The STRONGEST BUILD I've ever played! - Archmage Hierophant Leaguestarter [PoE 3.25]

[@Zizaran]

[Path of Building] pobb.in/20ygT23MsdQV

[@haibockangriff4419]

ty sir, will there also be a written guide on maxroll?

[@logganss]

Please, consider having a maxroll guide if possible :) Love your content as always ziz

[@pandastyle8126]

merci le sang

[@TheMaaxZ]

@Zizaran PoB was updated to utilize Loadouts so you can sync up your gems, gear and passive trees btw, so when people choose gems for example , it automatically selects corresponding gear and tree. It would be great if you could utilize that new function for all your PoB's going forward. Phox did it for his PoB and it's super easy to follow for even new players that way.

[@jackryan2803]

yooo ziz, in the gear section, it doesnt change all the gear when u filter to early and mid game

[@hemry64]

Me: "Maybe I'll play melee this leauge, it looks fun." Also me: "FROST MAGE!!!!"

[@latkepotatopancake9812]

Real

[@mrkennedy247]

i had the same thought as you lmao

[@Farkor123]

I'm going to start archmage and wait for melee meta to form. There is just too many variables to rely on current melee guides

[@tuppanexiled]

@@Farkor123 this

[@alexandermaunsell9282]

@@Farkor123 i made my own and so far its working so well.

[@RockoGoblino]

Me: still figuring out which melee build to league start Also me watching this build: :O

[@CephasTheWanderer]

Same LOL

[@rodelassan9637]

Go on meele, don't ever play this build and buy the itens for it, it's totally garbage trust me .

[@andys3010]

Do not get baited

[@TheMaaxZ]

@@rodelassan9637 Yeah don't buy the items for it. Play melee and simply sell any archmage ice nova items for a fortune because everyone will want them.

[@DerLadebaIken]

I tried duo this as Aurabot with a friend, there was no way my rtx 2070 handle that build, i always had 20 fps, this is an insane fps killer for me, got a 2080 TI now :D

[@gamerHyren]

I play casually and would love to see build guides include content recommendations. I know certain league mechanics are theoretically more profitable than others (especially early). But having not gone very deeply into each league mechanic, I don't have a good grasp on what makes a good delver vs a build good at expeditions or legion. I'd rather play the league mechanics I like even at an efficiency loss. Adding a quick section on recommended or suited league mechanics would help me out a lot! Thanks for all the guides and detailed info.

[@dzsordzsisoros685]

You can do ritual/betray/expedition on the first week for good rare items and sell them. Rog is profitable in the beginning

[@gamerHyren]

@@dzsordzsisoros685 Thanks, that helps a lot!

[@atellismarin4607]

Heist in the mid to high 60's can get you a bunch of gear to sell for the chaos recipe. Safe chaos generation and reveals to use on heist blueprints later. I do this every league, typically stopping the main campaign before resistances get reduced to do heist till I out level the contracts you can buy. Expedition specifically for Rog can also be very good and I have had a fair bit of success early crafting rings and belts with him to sell to players. Anyone can do blight with a good tower setup, though strong aoe damage helps if things are getting out of hand.

[@gamerHyren]

@@atellismarin4607 Are you saying you kill the final boss late on purpose to delay the debuff? Is this build strong for heist at later levels too? Thanks for the info :)

[@atellismarin4607]

@@gamerHyren Correct, towards the end of campaign I go do heist for a while. This prevents the resistance debuff which makes it much easier and finishing the campaign makes you level past the level 67 contracts that can be bought from Whakano. If you do them I think starting at ~63 they give blueprint reveals that can be used on heist blueprints later. This build should easily handle any heist. Keep in mind adding map mods to heists is not worth it, the mods apply to mob drops but not the chests. The accessory chests are the main goal as rings, amulets, and belts can be in short supply early on for the chaos recipe.

[@ChewnaSamich]

You should consider using the loadouts feature of pob to link a skill tree to gem setup, gear setup and config

[@OmniscientlyMe]

Also folks, it's not on the build, but don't sleep on the Mana Mastery for: Recover 10% Mana over 1 second when you use a guard skill. At 10k max mana and the automated Arcane Cloak triggering every 3.37 seconds, that's an average of nearly 300 mana per second. You'll probably find it more useful than other mana regen options around 1k-2k max mana.

[@slyace1301]

Wtf that sounds really essential, ziz should add it to the pob or notes. KZbin should have a feature to save comments

[@dominicstowers7767]

Better double check this. I know for flasks, "when you use a guard skill" does not include automation triggered skills

[@SajedHaq]

If it's triggered, it doesn't proc the mastery I believe

[@OmniscientlyMe]

@@dominicstowers7767 Guard skills on left click was still a thing last time I played archmage... After some testing, yeah, it doesn't work with automation. Yet another downgrade from when we could put skills on left click and it was considered self cast. It's a big hit, too. Upwards of 30% of passive mana recovery. It's no wonder they had to change archmage, the fundamental play style of the build would have been wrecked after the left click change. I'd still say it's worth taking before you can use automation and just respec the point when you change over.

[@idvhfd]

Regarding this arcane cloak thing - the build states it should be at level 20, which costs over 60% of mana every 3 seconds. That's really hard to mitigate, I find. How do you cover that ground? Even a mana pot barely helps, since we have such a huge mana pool.

[@Mike-pn1wu]

@Zizaran Hi Ziz. Quick question - is there a reason to go for Evasion/ES gear in the Endgame setup with Kitavas? From the POB, we get very little evasion (like 11%). Is that preferable to stacking more ES?

[@MsWakke]

@Zizaran

[@WalkingBlindLoL]

its so we can roll Suppression on it. Suppression can only be rolled on Evasion gear.

