Eldritch Battery after 1.0.0

Will there be any use for Eldritch Battery after the next update ?
I mean, if auras become %, EB wouldnt help at all, or am i wrong?

Having a greater maximum mana means the amount not reserved, being a percentage of your pool, would be greater

Where are you getting the notion that all auras are becoming percentage based?

This was taken from the 1.0.0 balance changes announcement post:
"...we're making auras more powerful but are increasing their mana reservation costs. "

It just says that the aura costs are going up. It never mentions anything about more percentage auras. I believe that after that's been clarified, Eldritch Battery is going to be even better (without even factoring in Mana Shield).

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You still get far more natural Regeneration (Arctic Armour)

Not sure, but i dont think Keystones are there to enable a skillgem (Just my fifty cents). But with the basic point, more mana regen, you are totally right. The buff to mana regen is just enormous pre 1.0 (discipline + maybe a shield).

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and Mana Shield is a thing now (only works for Life, not ES).

Mana Shield is on the complete other side of the tree and it seems its not supposed to be for spellcasters (North of the tree -> Temp, Witch, Shadow). Same with Vaal Pact, btw.


Seeing the notes, i hope the boost of discipline is high enough to still get some gain by combining discipline and EB. If so, the bonus of discipline should be arround 4-500. (100% more at least). Then it would be still a great thing.

Has nobody ever considered not using any % aura? I realize this only means Clarity now, but there are some skills that, with the right supports, require huge amounts of mana.

Wrath before release gave me 3k dps,now it gives my witch 3.6-3.8k.
Not such a big increase in dps for so much mana reservation.

I have 2.1k mana which is pretty useless.I already use arctic armour.

I'm very disappointed with the new auras.

This is because they ahve to be balanced with all the 'increased aura effect' nodes around the place. If you some of those, and inner force, wrath would add like 6-7k dps.

After respeccing my wander with sovereignty and the two aura notables in the shadow area, he could still run wrath, anger and hatred but his remaining mana was too low. I added EB back and his remaining mana increased three fold, but still not enough to run clarity so he cant spam power siphon anymore.

Or I should drop Hatred and use wrath, anger and clarity on him.