You can play this exact build with two swaps until you have the mana regen and efficiency idols which is to drop dragorath's for a sceptre with T7 spell damage and -5 mana cost and drop lightning blast for anything you want (I did flame ward). You will likely also need to take 1 or 2 points out of the bottom left section of frostclaw to keep your mana spend in check which is a small hit you won't notice much in the early game while you work on your build. With a sceptre and the appropriate nodes keeping my mana cost around 15 I was ability to nearly infinitely spam frostclaw. Oh and always stand on your target for the return bounce of frost claw or it will likely not hit and you'll be doing near 50% damage and you won't get nova explosion overlaps on your target dropping your dps as well.
Great guide and awesome build. I definitely agree, I tried this at level 80 and it felt horrible to run with really low ST damage. Just switched to Spark Charge Lightning Blast to get the + to Frost Claw gear in the meantime.
I've been testing this build every since you dropped this video & I think I've found that because there's no limit on the chaining back to yourself if you take additional chains beyond just 1 it significantly increases output. What's really neat is you can take that last night and get even faster clear speeds as it'll fork & chain without any extra cost. Since the DPS is coming from the spark charges exploding the chaining reduction is reduced. Also on the elmental nova tree I can see no reason to take +8% damage +8% area over just taking area as we want to maximize area to apply spark charges as plentiful as possible.
true the area node would be better, I think I have it taken as a relic when i had the area node already maxed out instead of putting a bunch of points into ignite chance. Interesting idea with the infinite chaning though. Mana cost might be tough though
@@booty_noodles Mana cost has absolutely been tough. I'm up to 24 regen and it's still not enough to hold the button down. The speed to kill has increased though significantly. I wish we had a way to measure real DPS. If they ever put together an API I'd love to code a tool that can take advantage of that data feed for proper calculations.
@@booty_noodles So the clear speed is MUCH improved with adding 2 points to the chain node and 1 point to the fork node. I can't sustain constant casting with 22 mana regen and a fairly gimped casting speed (just don't have the legendaries how I want them at the moment). Boss kill times are lower due to not being able to maintain with 22 mana regen. However, I've only got 24 points of frostclaw, and I'm dropping 2 nodes of efficiency so if I had 26 then I'd bet it would get boss kill times back to where they need to be. I can't test chaining to myself off of bosses since I can't sustain mana. Needs further testing. Clear speed though is god like compared to how it was (and it was Really good before as you well know!)
Hei, a few suggestions that in my testing seem to improve the end result: These appear to significantly boost damage, particularly for Spark: 1. Move 1 point from Ceraunomancer (1/8) to Calculated Destruction (8/8) 2. Drop 7 points in Celestial Doom (0/10) 3. Add 2 points to Rift Bolt (5/5) 4. Add 5 points in Knowledge of Destruction (10/10) 5. Suggestion: Use Runic Invocation / Enigma for Traversal I see in one of your builds you use Teleport, but keep Runic Invocation on the other. Have you considered using Runic Invocation with the Enigma node just for Traversal? It's got shorter cooldown than Teleport, provides + Spell Damage buff, and... Enigma can traverse map in a way Teleport can't. If you see a spot of land on your map, you can teleport. For instance, in Temporal Sanctum you can teleport through the barriers, it's insane. Also, it boosts the Area of your Area spells (top-left nodes). You don't really care about the autocast invocation, but Runic Invocation is like... the most OP Traversal skill with Enigma. :) 6. Suggestion: Crest of Unity You get the sweet -15% damage reduction and Elemental Nova to 30, which is insane
honesty these are all great points and totally viable. i think the main sacrifice with using RI as traversal is that if would be on an enormous cooldown if you wanted to maintain the immutable order node.
I am using a similar build without mana regen and extra frost claw levels by using foot of the mountain + switching weapons : - mapping with the ladle, no need to spam frost claw on the move, and lightning aegis + closed circuit are much less useful here because of mobs eating bounces or being too far - dragorath on bosses, can spam while stationary Mana is fine in both situations, and the build is much more accessible (I did my first version around lvl 90, with only +3 skills)
Tried it, works like butter. But in my case I use the helmet that gives you Elemental Nova and the insanity of EN on the screen and damage are beautiful to use!
Nice build! Just out of curiosity, wouldnt u deal more damage if u stacked some more lightning dmg rather than some other multiplier? Im aware increased dmg is additive, but the less u have the more impactful it is to get more of it.
Tried to join discord, but expired. Thx for the cool build. Can you explain the importance of Volley of Glass on the frost claw tree? You didn't cover that in the video, and despite your *many* warnings I am trying to level as this build and balance mana costs with output, while also being short skill levels. I spec'd those nodes, and didn't see a noticable change in performance/output commensurate with the massive mana increase (compared to that 2nd pt in ele nova proc - which obviously doubles the # of novas). I'm also noticing I don't get much in the way of crit/dmg stacking from Closed Circuit unless I absolutely face tank stuff. Is that expected? 2nd question: why so many points towards the double-cast? With 4 points in Copied Scrolls (10% chance / stack) and 4 pts in Runic Energy (12 stacks) that's 120% chance to proc. Do you need those extra points there? At 3/4 or 4/3 you get a 90% chance. (7.5 * 12 or 10 * 9). At 3/3/1 you get (7.5 * 18 = ++100%). I'm assuming the dmg from burst is irrelevant?
hi this works well by using mana strike that is specced ranged and cast frost claw and lightning on attack. this solves the mana issue as well as does screenwide explosions too
that can definitely work! i think the main downside is that you only have a 30% chance to proc frostclaw from a melee attack. On the other hand the amount of more damage you get on sparkcharges applied by melee attacks may make up for that
I tried this build mid-game, around level 60'ish and it did just fine with only the head piece. The rest of the gear, just spell damage, lightning damage, and intelligence. Though if you want to level 1-55, I suggest a different build with ice or fire damage. Lightning is weak by itself and it's not good for leveling. You'll find that out the hard way trying to fight Lagon.
