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

just a question about when using duskdawn staff on a 5 link, when I check PoB, it seems that dropping lightning pen instead of added lightning damage, will lose less dps ? seems weird to me, since I thought lightning pen was much stronger than added light damage, especially when not having much pen from other sources..


and this is when replacing agnerod west staff and losing its 20% pen, with duskdawn and ticking "have you crit recently" as well as "have you dealt a non-crit strike recently", is it wrong to tick both those in pob when using duskdawn?


either way im leaning towards getting a duskdawn as next step, its more damage than agnerod west either way it seems? just this was bit confusing how dropping lightning pen could be better than dropping added light damage on a 5link, especially when losing the 20% pen from agnerod west :S

What's the best way to craft? Is it alterations until you hit either non-chaos/lightning to chaos or +2/3 to lightning spell gems then augmenting hoping to get the other followed by a regal hoping to get a solid prefix like spell damage or # to # lighting damage to spells? Or after the regal you get a really crappy mod you annul hoping to hit it and if you do you craft multi mod and craft suffixes and finally exalting hoping to hit a good prefix? Or is there a better and more secure way?

Because I crafted this and according to PoB it isn't really better than say either a duskdawn or Agnerod West because I probably messed up using the above method and not securing a solid 3rd prefix :/

Do we keep Herald of Ice after swapping Herald of Thunder to Zealotry?

Why do we craft the focussed mods? There is no focus skill on our items? Did i muss something?

Pls help

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WorderMostFoul wrote:

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jimmate wrote:

Hello Enki, this is the first time I've tried playing arc and I've only ever heard good things about this guide so decided to use it as my first league starter, and it is going well so far, I just have one question though.

when I updated the PoB link a few days ago it still said pledge of hands was a viable medium budget weapon, but now I've downloaded the most recent PoB pledge of hands is no longer there, I just bought a 6 link pledge of hands yesterday and i'm just wondering if it's still a viable option for staff.

thanks!

Rough...Pledge is plenty viable in terms of damage, but Enki took it out of the guide because the amount of time it takes to cast all the echoes makes the staff a defensive liability. By all means use it, but I would try to pick up a Duskdawn or rare staff in short order.

yeah after playing with it for a few hours I quickly realised how much of a liability it is myself and sold it back for the price I bought it, so no harm no foul thankfully. i'm just gonna stick with agnerod west 6 link for now until I can afford duskdawn.

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Tandfen wrote:

Do we keep Herald of Ice after swapping Herald of Thunder to Zealotry?

yes!

Do we refund elemental overload at some point? I noticed on the end game passive trees that it's not allocated anymore. Thanks, awesome build.

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gabrielpd17cs wrote:

Do we refund elemental overload at some point? I noticed on the end game passive trees that it's not allocated anymore. Thanks, awesome build.

yes, usually around the time you finish act 10 / start mapping, as usually whilst going through the acts you don't have enough crit strike multiplier to make not using it worthwhile.

Hello,

short question....
Can you use Inpulsa's Broken Heart Sadist Garb for more dmg?
Or do you need to take out The Three Dragons Golden Mask for it?


Greetings and Merry x-Max

f0xx3r

@Enki91 and anyone else that wants to give feedback on this question,


looking at the recommended anointments for amulet on first page we have some good choices, but whats your take on the "secret" anointments listed here for example:

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/List_of_anointments

and here https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2628299


like Cleansed Thoughts for example, chaos resistance is doubled?
or Aspect of Stone, 20% chance to avoid physical damage from hits,

both of these seem really strong IMO, but idk :D



also these:




"Aspect of the Avian is an aspect skill that grants two alternating buffs. The first buff grants a chance to deal double damage, and the second buff increases movement speed for the player and his minions. Each buff lasts four seconds by default."


"Aspect of the Cat is an aspect skill that grants two alternating buffs, each with their own duration. Cat's Stealth reduces the character's visibility to enemies, gives a chance to avoid all damage from hits, and increases critical strike chance. Cat's Agility increases attack and cast speed. By default, their durations are 4 and 6 seconds respectively"

"Aspect of the Spider is an aspect skill that hinders and inflicts Spider's Web on nearby enemies every second, increasing the damage they take."



to me all these seem a lot stronger choices than heartseeker/throatseeker/divine judgement/written in blood?


ofcourse I might be wrong but they seem really juicy :D


appreciate any feedback on this, cheers!


Edit: the avian/cat/spider aspects seem to be beastcraft only and not anointments, but still very strong with beastcrafting? :D