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

I'm also wondering if a better mind than myself can confirm whether the offerings need impacts us.

I love arc but felt stretched last league , although my gear wasn't optimal. Would love to give it another shot depending on how it sits after the nerf.

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lovelevel60 написал:

I'm also wondering if a better mind than myself can confirm whether the offerings need impacts us.

I love arc but felt stretched last league , although my gear wasn't optimal. Would love to give it another shot depending on how it sits after the nerf.

The less offering effect makes it quite a bit more squishy. Could even result in a mana problem, as we lose mana when being hit. No dps will be lost though imo.

If you felt squishy already last league playing this, i would recommend playing another starter like lancerate bleed or scourge arrow, etc. Quite a few have equal/better clearspeed with more single target dps, while still being tanky.

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Mentoya написал:

Can someone give me an honest non bias opinion on how this build did last league? I'm thinking of running it again, as Necro's continue to get hit, but was wondering, did this build get you to end-game?

Judging by the amount of pages, I would have think it did okay, otherwise it would have much less popularity. But want some opinions on those who ran it and how far they got using this exact build guide..

thanks!

Despite bad luck with DPS items i've done the majority of content in HSSF without much playtime.

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The offering effect nerf hurts a bit but it was expected, and it's something that is easily countered by getting more block from other sources. Unless there's other changes in the patchnotes, this build will remain very tanky with enough DPS for everything except some very edge cases, like deep delving.

I've also got some further improvements planned to work on a few flaws the current build had.

Do you plan to add the new "sigil of power" to the build?

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2933919

Sigil of Power will be very dependent on how it scales, but the various shields might be worth looking into if SoP doesn’t pan out. If it exclusively provides flat lightning damage, I don’t see it being very relevant once you get a decent mana pool for any Archmage + Arcane Cloak. It’s duration and cast speed are also both unknown, though it appeared to me to have a low to instant cast speed. I’m really looking forward to coming back to Arc in Heist. I’ve been racking my brains coming up with how I want to play it. As with any starter build, must wait for the patch notes. As with any self-cast Arc build, must wait to see how Enki improves it and puts my preparation to shame.

Right now I’m leaning to Pledge of Hands staff. You get an extra 150% multiplier to Arc but makes you only have to spend mana every 4 casts when combined with Spell Echo. That allows for a 6L OoS or SB which can in turn be dropped in favor of Kaom’s Replica. The 3 staff nodes to get Whirling Barrier also provide some very good block. My overall goal is to be able to drop Clarity in favor of Wrath in Essence Worm + Supreme Ego as well as getting enough life sustain to manage RF if possible...haven’t figured out RF yet. Nope, I’m still looking. I haven’t discounted Ascendent either, but I have a feeling Ascendent-Necro will get self-Offering removed.

Edit: I forgot about SoP’s increased mana cost attribute. :)

What other sources are you referring to mate @enki

I do love this build , would be really keen to run it this league.
Feel like I hit a ceiling , likely down to gear but I am very new so put it down to build - if you've got changes planned that sounds awesome.

(Dont know if you can see my character 'Remindsmebabyofyou' to confirm its gear)

Love your work anyways!

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lovelevel60 написал:

What other sources are you referring to mate @enki

I do love this build , would be really keen to run it this league.
Feel like I hit a ceiling , likely down to gear but I am very new so put it down to build - if you've got changes planned that sounds awesome.

(Dont know if you can see my character 'Remindsmebabyofyou' to confirm its gear)

Love your work anyways!

I can confirm your character is public, but I’m not about to do a gear check on a build I haven’t played in a year. Changes will be largely patch note dependent as well as any weak points the current build has I’m ignorant of. Entirely does make an effort to always make it beginner and starter friendly.

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Aldonés написал:

Sigil of Power will be very dependent on how it scales, but the various shields might be worth looking into if SoP doesn’t pan out.

Well sadly the frost shield won't work with Agnostic I'm afraid because it needs to consume energy shield to put it and agnostic makes energy shield =0. Unless I'm missing something here?

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Viktranka написал:

Well sadly the frost shield won't work with Agnostic I'm afraid because it needs to consume energy shield to put it and agnostic makes energy shield =0. Unless I'm missing something here?

You are correct; I missed that part. Void Sphere could provide utility, group mobs up and then death-explosions would be much more effective. In any case I think these will all have a shared CD like guard skills

Edit: Shared CD is a bad way to say it. I think you will be more akin to brands. 1 of any type active at a time.

Unless there is something major in the patch notes that wasn't in the manifesto, this build will certainly survive. We essentially lose 9% spell/attack block chance and 150 life on block, which hurt but can be compensated for, as Enki says. Also expecting a nerf to Watcher's Eye mana recovery rate mod, which will also hurt but is hardly fatal. Don't see anything that would directly impact our damage output, though I'm willing to bet there's an alternate quality version of Arc (and other gems) that will benefit us.

Very curious to see what Enki has in mind!