Question - running the same build , however i am useing " Crest of Unity " Helm . Find that the 18% damage reduction on" chilled,shocked and ignited" a very nice defencive addition. Not to mention that all the other affixs i feel allow for more freedom for the over all point allocation.
Just FYI, since Closed Circuit node from LB doesn't work when procced by Dragorath(This seems to be recent/as of yesterday), I found a clever way to get it to work regardless. If you turn your LB into cold damage, you can slot it instead of flash freeze. When you're bossing, you can directly cast LB once every few seconds, and then subsequent casts from dragorath procs will continue to apply Closed Circuit. It essentially becomes a huge bonus for single target. @bootyNoodles
Wdym I just tested on a dummy. Closed circuit still works for me..I see the crit and spell increase still going up as it is, no changes, and I am not casting lighning blast myself. Ofc it will work on bosses only - mostly since u cant chain to yourself this way, so with multiple mobs the chain from dragonrath doesnt come back to you most of the time. But upcolse on single target it is deff working.
Can the added mana cost issue from lightning blast not be solved with the +throwing damage -mana cost affix on rings? Either a T7 ring for -5 or 2 T5 rings for -6
What’s the best way to get dragon heart with +3/4 frost claw? +3 exalted frost claw is about 25m in the merchant guild and slamming it is a 25% chance on a reasonably price +1 twisted heart (do i really need to get 2lp twisted heart for the 50% chance to slam or stick with 1 lp dragon heart?)
good luck mostly lol. You can farm lightless arbor for increased chance of exalted relics today! then temporal sanctum has a similar buff is 5 or so days. you can check last epoch tools for the specifc time frames.
awesome build man, gonna test it out!!! thoughts on maybe running foot of the mountain for mana issues if were just face tanking the bosses with huge ward? wanna use red ring aswell or is it not needed?
foot of the mountain definitely works but it just feels bad to stand still haha and it wont work well at all in echoes. red ring is a great option. especially if you can get 1LP and slam t7 int
The lightning aegis is not supposed to work on lightning blast when you're not self casting it... Also on high corruption, the buff feels bad because it disappears after losing 25% of your health which is most of the time one hit and boom gone... Dragonrath is okay for single target with the spark charges blowing and stuff, but in the end ladle is gonna be way more QoL, allows to spec either in flame ward instead of LB, mana strike or even focus. Ladle scales with Int for cast speed and with enigma you're already scaling int, plus it gives you -3 mana cost on the spell.
I agree with most of what you say here. buff does disappear, but you can get it back pretty quickly so it definitely helps a lot with survivability. Ladle *can* scale higher, but the amount of investment needed to have it do more damage is pretty ridiculous. I think this dagger version is cooler too so there is that :)
@@booty_noodles yes, and the buff does work on triggering lightning blast, which makes it better than ladle unless ridiculously geared. I mean, ladke frees up a slot for something else other than LB like flame ward, but i dunno if it's actually worth it.
Per your mana juggling video, frost claw needs to be at 24 mana to be mana neutral. but in this video you already have it at 21 and still recommending 20 mana regen. Is this really needed? Wouldn't the plus 3 from being at 21 mana forst claw enough to cover the cost of lighting blast? I got a omnis with frailty and i found a pair of red rings so I'm wondering if the mana regen on just the belt is enough
The issue is that sometimes you get unlucky with the mana regain from the gift of winter node. Additionally flame rush costs mana which you also have to account for. I find the 20 regen level is enough to safely not ever run out when fighting bosses
Hi bro question, how does your passive 'Decree of Bountiful Ocean' works when you dont have the Gon Rune currently? I'm trying your build right now and I find it really really fun.
@@booty_noodles i mean in this video, you have 2 heo runes + 1 rah rune which is, obviously not the goh rune. so im wondering how that passive works when you dont have gon rune
@@yvesfrancisco8355 You still get that mana regen, that is NOT bound to the rune, you dont get the double bonus though. - Increased mana regen X% per point - not conditioned so it works either way - 5 point bonus: the effect is doubled if you have an active gon rune - this does NOT work.
I've been running this build for awhile, however, slightly modified because i dont quite have the gear. You can run this without needing 5/5 frostclaw mana efficiency (3/5 will be good enough). nor the -3 mana cost, but you must stack mana generation even more... Yes you lose out on some damage, but it works if you dont quite have the gear. You dont have to have T7 cast speed on the dagger...i only have t6, it still feels good to play.
Definitely true. interesting that you made it work with more mana regen. definitely would be curious to see your build planner if you would be willing to share!
@@booty_noodles I'm too lazy for that, but mana Regen is at 27 and I have a lower cast speed than you. Running 3/5 mana efficiency without the -3 mana node. With that regen and lower cast speed, it keeps the mana up....just don't have as much damage until I get the right rolls on the gear.
@@resresres1 You know lastepochtools has an "import" thingie, You just put your account & character name and boom all your equipped everything is there skills etc. You can just do that for yourself, to see more stats calculated than in the game ( though not counting everything as I saw). Just saying in case You didn't know. Cheers.
