" The Winter-Arc Crit ": Simple, cheap, safe and high dps 30k+ ( 2.0 updated)

Yeah, stack mana regen for running high level AA:



Looking for a better Amulet, but no mana issues between AA and MoM from Cloak.
Last edited by straglyder#6514 on Jan 5, 2015, 2:44:54 PM
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BubbaGump1297 wrote:
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rustypipe wrote:
How does everyone keep up their Artic Armor without a bunch of jewlery with mana regen on it. Even with all the passive nodes and clarity lvled up pretty well(Not 20 yet) I still can't get artic armor to lvl 19 without it just ravaging my mana pool when I walk anywhere?

Aside from that the build is going pretty well. Need a few key items to boost the DPS up but currently sitting at 12-14k DPS at lvl 78. a 6 link would boost my dps tremendously however its waaay out of my price range.

Also do you find the lighting pen helps the dps more so then Arc, Crit, Spell Echo, Added dmg, life leach

or

Arc, Crit, Spell Echo, Fastcast, life leech?


I'm kinda in the same boat as you. I had to stop my Artic Armour at lvl 13 as it was reducing my mana. I'm right at a break-point with regen/consumption at lvl 13 where it does go down but very very slowly.

I play softcore mostly so deaths don't bother me too much. Found teleporting (lightning warp) most of time.... doesn't affect the mana at all. Great to use for normal farming.

I do run Clarity for some regen. Mine is currently lvl 17 with +21 mana/sec but don't have any gear really with any mana regen on it.

I have a 5link chest and have been running ARC/SPELL-ECHO/LIFE-LEECH/ADDED-LIGHTNING-DAMAGE/INCREASED-CRIT-DMG. I'm thinking of switching out the added-lightning-damage for Faster Casting and moving gems around kinda like Tompos (page 14 of this post) has setup. right now I just use 2 gems for totem and this way I can use the added lightning dmg onto the totem itself.

Looking here in this post at people's gear I don't see a lot of "mana regen" on the gear itself... so either they have a huge mana pool or not sure how they are keeping up with artic armor sucking the mana down so quickly

I hope they can shed some light on this as well.



I see ppl ask how to keep the mana regen high for AA .. on the gear itself try get ES as it will turn in a huge mana pool (using the Eldrich Battery pasive nod ) . High mana pool = alot of mana regen bonus + Clarity + a bit of regen on some items and u should be able to run perfect.
I have alot of ES on items (so i got huge mana pool >huge mana regen just from this ) so i dont even need mana regen on items .
Hello,

for those who ask about AA and mana regen, here is my gear :
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I have currently no problem to run AA and I have two more spots for mana regen (ring + amu).

I wonder, is it possible to use CoD with the voidbringer gloves? Isn't it dangerous to have increased mana cost of skills with MOM ?
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Nephryo wrote:
Hello,

for those who ask about AA and mana regen, here is my gear :
Spoiler


I have currently no problem to run AA and I have two more spots for mana regen (ring + amu).

I wonder, is it possible to use CoD with the voidbringer gloves? Isn't it dangerous to have increased mana cost of skills with MOM ?


I used Voidbringer + CoD with a 690 available mana pool and good regen, didn't have any noticeable issues. Switched to Maligaro's though as they are better dps.
Came back after a long break from poe, First build i am trying out, Only level 50 but seems like its a fun build to use.
Great build. I think a Cloak of Defiance is a definite must. To run AA and to help alleviate the lack of physical damage reduction.


Also, I've taken more health nodes over damage nodes. My deeps is at 5300 in a 4L.

My gear:

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IGN: Constantly Changing
You can easily bump up your mana regen with discipline+battery node,i do like that.Probably will switch to Cloak of Defiance later.
Gear is starting to take shape. Switched out Added Lightning to faster casting ... got the drogon mask and ring combo, upgraded one of my wands and found a nice pair of boots in the mudflats that are working nicely for the time being. While my gear is not OP for this spec I'm doing like 7300 dps with main arc with Herald of ice/thunder both active.


