jewel is not the worst but thunderstruck feels like a waste of talent point but the more important issue is your small cluster jewel with 3 added passive skills make sure to change that to 2 as soon as possible also you can get stubborn student on 6% increased mana jewel as well. also as a big upgrade you can use a medium cluster jewel with wish for death and master of fear its a expensive piece of jewelry but the dps boost it provides worth it

2.you are missing a lot of mana nodes because you managed your talent points wrong. check the starting point and take the shortest way.. just take the 2 10ints instead to save talent points also drop the divine judgement its not that big of a damage compared to your upgrades missing mana nodes / life nodes and such also chaos life nodes 4% life 4% chaos two of those is enough .. one small one and one big one... also you need to immune yourself to silence its really important get that on one of your jewels

3. how are you feeling with void sphere and cast when damage taken setup you have ? try vaal haste (lvl 10to 12 is enough since it needs a lot of dex) its pretty good ability to rip through bosses also drop the golem and make a setup like increased duration support + vaal haste + sigil of power + increased area of effect .. it would be nice to have blood rage gem for frenzy charges as well... your ring dont have mana or mana regen you need to get those as soon as possible something similar to this... life + mana + mana regen

i am not gonna recommend RF for you yet try to get your regen to 3.5k first later on you can change the efficacy gem with Vaal rf to have both rf and vaal rf ability .. Having RF active 24/7 is a massive dps boost that nothing can compare to
you can also try to get a lvl 21 anomalous ball lightning its a pretty good upgrade with its cast speed.

4. your flask enchants is not the best either try something similar to this

try to have used when hit a unique enemy on The wise oak as well
also you can have two charges on your Onslaught flask with increased maximum charges also you dont need armor value on your onslaught flask try to have immune to bleed on your mana flask instead of evasion

5. why do you have str node next to your elemental overload ? seems like you dont need it.. also how is your clear ? are you struggling ? if so try asenath gentle touch

you dont need to annoint whispers of doom to apply both curses i believe conductivity will apply first and you will get its damage boost but if you wanna do that its another survivability layer... but i would recommend dropping mana flows and taking mind drinker for now its much much better ..

6. your helmet is not the best either try to have -9 or upgraded version -12 lightning res to nearby enemies something similar or better than this


also you are missing out on boots mana regen enchant 35% is still a lot dont settle with anything else

there are some other upgrades that you can do but i believe these should keep you busy for a while

Good luck!