PoE Archmage Support Build, Storm Brand Hierophant

Archmage Support Explained

Archmage Support changes the linked spell’s base mana cost to be equal to a proportion of your unreserved mana. It can be used with any spell that deals damage with hits and has a mana cost. The larger the size of your unreserved mana pool, the greater the cost of your supported spell. Mana multipliers from other support gems will further modify this cost.

You can see an explained example below. The original Storm Brand base mana cost is 7 and the unreserved mana is 451. Using Storm Brand + Archmage Support, the Storm Brand Mana cost is 23.

Archmage Support

Archmage Support gives the skill added lightning damage based on how much mana was spent to cast that skill. The higher your skill’s mana cost, the more damage you’ll gain from the Archmage Support.

This support naturally increases in power as you level and gain a larger mana pool but further investment into mana on your Passive Skill Tree will greatly improve its damage.

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Archmage Support + Storm Brand Build for Hierophant

1. Character: 100 Hierophant

Life:	4521	Strength:	120
Energy Shield:	3272	Dexterity:	86
Mana:	5561	Intelligence:	450
Evasion Rating:	1500	Charges:	E: 3 / F: 3 / P: 3
Armour:	3240

2. Main Skills Build

Main skill: Storm Brand. DPS: 432k.

Damage types:

Lightning: 98%
Cold: 2%

Storm Brand Support Gems:

Archmage Support(Blue): 100%
Concentrated Effect Support(Blue): 89%
Awakened Lightning Penetration Support(Blue): 81%
Awakened Controlled Destruction Support(Blue): 68%
Awakened Elemental Focus Support(Blue): 44%
Awakened Chain Support(Green): 27%
Chain Support(Green): 24%
Controlled Destruction Support(Blue): 22%
Energy Leech Support(Blue): 11%
Lightning Penetration Support(Blue): 9%
Elemental Focus Support(Blue): 6%
Arcane Surge Support(Blue): 6%
Greater Spell Echo Support(granted by Pledge of Hands): 4%
Increased Critical Damage Support(Blue): 3%

3. Skill Gems Build

These are the support skill gems for it:

Body Armour: Storm Brand (Blue) (20 / 23), Concentrated Effect Support (Blue) (21 / 20), Archmage Support (Blue) (21), Energy Leech Support (Blue) (20 / 20), Awakened Lightning Penetration Support (Blue) (5 / 20), Awakened Controlled Destruction Support (Blue) (5 / 20),

Boots: Brand Recall (Blue) (7 / 20), Empower Support (Red) (4 / 20), Second Wind Support (Green) (20 / 20), Arcane Surge Support (Blue) (20 / 20),

Helmet: Orb of Storms (Blue) (20 / 20), Ice Bite Support (Green) (19), Power Charge On Critical Support (Blue) (21 / 20), Onslaught Support (Green) (20 / 20),

Gloves: Arcane Cloak (Blue) (1), Second Wind Support (Green) (20 / 20), Less Duration Support (Red) (20 / 23), Flame Dash (Blue) (20 / 20),

Offhand: Shield Charge (Red) (12), Fortify Support (Red) (20 / 20), Faster Attacks Support (Green) (20 / 20),

Weapon: Elemental Weakness (Blue) (20 / 20), Summon Lightning Golem (Blue) (20 / 20), Clarity (Blue) (1),

4. Passive Skill Build

Archmage Support Build

Keystones / Ascendency:

Runebinder: 99%
Divine Guidance: 77%
Pain Attunement: 74%
Illuminated Devotion: 73%
Sign of Purpose: 69%
Arcane Blessing: 62%
Ghost Reaver: 53%
Elemental Overload: 39%
Mind Over Matter: 29%
Sanctuary of Thought: 18%
Zealot’s Oath: 10%
Conviction of Power: 7%
Unstable Infusion: 7%
Mistwalker: 7%

5. Equipment Build

Weapons:

Wand / Shield: 75%
Mace / Shield: 10%
Wand / Wand: 7%
Staff: 5%
Dagger / Shield: 2%