@@booty_noodles sorry to bother you again, but this dagger build is better than spark charge or what? I mean which one can scale more curroption? Thank you
this is a bit stronger at an equal investment level as the other build. I just think this one is way cooler. I think with TRUE best in slot gear though, the other build can be stronger. That's generally not realistic for most people though.
This build is amazing! Thanks for uploading it. One and only thing I dislike about this build is... Nova. It clutters the screen, which kinda ruins the experience for me. I wonder - how would you approach a non-Nova version?
Good point! It can definitelly be very cluttery with nova. If you dont want to use nova, you could just spec the points elsewhere into ward on hit and stuff. You also wouldn't need as many points in frostclaw which would make the build cheaper and could open up options like using a static shell for you chest piece and putting t7 int on your relic!
I have some questions for you. I'm a Spellblade Spark Charge Lightning On-Hit spell cast build running this MH/OH and I've slowly been tweaking it. I will also be using my current items on a Runemaster soon. I recently added in the Nova helm with more nova slammed for +10 total. But it converts to tri-element and I am wondering if you know how this interacts/interferes with converting nova to lightning on the spec tree. Am I losing out on my 761% lightning spell dmg a 3rd of the time (obv it will still apply to spark charge)? Does it always cast all 3 elements? Is this usable within the scope of this Runemaster build for when I roll that mastery? I would love to figure out how to make use of this helm given all the amazingness to be had on it including reduced dmg taken.
I realize the dmg isnt coming from nova really but it is a fun part of the build to tinker with when you can add in that much +skill. I am also assuming that spark charge will apply no matter the element as long as we r specced in to it?
At this point I kinda wish I wasn't in so deep on melee attack speed for the on-hit spell procs. I don't think it can compare to the raw speed of this RM build when you're already relying on on-hit for frost claw and then on-hit/crit for everything underneath that. But at least Mana Strike will 100% apply spark charges every swing. Just not quite as flashy as manual cast claw.
potentially but it wouldn't be nearly as strong as you would be missing the nodes in the second half of runemaster tree that are really strong for defense and cooldown reduction. also you couldn't use runic invocation for defense.
@@chadd.7816 Well, yes, I understood that the claw activates the nova, but I didn’t understand how the lightning is activated)) I’ve been trying to figure it out for half a day 😅
@@ReikiGrail yeah just get decent crit chance and the Dragorath claw will spam plenty of lighting blasts, which is why it's beneficial to spec into it when using this dagger.
Tell me please, I'm also collecting according to your build, but there is no currency at all, where do you farm currency? Mb there is a loot filter normal. help please
By currency do you mean gold? Best way to farm gold is to join the merchant's guild and sell off your extra stuff and farm the gold nodes in monolith at as high of corruption that you can do. There's also a blessing in fall of the outcast timeline that gives extra gold
the gear for this is definitely expensive, but the higher corruption you can go, the easier it is to drop valuable things you can sell. Check the link in my description to join my discord where I have my current loot filter! If you are looking for something cheaper, check out my ignite frostclaw build!
Im using your build and something weird is happening to me, i can maintain frostclaw spam just fine with the mana regen/efficiency i got, it always goes back to full, but like when im in longs fights i can keep it up for like 30seconds to a whole minute, but suddenly is like the regen drops or something and i straight up cant keep up spamming let alone cast it, i gotta wait like 30+ seconds for my mana go back up, im wondering why O.o
What do You mean by long fights? On bosses or in echoes. Either way, I cannot maintain it also with my mana regen yet, I am switching back to spark mode only until I have better gear. What I noticed is that it depends on 2 things: distance from the fight - frostclaw needs to get back to give mana back, and the spark charges/nova cost. I think more dense mobs consumes burst of mana if you spam maybe spark charge consumes mana besides elemental nova idk ? On bosses I MUST use foot of the mountain boots so I can maintain my mana. I am at 17 mana regen only,
I think you guys might just be getting unlucky suddenly with the mana return from gift of winter. it happens. thats why i recommend mana regen a bit over 20.
@@booty_noodles Ye it may be also ,in my case, that on the controller, the frostclaw ai target is a bit wierd..so its not always targething the monsters..and with elemental nova u cant see shht so is worse..am I hitting something? or not? haha. But that is only a controller issue since u can't pinpoint the frostclaw.
There are no minimum requirements needed to make Frostclaw work. There are other ways to make mana/ward work for anyone. Sadly, seeing builds do 2000+ corruption is just bad for this game. I don't think the Devs really wanted people to "break" the game so easily so fast. There is no enjoyment except from the fact I can one button everything.
Mostly all true. Dev's have said that benchmark for a build "working" should be 300 corruption, and it should be EXTREMELY difficult for a build to make it to 1000. That said, might as well make hay while the sun shines!
@@booty_noodlesYes. I've already quit the game for now until they reel in the core concepts/skills. For me, the game gets really boring really fast when you can trivialize it so early. Plus, the trading system is just stupid/broken/cheated on and is now a compete joke where many already at the top level. What's the point? Oh yea, game just went live weeks ago. Wonderful...
I got lucky and landed plus 4 claw on my twisted heart. Any suggestions on where to put the extra point? I put it on the cast speed and cure ailment node.
I think he was making the point on it always being tri-elemental, which is a HUGE spark charge generator and an immediately noticed increase in effectiveness in my opinion. @@booty_noodles
@@booty_noodles Is 10 int better than 18% damage reduction from crest and also 6 levels of elemental + 30% mana regen (from implicit)? I am just curious.
