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

Again: There is NO NEED TO GENERATE ANY charges. You always HAVE FULL charges (from rala)

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Hello, here are some comments to consider for upgrades and improvements

* You have to change your militant faith. The one you choose mistakenly overwrote two very important nodes in the build, that being Deep Thoughts and Heart of Thunder. Please see the build guides FAQ section labeled "Timeless jewels are confusing" for details on how to choose the Militant Faith so that you do not over write any of our important nodes.

* After you fix the Militant Faith, remove the int node you allocated on the upper right of the tree to the right of Inner conviction and remove one node from Dynamo wheel. Use those two free points to get Heart of Thunder and the Lightning Mastery "Increases and Reductions to Maximum Mana also apply shock effect......". These two points will help your damage a lot

* I am a bit confused on why you are using Stormshroud when you don't seem to have any Shock Avoidance in the build? The suffix on the Silver flask does not synergize with our build as we do not really want evasion as it will cause us to not get a chance to block which means we lose some of the power of the shield. Since you have Mageblood, you could change this suffix to a value of 52% or greater to "Avoid Shock". That will give you full ailment immunity

* Your ele resistance are not capped and your Fire res is extremely low. You need to get this sorted on your rare gear. You have many useless stats on the rare gear that can be easily upgraded for not much currency.

First off, thanks a bunch for getting back to me so quickly.

1. I read your FAQ, and fixed my Militant. I've used the Timeless ones but never utilized any of the Militant ones, so this was a learning experience.

2. Fixed the flasks, and moved my nodes to HoT and Light Mast.
3. I financially can't figure out how to get maxed res. My gloves and boots are good, but you said I could upgrade for not much currency.. Do you mean crafting on these? Or buying completely different gloves/boots?

Also, I'm trying to craft a new ring.. Not working well, but I'm trying lol.

Hello there again fellas.

I return with some more questions. I think I have refined the build as much as I can and now I need some of your expertise.

1. First thing I have different is the SAFEGUARD node route. I found it more valuable than going for Leech and it also freed a Flask position since now I don't have to use RUMI. My block is atm 85/88% but I am considering swapping the Viridian Jewel for a Block Attack one. which will get it to 87/88%. Any suggestions on that?

2. Before I buy my last items
A) corrupted blood Unnatural Instinct probably since they are the cheapest ones with double corruption.
B) My ring probably with double Crit Multiplier I wanted to ask you if you had anything else in mind?

3. Also any other suggestions like corruptions (Hinder, Maim, Poison, etc) that I might improve survivability.

4. Is there anything else that I might be missing? Better corruptions on ring, amulet, shield, or Armor? Better Flask combination?

https://pobb.in/BJcxKb0tTdiW

Thanks!!

PS I forgot to mention I am using a different setup on gems too on shield. I have brand > Elem. weakness and Conductivity. Will these be activated when I block because the guide I think had them on the wand.

Hello Guys,

I've question about compare this build The lazy Nova versus https://pobb.in/oaTeo_xZPpxo (Goratha Build)
I wanna start play this Build and dont know with one will be the best for me. Clear Maps bosses etc. Will be greatfull for any explain for me. Thank you Guys

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Prz87mo wrote:

Hello Guys,

I've question about compare this build The lazy Nova versus https://pobb.in/oaTeo_xZPpxo (Goratha Build)
I wanna start play this Build and dont know with one will be the best for me. Clear Maps bosses etc. Will be greatfull for any explain for me. Thank you Guys

This build is significantly more tanky than the Goratha build. You will be able to clear juiced T16’s with small investment.

To clear T17’s and Uber bosses will take more investment.

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Numanchi12 wrote:

3. I financially can't figure out how to get maxed res. My gloves and boots are good, but you said I could upgrade for not much currency.. Do you mean crafting on these? Or buying completely different gloves/boots? .

