Looking for assistance with Arcanist build

AstralSaiyan · July 2023

Greetings friends, I have been following an Arcanist one bar stamina build using Oakensoul that should hit 100k. Now I would share a parse but I play on PS5 so I took a video of me fighting the trial dummy in hopes it may be able to help you all help me. I am a Dunmer, I use Artaeum Takeaway Broth as my food. I did one build using ZAAN full monster set without Oakensoul and put another Pillar of Nirn ring, but that was worse because I got 66k. So I would love to know what I may be doing wrong as to why I cant seem to hit even 80k. Highest I have ever gotten was my Magica Sorc pet Oaken heavy attack build with 78K, but even that should probably go higher.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaEAJpmF5Yw&t=26s&ab_channel=AstralSaiyan

AstralSaiyan · July 2023

Could mod delete this thread? It doesn't seem to be getting any action so it feels like a waste.

p00tx · July 2023

Maybe try swapping out Pillar for Coral and swap to bistat food. Your weaves look pretty good here, so I'm assuming the one-bar thing is just to see if you can? You miss out on a ton of damage from your backbar skills, so if it's not a mobility or accessibility issue, maybe Oaken isn't the way to go if you'd like to push dmg. If it's any consolation, I tried to see if I could make the Oaken Arcanist work on the PTS and didn't have any luck either.

Zodiarkslayer · July 2023

@AstralSaiyan
So, I do not believe your build guide says use blue and purple gear, except on the weapons...
And I am pretty sure, that it also does not say: use a tri stat recovery glyph on the oakensoul ring...
Or that you should only take half the class passives...

Apart from that I noticed that your weaving is sluggish, but that may be the youtube video codec doing its "magic". It is known to compress frames away and interpolate instead.
However, I am fairly certain that you are coming out of the beam too slow. Meaning you pretty much miss the gcd after the beam ends.
You are also prioritising like this:
DoTs>Ultimate>Flail>3CruxFatecarver
Try this instead:
Flail>Ulti>[DoTs<1s]>3CruxFatecarver>[DoTs>2s]
That gives the Dots time to run out (which isn't bad on the arcanist) and your fatecarver uptime is better. Also your way, you will have the first ticks of the Ulti not with full power, because the passive for 7s of 12% crit damage has run out, with a whole Fatecarver and two DoT casts being more than 7s.
Maybe you should try to train only with Flail, Ulti and Scholarship first. And when you have gotten the hang of it try to fit in one first and then two DoTs.

I also watched SkinnyCheeks' Arcanist video with the easy oakensoul 100k parse and his setup is quite different from yours, I think.
He uses Languid Eye Ultimate, Exhausting Fatecarver and also the Exploiter passive CP. The last one gives him about 3k to 4k more damage ticks on fatecarver alone during off balance phases, compared to your build.
And he probably also uses Ultimate Potions for more casts of the Languid Eye.

Maybe you should watch that video and study it. Its quite good.

https://youtu.be/ZHLgxtAK3og