[2.1.2] Blackdepp's Arc Witch (MoM, EB, ZO, Non-Crit)

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Bandits:

Normal: Help Oak (flat life)

Cruel: Help Alira (cast speed)
(if you don't mind more cast speed just pick the passive point)

Merciless: Help Oak (endurance charge)
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Jewels: (try to look for something like this)

Weapon:
Go with a rare wand/scepter with high combined spell/lightning dmg and cast speed. Flat added lightning spell dmg or lightning leech are nice extras.
A Doryani's Catalyst is a viable option too.
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Shield:
Pretty basic stuff right here. High spell dmg, life, resistances and as much energy shield as you can get.
A Rathpith Globe is a quite expensive but very strong endgame option for a shield.
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Helmet:
Keeping it simple again. Energy shield, life, resistances. A Hubris Circlet is the best rare base for this item.
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Body Armour:
The Restless Ward is kind of the key item for this build. Togehter with the keystone passives Zealot's Oath, Eldrich Battery and Mind Over Matter we ensure a constant energy shield regeneration by having up 5 endurance charges and a nice defence as well. With a 6L you can get a neat dmg boost.
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Gloves:
Life, energy shield, resistances, nothing more to say. Best base would be Sorcerer Gloves.
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Boots:
You can keep it simple with some rare boots. Again life, resistances and energy shield. Probably Sorcerer Boots as a base.
Rainbowstrides are also a quite cheap option for boots. They got energy shield, block chance for spells and resistances. Though they lack flat life.
But you can also try The Blood Dance for a nice dmg boost trough the frenzy charges and a better energy shield regeneration as well. Keep in mind you loos flat energy shield and possible life from the rare boots.
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Amulet:
Fill up your stat requirements with dexterity and aim for life and resistances. Increased spell/lightning dmg, cast speed and flat energy shield are quite handy as well.
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Rings:
Almost the same as with the amulet. Stats, life, resistances.
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Belt:
For a belt we choose a Leather Belt with high life and resistances. Flat energy shield, armour or flask related stuff can be quite useful.
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Flasks:


Curse, chill & freeze and bleed removal are a must have.
A Granit Flask is a nice boost of your physical mitigation.
A Quicksilver Flask is just too useful to drop.
There are a bunch of other flasks out there you might want to test:
- Atziri's Promise
- Rumi's Concoction
- Vessel Of Vinktar
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That's it with the gear so far. If you have any questions or suggestions please leave me a comment.

Arc:


Arc is our main dmg source. Link it to Spell Echo, Controlled Destruction and Life Leech. Once you've acquired a 5L add in Lightning Penetration and with a 6L you can add Added Lighting Damage as well.
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Auras:

Wrath is just the best aura for any lightning spell caster. No more questions sir.


Arctic Armour helps us mitigating incoming physical and fire dmg. Check.

Herald Of Thunder gives us flat lightning spell dmg and always triggers when you kill a shocked enemy and applies when linked to Curse On Hit any curse of choice. I like Warlords Mark because of its leech and endurance charge generation. Conductivity or Elemental Weakness are nice options as well.
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Lightning Warp:


To stay thematic we use Lightning Warp as our movement skill. Link it to Faster Casting and Less Duration. If you want to you could also use Flame Dash.
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Vaal Storm Call:


As always we use a Vaal Storm Call setup to speed up the annoying single target killing. Link it to Spell Echo, Controlled Destruction and Lightning Penetration for max. dps.
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Utility:

A Cast When Damage Taken setup with Summon Chaos Golem and Tempest Shield gives a nice defensive boost.


We use Enduring Cry to generate endurance charges and give our self a temporarily energy shield regeneration boost. Link it to Increased Duration to amplify the boost a little. You can also throw a Vaal Discipline in here for those rare cases when your energy shield drops to 0.
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Quality:

Generally quality on all gems is good, but ome gems benefit a lot more from their quality then some others.
Here are a few gems you might want to get quality on:

- Arc (shock chance)
- Lightning Penetration (lightning damage)
- Added Lightning Damage (lightning damage)
- Controlled Destruction (spell damage)
- Spell Echo (spell damage)
- Curse On Hit (curse effectiveness)
- Herald Of Thunder (lightning damage)
- Life Leech (life leech rate)
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This is the gem setup so far. Any questions or suggestions? Feel free to leave me a comment.

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So why Arc?
Arc is a great skill in my opinion. You can achieve excellent clearspeed with it due to its chain mechanics. Single target might be a little low but can most certainly be handled; Vaal Storm Call helps dealing with such situations. Since Arc is a lightning skill and we pick some chance to shock from the passive tree and arc has some inherent shock chance as well (even more with quality) we can shock enemies and deal 50% more dmg. And when ever you kill a shocked enemy Herald Of Thunder triggers and applies the curse of your choise with every flash hitting surrounding mobs.

What's The Restless Ward good for?
Well since we picked the Zealot'sand Eldritch Battery we need to ensure that our life regeneration that gets converted to energy shield regeneration is enough to sustain our energy shield drain. That can be achived by a little life regeneration from the passive but mostly with the boost The Restless Ward grants us. Per endurance charge this item allows us to regenerate up to 20 life/sec. Since we run 5 endurance charges this is a total of 100/sec. It also helps sustaining the charges better due to it's 100% increased charge duration.

[2.1.2] Blackdepp's Arc Witch (MoM, EB, ZO, Non-Crit)

Reflect?
Reflect mobs can be handled since we use the life leech gem and have mind over matter. Elemental reflect maps should be avoided though.

(More will be added when they get asked)