Enki's Arc Witch Memorial Page

i just came back after a hiatus
https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/BilboBagEnd/characters

heres my enkisarchwitchpob character following this build. i switched from elemenatlist to necromancer. im being told 25k damage is real low idk how much I used to do before all these patches.

what do i need to do first to improve my char the most?
I can't believe it but despite only Awakening 0, I did manage to kill Sirius.
Feel like a Dream.
Last edited by ArionAthreides#0856 on Nov 18, 2020, 1:08:27 AM
Hi exiles, I have successfully defeated Sirus up to A7, 4.4k life and 9.7k unreserved mana, mana regen up to 6.6k, but still I sometimes die from damage spikes. Can someone take a look at my character and tell me how to improve?

POB: https://pastebin.com/wuPNByY5
So finally, which support gem is better controlled dest or chain?? It's not too hard to proc elemental overlord with controlled dest? Or just controlled dest is better for single target??
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Kenshiro92 wrote:
So finally, which support gem is better controlled dest or chain?? It's not too hard to proc elemental overlord with controlled dest? Or just controlled dest is better for single target??


Personally I think controlled dest is better, but you can clearly see they fit different situations:

the pros of controlled destruction:
* better single target DPS
* don't require dexterity, while chain requires a lot (111) . So no meed to allocate skill point for dexterity.

the pros of chain support:
* easy to proc EO
* chain more enemies. With alternative quality gem, also chain large range of enemies

For EO, I would recommend using second skill, such as storm brand to proc for controlled dest.

Dream equipment is to have a six link with one white socket. For that, it is obviously easier to start with an all blue socket armor.
Last edited by billybob630#2960 on Nov 18, 2020, 11:51:39 AM
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bananacandy98 wrote:
Hi exiles, I have successfully defeated Sirus up to A7, 4.4k life and 9.7k unreserved mana, mana regen up to 6.6k, but still I sometimes die from damage spikes. Can someone take a look at my character and tell me how to improve?

POB: https://pastebin.com/wuPNByY5


I don't see anything that differs much from my setup when I do the fight. I can always beat him at A8 but so far have not done so without at least one death. I don't know that there is more you can do defensively, perhaps more damage to shorten the fight would help. If I don't want to die I logout as soon as I get the stacks on me from the beams as it seems like they make movement almost impossible and almost always lead to death. I also practiced the fight a lot last season at A5 and a few times in standard between leagues.
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bananacandy98 wrote:
Hi exiles, I have successfully defeated Sirus up to A7, 4.4k life and 9.7k unreserved mana, mana regen up to 6.6k, but still I sometimes die from damage spikes. Can someone take a look at my character and tell me how to improve?

POB: https://pastebin.com/wuPNByY5


Your eHP is already much higher than me, so I don't have a lot to suggest in that aspect. Defensively, getting fortify can help, but it takes some extra setup(Vigilant strike/Shield charge/Hardened Scars). You should probably try "kill them before they kill you" strategy. Having culling strike and unnerve can help with that. Explosion on death via Asenath's or explody chest can also help, especially with high mob density(heists, juiced maps). If you add in some conversion for the physical explosion damage it can often clear the screen on its own. Damage spikes in this game can kill even the tankiest builds(90% all res, CI, etc), so learning to avoid bad situations and paying attention to specific mobs are probably more effective. If it's a boss fight, learn the damage type of the boss and counter it via Pantheon and flasks(Forbidden Taste, for example). You can try Omeyocan for some decent attack and spell dodge. I'm also at level 98 and although I often do A8 sirus deathless I still died randomly to things I didn't notice, especially in heists or Legion encounters in juiced maps. If you're pushing for 100 you might have to do rotations or just play extra carefully.

(there are lots of things that you can min-max on your current gems and gears, but I don't think it'll make noticeable difference so I'm not discussing them here. If you are interested I can offer more thoughts.)
Last edited by Gimdornim#1712 on Nov 18, 2020, 3:38:43 PM
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billybob630 wrote:
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BuckFutter9 wrote:
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Jmundi wrote:

As for Summon Support, you say there's no pluses in boss fights, but how does Chain Support help? As far as i understand it just adds a couple of more chains for the AoE? Or am i missing something?


I think chain works by adding multipliers to the 15% more damage for each remaining chain from arc. I might be wrong but if arc chains 8 times alone and then you add 3 from chain support for a total of 11 but are targeting a single target then there are 10 chains remaining for 150% more damage.


Yeah, for Arc skill, the more chains that are not consumed yet, the more single target damage.

Also to add that: Chains support also has a 150% mana cost multiplier, which is larger than summon support (120% mana cost multiplier). That helps damage, because Archmage Support boosts damage based on mana cost.


Jeez the depth of this game keeps impressing. Thanks all for the answers, i suppose i'm gonna have to switch to chain, it's just gonna be sad to see Summon Support gone, those little buggers really help out with offtanking :D
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BuckFutter9 wrote:
I don't see anything that differs much from my setup when I do the fight. I can always beat him at A8 but so far have not done so without at least one death. I don't know that there is more you can do defensively, perhaps more damage to shorten the fight would help. If I don't want to die I logout as soon as I get the stacks on me from the beams as it seems like they make movement almost impossible and almost always lead to death. I also practiced the fight a lot last season at A5 and a few times in standard between leagues.


Thanks for the tip! :) (nice name btw
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Gimdornim wrote:
Your eHP is already much higher than me, so I don't have a lot to suggest in that aspect. Defensively, getting fortify can help, but it takes some extra setup(Vigilant strike/Shield charge/Hardened Scars). You should probably try "kill them before they kill you" strategy. Having culling strike and unnerve can help with that. Explosion on death via Asenath's or explody chest can also help, especially with high mob density(heists, juiced maps). If you add in some conversion for the physical explosion damage it can often clear the screen on its own. Damage spikes in this game can kill even the tankiest builds(90% all res, CI, etc), so learning to avoid bad situations and paying attention to specific mobs are probably more effective. If it's a boss fight, learn the damage type of the boss and counter it via Pantheon and flasks(Forbidden Taste, for example). You can try Omeyocan for some decent attack and spell dodge. I'm also at level 98 and although I often do A8 sirus deathless I still died randomly to things I didn't notice, especially in heists or Legion encounters in juiced maps. If you're pushing for 100 you might have to do rotations or just play extra carefully.

(there are lots of things that you can min-max on your current gems and gears, but I don't think it'll make noticeable difference so I'm not discussing them here. If you are interested I can offer more thoughts.)


I am having trouble finding a good wand with culling strike or/and unnerve mod(s), so I am planning to replace my life leech support in my chest armor with a culling strike support gem, do you think it's a good idea?

Yeah, I think I can take on Sirus without dying if there's no accidents, I get lower frame rates when I fight him but if the screen doesn't freeze like it sometimes does I'll do fine. I don't really care about leveling anymore (have died for so many times I think I just gave up feeling fed up and try to have fun), I wanna be able to defeat higher bosses like elder, shaper, uber elder etc, but I'm afraid that I will die all 6 times and waste the fragments to go them XD

Also, thanks for your input! I'll definitely look into explosion on death and also omeyocan :)

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