Probably dont want to level as crack lance as it feels very bad mechanically without a heavy investment in cast speed and the mana costs are ridiculous while leveling.
Consider Arc or Stormbrand then respec once you hit maps
Depends on your shield and combined ES/HP. At 9k with some sort of recovery on hit with your shield I would say well above average. With full damage I'd say average to slightly above average.
This is a great build and I'm having a lot of fun playing it, even on the poverty version. Thanks for this guide!
Question about the weapon crafting guide:
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Step 1: Get a Carnal Scepter high item level
Step 2: Use Essence of Wrath, Anger or Hatred until you hit a second T1 elemental roll
Step 3: Harvest lock prefix with 3 or more prefixes
Step 4: If you fail to lock a TI added elemental damage roll then start over
Step 5: Use an essence of the elemental damage other than the one locked in and keep spamming this essence until you hit another high T1 elemental roll
Step 6: Bench craft prefixes cannot be changed
Step 7: Scour
Step 8: Harvest augment caster
Step 9: Harvest remove/add caster until you hit T1-2 cast speed
Step 8: Bench craft "cannot roll caster modifiers"
Step 9: Harvest augment critical
Step 10: Harvest remove/add critical until you hit T1 global critical multi
Step 11: Bench craft your desired suffix from double damage, double damage while focused or trigger a socketed spell
Why do we have to hit a second t1 before step 3? Is it just to give us better chances of fracturing the right prefix? If so, it looks like it'd be a lot cheaper to just essence until 3 prefixes and pray you fracture the right one. craftofexile.com says the expectation is 2*(1/634) essences to hit one of the other t1s. Sounds like taking the 1/3 chance instead of the 2/3 chance on fracturing wins on price outright (3-3.5ex per fracture), let alone the pain of getting the essences.
This is a great build and I'm having a lot of fun playing it, even on the poverty version. Thanks for this guide!
Question about the weapon crafting guide:
"
Step 1: Get a Carnal Scepter high item level
Step 2: Use Essence of Wrath, Anger or Hatred until you hit a second T1 elemental roll
Step 3: Harvest lock prefix with 3 or more prefixes
Step 4: If you fail to lock a TI added elemental damage roll then start over
Step 5: Use an essence of the elemental damage other than the one locked in and keep spamming this essence until you hit another high T1 elemental roll
Step 6: Bench craft prefixes cannot be changed
Step 7: Scour
Step 8: Harvest augment caster
Step 9: Harvest remove/add caster until you hit T1-2 cast speed
Step 8: Bench craft "cannot roll caster modifiers"
Step 9: Harvest augment critical
Step 10: Harvest remove/add critical until you hit T1 global critical multi
Step 11: Bench craft your desired suffix from double damage, double damage while focused or trigger a socketed spell
Why do we have to hit a second t1 before step 3? Is it just to give us better chances of fracturing the right prefix? If so, it looks like it'd be a lot cheaper to just essence until 3 prefixes and pray you fracture the right one. craftofexile.com says the expectation is 2*(1/634) essences to hit one of the other t1s. Sounds like taking the 1/3 chance instead of the 2/3 chance on fracturing wins on price outright (3-3.5ex per fracture), let alone the pain of getting the essences.
its cheaper to just buy a random carnal sceptre, essence it and get 5 mods and buy a fracture 1/5 for around 50c too, saves a lot of time and money