@@booty_noodles I’m letting you know it has nothing to do with tft and everything to do with her stealing from friends and viewers of her channel. But your choice bro.
@@booty_noodles I'm not sure youtube links are accepted here, but there's an hour long video detailing one incident involving Allie directly (i.e she's the instigator): ua-cam.com/video/zsJ9TNM481M/v-deo.html Cutedog, interview and everything. This could help you out
Y'all understand that a build that can run 200 corruption is good right? Regardless, why is this a problem for you? Don't like ward? Don't build it. Go a different build or I dunno think for yourself and make one like this that's relying on other layers of defense. This is a PvE game. Instead of complaining about things other people enjoy, worry about playing things you enjoy.
not really. Most corruption build is literally zhp. What's your problem with ward? Ppl after warlock started just to hate ward builds for no reason. How this build having ward affecting your gameplay?
Plus, this build requires a lot of time invested to get the gear or at least a lot of time farming gold even if you're using merchant's guild to buy the gear. Call me crazy, but it seems reasonable that if you invest a lot of time into a game like this, you should be able to complete all content with ease. What's the point in getting the absolute best gear and making the most efficient passive and skill node choices if you still struggle with content? That's the appeal of an arpg. To make a character godly and most people never even get to that point because of how much time and effort that takes. I personally usually start a new build once I get to level 95ish doing 200-300 corruption.
everybody plays builds different ways and enjoys different stuff! I agree with a lot of what you say though. I played so much in the beta though and was messing around with builds in lower corruption that now I just excited that I can buy all this best in slot gear to try these builds that require it and can go even higher!
I got lucky and landed plus 4 claw on my twisted heart. Any suggestions on where to put the extra point? I put it on the cast speed and cure ailment node.
I got lucky and landed plus 4 claw on my twisted heart. Any suggestions on where to put the extra point? I put it on the cast speed and cure ailment node
Join my discord to ask questions and hang out! discord.gg/htT6b9Jk
Awesome guide, got a loot filter please?
Same as the comment above is there a loot filter?
@@Blayzoe check my discord! I have 2 loot filter options for end game there
its expired...
@@booty_noodlescan you fix the discord link so we can get a loot filter?
This is exactly the build I was about to build tonight. Glad it looks as fun as I imagined.
have fun:) Make sure you tune into my streams too for tips and tricks!
yooooooo thank you so much for explaining how stuff works, you helped me immensely!
Happy to help and I appreciate your support!
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Great videos and streams
Thank you so much 😁 Really appreciate your support ahles
Great vid, greatly appreciate the detailed explanation. Kudos.
You can play this exact build with two swaps until you have the mana regen and efficiency idols which is to drop dragorath's for a sceptre with T7 spell damage and -5 mana cost and drop lightning blast for anything you want (I did flame ward). You will likely also need to take 1 or 2 points out of the bottom left section of frostclaw to keep your mana spend in check which is a small hit you won't notice much in the early game while you work on your build. With a sceptre and the appropriate nodes keeping my mana cost around 15 I was ability to nearly infinitely spam frostclaw. Oh and always stand on your target for the return bounce of frost claw or it will likely not hit and you'll be doing near 50% damage and you won't get nova explosion overlaps on your target dropping your dps as well.
great tips!
you can get more lower left nodes. Frostclaw is still near infinite at 22 mana. Only ran out of mana 2 or 3 times in 4 days.
Great guide and awesome build. I definitely agree, I tried this at level 80 and it felt horrible to run with really low ST damage. Just switched to Spark Charge Lightning Blast to get the + to Frost Claw gear in the meantime.
yep! I would recommend my ingnite frostclaw as well in lower corruptions too!
I've been testing this build every since you dropped this video & I think I've found that because there's no limit on the chaining back to yourself if you take additional chains beyond just 1 it significantly increases output. What's really neat is you can take that last night and get even faster clear speeds as it'll fork & chain without any extra cost. Since the DPS is coming from the spark charges exploding the chaining reduction is reduced.
Also on the elmental nova tree I can see no reason to take +8% damage +8% area over just taking area as we want to maximize area to apply spark charges as plentiful as possible.
Wdym...max chain lightning node is +12 mana
true the area node would be better, I think I have it taken as a relic when i had the area node already maxed out instead of putting a bunch of points into ignite chance. Interesting idea with the infinite chaning though. Mana cost might be tough though
@@booty_noodles Mana cost has absolutely been tough. I'm up to 24 regen and it's still not enough to hold the button down. The speed to kill has increased though significantly. I wish we had a way to measure real DPS. If they ever put together an API I'd love to code a tool that can take advantage of that data feed for proper calculations.
@@sndrav You only need 2 chains (so 2 points) to get to the forking node.
@@booty_noodles So the clear speed is MUCH improved with adding 2 points to the chain node and 1 point to the fork node. I can't sustain constant casting with 22 mana regen and a fairly gimped casting speed (just don't have the legendaries how I want them at the moment). Boss kill times are lower due to not being able to maintain with 22 mana regen. However, I've only got 24 points of frostclaw, and I'm dropping 2 nodes of efficiency so if I had 26 then I'd bet it would get boss kill times back to where they need to be.
I can't test chaining to myself off of bosses since I can't sustain mana. Needs further testing. Clear speed though is god like compared to how it was (and it was Really good before as you well know!)