Here is my current gear:
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djokosrb wrote:
Atm im lvl 81,made some changes to tree in co-work with challengerx,my tree look like this
http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMABAcEswVCBx4I9A5IEFgRDxGWE54UsBa_GjgabBvxHwIkqiaVJy8snDI0NsU26TpYQZZEq0bXSVFMLVVLVa5VxlcrXfJfKmHiZJ1o8mpDbRlwUnDVcYV2EX4zfq9-x3_GghCCHoKbg9uIQonTjDaNGY-mj_qQVZUumjudrqIApJGnCKyYrrOxQrmTvYLAGsBUwGbBxcMJzLfQ9dV11abYJNlf2rna3dsL3Yzfit-w4BLhc-Qi5Ozli-kC6-Tr9ew47TzwH_DV8h3-sw==
In next 5-6 levels i will take more life+chaos res nodes,and more crit nodes.Later i`ll maybe respec to get vaal pact.

After some testing i found that doryai`s invitation is a PURE waste in this build.Ok you get 2 nice res and some str bonus,but only good thing about it is 1% light dmg leeched as life,that 30%(at top roll)increased lightining dmg is about 600 dps in my configuration(11k without adn 11.6k with it).For 2ex which is minimal price for lightining doryani`s invitation its a waste.Why?Well you loss a lot of life and chaos res(which can be problem with this build)and there is also a crafting space(possibly).

Also,doryani`s catalyst is (in my opinion,ofc)also a PURE waste.Simply that weapon gives a lot of phys dmg which is useless for us,ok elemental dmg is nice,elemental leech is nice but not enough,crit is low and that uselles phys dmg.For 2.5-3ex its simply not worth.For less currency (1.5-2ex),you can get brutal crit rare wands something like 60%+ spell dmg,100%+ crit chance for spells,30%+ crit multiplier and you`ll also have option to craft 1% lightning dmg leeched as life.

Atm my gear is(didnt have much currency):


I`ll swap Pyre with rare diamond ring,get voidbringer,two rare wands and better belt with similar life/strenght but with chaos res when i get some currency,but first i must login,in last 2 days,only disconnects.


I agree 100% with all you said. Just reached 60 in 3 days and gotta say the build is pretty damn good. Gotta be careful with reflect though, it hits so hard and I still need my 5L for life leech.
What's your life atm?

Edit: I'm on Bloodlines so I think your tree is much better for it.

My gear:



Cheers.
Last edited by lethalrush#3325 on Jan 6, 2015, 8:35:56 PM
@icykid

My life atm is 3650,will get better when i swap pyre with nice rare diamond ring,probably over 3800,then.I also need to replace other rare ring,with one with more life(my atm has +39,but huge mana+mana regen,which provides me lvl 21 aa,in co-work with discipline ofc) and with some leveling(atm 84),i`ll probably hit 4k margin.

Yesterday i got Voidbringer(i first went for 5l),ant yeah that item is brutal i feel that build is much more powerfull now.
About reflect?Well thats a big problem,maybe fixable with vaal pact(definetly not 100% fixable cuz you crit a lot with this build),i`ll maybe respec some nodes(10)when i get lvl 85 to see it,but in teory i dont think its worth,yeah you have nice life nodes before it(at least very close ones,so every new lvl means more life)but still you invest a lot in vaal pact here,since we play a witch,so i dont think its worth.But,still but...need more testing.

About items,in my opinion first thing you should get is 5l,obviously.I got this
for 25 chaos.After that Voidbringer,and then rare wands(or if you want Doryani Catalysts,but think wands are better option).Thats about big investments.

When i had 4l i went:arc+faster casting+spell echo+life leech,on 5l i added lightning pen and if i get 6l(which is not certain)i`ll add increased critical damage.
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