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

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our arc isnt even level 20 yet, and none of your gems have quality. I would just buy them I think arc 20/20 goes for about 10c if that, the others are probably pretty cheap too.

Does it matter if the gem is corrupted? I see that level 20 corrupted arc gems cost about a tenth of what the uncorrupted ones are being sold for, 5 chaos versus 50 chaos.

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LechugaNegra 님이 작성:

I'm really new to crafting but just rolled the staff with +3 to level of all lightning spell gems (~2.5k alts used!), and want to ensure my next steps don't brick it.

My understanding based on the crafting guide is that I'd want to wipe off the cold resistance before regal (50/50, but I can imprint it in the beastiary to be safe).

What would you recommend doing after that? Imprinting again and using an augment to see if I get lucky on a suffix?

Imprinting then regaling and moving forward with just the one affix (plus whatever the regal orb gives)?

Thanks

To get rid of the cold resistance you can use a bestiary trick:
+3 to lightning is a prefix
all resistances are suffix
So grab the beast from the market that allows you to:
"add a prefix remove a suffix" pretty cheap 5-10c
That will at least give you a cheaper way to gamble away the cold res for a better mod.

If you want the perfect staff I wouldnt spend too much on a non-influenced staff. Save the big spending until you have a shaper, elder staff. But you can still use a few imprints to get something good.

If you get something you like, regal it (pure gamble) then multimod
If you dont get something you like you can risk an annul orb then use the imprint if you mess it up (but then you may want to make a new imprint). Look out for wether you roll prefixes or suffixes (as you can use that bestiary craft again)

You can get master crafting mods which will lock prefixes, or lock suffixes but thats super expensive high end crafting 2ex crafts.

I would also consider searching the market for a +3 lightning staff that looks good but has no links or sockets. Then its usually pretty cheap to spam jeweller's orbs for a 6-socket and bench craft a 5-link for 125 fusings. That can end up cheaper than trying to craft with imprints at 80c each time or whatever they are now.

Also in case you dont know, make sure you have "advanced mod descriptions" turned on in the options/UI

Good luck

Thanks for the bolded tip, this will reduce the price of my craft by a lot!

EDIT: forgot to imprint and bricked it:

I.. I gotta stop smoking weed

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can anything be done to salvage this? idk at this point

So you can craft from the bench a prefix or suffix, and then use the beast trick for a free exalt (remove suffix, add prefix). I probably wouldn't recommend crafting a prefix, since you might remove the +3 gems then. It's not the end of the world if you end up with a less than ideal prefix. From there you can multimod +2 mods, and then either slam it or add a veil on.

Darn! I clicked on Submit numerous times, because there was no response, and now there are as many repetions of that post as I clicked on that submit button I'm very sorry! Didn't mean to spam the thread. I don't see any way to delete the excess posts. Anyone know if I can do that?

Hi thanks for the build, Im enjoying it a lot, new to the game so i apologise for what might seem a stupid question, you say that we use stave in endgame to run 2 5+ slots, how do you do this with a 2 handed weapon?

Any advice on what to do with this? is the life leech buff worth it all for us? should I sell or try to annul something/benchcraft?

Thanks for that advice friend, i beast crafted the free exalt twice. first time got a garbage roll and risked the 50/50 annul. +3 stayed (yay) and gave me another shot. second trick gave me this: reading enki's crafting guide my best course of action seems to be craft "cannot roll attack modifiers" + crusader exalt + remove crafts + can have 3 crafted mods again. is this the correct path? if yes then I have some currency farming to do lol

edit: oof. If I annul the crusader prefix can I slam it again with another crusader exalt?

I found this interesting:

Here is my awsome 3ex (or whatever) amulet:


260,686 tooltip arc damage

Now with this cheapass 10c amulet I found which allows you to have 3 extra golums:


278,202 tooltip arc damage

Thats a pretty big damage boost for 10c!
(both amulets without a damage annointment)

Another benefit, if one golum dies, you have at least one more spare (so your golum buff stays up :D

Just thought people on a budget may like to consider this amulet. May be a pain to keep all 7 golums up in some circumstances but in most cases I would think it should be fine.

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acerexx 님이 작성:

Any advice on what to do with this? is the life leech buff worth it all for us? should I sell or try to annul something/benchcraft?

You have "0.5% of elemental damage leeched as life" from Paragon ascendency node, so the leech is helpful. (I am not 100% sure it affects this leech, just put it on and check your Misc "life leech" stats.

You have a few choices without going into too much detail: If you want the best amulet you can get the meta crafting mod "lock all prefixes" a 2ex craft (I think your +1 intel and +1 lightning are both prefixes). When they are locked you can try to remove the suffix 15dex without risking the tier1 prefixes. Then youll be able to multimod what you need.

You need to convert at least 40% of your lightning damage to cold damage when in higher tiers. You need to build around crit, this way you are freezing your enemies with Arc while still applying max shock.

With the new cluster notables, we can really make this shine.

Key notables:

Sadist
15% increased Elemental Damage if you've Chilled an Enemy Recently
20% increased Elemental Damage if you've Ignited an Enemy Recently
25% increased Elemental Damage if you've Shocked an Enemy Recently

This gives us 40% extra elemental damage from one node.

Supercharge
Lightning Damage with Non-Critical Strikes is Lucky

Even with 60% crit, when I don't crit I am probably criting.

Stormrider
10% chance to gain a Power Charge when you Shock a Chilled Enemy
25% increased Cold Damage with Hits against Shocked Enemies
25% increased Lightning Damage with Hits against Chilled Enemies

50% increased damage in one node

--------- Key Survival Nodes for Storm Bust or Arc -------

Thunderstruck
20% increased Lightning Damage
Your Critical Strikes Knock Back Shocked Enemies
30% increased Critical Strike Chance

For higher level tiers this helps kill those fast Delirium jerks that jump and stun with every hit.

Chiling Presence
Nearby Enemies are Chilled

Self explanatory but helps freeze those fast little buggers

Blast-Freeze
20% increased Cold Damage
Freezes you inflict spread to other Enemies within a Radius of 12

Key for survival with Arc or Stormburst

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This notables are the new must for the problem people are having in higher tier maps and the new jewel clusters make Ice and Lightning work perfect.

Also Call of the Brotherhood Ring can convert 40% of your lightning damage to cold.

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iSevenStarSword 님이 작성:

You need to convert at least 40% of your lightning damage to cold damage when in higher tiers. You need to build around crit, this way you are freezing your enemies with Arc while still applying max shock.

Also Call of the Brotherhood Ring can convert 40% of your lightning damage to cold.

Thanks for all the info, those jewel notables sound great!

I decided to give it a go, bought a load of jewels and tried it out. The problem is, to get all those notables you have to take so many points away from the main skill tree. After spending 12-15 points to get all those great sounding notables my damage drops by about 1/2.

Another problem I have with a single call of the brotherhood ring: if you are converting 40% lightning to cold damage I think thats cold damage which has 0 penetration (because we are using lightning pen support).

Maybe others can get those jewel clusters to work, but I have failed to beat what is on the main skill tree so far (except with herald stacking to some extent).