Hei, a few suggestions that in my testing seem to improve the end result:
These appear to significantly boost damage, particularly for Spark:
1. Move 1 point from Ceraunomancer (1/8) to Calculated Destruction (8/8)
2. Drop 7 points in Celestial Doom (0/10)
3. Add 2 points to Rift Bolt (5/5)
4. Add 5 points in Knowledge of Destruction (10/10)
5. Suggestion: Use Runic Invocation / Enigma for Traversal
I see in one of your builds you use Teleport, but keep Runic Invocation on the other. Have you considered using Runic Invocation with the Enigma node just for Traversal? It's got shorter cooldown than Teleport, provides + Spell Damage buff, and... Enigma can traverse map in a way Teleport can't. If you see a spot of land on your map, you can teleport. For instance, in Temporal Sanctum you can teleport through the barriers, it's insane. Also, it boosts the Area of your Area spells (top-left nodes). You don't really care about the autocast invocation, but Runic Invocation is like... the most OP Traversal skill with Enigma. :)
6. Suggestion: Crest of Unity
You get the sweet -15% damage reduction and Elemental Nova to 30, which is insane
honesty these are all great points and totally viable. i think the main sacrifice with using RI as traversal is that if would be on an enormous cooldown if you wanted to maintain the immutable order node.
My boat is floating because of this video
haha thanks for the support my man!
Would Crest of Unity be a good fit for the build? You can dump the extra skill points in Infernal Prism which penetrates enemy resistances
Nice bro, almost at 1k subs
So close!
@@booty_noodles 14 hours later and bam there it is. 1k, congrats man.
I am using a similar build without mana regen and extra frost claw levels by using foot of the mountain + switching weapons :
- mapping with the ladle, no need to spam frost claw on the move, and lightning aegis + closed circuit are much less useful here because of mobs eating bounces or being too far
- dragorath on bosses, can spam while stationary
Mana is fine in both situations, and the build is much more accessible (I did my first version around lvl 90, with only +3 skills)
nice! Not a bad idea.
Tried it, works like butter. But in my case I use the helmet that gives you Elemental Nova and the insanity of EN on the screen and damage are beautiful to use!
crest of unity helm?
@@Baltag5544 that one!
glad you are having fun!!
Another great build, keep up the great theory crafts. Runemaster has so much potential and so many different verities. LOVE IT!
thanks for the support my guy!
Nice build! Just out of curiosity, wouldnt u deal more damage if u stacked some more lightning dmg rather than some other multiplier? Im aware increased dmg is additive, but the less u have the more impactful it is to get more of it.
No need. we get so much increased lightning damage from the lightning blast chaining back to us.
Tried to join discord, but expired. Thx for the cool build. Can you explain the importance of Volley of Glass on the frost claw tree? You didn't cover that in the video, and despite your *many* warnings I am trying to level as this build and balance mana costs with output, while also being short skill levels. I spec'd those nodes, and didn't see a noticable change in performance/output commensurate with the massive mana increase (compared to that 2nd pt in ele nova proc - which obviously doubles the # of novas). I'm also noticing I don't get much in the way of crit/dmg stacking from Closed Circuit unless I absolutely face tank stuff. Is that expected? 2nd question: why so many points towards the double-cast? With 4 points in Copied Scrolls (10% chance / stack) and 4 pts in Runic Energy (12 stacks) that's 120% chance to proc. Do you need those extra points there? At 3/4 or 4/3 you get a 90% chance. (7.5 * 12 or 10 * 9). At 3/3/1 you get (7.5 * 18 = ++100%). I'm assuming the dmg from burst is irrelevant?
hi
this works well by using mana strike that is specced ranged and cast frost claw and lightning on attack.
this solves the mana issue as well as does screenwide explosions too
that can definitely work! i think the main downside is that you only have a 30% chance to proc frostclaw from a melee attack. On the other hand the amount of more damage you get on sparkcharges applied by melee attacks may make up for that
tried it and the damage is nowhere close to this build. would better off to play as spellblade using mana strike-flame reave-surge spark charge build.
I tried this build mid-game, around level 60'ish and it did just fine with only the head piece. The rest of the gear, just spell damage, lightning damage, and intelligence. Though if you want to level 1-55, I suggest a different build with ice or fire damage. Lightning is weak by itself and it's not good for leveling. You'll find that out the hard way trying to fight Lagon.
Question - running the same build , however i am useing " Crest of Unity " Helm . Find that the 18% damage reduction on" chilled,shocked and ignited" a very nice defencive addition. Not to mention that all the other affixs i feel allow for more freedom for the over all point allocation.
This is the greatest thing ive ever seen in a video game lol. I wish i started before everything is billions of gold. Ill never get this stuff. 😢
slow and steady:)
Great guide 💪
thank you sir!
Just FYI, since Closed Circuit node from LB doesn't work when procced by Dragorath(This seems to be recent/as of yesterday), I found a clever way to get it to work regardless. If you turn your LB into cold damage, you can slot it instead of flash freeze. When you're bossing, you can directly cast LB once every few seconds, and then subsequent casts from dragorath procs will continue to apply Closed Circuit. It essentially becomes a huge bonus for single target. @bootyNoodles
seriously? I'll have to check this tomorrow. seems crazy they would randomly change this without saying anything
Wdym I just tested on a dummy. Closed circuit still works for me..I see the crit and spell increase still going up as it is, no changes, and I am not casting lighning blast myself. Ofc it will work on bosses only - mostly since u cant chain to yourself this way, so with multiple mobs the chain from dragonrath doesnt come back to you most of the time. But upcolse on single target it is deff working.
