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Enki91 wrote:

We have ES Leech from Heart of Thunder, that plus ZO + Stone Golem means our ES is back to full almost instantly. Energy Leech's bigger damage multiplier would barely ever be up outside of Path of Building for this setup.

Ok that makes sense, but if you get hit you might loose more ES than that. I guess I'll see when I'm playing if I need more leech or not.

Until this version of the build you used to use something to help maps clear, such as inpula or herald of ice.is the clear good enough in this version that it doesn't require one of them? Just curious to know how the map clearing is with this version

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darkson1 wrote:

Until this version of the build you used to use something to help maps clear, such as inpula or herald of ice.is the clear good enough in this version that it doesn't require one of them? Just curious to know how the map clearing is with this version

I played a variation on this build that strongly resembled Enki's version last league. I departed primarily in that I didn't use Three Dragons so had basically no "help" in clearing other than arc. No explosions or anything like that (although I could shock rare monsters since I wasn't using the helmet.) My other big difference was that I focused more on storm brand for boss killing which meant some of the passives I sacrificed to do this actually would have helped arc more along the lines of what Enki intended.

I had zero problems with clearing juiced t16 maps this way. I wasn't even running the super leveled up ideal arc design as I never got a staff with the +3 lightning gems. I did it all with a 21/23 vaal arc. My profile is public if you want to look at it and see what I was using.

I think you'll be fine for clearing although probably not "I clear six screens away with one arc cast" clear. I'm sort of a slow player but if I really put the hammer down I could clear a high level map in 3-4 minutes...and when I say clear I mean "kill absolutely everything including the metamorph." I think most high end players would easily exceed my clear speed with this build.

So many changes... will the patch make the old build weak? Or will it still be good but not as good as the new build?

Enk whats the opinion for arcane cloak in replace of steel skin and to replace a gem in a our arc setup to energy leech to not rip ourselves when it pops.

forgive me if this has been answer.

No offense intended but this new version has some serious survivability issues.

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PrincessRevolver wrote:

The elemental resistances seem wanting. To your credit I'm probably missing something. Do you mind breaking down the survivability portions of the build to better identify all its components?

I guess you mean based on the PoB? That's with only Lightning + Chaos Res crafted as placeholder on the example gear, it's actually pretty easy to cap resistances with this setup.

The basic defenses are Mind over Matter with buffed Stone Golem and leech for sustain, Flesh and Stone + optional cheap anointment to take reduced damage from blinded enemies, Chaos Golem and optionally Meat Shield, Flasks and CwDt + Steelskin. Admittedly not enough to make it a super tanky build, but enough to get by.

We can also stack quite some Dodge with gear, Vaal Grace and the new Cluster Jewels, which also give us access to Sap to exchange some damage for reducing enemy damage by up to 20%.

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