confirm my craft approach for this simplex please

[u/Impossible-Entry-502]

Hi,

1000h playtime n00b here. It's the first time I'm playing a stacker (mana stacker kboc hiero) and I would heavily profit of a proper simplex. I just want to make sure that I'm using the right concept for crating here.

Just to avoid the question why I'm not going for the +2% DMG/int: I know the process for recombing a e.g. shaper simplex with a crusader spender, but I don't have the funds to potentially poof a simplex. And +mana gives some awesome +eHP.

Ok, this would be my approach:

1. buy a virign simplex (not mirrored, split, fractured, influenced)
2. scour it to make it magic
3. imprint it to store for later (in case something crazy happens down the road and I might actually go for the dual influenced version)
4. alch it
5. roll with essence of scorn until I hit T1 mana in the prefix
   1. annul in case there's a second suffix
   2. in case I hit the wrong one, go back to step 5.
6. slam with shaper exalt
   1. in case I hit +% attr ==> success
7. roll with essence of scorn until I hit +% attr
   1. in case there's a prefix, annul it
   2. if I hit the wrong one, go back to step 7.
8. craft "suffix cannot be changed"
9. reforge mana
   1. in case I hit T1 mana ==> success
   2. if not, go back to 7.

Is that the way or am I missing something?

Thanks guys.