[3.25] The Lazy Nova - Archmage MoM Crit Ice Nova of Frostbolts with Svalinn
" hmm, this is a tricky one since I am unsure what recent changes you may have made that could be causing you to die all of a sudden. So take these suggestions with a grain of salt as you read through them. They are not meant to be telling you exactly what to change, more offered as a start of a discussion :) * Your build looks quite a bit different in that you appear to be self casting Frostbolt......? One of the cornerstones of using Kitava's Thirst was to take the burden off of self casting Frostbolt. * You are playing with out a life flask which could be very dangerous when you don't have the mageblood level defenses in place yet. * I personally do not like the jade flask. This build is designed around wanting to get hit, so that we can block so that we can trigger our shield skills as often as possible. Evade could lead to problems where you stop triggering the shield skills in dangerous places and then when evade and block fail, you could be open to quick deaths * The most dangerous ailment to us is (ironically) shock. I would recommend getting shock mitigation either on flask or via pantheon if possible * I would think about changing the implicit on the gloves. Spell Suppression does extremely little for us in this build as the %chance to suppress is too low to be considered a valid layered of defense. As such I would change the Spell Suppress Explicit on your gloves to be "Lightning Exposure on hit" and then replace Wave of Conviction with Conductivity * You are the first person I have seen having to use Clarity in this build. Is this because you have not yet socketed Unnatural Instinct? * A 21/20 Increased Critical Strike Damage is going to be better than a level 5 Awakened Lightning Pen for DPS * As for replacing Purity of Elements, you would have to rethink a couple of your rares as you have to rebalance all the ele resists again and you would lose the ailment immunity. Last edited by AndyLovesHisBge on Aug 20, 2024, 5:46:36 PM
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" I've been trying vaal ice nova, but it's not very good... half of the links we use for ice nova (spell echo, inspiration, intensify) are completely useless for the vaal counterpart. it's fun for opening legion, but that's all. if you want to go for a 21/20, go for archmage |
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" this is awesome! I would put this in its own section in the build guide and put an enormous disclaimer in bold type at the beginning of the section stating the prices are as of today's date :) |
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" Thank you so much for reply! I'm applying all of the changes you suggested ;) Regarding change - idk actually. Maybe nothing changed and im just very unlucky with latest juicy encounters :) Regarding Frostbolt - I played kitava Frostbolt last league, this league I decided to put curses there. Sometimes two buttons are clunky, but I feel similar clunkiness during kitava frostbolt sometimes :) I will swap Jade with Lifeflask and give it a go, usually if I die it is instant, so I can't even apply it :D Got it, so once I drop purity of elements, I will invest into shock immunity :) Gloves - on it! Initially I was following Ziza / Goratha / Palsteron build, they use Clarity-Arrogance for WatcherEye. Unnatural instict I want to wear once I get my hands on The Light of Meaning :) Crit gam - didnt know that, thank you! |
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" it happens... i think that people nowaday realize it less (because they just check maps with regex), but some mod combo are super deadly (-max res, ele weakness and extra phys as element for example). altars tends to become rippy ultra fast. " i used to run clarity as well before switching to block. this is because without cloak, atziri's foible and the reduced cost from militant faith i was a little bit on the short side of mana regen Last edited by tufferugli on Aug 20, 2024, 6:03:54 PM
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" lots of good info. I absolutely love the shield corrupt. It is expensive but I may go for it after I get Mageblood up and running. The +1 ring would be very nice, especially considering the rare ring implicits you have now are not helping the build at all, as you don't need the resists. I think the +1 Power synth ring is very expensive. You are probably looking at another 200 divines or more for good stats with that implicit. |
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" Kk I was wrong, clunkiness with frostbolt Kitava was back when I was transitioning to this helmet so cast speed was low. I forgot how comfy it was to use one button in the last league haha. I updated everything as you said. What do you recommend instead of Clarity-Arrogance? I have this spot free :) Pantheon 60% shock set, but I still have purity of elements for some time, until I upgrade eq for more res. I'm not sure if life flask will work for me, so far I'm constantly forgetting about clicking it :) Probably will invest in some different one diamond / or try to use ele one until eq upgrade to drop purity of elements https://pobb.in/NuBiZiSnmf2V PS: Now I think that this random deaths could be becasue I had button delays Ice -> Frostbolt -> ice. Lack of insta leech quickly were killing me Last edited by Achilles213 on Aug 20, 2024, 6:57:03 PM
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" Thank you! |
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Guys, i have a question, why sometimes i cant keep my mana? like when i do altar or other my mana always depleted...
can you tell me whats wrong? this is my POB https://pobb.in/6QqWDJFHEwv8 Also, if you guys can recommend me any upgrade, it would be awesome.. Thank you |
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" * For mana, I have three comments 1) I would try removing "10% reduced cost of skills" mastery and replace it with "10% chance to recover 10% of mana when you use a skill". We spam Ice Nova, so that should help you recover mana quicker. 2) Obviously make sure you never run a "no regen" map mod 3) If you are still struggling, you might want to consider changing your amulet anoint to Minddrinker. You will lose a little bit of DPS, but gain EHP and Mana recovery on kill From here on will just be random general comments about your build that you can consider. * Go around to all your rares and use Blessed orbs to increase your implicits. For example, you are missing an easy and cheap 8% chaos res on your rare ring implicit. * You have a problem with your flasks, specifically the Diamond Flask and Amethyst Flask. Both of these Flasks have the same suffix of Increased Crit Strike Chance. This does not work in POE. The exact same suffixes on flasks do not stack so you are effectively wasting an entire suffix. Change the Diamond flask's to something else you need/want * A ton of your gems are missing quality. Add quality to the appropriate gems. There are some effects of the gems that only wake up based on quality Last edited by AndyLovesHisBge on Aug 20, 2024, 9:56:37 PM
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