Mage/Dark Wizard First time running Arcanist!

Hey all! I have always either played LB or RW as I was dreading the idea of playing dependent on potions for healing, however I have finally arrived with my Arcanist at the old endgame checkpoint where a solid build becomes necessity.

I'd like to prioritize QOL to complete the rest of my content book, but I will gladly hear out suggestions as well. If there are no good builds at/around 100-110, I don't mind powerleveling to 120 just for reqs.

As always, please don't just redirect me to the guide, and my budget is now much better since my last build request (~9 stx finally)

Thank you! :)

 

here is my quetz build i use sometimes which works around that level range (costs no more than 3 stx i reckon):
https://wynnbuilder.github.io/builder/#CW0X6WZF8t2uQmKEcoHLE4+GFkYuK90YtxHVDRzVE
> Wynnbuilder build:
> Brainwash
> Echoes of the Lost
> Sagittarius
> Revenant
> Ingress
> Ingress
> Detachment < can swap with synapse for more damage but i like the lower ice snake costs for building mana bank initially
> Necklace of a Thousand Storms
> Quetzalcoatl [a7a7a7a7]

The combat cycle for arcanist is pretty easy; meteor - meteor - meteor - arcane transfer + sneak (at 150 mana bank for judrajim) - arcane transfer - ice snake repeat. (333114)
For this specific build specifically you want to cast ice snake repeatedly until your mana bank reaches at least 120 (or 100 with the mythic aspect) to cast arcane transfer, then you can cast the spell cycle above^.

Quetz works great, but i would also recommend a fatal as it does more damage, can be ascended and you don't have to mess around with casting ice snakes initially to build mana bank before your combat cycle starts. Unfortunately i don't have a fatal build to share but Blue's builds has a great collection here https://discord.com/channels/696616686928920598/1495644106767208569/1495644106767208569 with tons of variations and an ascended fatal version you can work towards.

 

Sweet! Thanks for the build!