This build was peak leaguestarter for me. I trusted Goratha not to bait me. Dont think ive ever had a smoother mapping experience but I ripped to exploding chaos crystals. split life and es makes it hard to tell you are dying to chaos :(
lol I ripped to crystals just a bit ago. Different build but yeah those damn crystals stacked in the same spot under me so fast I couldn’t even see what killed me till after everything cleared and the crystals were left there. I Go agane!
Foibles I've bought at 10c several times the last few days catalyzed and sold for 4d. Average now is like 60c 2 weeks into league. Headhunters on softcore 8div the economy is screwed
archmage works on impending doom btw. with the change on the gloves you just need a bit more aoe now. but hiero solves it on the ascendancy + some aoe on the trees need like 300% and decent cast speed
I played a whole bunch of Archmage before it got nerfed and loved it. When I saw the archmage changes it was immediately obvious to me that this was going to make archmage strong. Even before the nerfs, especially to mana, it was hard to maintain mana. You would oom yourself in about 5-10 seconds of casting even with heavy mana investment (without indigon!). And that was on Ball Lightning with spell echo and greater spell echo (1 mana cost = 4 casts). Ice Nova would've been about 4x more mana cost than that even, so it was completely off the table back then. With the changes Ice Nova immediately became good for archmage. The only problem with it is the stupid transfigured gem farming you have to do to get it.
yeah projectile skills tend to do that (even lightning arrow can do that). But its funnier with FB :D especially with slower proj since it can completely obstruct your camera for a bit in certain angles.
I invested in a immutable force early on with this build since stuns are a real problem. Since the dmg requires a bit of setup (2 button build) and one of your big defenses is leech you cant really afford to get stunned a lot. That alone made the build much smoother and it gets a lot smoother again once you reach enough cast speed (I personaly play the arcanist brand version).
Pinpoint is probably better for Ball Lightning than GMP/Volley. You get multiple projectiles when mapping and you get single strong ones when spamming on a boss.
GhostWrithe Cold Snap, Glacial Cascade shield leech, and Frostbite Curse On Hit Creeping Frost! With 40 level Cast On Hit Vaal Vortex, and Vaal Ice Nova. It's a Double Trick, Triple DoT Stack Killer with frozen stun-lock.
im currently doing Ice nova of frostbolts build. That thing is tanky af! Im running yellow maps with gear i picked up from the ground before i even finished act 5. And im facetanking 90% of the damage. Also its not a 2 button for me... its actually 4 buttons (including the movement skill). Basically Shield rush into a group->use frostbolts with arcanist brand->use punishment (both to debuff and to give time to the brand to activate)->spam Ice Nova. I like the brand version better because it spams way more frostbolts than i can make with self cast Sadly i think it will be nerfed to oblivion :(
Ball Lightning in general is an absolutely excellent skill. It's good single target damage and it's mechanically a very good map clear skill - it has a duration, so you don't have to constantly cast it, it kills everything in its path and it has large screen coverage.
Ran Ice Nova of Frostbolts last league. Didn't even try to go tanky and could full screen clear with aoe inc clusters and never take damage. Super busted build.
okay how to auto trigger the novas? does a 0.15s wand work or something help me im new i want to play this but 2 button build veray toxic cant do it too disabled
@@martin87025 if it was a little easyer to target farm specific uniques i prolly would. but i usually do at least 6-7+ builds per league and some a really weird and require uniques to work, dont wanna spend weeks just farming one item for one build i wanna try that i maybe stop playing at lvl 80-85because it didnt work like i thought or somehting. i enyojed ssf in last epoch, but even in le i HATED to just chainfarm the dragon timeline for twistet heart, killed him 20-25 times, never got it btw. also u cant even play with a homie in ssf. it should be more like "bro ssf" and u can trade with the ppl u play with, like again, in last epoch.
This build was peak leaguestarter for me. I trusted Goratha not to bait me. Dont think ive ever had a smoother mapping experience but I ripped to exploding chaos crystals. split life and es makes it hard to tell you are dying to chaos :(
lol I ripped to crystals just a bit ago. Different build but yeah those damn crystals stacked in the same spot under me so fast I couldn’t even see what killed me till after everything cleared and the crystals were left there. I Go agane!
Foibles I've bought at 10c several times the last few days catalyzed and sold for 4d. Average now is like 60c 2 weeks into league. Headhunters on softcore 8div the economy is screwed
Ice Nova changed my build too! I died to a strongbox, that is.
top tier joke
archmage works on impending doom btw. with the change on the gloves you just need a bit more aoe now. but hiero solves it on the ascendancy + some aoe on the trees need like 300% and decent cast speed
Post a pob for me broseph please!
oh shid impending doom back? LOGIN DUDE
Oh shit log in
Seriously ?
pob plz!
Listen to me for one second: poison lighting conduit of the heavens archmage using voltaxic rift
Spicy
bro cooked
I played a whole bunch of Archmage before it got nerfed and loved it. When I saw the archmage changes it was immediately obvious to me that this was going to make archmage strong. Even before the nerfs, especially to mana, it was hard to maintain mana. You would oom yourself in about 5-10 seconds of casting even with heavy mana investment (without indigon!).
And that was on Ball Lightning with spell echo and greater spell echo (1 mana cost = 4 casts). Ice Nova would've been about 4x more mana cost than that even, so it was completely off the table back then.