Body Armour: Inpulsa’s Broken Heart Sadist Garb

Weapon: Brimstone Etcher Royal Skean

Offhand Weapon: Light of Lunaris Jingling Spirit Shield

Helmet: Indigon Hubris Circlet

Gloves: Storm’s Gift Synthesised Assassin’s Mitts

Boots: Rift League Sorcerer Boots

Belt: Nemesis Cord Stygian Vise

Amulet: Atziri’s Foible Paua Amulet

Ring: Demon Circle Two-Stone Ring, Corpse Eye Sapphire Ring

Archmage Support Leveling Guide

Level	Required Level	Required Intelligence	Supported Skills have x to y added Lightning Damage	Supported Skills gain Added Lightning Damage equal to x% of Mana Cost, if Mana Cost is not higher than the maximum you could spend	Experience needed to level up	Total experience needed
1	31	52	1 to 15	70%	0	0
2	34	57	1 to 19	73%	285,815	285,815
3	36	60	1 to 21	76%	252,595	538,410
4	38	63	1 to 24	79%	314,394	852,804
5	40	66	1 to 27	82%	388,734	1,241,538
6	42	69	2 to 30	85%	477,437	1,718,975
7	44	72	2 to 33	88%	583,786	2,302,761
8	46	75	2 to 37	91%	710,359	3,013,120
9	48	78	2 to 42	94%	1,355,511	4,368,631
10	50	81	2 to 47	97%	1,138,877	5,507,508
11	52	84	3 to 52	100%	1,368,233	6,875,741
12	54	87	3 to 58	103%	1,638,338	8,514,079
13	56	90	3 to 65	106%	1,956,648	10,470,727
14	58	93	4 to 72	109%	3,655,184	14,125,911
15	60	96	4 to 80	112%	3,017,327	17,143,238
16	62	99	5 to 89	115%	7,720,126	24,863,364
17	64	102	5 to 98	118%	15,058,455	39,921,819
18	66	105	6 to 109	121%	25,964,218	65,886,037
19	68	108	6 to 121	124%	62,460,771	128,346,808
20	70	111	7 to 134	127%	211,508,743	339,855,551
21	72	114	8 to 148	130%	N/A	N/A

Archmage Support quality

Per 1% Quality: Supported Skills have 0.5% increased Mana Cost. A Gemcutter’s Prism (often abbreviated GCP) is a currency item that can be used to improve the quality of a gem. Each Gemcutter’s Prism will always raise the quality by 1%. The maximum quality is 20%.

PoE Archmage Support Gem Farming

1. Direct purchase from vendor

The price of Archmage Support is an Orb of Chance. This gem can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Clarissa(The Sarn Encampment, Act 3). For Witch, Shadow, Templar, Scion players, after completing A Fixture of Fate(Act 3) quest, you can buy this gem.
Siosa(The Library, Act 3). After completing A Fixture of Fate he acts as a vendor for all vendor reward gems for the quests you have completed, without the normal class restrictions.
Lilly Roth(Lioneye’s Watch, Act 6). After completing Fallen from Grace quest, you can buy gems from this vendor.

2. Gem divination cards

Amount	Divination Card	Result	Drop Areas
9	Gift of the Gemling Queen	random level 20 Support gem	The Tunnel • The Quarry • Crystal Ore Map • Dig Map • Excavation Map • Flooded Mine Map • Geode Map
7	Dialla’s Subjugation	random corrupted superior Support gem (Q23)	Ivory Temple Map • Temple Map
6	The Fox	random level 20 gem	The Western Forest (Act 2) • The Riverways (Act 6) • The Vaal City • The Crossroads (Act 7) • The Fellshrine Ruins (Act 7) • Barrows Map • Castle Ruins Map • Sunken City Map
13	The Cataclysm	random corrupted level 21 Spell gem	Strange Sinkhole • Concealed Cavity • Sunken Shingle • Clouded Ridge • Forgotten Oubliette • Remote Gulch • Cremated Archives • Narrow Ravine• Mystical Clearing • Covered-up Hollow • Hidden Patch • Entombed Alcove • Secret Laboratory • Secluded Copse • Forbidden Chamber • Quarantined Quarters • Inner Grounds • Sealed Corridors • Restricted Gallery • Disused Furnace • Blind Alley • Entombed Chamber • Sacred Chambers • Stagnant Canal • Walled-off Ducts • Neglected Cellar • Arcane Chambers • Forgotten Conduit • Ancient Catacomb • Haunted Mineshaft• Abandoned Dam • Desolate Track • Reclaimed Barracks • Sealed Basement • Secluded Canal • Forbidden Archives • Cremated Archives • Twisted Inquisitorium • Deathly Chambers • Restricted Collection • Side Chapel • Radiant Pools • Clouded Ledge • Flooded Complex • Forbidden Shrine • Sealed Repository • Evacuated Quarter • Concealed Caldarium • Moonlit Chambers • Shifting Sands • Forgotten Gulch • Desolate Isle • Dusty Bluff
3	Gemcutter’s Promise	random superior gem (Q20)	The Ebony Barracks • The Lunaris Concourse • Colonnade Map • Promenade Map

3. Buy level 21 Archmage Support gem from other players

The price of a level 21 Archmage Support is 30 Chaos Orb.

4. Vendor quest reward

For Witch, Shadow, Templar players, after completing A Fixture of Fate(Act 3) quest, this gem is given as a quest reward.

5. Slain monsters

The drop level of Archmage Support is 31. You can get it by killing enemies, opening Gemcutter’s Strongbox.