ARC 1-Button Build? — Question from a former player

Hello,

I played a fair bit of PoE2 a while back, but ragequit at update 0.2.0e when they changed Arc so that it could no longer apply Shock.

Up to that point, my whole goal was a one-button "chain lightning build" which was working very well with Arc (+Shock mechanic) and I was happy with my damage as I upgraded my gear etc. However, losing Shock completely killed my damage output and thus build viability altogether.

I've read through all patchnotes relating to Arc (from 0.2.0f to 0.4.0), and the thing that stuck out to me the most was "Arc is now a Projectile, and no longer a payoff skill".

The problem is, my overall skill/build knowledge is now very out-of-date, so I have no idea whether that Projectile change is a big enough deal to make up for the original loss of applying Shock or not.

My question is:

Is the current Projectile version of Arc (combined with any other synergistic mechanics) possssibly strong enough to be a 1-button build again now?

I'm not looking for an exact build or super specific setup here, but if anyone might be kind enough to give me some starting points to look into as a build... I would be extremely grateful!

Cheers!

theres a full arc Bloodmage build on youtube. it looks okay i havent tried it.

i had arch in my dueling wand, without any damage support gems. i cast it like 4 times on a fully buffed citadel boss and it took him down to half health. actually not bad lol

Have you considered wearing Call of the Brotherhood and making your Arc freeze? That's pretty fun for me. I get it, if that's not your thing though.