Enki's Arc Witch Memorial Page

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gargantua0 wrote:

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GruppeZ wrote:

do u cast ice golem everytime or what ice skill u use? cause i dont see how fire penetration is helpfull o,O.

I guess you mean cold penetration ? :)

Look at the ring Call of the Brothehood

You should get the answer.

if i look at this: http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Mastermind_of_Discord

i don't see any point why it should trigger, at first no fire skill in any socket for cold penetration

and even if damage converted i dont see why it should trigger cause its still a lighning spell or am i wrong?

@Easvo: Gem levels, quality, higher char level, jewels, gear & vaal haste, all those things coming together cause this huge DPS gap.

Aside from gem level & quality, the biggest boost you can get right now are facebreakers, their huge crit multi is no joke. You'll prolly need to get trires helmet, boots and/or belt to do this change and stay res capped. Ring could get more life, amulet could also have a bit more offensive mods. Not sure if it's just a coincidence or you specifically went for those mods, but lightning damage to attacks doesn't work with arc.

@GruppeZ: Mastermind of Discord is a very new addition to the build, after some players gave some pretty positive feedback on it. I haven't fully tested and integrated it into this build yet, will wait with that until the next version of this build, which will come with the new skills patch.
What you can do for now is summoning your ice golem and using flame dash to proc it towards bosses, i'm trying to find a more elegant solution but this is what works for now.

I have replaced Enlighten with Frost Bomb, which offers a lot more utility every 10 seconds that you need to cast it, than Enlighten, imo (although admittedly I only had a level 2 Enlighten)

Call of the Bros won't procc Mastermind!!

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owa wrote:

I have replaced Enlighten with Frost Bomb, which offers a lot more utility every 10 seconds that you need to cast it, than Enlighten, imo (although admittedly I only had a level 2 Enlighten)

Call of the Bros won't procc Mastermind!!

Does this mean Ice Golem won't proc Mastermind when it attacks? Or you'd have to recast every 10 seconds to get the proc?

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morbiuz666 wrote:

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owa wrote:

I have replaced Enlighten with Frost Bomb, which offers a lot more utility every 10 seconds that you need to cast it, than Enlighten, imo (although admittedly I only had a level 2 Enlighten)

Call of the Bros won't procc Mastermind!!

Does this mean Ice Golem won't proc Mastermind when it attacks? Or you'd have to recast every 10 seconds to get the proc?

No it doesn't proc mastermind when it attacks, only when you summon it.

@Owa - you're on the right track for a more elegant solution, re-casting ice golem is a pain in the ass as an elementalist as you have dual golems! I personally dropped Immortal Call for Flame Totem and Vaal Haste, so I've now dropped Vaal Haste for Frost Bomb. Testing it on bosses it's again a very nice single target damage improvement. I feel like Arc's weak point is pretty well overcome with this combo, but the cost of losing Immortal Call requires physical damage awareness and also means my below change really helps.

Currently testing out a dual curse Variant of the build as I hit Lv.91. I gave up 300 un-reserved mana and 200 hp to gain enfeeble + warlords mark and 10% stronger curses.

Have been running T9-T12 maps today, would have gone higher if my map returns weren't terrible. And the enfeeble survability boost is really nice! It suits a quick clear, aggressive play style, allowing you to lightning warp / dash right upto packs and burn them down. I hightly recommend trying it out Enki as it removes the need for Lightning Coil unique :)

Hardest map I ran was T14 Springs with 18% Ele reflect and no regen. The boss normally is a nightmare (he's like supercharged Oak with leap slams) but I was able to take several hits before I had to move and use potions, not bad considering the mods.

The only real downside is without Arctic or Lightning Coil bleed damage stacks need to be monitored closely, a good potion can handle this however.

Mastermind of Discord (don't mind my DPS, no power charges up) =

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Sectiplave wrote:

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You should host your image on a publicly accessible hoster like imgur...


My char is still level 91, because I don't have much time to play currently, but I have also died 3x recently, always to bosses. Clearing maps with Enki's build is no problem at all, also T15 maps etc., but bosses are hell.

E.g. the Goatman boss from Gorge, he had 30% inc. attackspeed/damage and the environment had patches of chilled ground.

I was on full health and I didn't pay attention for one second. I got oneshot by his jump.

@Owa; Fixed my OP with working image link, it shows +25% lightning penetration, +61% Cold Penetration and +25% fire penetration.

It is easy to maintain these buffs with 100% up time on bosses with flame totem and frost bomb, and the skills themselves help with single target damage, so not only do bosses die very quickly, the DPS boost obviously helps with life leech returns. It's easy to forget Warlords Mark is a curse and we only have around 1.32% life leech against map bosses with a 20% quality Blasphemy Gem.

Yes I was having the same issue with hard hitting physical bosses being the cause of my RIP's lately, hence me testing out sacrificing some life and mana for +10% curse effect and running dual curse with Enfeeble. It's still in the testing stages but so far I feel the change is significant, it brings these phys damage bosses to a more manageable level.

I have just recorded a Maze map run with Frost Bomb and Fire Totem, i think i will upload it soon: the triple elemental penetration is awesome!

Should i buy Atziri's Splendour +%AR and ES or just AR or just ES? Sorry for my bad english.

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owa wrote:

I have just recorded a Maze map run with Frost Bomb and Fire Totem, i think i will upload it soon: the triple elemental penetration is awesome!

i'm looking for that.