I mean to just buy them. Do not invest in stats like evasion, flat damage, dexterity etc as those don’t help the build. Just search for mana, life, and three resistances on gloves, boots and ring as your starting end game gear. Always cap your elemental resistances before anything else.

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WillFireblade wrote:

Hello there again fellas.

I return with some more questions. I think I have refined the build as much as I can and now I need some of your expertise.

1. First thing I have different is the SAFEGUARD node route. I found it more valuable than going for Leech and it also freed a Flask position since now I don't have to use RUMI. My block is atm 85/88% but I am considering swapping the Viridian Jewel for a Block Attack one. which will get it to 87/88%. Any suggestions on that?

2. Before I buy my last items
A) corrupted blood Unnatural Instinct probably since they are the cheapest ones with double corruption.
B) My ring probably with double Crit Multiplier I wanted to ask you if you had anything else in mind?

3. Also any other suggestions like corruptions (Hinder, Maim, Poison, etc) that I might improve survivability.

4. Is there anything else that I might be missing? Better corruptions on ring, amulet, shield, or Armor? Better Flask combination?

https://pobb.in/BJcxKb0tTdiW

Thanks!!

PS I forgot to mention I am using a different setup on gems too on shield. I have brand > Elem. weakness and Conductivity. Will these be activated when I block because the guide I think had them on the wand.

hello, here are some general comments you can consider

* While I firmly believe every one should play the build how ever they want to, if I had to pick out one of the most important mechanics in the build, it would be instant leech. I do not see how you are going to complete the hard material in the game like Ultimatum, Simulacrum etc with out it. If you are only playing casually then I guess it should be ok.

* You are taking the block mastery +2 to max attack block but your build can not use it. This is being wasted right now. That mastery will only become useful if and when you can get to 90% attack block

* You are using the mana mastery to recover 10% of mana when you use a guard skill but this mastery only works if you manually cast the guard skill (in our case that is Arcane Cloak) but this skill is used in the Automation setup and as such the mastery point is wasted.

* You have to change your militant faith. The one you choose mistakenly overwrote two very important nodes in the build, that being Mystic Bulwark and Prodigal Projection. Please see the build guides FAQ section labeled "Timeless jewels are confusing" for details on how to choose the Militant Faith so that you do not over write any of our important nodes.

* Using the Brand setup in the shield does not make any sense. The shield will only proc Elemental skills and Arcanist Brand is not an elemental skill. In fact your entire setup of the skills in the weapon and the shield do not make a lot of sense. Are you self casting all these skills in the weapon? If so that is not recommended. I would highly recommend to follow what the build guide suggests. You want the the shield to proc 3 different elemental skills when you block and then you want to self cast arcanist brand once to cast all your non helmet curses on a single target.


I would fix these core issues and then come back for more questions.

Hey again, Thanks for the help man! Really appreciate it.

I forgot to mention that i was experimenting but something didn't feel right that's why I came to ask for advice to see if those changes worked and apparently they didn't.

I changed back to the proper build and fixed the militant faith (that one I just missed, embarracing). But now I am missing like 10% spell block and I don't want to use RUMI.
T16 juiced are going really good but for t17 I have issues but then again from what I read most people have issues with t17.

I leave it like that I guess and come back when I have something to ask but if you see anything else please let me know. :)

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WillFireblade wrote:

Hey again, Thanks for the help man! Really appreciate it.

I forgot to mention that i was experimenting but something didn't feel right that's why I came to ask for advice to see if those changes worked and apparently they didn't.

I changed back to the proper build and fixed the militant faith (that one I just missed, embarracing). But now I am missing like 10% spell block and I don't want to use RUMI.
T16 juiced are going really good but for t17 I have issues but then again from what I read most people have issues with t17.

I leave it like that I guess and come back when I have something to ask but if you see anything else please let me know. :)

if you have some free time, take a look through the last 10-15 pages or so of the thread. You will be able to find some versions posted that do not use rumi's but were still able to achieve max attack and spell block and allowed them to keep Bottled Faith in the build.

Got it! thanks!