[@AmbientCitadel]

What map mods should we avoid with this build? Thank you!

[@brandonturnbull3636]

As one of the top creators for this game the fact you didnt explain the transition from firestorm to ice nova is mindblowing. That swap was insanely breakpoint dependent and not to address it is saddening. I would rather you put 3 guides out that are complete than 10 that are lacking in detail.

[@ae6is771]

just out of curiosity, in what way is it breakpoint dependent?

[@brandonturnbull3636]

@@ae6is771 I mean mana cost of your ice nova and ways to fix it, I figured it out in the end but the principle still stands

[@brandonturnbull3636]

@@Zade1994 to my knowledge, more mana more mana cost 2) node on tree "10% increased cost of skills" 3) not running inspiration is what i concluded

[@ae6is771]

@@brandonturnbull3636 what did you use instead of inspiration?

[@dailydistraction3793]

its been covered by older videos already

[@markfreeman5539]

Even though I have been playing since 2011, I remain a filthy casual - and this is one of the best builds I have ever played. It took a little time to come together, and the biggest initial hurdle is the ice nova of frostbolts gem itself (1.7 Div when I bought it) but once it is rolling its balance of clear speed and boss killing power is amazing. I started a Ground Slam build, but I am spending the rest of the league on this build. Thanks for the guide!!!!

[@Rennat9002]

I watch guides for fun but have never played. This just looks like so much chaos. The new league looks like my kind of thing though, so I’m going to give this game a try on Friday.

[@johnhalliday5420]

The only downside of playing Path of Exile is after you've put a bit of time into it, you will realise how far ahead this game is compared to others. It's absolutely insane how much effort GGG has put into this game over the years and you can feel it too. Simply watching the devs talk about the game has became a side hobby for me, its refreshing compared to the rest of the industry excluding a very limited amount of companies. But have fun, play it your way and good luck!

[@scotti1660]

What you’re seeing here is late game mostly. You won’t have this level of chaos early in the game

[@jamiej5229]

good luck😜

[@MadMaxJuggernaut]

@@johnhalliday5420 I personally start hating PoE when I reach mapping because then you have to start learning in depth how some stats affect your character. I was playing frost blades when that build was still strong like before molten strike nerf and I bought a claw with the stats that were stated in a lot of videos but my damage output didn't increase that much, at that point the game went from fun to now it's a chore and it's a job I have to learn a lot about.

[@DP22777]

Good luck! just take it slow and don't get overwhelmed by trying to absorb everything. Just focus on one or two things you think look fun

[@gehirndoper]

I played this build several years ago as Archmage raider with Pledge of Hands. Back then I enjoyed the two-button playstyle.

[@dirtybeatfreak]

you mean a variation of it? the main gem for this was only released in 3.23 (dec 2023)??

[@MikeSakaru]

Actual question as someone who didn't play back then, not some sarcastic snark: How did you manage that? Since Frost Nova of Ice Bolts is a trans gem and all.

[@Darqion]

@@MikeSakaru Back in the day casting nova on your frostbolts already casted the nova on the bolts. If you google for it, you can see posts about it from at least 3 years ago

[@Cerebatonify]

@@MikeSakaru frost nova just used to have the effect baseline

[@blakecorkill]

Hi ziz! Always love your guides and videos. You're so helpful! I just started this build a few days ago. I know this sounds like a dumb question, but in the "easy ways to fuck up the build" section, what do you mean not having leech? Don't we get leech on the tree? Do we also need leech on gear (I have .4 lightning damage leeched as life on gloves) Is there something else I need? my char is lvl 90 3.6klife 3.3kES 8kmana, not ailment immune yet (waiting on points), but I am relatively squishy. Spell suppression is almost capped (need 3 more passive points on ) It's not bad but I'm dying every now and then to things I feel I shouldn't be. Any ideas? Evasion is low, armor is non-existent.

[@alejandropineyro7676]

Don't play this build guys. I'm going to play it, but its dead. Don't make my mistakes

[@alejandromarin9304]

I can´t tell if this is sarcastic or not

[@mustakasapaskaa5141]

i played it and it was garbage, felt horrible to map with

[@luca3271]

true, it's completely dead, I'm only gonna play it because I like pain. DON'T PLAY IT AND DEFINITELY DON'T BUY THE ITEMS FOR IT

[@mattryan7124]

Uno reverse card in play here.

[@jnm92]

@@mustakasapaskaa5141 then you definitely do something wrong

[@justinworthington7864]

I REALLLYY appreciate you sharing these low budget/ uber strong builds. Makes PoE far more accessible.

[@RB-xc9wg]

I league started it last league; I recommend going ball lightning if you dont have kitavas thirst yet and only swap to ice nova when you get the helmet. Edit: basically use the same tree etc, but take the aoe nodes in the starting area.

[@srulz]

the normal ball lightning, or the trans ver? Also how expensive is kitava's thirst early league?

[@RB-xc9wg]

@@srulz normal one, but you have to run slower proj, so you lose one link. Kitavas thirst itself is 3-5c, but Ice nova of frostbolts can be expensive (1-3div, maybe more after being that good last league).

[@Pjakt]

Thats my plan for SSF - cant rely on getting kitavas thirst at all, so starting ball lighthing of orbiting then swapping to nova later if i get it. Do you have a POB for those early diffrences?

[@OwnedGamer96]

@@RB-xc9wg so do you swap ball lightning over ice nova and slower projectiles over lightning pen for example?

