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

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Deanereh wrote:

This build is so fucked and is missing information all over the place

Gee, you signed up for the forums today just to whine about this build? I smell BS.

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Influencial wrote:

terrible leveling experience, terrible fucking choices, terrible idea to respec 50 points, i have no idea wtf you're thinking, how the hell is this HC SSF VIABLE? lmao this is dogshit

Terrible leveling experience? How would you know? You don't even have a raider, for crying out loud. Respec 50 points? Care to point them out? My count is 34, which admittedly is a bit higher than average, however, 20 of those come from the storyline quests. 14 regret orbs is SIX chaos. Not exactly a terrible burden. Why are you even posting here again?

made some upgrades and the build doesn't feel tanky at all and lacks damage. I'm trying to make upgrades to make this build work at least, but honestly I don't see any improvement.
can't even imagine doing tier 15-16 bosses and ultimatums

what I can do is record my runs in higher tier maps and post it on youtube.
if someone has fixed the mana constantly empty during encounters, that would be a great relief

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XeNoRul3z wrote:

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TKz wrote:

To the last three posters : learn to read maybe ?

This build works very well, even in SSF.
Almost everything is explained in POB, and the rest is in first post.
And I'm far from an experienced player, my last char was on Harvest. Even the leveling with lightning traps was a breeze.

Maybe the author should have put a warning on first page, the build is very powerful but not easy to play.

put a video could help to understand playstile

but my question remain, how to call 2 button build when u have to use

bladefall
bladeblast
general cry
sigil
arcane cloack
desacrated ground
tempest shiel
enduring cry

because is what this build say
or explain me please because i cant understand

Ok, I'll give this one a shot while I'm at it.

Firstly, 2 buttons. Bladefall, then Bladeblast. Yes, there are other skills. Yes, there are flasks to activate. No, it's not really a 2 button build. However, most of the time, with Arcane Cloak on your move button, the only skills you need are BF/BB. This is all that's required for trash/magic mobs through all content. Actually, by the time you have decent gear and 20/20 gems, you don't even need the BB for mobs, they die to the initial BF hit.

Bossing is another story. There, I add in flasks, arcane sigil, and general's cry. I only use desecrated ground if I'm fighting a boss with no adds to helpfully provide corpses. I don't use tempest shield, or enduring cry. I don't even have them socketed.

Summary:
Arcane cloak on move.
BF/BB all the time.
+General's cry & arcane sigil for bosses.
+Desecrate if you need corpses for General's cry.
Try the other skills when / if you like.

PS: Don't spam BF/BB. Wait for your mana to recharge, pick your times.

This is why I think he's put 2-button in the CONS list, not the PRO list.

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grimjack68 wrote:

PS: Don't spam BF/BB. Wait for your mana to recharge, pick your time

this. exactly this.
on some bosses with continuous damage like dots, degens or spikes, I find myself having a hard time trying to recover, especially when pots are empty.
result is I turn around the arena for 30 mins to eventually cast 1 bf/bb and maybe die

I'm not certain if this question was adressed before, but would the cold version of archmage, the anomalous version, be viable?

The clearest benefit I can see is that Hatred as an aura would provide a bigger damage boost than Wrath does. As it converts some of the physical damage of bladefall and bladeblast to cold alongside the general buff to cold damage.
Though I would imagine the lack of shock would cause a damage decrease as well.
Though the ability to freeze enemies would be an additional layer of defense in a way.

It most certainly wouldn't be leaguestart viable due to it having to be farmed in blueprints at least.

I'm not sure that I'm getting the benefit from Intensify Support on my Blade Blast. I hardly ever have any Intensify stacks up, because for weaker enemies, I one-shot them and move on, whilst for tougher enemies like bosses, I don't tend to stand still and cast multiple BF/BB sequences, because it's too dangerous.

Problem with my playstyle? Any good alternatives for this support slot? Or am I misunderstanding how Intensify is supposed to work?

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st0rmie wrote:

I'm not sure that I'm getting the benefit from Intensify Support on my Blade Blast. I hardly ever have any Intensify stacks up, because for weaker enemies, I one-shot them and move on, whilst for tougher enemies like bosses, I don't tend to stand still and cast multiple BF/BB sequences, because it's too dangerous.

Problem with my playstyle? Any good alternatives for this support slot? Or am I misunderstanding how Intensify is supposed to work?

As far as I know, Intensify is meant to be used for its increased AoE (even higher than on Inc AoE support), so you get maximum blasts overlap. It helps for clear, andit helps on bosses too. So just bf-bb-move staying at zero inntesities.

Is there any improvement for the build to feel better on bosses? I can do hard rituals almost deathless, I got pretty good clear, but bossess... No, I dont die on them, but single-target DPS feels terrible. Sigil-cloak-bfbb couple times-run and wait-repeat. It feels terribly boring and slow.
My PoB just in case

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thescarecrow wrote:

Is there any improvement for the build to feel better on bosses? I can do hard rituals almost deathless, I got pretty good clear, but bossess... No, I dont die on them, but single-target DPS feels terrible. Sigil-cloak-bfbb couple times-run and wait-repeat. It feels terribly boring and slow.
My PoB just in case

Wrath / Lightning damage watcher's eye and Righteous Fire will make a big difference there.