Astraeus is a unique mage, in which he casts nothing directly. He only uses his in order to proc . This is where the fun begins to happen.
Directly our doesn't do much damage, and that is expected. Our damage come from one of 3 procs by using our attacks VERY QUICKLY (110% ish)
will been seen 1 out of 3 attacks, thanks to our . with a high crit chance will allow to be seen 9% of these attacks (this is assuming we get nearly 100%). Moreover, will also proc in 42% of the attacks. Our not only has an incredibly high crit chance, but crit multiplier (around 450-500% after adding in existing base). This will also have a chance to proc . Finally, , which attacks very quickly with which also has an incredibly high crit chance, which of course,will proc , not to mention the actual melee attack that can also proc .
This is a total of 4 skill that can proc our by only using a singular skill, . This is very important, that it is mana strike for a few reasons.
- It gains mana, and very quickly. This is very good, because mana is burnt VERY quickly.
- It gains us ward, also very quickly. This is our primary defensive layer, backed by flat armor.
The video below will show you how tanky we can be, as well as massive spike damage.
As always, my builds never require LP to function, but the build can be improved if found.