[3.25] The Lazy Nova - Archmage MoM Crit Ice Nova of Frostbolts with Svalinn

It's ok to drool ;D

How am I looking? If my pob is set up right, I think I'm at 3.8m dps? I think at this point I'm just looking for incremental upgrades like corruptions. Easily the best build I've ever ran, I'm clearing everything I throw at it with ease. Have not tried t17, but t16 and bosses melt so quick its nutty. Certainly have room to improve on the wand, but it doesn't feel needed whatsoever. I'll likely aim for light of meaning/unnatural instinct next while I grind for level 100.

https://pobb.in/zzDY83F_b41S

I made some updates to my build! Crafted my T1 wand, would like some feedback on further improvements. I took the cast speed nodes cos i felt clunky and slow, once i enchant haunted on my wand i'll probably move it (probably to cluster setup or the other lightning damage nodes)

I am overcapped too much on resists I think, and my crit chance is over cap with bottled faith. Saving up to make the switch to cluster jewel setup atm.

POB: https://pobb.in/jd_COWfXcu2F

Question: Would you guys pick Corrupted Soul or Militant Faith? It seems like MF gives much more DPS, but CS gives a bit more survivability? Though in terms of max hit there isnt a big diff whether there is CS or not, but I guess my ES+Life leech is more efficient with CS. I'm thinking that the DPS tradeoff is not worth CS, should probably swap soon.

I followed the base version of the build. But my kitava is not triggering the frostbolt. I know it needs 100 mana to trigger, but my mana cost is low for some reason. How can I fix this issue?
Here is my pob: https://pobb.in/s-KqF8VYQmeZ

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Aristroblade#1138 เขียน:

I followed the base version of the build. But my kitava is not triggering the frostbolt. I know it needs 100 mana to trigger, but my mana cost is low for some reason. How can I fix this issue?
Here is my pob: https://pobb.in/s-KqF8VYQmeZ

Your militant faith is reducing your mana cost too much. Without it you'll have 204 mana cost, 231 if you also remove the point in mana mastery on the tree. Just get a new militant faith. I'm not sure why it lowers your cost so much, when i add it to my tree i go down from 289 to 233. My Militant Faith doesn't have modifiers we use so its just for inner conviction. Mine gives channeling skill damage and totem damage.

Speaking of my tree, I've acquired Bottled Faith and Unnatural Instinct, as well as 7% inc cast speed on my wand. https://pobb.in/LD__ouP8t35R

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Rendomize#6409 เขียน:

Question: Would you guys pick Corrupted Soul or Militant Faith? It seems like MF gives much more DPS, but CS gives a bit more survivability? Though in terms of max hit there isnt a big diff whether there is CS or not, but I guess my ES+Life leech is more efficient with CS. I'm thinking that the DPS tradeoff is not worth CS, should probably swap soon.

Militant Faith. A watchers eye with +45% chaos res while affected by purity of elements is more than enough chaos defense. Inner Convictions more spell damage is hard to pass up, and Frenzy charges can still be used with Ralakesh's Impatience. 15% of max life as es is great, but you gotta scale life for it to be worth it, which we really dont. for example, 2500 life would give 375 ES, which isn't much as we dont scale es either. Watcher's eye and 30% chaos res on gloves or boots will put you at 40% chaos res after reductions.

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MagikarpGG#5557 เขียน:

15% of max life as es is great, but you gotta scale life for it to be worth it, which we really dont. for example, 2500 life would give 375 ES, which isn't much as we dont scale es either. .

The main benefit of using Glorious Vanity / Corrupted Soul isn't the extra ES boost, its the "50% of non- chaos dmg taken bypasses energy shield". Because this build leechs ES and Life (Light Eater + lightning leech source), the ability to have both your HP and your ES being taken from at the same time is more than doubling your actual eHP pool. (you arent waiting for ES to break before being able to leech life, and your ES leech can keep your ES from breaking more regularly.)

That being said, if you are going Svalinn, Militant Faith makes more sense. With your 80%+ block/spell block, you are fully avoiding enough damage that there isnt a steady drain on your ES/life, negating the CS benefit. CS is for dual wand.

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Piousqd#0073 เขียน:

The main benefit of using Glorious Vanity / Corrupted Soul isn't the extra ES boost, its the "50% of non- chaos dmg taken bypasses energy shield". Because this build leechs ES and Life (Light Eater + lightning leech source), the ability to have both your HP and your ES being taken from at the same time is more than doubling your actual eHP pool. (you arent waiting for ES to break before being able to leech life, and your ES leech can keep your ES from breaking more regularly.)

That being said, if you are going Svalinn, Militant Faith makes more sense. With your 80%+ block/spell block, you are fully avoiding enough damage that there isnt a steady drain on your ES/life, negating the CS benefit. CS is for dual wand.

Doesnt it clash with MOM? I always thought the damage bypassed ES before its affected by MOM, reducing its effectiveness.

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MagikarpGG#5557 เขียน:

Doesnt it clash with MOM? I always thought the damage bypassed ES before its affected by MOM, reducing its effectiveness.

I haven't heard that before, but in practice it doesn't seem to for me. I am running CS and 60% Mom (keystone + ascendancy + watchers eye). If there was an issue I think I would be dying to a lot more things.

Is there info on this on the wiki or anywhere else?

Found this on the shitty fandom wiki,

Damage is applied to energy shield before life, and as a result there is no opportunity for any damage to be absorbed by mana.[1] Mind Over Matter is therefore rendered useless in conjunction with the Chaos Inoculation keystone.

When the passive skill Eldritch Battery is allocated energy shield protects mana instead of life. This energy shield will absorb the converted non-chaos damage before it is applied on mana. Since chaos damage bypasses energy shield the chaos damage will then be applied directly on mana.

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If anything, this makes CS + MoM an effective combo, assuming you are actively leeching.

Without CS active, your MoM is useless unless ES is depleted.

With CS active, are splitting all damage between ES and Life, which is also allowing MoM to split it between life and Mana.

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MagikarpGG#5557 เขียน:

How am I looking? If my pob is set up right, I think I'm at 3.8m dps? I think at this point I'm just looking for incremental upgrades like corruptions. Easily the best build I've ever ran, I'm clearing everything I throw at it with ease. Have not tried t17, but t16 and bosses melt so quick its nutty. Certainly have room to improve on the wand, but it doesn't feel needed whatsoever. I'll likely aim for light of meaning/unnatural instinct next while I grind for level 100.

https://pobb.in/zzDY83F_b41S

Looking at POB in web view, so not in the best spot to look at the config. Few suggestions for the build though.

DO FIRST: Light Eater/Instant Leech. You should really map over to those nodes (top right of tree branch. These are a huge boost to recovery.

Assassins Mark: I would swap this out of your helm for punishment. The main reason to run this on auto-castit to maintain power charges, which you do via Ralakesh.

Faster Casting: Test how gameplay feels to you with out this. If you can stand to drop it, I would move that aura/blink set up to your wand, and move your Arcane Cloak to a 4-link and add in Arcane Surge Support.

Mana Mastery: Drop Damage Taken Recouped as Mana. You block so much of damage that it is pretty useless. Take 10% mana reduc cost if you have mana issues, as long as it doesnt reduce the cost of your icenova below the kitavas threshold. Otherwise just use the point elsewhere.

Quality: add quality to all your gems, rings, amulet, belt.