T15 MAP UPDATE! Archmage Lightning Conduit Stormweaver Build Guide - Path of Exile 2

[@devinayaz9210]

Timestamps (I am not the author of the vid, just a rando helping with timestamps dont yell at me T_T) 0:00 Breach Map 0:50 BONK 1:31 Gear change 2:18 New gems explained 3:13 Updated Passive Tree (With weapon passive showcase) 4:08 Weapon sets 4:30 Automation setup 5:09 Gear and Gem showcase 5:50 Done enjoy Stay strong exiles, times are tough, but are in this together. Edit: I didnt put a timestamp on gems, since theres a link in the youtube description and youtube doesn't like when I make too many timestamps T_T

[@evilme73]

why not a typical everlasting gaze + ez/mana + eb/mom gear setup if you're archmaging anyway?

[@ltsDimmy]

Coz build requires extra 120 Spirit.

[@evilme73]

​@@ltsDimmy ​ not really... 60 is blink which could be swap teched... the other 60 could be chest + a nice ventors

[@n3m0nation81]

Can you put a link to moba or build planner?

[@devinayaz9210]

@@n3m0nation81 im not the author of the video as said T_T. I dont know what their planner is, an my leveling start was so scuffed I am not confident enough to give advice.

[@scumfingers9711]

Any chance of a Maxroll or Mobalytics planner for the build?

[@Viryn]

This

[@hasanalmoosawy9518]

That would be great

[@TheLogistar]

@@Viryn this?

[@Viryn]

@@TheLogistar its a bump to the call for a buildplanner ☺️

[@jayson546]

Can’t wait for POB

[@supremebuffalo6322]

great explanations, excellent build. you convinced me to move my Sorc in act5 in this direction. just spent a div on the helmet(its been skyrocketing in price the past few days)

[@giovannimarchesini7557]

tysm, but why dont make a mobalytics link or something similiar to skilltree? its so hard to see the nodes

[@howaboutdat]

Leveling build for this would be amazing! Only builds on Maxroll are the spark spam ones & that skill could not be more boring to use

[@m4tix1231]

yea +1 on the leveling build

[@Kiseji-Yu]

yes please!

[@k1oval]

Just level as Spark Sorc - maxroll guide is pretty solid

[@howaboutdat]

@ I did for the first 2 acts, got very bored of it, switched to zen’s CoF build, then the skill was nerfed 😅

[@k1oval]

@ pretty much ever sprc build levels with spark, just cause its easy to scale😂

[@michaelshanehelton]

Thank you for the planners!! It saves me from rewinding your vids a dozen times. You rock!

[@krivar3336]

I understand you are still working on improving and testing your build but even if it's not final a Maxroll planner would be stellar especially if you include a leveling section.

[@hypham7555]

If you're going thru the campaign, don't use Lightning, it's bad, use Ice instead. You'll struggle with the Bosses.

[@davidsterkel5977]

​@@hypham7555idk, spark plus mana tempest was melting bosses if you spec into crit and shock magnitude

[@StevenLaskowski-m3z]

Amazing build. A planner would be so helpful

[@Sergey8150]

Ближайшим патчем его не понерфят? Там есть какие то фиксы на молнию 😢

[@Singeaninja]

at 3:21 the base tree is not available at level 73? You need 14 more points it looks like which would be 87?

[@oeuildutigre]

hey there! CANT WAIT FOR THE FULL BUILD PLANNER

[@iSailorBoat]

Thanks for this! I have been playing spark archmage and this looks to be a lot more fun tbh.

[@pppp-p1j]

spark is sooooo boring

[@stuehlchen4535]

Slow, not boring imo​@@pppp-p1j

[@iSailorBoat]

@@pppp-p1jyeah I’m getting really bored with the spark gameplay.

[@Shipdacheese]

This looks more fun than spark but still rather boring compared to other classes. Plus you need quite an amount of spirit and gear to pull this off. I don't know sorc isn't quite doing it for me.

[@num2007]

@@Shipdacheese is i already have the helmet, what other kind of gear do I need? wondering if I start that build but im kinda poor like 15 exalt left

[@LittleRedRubberDuck]

This looks like a well rounded and interesting setup, if I end up finding that helmet I will try this in SSF :) Thanks for sharing!

[@michaelshanehelton]

Vids are getting better and better!

