[3.25] The Lazy Nova - Archmage MoM Crit Ice Nova of Frostbolts with Svalinn

Ended up buying a mageblood - my first ever! Now to get flasks sorted.

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NVB43 wrote:

Ended up buying a mageblood - my first ever! Now to get flasks sorted.

congrats!

Find what ever combination works best for your game play. You can't go wrong :)

here is a handy link to use when looking for Mageblood flasks. Just type in the base flask you are interested in and then choose one of the common suffixes in the filter section.

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade/search/Settlers/QaQWeG7Cw

What's considered the a very good watcher's eye for the cluster jewel build? I meant to the say, I can't afford to buy a mageblood yet:)

Depends on which aura you run. For Wrath pen is the most important, followed by crit chance if it caps you otherwise lightning damage. For Zealotry, if crit capped pen on crit is the strongest, otherwise damage on conc ground, after those is cast speed. In the case of PoE all the mods are defensive, chaos resist can cap your chaos res if you don't have an MB or good enough rolls on your gear (technically its possible to cap your chaos resist pre MB with perfect rolls and prismatic catalysts but its not especially feasible without some pretty serious sacrifices), then max resist to make ele damage slightly less threatening but overall IMO PoE is not a good choice because you sacrifice so much damage for a little QoL.

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CarbotZergling123 wrote:

Depends on which aura you run. For Wrath pen is the most important, followed by crit chance if it caps you otherwise lightning damage. For Zealotry, if crit capped pen on crit is the strongest, otherwise damage on conc ground, after those is cast speed. In the case of PoE all the mods are defensive, chaos resist can cap your chaos res if you don't have an MB or good enough rolls on your gear (technically its possible to cap your chaos resist pre MB with perfect rolls and prismatic catalysts but its not especially feasible without some pretty serious sacrifices), then max resist to make ele damage slightly less threatening but overall IMO PoE is not a good choice because you sacrifice so much damage for a little QoL.

Everyone hates on Purity of Elements, for many good reasons, and yet even after spending well over 1200 divs on my build I still have POE socketed as my aura.

It just solved so many problems for me and not having to use a socket on stormshroud or use an amethyst flask base with Mageblood, or use a flask suffix on ele resists, or use a suffix on shock avoidance, was extremely beneficial to my overall build. All those openings allowed for massive improvements to my build which when combined were worth more to me, than either wrath or zealotry were in the end.

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AndyLovesHisBge wrote:

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CarbotZergling123 wrote:

Depends on which aura you run. For Wrath pen is the most important, followed by crit chance if it caps you otherwise lightning damage. For Zealotry, if crit capped pen on crit is the strongest, otherwise damage on conc ground, after those is cast speed. In the case of PoE all the mods are defensive, chaos resist can cap your chaos res if you don't have an MB or good enough rolls on your gear (technically its possible to cap your chaos resist pre MB with perfect rolls and prismatic catalysts but its not especially feasible without some pretty serious sacrifices), then max resist to make ele damage slightly less threatening but overall IMO PoE is not a good choice because you sacrifice so much damage for a little QoL.

Everyone hates on Purity of Elements, for many good reasons, and yet even after spending well over 1200 divs on my build I still have POE socketed as my aura.

It just solved so many problems for me and not having to use a socket on stormshroud or use an amethyst flask base with Mageblood, or use a flask suffix on ele resists, or use a suffix on shock avoidance, was extremely beneficial to my overall build. All those openings allowed for massive improvements to my build which when combined were worth more to me, than either wrath or zealotry were in the end.

Time to farm for a mirror ring :D. I don't have mirror wand, however I reckon a mirror ring would be better than getting a mirror wand.

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Fealwen wrote:

Time to farm for a mirror ring :D. I don't have mirror wand, however I reckon a mirror ring would be better than getting a mirror wand.

The mirror ring is better than the mirror wand. The mirror ring is actually insane, if you are not using Ralakesh.

However, finances do come into play as selling your current wand amy make you significantly more money than selling off your current ring. At least it was for me.

If your goal is to only buy one mirror item, then go for the ring. If you are hoping for two mirror items, then you may get their faster by buying the wand first.

Unfortunately mirror prices have gone up quite a bit recently so I am still chasing my second mirror. I may not get there before I stop playing league.

This could probably be more optimal but here is my initial setup with mageblood. Anything I should change?

https://pobb.in/74pjCnnPgM0W

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NVB43 wrote:

Ended up buying a mageblood - my first ever! Now to get flasks sorted.

Since you've never had a mageblood, some flask advice:

-Don't cheap out on the flask. You spent 200+ div on a belt, spent another 5-10d on your flask to take full advantage of its power.

-Perfect T1 suffixes are NOT needed for stun/ailment/curse immunity caps. You can save multiple divines by getting a flask with a few % pts less and still get the exact same effect (Base% x 1.95) thats from 70% enkindle, 25% prefix.

-For suffixes not related to immunity, i.e movespeed, crit chance, rarity, etc, buy the closest to perfect you can. Again the belt was 200d+, think of the perfect flask for 3d as part of the cost. It's like buying a new BMW and deciding you cant afford the stereo upgrade.


-Enkindling orbs are currently 1d/350, do the enkindle rolls yourself if it makes the flask significantly cheaper.

-Collect extra flask. The best part of mageblood is the ease of flexibility. Best ways to do this for easiest swap:

- Pick a flask that isnt integral to your defenses/build, like the diamond flask or quicksilver. On that flask, make sure your suffix is also flexible. I.e, dont get your immunity on your flex flask if you can help it. This will allow you to swap in a gold flask or extra defense/dps flask with any suffix very easily.

-If you need all of your flask types for your build, but not all suffixes, get extras with different suffixes. This seems obvious but alot of people dont do it. Example, I always run an Amethyst flask for chaos res cap, however the suffix on it is flexible. I keep a rarity, movespeed, and crit chance suffix copy for t16/heist/bossing respectively.

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NVB43 wrote:

This could probably be more optimal but here is my initial setup with mageblood. Anything I should change?

https://pobb.in/74pjCnnPgM0W

Didnt see this when I did my last reply. Looks good, except for your Amethyst flask. Unless you have stun avoidance somewhere else, the flask looks like it only gives 98.94 (99?) stun avoidance. (51 x 1.94). You need 52% on the suffix roll to cap.