While I havent personally played this build (yet) it aims for a lot of uniques which might make it hard to play for someone new… Based on your description of your requirements (not dying while learning)… i would suggest a Sentinel build (easy to make a tanky build and relatively easy to understand)… or something that doesnt require as many uniques to make work…
You could try searching “builds” here on the forum… Boardman21 and various others post them,… You could also check out Last Epoch Builds for a clever link to builds posted on the forums or on Youtube by content creators…
Personally… my advice for anyone new to LE would be to just play and have fun discovering as you go… the campaign portion of the game is relatively easy and virtually any build can usually make it…
Also… G in game opens the game guide and the Community Game Guide are important resources to answer specific technical details.
So I have a level 95 druid that is flat out deadly but I really want to try this build and my mages are mid level. Since my Druid is doing empowered I figured I would see if I could get the Empowered Reign of Dragons Unique that you all are talking about to drop for him but he is my ONLY character that I have Ever gotten into empowered so far and I don’t know what to expect from the boss fight. With other characters the Corpse Dragon was a pain simply because of the limited areas you could move in to be safe from the deadly area affects. I cannot find any information on this empowered fight when I google it. Is the fight the exact same? I kind of doubt it. What should I expect?
Oh heavenly bobs, I just realized I got this last time LOL. I think it’s in my stash. I think I read i should be looking for a LP on it though, is that correct? I don’t see that in the guide.
Nevermind, it’s been a long week lol. I guess that was Stormtide. It’s been a bad pain week. Lol. I don’t think I have any decent stormtide boots but as those are pretty random drops, I am just going to jump into the build now. I am really looking forward to it. It looks great. I have been looking for a great mage build for a LONG time. Thank you.
Thank you for your reply, I know there is a whole encyclopedia under G, I use it often. I’ve tried to do something on my own, but the huge amount of stats, synergies, items, is too overwhelming for me, and I usually ended up turning the game off, because unfortunately I quickly give up when something doesn’t work out.
That’s why I wanted to do something that works and is accessible to newbies, maybe that way I wouldn’t give up so quickly if something doesn’t work for me.
Anyway, I will look for something like you mentioned for Sentinel, thanks again for your help.
So I of course don’t have an Orian’s Eye. I have three devotions but one just bites for this. The other two have +9% penetration and one has 50% increased lightning damage. I know that I may run across better at some point honestly but once I can use it, should I use that or should I try crafting instead?
What are your thoughts on Arcane ascendance - Power oberload & Unstable energy nodes vs going Slow breathing > Shocking expanse > Mark of thunder?
Not sure if you tried that out already but I feel the increase in cast speed and damage is pretty noticeable not to mention my ward ramps up even faster
…I completely forgot about the limited casts thing, I was mainly finding the benefit for stuff like when I enter a boss fight and they haven’t registered you yet, I pop arcane, throw down static orb, after a few seconds use the boss to get my ward real quick and on those the beacons/gate echoes where i stand there
but yea…I forgot how limited the casts were, thanks, I don’t know if they changed mark of thunder over the past year but I’ve been a bit hesistant to spec into it since no one could really find it useful before and it conventienly doesn’t have a alt info to give
What level of corruption are you aiming to farm? When you get higher and enemies life a little longer it is far more easy to keep leech up running. It is also the area where TH gets better and better. If you kill fast in a few hits more damage is potential always better. Same is true for bosses as you argumented.
Found another small mistake:
Static Orb’s Allied Ground, 2 x Static Touch and Arcane Current : up to 145% shock effectiveness.
1.45 x 40 = 58% effective lightning resistance shred vs bosses at 20 stacks.
You are using the wrong base for the multiplication. It is
(1. + ‘shock effectiveness’) x 40% in your case (1. + 1.45) x 40% = 98%
I think in my argument is that leech rate is a problem on its own, I know that with Prism Wraps you can definitely leech back to full, but I think due to the nature of Lightning Blast you can easily overcast without a target and ultimately lose health.
it also gets worse vs dodge monsters where you’re not healing but also losing health and not able to leech.
I am currently in my 50’s and leveling up my mage. I am going to jump into monoliths. That always works best for me in the 50s it seems. But anyhow, I came across a Coral Aegis 1LP unique from Lagon on another character that has 420% chance to shock attackers, 78% stun duration, and 12 health gain on stun. It also has 42% lightning resist and 30% less lightning damage on block, although the chance to block is only 23% and block effectiveness is 417. Because of the shock effects, what do you think of using the shield instead of an Unread Scroll?