With the changes Ice Nova immediately became good for archmage. The only problem with it is the stupid transfigured gem farming you have to do to get it.
8:37 did those frostbolts hit the ramp in game and start flying towards the screen lol
yeah projectile skills tend to do that (even lightning arrow can do that).
But its funnier with FB :D especially with slower proj since it can completely obstruct your camera for a bit in certain angles.
go elemental hit (frost) coc frost wave spell gmp on a ramp shits nuts xD
I invested in a immutable force early on with this build since stuns are a real problem. Since the dmg requires a bit of setup (2 button build) and one of your big defenses is leech you cant really afford to get stunned a lot. That alone made the build much smoother and it gets a lot smoother again once you reach enough cast speed (I personaly play the arcanist brand version).
Pinpoint is probably better for Ball Lightning than GMP/Volley. You get multiple projectiles when mapping and you get single strong ones when spamming on a boss.
That looks actually really nice. I think I'll see if I like a PoB of a Witch version of this. Maybe with Golems for comfort!
Steel, if you want a good trick to tell if your aura is on. You can now bind it to left click, it's still move only but you can at least see the aura.
GhostWrithe Cold Snap, Glacial Cascade shield leech, and Frostbite Curse On Hit Creeping Frost! With 40 level Cast On Hit Vaal Vortex, and Vaal Ice Nova. It's a Double Trick, Triple DoT Stack Killer with frozen stun-lock.
Ice Shield/Wand DoT Witch...
im currently doing Ice nova of frostbolts build. That thing is tanky af! Im running yellow maps with gear i picked up from the ground before i even finished act 5. And im facetanking 90% of the damage. Also its not a 2 button for me... its actually 4 buttons (including the movement skill). Basically Shield rush into a group->use frostbolts with arcanist brand->use punishment (both to debuff and to give time to the brand to activate)->spam Ice Nova. I like the brand version better because it spams way more frostbolts than i can make with self cast
Sadly i think it will be nerfed to oblivion :(
I specced a character into this with some pretty good gear and it did T16s easy with a lvl 10 ice nova, lol. It is very good.
Archmage support with Call Of The Brotherhood and tons of damage effectiveness skills is so devastating lol
Worry not chat, we are almost in red maps at level 97
Drop that experimental non-frost nova PoB, I wanna do that bc 2 button is pain
i think u just slap whatver in there its all about the flat added damage from arch mage skill is just a medium to deliver that damage
Correct
you can put archmage on the frostbolt for mapping and just ice ice nova on bossing
my fav og archmage build was bf/bb raider
i started with ball lightning and change to this its SO FUCKING GOOD.
Ball Lightning in general is an absolutely excellent skill. It's good single target damage and it's mechanically a very good map clear skill - it has a duration, so you don't have to constantly cast it, it kills everything in its path and it has large screen coverage.
Yo can you show me the pob for the build?
We gona break the market with this one
So with new archmage is Akane's MoM miner ascendant back?
Every content creators, "can't play with 2 button build" me destroying enemies with venom gyre, tornado and whirling blades😂😂
Ran Ice Nova of Frostbolts last league. Didn't even try to go tanky and could full screen clear with aoe inc clusters and never take damage. Super busted build.
Ngl.. needs more ice nova
What MTX are those swords? I hate looking at wands and want to change them
"Not going to do some rat shit"
im struggling as a new player to get the gear for this since i have no idea what i shoukd prioritize and how to craft them
why no eternal blessing?
just put purity on it and ailments solved
I started the wrong build I think maps have been living hell not very fun
You can do it!!
Which Ice Nova MTX is this at 5:50?
very nice
Just wait til you get some more cast speed... ice nova feels clean with alot of cast speed.
What's the background music? I recognize it from a game but I can't recall which
Nevermind. I recognize it as Stardew Valley in the mines
I kinda like ball lightning more ngl
Is there an easier way for me find steelmages Path of buidling ?
read video description
Ice nova of frostbolts kills my fps in some content lmao. Really annoying.
okay how to auto trigger the novas? does a 0.15s wand work or something help me im new i want to play this but 2 button build veray toxic cant do it too disabled
You cast one frostbolt then keep pressing ice nova.
what do u wear about Animate Guardian?
funny how he says a 2 button build is annoying while im out here playing hexblast without the new mastery
bro giving nikocado a run for his money
dude stop :/ u gonna make all the gear i want more expensive
Are you playing hc trade?
People will play this build in SC aswell
Lmao play ssf like the rest of us
@@divra_ yea
@@martin87025 if it was a little easyer to target farm specific uniques i prolly would. but i usually do at least 6-7+ builds per league and some a really weird and require uniques to work, dont wanna spend weeks just farming one item for one build i wanna try that i maybe stop playing at lvl 80-85because it didnt work like i thought or somehting. i enyojed ssf in last epoch, but even in le i HATED to just chainfarm the dragon timeline for twistet heart, killed him 20-25 times, never got it btw. also u cant even play with a homie in ssf. it should be more like "bro ssf" and u can trade with the ppl u play with, like again, in last epoch.
time to do a standard character, the league looks and feels worse than Synthesis
Massive buffs incoming though
@@psykedude buffs incoming - do they change how the mechanic works? if not, you can buff 0, but it will stay at 0.
@@matejbosela9093 Why?Finally we just don't 1 click like monke so at least fake streamers are gone as they failed on white maps xD