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

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Svalin wrote:

Intresting discussion, just wanted to pop in and ask a question real quick:
How many blades hit the bosses on average, in a spread sheet here I saw around 35-40 blades, is this correct?
I am trying to compare my ball lightning raider, just to see if it would be worth while to switch to BF/BB.
As comparison ball lightning with spell echo/greater spell echo tends to hit 50-60 times, but you have to use the staff instead of wands.

Depends on the size... there's a significant difference between the big models and the bosses with models the same size as the players. The larger models get a lot more hits on them.

Even on the smaller ones though, we're getting a lot of hits. This is no slouch when it comes to raw DPS output, but theorycrafting only goes so far, eventually you have to compare actual performance - how long does it take to phase Sirus, for instance? The answer for this is, not long at all. :)

Hi, What should my next few big upgrades be please?

Damage is great, dying occasionally at lvl 93+ which is slowing me down.

Not sure how to link items, but profile should be public?

Also - Think I got the wrong watchers eye, can only afford one with one mod atm, and chose the regen one, but is the damage taken as mana a big upgrade in terms of tankiness?

Thanks in advance

Chemist really knows his stuff. +1 for this build. Also go to the discord if you want to really min-max

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Ryanm666 wrote:

Hi, What should my next few big upgrades be please?

Damage is great, dying occasionally at lvl 93+ which is slowing me down.

Not sure how to link items, but profile should be public?

Also - Think I got the wrong watchers eye, can only afford one with one mod atm, and chose the regen one, but is the damage taken as mana a big upgrade in terms of tankiness?

Thanks in advance

Tree: Refund thick skin and it's life node, respec the start of the tree to take the 4 evasion and life nodes instead of the 2 dex nodes. Gives you more life and evasion for the same points. I'd personally take the two points next to Annihilation instead of Blast Radius, but that's minor.

Gear: I'd rather have a blade blast AOE enchant over straight damage, and those were cheap the last time I checked.

Definitely the wrong watcher's eye.

Belt needs more mana.

Boots need life.

Gloves are at least decent, ones with more mana / life and possibly blind would be nice.

Basalt flask needs a slightly better reduced charges used roll, so you can sustain a full 2 uses against bosses. Or better yet, buy a jewel with corrupted blood immunity, switch your curse immunity to the mana flask for MUCH more uptime. Alchemists prefix on the quartz needs to go. Increased duration or less charges used, increased charge recovery as a last resort.

After that, you're looking at awakened skill gems, anomalous blood rage, and clusters, in no particular order. I'd probably do the skill gems first just so they can start gaining XP.

Thats great - Thanks!

hi mates,

what about anomalous archmage with trinity?

we have no lightning dmg notes just elemental. skip lightning pen for trinity to get 50% more elemental damage and 20% penetration.... or am i wrong?

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Dr3st wrote:

hi mates,

what about anomalous archmage with trinity?

we have no lightning dmg notes just elemental. skip lightning pen for trinity to get 50% more elemental damage and 20% penetration.... or am i wrong?

We've gone over this in detail a couple times in the discord. We're pretty sure this could work, either by running a call of the brotherhood ring, or by putting trinity in with both BF and BB. Rough POB work shows a significant DPS increase.

The challenge is, we're already at DPS numbers that are plain silly. Taking a build from 80million DPS to 100million isn't much of a difference - both kill or phase anything in short order.

As far as I'm aware, nobody has actually put it together to try it in game. If you do, let us know how it turns out.

Was my essance worm with level 21 wrath also supposed to have a socket? i cant utilize the free aura for some reason. no socket on it but i cant use wrath?

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Autobawts wrote:

Was my essance worm with level 21 wrath also supposed to have a socket? i cant utilize the free aura for some reason. no socket on it but i cant use wrath?

Yes, it needs a socket.

What wrath affix am i looking for? increased affect?