[@pwn3rr]

@@Pjakt played all last league w/out kitava thirst, really doesn't make much difference. it's just 2 button build without it. ball lightning is really nice for campaign/early mapping, i juts follow guide and use that in place of firestorm i think

[@danielnworb]

Really enjoying this build - only thing I don't understand is the number of projectiles in your PoB is 8, but I can only workout 5 (4 from Great Proj). Where are you getting your other 3 projectiles? Edit: Is it because when repeated it expands from the same projectiles casted? So 4 being the maximum projectiles but expanded from them twice means it's counted as 8?

[@Dirty__Dan]

this build is just nuts, it was the first time i went to lvl 100 in SSF, this build can and does do it all.

[@zylox5374]

did you play frost nova or ball lightning? Ive heard people recommend ball lightning for ssf, what would you recommend

[@m_pekar1]

Is there gonna be a maxroll guide for this build?

[@SirJamezTown]

Any chance there is a written guide for this? Maybe maxroll soon? I have such a hard time going only/mainly off of PoB. Thanks yall!

[@tebi8812]

Thanks for the great guide! 2 questions though: 1) how do you sustain automate arcane cloak without a mana flask? Even with a mana flask its hard sometimes ^^ ingame mana regen is 449 2) how to get the mana cost closely to 100? it costs me currently 212 mana (6.200 max mana currently). i have 2 rings with -11% reduced mana costs of skills combined and every reduced mana node on the tree ---> ANSWER: n evermind i took the wrong ascendancy nodes ^^ after sanctuary of thought its 108 :)

[@ShadowHalkFly]

I know he kinda explained it in the video but I didn't quite understood how the skills work/interact with one another. while mapping, how many skills are you pressing? In what order?

[@emmas1366]

pretty sure you're just casting ice nova and kitavas thirst casts the frostbolts

[@kjelldettmann5190]

you are only casting ice nova and your movement skill, kitavas thirst takes care of the rest.

[@michaelwu2370]

@@ShadowHalkFlykitavas is only casting frost bolts for me. How are you guys getting it to cast the other skills as well?

[@wallabeats]

@@michaelwu2370 You need the other abilities to spend 100 mana upfront. Then there's a 50% chance for frostbolts to activate as Kitava's description says

[@jarodrossmann2901]

im really struggling to get the recommended gear for this build. any tips? Also, i am a new player so i don't have much if any currency to trade.

[@carnivorouscube4142]

archmage was probably the strongest build ive managed to make, absolutely crazy damage

[@corey1234o]

What gives him focused casting for his wands increased damage while focused?

[@andreiandries470]

"Utility Flasks can no longer roll modifiers that increase Attack Speed or Cast Speed during Effect." What should we get instead?

[@ZincMargay]

Nobody has answered this question, which is also my question lol

[@oplkill2435]

still...

[@webbieflow13]

still, still...

[@papis7676]

Just get an Onslaught flask with ES leech

[@stavros5824]

Hey Ziz i was just wondering, why are there no frenzy charges in this build? It seem that it would benefit from at least a bloodrage gem?

[@MrTalapoin]

Hello, I dont understand how you manage to have a 100 mana cost on Ice Nova. I have the 6 link with the recommended gems and I'm at 50 mana cost. What could explain such a difference ?

[@sinistressdreams7243]

I have the same problem, just got my 3th ascendancy which reduces mana cost and now it costs only 80 mana for me, I assume you have to get a higher max mana pool to increase the cost of the spell? But i dont know and im too broke to try sth xD

[@randomhero6365]

Level the gem also you can drop some nodes in the passive tree that reduce mana cost

[@Senny_V]

Increase your mana pool. Archmage cost scales with your mana pool.

[@Senny_V]

@@sinistressdreams7243 Get gear with mana on it. That simple as a fix.

[@sinistressdreams7243]

@@Senny_V Already fixed it but thanks :D And my problem was, that I forgot that its not a 6 link yet - which got solved when I bought a 6 link

[@vorg956]

I'm having a real hard time upgrading this build. Gotten to harder maps, and i seem to rip alot from random 1 shots even with 75 resistances, id argue high tier gear but no max gear. Do you know any way to transition it?

[@javier739]

I'm at the same position. Answers people gave me in game "get more armour". But bro I can't just go full armour gear it's just not viable I think. I ended up with the conclusion that this is a cannon build, you have to one shot everything even bosses so they don't have time to kill you

[@SpartanIH]

I feel like he is teasing me, making me wait till the last until we see a slam build

[@fabianfeddern]

When do i Swap from firestorm to Nova+Bolts? Is there a specific Level or Gear i need to Swap?

[@Reeeko562]

can somebody please tell me which character this is for when you start? I'm new to POE so I have no idea who this build goes for. Thank you

[@JinZuS]

Templar my good dude

[@Reeeko562]

@@JinZuS LOVE YOU THANK YOU

[@Senny_V]

As a protip for future reference: If you open the build in Path of Building, it actually states at the top what the base class for any build is

[@Krelion1]

what am I not understanding, why does it take "Unwavering stance" (Cannot evade) but also takes evasion gear?

[@ice-avi4389]

Need suppress 100 and use ancestral vistion for 50 avoid ele aliment (50% of suppress)

[@tieujotieu]

I'm french so pardon my english, At 3:10, I'm not sure to understand how it work. So basicaly you press Orb skill, and during the traveling time you cast nova?

[@RkrGameplays]

You got it

[@Zizaran]

Yes, you understood correctly. -Skryah

[@LethalProductionsFR]

En gros Ice Nova of Frostbold va aussi être cast à l'endroit ou y'a les orbes, donc au lieu d'avoir une nova autour de toi t'aura tout plein de nova aussi autour des orbes de frostbolt

[@scribblescrabble3185]

the Ice Nova skill used is a transfigured gem, Ice Nova of Frostbolts. If there are Frostbolts the nova will spread from up to four frost bolts.