Can the added mana cost issue from lightning blast not be solved with the +throwing damage -mana cost affix on rings? Either a T7 ring for -5 or 2 T5 rings for -6
nope. that only reduces mana cost of throwing attacks
What’s the best way to get dragon heart with +3/4 frost claw?
+3 exalted frost claw is about 25m in the merchant guild and slamming it is a 25% chance on a reasonably price +1 twisted heart (do i really need to get 2lp twisted heart for the 50% chance to slam or stick with 1 lp dragon heart?)
good luck mostly lol. You can farm lightless arbor for increased chance of exalted relics today! then temporal sanctum has a similar buff is 5 or so days. you can check last epoch tools for the specifc time frames.
For some reason the lightning blast coming from my frost claw do not buff my stats, did they change it?
Smashing pumpkins atm with this build, glad ive switched from skatelord
guys will see this build and just think "hell yea"
Excelent build. you can tell me where can I farm those idols?
awesome build man, gonna test it out!!!
thoughts on maybe running foot of the mountain for mana issues if were just face tanking the bosses with huge ward? wanna use red ring aswell or is it not needed?
foot of the mountain definitely works but it just feels bad to stand still haha and it wont work well at all in echoes. red ring is a great option. especially if you can get 1LP and slam t7 int
Will this be better at the same investment (Mid tier investment) you know just some purp rings and amulets?
The lightning aegis is not supposed to work on lightning blast when you're not self casting it... Also on high corruption, the buff feels bad because it disappears after losing 25% of your health which is most of the time one hit and boom gone...
Dragonrath is okay for single target with the spark charges blowing and stuff, but in the end ladle is gonna be way more QoL, allows to spec either in flame ward instead of LB, mana strike or even focus. Ladle scales with Int for cast speed and with enigma you're already scaling int, plus it gives you -3 mana cost on the spell.
I agree with most of what you say here. buff does disappear, but you can get it back pretty quickly so it definitely helps a lot with survivability. Ladle *can* scale higher, but the amount of investment needed to have it do more damage is pretty ridiculous. I think this dagger version is cooler too so there is that :)
@@booty_noodles yes, and the buff does work on triggering lightning blast, which makes it better than ladle unless ridiculously geared. I mean, ladke frees up a slot for something else other than LB like flame ward, but i dunno if it's actually worth it.
What's a good relic to use until i can get the heart?
any relic with +frostclaw
Seems your discord link has expired. Got another?
Per your mana juggling video, frost claw needs to be at 24 mana to be mana neutral. but in this video you already have it at 21 and still recommending 20 mana regen. Is this really needed? Wouldn't the plus 3 from being at 21 mana forst claw enough to cover the cost of lighting blast? I got a omnis with frailty and i found a pair of red rings so I'm wondering if the mana regen on just the belt is enough
The issue is that sometimes you get unlucky with the mana regain from the gift of winter node. Additionally flame rush costs mana which you also have to account for. I find the 20 regen level is enough to safely not ever run out when fighting bosses
Hi bro question, how does your passive 'Decree of Bountiful Ocean' works when you dont have the Gon Rune currently? I'm trying your build right now and I find it really really fun.
you just don't get the doubled bonus!
@@booty_noodles i mean in this video, you have 2 heo runes + 1 rah rune which is, obviously not the goh rune. so im wondering how that passive works when you dont have gon rune
@@yvesfrancisco8355 You still get that mana regen, that is NOT bound to the rune, you dont get the double bonus though.
- Increased mana regen X% per point - not conditioned so it works either way
- 5 point bonus: the effect is doubled if you have an active gon rune - this does NOT work.
I've been running this build for awhile, however, slightly modified because i dont quite have the gear. You can run this without needing 5/5 frostclaw mana efficiency (3/5 will be good enough). nor the -3 mana cost, but you must stack mana generation even more... Yes you lose out on some damage, but it works if you dont quite have the gear. You dont have to have T7 cast speed on the dagger...i only have t6, it still feels good to play.
Definitely true. interesting that you made it work with more mana regen. definitely would be curious to see your build planner if you would be willing to share!
@@booty_noodles I'm too lazy for that, but mana Regen is at 27 and I have a lower cast speed than you. Running 3/5 mana efficiency without the -3 mana node. With that regen and lower cast speed, it keeps the mana up....just don't have as much damage until I get the right rolls on the gear.
@@resresres1 You know lastepochtools has an "import" thingie, You just put your account & character name and boom all your equipped everything is there skills etc. You can just do that for yourself, to see more stats calculated than in the game ( though not counting everything as I saw). Just saying in case You didn't know. Cheers.
What's the actual key differences of this and the artillery build besides taking Dragorath? Both use Spark Charge and Nova to deliver damage right?
they are very similar. main difference is that dragorath also uses lightning blast
I saw that Frostbite Frost Claw build. Is this one on the same level as Frostbite, or can Frostbite reach higher corruption ?
this is better than frostbite
@@booty_noodles sorry to bother you again, but this dagger build is better than spark charge or what? I mean which one can scale more curroption? Thank you
Any update on this build? Or corruption? Coz i just saw mitch using this build but with different setup and reached 2200 corruption
not replying anymore huh
How does this variant stack up to the mad alchemist ladle variant you had previously posted? Which would you say is stronger for top end corruption
this is a bit stronger at an equal investment level as the other build. I just think this one is way cooler. I think with TRUE best in slot gear though, the other build can be stronger. That's generally not realistic for most people though.
@@booty_noodles so the frostclaw with laddel is stronger in the end?
