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

looking at the changes to the build which have taken me from 3.4 k life and 1400 ES to 4 k life and 1900 es with just he passive respecs which is amazing and has made me survive a little more and is amazing work. however i'm left wondering how wave of conviction is utilised if it is on your secondary weapon? is it simply a matter of use the 2nd weapon slot and spam conviction and then swap to arc staff and spam arc?? cos i feel that will get really old really quick and possibly cause me to die a few times.

is there any specific point to having conviction in the 2nd slot?

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is it simply a matter of use the 2nd weapon slot and spam conviction and then swap to arc staff and spam arc?

Exactly. With all the support gems the duration of the WoC debuff is pretty long, so most fights you will only need to apply once or twice.

Hi everyone and Enki,

This is my first forum post. I have followed your Arc build since the start of new league, after changing a little bit of my old Lv 27 Necro Witch to Elementalist. With the new update, I also did follow your changes and applied them to my character. Previously, I'm not a veteran player so I have trouble with adjusting gears and crafting good gears, so my gears before the updated were mixed between your old Low Budget and Medium Budget. Here are my reviews so far:

- I was at tier 8 maps, Delve 70. Previous build seems focus more on defensive while lacking of DPS (at a average speed with those mixed gears of mine), for example a Necromancer mob with his skeleton packs could took me few more seconds to kill (He seems very tough), or yellow mobs in Delve (I need to wait for them to followed me to the destination, or when I walked back for hidden paths)
- Newer update cut these times WAY more faster, even with the same old gears I used. You can take a look at my character. So my cleared speed for Delve and maps become more faster.
- But at the same time, the mana problem that everyone is complaining about, after looked at your new update I saw that it can be replaced with Lab enchantment. So I have been working on that the past 3 days and still no luck with the Cruel Lab (I cannot run the Eternal Lab due to weak defensive, or not fast enough to kill Izaro, or unlucky with his jump landed leading to 1-hit KO)
- I got lucky with an amulet that grants 30% mana regen, so usually I hear my Witch complain about "out of mana" once in 3 seconds, now it increase to 5-7 seconds, so it really helps.
- New setting requires you to learn how to dodge and read the screen, instead of blindly ran in and be the tank.

It's more fun to farm, but at the same time it requires some more works. But, I would love to hear for more suggestion of how to improve my character.

EDIT: Oh yeah, previous PoB listed my Arc at 400 damage, but after the update it raised up to 700k. So it is really good for me.

hi everyone! since my last post i menaged to upgrade my life & energy shield trough lucky trading and grinding ( a lot of chaos recipe farming was involved)

this is my current gear



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due to the recent mastermind of discord switch, i'm thinking of replacing conductivity with poacher mark for frenzy charges generation; as far as i understand ele penetration and ele weakness do not stack past a certain point.
What do you guys think?
I really like curses, but i'm afraid i've spent a lot of chaos for minimal gains :c what really bugs me is that i'm missin a lot of dps (30k) to reach 1mln dps against shaper without flasks, but this is only a minor issue.
i love this build, ty everyone for contributing and helping n00bs like me ^.^

I love the new build I think its great, thanks Enki.

1: Its faster
2: It feels like more damage and more damage on bosses
3: It feels like higher potential upside
4: To me it feels safer, I am not leaping into mobs to trigger fortify and flame dash feels super fast and precise for avoiding incoming damage in a split second. (I dont notice any cast delay with a 20/20 Flame dash Gem) Low on health/shield? throw down a few brands, zip away and let the regen do its work.

TIPs for people struggling with Mana regen
Its not just about increasing "mana regen" remember to check everything for "cast speed" if you are like me, on the old build I used to prioritize cast speed a lot, and cast speed means more mana used per second.

Now I started to prioritize other damage stats over cast speed and the problem solved itself.

Hi everyone!

Until now I used 3 type of golems:
Lightning, Chaos and 2x Flame.
I have a question:
This guide says

"While we're able to summon four golems and only get the buff of each golem type once, I find this setup more effective than using a fourth golem gem. Simply just cast one of your golems twice for the extra buff effect."

I checked it, and got the 2x damage buff from my Flame Golem. Should I use one of my golems twice, or link another golem (for example Flame or Frost) for better damage or survivability?

What are your experiences?

Hi enki, quck question, how do i regenerate life with this build, do i go for life leech or just use the flask?

Finally got my 50% regen from Cruel Lab after 5 tries. Now to test it forward into higher maps. So far mana decrease rates is slower than before, so if I got the 70% from Uber Lab, it will be more better and mana will not become a problem.

Any option to squeeze desecrate in? I think without desecrate the queen's hunger loses a lot of value, especially in boss fights, which are obviously the key aspect in metamorph

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Added some videos with the new setup. Working on more, already killed AL8 Awakener a couple of times but for some reason I keep dashing right into a storm during the last phase and no one wants to see that.