[@arios9728]

@@LethalProductionsFRdonc on cast une seule fois ice nova et ca va le spam si j’ai bien compris ?

[@Dr.s3b]

Hi @Zizaran, last league you swichted to Awakened Added Lightning Damage instead of Lightning Penetration, i've played arround in your pob, and this does now way less damage, did i miss a nerv or change? Dont have to mush time to invest into it. Just wondering if i do something wrong there. Thanks for your great work tho

[@thelonesomewanderer8359]

i played a build using frostbolt / ice nova heiro AGES ago and it was one of the most fun builds i've ever played but never seemed to be viable again after that patch.

[@thade7062]

I took this build to 100 as league start last league and farmed up my first 100 div and HH on it before i tried some other stuff , im going to league start it again. I will be using ball lightning though until i get frostbolt of ice novas

[@eninja8152]

How much cast speed modifier am i looking to have? idk where to see that in POB but in game i can see it on the skill in the C menu. Im at the point where the tree says to take away cast speed from the tree but i feel like i just got to enough cast speed? Just wondering if I'm supposed to get more in my gear before taking cast speed out of the tree I'm at 244% cast speed modifer on ice nova and don't know if its good enough

[@Peekooo]

I'm having defense issues on early mapping. Does anyone else have the same issue or is it normally this weak early on? I have max res, 2000 evasion and around 36% spell supress so far.

[@jcm2606]

You'd want to fit Grace in the build and try to get evasion/ES bases, as the build's massive EHP pool and recovery can carry if given enough time to recover your lost life/ES/mana, which high evasion helps with. You can fit Grace in by linking Arrogance to Clarity instead of Eternal Blessing, causing Clarity to reserve ~500 life and freeing up Eternal Blessing for Grace. You'' also want to buy a Doryani's Glorious Vanity as soon as you can, as that pretty much doubles your defense. It's ~100 chaos orbs, but it is *very* worth it and is probably the single biggest defensive upgrade you could make to the build.

[@Peekooo]

@@jcm2606 Thanks!

[@Genemesis]

definitely not tanky build as people depicts, but I think the build's both offense and defenses scales very well with investment. Meaning, it has very high potential to be very strong and tanky but weak early on. Unlike other builds with strong defenses but will not scale defensively any further after more investment.

[@ukasz7333]

​@@jcm2606 so we are droping wrath and going grace that is howvi understand it. Grace - Eternal blessing, Clarity - Arrogance? No place for Wrath.

[@jcm2606]

@@ukasz7333 Yep. Alternatively, you can link both Grace and Wrath to Eternal Blessing and swap as needed if you have a spare socket, as Eternal Blessing still lets you swap which aura is active under the blessing effect. From memory Uber Dan used this setup for his Ball Lightning of Orbiting Archmage build.

[@cheesecakenl1980]

Hey @Zizaran great build guide. If I could make a suggestion to bring your guides to the next level it would be to take care to not have warnings in the PoB. For example in this PoB there is not enough Dex. This is a small hurdle to overcome when your gems get to level 20 but other times it could be the reserved mana that gives the warning. I think it would go a long way to have some notes about where to get the required attributes. This could be skill tree (at certain char level) or on which gear slots it makes most sense to put the +attributes on.

[@bladethrower9000]

The dex doesnt matter because of atziri's foible. Reduces attribute reqs by 25%. POB just doesn't factor that in

[@cheesecakenl1980]

@@bladethrower9000 I dont think many casual players can afford a foible just yet when they are reaching those gem levels where the dex just gets out of reach.

[@TripleOmega]

Can someone explain why the "Endgame - Unique Jewels/Big Gear"-tree in the PoB is preferred compared to the "Endgame - No unique jewels/less gear"-tree? If I just look at the numbers in PoB it's basically the same damage and defenses. Is it just the balance between ES/Life/Mana when it comes to taking multiple hits or something?

[@mariorubino7679]

The unique jewels are the way you cap spell suppression, an important stat for bossing (and juiced mapping) that doesn’t always raise the max hits on POB (since it only affects spells and most boss abilities are spells). It may not look like much but ask any veteran player and the difference in game of 0 Suppression and 95-100 suppression is extremely noticeable, it stops almost all random one shots

[@TripleOmega]

@@mariorubino7679 But spell suppression is already capped without the switch. If you just select the "less gear"-tree and look at spell suppression it is capped.

[@nialldecourcey2470]

@@TripleOmega It's ailment immunity i'm pretty sure

[@manskjellsson2633]

@Zizaran Playing the build atm and loving it, and closing in on completing the ultimate version in the PoB i'm kinda wondering if there are any items besides awakened spell echo etc that would take the build even further without having to completely change it up?

[@thegreatshakes2061]

When do you make the switch to the frostbolt set up from firestorm?

[@ichputzhiernur4376]

when you get into mapping was fine for me, used firestorm for all acts, you can even map with it if you need some time farming ur gems

[@kerch6071]

I switched to it when I got all the gems and kitava’s thirst 😂

[@hiab4421]

@@ichputzhiernur4376 is it worth switching to ice nova and frostbolt even without the transfigured gem?

[@TheHighKingKeo]

I may be doing it wrong but it seems to me the 3 way split on damage is not enough to not get blown up. Where are we meant to add defenses ? Is it just End charges, splittinf to mana and ES and then suppression?

[@TheHottwhyrd]

Yes. It's not immortal. No build this strong is. Phys damage will kill you. You could give up damage and gain some, but it will never be tank. I think convert phys to elemental is gone

[@Swarle]

How do you get tanky in early maps with this? 3k life 1.7k es and getting one shot by everything...

[@yssssssss-v1t]

Mom and mana regen?

