Spark + Cast on shock comet(bosses) Mana Stacking Archmage Stormweaver - cool sorceress starter

The build is using Spark(Spell) with Pierce(Support gem), but Spark does already pierce enemies. Do I not understand something ?

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Angren1991#0758 wrote:

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DarkShad0ws#5937 wrote:

We are using 230 spirit on this build. Game gives you 100. In what universe do we get 130 spirit on gear ? Are you actually playing this or what

rightr now you need 200, but mana remnant is the last spirit gem you want to take so

1) archmage first
2) cast on shock
3) mana remnant


you will get Spirit from your gear.

get chest on your armor and amu

and on your sceptre

But doesn't Archmage come at like, level 55?

And in your new version, you've dropped MoM entirely and abandoned all the mana stacking?

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VilandilTasardur#2497 wrote:

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Angren1991#0758 wrote:

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DarkShad0ws#5937 wrote:

We are using 230 spirit on this build. Game gives you 100. In what universe do we get 130 spirit on gear ? Are you actually playing this or what

rightr now you need 200, but mana remnant is the last spirit gem you want to take so

1) archmage first
2) cast on shock
3) mana remnant


you will get Spirit from your gear.

get chest on your armor and amu

and on your sceptre

But doesn't Archmage come at like, level 55?

And in your new version, you've dropped MoM entirely and abandoned all the mana stacking?

Only in the early stages I dropped mom, in the endgame setup mom is still in there. The problem is that you cannot stack that much mana early on and so most of the time you are running out of mana and cannot cast. The leveling skill tree will go for more generic increase as we need it because loot is rare. Mana stacking will begin when you have gear with + mana on it.

Yeah archmages comes with lvl 55.

If ggg doesn’t nerf comet we will go for cast on shock comet instead of arc but I highly doubt that they won’t nerf comet, so if comet stays this way cast on shock > archmage

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BaNneR25#5889 wrote:

Why do you use PIERCE if spark is already piercing ?

spark only pierces with pierce support

so our goal is to reach comet with chance to shock as it is extremely OP right now

Okay so I am missing a lot of things.

So I started to follow up on that build lvl 26, I went straight into mana stacking pathing to MoM, I can sustain most dmg and can cast usually, not always.

But I have to admit that around 25 ish the damage is just not there for me.

The tree I followed is not there anymore and is now completely different, it was more focused on mana and looks similiar to the end game build.

I have no gold anymore to respec anything, because I already did half my tree due to another build that didn't work out.

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Rosanjin_Shichirobei#0144 wrote:

Okay so I am missing a lot of things.

So I started to follow up on that build lvl 26, I went straight into mana stacking pathing to MoM, I can sustain most dmg and can cast usually, not always.

But I have to admit that around 25 ish the damage is just not there for me.

The tree I followed is not there anymore and is now completely different, it was more focused on mana and looks similiar to the end game build.

I have no gold anymore to respec anything, because I already did half my tree due to another build that didn't work out.

so yeah really sorry for that :( it was a really bad idea from me to go to MOM so apologize to that. if you go the right route and use orb of storms with arc and concutivity in your single target setup then you should be also atleast fine with the bosses until you get some more dmg auras

Also I kinda figured out how to deal Pre Cast on shock.

so as we all know now the AE Dmg is good but the Single target was the real problem, unfortunately I had to switch around the half of my skilltree went from the left side of the tree to the right side, and I speced in two nodes,

30% inc dmg when we shock
30% inc dmg when we ignite, thanks to the spark flamewall combo we do this very often so this will boost our dps.
at the beginning take path of shocks
then breath of lightning
then echoing thunder + flames
then all the lightning nodes (lightning quick etc)

When you have the Cast on shock gem and link it to comet you should be in a pretty good spot but before that its really hard :D

so link spark with unleash and controlled destruction.

for your boss play:

cast flamefall (so you also spawn srs), conductivity, orb of storms and then spam arc, with that combo I manage to down the single target encounters atleast not that bad.

so sry guys that there were some shifts around but with this setup you should be able to reach the goal to Cast on shock and when you get comet well... then its just spam your shock skills until comet kills everything

I am use skill setup from this guide

Arc - Controlled Cesdruction - Unleash

Spark - Pierce - Arcane tempo

Buuut, whe I am run through the map (act 2 now) Arc clearspeed significaly more then Spark

Its not a problem but what I do wrong ? Why we still need to use Spark ?=)

SRS is getting nerfed; or already has: down to 5 spawns, only spawned on actual fire casts. So Spark through FW will no longer generate SRS. Not sure if Solar Orb pulses will generate SRS anymore either; probably wont after the initial cast.

Guess will need to adjust again since the low dmg against bosses is about to get lower.

I think before maps cast on ignite + comet is likely superior (with flame walls + solar orb stacked as they flip-flop ignites).

Even at maps I melt packs with this setup, only problem is I run out of mana fast.