Entangle, CoC, Archmage advice

Hello, here is my current build: https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/195c3

I am pretty happy with it overall, but wanted to throw it out there to see if people had other ideas. It started as a dead rabbit plant oracle, and evolved through chaos inoculation, and now mana stacking arch mage.

Things I am looking at: swapping out some CoC skills to take advantage of infusions more, possibly putting Arc in there to use lightning.

I have been playing around with recoup damage as mana, since mana is my defense, source of spells, etc. I currently recoup 90% of dmg as mana, with a passive and augment to reduce recoup time. I am not sure if the penalty from Mind over Matter makes that worthless though:

https://preview.redd.it/homgeta95oig1.png?width=253&format=png&auto=webp&s=d0e274f46625d4f802963b3762499ce448dd35b0

There is a spirit issue with the wolf pack, so when I play it is active, but every time I load a map/zone/abyss I have to weapon swap to get it to activate, but then swapping back stays active, no idea why.

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Initial-Ad-2948•5 months ago•1

Try rathpith globe for mana stackers instead of wand, it might be better. It would be like 350% spell dmg and 200% crit chance

ammenz•5 months ago•1

Can't you get Arcane Blossom from the tree?

thejiang•5 months ago•1

The biggest problems with cloak of defiance and mana builds is the sustain.

You don't use the mana Regen tech with the mana Regen runic inscription rune in gloves. Which means your mana Regen might be a little low for rapid triggers of COC.

You could swap to the covenant for spell leech, grab an instant leech heart of the well and use lifetap support in your skills. You'll have infinite sustain of your spellcasting and rapid trigger coc's while your mana is your lifepool.

I've tried to make Cloak of defiance work on my stormweaver but every time I fight a boss my mana runs out so fast when it starts triggering the comets nonstop.

I'd also recommend swapping comet out for bone cage, you would trigger bone cage significantly more than comet. And because it's also a physical spell, you'll get higher dps output as it'll get more physical spell levels from your wand.

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