(3.16) NERFED DO NOT PLAY THIS Raider Archmage BF/BB [CHEAP, Tanky, HCSSF viable, (100m+ dps)

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AndyLovesHisBge wrote:

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morgson wrote:

Can someone tell me which Pantheon is used? I couldn't identify it.

The info is in the discord

Brine King or Lunaris for Major
Grukthul or Ralakesh for minor

Im so greatfull, tks.

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TheChosenOne_ wrote:

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grimjack68 wrote:

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Ornifex_ wrote:

Struggling with T14+ ultimatums. I seem to just get overwhelmed, surrounded and killed about 1/3 ultis. My dps seems fine though. I try my best to keep fortify and vaal grace up at all times. What could I try to change? I've tried replica mistwall but I'm not sure that I like it and if it helps, because if I die it's usually completely instant.

Thanks!

Nothing wrong with your gear or tree that I can see.

Worth trying the Mistwall, it's not expensive, and if it doesn't work, you'll make your investment back.

In Ultimatums, I keep up Sigil and Fortify. (And Arcane Cloak, because I have it on left mouse button for move.) Occasionally I'll remember to mix in enduring cry for endurance charged, but really, that rarely happens. I have vaal righteous fire and vaal grace, I literally never use them. The only other tip I've given out frequently is remembering NOT to cast BB immediately after Arcane Cloak, as that can leave you with no mana for MOM to work with.

The only other thing I can see is the evasion... so I'm running Mistwall and a Basalt evasion flask. Those together boost my evasion rating by quite a bit, so I have above 7k evasion. If you were to swap Taste of Hate for

and your second weapon for

you'd basically be running the same gear and tree as me, and I'm not having any problems. Also, should be cheap to try, so I'd recommend giving it a go.

damn, seeing the original post is kinda discouraging. I read that the build is super tanky even with 5ex or less invested in the build but then seeing someone with gear like that struggle with t14-16 ultimatums is, like i said, discouraging. im lvling this build now at act 4. hopefully with replica mistwall and flask that person is able to do the ultimatums with no problem

Oh don't worry, I haven't played this game much, but this is by far the tankiest build I've ever played. It's not that I'm dying often or struggling much, I'm just trying to level to 94 and one death every 3-5 maps really slows it down. This is a great build and honestly not very expensive. You can get a lot done with way less gear. Since my post I've re-evaluated what challenges I take and realized that I've been making some dumb mistakes, I've basically sorted it all out with some help and minimal further investment.

Here is a little video showing the difference between spell cascade and awakened spell cascade :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPwoW0hxVaE

You have a " cross " patern with the awakened one, now i need to see if it makes a difference or not ^^ !

For mapping/delirium it's definitly way better, coverage is huge and you can stand in the midle of the arena and clean all the adds, feels great.

I need to compare the dps on end game bosses now

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Uriacesjaces wrote:

Here is a little video showing the difference between spell cascade and awakened spell cascade :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPwoW0hxVaE

You have a " cross " patern with the awakened one, now i need to see if it makes a difference or not ^^ !

For mapping/delirium it's definitly way better, coverage is huge and you can stand in the midle of the arena and clean all the adds, feels great.

I need to compare the dps on end game bosses now

I've started experimenting with this as well. Clear-wise it is definitely a big improvement. With single target I don't really notice a difference yet, but I've only tried conquerors and 10 maven fights so far which aren't very good tests.

Looking at it PoB-wise, the 5th Anomalous Concentrated Effect link on my Bladefall reduces its AoE from 48 to 37, while adding in Awakened Spell Cascade increases it back up to 39. So there's a slight increase in spread relative to how much improvement Concentrated Effect provides me, in return it gives me two extra volleys providing much wider coverage.

One thing I do notice is that there is a significant amount of blades leftover after a single BF/BB combo - over a dozen compared to only 3-4 with normal spell cascade. So it looks like with Awakened Spell Cascade, you go well over the blade blast cap. To me, this would imply there is minimal damage benefit with the additional number of blades from Awakened Spell Cascade.

I was a bit bored so i bought a T3 corruption chamber and... well it didn't break ^^ !

So this might be a super dumb question and I'm just missing something but in the clarity cluster version how do you still have 100% unreserved mana even with clarity active?

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ElitexKnight wrote:

So this might be a super dumb question and I'm just missing something but in the clarity cluster version how do you still have 100% unreserved mana even with clarity active?

You don't.

If you look at the actual numbers instead of the percentage, you'll notice the POB shows 13,881 mana unreserved out of 13,915.

It's showing 100% because it's actually 99.75%, and it rounds to the nearest whole number.

Yes, there's still a clear mind listed in the POB, and no, it shouldn't be there. :)

Thank you very much for explaining that I was lazy and didn't actually look at the mana values the clear mind is what was throwing me off, guess I'll switch to a rare jewel with immune to corrupted blood instead of the clear mind I spent 3ex on...

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ElitexKnight wrote:

Thank you very much for explaining that I was lazy and didn't actually look at the mana values the clear mind is what was throwing me off, guess I'll switch to a rare jewel with immune to corrupted blood instead of the clear mind I spent 3ex on...

Or swap over to the wrath version! :D

Started the league with an blade blast inquisitor, made it up to lvl 94. Dmg was more than ok, did Sirus AL8 a few times, even deathless once, but in maps i was one shotted often, and ultimatum was a no go. Last league tried another bb build, assassin i think, said to be immortal, but it was fragile af, so switched to a blade vortex pathfinder that i took it to lvl 100. This league i wanted to play bb, so as a second build i took this one.
And i took a more unorthodox road to leveling :)
Tried to level up with LT, but i hated it immediately, so as soon that i could use most of the bb gems setup, i switched to it, and after the 1st Kitava i went to the delve. I had a bit more than 10k sulphite, by the time i finished them, i was lvl 72 and i had all 4 labs done :)
Now i'm lvl 83 and i know i seriously need more mana, sitting only at 3447 hp and 5124 mana now, but i can do t12 maps with ultimatum until the last wave. Gear now :




POB : https://pastebin.com/zKdD2Qgm
Number of deaths so far : 3. Once leveling (Piety act 4, i was opening a portal and forgot about her spinning laser of death :)), 2 times in ultimatum (one because i did the Take 1000% of Mana costs as Lightning Damage by mistake).