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Shock Nova Procession Archmage

3.28 Mirage

Starter

End Game

Verified

Templar

Hierophant

By ds_lily

LIVE

Updated on Mar 10, 2026

Mar 10, 2026

Path of Building Code

Build Overview

Shock Nova vs Ice Nova

Shock Nova is way nicer mapping, Ice Nova is probably more damage, not sure how much. Ball lightning is somewhere in between these two

Build rating:

3/5 DPS

4.5/5 Defense

Campaign:

Start Leveling as Rolling Magma / Elemental Proliferation Support / Combustion Support / Holy Flame Totem Flame Wall until level 28. If you hate rolling magma you can go Purifying Flame instead. Use Shield Charge with Momentum Support muled from a ranger

After Level 28:

Single target: Firestorm / Archmage Support / Unleash Support / Intensify Support

Clear: Armageddon Brand Arcane Surge Support Elemental Proliferation Support Combustion Support

Support: Arcane Cloak Elemental Weakness

Auras: Eternal Blessing Support + Wrath, can use heralds before this.

Bandits: Alira or kill all

Leveling tree: https://pobb.in/WTYSHQbOPK2g

Pantheons: Brine King / Ralakesh

Shock Nova Swap:

I probably wouldn't swap to Shock Nova of Procession until you have a decent mana pool around 3k, should be do-able around lvl 65-70. Gamble ES gear for your starter set. If you dont like Shock Nova of Procession, Ice Nova of Frostbolts is still a viable option or Ball Lightning of Orbiting

Mana Sustain:

Lavianga's Spirit is great for sustain as it makes your skills free to cast. Should carry you through early maps and voidstones.

Uniques:

Valako's Sign is nice damage and leech early, highly recommend

Dream Fragments is nice qol

Mindspiral is probably the best helmet you'll get for awhile until a good suppression helm.

Atziri's Foible is obvious

Also pro tip: try to aim the novas so that the enemy is around the middle of them

Equipment

Passive Tree

main:

123

ascendancy:

Keystones

Iron Will

Strength's Damage bonus applies to all Spell Damage as well

Mind Over Matter

40% of Damage is taken from Mana before Life

Elemental Overload

Skills that have dealt a Critical Strike in the past 8 seconds deal 40% more Elemental Damage with Hits and Ailments Your Critical Strikes do not deal extra Damage Ailments never count as being from Critical Strikes

Masteries

Mana Mastery (2)

10% reduced Mana Cost of Skills

10% chance to Recover 10% of Mana when you use a Skill

Spell Suppression Mastery (1)

Chance to Suppress Spell Damage is Lucky

Elemental Mastery (1)

Hits have 15% chance to treat Enemy Monster Elemental Resistance values as inverted

Caster Mastery (1)

Final Repeat of Spells has 40% increased Area of Effect

Lightning Mastery (1)

Increases and reductions to Maximum Mana also apply to Shock Effect at 30% of their value