[@aowtweek5347]

Im bit confused... PoB says to put GMP, Frostbolt, Frost Bomb and Punishment into helmet. But if I do that I can NOT manually cast neither Frost bomb nor Frostbolt? Didn't Ziz do exactly that in the video for mapping? Also I am confused on the Archanist brand for bosses, exactly where we link this skill to? Sry im new to the game

[@jjgiddy]

You can't cast it because of Kitavas Thirst. It will proc it. If you don't have Kitavas thirst, you would swap faster casting for archanist brand for bosses.

[@michaelwu2370]

Two questions: 1. How do I craft the wands? They are absurdly expensive on trade and I cant get good drops. 2. How do I get the Atziri's Foible Paua Amulet? The PoB recommends it as early as midgame use but It goes for 9 div on trade.... I've tried to chance orb a few I've found on ground and from vendor but that doesn't seem reliable or efficient.

[@LKZToroh]

i bought mine 2 days ago for like 100c. You just need to ignore all the price fixers.

[@Kabelix]

I know its late in the league, but one question: Is the Endurance node in the tree a mistake? Because I cant see any chance to gain more than 5 charges. Am I missing something? Thanks!

[@andreeckardt4977]

Minimum Endurance charge in ring

[@Kabelix]

@@andreeckardt4977 Oh I see! Thank you so much for the hint ;)

[@DGBomber]

I found my Leaguestarter, thank you Ziz.

[@stefankeremidchiev488]

There is a +1 on endurance charges in the POB, but how is it generated in order to use it considering you have 4 from the class itself?

[@laxxboy20]

+1 max from left side on the tree, +1 minimum from ring craft

[@KewlKittyProductions]

wondering if there is a good item filter for this particular build.

[@hayden3426]

Ns2

[@jthnrbns]

Question on the build. I'm level 83, with kitava's setup, and it's feeling pretty good. But I can't figure out where all your leech is coming from. There is that one node on the tree, and the unique ring, but I'm not seeing it anywhere else. Thanks!

[@jcm2606]

There's also a helm corruption and a glove Eater implicit.

[@jthnrbns]

@@jcm2606 thanks that’s what I’m looking for. I’ll look into those.

[@henrikgustafsson4666]

How do I get up my mana cost up? Can't get the mana cost up to a 100

[@wutyfy]

Yeah i have same issue, anyone can give a tip?

[@yuChan-ex8qy]

just refund some passives such as reduce mana cost until you reach to higher gem level

[@henrikgustafsson4666]

I am at 40 now, don't get how I am to get to 100, not even close :S

[@phantomTheSavior]

@@henrikgustafsson4666 links + wheel above Dreamer should help . only way to get it up

[@ericeldred8028]

The 5 im using is Inspiration, archmage, intensify, spell echo, and ice nova. I followed pob exactly but took off the notable "righteous decree" and just make sure all the gems are leveled. I have my ice nova at 104 mana cost on a 5 link.

[@jonitops]

what level can i quit firestorm ? i know in your build you have the "endgame" but wich level can you considerer endgame mate?

[@boneheadno]

Is Herald of Ash still the best aura to slot in for the 18-31 leveling window? It is in the pob, but surely something else is better. It will no longer grant more spell fire damage in the new patch.

[@AwesomeNuke]

So... Just randomly dropped a Mageblood.. what would be the changes you'd suggest compared to the build in the POB? (I'm pretty much identical to the POB)

[@felixblub1317]

Do not worry about inspiration after the transition in the early game. i had to play without to get over 100 mana

[@kaetha1]

Where do you farm this kitara thirst or is it something towards the end game ?

[@SAMGB4H]

I'm new to POE, so I was just wondering how do you get specific stats on an item or weapon when crafting them? Is there a rule of thumb or website that you can follow to help guide a craft to a particular stat? rather than rolling the dice?

[@emersonzonel5138]

i play for 20 years and ignore crafting XD

[@Yotanido]

It is a lot of dice rolling, but there are many ways of loading the dice to make the desired outcome more likely. In some rare cases you can guarantee something, but usually you roll it. craftofexile is very helpful, but might be a bit overwhelming if you are completely new to crafting.

[@TeeBeeOhh]

ziz has an intro to crafting video on the channel that should help you out but the short answer is that there are ways to get specific stats but those will involve rolling the dice and praying for good results

[@DoctorStrange01]

@@emersonzonel5138 Didn't know PoE was released in 2004 :D

[@basewarrior]

I've got nearly 4k hours and I only low level craft in this game. Honestly Crafting in POE is kinda crazy as compared to LE or D4 etc and when I say crazy I don't mean good or easy. It's not the kind of thing you can jump into as a new player at all which sucks but you can just farm currency and buy the items you want instead. You can go down the route of learning to craft but good luck with that.

[@tobiasstoetzner]

Hi, i have a question. What do i need to adjust in PoB, so that i can see the Full DPS when i import my own character. I mean the line that says "8x Ice Nova of Frostbolts" in the provided PoB and is it also 8 for me or ist there something i need to consider? thx in advance :)

[@connordavies4758]

in the skills menu you can select a checkbox just above the skill gems and select their count :)

[@damonblack1495]

This is the last time I try or follow a steamer build. The pob lacks a lot of information. It's kind of fine in yellow maps. Once you get to red maps if anything looks at you your dead. The kitava's thirst is a trap. It does make it one button and feels great - when it works. Several moments of casting, never getting frostbolts and then just dying. And of course all the gear is ultra expensive and out of reach. And things always turn out like this.