[@sneezingwizard]

Since that Jewel is so freaking expensive, I also opt for the jewel that heals your for Max% of your HP on kill. It gives me more survivability. If you can get 8-10% max HP heal per kill, would make you survive easily against most mobs. While against boss you mostly few-shot them with the lightning conduits anyway.

[@mwkamps]

Love your new poe videos, thanks for introducing me to the game!

[@Rain1]

Nice, I've been following your build because I wanted to make a lightning warp build cuz it seems so cool to just like teleport around killing everything

[@oscarroque2583]

love the build definitely requires build planner from beginner to end game specially for us that love your guides thanks in advance.

[@aleksandrveselov9095]

UPD: Huge new node at the right side of the tree for 25% chance to consuming shock on an enemy to reply it, looks like 25 more dmg for 3 points.

[@agebyrkjeland4026]

The question is how it interact with three dragons. since it states "after consuming a shock", i'm assuming it doesn't work with cold conversion.

[@Lexyu]

Shocked ground always reapplies.

[@charleslovecoach]

Hi thx you, QUESTION : can we start leveling with this skill passiv tree ? I have the unique item already

[@charleslovecoach]

If not, which build you can advise us ?

[@togirashi]

Dmg taken from mana jewels can be really expensive and I found a wand and shield helps survivably a lot more than the dmg gained from a focus

[@officialdabaws5228]

yeah, his tree he shows is relatively low level (think he said 70?) so you can easily spend the next 11 points going over and picking up the right side of the block tree too. looking at the stats, he's not gaining a ton of value using a staff instead of a wand and shield

[@zzrroott6459]

okay but what wand would you get

[@officialdabaws5228]

@@zzrroott6459 Just copy the same stats as the staff in this video mate.

[@WinkyPinky-]

tysm for skill gem planner helps allot

[@emileskuce5851]

Finally! Did something similar on my build, still feel a bit squishy, but hopefully the new game monster and level nerfs would help

[@iciel1009]

Those jewels are expensive, still had to use Mom + Eldrich Battery for survival. Adjusted some nodes to mana regen and jewels to gain %mana on kill for sustain, those jewels are nice since they scale on your maximum mana as well.

[@buja8471]

hey Lexyu, one question. Why u dont pick Mind over Matter?

[@sweking92]

What venom rewards did you choose? The % mana in Normal and the stats in Cruel?

[@Lexyu]

Mana regen and chaos res.

[@Skylaw66]

Friend, upload your build on a page like maxroll or mobalytic, and detail it in steps with the statistics and what to put from the beginning, I'm new and I really liked your character but I don't know what to put first

[@phoenixrenamon4686]

He has previous iterations of the build that can kind of help you figure out where to go but if you want a direct suggestion: Arcane intensity (spell dmg per max mana), then All natural and breaking point. By this point is where you'd want to start grabbing mana taken before life, then shock magnitude, jewel nodes, and exposure. Save the weapon swap points for last since that's about when you'll start having to look for good staves to set up with

[@MikeG-cx9nc]

I can’t afford to swap into a version of this build that will beat my spark setup rn, but I did just learn I can use blink on my staff side and animation cancel the placement to blink on command! Whew! I actually have mid fight mobility!

[@evaldas9651]

Can you explain how do you blink in more detail? Cause right now i need to swap staff and then press space, which is 2 actions, and there is delay for swap

[@XeLLoS47]

@@evaldas9651 Yeah, I'm curious how he's doing the blink tech too

[@humcheemian]

Is there a reason we go fordouble shock acsendancy when we are using this new helm? e.g. freeze build up now and less shock?

[@Lexyu]

Lightning warp still creates shocked ground.

[@humcheemian]

@@Lexyu Thank you. Loving the build. Is it still worth it to have 'magnitude of shock' in jewels? Also does soul drain basically give 12% mana on kill?

[@phoenixrenamon4686]

@@humcheemian During your map clear, lightning warp may prioritize enemies in cull range (they'll have a blue wisp on their face). This satisfies the requirement for soul drain effectively refunding the additional cost of archmage

[@sulysan]

Wondering with the new update what will change :) This time I'll wait a bit more before testing it out. Well done and nice vid as always.

[@ChippaWubba]

I'm confused, If you have the helmet to convert lightening damage to frost.. doesn't that mean double stock can't proc?

[@Lexyu]

Lightning Warp still creates shocked ground.