This build is amazing! Thanks for uploading it.
One and only thing I dislike about this build is... Nova. It clutters the screen, which kinda ruins the experience for me.
I wonder - how would you approach a non-Nova version?
@@_Gorthax Very possible. I've seen a fire variant that didn't use nova. Mana strike lightning blast is basically the same thing w/o nova.
Good point! It can definitelly be very cluttery with nova. If you dont want to use nova, you could just spec the points elsewhere into ward on hit and stuff. You also wouldn't need as many points in frostclaw which would make the build cheaper and could open up options like using a static shell for you chest piece and putting t7 int on your relic!
I have some questions for you. I'm a Spellblade Spark Charge Lightning On-Hit spell cast build running this MH/OH and I've slowly been tweaking it. I will also be using my current items on a Runemaster soon. I recently added in the Nova helm with more nova slammed for +10 total. But it converts to tri-element and I am wondering if you know how this interacts/interferes with converting nova to lightning on the spec tree. Am I losing out on my 761% lightning spell dmg a 3rd of the time (obv it will still apply to spark charge)? Does it always cast all 3 elements? Is this usable within the scope of this Runemaster build for when I roll that mastery? I would love to figure out how to make use of this helm given all the amazingness to be had on it including reduced dmg taken.
I realize the dmg isnt coming from nova really but it is a fun part of the build to tinker with when you can add in that much +skill. I am also assuming that spark charge will apply no matter the element as long as we r specced in to it?
Just look at the tag of the spell. If it has other elemental tags than lightning its going to be casting those other ones :D
@@shongueesha7875 I guess I am overthinking while also misunderstanding then lol. Thank you my man
At this point I kinda wish I wasn't in so deep on melee attack speed for the on-hit spell procs. I don't think it can compare to the raw speed of this RM build when you're already relying on on-hit for frost claw and then on-hit/crit for everything underneath that. But at least Mana Strike will 100% apply spark charges every swing. Just not quite as flashy as manual cast claw.
It'll have a chance to cast one of the 3 elements.
Are idols that add lightning dmg still worth using just for some lightning dmg even if I don’t have 300 mana to double the value?
so think so. armor and mana would work well too as a suffix
thanks for this build its totally broken,.. but my problem is mana, i have 24 mana regen and 276 mana but still got drained when hitting boss
Im currently playing a sorcerer mit Dragoraths Claw.. do you think a build like this is possible with Sorc?
potentially but it wouldn't be nearly as strong as you would be missing the nodes in the second half of runemaster tree that are really strong for defense and cooldown reduction. also you couldn't use runic invocation for defense.
Bro if you don't mind me asking this, what graphics settings do you use when using this build? haha
haha i have most stuff on high but game limited to 60FPS
can you pls tell me? i might just try it and never experience fps drops haha@@booty_noodles
how do face 800+ orobys, now i cant face tank it, i have to evade some attack, and the problem with all effect i cant see anything, any tips?
look harder? haha it can be tough
Sorry for the question, I understand that in combination the claw activates nova, but how does it activate lightning?
The skill point casts Nova, this specific weapon casts lightning.
@@chadd.7816 Well, yes, I understood that the claw activates the nova, but I didn’t understand how the lightning is activated)) I’ve been trying to figure it out for half a day 😅
@@ReikiGrail yeah just get decent crit chance and the Dragorath claw will spam plenty of lighting blasts, which is why it's beneficial to spec into it when using this dagger.
@@chadd.7816 that is, if I equip this claw, it will activate my lightning skill by default 🤔😮?
@@chadd.7816 and another question, sorry, how did you gain additional points for skills above 20?
Tell me please, I'm also collecting according to your build, but there is no currency at all, where do you farm currency? Mb there is a loot filter normal. help please
By currency do you mean gold? Best way to farm gold is to join the merchant's guild and sell off your extra stuff and farm the gold nodes in monolith at as high of corruption that you can do. There's also a blessing in fall of the outcast timeline that gives extra gold
the gear for this is definitely expensive, but the higher corruption you can go, the easier it is to drop valuable things you can sell. Check the link in my description to join my discord where I have my current loot filter! If you are looking for something cheaper, check out my ignite frostclaw build!
I have a suggestion for a version for this build, maybe swap lightning blast to cold and make a frostbite version instead of crit
interesting idea. Might be worth trying
@@booty_noodlesi have made a planner for it, but ofc i dont have the gear for it. lightning blast is kinda hard to include. not sure that is worth
How are you sustaining the twisted heart health cost without the spell leech blessing?
spell leech in sorcerer tree!
noodles the discord link dont work says its invaild
Im using your build and something weird is happening to me, i can maintain frostclaw spam just fine with the mana regen/efficiency i got, it always goes back to full, but like when im in longs fights i can keep it up for like 30seconds to a whole minute, but suddenly is like the regen drops or something and i straight up cant keep up spamming let alone cast it, i gotta wait like 30+ seconds for my mana go back up, im wondering why O.o
What do You mean by long fights? On bosses or in echoes. Either way, I cannot maintain it also with my mana regen yet, I am switching back to spark mode only until I have better gear. What I noticed is that it depends on 2 things: distance from the fight - frostclaw needs to get back to give mana back, and the spark charges/nova cost. I think more dense mobs consumes burst of mana if you spam maybe spark charge consumes mana besides elemental nova idk ?
On bosses I MUST use foot of the mountain boots so I can maintain my mana. I am at 17 mana regen only,
I think you guys might just be getting unlucky suddenly with the mana return from gift of winter. it happens. thats why i recommend mana regen a bit over 20.