[@sgtgiggles7296]

Stick it out, I'm clearing t16's now with none of the unique jewels or atzir is foible. Just be cautious and ride the waves behind your frostbolts, totally doable. Make sure you get the profane wands and prioritize cast speed mana and spell damage, cap your resistances. Harvest reforge works great for me for getting chaos resistance.

[@MetricOshi]

I've maybe spent just over 2 div on my character and I just killed Shaper. I've used Chaos Orbs to purchase all my gear and it's nothing god-tier but it keeps me capped on resistances and stacks mana. Stick it out, stay in lower tiers if you're struggling and just keep mapping and you'll make money. You can get very far on a budget

[@AgyaggalambReloaded]

@@sgtgiggles7296 I'm in the same boat, survavibility is pretty bad in reds, pretty comfy in yellows, resistances are capped, chaos is at 20%, spell suppression is not capped yet, and Ancestral Vision is 10 div so at this point I'm not sure if I can ever go ailment immune. :D Just swapped wrath to grace for the time being, we'll see how it goes. Oh and that perma Soul Eater boss in Burial Chambers can go fuck itself. I cannot kill that yet I have enough damage to 0 phase hunger, absolute bullshit.

[@TheHottwhyrd]

I don't think ailment immune is necessary. You'll die to any phys damage whether your shocked or not

[@torinux4980]

So, until we get our Kitava's we'll be manually casting the frost bolts right?

[@lolmyform]

im currently level 84 still using firestorm while mapping. when do i switch to ice nova ? i need to gear up first then switch ? at what stage should ido it ?

[@TheMenri]

I'd suggest switching ASAP.... the damage increase is massive. If you can't afford it.. run merc labs.. I spent about 3 hours farming blue transfigured gems in merc labs before I finally got it. If you can uber lab you will get it even faster.

[@Khinouille]

Ziz have u ever made a flicker strike build ? I watched the magefist video yesterday, but im in denial about it lmao

[@ankkizthn]

Flicker strike and hardcore don't mix well together

[@Khinouille]

@@ankkizthn ooh right i forgot about that

[@SamD-o2i]

For endgame body armor should I be crafting life and mana or evasion energy shield prefixes? Ziz POB says life/mana but steelmage and Goratha choose evasion/energy shield? What are the optimal prefixes?

[@soundtorial4567]

I was so confused after Reading the Patch notes and archmage wasnt nerfed

[@ner0th938]

having hard time progressing gear in this build, dunno what to prioritize when buying new items, any suggestions?

[@jcm2606]

Life, mana (for both offensive and defensive scaling), resists, spell suppression, cast speed, % increased lightning/spell damage, added lightning damage to spells, etc.

[@kukxm]

So, for easy bossing we should use Frost Bomb. But for some reason i cant manually cast Frost Bomb.

[@radek11992]

Did you find what was wrong? I have the same issue with Frost Bomb socketed in Kitava's Thirst

[@kukxm]

@@radek11992 No, sir, I did not. If you find the problem, please let me know.

[@FlamingoGuf]

I am in the same boat. What am I missing?

[@warrenswede3650]

If it’s in your helm the first bomb is being automatically cast when you spend your 100 mana @kukxm

[@shinmasamune7080]

Is it in your kitavas thirst? You can't manually cast it if it is

[@tehpwnerer7]

I'm at lvl 94 and I just got the last legendary gem I need to swap over to the Kitava's Thirst helm set up, I don't know what skills are the least important to pick up when I respec my skill tree as I don't have all skill points yet, like what do I pick up for my last couple lvls towards 99?

[@GosuVu]

I Just keep getting 1 shot by phys. Dunno How you're getting 40k phys mitigation mines only at like 14k with 8.4k mana. Doesn't feel very tank at all in high end maps. Dunno if I'm missing something. My effective hit pool is like 156,000. Phys just blasts me down instantly.

[@TheHottwhyrd]

Don't get hit by phys. It's the only weak point of this build. It sucks, but no build is perfect. If you want to melt screens and bosses, there has to be a downside

[@Jess-Iss]

u get to 40k ish phy max hit when u have 100% spell suppression, try on PoB

[@sadistical5787]

@@Jess-Iss Thank you, this helped me.

[@viniciushumberto2396]

Hey Ziz! Thanks for all the videos and guides! Do you have a loot filter for this build in specific? For leveling in acts/early maps for example

[@ho1m]

did you get a loot filter?

[@bjelen55]

for the guide when gems are avail until maps. | Gem | Level | Act | Vendor | Quest | Description | Linked | Color | note | | | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | | Rolling Magma | 1-31 | 1 | | [Enemy at the Gate] | Kill [Hillock] | * | blue | | | | Elemental Proliferation | 1-31 | 1 | | [Enemy at the Gate] | Kill [Hillock] | * | blue | | | | Combustion | 1-31 | 1 | | [The Caged Brute] | Kill [Hillock] | * | blue | | | | Frostblink | 1-18 | 1 | | [Breaking Some Eggs] | mud flats | | blue | | | | Flame Wall | 1-18 | 1 | | [Breaking Some Eggs] | mud flats | | blue | | | | Holy Flame | 1-18 | 1 | | [Breaking Some Eggs] | mud flats | | red | | | | Flame Dash | 18-maps | 1 | | [The Caged Brute] | Kill Brutis | | blue | replace frostblink | | | Herald of Ash | 18-31 | 2 | | [Intruders in Black] | complete chamber of sins | ** | red | | | | Summon Skitterbots | 18-31 | 3 | | [A Fixture of Fate] | library | ** | blue | can also get from market earlier | | | Wave of Conviction | 18-31 | | | [Intruders in Black] | complete chamber of sins | | blue | | | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | Firestorm | 31-maps | 3 | | [Sever the Right Hand] | ribbon and docks turn in | *** | blue | | | | Archmage | 31-maps | 3 | | [A Fixture of Fate] | library | *** | blue | | | | Lightning Penetration | 31-maps | 3 | | [A Fixture of Fate] | library | *** | blue | | | | Inspiration | 31-maps | 3 | | [A Fixture of Fate] | library | *** | red | | | | Intensify | 31-maps | 3 | | [A Fixture of Fate] | library | *** | blue | | | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | Arcane Cloak | 31-maps | 2 | | [Intruders in Black] | complete chamber of sins | **** | blue | | | | Arcane Surge | 31-maps | 2 | | [Intruders in Black] | complete chamber of sins | **** | blue | | | | More Duration | 31-maps | 3 | | [A Fixture of Fate] | library | **** | red | | | | Conductivity | 31-maps | 3 | | [Lost in Love] | crematorium | | blue | | | | Eternal Blessing | 31-maps | 4 | | [The Eternal Nightmare] | complete act | * | red | | | | Clarity | 31-maps | 1 | | [The Caged Brute] | kill brutis | * | blue | | |