[@ChippaWubba]

@@Lexyu ohh right! thank you for reply.

[@sweking92]

Can you shar the loot filter?

[@Lexyu]

github.com/NeverSinkDev/NeverSink-PoE2litefilter

[@BigBadBlanc]

Inspiration work for cast on fteze? Is spirit Jewel or jt reduce energy

[@Lexyu]

Inspiration reduces the mana cost of the Lightning Conduit triggered from Cast on Freeze.

[@MattDelovino]

There are nodes on your Tree in the video which are different to the passive tree in the link below

[@wyoian]

Are you sure lightning pen and lowering res works synergetically? I thought it was lower then pen second, but pen cannot go below zero.

[@Lexyu]

Penetration can bring resistance to 0, and then exposure can make it negative.

[@KAJYT6969]

@@Lexyu Where did you hear this from? Did jonathan confirm it somewhere?

[@gampie13]

@@Lexyu this should be incorrect, d-buffs and resistance effects applies before penetration is calculated, unless they have changed their back-end completely, which will completely make other interactions do x10-x100 times more dmg than they should. Penetration was always last in calculations, and in poe 1, this didn't mean much, since there it can go below 0 res. But in poe 2, penetration cannot go below 0, so it only gains value against lightning res stacked mobs. penetration still has value, since you can still juice up mobs with +150% lightning res, but most mobs will be negative just by curse + exposure, or just exposure itself. Pen is the "safety" state, to make sure you deal dmg, even when you get rng screwed by layers of bonus resist, since it calculates from enemy "max resistance", and not "total resistance", aka if a mob has 100% lightning res and 75% maximum lightning resist, you have 25% penetration, the penetration lowers res in the calculation from 75% res -> 50% res

[@Dredswich]

The real Sorc has arrived

[@dtc4216]

Why does the passive tree utilize shock chance/exposure nodes over freeze if the helmet makes all lightning damage cause freeze buildup? aren't we not even dealing shock/exposure?

[@Lexyu]

Lightning Warp still creates shocked ground.

[@zDougJudy]

do u have to manually cast both ball lightning and lightning warp?

[@Lexyu]

yes

[@nilebarfield7175]

does the three dragons mask not make it so that you can no longer shock since theres no ignite dmg in the build?

[@Lexyu]

Lightning Warp still creates shocked ground.

[@davidpkm4550]

you are a freaking boss, just when i thought i finally got to the point where im fine to transition to a top build like this I find im as crap as i always have been with my actual build :(

[@likeritv3876]

What distilled you used for this anoint on amulet?

[@Lexyu]

Frazzled

[@TheXboxSux]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but i've heard that in POE2 enemies cannot go below 0% resistance. Wouldn't the extra exposure not be doing anything beyond stripping their full resistance?

[@Lexyu]

Penetration only goes down to 0, and then Exposure can go negative.

[@gampie13]

@@Lexyu source on the order of operations? in poe 1, penetration is calculated after resistance

[@CJ-ff1xq]

Any budget version of this?

[@EnderElohim]

btw i see one open skill slot on site that it can be used for ice wall that might be useful for creating on demand obstacle. For me it useful mostly to block enemy projectiles or before casting lightning conduit to prevent enemy to hit me and it can supported with font of mana and fortress for more mana regen and more coverage and monster imprisonment

[@eriktapper9345]

Is this build smooth on controller? Looks very nice! Full planner on the way? Cheers

[@Lexyu]

No idea, never played with controller.

[@EX1L3D_L3G3ND]

Will the latest patch affect this build in some way?

[@Lexyu]

No, everything dies in 1 freeze.

[@AchillesArete]

Loving the build, far more than my fire build. My one question is what do you do with flying enemies, like plague harvester? They seem to not be impacted by shock on ground so the damage I'm doing feels far worse than everything else.

[@Lexyu]

Correct, you have to spam a lot of lightning warps on flying enemies, preferably with sigil of power and conductivity.

[@Fractured_Scholar]

Does increasing the Magnitude of Shock increase the damage enemies take or does magnitude just increase the duration and the damage bonus is fixed at 20%? If the latter, then the build might be more efficient by dropping Alternating Current for Aspiring Genius. Given this, does the Desensitization/Sudden Escalation path become more efficient than the Critical Exploit path?

