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

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RajivAiyar wrote:

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TwistedGlory666 wrote:

Any way i can just back to view 3.13 still?
using it on standard.

you could use the wayback machine and see if it has any snapshots of 3.13 version

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EightyFourGO wrote:

2.) Why use shild and Block now? More survivabilty and less damage seems to be the main goal of enkies changes: Whithin the nerfs from trigger a socketed spell (8 sec cooldown) and wave of con Expo nerf the is some damage loss.
Will we be able to do enough boss damage still?

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poprazzz wrote:

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EightyFourGO wrote:

2.) Why use shild and Block now? More survivabilty and less damage seems to be the main goal of enkies changes: Whithin the nerfs from trigger a socketed spell (8 sec cooldown) and wave of con Expo nerf the is some damage loss.
Will we be able to do enough boss damage still?

I'm an absolute noob but I was extremely surprised by the changes, I thought our survivability will take a hit because the nerfs and he will try to circumvent the dmg loss and the inconvenience of trigger a socketed spell nerfs, yet we get more survivability and way less dmg. in 3.13 on pob the perfect minmaxedend endgame version can give you 5.45mil total dps, 3.14 only 2.41mil, that's a %55 potential dmg loss. :(

if not for Enki and his perfect written guide, Id never touched this game. without exaggeration, I read near 100 guides and either they overcomplicate it or you don't understand what's going on from the lack of information. saying thank you cannot express how much I appreciate this guide, wish Im not poor to give back to you. eh.

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poprazzz wrote:

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EightyFourGO wrote:

2.) Why use shild and Block now? More survivabilty and less damage seems to be the main goal of enkies changes: Whithin the nerfs from trigger a socketed spell (8 sec cooldown) and wave of con Expo nerf the is some damage loss.
Will we be able to do enough boss damage still?

I'm an absolute noob but I was extremely surprised by the changes, I thought our survivability will take a hit because the nerfs and he will try to circumvent the dmg loss and the inconvenience of trigger a socketed spell nerfs, yet we get more survivability and way less dmg. in 3.13 on pob the perfect minmaxedend endgame version can give you 5.45mil total dps, 3.14 only 2.41mil, that's a %55 potential dmg loss. :(

if not for Enki and his perfect written guide, Id never touched this game. without exaggeration, I read near 100 guides and either they overcomplicate it or you don't understand what's going on from the lack of information. saying thank you cannot express how much I appreciate this guide, wish Im not poor to give back to you. eh.

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EightyFourGO wrote:

Hi @ all,

I have a few Questions about that 3.14 Changes here:

1.) Why dropped vitality aura? Sure, its nerfed a bit, but the lifereg was very useful, isnt it? - for delving it was very good. Who will use it anyway?

2.) Why use shild and Block now? More survivabilty and less damage seems to be the main goal of enkies changes: Whithin the nerfs from trigger a socketed spell (8 sec cooldown) and wave of con Expo nerf the is some damage loss.
Will we be able to do enough boss damage still?

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cpaz167 wrote:

Thanks for the update Enki! So do you suggest leveling with 2 wands/weapons rather than a wand and shield? I know endgame is the latter but I looked through the updates and still see the section about upgrading wand(s).

Thanks!

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honor4few92 wrote:

do we use vaal arc in 3.14 since it got bufed ?

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Enki91 wrote:

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poprazzz wrote:

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EightyFourGO wrote:

2.) Why use shild and Block now? More survivabilty and less damage seems to be the main goal of enkies changes: Whithin the nerfs from trigger a socketed spell (8 sec cooldown) and wave of con Expo nerf the is some damage loss.
Will we be able to do enough boss damage still?

I'm an absolute noob but I was extremely surprised by the changes, I thought our survivability will take a hit because the nerfs and he will try to circumvent the dmg loss and the inconvenience of trigger a socketed spell nerfs, yet we get more survivability and way less dmg. in 3.13 on pob the perfect minmaxedend endgame version can give you 5.45mil total dps, 3.14 only 2.41mil, that's a %55 potential dmg loss. :(

if not for Enki and his perfect written guide, Id never touched this game. without exaggeration, I read near 100 guides and either they overcomplicate it or you don't understand what's going on from the lack of information. saying thank you cannot express how much I appreciate this guide, wish Im not poor to give back to you. eh.

No idea where you get those numbers from. The example gear in my PoB setup is far from minmaxed, and if you set everything up properly as explained in Notes you already get to around 10m burst / 7m sustained Sirus DPS.

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EightyFourGO wrote:

Hi @ all,

I have a few Questions about that 3.14 Changes here:

1.) Why dropped vitality aura? Sure, its nerfed a bit, but the lifereg was very useful, isnt it? - for delving it was very good. Who will use it anyway?

2.) Why use shild and Block now? More survivabilty and less damage seems to be the main goal of enkies changes: Whithin the nerfs from trigger a socketed spell (8 sec cooldown) and wave of con Expo nerf the is some damage loss.
Will we be able to do enough boss damage still?

We're pretty tight on gem sockets, and with buffed Stone Golem and Agnostic already providing lots of life regen, the nerfed Vitality was one of the first things to drop. If you however get Corrosive Elements on a large cluster and Conductivity/Ele Weakness on a ring, you can free up some sockets for it.

People were asking for more survivability, i've tried many setups and the Glancing Blows + Sap Shield + Mana Recovered on Block is the best compromise for us.

Damage is still fine, we lost burst damage but not much sustained damage, which is what matters in longer bossfights.

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cpaz167 wrote:

Thanks for the update Enki! So do you suggest leveling with 2 wands/weapons rather than a wand and shield? I know endgame is the latter but I looked through the updates and still see the section about upgrading wand(s).

Thanks!

No point really to wear a shield before speccing any shield nodes, unless you find one that's better than any weapon you have/can craft.