@@booty_noodles Ye it may be also ,in my case, that on the controller, the frostclaw ai target is a bit wierd..so its not always targething the monsters..and with elemental nova u cant see shht so is worse..am I hitting something? or not? haha. But that is only a controller issue since u can't pinpoint the frostclaw.
how do we apply brand of deception from passsive tree if all our spells cost less than 15 mana?
soryyy in build planer It costs 12 mana while in video 21
ah yea the planner for some reason doesn't work calculating the mana cost of frost claw
I only saw +3 to frostclaw on the relic. What am I missing?
1 from unique base of the twisted heart
is this one better than the artillery nova you have?
I like it more but they are very similar!!
Dude, I want this build !
how do you have no mana problems? XD I am constantly oom
is this build still viable?
What is the mana cost of your frost claw?
21
There are no minimum requirements needed to make Frostclaw work. There are other ways to make mana/ward work for anyone. Sadly, seeing builds do 2000+ corruption is just bad for this game. I don't think the Devs really wanted people to "break" the game so easily so fast. There is no enjoyment except from the fact I can one button everything.
Mostly all true. Dev's have said that benchmark for a build "working" should be 300 corruption, and it should be EXTREMELY difficult for a build to make it to 1000. That said, might as well make hay while the sun shines!
@@booty_noodlesYes. I've already quit the game for now until they reel in the core concepts/skills. For me, the game gets really boring really fast when you can trivialize it so early. Plus, the trading system is just stupid/broken/cheated on and is now a compete joke where many already at the top level. What's the point? Oh yea, game just went live weeks ago. Wonderful...
I got lucky and landed plus 4 claw on my twisted heart. Any suggestions on where to put the extra point? I put it on the cast speed and cure ailment node.
My Christmas tree has fewer lights than this.
play runemaster for christmas!
You should change the boneclad for crest of unity, +6 elemental nova and aways tri elementaland increased area
i like the boneclamor more since it has the extra intelligence. We don't really need more nova area or levels.
I think he was making the point on it always being tri-elemental, which is a HUGE spark charge generator and an immediately noticed increase in effectiveness in my opinion. @@booty_noodles
isnt crest of unity better than boneclamor barbute?
No because boneclamor has a lot of intelligence on it which is most important stat
@@booty_noodles Is 10 int better than 18% damage reduction from crest and also 6 levels of elemental + 30% mana regen (from implicit)? I am just curious.
Nice vid bro. Please don’t associate with Allie. She is a disgusting person who is very deceitful. In PoE she has a very bad reputation. Thanks man
Thank you! I'll give her the benefit of the doubt since I don't know anything about POE drama other than TFT sucks and her guide is good
@@booty_noodles I’m letting you know it has nothing to do with tft and everything to do with her stealing from friends and viewers of her channel. But your choice bro.
@@booty_noodles I'm not sure youtube links are accepted here, but there's an hour long video detailing one incident involving Allie directly (i.e she's the instigator): ua-cam.com/video/zsJ9TNM481M/v-deo.html
Cutedog, interview and everything. This could help you out
What about blessings?
they are in the planner link!
where do u get the dagger tho
It can drop from anywhere!
@@booty_noodles no specific boss or something?
Yo I hit 60k ward today in dragons grotto.. 170 Intel - build slays...
its a monster for sure:)
Omg…. U need not much for this build…. Just lp3 items minimum
it is expensive!
Track ID anybody?
i pulled it off some random copyright free drum and bass site lol
@@booty_noodles Thx for the response, mate! Mind telling me the name of the track? :D
ward balanced
WINK WINK
More light on your face 😂😂😂
Epilepsy atack in 3 2 1....
haha it is quite flashy! hope you can have fun wiht it though!
900 and calls it absurd
sorry we cant all clear 3000 corruption with broken/bugged builds
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every "good" build in this game is getting absurd almounts of ward and facetank every mechanic its beyond dumb.
that’s because that’s what this game basically breaks down to, the defense eventually becomes more important than dmg.
Y'all understand that a build that can run 200 corruption is good right? Regardless, why is this a problem for you? Don't like ward? Don't build it. Go a different build or I dunno think for yourself and make one like this that's relying on other layers of defense. This is a PvE game. Instead of complaining about things other people enjoy, worry about playing things you enjoy.
not really. Most corruption build is literally zhp. What's your problem with ward? Ppl after warlock started just to hate ward builds for no reason. How this build having ward affecting your gameplay?
Plus, this build requires a lot of time invested to get the gear or at least a lot of time farming gold even if you're using merchant's guild to buy the gear. Call me crazy, but it seems reasonable that if you invest a lot of time into a game like this, you should be able to complete all content with ease. What's the point in getting the absolute best gear and making the most efficient passive and skill node choices if you still struggle with content? That's the appeal of an arpg. To make a character godly and most people never even get to that point because of how much time and effort that takes. I personally usually start a new build once I get to level 95ish doing 200-300 corruption.
everybody plays builds different ways and enjoys different stuff! I agree with a lot of what you say though. I played so much in the beta though and was messing around with builds in lower corruption that now I just excited that I can buy all this best in slot gear to try these builds that require it and can go even higher!
Nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
I got lucky and landed plus 4 claw on my twisted heart. Any suggestions on where to put the extra point? I put it on the cast speed and cure ailment node.
I got lucky and landed plus 4 claw on my twisted heart. Any suggestions on where to put the extra point? I put it on the cast speed and cure ailment node