Talfus - The Melter Crit Arc build [ 1.3 ]

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Rygiz wrote:

Noob question: Where do the power charges come from?

Thanks.

Primary source's of power charges are 3:

First is chance of getting them by cursed enemies - Assasin's Mark curse.
Second is by having support gem power charges on crit.
Third is getting them by the spell itself.

how much is the total cost i need to start this? I just came back from playing PoE and I dont have that much resources. I am currently lvl 13 and I have the arc gem.

Sooo... Your are running 77 and 78 maps "like nothing"? With 2,5k life? Come on, need to see some videos on that.

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Zenhayaraxermaar wrote:

Sooo... Your are running 77 and 78 maps "like nothing"? With 2,5k life? Come on, need to see some videos on that.

:) You are right there must be a proof. I made another Arc a little bit different build than this, I'll see when I'll do some videos. Did like 10+ 77 78 maps already with slightly more HP 3000. Lightning Coil, Dual Wield Cybil (Leech), 19 level Arctic Armour, 2 granite flasks and quick reactions are enough to stay alive HP is just a number, and since we are playing in Softcore we can go crazy on DPS so its personal choice whether you'll go more defensive or offensive.

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djhayyy1 wrote:

how much is the total cost i need to start this? I just came back from playing PoE and I dont have that much resources. I am currently lvl 13 and I have the arc gem.

The build is really non gear dependent, Lightning Coil in torment right now is like 10 c but you'll have it in like 70-80lvl+ when you can handle that -Lightning resists. The other gear is nothing more special than Life, Resists. Arc is working great even with 3 L or 4 L. Once you are ok with currency you can buy some uniques like Alpha's, Doryani belt and also Cybil Paws are like 1-3 c in price which give you like 20% cast speed and leech. Its so cheap!

So I am slowly leveling my new char modeled after this build. Would you consider moving arc off a +2/+3 wep and into a 6L Coil? If so what would you pair it with? If not, why? Is the +2/3 that big of an improvement?

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Strooder wrote:

So I am slowly leveling my new char modeled after this build. Would you consider moving arc off a +2/+3 wep and into a 6L Coil? If so what would you pair it with? If not, why? Is the +2/3 that big of an improvement?

Can't speak on behalf of the poster, but I will give my 2 cents.

I'm personally rocking a 5 link right now. Nothing fancy with the armour, just wanted some damage for fast levelling. In my experience if you can't get 4+ links on a weapon, armour is where you go.

Socket colour BBBBB

Gems;

Spell Echo
Arc
Power Charge on Critical
Increased Critical Strikes
Faster Casting

Reviewing the posters screenshot he is rocking 14410 Damage per second at level 88. Yeah....not going to cut it for me. I'm level 73 and rocking 11404 (3000 short). I'm 3000 short and 15 levels behind poster. Reviewing gems, his are 20 for arc 19 for spell echo, mine are 17 for both. I'm also at the tipping point of all my levels from this point forward being damage.

I'm 100% sure I can surpass this damage in just a few levels.

Something to note: I have four gems that when they level increase my damage. Where with arc on a wand you have two gems.

As for the power charge and increased critical strike gems, those can be replaced later on. Original 3 link was

Arc
Power Charge on Critical
Increased Critical Strikes

four link:

Spell Echo

Assassins mark was just not dependable enough for power charges at such a low level, plus I hate spamming spells for every group of mobs. Once you have a dependable amount of strike chance you could remove those if you wanted. Add in lightning penetration for power charge on critical (just a thought). Still experimenting right now, but it is working well for me.

Decided to review some supporting spells for future 6l or replacement of power charge/strike change.

Changed out power charge with a strike multiplier (level 17) increased DPS from 11404 to 13554 (might stick with this for a little).

Other possible replacements

Blue - Added Lightning Damage
Green - Chain (not sure if this works with ARC or not)
Red - Iron Will (Has reduced cast speed, which is not cool. Something to consider though).

DemiAlbedo, Im happy that you surpass my damage, but there are some reasons for it. 1st of all is when I made this build there was no Herald of Thunder, some skills got buffed many passive skills changed and etc. Also I'll make massive update playing some Arc build in Torment which is owning everything, hopefully I'll update the thread today. Path of Exile is really flexible game you can go full damage but can you survive your damage or the incoming damage? In most of the time survivability is going up and the damage is going down - there has to be a balance.

Thank you for commenting.

The whole build has been upgraded and slightly changed.