[@senbonzakurakageyoshi3431]

i have a question bout the tree, passive 'unwavering stance' was changed so iguess u dont go there now so u dont put jewel in that area.. whats the replacement? (i figured it out, the jewel transform nodes if someone else was confused too)

[@krasimirdimitrov4955]

amulet and jewel alone are 20+ divines

[@TheHottwhyrd]

But in the prob he shows without. I'm still running without them and doing fine

[@Lohmatiyshmel]

The only thing I don't get. How you deal with phys damage? Just stack some evasion and don't get hit?

[@JessieWiggls]

Yea bad build guys. Only play if you like bad builds. Trust me. I'm a KZbin commenter.

[@jacoblesher453]

Yep this is a melee league so everyone should start melee and leave this build alone!

[@AgyaggalambReloaded]

@@jacoblesher453 Narrator:they didn't so the jewels/gear are not cheap.

[@SamPosten]

Hey Ziz, I am super confused on the level 31 stuff. Why do you have Lightning Penentration with Fire Storm? There's a bunch of skills I don't seem to have access to at 31, tho maybe I levelled slow, I'm just entering act five here. Bottom line: how do I transition to something stronger than flame wall etc mid campaign? Thanks for any help, this is only my 3rd league and I'm super slow going

[@Arctanas]

Archmage and Sigil of Power provides lots of flat lightning damage and Arcane Cloak gives huge bonus to lightning damage, this way more important than Firestorms damage itself. You're scaling that lightning damage, not the fire damage from Firestorm itself. Just keep levelling with what you have atm until you hit 31 then you can swap to it. It's not going to feel great right away until you start stacking more mana.

[@SamPosten]

@@Arctanas thanks. I’m 35 now. Just finished lab and opened up Siosa and archmage. So tomorrow I will work on upgrades. I feel soooo slow and lost most of the time tho. Took me all my free time to get here.

[@Senny_V]

@@SamPosten While you're still in acts you just pick up the gear you find and roll with that. You should not worry about Upgrades yet

[@SamPosten]

@@Senny_V ok thanks it’s very confusing. The pob makes it look like I should change my base spells at 31

[@Senny_V]

@@SamPosten Well you should run the spell setup for 31 onwards when you hit level 31, but that setup doesn't require any special gear. Do note that when the PoB calls the "Early game" gear "early game", it means like, white maps.

[@kjetilknyttnev3702]

Unless you enjoy dying, play something else. This takes 100 divines to get to a decent defensive point. It has ZERO phys mitigation. Once you get to endgame, everything oneshots you, even with 5k life and 4k shield, its super painful.

[@RgZDonnerZ]

i found kitavas thirst but it wont trigger... do i have to use 100mana with 1 spell? my ice nova only uses 66mana at lvl 16 with inspration, archmage, lighting penetration and spell echo. dont have 6link yet. But it worked at some point on my build. just not anymore

[@MickPC123]

Yes, you need to spend 100 mana with Ice Nova of Frostbolts, I haven't seen any build guides mention some of the early pitfalls people can fall into with levelling and progressing this build with Kitava's Thirst, refund any "Reduced mana cost of skills" on your tree until your Ice Nova is above 100 mana, you can take them again later when you need them. If your Ice Nova is still below 100 Mana cost then remove Inspiration from your link and use something like Cruelty instead so you don't have to change socket colours, as you progress the build, level your gems and increase your maximum mana, your mana cost will surge and then you can reverse all this.

[@RgZDonnerZ]

@@MickPC123 thx 🙏 I will def try this

[@TDansVids]

Ziz you’re an SSF guy I don’t understand why you don’t touch on SSF viability in these videos

[@SonnytheSaved]

Im kind of new, and some of the things he talked about in the last 1 minute or so of this video completely lost me lol. Fun build though, probably going to be the only one I do this season so glad it scales into end game well. Thanks Ziz.

[@AzSa5z1n]

Without decently high investment this build is completely bait. I followed the guide to a T at the start of 3.24. It was just terrible. (I did go step by step on maxrollgg not skipping anything.) Something like absolution or arc (no trasfigured gem required to go into maps) would be way better to start with on this character and swap after you have 5-10 divine worth to invest. Maybe I’m just bad but if you’re bad too might be worth waiting for this build.

[@wrekt2526]

Funny, I’m still on a 4 link setup and crushing everything on yellow maps with absolute trash gear found.

[@danielshalin3732]

13 days ago I decided to try and OH MY F GOD I SWEAR I WISH EVERYONE TO ENJOY THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Ziz

[@wallacelossio1354]

this is really good? Can I continue without fear?