[@Lexyu]

Shock magnitude increases the damage enemies take when being shocked and scales the bonus damage on lightning conduit.

[@laszloharsanyi8320]

regarding the first 2 ascendancy points, which is better, more useful for the undergeared low level player? Strike Twice or Arcane Surge? I barged into a Kitoko's glove, which provide Electrocute with all lightning dmg, but until I manage to get lvl11 snd 13 skill gems, Lightning Warp isn't really working, so I has to stick to Spark as the general damage dealer.

[@Lexyu]

You'll need Arcane Surge first while leveling.

[@laszloharsanyi8320]

@@Lexyu thank you!

[@NavioVisuals]

Do you think it is worth to invest into this build on cruel mode? Or for now should I go for something more "standard"?

[@Lexyu]

You can start with just lightning warp and ball lightning.

[@Rain1]

One question I've got for you, with the new update does considered casting still work for cast on freeze or things like that if you never took it out of the skill gem after the update? Because I hovered over it and the pop-up says it's not supposed to be able to go into cast on freeze anymore but I've got it in there. I'm wondering if I can tell without removing it whether or not it's increasing my damage. I'm afraid to take it out now

[@Lexyu]

I was able to re-equip it yesterday and it increases the tooltip dps still.

[@Rain1]

@Lexyu niiiice

[@HairlessHair]

Do you take the clarity off of the archmage in order to run blink or is there something that makes the spirt cheaper so you are able to run it?

[@Lexyu]

Yes, take clarity off.

[@hamzamoghrabi5777]

Im doing this build with bloodmage and im not using archmage or double shocks, still getting as much as shock magnitude and doing cast on freeze, its working great. getting my damage through high damage crits and my tankiness is from damage recoup and 25% prevention from ascendancy, this build can definetly work as blood mage but will have lower damage output specially single target. However i believe bloodmage can get much tankier with this build specially if you can fit in Atziri's Disdain helmet and stacking lots of HP. @lexyu for single damage condit do you think stacking very high crit damage bonus could compete with doulbe shock stats from stormweaver ? btw idea with blood mage is you can pick up the health orbs when you cull enemies or just TPing around with lightening warp so no matter how high the HP costs get you will still get your HP back up and even over flow it.

[@Lexyu]

I don't think Bloodmage will do as much damage, but the survivability seems nice.

[@alexterwor8385]

hank you for your content, I have a question, how did you manage to move the camera so far away that you can see so much around?

[@Lexyu]

Ultrawide monitor.

[@humberto12611]

Thank you!! Saved me time from still trying to get the ring lol also my cast on freeze says “missing socketed skill” any clue? Thanks again!

[@Lexyu]

Lightning Conduit needs to be socketed into Cast on Freeze.

[@Kino.888]

What items do you use to increase the quality of your accessories? And where do you find it?

[@n3m0nation81]

bro can you do a planner?

[@zombirk9927]

Is this pre slower refreeze nerf or after ?

[@Lexyu]

The freeze chain nerf hasn't happened yet, but it doesn't matter since everything dies in 1 freeze.

[@gerryvolkov7840]

@Lexyu ok what Im doing wrong ? Im lvl 65, skill tree is mostly the same, apart from couple of things. Im on 1.2k mana. On bosses my dmg is not so great. Im using "Sigil of Power" > "Mana Tempest" > "Lighting conduit". I hit like the best 1/10th of boss hp. Im I doing something wrong in this combination?

[@kidstar316]

lack of mana on gear and low energy shield for eldritch battery

[@gerryvolkov7840]

@kidstar316 I didn't pick up Eldritch, MoM or any other big nodes

[@capt.sparrow8898]

@@gerryvolkov7840 are you applying sh9ock? Before you start ur lightning conduit combo u have to shock few times using ball lightning + lightning warp

[@mrtran1626]

Question, is the damage you get from this weapon swap better than having a weapon swap that increases your curses? - 40 res vs -70 res compared to the crit you are having.

[@Lexyu]

Depends how much resistances bosses have. It's fairly easy to get more lightning penetration.

[@mhmodaboyonis175]

how does the Considered Casting now work ? "Supports Spell Skills that Hit Enemies and you cast yourself" is the trigger from cast on freeze considered me casting ?

[@Lexyu]

Considered casting is still working with CoF and increasing the tooltip dps.

