[1.2] KuteKitteh’s Tanky Arcer, 20k+ Effective DPS, Atziri/HC-viable. Poor-man’s BM Arc included

If it's almost lvl3, I'd finish the level to get a chance for lvl4 empower!

Anyway, I just ripped at lvl83. Most unlucky scenario you can imagine: Flameblast Exile, I didnt get out of the circle in time, I did not block, AND it was a crit. Instant 1hit at 4500 life / 1200 mana unreserved.

GG :(

Gear at time of Rip below.

I ended up transitioning my Arc into Discharge to take advantage of the Voll's Devotion drop I got. And LOLOLOLZ, is this ever fun.

Key Gear:



Gem Combos:



Skill tree:



Ball Lightning with LMP instantly gets me 3 Power Charges, which curses enemies with EleWeakness, and then I can endlessly Discharge until everything is dead. Enduring Cry and Ice Nova get me a nice boost in charges every time it goes off, and even with a single charge in Endurance and Power (which is 100% of the time in combat), lvl 20 Discharge still does about twice as much damage as lvl 20 Arc without a target limit.

The main downsides are some loss in spell block (down to ~62% with Rainbowstride), and the loss of my second mana regen ring (because I'll give up my Andvarius when it's pried from my cold, dead finger). The secondary downside is that I needed to drop the lightning and elemental wheels to get to Resolute Technique so that a wayward crit wouldn't ruin my self-exploding fun. If I can get a max-block Rathpith, it may help out with that first point, but I'm not sure if 3% spell block is that big of a deal that I should worry about it.

I'm considering dropping EleWeakness for Warlord's Mark, to get the life leech and extra charges, then getting Vaal Pact to make up the difference in survivability, then jumping up the Mana Regen nodes on witch to make up for the loss of my ring. It would also be really nice to have a skill that generates more than one Power charge on my CWDT - I'm going to try out Ethereal Knives to see if that works. (Edit: I think it does!)

Thus far, I think this is a worthy transposition from the normal build, for those lucky enough or wealthy enough to get the necessary items.


Edit: It suddenly dawns on me that I can take the other route to RT at the loss of an Endurance charge and a bit of fire resist, and save three talent points. Totally going to do that when I get the regrets.

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consca wrote:

I can't help but get the impression that you did the two-pronged cast speed in between Elemental Dominion and Witch starting just to screw with our heads :P

Not on purpose ;)

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therealjcool wrote:

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I'm in the same boat as you, lvl82 beyond and wondering what to do. Since I hate running discipline and needed more hp/mana regen, I also went for Heart and Soul.
Didn't take unwavering stance because I rarely get stunned, and mostly play in parties anyway. But getting this is still open for debate hehe...
Basically, I got all the life nodes that are on the way and routed to Heart and Soul via a different path. I may respec and get the lightning wheel though, as I feel I need a bit more dps. Not dropping any HP nodes though, 4500 is the minimum for high maps in my opinion.

Anyway here's my current tree:

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https://www.poebuilder.com/character/AAAAAgMAghDfsFWuRKuPpiyc5Ox2ERBYVcaD2wQHHwIyNDpYgh7fitrdpwjYJDbFJ2HnC52uBunzvhps42o26SSqFm9RYE99gFZ-4vrSqZXr7riT-eiCxyj67tkGOXnAGlVkozboWK94DalutfI1kti9_gq3PkGH3B1gS3rvdO2E72EhBS3nkcOGXhOsr4UydPEhYECgXz_BBHloC2G8n-8OJy_jn6C08wZfKuvk2wtTUkWdmuBqQ8BUvOotH0yzaxeVIMHz8kU64aZXTeP-jw==

Get whatever you feel you need. Your tree looks perfectly fine.

Need more health = athleticism. Need more dps = dps nodes along the side of tree.

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Zippaca wrote:

my empower is almost lvl 3 think its worth to yolo vaal orb it or keep it ias it is

Keep it as it is. Generally you don't want to corrupt valuable gems like that until you have another of the same level to use as a backup in the likely scenario that something bad happens.

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therealjcool wrote:

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If it's almost lvl3, I'd finish the level to get a chance for lvl4 empower!

Anyway, I just ripped at lvl83. Most unlucky scenario you can imagine: Flameblast Exile, I didnt get out of the circle in time, I did not block, AND it was a crit. Instant 1hit at 4500 life / 1200 mana unreserved.

GG :(

Gear at time of Rip below.

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The build isn't invincible ;)

If I ran this in a hardcore league, I would use something like 2000 unreserved mana to actually pair up with 4500-5000 life.

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KuteKitteh wrote:

If I ran this in a hardcore league, I would use something like 2000 unreserved mana to actually pair up with 4500-5000 life.