[@danielshalin3732]

@@wallacelossio1354 Idk bro it's not cheap especially wands LOL a few jewels 10-20 div each. Then every piece of gear is 10-20 div. And wands are 80-200 div each. But ofc you can kill all the atlas with garbage gear. It depends on how do you farm I guess. If you are a newbie maybe it's not the best choice. Much better to start with minions. That's what I was doing... A lot of times.

[@1UPvocalcovers]

Insane budget, league starting this is nearly impossible with frostblink of wintry blast costing nearly 100c *edit* yeah, two of the skills in this set up alone are 130c, we gotta stop calling all builds league starters.

[@TheHottwhyrd]

Have you looked at the price of the jewels?

[@legoboy7825]

I started it. Just use your brain and use alternates. I farmed up to buy a vaal ice nova of frostbolts then just used flame dash until I could afford wintery blast.

[@1UPvocalcovers]

@@legoboy7825 Wintry blast is definitely not needed, as Ive found from playing. Alls they used it for was one shotting white mob packs. But after a while it stops doing even that.

[@legoboy7825]

@@1UPvocalcovers No it is not needed but feels nice and is pretty essential for crossing the map fast.

[@1UPvocalcovers]

@@legoboy7825 Yeah fair, it is spammable. I eventually did end up buying it once i had the currency to just make the build feel better.

[@suigetsuh17]

Do you have a PoE Planner link for the Atlas Tree? @Zizaran

[@heman19877]

Got to say this is the worst leveling setup I have ever played

[@Paul-jo6xj]

Would the helm Ravenous Passion be a better helm for this build? I saw a short video by Spicysushi where he used a trigger wand and was able to get huge uptime on 40 rage since it uses mana and thought I would ask. (still trying to figure out some builds)

[@Valandhir]

I really love what you are doing, BUT i wish you would make League starters that actually work from start, and are not dependent on getting this or that item. It's really annoying looking for good league starters and then there is "but you need X Unique" or "you need X Jewel of Y". It's league start. Nobody has anything. It would really be great if the serious content creators like yourself, would really look to put out league starters that are really league starters and not builds that already need items/trade.

[@CypherOfSolace]

Most people just self-cast the frostbolts. Kitavas thirst just turns it from a two button build like bladefall bladeblast to a one button build.

[@droobiedoobie]

braindead go play diablo lil bro

[@Valandhir]

@@CypherOfSolace I looked at the POB, the setups he provides are for Icenova of Frostbolt, and with Kitava's Thirst, the leveling build before uses a different skillset. So definitely NOT a league starter build, with a setup that does not depend on trade.

[@JohnnyGhost91]

@zizaran loving the build so far got the transfig gem from farming merc lab so happy i didnt have to pay 85 chaos def fun

[@tititoulou]

nice bait

[@CollDerma]

What armour skin is he using? It looks nice

[@Tetinha1]

bait

[@Moritz.Langen]

lel

[@marktodd5296]

Any guidance you can provide on switching to ES gear? Should I just starting replacing it as a find EVA/ES gear with good life?

[@rnd41r]

Def Bait, dont play

[@maximemartin2928]

Sick build! I played a CoF Ice Nova Hierophant like 6 leagues back. Question: How do you generate the Endurance charges in this build; strictly through the rings? Got very lucky and scored the Ice Nova of Frostbolt in my 1st Merciless lab :D

[@Genemesis]

Conviction of Power ascendancy node gives you 4 minimum endurance charges, meaning you'll have 4 permanently at the minimum without doing anything. If you are asking for more than that, then somewhere with endurance on kill or enduring cry.

[@maximemartin2928]

​@@Genemesisaaaah thank you! I'll notch these in a few ❤

[@antiquitii]

this build is so badly written, no key information whatsoever and defo not a starter - you need so much to make it work

[@Senny_V]

Lol, I League started it fine and so did a substantial amount of players, given it was among the most played builds on day 1 on Poe Ninja and then became the 2nd highest played Ascendancy the following days. You get passable gear to make it through acts very easily, and the Settlers mechanic also shits out decent gear. The only thing you really need to grind out to make it fully work is the transfigured gem, which you can do lab for. The fact the gem is so expensive is kind of proof of how popular - and strong - the build is as a league starter.

[@ryangerman91]

not sure what i'm doing wrong but when I switch to firestorm with arcane clock, I think I'm not proccing arcane surge or something and I just run out of mana

[@Syslerr]

I'm playing this and would definitely advice new players NOT to start this just the abilities will cost you 90c + 65 just gør the abilities alone. I'm currently at lvl 83 and feel kinda baited. Too many playing this and thus the market is rigged. So way to expensive and the neck alone goes for 9 divine.... mid game gear my ass... Other than that the defence feels super bad, atleast to me. Have not died this much since rolling a nado shot glass canon. Can't stress this enough, don't start this build !!!!!

[@Shuja_R1M]

Any build that is released by these content creators are total baits.

[@ionutony]

Bruh i made 750c in 2 days its so easy

[@kreathyr8270]

@@ionutony sure

[@ionutony]

@@kreathyr8270 Its true tho

[@TheHerild]

I'm new so sorry if this is a dumb question. How does the build do lightning damage when the skills are cold and fire in early game?

[@Varcieh]

the build doesnt do any lightning dmg early game, only when you socket the support gem "archmage support" with firestorm or later with ice nova of frost bolts. here is what archmage support does: "Supported Skills gain Added Lightning Damage equal to (10-19)% of Unreserved Maximum Mana. Supported Skills have added Mana Cost equal to 5% of Unreserved Maximum Mana."

[@markpm4]

is there a guide how to make the rare gear ? end eventually make it more powerfull ?

[@TheTechguy40]

What level is consider mid level for your build?