(Stormweaver) Max projectiles cold converted fireballs. Cheap, easy, powerful, FUN! (T16+ ready)
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Finally leveled to 91.
One thing to note that most probably find obvious but I did not: There are some gems that quality really boosts. I knew this from my time in poe1, but just haven't really been paying attention. I had dragged my feet on using gc's on archmage. It boosts the damage from 6% to 8%. The sheet dps for my fireball went up considerably (thousands). Also, if anyone else switched to crit, be careful to remove anything that might be removing critical hits from our previous builds (e.g., the support that adds damage but removes the chance to crit). This will proc comet more consistently. edit: Lastly, midnight braid is still very cheap (if not more so). I recommend picking some up and corrupting them for an extra stat. Nothing game changing (although more recoup would be awesome), but it's not hard to get +15 strength or a single 20% resistance, which can make getting gear elsewhere way more affordable or add some easy mana by removing any lingering +5 str/dex nodes. Last edited by Scotchfist#1987 on Jan 3, 2025, 5:24:23 AM
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" If you go back a few pages you'll find me discovering the exact same thing haha, you're definitely not alone. Also it probably sadly goes to show why Archmage is gonna get nerfed. I'm holding off on investing any more currency in the build until the next patch, which I expect soon, to see if Archmage survives or not. |
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What is gc on archmage?
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" Gc is just shorthand for gemcutter's prism to add quality to the archmage spirit gem. Four of them will bring the skill up to 20% quality. " Yeah, you are definitely right about it getting tweaked soon. I want to hold off on spending more. I have sunk all of my currency into the build multiple times and won't be well off when we need to change things, but I really want to try adding the passive that gives 75% chance to add a projectile when it forks to my amulet as well as possibly getting rid of midnight braid for some more mana and see how things go. Last edited by Scotchfist#1987 on Jan 3, 2025, 4:18:27 PM
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I personally don't see archmage surviving the nerf bat, which is why im holding off going full eb lightning build, since it relies heavily on archmage. I guess we will see soon.
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" I'm hoping that while Archmage will get a nerf, other stuff should get a buff. Archmage isn't the only reason everyone gravitates towards Lightning damage, so, bit of luck and everything will land in roughly the same spot overall, just with less damage being directly from Archmage. |
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" I do hope they buff other stuff, but I fear they will just nerf archmage and call it a day, leaving sorceress in a pretty bad state |
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" It's entirely possible, if only due to the fact they may need to nerf Archmage so they can actually see how the rest of the stuff functions without it and diagnose what needs more tweaking. I suspect that if that happens, assuming they don't yeet Archmage entirely out of existence, we're pretty much stuck in mid maps until they do something else which is not ideal. |
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" GC == GCP == Gem Cutter's Prisms == how you get quality on gems. :) |
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:)
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