[@XeLLoS47]

@@Lexyu I think the patch just changed it so that Considered Casting has to be cast from the player now, so I don't think it works with CoF

[@ColbyGerrard]

Ok hold my hand. I’ve got pretty much same set up as you I’m missing a few survival gems. But my Boss damage is barely a scratch when I cast lightning conduit manually. That’s with similar of power and tempest up what am I missing in the rotation?

[@XeLLoS47]

1) Lightning Warp before boss spawns to put shocking ground there 2) Pop Sigil of Power 3) Pop Tempest 4) Pop Conductivity on boss (if you feel it's needed) 5) Lightning Conduit

[@d4rkloler]

conduit consumes shock to deal insanely more damage. that's the only thing I can think of that might be missing there.

[@AleMaciel01]

Hey, do you know if you need the crit chance for spells and the crit damage bonus for spells specifically on the jewels? or the "on hit" chance and bonus work just fine. Also, does increased shock magnitude affect the shock from the shocked ground? Thanks in advance

[@phoenixrenamon4686]

Shock magnitude DOES affect ground. Hence why he perks into it on the tree as well

[@heinznunu]

great build but ! PLEASE ! make a planner on maxroll

[@ihonalle]

I dont understand one think, when i hit the mobs i see onlu the freeze buildup but not the shock, how is possible? I am doing somethling wrong?

[@Lexyu]

Lightning Warp still creates shocked ground.

[@ihonalle]

​@@Lexyu ah ok creare thank you for the answer mate, i thought the shock come from lightning ball 😅

[@mirosawworon9285]

@Lexyu why no Chaos Inoculation? It would simplify getting all the resistances and jewels

[@Lexyu]

Splitting damage taken between life and mana is tankier.

[@kmg3673]

What rings do you recommend?

[@dmayer506]

I love this build, great work! Im still trying to solve my survivability problems though, i die allot

[@MetaHausMedia]

what do you run in archmage instead of clarity to get that 10 spirit back

[@Lexyu]

Nothing.

[@kidstar316]

mind over matter still works very well for tankiness once you can regen 1k or close to it mana per second and have at least 3500 mana jewels are way to expensive for this version you can use the currency to buff other things to make it work im going to stick with call of the brotherhood i like the multi element and still apply exposure to both elements with elemental storm that hinders and slotting lightning exposure in that one and cold on ball lightning or my frost wall elemental storm helps with you not getting touched at all you my boss damage is not as hard hitting as this but i still down bosses in mere seconds on t16s you want to cap all res including chaos and stack a bunch of base energy shield for mind over matter and also my lightning warp circle is the whole screen from getting area of effect and mana regen on all jewels with out the points in the tree and using them for more damage and anything you want to make build more convenient

[@Borbop-p6e]

any reason you aren't running stuff like everlasting gaze, or midnight braid?

[@Lexyu]

Energy Shield from Everlasting Gaze is too difficult to recharge in combat, and I prefer Life and Mana recovery instead. I don't think the mana recoup from Midnight Braid is needed.

[@XeLLoS47]

Would you ever consider dropping Blink and trying something like Blasphemy with Conductivity? Not sure you need anymore AoE damage though

[@Lexyu]

Easy enough to manually cast Conductivity against bosses.

[@mikkoy4644]

could this build work going up to t10maps if i can only afford 3slot skills?

[@Lexyu]

Probably, but you should find enough currency by that time to buy jewelers orbs.

[@User-os1cn]

does the "difficult to chain-freeze enemies" patch note mess this build or nah

[@Lexyu]

No, everything dies in 1 freeze.

[@phoenixrenamon4686]

If it doesn't survive the before or during the first freeze, you're doing something wrong

[@makri969]

Would it be more efficient to scale ES for mana since we convert it all ? The numbers would be much higher than mana mods, wouldnt they?

[@Lexyu]

They are both beneficial and have equal value per point.

[@mwkamps]

I think they are saying that there are a bunch of +% ES passives that may make ES better for scaling up mana vs. pure max mana.

[@XeLLoS47]

@@mwkamps I think once you choose EB, the ES% passives on the tree no longer scale your ES

[@Fractured_Scholar]

If you are using the Three Dragons Helmet, do Strike Twice and Alternating Current still function without Shaper of Storms?

[@Lexyu]

Yes, Lightning Warp still creates shocked ground and applies lightning exposure.