Kitteh,
that wouldnt't have saved me either. That flameblast crit would have killed me even with 1000 more HP and/or Mana, I am sure of it. :(
Well, it was fun while it lasted. Not gonna roll a 3rd time ;)
I feel like I have seen all the potential this build has, and I wanna thank you for that! I'd recommend this to anyone really, hard- or softcore.

level 90 on beyond reporting in

I took the 4% life nodes near marauder as they are more efficient than taking athleticism and recommend to people wanting more HP. I'm sitting just under 5k HP using anvarious. I solo MF this build at 220 rarity. Use herald of ice, clarity, AA and tempest for 1600 unreserved mana and 6.5k tooltip arc DPS using item rarity. Have 3 arcs comming to level 20 soon so I hope i get a full quality 21 arc soon - by far the biggest way to gain dps.

right now im solo chaining 77/78 maps without a problem - vaal storm call is a must if youre playing beyond.

gear:



build

Couple of somewhat related questions:

Dropped a Rathpith, but had already bought one, Divined it from 42 to 46 block with hopes of selling it, but 46 is not very sellable. Should I keep divining or flog it for an exalt or just keep it ? (Rampage league)

How do you guys make Stormcall work that well? I can't seem to get it to beat a Vaal Spark/Echo/LMP/light penetration which melts most bosses with 1 shot (up to 74 maps or so, haven't gotten further due to map drops)? Are you aiming it at the boss, on the ground - or do you keep recharging it for another go (I know it charges really fast)?

Hey, its me again.

I changed some of my gear (spending some ex on +1 curse SoL) and changed Taming for some other Rings that gives me more Mana Reg.
Also I bought the Vertex, which nicely pushed my Mana ...

while changing this and that I come to the question if anyone took the Ele Equilibrium Node and switched BallLightning for eg Firestorm? That would provide 50% more Damage, or am I mistaken?
I surely take that node with my next Level Up and already tried that in a Map with Ele. Equi Affix. Worked great ...

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StorgutBorsit wrote:

Hey, its me again.

I changed some of my gear (spending some ex on +1 curse SoL) and changed Taming for some other Rings that gives me more Mana Reg.
Also I bought the Vertex, which nicely pushed my Mana ...

while changing this and that I come to the question if anyone took the Ele Equilibrium Node and switched BallLightning for eg Firestorm? That would provide 50% more Damage, or am I mistaken?
I surely take that node with my next Level Up and already tried that in a Map with Ele. Equi Affix. Worked great ...

EE is not for this build IMHO. If you do the setup you described you would be requiring for you to cast firestorm before almost every pack. There are times when you may not want or need to do that. But I suppose if you did it reliably 100% of the time or w/e, it would be a dps boost? Though not a speed boost.

I actually like that build except it gets really rough around lvl70 ..

monsters start making more dmg but I don´t have full block/spell block yet.

actually its old but it matches perfectly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyYmN2dzJ18

thats 100% me at the moment. xD

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Just a short question because I´m not 100% sure.



I have that weapon at the moment and it does around 2.3k dps with the setup.
I didn´t take any dps notes yet (except cast speed in witch startin area).

now, the question is if I should exchange it for the unique "Cybil's Paw" "http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Cybil%27s_Paw"

it would be my biggest investment in this character yet.
I tried to get a cheap one for 3-4c, but most of the time people want about 10 for a corrupted one :/

edit: I could use a 5l in my chest if I exchange the weapon. however I don´t know if it is worth the investment

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karaknic wrote:

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Couple of somewhat related questions:

Dropped a Rathpith, but had already bought one, Divined it from 42 to 46 block with hopes of selling it, but 46 is not very sellable. Should I keep divining or flog it for an exalt or just keep it ? (Rampage league)

How do you guys make Stormcall work that well? I can't seem to get it to beat a Vaal Spark/Echo/LMP/light penetration which melts most bosses with 1 shot (up to 74 maps or so, haven't gotten further due to map drops)? Are you aiming it at the boss, on the ground - or do you keep recharging it for another go (I know it charges really fast)?

Given the prices of Rathpiths and divines, it's a close call and selling or divining, both have their merits. I would keep it if I were you.

Storm call is easy - just plop it on top of the boss and watch it get fried. If you don't like it, you can stick with spark which I prefer over storm call in many situations.

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StorgutBorsit wrote:

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Hey, its me again.

I changed some of my gear (spending some ex on +1 curse SoL) and changed Taming for some other Rings that gives me more Mana Reg.
Also I bought the Vertex, which nicely pushed my Mana ...

while changing this and that I come to the question if anyone took the Ele Equilibrium Node and switched BallLightning for eg Firestorm? That would provide 50% more Damage, or am I mistaken?
I surely take that node with my next Level Up and already tried that in a Map with Ele. Equi Affix. Worked great ...

EE is horrible for the build. Constantly swapping casts would murder your DPS output.

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Mephos wrote:

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I actually like that build except it gets really rough around lvl70 ..

monsters start making more dmg but I don´t have full block/spell block yet.

actually its old but it matches perfectly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyYmN2dzJ18

thats 100% me at the moment. xD

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Just a short question because I´m not 100% sure.

I have that weapon at the moment and it does around 2.3k dps with the setup.
I didn´t take any dps notes yet (except cast speed in witch startin area).

now, the question is if I should exchange it for the unique "Cybil's Paw" "http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Cybil%27s_Paw"

it would be my biggest investment in this character yet.
I tried to get a cheap one for 3-4c, but most of the time people want about 10 for a corrupted one :/

edit: I could use a 5l in my chest if I exchange the weapon. however I don´t know if it is worth the investment

Get Cybil.
Run Arc on a 5 link.

Simple.