Enki's Arc Witch Memorial Page & POE 2 Arc Summary

hi, new guy here - trying this build and absolutely loving it.

just a few questions and the were probably answered in the 1300+ pages before me but I could not find them with the help of a quick search.

1) lightning walker not worth it? its only 2 nodes, one of them is +10% elemental damage. is the additional gem slot still better? I can see why. but if you happen to have some extra points like:

2) if you spec out of essence drain(+3 points) assuming you have insane mana sustain already where would you spent them?
3) you can spec out of the alira bandit reward for additional 2 points on the skill tree (losing 5 mana regen/s, -15 elemental resistance and -20 global critical strike.) assuming you have no problem capping your resistance is it worth it to spent the points somewhere else?


also if you spent 5 points to get to static blows you gain:
+20 intelligence
+5 chance to shock
+10% increase effect of shock
+15% critical strike chance (if you shocked recently)
+10% damage (if you shocked recently)
+static blows (around 8% dmg increase - *source enki)

the big thing walking there is having the oil anointment slot open to get something else like soul of steel but where to take 5 points? (specing out of essence extraction only 3) cant think of another 2 without losing anything crucial :/

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luckychewy wrote:

1) lightning walker not worth it? its only 2 nodes, one of them is +10% elemental damage. is the additional gem slot still better? I can see why. but if you happen to have some extra points like:
2) if you spec out of essence drain(+3 points) assuming you have insane mana sustain already where would you spent them?
3) you can spec out of the alira bandit reward for additional 2 points on the skill tree (losing 5 mana regen/s, -15 elemental resistance and -20 global critical strike.) assuming you have no problem capping your resistance is it worth it to spent the points somewhere else?

1) jewel slot is much better, cuz of crit multi, u can get up to 3 crit multi mods on jewel resulting in ~40% crit multi

2) assuming u have insane mana sustaing means u used affixes space on helmet/weapon/ring, or even using whole different item like mind of the council, or chest with mana sustain options, resulting in losing strong damage affixes on those items/whole items like inpulsa, shaper-based helmet with shock effect/flat lightning/enemies resistance debuff/life

3) it means that ull need to use additional affixes space on jewel/weapon/armour to cap ur resistance, not to mention losing 5 flat mana regen and 20% crit chance, which u can only get from regal crafting weapon with extra chaos, or even giving up on extra chaos and focusing on 90% crit chance, not to mention going for crit multi on weapons is not even a choice in this kind of a scenario

Is that build squishy for end game and how is the single target?

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Xelzach wrote:

Is that build squishy for end game and how is the single target?

Yeah this build isn't the top-tier build when it comes to single target. Arc is much better for clearing. In terms of single target it's often considered subpar to a lot of other skills, but by no means it's bad. It's a bit more painful to play with when there's only... 1 target on the screen to target. Defensively the build is probably okay-tier, it's elementalist after all. No notable physical mitigation or elemental mitigation aside from old-school tricks like MoM, chaos golem and keeping it alive, classic flask use, and dodge-based with blind and the Acro keystones now. That is if you want to beat all endgame contents and have good defense/offense in high tier maps and beyond, you'll have to invest quite a bit, a dozen exalts or so, but this is also true for the majority of builds out there. This is a build that actually requires skills to beat everything as facetanking is pretty much impossible and you'll have to learn to deal with different things going at you. I played it in 3.5 and was satisfied with how it finally went before all the bs nerfs occurred.

actually with enough high-end gear u can shut down uber elder in 1-2 minutes in single portal, same with uber atziri

when arc dont chain, the damage will be multiplied by the number of total chains, read the intro of the guide please

What's your technique to kill the monsters with Proximity Shield?

Hey, Enki, how's it going? :D

Been enjoying your build since start of the legue, my new favourite xD

here's my profil:

https://poe.ninja/challenge/builds/char/kokorolee/Anatema?i=29&search=class%3DElementalist%26skill%3DArc

Ty again for post!

P.s. I put Inspired Learning jewel, and it work awesome xD

thanks for your answers. also I managed to get this ring.
whats the best strategy to craft this? what should I get with it?



thanks in advance

edit: as usual people who have the ability to read are clearly at a great advantage here and in life. enki explained excactly this situation in his guide

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Crafting Advice
Get an ilvl80+ Shaper Diamond Ring and alteration craft until you hit Curse Enemies with Assassin's Mark on Hit, throw a Regal Orb on it and if the new affix is not on the above list, try to get rid of it with an Orb of Annulment and then multimod.

ring with straight ass mark is kinda meh, try to look for ass mark with flat lightning mods (one with higher dmg, another with chance to shock), ideally u can get ring with ass mark, and both of flat lightning mods

additionaly - is there a big difference between having ass mark level 8 and ass mark level 12? how much dps do I miss out if I have a good shaped base but its 4 level lower ass mark?