[@Fractured_Scholar]

@@Lexyu OH! Since Shocked Ground inflicts no Lightning Damage, it only applies the Shocked Status Effect, there is no conversion. Interesting...

[@Fractured_Scholar]

Thoughts on using the Snakepit Pearl Ring? Forking Ball Lightning could be funny, but maybe chaining off Mana Tempest would be better?

[@Lexyu]

The Ball Lightning projectiles can't fork because they have permanent pierce. Only the arcs coming off the Ball Lightning are affected.

[@Fractured_Scholar]

@@Lexyu What is the permanent pierce coming from? I've been using Frostbolt, which works a lot like Ball Lightning, with the Snakepit and it switches from Pierce to Fork.

[@Lexyu]

It's inherit to the Ball Lightning skill.

[@Peter-xk6xu]

does lightning warp inflict shock ? The skill description says it make shocked ground, but is it the same with shock? I am very confused.

[@Lexyu]

Yes, the shocked ground applies shock.

[@Peter-xk6xu]

@Lexyu cool! thanks for the guide

[@XeLLoS47]

@@Lexyu How does that work with Lightning Exposure support? Is the Lightning Exposure being applied due to the Shocked Ground? Like it considers it as part of the Lightning Warp spell?

[@BeruntoBsy]

What is the next best order of Stats on Jewels after Mana before Life? Crit Chance, Crit Chance of Spells, Crit Damage Bonus?

[@Lexyu]

Mana before Life, Mana on Kill, and Shock/Ailment Threshold are the best affixes.

[@officialdabaws5228]

cool concept but how is this going to feel without the cast on freeze? its about to be heavily nerfed in the patch coming out 5 minutes from the time im writing this. is your damage amped up that much by the cast on freeze or will it function nearly the same without it?

[@Lexyu]

The change to make chain freezing harder doesn't matter since everything dies in 1 freeze.

[@officialdabaws5228]

@Lexyu OK awesome. I'm gunna swap to this tomorrow, 150ex budget though, not sure I can make it that strong lol I may have to give up blink. Can you go tell me with a bit more clarity on how you're getting such big hits with conduit? Is it literally just hope for a crit for the most part?

[@Lexyu]

Double Shock with magnitude and crit.

[@-phungg4067]

@@Lexyu what level are u, cuz i'm either lacking some passive points or just dumb. Can't allocate them, i have some left but far away from having what u have, i'm level 80

[@mwkamps]

Are you allocating certain points for each weapon?

[@lukeskill1]

Hey dude, great video! Where are you getting the DEX stats to equip the new Helm in place of the call of brother hood ring?

[@sneezingwizard]

From the passive, I already tried this build as a level 74 Sorceress. Quite fun.

[@Lexyu]

Splitting damage with life and mana is tankier and you won't get stunned as much compared to using CI.

[@XeLLoS47]

@@Lexyu I was 75 when I swapped over and have all 24 weapon swap points. However, I have quite a few less passive points than your tree when you stated "this should be done at 73". I had to wait a few levels to get my weapon swap gems correct, but are you sure you meant 73 and not 83? Because it seems like I would have needed around 10 more passives to get all the outside jewel nodes and stuff that you showed in the video

[@SoundofDissonance]

Wait I'm so confused about how three dragons works. How are you building shock without shock gen?

[@Lexyu]

Lightning Warp still creates shocked ground.

[@SoundofDissonance]

@@Lexyu doh thank you!

[@SoundofDissonance]

@@Lexyu Will you be making a Mobalytics or Maxroll guide! Would love to see a full reference sheet of tree/gems/items

[@ragnafrak]

level 70 and no where near having enough skill points to allocate for the weapon sets. Does this mean you need the base tree at level 73 and then +24 more levels to allocate to the sets? This is a level 97 build?

[@Lexyu]

Yes, the base tree is without the weapon set points.

[@gregstruth1579]

This isn't a leveling build, guys. This is an endgame build that relies on specific gear to function.

[@jaysea1204]

Hi,noob question : how can i freeze enemy to cast on freeze while using lightning skill?

[@Lexyu]

Three Dragons helm.

[@jaysea1204]

@Lexyu ah right.Im stupid

[@johnyflop3009]

has anyone figured out how to use blink + archmage + cast on freeze all together? the video dosnt really specify it but talks about it? im at 220 spirit but need 10 more welp

[@실뱅]

agree, if u zoom on video u can see its not clarity on archmage skill

[@Lexyu]

Clarity costs 10 more spirit and should be removed.

[@chriswebb8252]

Is this still as functional post patch? Are those + damage on gloves and boots enchants functional?

[@Lexyu]

Plus damage to attacks is useless. The build still functions fine after the nerf to chain freeze since everything dies in 1 freeze.

[@p.l.735]

Hello and thanks. I’ve been following your build. Would spell power - lighting damage on staff + spell power nodes + increased damage to enemies affected by alignments - elemental damage for each type of ignite / shock / chill , be better than going the critical route ?

[@Lexyu]

No, crits provide more damage overall.

[@ginge2062]

am i being stupid or is there a reason i cant socket considered casting into cast on freeze after adding in lightning conduit into it Edit: it let me add the gem but has the cross next to the skill saying it dosnt work with it

[@hendersonfamilyoutdoors3121]

Am I missing something? I dont have enough spirit to run blink. I have 46 remaining spirit with Archmage and CoF. I have 60 on armor and 46 on amulet

[@Lexyu]

You need 120 spirit from body armor and amult.

[@XENKAIZEN]

did they do anything to cast on freeze? it feels so much less effective after this recent patch.. any tips on how to make this work or any things NEEDED in order to maintain good efficiency? thanks in advance Lexyu!

[@Dusk____]

Cast on freeze was mega nerfed 2 patches ago. The impetus and energy retention support gems are needed.

[@sacralige]

Hey man thanks for the great vids! I have a perhaps nooby question but I have 222 spirit, how are you able to slot in Clarity? I can't seem to calculate a way to do so.

[@Lexyu]

You have to drop clarify.

[@sacralige]

@@Lexyu Thanks for the quick reply! Pfft I'm having some mana issues xD Time to tinker around abit. Again thanks for the great vids!

[@mhmodaboyonis175]

i noticed that inspiration doesn't work on COF , and swapped it to warp it helped alot and the cost went down from about 300 to 180 and felt way better

[@gianniplay2442]

Is lighting exposure been kinda nerfed?

[@Lexyu]

no

[@gardenelf]

!!ABOUT ARCHMAGE CONVERSION!! But first what happends to your damage when u swap to Call of the brotherhood. I think the damage drops because converted elemental damage uses only (% increased Cold Damage NOT % increased Lightning Damage buffs). The three dragons helmet uses (% increased Lightning Damage) but as the affix says "lightning damage freezes". I know this because i followed your build and played it with The three dragons helmet from the start :) Added Archmage damage works with any element. You can test this with Frost Wall when the helmet is on (builds up ignite now) BUT the added lightning damage from Archmage (lightning damage builds up freeze) still causes big mobs to insta freeze when they walk on the Frost Wall. Your overall conclusion is right tho, its much easier to build damage for this build with the helmet not the ring :). The rant was all about the archmage not working correctly with other elements.

[@dtc4216]

You seem to know about this so I'll ask you: Why does the passive tree utilize shock chance/exposure nodes (such as Alternating Current) over freeze if the helmet makes all lightning damage cause freeze buildup? aren't we not even dealing shock buildup?

[@JusterGames]

So does lightning conduit auto cast or do you have to manually use it?

[@JaysAmean]

He does both

[@JusterGames]

@JaysAmean oh OK. Thanks for the help!

[@salutepeezy]

does lightning exposure on warp work if your damage is freezing instead of causing shock?

[@Lexyu]

Yes, Lightning Warp still creates shocked ground and it applies lightning exposure.

[@Painguin9]

why is your skill planner and what you show on the screen totally different?

[@Lexyu]

The planner doesn't have Blink available on their site. Just move the supports from Sigil of Power if you're using Blink.

[@c0ltzz446]

is there a similar build to pivot into for early maps cause i wanna pivot into it but i cant afford it atm and im to weak to start maps lol

[@Lexyu]

You can still start by spamming Lightning Warp on Ball Lightning projectiles.

[@NoobPlayMC]

This is what i needed!

[@yzwme586]

Is level 75 too low to switch to this build? I see your planner but I'm not sure what passive tree nodes to pick up first and the progression of it. If its possible to show what you should pick up each level on the passive tree that would be awesome.

[@chenkaichuang8305]

Works starting around act 5 when you unlock conduit. You just need the helmet/amulet and it works.